Word: dore
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quite foresaw what a hit the movie would be. Some of MGM's top brass took a gloomy view on the theory that the U.S. public would not buy anything heavier than Victor Herbert in so large a dose. But after the first preview, Studio Boss Dore Schary sent Lanza hampers of fruit, flowers and champagne...
...months the movie industry had buzzed with rumors that Cinemagnate Louis B. Mayer, creator of the star system and one of Hollywood's production giants, was getting ready to resign from the studio he had helped to found 27 years ago. It was no secret that Production Boss Dore Schary's cost-cutting regime was just what the big brass at Loew's, Inc. (MGM's parent company) wanted, that Mayer was becoming a stranger in his own house. Last week the Hollywood Reporter's Bill Feeder tried an old newsman's stunt...
...rather than try new ones. Now, Harry, 69, and Al, 68, plan to get out of the business altogether. Only Jack, 59, will remain with the company until the new owners find another production boss. A likely successor is Lurie's friend Louis B. Mayer, whose feud with Dore Schary at M-G-M may make him glad to leave when his contract runs out on Sept. 1. Hollywooders think that if Mayer goes in, he may eventually buy Warner's production lot. Lurie hasn't made a deal with Mayer yet, but significantly asks: "Who wouldn...
When M-G-M hired Dore Schary in July 1948 to run its production, Hollywood's biggest, richest studio was slumping badly. Almost anything he did would have been an improvement. Since then, while bucking a maze of intra-studio politics, he has done plenty...
Last week Dore Schary could take satisfaction in an impressive vote of confidence from the board of Loew's Inc., which owns MGM. To give them "greater incentive" and assure their continued service, Schary and five other Loew's executives* got options to buy 250,000 shares of company stock at a pegged price. Schary's option entitles him to 100,000 shares. In return, Production Boss Schary agreed to extend his contract (at $3,846 a week) 2½ years...