They Can Kill Youbut They Can't Eat You: They Can Kill Youbut They Can't Eat You
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 067173833X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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. From Publishers Weekly Steel humorously chronicles her rise from a secretarial job to president of Columbia Pictures. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc
Most of all, it's about what it means to achieve success, power and happiness as a woman.. This is her story - of Hollywood glamour, hit movies and star-studded pages but also of hard struggles, difficult decisions and tears shed behind office doors. A collage dropout from a family in tumoil - a woman with no money, no connections, nothing but guts and ambition - Dawn Steel rose through the ranks to become president of Columbia Pictues
Glenda said A Trip to Hollywood!. They Can Kill YouBut They Can't Eat You (Lessons From the Front) by Dawn Steel. Some might call this a book strictly for womenbut it's not. Dawn Steel, former, first, and only woman who ever became president of Columbia Pictures, gives us a fast-paced peek into the world behind motion pictures, sharing so many names of stars, producers, directors, writers, who was and is the "in crowd," that you can't possibly grasp the magnitude of what it takes to have those new movies appear before . "Dawn Steel died in 1997" according to New York skyline. Dawn Steel, Hollywood's first female movie mogul, died in Cedars-Mount Sinai Hospital on December 20, 1997,of a brain tumor after a long battle with cancer. She was 51. Steel was named president of Columbia in 1987, leaving two years later when Sony took over. Commenting on Steel's death in the New York Times, writer-director Nora Ephron said, "Dawn certainly wasn't the first woman to become powerful in Hollywood, but she was the first woman to understand that part of her responsibilit. If you are a woman in the "business" you should read it. I greatly enjoyed Dawn Steel's book, "They Can Kill You, But They Can't Eat You." It's comforting to know that others have been before you knocking down walls. It was a great read. She gives great advice. I highly recommend it for anyone who is in the "business" who dares to do the impossible.