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...would be a total flop. "I guess that's what Otto Preminger said after Hurry, Sundown, " he answered quickly. "Let's put it this way: If it's a hit, I'll get another job. And if it's a dog, I won't even be able to get Zanuck's maid on the phone." He started to laugh again, catching my eyes as he did so. Crowley and I were both still laughing-tipsily, loudly-when the press agent came to take him away to the airport...
...must gross 2½ times its cost to break even. As Warner's President Ted Ashley puts it, "If you get hurt with the $15 million films, you get de-balled." Though his $20 million Hello, Dolly! may nose into the black eventually. Fox Board Chairman Darryl F. Zanuck confesses that he would be some kind of nut to launch such an extravagant film today. "Once you're over the $4,000,000 category," he figures, "you're sticking out your chin." Paramount and MGM are, with few exceptions, enforcing a $2,000,000 limit...
Raquel had less fun in her celebrated confrontation with Jim Brown in 100 Rifles. She reportedly called Brown "a convict" during a tantrum in Fox Vice President Richard Zanuck's office. On location, Brown did little to smooth the situation, which took on unfortunate racial overtones. At lunch he growled at her: "Pass the salt; it isn't black." She and Brown finally stopped talking altogether. The picture was execrable. But it cost only $6 million and raked in money. Another south-of-the-border oater, Bandolero, gave Raquel the opportunity to demand of Dean Martin, "How duss...
...calf luggage? Those who would-and do-constitute the glittering clientele of Gucci, the Florentine leather company that offers fancy quality at fancy prices. Before flying off to wed Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy stopped at Gucci's Manhattan shop to select a brown crocodile handbag. Darryl Zanuck had Gucci copy his favorite 30-year-old valise, and Capucine bought a leather dog carrier. Frank Sinatra recently sent his secretary to pick up a pair of moccasins. Other regular patrons include Rothschilds and Rockefellers, movie stars and magnates from several continents...
...afraid it's not for us at the moment," says Zanuck smoothly. "We've got a lot of musical things on the schedule right now." After Koster and his entourage leave the office, Zanuck sits lost in thought, silently chewing on a fingernail. "Jesus," he says finally...