![]() ![]() ![]() But if these pioneering studio heads were Jewish, the majority of directors, writers and actors were not. Mayer - they created Hollywood out of collective necessity, a decidedly human desire to realize the American Dream. But it was clear that said producer had either never read Gabler’s book, or missed one of its key points entirely: the founding producers of the film biz were Jewish, most of them Eastern European immigrants, excluded and ostracized from virtually every other industry in America. He assured me this was a compliment, as many antisemites are wont, trotting out Neal Gabler’s seminal text on the subject, “An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood,” as evidence. Several years ago, a non- Jewish film producer turned to me and announced, casually and with an air of arrogance and ignorance reserved particularly for bigots, “Jews control Hollywood.” ![]()
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