Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Evans has made himself the hottest reputation in Hollywood by insisting maniacally on the final cut-or editing privilege-on films. He also immerses himself in every decision on casting, musical scoring. There are directors who find his intrusions insupportable, but Francis Ford Coppola, who fought some heroic struggles with him in the course of The Godfather, ended with a genuine respect for him. Coppola lengthened his final version of the picture perilously because Bob thought "all the humanity and warmth had gone out of it." Evans knew what Coppola had sliced from his film because he watches the daily...
...dentist's son, relishes the growing legends that surround his success. With his darkly handsome face and deep mellifluous voice-a blend of West Side New York with Bill Buckley vowel attenuation-drama is his element. The wonder is that his own acting career failed. In fitting Old Hollywood style, he was "discovered" by Norma Shearer by the pool of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Shearer decided that Evans was the man to play her late husband, MGM Producer Irving Thalberg, in the film Man of a Thousand Faces. Evans has since been compared to Thai-berg many tunes...
...Evan-Picone, the sportswear firm in which he had an interest, was sold. Following such legendary predecessors as Adolph Zukor (furs) and Samuel Goldwyn (gloves), Bob took his share of garment-district profits to reconquer Hollywood as a producer. His aggressive entrance into the packaging market attracted the eye of Charles Bluhdorn, who had just acquired Paramount. He hired Evans and has protected his position ever since. Evans is dead serious about Paramount. "Running a major studio is more difficult than running a country," he says without a trace of irony. "A small country...
...avoids the Hollywood social marathon but is not the contemplative fellow he sometimes pretends to be. He is known for lightning affairs with starlets. He hates other people's parties ("I don't like making conversation with someone I'll never see again"), but enjoys giving dinners or screenings, particularly for his peers among the famous and powerful. When word of Ali's affair with Steve McQueen became public, a frequent house guest at the Evanses offered to intercede. "If I can negotiate with the North Vietnamese in Paris, maybe I could negotiate with...
Died. Billy DeWolfe, 67, veteran stage and screen comedian who started out in show biz as a theater usher; of cancer; in Los Angeles. DeWolfe and his drooping mustache appeared in numerous vapid Hollywood comedies (the first: Dixie, in 1943) before hitting the big time with an impersonation of Mrs. Murgatroyd, a matronly tippler, in Blue Skies (1946) and later with a performance as a stuffy diplomat in Call Me Madam (1953). His successes on the stage included his role as J.B. Biggley in the London production and New York revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying...