Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...recent surge of nationalism has turned Hollywood's attention back to a uniquely American type of hero, the hairy-chested Western badman. But the chest of "The Oklahoma Kid" is sparsely covered with hair. In fact, the whole production has little muscle, little mind, small sense, and less sensibility. Cagney is thrown into a weak part to satisfy the ambitions of the directors to produce an "epic drama". All they achieve is a lot of noise, no subtlety, no poignancy, no emotional strength. "The Oklahoma Kid" is no epic,--just a second feature misplaced...
...Hollywood cinema payroll (estimated...
Wuthering Heights (United Artists-Sam Goldwyn). "A minor sensation has been caused by the announcement that the Hollywood film version of 'Wuthering Heights' is to be called Wuthering Heights. . . . The decision . . . [was] made by no less a person than Mr. Sam Goldwyn. Mr. Goldwyn is a legendary figure who has a fine autocratic way with the English language and chronology and things like that. . . . Still, the title is not everything; and its retention does not-witness among many others the conspicuous case of Bengal Lancer-at all imply that the film will be even remotely identifiable with...
Dodge City (Warner Bros.). This picture had last week the most expensive cinema première on record. To the little Kansas town whose history it purports to record, Warners transported trainloads of notables. One contingent of 175 stars, pressagents and columnists was brought from Hollywood. Another of 14 newspapermen was imported from Manhattan. Dodge City store fronts were dressed up for the event in old Western style. Its somewhat sheepish residents, at the request of Warner Bros.' publicity staff, grew beards, carried hoss-pistols, danced in the streets for 60,000 visitors...
...salary and bonus to Production Executive Louis B. Mayer, $694,123 to Loew's Vice President J. Robert Rubin. Loew's President Nicholas M. Schenck got $489,602. Highest paid performers: Actress Greta Garbo, $472,499; Actor Fredric March (who deserted Hollywood for Broadway), $484,687. No. 1 Box-office Star Shirley Temple drew $110,256 and her mother got $52,166 as her guardian. Notable absence from the list: Mae West, who was paid $323,000 in 1936. Perennial cinema dark horses: Theatre Operators Spyros P. and Charles P. Skouras...