What Makes Sammy Run?, Budd Schulberg
What Makes Sammy Run?, Budd Schulberg
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What Makes Sammy Run?
A Novel

Author: Budd Schulberg

Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla

Unabridged: 11 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/08/2018

Synopsis

The classic book that shaped two generations' view of the movie business and introduced the archetypal Hollywood player Sammy Glick.

He's got a machete mouth and a genius for double-cross. As Budd Shulberg—author of the screenplay On the Waterfront—follows Sammy's relentless upward progress, he creates a virtuoso study in character that manages to be hilariously appalling yet deeply compassionate.

About Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg wrote On the Waterfront, made into a movie starring Marlon Brando, and The Harder They Fall, made into a movie starring Humphrey Bogart. He won an Oscar for the screenplay of On the Waterfront, several awards for his film A Face in the Crowd, and a Tony nomination for his Broadway adaptation of The Disenchanted. He attributed his ability to adapt his own work to stage or screen to his upbringing in Hollywood, where his father ran a major motion-picture studio. He died in 2009 at the age of ninety-five.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lewis

I am about to eat serious crow. When "Sammy" was selected for my book club read, I wondered (aloud) why we should be reading an old book that could not possibly be relevant today. Oh how wrong I was! Aside from being splendidly written, fast paced and absorbing ... the story, the quest, the always fr......more

Goodreads review by David

You might think a book written in 1941 about Hollywood would be too dated to be of interest to anyone but Hollywood historians. Wrong, baby, wrong! This modern classic is a must-read for anyone who is fascinated by Hollywood, or interested in character studies of incredibly compelling anti-heroes. I......more

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