Chasing the Panther av Carolyn Pfeiffer, Gregory Collins

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<p><strong>A cinematic and vibrant coming-of-age memoir, <em>Chasing the Panther</em> captures the thrilling and, at times, heartbreaking early years of Carolyn Pfeiffer, a pioneering film producer and one of Hollywood''s first female executives—a “mini-mogul” in the words of the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>. </strong> </p><p>For a moment in the 1980s, Carolyn Pfeiffer was the only woman in Hollywood who could greenlight a movie. Working with directors like Sam Shepard and Wes Craven, and with actors like River Phoenix and Bette Davis, she had a hand in producing or distributing many landmark films, among them Ridley Scott''s <em>The Duellists</em>, Alan Rudolph''s <em>Choose Me</em>, and the Academy Award-winning <em>Kiss of the Spider Woman</em>. However, long before establishing herself as a player in the world of film, Carolyn was a horseback-riding tomboy who dreamed of exploring the world beyond her small hometown. Her journey turned out to be a tale fit fo