The Fixers

Eddie Mannix, Howard Strickling and the MGM Publicity Machine

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts
Cover of the book The Fixers by E.J. Fleming, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: E.J. Fleming ISBN: 9780786454952
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: January 28, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: E.J. Fleming
ISBN: 9780786454952
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: January 28, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling are virtually unknown outside of Hollywood and little-remembered even there, but as General Manager and Head of Publicity for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, they lorded over all the stars in Hollywood’s golden age from the 1920s through the 1940s—including legends like Garbo, Dietrich, Gable and Garland. When MGM stars found themselves in trouble, it was Eddie and Howard who took care of them—solved their problems, hid their crimes, and kept their secrets. They were “the Fixers.” At a time when image meant everything and the stars were worth millions to the studios that owned them, Mannix and Strickling were the most important men at MGM. Through a complex web of contacts in every arena, from reporters and doctors to corrupt police and district attorneys, they covered up some of the most notorious crimes and scandals in Hollywood history, keeping stars out of jail and, more importantly, their names out of the papers. They handled problems as diverse as the murder of Paul Bern (husband of MGM’s biggest star, Jean Harlow), the studio-directed drug addictions of Judy Garland, the murder of Ted Healy (creator of The Three Stooges) at the hands of Wallace Beery, and arranging for an unmarried Loretta Young to adopt her own child—a child fathered by a married Clark Gable. Through exhaustive research and interviews with contemporaries, this is the never-before-told story of Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling. The dual biography describes how a mob-related New Jersey laborer and the quiet son of a grocer became the most powerful men at the biggest studio in the world.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling are virtually unknown outside of Hollywood and little-remembered even there, but as General Manager and Head of Publicity for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, they lorded over all the stars in Hollywood’s golden age from the 1920s through the 1940s—including legends like Garbo, Dietrich, Gable and Garland. When MGM stars found themselves in trouble, it was Eddie and Howard who took care of them—solved their problems, hid their crimes, and kept their secrets. They were “the Fixers.” At a time when image meant everything and the stars were worth millions to the studios that owned them, Mannix and Strickling were the most important men at MGM. Through a complex web of contacts in every arena, from reporters and doctors to corrupt police and district attorneys, they covered up some of the most notorious crimes and scandals in Hollywood history, keeping stars out of jail and, more importantly, their names out of the papers. They handled problems as diverse as the murder of Paul Bern (husband of MGM’s biggest star, Jean Harlow), the studio-directed drug addictions of Judy Garland, the murder of Ted Healy (creator of The Three Stooges) at the hands of Wallace Beery, and arranging for an unmarried Loretta Young to adopt her own child—a child fathered by a married Clark Gable. Through exhaustive research and interviews with contemporaries, this is the never-before-told story of Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling. The dual biography describes how a mob-related New Jersey laborer and the quiet son of a grocer became the most powerful men at the biggest studio in the world.

More books from McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Cover of the book The Federal Reserve System by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book The Politics of The Hunger Games by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book Accused #13 in the Shah's Iran by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book Meyer London by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book The Monetary Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book The Boston Marine Barracks by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book Lefty Grove and the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book Music in Our Lives by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book Joining the United States Marine Corps by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book The Wesleys in Cornwall, 1743-1789 by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book The First Two Quartos of Hamlet by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book The Lustron Home by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book An Asimov Companion by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book The Hal Roach Comedy Shorts of Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts and Patsy Kelly by E.J. Fleming
Cover of the book The Rhetorical Origins of Apartheid by E.J. Fleming
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy