The Dream Merchants
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The Dream Merchants is a bestselling novel by Harold Robbins that dramatizes the rise of the American film industry through the ambitions and scandals of its early moguls.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dream Merchants canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Harold Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
drama
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historical novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
actress
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film mogul ⓘ producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| hasMediaAdaptation | The Dream Merchants (television miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
betrayal in business
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compromise of artistic ideals ⓘ rags-to-riches success ⓘ |
| influencedBy | history of Hollywood ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
commercial fiction
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sensationalist ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American film industry
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Hollywood studio system ⓘ |
| marketedAs | bestselling novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | rise of early film moguls ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | multi-decade family saga ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bestseller status
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depiction of early Hollywood power struggles ⓘ |
| portrays |
creation of a major film studio
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development of motion pictures as an industry ⓘ |
| publisherType | commercial publisher ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Hollywood
NERFINISHED
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New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
ambition
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corruption ⓘ power ⓘ scandal ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ wealth ⓘ |
| workChronologyRelation | early major success of Harold Robbins ⓘ |
| workOf | Harold Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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