Hollywood on the Tiber

Hollywood on the Tiber is a dazzling blend of the epic and intimate featuring a glittering cast of screen gods and goddesses. This vibrant chronicle recounts how Hank Kaufman and Gene Lerner became unsung movers and shakers of a unique and unrepeatable era: the rise of Rome as the center of Europe's film industry in the 1950s and '60s.

Kaufman and Lerner, partners in both life and work, arrived in Italy from the U.S. in 1953 with little more than courage and intuition, and established a tale...