Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Paramount President Frank Yablans and Production Head Robert Evans. A former speechwriter for Lyndon Johnson, Janos is no stranger to hyperbole. But even he was amazed by Paramount's dazzling promotional acrobatics. "We're in the business of making magic," Yablans told him. Our case study of Hollywood goes behind the cameras this week to examine the mechanics-and the hazards-of that claim...
That was also the difference between S. Hurok and most other impresarios. He insisted on being-and duly became -a star in his own right, and he acted accordingly. He bestowed extravagant gifts on friends and colleagues, threw lavish parties, even appeared in a Hollywood movie about himself (Tonight We Sing...
...blockbuster hit. The blockbuster has, for the last dozen years or so, been cherished as the Miracle Aid cure for an ailing film industry and, for the moment at least, Paramount is rapidly becoming known as blockbuster-broker No. 1. In the way that one picture often constitutes a Hollywood trend, two can make a reputation, and Paramount's current supremacy is based on a pair of recent box office-boggling successes: Love Story (which netted more than $84 million) and The Godfather ($145 million...
...Redford's co-star Mia Farrow, 29, simply because she no longer takes her career so seriously. "She has spent her life being treated like a butterfly who needs to be protected," says Jack Clayton in a burst of romanticism. This is not strictly true. In her Hollywood days, Mia ground out TV's Peyton Place until she briefly became Frank Sinatra's wife. She almost became a major star in Rosemary's Baby. But after marrying Conductor Andre Previn, she opted for domestic life in England with the couple's twin sons and their...
There is a story making the rounds in Hollywood about how Bob Evans had a few friends in to watch a film in the screening room of his 16-room Beverly Hills mansion. Bob was reclining on his hospital-style bed as usual, nursing his bad back. The picture was a dreadful sci-fi epic featuring an invading army of ants that marched interminably across the screen. "What do they want anyway?" a guest protested. Another viewer, Producer Ray Stark, replied, "They want the final...