The Dream Merchants (novel)

{{Short description|1949 novel by Harold Robbins}}

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The Dream Merchants is a 1949 novel by American author Harold Robbins.{{cite book|author=Andrew Wilson|title=Harold Robbins: The Man Who Invented Sex|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4347c2YS18C&pg=PA51|date=15 January 2011|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-60819-658-6|pages=51–2}} Set in the early 20th century, the book is a "rags-to-riches" story of a penniless young man who goes to Hollywood and builds a great film studio. A former Universal Studios employee, author Harold Robbins based the main character on Universal's founder, Carl Laemmle. With the Hollywood history in the backdrop, it is a love story.