2003 Connie Bruck When Hollywood Had a King Wasserman booknotes

https://www.c-span.org/video/?159444-1/when-hollywood-king

Connie Bruck talked about her book, When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent into Power and Influence, published by Random House. The book traces Wasserman’s life from his humble beginnings in Cleveland to a position of great influence in Hollywood. Through Wasserman, the book also tells the broader history of the interplay between Hollywood, politics, and the mob in the 20th century.