For anyone interested in Hollywood history, this book is a must read. Lew Wasserman wasn't famous in his own right outside of the town that he had such an impact on. You don't really hear his name bandied about like you do that of Louis B. Mayer or David O. Selznick. But Wasserman was probably more influential than any of the other studio heads in terms of dealing with talent and the cross-polinization that we take for granted now (he wanted to control the filmed entertainment, the management of the talent that acted in the films, the music played in the films, the venues that the musicians played in, every aspect of entertainment, in a way that was very forward thinking for his time). His time with MCA also crossed over from classic Hollywood to the radical 60's and 70's, and beyond in a way that makes his story interesting to anyone that cares for any one of these time periods.

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