Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, And The Mob - Dan E. Moldea
Dan E. Moldea, Mark Crispin Miller
Category: Political
Tags: Political
Founded in 1924, the Music Corporation of America got its start booking acts into speakeasies run by such notorious Chicago mobsters as Al Capone. How then, in only a few decades, did MCA become the driving force behind music publishing, radio, recording artists, Hollywood, and the burgeoning television industry? Enter Ronald Reagan., By the late 1950s, Reagan was a passe movie actor. As president of the Screen Actors Guild, he was also MCAs key client. With Reagans help, MCA would become the most powerful entertainment conglomerate in the world. And with MCAs help, Reagan would secure a fortune (resulting in a federal grand jury hearing), be marketed to the public as a viable politician, and ascend to the presidency of the United States. But according to reporter Dan E. Moldea, there had always been another catalyst behind MCA: Ties to organized crime that reached back to the companys inceptionand through Reagans Teamster-backed candidacyhad never been severed., From the author of The
