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The technique was old, and old Darryl Zanuck knew it well. First the publicity flashbacks that recite your past glory and present strength, then the stern, quiet conversations, then finally and with trumpets, the march into town. Under the covering fire of telegrams, Zanuck arrived in New York last week...
In his later days as an independent producer, Zanuck has had no direct hand in Fox's fiscal affairs, being content to collect a $150,000-a-year fee as a "consultant." But he reminded all and sundry that he remains the studio's largest individual stockholder, with...
Meanwhile, 20th Century-Fox's Field Marshal Zanuck was busy on the home front. Irritated by the rising sway of the stockbrokers who purged Fox President Spyros Skouras, Zanuck set himself up as a one-man Pentagon and declared war. Calling for a special meeting of the Fox board...
Dangerous Declaration. King Spyros was not actually fired last week. He was merely forced to take a giant cut in salary (down to a bony $50,000 a year) and a total loss of power. Who will succeed him? Among the first names circled were Max Youngstein, now working as...
The lights went down at the 20th Century-Fox stockholders' meeting last week as Spyros Skouras-beneficent impresario of a troubled corporation-happily announced a preview showing of scenes from new Fox films. The ploy failed. Twenty minutes of movies helped no one to forget that Fox lost $22.5...