by Connie Bruck
Lloyd Hand
Richard Heffner
Charlton Heston
Mark Heter
Don Hewitt
Leonard Hill
Jean Howard
Billy Hunt
Salvatore Ianucci
Stanley Jaffe
Joel Jankowski
Jim Jones
Max Kampelman
Jay Kanter
Mickey Kantor
Harris Katleman
Barry Kemp
Herbert Klein
Boris Kostelanetz
Mathilde Krim
Irving Kupcinet
Tony Kutner
Sol Leon
Larry Levinson
Chuck Lewis
Harriet Lewis
Tom Lewyn
Martin Lipton
Alan Livingston
Charles Manatt
Stuart Mandel
Dan Margolis
Abraham Lincoln Marovitz
Tony Martin
Kerry McCluggage
Harry McPherson
Sue Mengers
Howard Metzenbaum
Marvin Meyer
Ron Meyer
Gene Meyers
Chester Migden
Howard Monderer
Charles Morgan
Jim Murray
Lyn Nofziger
Bill O’Connor
Gerald Oppenheimer
Ruby Petersdorf
Arturo Pettorino
David Picker
Tom Pollock
Frank Price
Bob Rains
Lou Ratener
Ted Raynor
Sumner Redstone
A. O. Richards
Fred Richman
Felix Rohatyn
Herbert Rosenthal
Mickey Rudin
Al Rush
Herman Rush
Norman Samnick
Gunther Schiff
Herbert Schlosser
Shelly Schultz
Murray Schumach
Daniel Selznick
Ruth Seymour
Bob Shapiro
Sidney Sheinberg
Dean Shendal
Melody Sherwood
Tom Short
George Sidney
Herbert Siegel
Leonard Silverstein
Don Sipes
Laura Sloate
Dan Slusser
George Smith
Ben Sonnenberg
Stuart Spencer
Gordon Spivack
Dennis Stanfil
Frank Stanton
Jay Stein
Jean Stein
Herbert Steinberg
George Stevens, Jr.
Senator Ted Stevens
Robert Strauss
Steve Tallent
Ned Tanen
John Tunney
Jack Valenti
Katrina van den Heuvel
Mort Viner
Michael Wacks
Lew Wasserman
Daniel Welkes
Weldon Wertz
David Wexler
Larry White
Tom Wicker
Pete Wilson
Don Winn
Marshall Wortman
Frank Yablans
Richard Zanuck
Kenneth Ziffren
Mel Ziontz
The following is a selective compilation, made up of the sources I found most useful. I have omitted references to many hundreds of daily newspaper stories and magazine articles—I relied most on the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times—and included only those from which I quoted, or which were especially interesting.
CHAPTER 1: THE TWO CAESARS
Documents
Finley v. MCA et al., U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, Central Division, 1946.
Frank Rizzo and Nicholas Belcaster et al. v. James C. Petrillo et al., Circuit Court, Cook County, Illinois, 1933.
James C. Petrillo v. Maurice O. Wells, Circuit Court, Cook County, Illinois, 1929.
People of the State of Illinois v. Max Caldwell et al., Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois, 1934.
Petrillo, James. Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request to the U.S. Department of Justice.
United States of America v. Louis Campagna et al., U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, October 1943.
Books
Cohen, Michael Mickey. Mickey Cohen: In My Own Words. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1975.
Demaris, Ovid. Captive City. New York: Lyle Stuart, 1969.
Gilbert, Edith. Summer Resort Life: Tango Teas and All! Charlevoix, Michigan: Jet’iquette, 1976.
Hayward, Brooke. Haywire. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
McDougal, Dennis. The Last Mogul. New York: Crown, 1998.
Pye, Michael. Moguls. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980.
Vincent, Sidney Z., and Judah Rubinstein. Merging Traditions: Jewish Life in Cleveland. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1978.
Zorach, William. Art Is My Life. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
Articles
“Beckerman Indicted.” Editorial. Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dec. 7, 1933.
“Bioff Says Gang Made Him Keep His Job.” New York Times, Oct. 9, 1943.
Coughlan, Robert. “Petrillo.” Life, Aug. 3, 1942.
Davenport, Walter. “Heat Wave.” Collier’s, Mar. 10, 1934.
Frazier, George. “Santa Claus with a Horn.” Collier’s, Mar. 8, 1947.
“Free Beckerman in Arson Trial.” Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 28, 1936.
Gould, Jack. “Portrait of the Unpredictable Petrillo.” New York Times Magazine, Dec. 28, 1947.
Hatch, Harold E. “Seize Beckerman As Arson Plotter.” Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dec. 7, 1933.
Hopper, Hedda. “Hollywood.” Chicago Tribune, Oct. 21, 1943.
Liebling, A. J. “Second City.” New Yorker, Jan. 12, Jan. 19, Jan. 26, 1952.
McWilliams, Carey. “Racketeers and Movie Magnates.” New Republic, Oct. 27, 1941.
“Paramount.” Fortune, Mar. 1937.
“Paramount: Oscar for Profits.” Fortune, June 1947.
Stein, Jean. “West of Eden,” New Yorker, Feb. 23 and Mar. 2, 1998.
Winkler, Joseph. “A Statement from Executive Officer Winkler.” International Musician, Mar. 22, 1922.
Wittels, David G. “Star-Spangled Octopus.” Saturday Evening Post, Aug. 10, 1946.
Miscellaneous
Jaffe, Sam. “An Oral History with Sam Jaffe.” Interviewed by Barbara Hall. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Oral History Program. Beverly Hills, California: Academy Foundation, 1992.
Kramer, Karl. Unpublished memoir.
Kutner, Luis. “My Years with Capone.” Interview by Neil Elliot with “Mr. X.” Chicago Historical Society.
Rush, Herman. “Uncle Manie.” Unpublished memoir about Manie Sacks.
Sosnik, Harry. “A View from the Podium.” Drafts and research materials for an unpublished autobiography. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society.
Sosnik, Harry. Interview by Barbara Hogenson for the Columbia University Oral History Research Office, May 1985.
Stein, Jules. Unpublished draft of a memoir, based on interviews with Stein by Murray Schumach.
Wasserman, Lew. Interview by Steven Spielberg, Dec. 12, 2002.
CHAPTER 2: MONOPOLY POWER
Documents
Dalitz, Morris Barney. Documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Factor, John. Documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Hearings before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, “Jurisdictional Disputes in the Motion-Picture Industry,” 1947–1948.
Hearings before the Select Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, U.S. Senate, 1951. (Kefauver Committee Hearings).
Korshak, Sidney. Documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
MCA, Inc. Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request to the U.S. Department of Justice.
United States of America v. MCA Inc., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division, 1962.
Books
Bilby, Kenneth. The General: David Sarnoff and the Rise of the Communications Industry. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
Dunne, Philip. Take Two. New York: Limelight, 1992.
Eisenberg, Dennis, Uri Dan, and Eli Landau. Meyer Lansky. New York: Paddington, 1979.
Evans, Robert. The Kid Stays in the Picture. New York: Hyperion, 1994.
Friedrich, Otto. City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
Lazar, Irving, with Annette Tapert. Swifty. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Moldea, Dan E. Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob. New York: Viking, 1986.
Navasky, Victor S. Naming Names. New York: Viking, 1980.
Puttnam, David. Movies and Money. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
Reagan, Ronald, with Richard G. Hubler. Where’s the Rest of Me? New York: Karz, 1981.
Rose, Frank. The Agency. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
Smith, Sally Bedell. In All His Glory. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
Touhy, Roger, with Ray Brennan. The Stolen Years. Cleveland: Pennington, 1959.
Weaver, Pat, with Thomas M. Coffey. The Best Seat in the House. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
Articles
Champlin, Charles. “All the Way with MCA.” Los Angeles Times, 1966.
Doherty, James. “Parole Scandal Reveals Capone Gang’s Crime Empire.” Chicago Tribune, May 13, 1948.
Frankel, Stanley, and Holmes Alexander. “Arvey of Illinois.” Collier’s, July 23, 1949.
Gelman, David, and Alfred G. Aronowitz. “MCA: Show Business Empire.” New York Post Daily Magazine, June 4–10, 1962.
Gould, Jack. “Tempo at the Top: Fast.” New York Times, Dec. 19, 1965.
Hellman, Geoffrey T. “A House on Gramercy Park.” New Yorker, Apr. 8, 1950.
Liebling, A. J. “Action in the Desert.” New Yorker, May 13, 1950.
MacKaye, Milton. “The Big Brawl: Hollywood vs. Television.” Saturday Evening Post, Jan. 19, Jan. 26, and Feb. 2, 1952.
“More Trouble in Paradise.” Fortune, Nov. 1946.
“Paramount: Oscar for Profits.” Fortune, June 1947.
Robb, David. “New Info on Reagan, MCA Waiver Probe.” Variety, Apr. 18, 1984.
Thompson, Edward. “There’s No Show Business Like MCA’s Business.” Fortune, July 1960.
Tosches, Nick. “The Man Who Kept the Secrets.” Vanity Fair, April 1997.
Trebay, Guy. “Stein’s Way.” Vanity Fair, July 1991.
U.S. News & World Report staff. “Robert Kennedy Speaks His Mind.” U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 28, 1963.
Velie, Lester. “The Capone Gang Muscles into Big-Time Politics.” Collier’s, Sep. 30, 1950.
Whiteside, Thomas. “The Communicator.” New Yorker, Oct. 16 and Oct. 23, 1954.
“Wilbur’s Dream Joint.” Time, May 8, 1950.
Miscellaneous
Clare, Ralph. Letter to the editors of Los Angeles Tidings, May 9, 1947.
Dunne, Father George H. “Christian Advocacy and Labor Strife in Hollywood.” Interviewed by Mitch Tuchman, UCLA Oral History Program, 1981.
Dunne, Father George H. “Hollywood Labor Dispute: A Study in Immorality.”
Kennedy, Jacqueline. Notes to Doris and Jules Stein, quoted in Jules Stein’s unpublished draft of a memoir.
Migden, Chester. Interview by Terry Sanders. Legacy Documentation Program, Screen Actors Guild Foundation, May 1989.
Schary, Dore. Interview. Popular Arts Project, Series 1, Volume 6, Part 3. Oral History Research Project, Columbia University, November 1958.
Smith, Sandy. Unpublished manuscript.
Sorrell, Herbert Knott. “You Don’t Choose Your Friends: The Memoirs of Herbert Knott Sorrell.” Interviewed by Elizabeth I. Dixon, UCLA Oral History Program, 1963.
Stein, Jules. Unpublished draft of a memoir, based on interviews with Stein by Murray Schumach.
Warner, Jack. Letter to Lew Wasserman. Jack L. Warner Collection, University of Southern California Cinema-Television Library.
Warner, Jack, and Lew Wasserman and Jules Stein. Exchange of telegrams. Jack L. Warner Collection, University of Southern California Cinema-Television Library.
CHAPTER 3: POLITICAL MIGHT
Documents
Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request to the National Archives, regarding Watergate Special Prosecution Force, Campaign Contributions Task Force Numerical File No. 522, “Movie Industry.”
House Judiciary Committee Hearings, Watergate Investigation, and Report on Impeachment.
Nixon, Richard. Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia, Apr. 7, 1971.
Nixon Presidential Materials, National Archives. Textual materials (office files, memoranda, letters, documents) and White House tapes.
Testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Practices.
United States of America v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. et al., U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1972.
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. The President’s Remarks at a Reception Given by the President and Mrs. Nixon at Their California Home, “La Casa Pacifica,” Aug. 27, 1972.
White House Press Conference of Peter Flanigan, Charlton Heston, Jack Valenti, and Taft Schreiber, Apr. 5, 1971.
Books
Ambrose, Stephen E. Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973–1990. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
Beschloss, Michael R. Taking Charge. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
Brownstein, Ronald. The Power and the Glitter. New York: Pantheon, 1990.
Cannon, Lou. Reagan. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1982.
Casey, Al. Casey’s Law. New York: Arcade, 1997.
Cohen, Edwin S. A Lawyer’s Life. Arlington, Virginia: Tax Analysts, 1994.
Garment, Leonard. Crazy Rhythm. New York: Times Books, 1997.
Haldeman, H. R. The Haldeman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1994.
Kutler, Stanley I. Abuse of Power. New York: Touchstone, 1997.
Lukas, J. Anthony. Nightmare. New York: Viking, 1976.
Morris, Edmund. Dutch. New York: Random House, 1999.
Rains, Bob. The Human Side of Hollywood Stars. Danville, Illinois: Three Lions, 1999.
Reeves, Richard. President Nixon. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Articles
Berges, Marshall. “The City.” Time, Dec. 18, 1964.
Bruck, Connie. “The Personal Touch.” New Yorker, Aug. 13, 2001.
Canby, Vincent. “Czar of the Movie Business.” New York Times Magazine, Apr. 1967.
———.“Is Hollywood in Hot Water?” New York Times, Nov. 9, 1969.
———.“Sure, Hollywood Is Collapsing, but . . .” New York Times, May 2, 1971.
Cheshire, Maxine. “Problems of a Presidential Adviser.” Washington Post, Oct. 15, 1972.
Curtis, Charlotte. “The Jules Stein Party: A 3-Day Extravaganza for 600 Fashionable Guests.” New York Times, Mar. 30, 1969.
Drinkhall, Jim. “Reagan’s Riches.” Wall Street Journal, Aug. 1, 1980.
Gent, George. “Big TV Networks Amazed by Move.” New York Times, Apr. 15, 1972.
———.“Major TV Networks Face Antitrust Suits Charging Entertainment Monopoly.” New York Times, Apr. 14, 1972.
Gottlieb, Bob. “How Lew Wasserman Foiled the Wicked Witches and Became the Wiz of MCA.” Los Ang
eles Magazine, Jan. 1979.
Gussow, Mel. “Excitement Fills Premiere of ‘Dolly.’” New York Times, Dec. 18, 1969.
Haber, Joyce. “Model Soiree at Western White House.” Los Angeles Times, Aug. 29, 1972.
Kael, Pauline. “On the Future of Movies.” New Yorker, Aug. 5, 1974.
Kohn, Howard, and Lowell Bergman. “Reagan’s Millions.” Rolling Stone, Aug. 26, 1976.
Loehwing, David. “It’s the Reel Thing—Motion Picture Producers Are Making a Solid Comeback.” Barron’s, Jan. 24, 1972.
McPhee, John. “New Kind of King.” Time, Jan. 1, 1965.
Murphy, A. D. “Tax Change Benefits Film Biz.” Variety, Sep. 10, 1971.
Overend, William. “U.S. Judge Real; The Court of No Nonsense—A Verdict.” Los Angeles Times, May 27, 1985.
Penn, Stanley. “Movie Producers Complain to Justice Unit on Network, National General Film Plans.” Wall Street Journal, Oct. 5, 1967.
Pinkerton, W. Stewart, Jr. “Hollywood’s Glamour and Prosperity Wane with Movies’ Decline.” Wall Street Journal, June 27, 1969.
Shanahan, Eileen. “Trust-Busters in Prime Time.” New York Times, Apr. 17, 1972.
Smith, Robert M. “TV Suits Put Off Year and a Half.” New York Times, Apr. 15, 1972.
Miscellaneous
Finch, Robert H. Letter to the editor of the Los Angeles Times, Franklin D. Murphy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Hunter, Ross. Oral history, Ronald L. Davis Oral History Collection on the Performing Arts, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.
Krim, Arthur. Oral history, interviewed by Michael L. Gillette, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Oral History Collection, 1981–1983.
LBJ Library: Macy File, White House Central file, White House Social file.
Stein, Jules. Letter to Franklin Murphy, Franklin D. Murphy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Stein, Jules. Unpublished draft of a memoir, based on interviews with Stein by Murray Schumach.
Valenti, Jack. Oral history, interviewed by T. H. Baker and Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Library Oral History Collection, 1969-1972.
Wasserman, Lew. Interview by Steven Spielberg, Dec. 12, 2002.
Wasserman, Lew. Oral history, interviewed by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Library Oral History Collection, Dec. 21, 1973.
Weisl, Edwin L., Sr. Oral history, interviewed by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Library Oral History Collection, May 13, 1969.
CHAPTER 4: DOMINION
Documents
General Explanation of the Tax Reform Act of 1976, prepared by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, Dec. 29, 1976.
