The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler's Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood

by Donna Rifkind

Book Overview

National Jewish Book Award Finalist

The little-known story of screenwriter Salka Viertel, whose salons in 1930s and 40s Hollywood created a refuge for a multitude of famous figures who had escaped the horrors of World War ll.

Hollywood was created by its "others"; that is, by women, Jews, and immigrants. Salka Viertel was all three and so much more. She was the screenwriter for five of Greta Garbo's movies and also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163542092X
• ISBN13: 9781635420920
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.7"