Word: zanuck
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married. Darrylin Zanuck, 18, daughter of 20th Century-Fox's Producer Darryl F. Zanuck (Gentleman's Agreement, Pinky); and Robert L. Jacks, 22, University of Southern California graduate ('49); in Covington...
...most of Hollywood, security is a will-o'-the-wisp, but there are exceptions. Last week 47-year-old Darryl F. Zanuck, starting his 15th year as 2Oth Century-Fox's production boss, signed up for 20 years more. The new contract will keep Zanuck at his present job for another ten years, will then claim his "exclusive service in an advisory capacity...
...studio knew what it was getting. In his 14 years, Zanuck has won two Irving Thalberg Memorial Awards for high-quality production, two Oscars (for Gentleman's Agreement and How Green Was My Valley), and a reputation as Hollywood's outstanding topical trailblazer (The Snake Pit, Pinky). What Zanuck was getting: $260.000 a year (his present salary) for the next 10 years, then an annual $150,000 for his advice...
...Lost Boundaries. Pinky was finished after its B-budgeted rivals had proved at the box office that the public is interested in movies that give serious treatment to a serious theme, e.g., the sorry plight of the U.S. Negro. Partly because it puts entertainment above soap-boxing, Darryl Zanuck's sleek movie is head & shoulders above its predecessors both as entertainment and propaganda...
Twentieth Century-Fox's Darryl Zanuck recently decreed that they want good stories, too. In the last few years, many studios have tried hard to get better screen stories, and the result has been surprising. Moviegoers, the exhibitors contend, have noticed that the stories are better, but they have reacted far more strongly to the performers. Many of these actors were young not-too-hopefuls who got their parts mainly because movie business was bad last year and the studios were glad to use inexpensive-talent. Suddenly the public gaze converged on them like sunlight through a burning glass...