Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire

Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire by Sharp, Kathleen. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780786714193.

From Hollywood back lots to the Oval Office, here is the authoritative story of super-agent Lew Wasserman and his politically savvy wife Edie. Lew joined the Chicago band-booking agency, MCA, during the peak of cinemas Golden Age, and while he wooed top talent into MCAs stable, Edie socialized with such stars as Jimmy Stewart, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Jane Wyman. Lew became a master producer of television and film, shepherding such blockbusters as Jaws, Animal House, E.T., and Jurassic Park. Edie showed her own genius by cultivating political stars like Bobby and Ted Kennedy, Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, the Carters, the Reagans and the Clintons. This first dual biography of the Wassermans is essential reading for everyone interested in movies and television and how power is wielded in America. 16 pages of black and white photographs are included in this enthralling book on the famous couple.