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...lesson to be learned from The King and I lies in the fact that two most effective scenes are the two simplest. No line of Goldwyn girls endlessly kicking as they fade toward infinity nor any impeccably starched and waltzing Corps Diplomatique nor all the magnolia-scented balls that Darryl Zanuck ever threw had half the grace of Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr romping alone to "Shall We Dance...
...Darryl Zanuck, independent film producer L.H.D...
With big studio production giving way to independent production, Hollywood heard further news of its quiet revolution (TIME, Feb. 13). Last week, following hard on Darryl Zanuck's resignation as executive producer of 20th Century-Fox, Paramount Studio Chief Don Hartman resigned to do what Zanuck plans to do: produce independent films. Columbia's Production Chief Jerry Wald was reported to be contemplating the same course...
This week, as Hollywood's trade talk has long prophesied, 20th Century-Fox's Production Boss Darryl F. Zanuck, one of moviedom's best-preserved (53) boy wonders, stepped out for what was billed as a four-month lunch. Announced Fox's President Spyros P. Skouras: "It is contemplated that the details of an agreement for an independent production unit to be headed by Mr. Zanuck will be worked out between him and the company...
Zanuck has now succumbed to the familiar Hollywood malady that fills big studio bosses with envy at seeing independent producers (even makers of grade B movies) making more money than they do. One of the highest paid executives in the U.S., Darryl Zanuck was weary of handing over roughly 90% of his earnings to the tax collectors. As an independent, he can coin money in the gravy-train, 25% long-term capital-gains bracket...