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Infamous players : a tale of movies, the mob (and sex) / Peter Bart.

Title
Infamous players : a tale of movies, the mob (and sex) / Peter Bart.
Author
Bart, Peter.
Publication
New York : Weinstein Books, c2011.

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Description
xii, 274 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
Summary
The author recalls his tenure at Paramount Pictures during a tumultuous time when the studio produced such films as "The Godfather," "Chinatown," and "True Grit" but was also plagued by drugs, the mafia, and runaway budgets.
Subject
  • Bart, Peter
  • Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation > History
Note
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Prologue -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Taking the leap -- The tenuous team -- The salon -- The boss's bombs -- Lovers -- Modus sexualis -- The bad guys -- Breaking the mold -- Hard lessons -- Rising stars -- Unholy alliances -- The outlaws -- The glitz machine -- Reckoning -- Paramount slate of films.
ISBN
  • 9781602861398
  • 1602861390
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library