When the head of Columbia Pictures, David Begelman, got caught forging Cliff Robertson's name on a $10,000 check, it seemed, at first, like a simple case of embezzlement. It wasn't. The incident was the tip of the iceberg, the first hint of a scandal that shook Hollywood and rattled Wall Street. Soon powerful studio executives were engulfed in controversy; careers dera...
When the head of Columbia Pictures, David Begelman, got caught forging Cliff Robertson's name on a $10,000 check, it seemed, at first, like a simple case of embezzlement. It wasn't. The incident was the tip of the iceberg, the first hint of a scandal that shook Hollywood and rattled Wall Street. Soon powerful studio executives were engulfed in controversy; careers derailed; reputations died; and a ruthless, take-no-prisoners corporate power struggle for the world-famous Hollywood dream factory began. First published in 1982, this now classic story of greed and lies in Tinseltown appears here with a stunning final chapter on Begelman's post-Columbia career as he continued to dazzle and defraud...until his last hours in a Hollywood hotel room, where his story dramatically and poignantly would end.
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David McClintick, an investigative reporter at the Wall Street Journal for eleven years, is an award-winning author and journalist. His other books include Swordfish and Stealing from the Rich. He lives in New York and Los Angeles.
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Major banks had been active in the movie business since its beginnings. When the Great Depressing hit Hollywood, at the same time as a pressing to sound, Chase Manhattan( then called Chase National) and Morgan Guaranty came to rescue. In the fifties, Chase was among the backers of 20th Century Fox in developing the Cinemascope process. But banks in general were wary of movies, preferring to deal with industries whose products were more tangible and commercially dependable, and only two banks——the Bank of America and First of Boston —— had maintained a strong and consistent presence in Hollywood over many decades. (查看原文)
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0 有用 庄常飞 2015-08-18 13:26:51
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