MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01591cam a2200301 a 4500
001 2004025792
003 DLC
005 20060503075557.0
008 041029s2004 ncua b 001 0ceng
010 $a 2004025792
020 $a0786420278 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us---$an-us-ca
050 00 $aPN1998.2$b.F557 2004
082 00 $a791.092/273$aB$222
100 1 $aFleming, E. J.,$d1954-
245 14 $aThe fixers :$bEddie Mannix, Howard Strickling, and the MGM publicity machine /$cE.J. Fleming.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$c2004.
300 $aix, 315 p. :$bill.$c23 cm.
520 $a"Through research and interviews with contemporaries, this is story of Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling. The dual biography describes how a mob-related New Jersey laborer and the quiet son of a grocer became the most powerful men at the biggest studio in the world"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-298) and index.
505 0 $aThe movies find Hollywood -- Building the Emerald City -- Omens, and the twenties end roaring -- The 1930s: the golden age of trouble -- The 1940s: war inside and out -- The 1950s: relics and the last big secret -- Postscript: fade out.
600 10 $aMannix, Eddie.
600 10 $aStrickling, Howard.
650 0 $aTheatrical agents$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 20 $aMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
650 0 $aMotion picture industry$xPublic relations$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004025792.html