The. Who was Simon Schuster . Guest well they were max shuster and simon and they were two gentlemen who were friends with one another and we back in 1924 they decided to start a Publishing House on their own. They have been working in Publishing Houses but felt they could begin on themselves so they did. They set out one day and they rented a space and put up a sign that said Simon Schuster publishers. Host would they recognize what you do today . Guest know i think they totally would. Some of what is really interesting when you read through the history is to realize how many things go in circles and what is old becomes new again. They use as an example the reason they would recognize what we do today namely its because the job of the publisher has not changed at all which is defined great work. Depending on what kind of work it is and then to find an audience that commits that audience to buy it. We have always been the conduit between the artist in the consumer and that has not chan
Korda, was born with and which he changed when he moved to biewd past as a University Student because it sounded deeply jewish. At first he spelled it corda, then he changed it to korda because it looks hungarian that way. Host what did he do . Guest he was, perhaps, the prototypical film producer, film czar, also film director. He directed his first film at a teenage age in 1914 and directed at least a hundred and perhaps twice that many movies during the course of his life and produced i dont know how many. Many, many, many. Europe, United Kingdom where he eventually settled and, of course, in hollywood in periods when he was there. He was an affable genius, and being his nephew was a fulltime excitement. Host what was his influence on you . He, your father and your other uncle . Guest well, you know, first of all, an enormous respect for talent of any kind. By definition, people who were good at making films are good at recognizing all sorts of talent even if they dont share it them
Guest alex kellner was the name that my uncle, alexander korda, was born with and which he changed when he moved to biewd past as a University Student because it sounded deeply jewish. At first he spelled it corda, then he changed it toor host who was sir alex korda . Guest he was perhaps at the prototypical Film Producer also film director. Directed hit first film at a teenage age in 1914, and directed at least 100 and perhaps twice as many movies during the course of his life and produced i dont know how many, many, many, many. Europe, United Kingdom, and of course in hollywood, when he was there. He was an affable genius, and being his nephew was a fulltime excitement. Host what was his influence on you . Guest he, your father, and your other uncle . Guest well, you know, first of all, an enormous respect for talent of any kind. By definition. People were good at making films, got at recognizing talent, even though they dont share it themselves. And secondly, although they were inte
Alex kellner . Guest alex kellner was the name that my uncle, alexander korda, was born with and which he changed when he moved to biewd past as a University St as a University Student, because it sounded jewish. At first he spelled the new name crda, then changed it to korda because it looks hungarian that way. Host who was sir alex korda . Guest he was the prototypical film producer, also film director. He directed his first film at a teenage age in 1914 and directed at least 100 or twice that many movies during the course of his life and produced i dont know how many. Europe, the United Kingdom, hollywood when he was fair, he was an affable genius and being his nephew was a fulltime excitement. Host what was his influence on you . He and your father and your other uncle . Guest and enormous respect for talent of any kind. He was that making films and recognizing all sorts of talent even if they dont share it themselves. Secondly although they were in tense at making the best possibl
The people would be unlimited. Thank you for coming in. Commonsense solutions for a stronger america. A groundhog over his Left Shoulder because he thinks that we keep ignoring the Commonsense Solutions that our forefathers give. Repeating the same thing everyday. Thank you for joining us here. That was book tv Signature Program in which authors of the latest Nonfiction Books are interviewed by journalists, public policymakers, and others. Errors every weekend. And you can watch online. Up next, author and historian, former editor in chief of Simon Schuster. The oxford graduate discusses his books and biographies on pres. Grant, president grant, eisenhower, lawrence of arabia, and robert e lee. Who is alex kohler . The name that my uncle was born with and which he changed when he moved to budapest because at first he spelled the knew name c o r dash d dash a. Who was see and what did he do . Perhaps the prototypical Film Producer but also film director. Producer, also film director. He