Let Me Entertain You

by David Brown, Peter Bart (Introduction)

This is the self portrait, in selective memory, of a man who led many lives, all of them full of risk, accomplishment and above all humanity. There is David Brown of Zanuck/Brown, there is David Brown, raconteur extraordinary with astonishing stories about his encounters with the famous and notorious and the all-powerful-including Mafia chieftains, presidents, the reclusive Howard hughes, the super-rich J. Paul Getty, William Randolph Hearst, and the super-famous Marilyn Monroe, Robert Kennedy, Irving Berlin, Paul Newman, Orson Welles, Steven Spielberg, Robert Redforn, Darryl Zanuck, David O. Selznick, John O'Hara, Carl Sandburg, Nikita Khrushchev, Frank Sinatra, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Salvador Dali, Irving Lazar, John Belushi and scores of others. There is David Brown the journalist, author, film mogul, veteran of the corporate jungle, and-yes-one-time astrologer. There is David Brown, husband and intellectual companion to publishing phenomenon, an event in human form, the former Helen Gurley. Finally there is David Brown, friend, acquaintance, even confidant of the world's rich, famous, and infamous.

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First published March 1, 1990

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[Ronica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dry reading, but overall pretty interesting. He definately knew a lot of celebrities.