Word: begelman
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...climbed onto the bestseller lists. Surprisingly, it does not peer in Bel Air bedrooms. Instead, it focuses on the boardrooms of East Coast conglomerates. There, his minimoguls weep, curse and whisper. The reason? Actor Cliff Robertson had informed authorities that a $10,000 check was forged by Begelman. Why, insiders wondered, had the six-figure-salaried studio chief, a former talent agent and model for the ruthless Lyon Burke in Valley of the Dolls, not merely borrowed the money...
...Columbia board of directors had another, more pressing question: How could they minimize the scandal for the Securities and Exchange Commission? Their concern was not born of charity. Columbia stock was rising briskly, and Begelman was in large part responsible. But no corporate legal wits could save him. His crimes were tawdry, one eventual plea was nolo contendere, and his self-abnegation lifted from B-movie dialogue: "My worst enemy is sitting right here at this table ... I can't accept success ... I snatch it away from myself by committing crimes." Contrition, however, was a hard sell...
...films-Hirschfield once broke his toe tripping over the edge of a Jacuzzi while staring at Actress Polly Bergen-he was, as colleagues observed, a classic "bottom-liner" who frowned on peccadilloes like theft and forgery. After a period of indecision, the Harvard-trained executive saw no other alternative: Begelman...
Along with this reconstituted heavy breathing, McClintick provides new trivia about the trappings of entertainment power. Business with Producer Ray Stark (Funny Girl, Annie), a Begelman ally, is done in Chow's Kosherama Delicatessen, a noshery whose menu features tongue on rye and chicken with walnuts...
...Friday deeply and would continue to regret it for the rest of his life." Happily, such stentorian tones do not often interfere with a drama no dream merchant could concoct. Hollywood, superb at turning its sand grains into pearls, stayed true to tradition. Far from suffering obloquy and ostracism, Begelman went on to pilot MGM. Hirschfield became head of 20th Century-Fox, where he successfully defended an executive accused of padding an expense account. By last week serious bids were being offered for TV rights to Indecent Exposure. A nagging question remains: Will some producer try to play a Begelman...