Goldwyn: A Biography

A. Scott Berg. Ballantine Books, $12.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-345-36582-8

``This comprehensive, amusing account of Goldwyn's private life and lengthy career as a Hollywood studio head depicts an often unscrupulous businessman, gambler, woman-chaser and inadequate father,'' wrote PW . ``This is a thoroughly engrossing book about an unadmirable man.'' Photos. (Apr.)

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