Can I Go Now?: The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First

Can I Go Now?: The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent

â€œTo call Sue Mengers a â€˜characterâ€™ is an understatement, unless the word is written in all-caps, followed by an exclamation point and modified by an expletive. And based on Brian Kellowâ€™s assessment in his thoroughly researchedÂ Can I Go Now?Â even that description may be playing down her personality a bit.â€Â â€”Jen Chaney, The Washington Post

â€¢Â A NY Times Culture Bestseller â€¢ An Entertainment Weekly Best Pop Culture Book of 2015Â â€¢Â A Booklist Top Ten Arts Book of 2015Â â€¢

A lively and colorful biography of Hollywoodâ€™s first superagentâ€”one of the most outrageous showbiz characters of the 1960s and 1970s whose clients included Barbra Streisand, Ryan Oâ€™Neal, Faye Dunaway, Michael Caine, and Candice Bergen

Before Sue Mengers hit the scene in the mid-1960s, talent agents remained quietly in the background. But staying in the background was not possible for Mengers. Irrepressible and loaded with chutzpah, she became a driving force of Creative Management Associates (which later became ICM) handling the eraâ€™s preeminent stars.

A true original with a gift for making the biggest stars in Hollywood listen to hard truths about their careers and personal lives, Mengers became a force to be reckoned with. Her salesmanship never stopped. In 1979, she was on a plane that was commandeered by a hijacker, who wanted Charlton Heston to deliver a message on television. Mengers was incensed, wondering why the hijacker wanted Heston, when she could get him Barbra Streisand.

Acclaimed biographer Brian Kellow spins an irresistible tale, exhaustively researched and filled with anecdotes about and interviews more than two hundred show-business luminaries. A riveting biography of a powerful woman that charts show business as it evolved from New York City in the 1950s through Hollywood in the early 1980s,Â Can I Go Now?Â will mesmerize anyone who loves cinemaâ€™s most fruitful period.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-09-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143108870

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Paperback
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-09-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143108870

Can I Go Now?: The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent

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