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An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood

by Neal Gabler · 1988

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Winner of the Los Angeles TimesBook Award for history, this "wonderful history of the golden age of the movie moguls" (Chicago Tribune) is a provocative, original, and richly entertaining group biography of the Jewish immigrants who were the moving forces behind the creation of America's motion picture industry.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbusinessbusinessMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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moviesmoviesMore like thisLess of thisJewishJewishMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thismediamediaMore like thisLess of thisartartMore like thisLess of this
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USAUSAMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisLos AngelesLos AngelesMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 512 pages

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