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What also hurt was the snubs and ruthless practical jokes with which most of the club members liked to torment him. Zanuck, who has never lost the fervor for practical joking that he acquired as a constant victim of it, recalls that the pranks were "not always too pleasant, too nice...
...Before breakfast at his home on the beachfront in Santa Monica, Zanuck begins a chain-smoking day with one of his eight-inch cigars-the first of 20-and a phone call on his private wire to the studio to find out how movies-his own and competitors'-are grossing around the country. After a shave by Sam ("The Barber") Silver, who comes out from the studio, Zanuck drives his green Cadillac ten miles to the lot, attacks production schedules, mail, memos and telegrams until 1 p.m. Then he takes a sawed-off polo mallet, which he uses...
...Western Union does on it, we can all retire.") By 3:30 or 4 p.m., he darts to his projection room for a look at rushes, wardrobe and make-up tests. By 4:30 he calls up his children-Richard Darryl, 15, Susan Marie, 16, and Mrs. Darrilyn Zanuck Jacks-for a fatherly chat...
...after a rubdown from the studio masseur, he takes a nap in a soundproofed chamber off his office. Awakened at 8, he dines at the studio, sometimes with Mrs. Zanuck or his French tutor (he has been studying French on the run ever since he was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1936), sometimes alone, staring grimly at a television set. At 9, he is looking at more rushes or rough-cut complete films. Then he gives instructions to cutters, producers and directors who join him in relays into the night. He sees everything that is put on film...
Served With Skill. Zanuck breaks up this grueling routine with three-day weekends, occasional flights in season to Sun Valley, where he skis expertly, and four-week vacations on the Riviera mingling with the international set ("They're freaks to me, and I'm a freak to them...