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2 de out. de 2006 · Originally, carpetbaggers referred to a group of Northerners who moved to the South during the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War in the United States, which lasted from 1865 to 1877. Derogatory in meaning, the word, carpetbaggers, alluded to the low-priced, makeshift luggage of the post-Civil war days, which was fashioned from old ...
19 de fev. de 2014 · Theatrical trailer for the 1964 blockbuster THE CARPETBAGGERS starring George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Martha Hyer, Elizabeth Ashley, Martin Balsam and Carroll Ba...
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Harold Robbins. Novel. John Michael Hayes. Screenplay. When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly abandons sweet, bubbly Monica, turns his young, attractive stepmother Rina into a self-destructive actress ...
Reader's Takeaway. "The Carpetbaggers" is a gripping and scandalous novel that provides a captivating glimpse into the world of Hollywood and the aviation industry. Through its compelling characters and thrilling plotlines, the book explores themes of ambition, power, and the true cost of success. Readers will be enthralled by the fast-paced ...
His first book, Never Love a Stranger, was published in 1948. He began writing full time in 1957. He published more than 20 books during his lifetime including The Dream Merchants (1949), The Betsy (1971), The Storyteller (1982), and The Carpetbaggers (1961). His novel, A Stone for Danny Fisher (1951), was adapted into a 1958 motion picture ...
The Carpetbaggers. Harold Robbins' tale of the ruthless men and beautiful women who shaped Hollywood. Harold Robbins' best seller about '30s Hollywood comes to the screen in a torrent of frank, controversial and (for the times) sensational scenes that helped break the Production Code. George Peppard is the ruthless tycoon who (with amazing ...
The Carpetbaggers is a sumptuous epic that charts the rise and rise of the detestable multi-industry magnate Jonas Cord Jr, a thinly veiled fictional stand-in for Howard Hughes. It stands on the shoulders of Giant, but with a different story to tell, the bullish excess of its subject enough to have tested the stomach of audiences back in ‘64.
