Word: darryl
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Amber enthusiasts may not realize that they are not getting what they paid for. By way of insuring a reputed $6 million investment in the picture, Darryl Zanuck & Co. have performed near-miracles of cinematic legerdemain that distract attention from Amber's uninteresting innocence. Chief distractions...
...cheapest suits-which sell for $365-Sophie laments that she loses money, making them only as a courtesy to customers. On the other hand, her clothes seldom wear out or go out of style quickly. Recently, while she was visiting the Darryl Zanucks in Hollywood, a party was given for Sophie. Mrs. Zanuck wore an eight-year-old Sophie dress...
...Sophie-expanded further. She opened a branch of her salon in Saks's Hollywood store, to the enthusiastic squeals of screen queens and producers' wives. In the first week, the new salon grossed $49,000, much more than Sophie had expected. Hedy Lamarr ordered seven Sophie numbers. Darryl Zanuck told her confidentially: "Our stars simply refuse to wear those outlandish new things." Hollywood had one complaint: Sophie's prices were "too cheap...
...Metropolitan's Richard Bonelli (voice), England's Griller Quartet (chamber music) and Composer Ernest Bloch (music craftsmanship) are on the faculty. Sponsors include Pierre Monteux, Artur Rodzinski, Bruno Walter, Yehudi Menuhin, Artur Rubinstein, Laurence Tibbett, Helen Traubel, Lotte Lehmann and Joseph Szigeti. Hollywooders Darryl Zanuck, Ronald Colman, Alec Templeton and Jeanette MacDonald chipped in scholarships...
...costs. These canned goods were the best kind of an investment if costs went higher and box office stayed up. But if box office skidded much more, it might be hard to make a profit on expensive pictures from the can. 20th Century-Fox's Production Chief Darryl F. Zanuck, with $12 million already sunk in Forever Amber and Captain from Castile, was worried enough to postpone a third costume spectacle...