Hearst Over Hollywood
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: February 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780231116466
Subjects: American studies; Biography: film, television & music; Film theory & criticism; Media studies; United States; Motion picture producers and directors; History; United States - General; Film & Video - General; Performing Arts/Dance; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Motion picture producers and d; USA; Los Angeles; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Modern - General; Performing Arts / Film / General; California; Publishers and publishing; 1863-1951; Biography; Hearst, William Randolph,; Motion picture industry
First sentence: In the 1930s a writer described Hollywood as "the creature and the wishfulfillment of the mob on which Hearst has played all his life."