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The Search for Sam Goldwyn

The Search for Sam Goldwyn( )
Author: Easton, Carol
Rollyson, Carl
Series title:Hollywood Legends Ser.
ISBN:978-1-61703-999-7
Publication Date:May 2014
Publisher:University Press of Mississippi
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $40.00
Book Description:

Sam Goldwyn's career spanned almost the entire history of Hollywood. The Search for Sam Goldwyn locates the real Sam Goldwyn and shatters the "hostile conspiracy of silence" that protected his legend. In writing Goldwyn's story, Carol Easton has given us a fine examination of "the civilization known as Hollywood" and how Goldwyn himself shaped that culture.

Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Performing Arts / Individual Director
Performing Arts / Film / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.2 x 22.9 cm
Book Weight:0.35 Kilograms
Author Biography
Easton, Carol (Author)
Carol Evelyn Easton was an American biographer. She was born in San Francisco and raised in Hollywood. She studied theater arts at the University of California, Los Angeles and worked as a freelance writer for years before deciding to write a biography. Her books focused on creative people in the arts. The first biography was Straight Ahead: The Story of Stan Kenton (1973), followed by The Search for Sam Goldwyn (1976), Jacqueline du Pre: A Biography (1989), and No Intermissions: The Life of Agnes de Mille (1996), which was named a New York Times Notable Book (1996). Carol Easton died at her home in Venice, California on June 17, 2021. She was 87.

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