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The dream merchant

Story of Hollywood's motion picture industry, from the days of the nickelodeon.

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  • "Dream merchants"
  • "Dream merchants"@pl
  • "Dreams merchants"@it

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  • "Story of Hollywood's motion picture industry, from the days of the nickelodeon."@en
  • "Story of Hollywood's motion picture industry, from the days of the nickelodeon."
  • "Twee vrienden beginnen in de jaren dertig een bedrijfje in de opkomende Amerikaanse filmindustrie."
  • "Reutrn to a time when Hollywood was young and the movie industry was just starting out. In Harold Robbins' second novel, he captures a bygone era of entertainment pioneers turning cinematic dreams into reality. The Dream Merchants is a story of powerful men and passionate women, doing whatever they have to in order to succeed. Johnny Edge is a former carny hustler, filled with schemes and ambition. Peter Kessler trades in a life of being stuck in the hardware business for the fortunes of moviemaking. Actress Dulcie Warren ins't afraid to use her sexuality to fulfill her ambitions. And if she has to take someone down to get to the top? That's show business. Their worlds collide on the studio back lots at Magnum Pictures in moments of intrigue and entanglement."
  • "In het milieu van de opkomende Amerikaanse filmindustrie gesitueerde roman."
  • "Johnny Edge deja la feria ambulante en la que ha crecido para buscar un futuro que se le muestra esquivo. La tienda de entretenimientos y curiosidades que le alquila a Peter Kessler acaba con sus ahorros en seis meses y decide desaparecer, dejando atrAs las deudas. A la maNana siguiente, un operario deja un nickelodeon en la tienda vacia. Kessler comprende que la novedad puede ser una fuente de oro y abre un cine en el pueblo. Cuando Johnny regresa, seis semanas mAs tarde, le ofrece una participaciOn en el negocio, en reconocimiento por haberle puesto en la pista de la mAquina de los sueNos. Asi comienza una colaboraciOn de 30 aNos que los llevarA a la cima de Hollywood con el estudio Magnum. Pero Hollywood es feroz, estA lleno de gente que, como ellos, no repara en nada para alcanzar el exito y la larga amistad se rompe amargamente. Cuando Peter Kessler es acosado por una campaNa en su contra, Johnny mira hacia otro lado. Ahora, le toca ocupar el despacho de Kessler en las oficinas de Nueva York. Hace aNos que no sabe nada del viejo judio que cambiO su suerte ni tiene intenciOn de volver a verlo. Hasta que una llamada desde California le obliga a enfrentarse con su pasado. Una novela sobre los feroces entresijos del surgimiento de la industria del cine y que es tambien una historia de amor y traiciOn."
  • "Portuguese translation of "The dream merchants". Treats the early history of the motion picture industry in North America."
  • "From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Carpetbaggers comes a novel of passion, intrigue, power, and money. With 11 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, The Dream Merchants provides a fascinating look at the early days of the world's most glamorous industry Hollywood. It was the latest "gold rush" when ambitious, if unscrupulous, men and women flooded California to turn cinematic dreams into reality, regardless of the moral cost. Johnny Edge, a former carnival barker, schemes and plots his way to the top while Peter Kessler turns his back on a staid life of small-town stability to stake his fortune on the movie business. Beautiful starlet Dulcie Warren is willing to use her sexuality and to play dirty to get to the top, if that's what it takes. When the lives of these three ambitious, determined characters collide, they have the potential to build a dream or shatter one. "He is still recognizable as the playboy-novelist who spurning nice reviews and a different kind of reputation happily wrote about money for money, and about sex for sex." The New Yorker"@en

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  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "American fiction"@he
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Translations"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Adventure stories"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Love stories"

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  • "De stærke viljer : (Overs. efter den amerikanske orig. udg.)"@da
  • "Suuri unelma"@fi
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Торговцы грезами"
  • "The dream merchant"@en
  • "Dream merchants"
  • "סוחרי החלומות : רומן"
  • "Emporoi oneirōn"
  • "De stærke viljer"@da
  • "Dream menchants"
  • "Torgovt︠s︡y grezami : roman"
  • "Die traumfabrik"
  • "Os implacaveis"@pt
  • "Mercanti di sogni"
  • "Die Traumfabrik : Roman"
  • "Die Traumfabrik : [Roman]"
  • "Traficantes de sueños ; Nunca me abandones ; Los profanadores del amor"@es
  • "Soḥare ha-ḥalomot"
  • "The Dream merchants"@en
  • "The Dream merchants"
  • "Meng huan shang ren"
  • "The dream merchants"
  • "The dream merchants"@en
  • "Os mercadores de sonhos"
  • "Traumfabrik Roman"
  • "The dream merchants, by Harold Robbins"@en
  • "Die Traumfabrik Roman"
  • "Die Traumfabrik : roman"
  • "Torgovt︠s︡y grëzami"
  • "Traficantes de sueños"
  • "Traficantes de sueños"@es
  • "De stærke viljer : (Omsl. William)"@da
  • "The Dream Merchants"@en
  • "The Dream Merchants"
  • "Traficantes de sueños ; nunca me abandones ; los profanadores del amor"@es
  • "夢幻商人"
  • "Os implacáveis"
  • "Handlarze snów"
  • "Handlarze snów"@pl
  • "Torgovt︠s︡y grëzami : roman"
  • "Die Traumfabrik"
  • "Die Traumfabrik"@en
  • "Torgovt︠s︡y grezami"
  • "Prodavt︠s︡y grez"
  • "De droomfabrikanten : roman over de filmwereld"
  • "The dream merchants : the all-time bestselling novel of movies, glamour and ambition"
  • "Sansar"
  • "Sansar"@tr
  • "De droomfabrikanten"
  • "I mercanti di sogni"@it
  • "I mercanti di sogni"

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