Producer/agent Martin Jurow's sixty-year career in show 
business encompasses a glittering array of celebrities he 
has represented, worked with, and befriended. He was 
instrumental in casting Frank Sinatra in From Here to 
Eternity, Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at 
Tiffany's, Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau in 
The Pink Panther, and Shirley MacLaine in Terms 
of Endearment. During Hollywood's Golden Era, he was 
executive assistant to legendary producers Jack L. Warner 
and Hal Wallis. He was behind the scenes and privy to 
never-before-told stories of such cinematic gems as 
Casablanca, On the Waterfront, and The Fugitive 
Kind, and was professionally involved with such Broadway 
smash hits as My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, Guys 
and Dolls, The King and I, and The Music Man. He helped 
shape the early careers of legends like Elvis Presley, Burt 
Lancaster, and Kirk Douglas. He joined Lucille Ball and Desi 
Arnaz on their honeymoon, and he remains a close personal 
friend of Katharine Hepburn.
    

Martin's story begins in Brooklyn, New York, where as a 
youngster he staged backyard productions of vaudeville and 
never missed a Saturday afternoon at the movies. After 
receiving his law degree from Harvard, he became an agent for 
MCA-Universal and the William Morris Agency in New York, and 
later he achieved his dream of becoming a Hollywood producer 
with such classics as Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Pink 
Panther, The Great Race, and Terms of Endearment 
to his credit. His is an insider's view of show business, 
rich with glamour and intrigue, but free of bitterness and 
rancor. Written in collaboration with Philip Wuntch, Martin 
Jurow's memoir captures his inimitable power of persuasion as 
well as the fascinating milieu in which he exercised it.


"What a wonderful read. Anyone who wants to know what 
happened behind the scenes in the Theatre, Film, and TV 
during the '30s, '40s, and '50s must read this book. Marty 
was there!" - Karl Malden



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A graduate of William and Mary College in Williamsburg, 
Virginia, and Harvard Law School, MARTIN JUROW is now retired 
and lives with his wife and daughter in Dallas. PHILIP WUNTCH, 
a lifelong Texan, is also a longtime movie fan. He made his 
hobby his life's work when he joined the staff of The Dallas 
Morning News as an entertainment writer in 1969. He has 
been film critic there since 1974. He makes his home in Dallas 
and still loves going to the movies with his wife Mimi.