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Twentieth Century's Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Culture of Hollywood Book

Unfairly remembered as a vulgar, cigar-chomping mogul, producer Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-79) gets his due in this perceptive biography. Film historian George F. Custen analyzes Zanuck's role in shaping gritty, urban-oriented movies such as The Public Enemy that made Warner Brothers' reputation in the 1920s and '30s. Discussing Zanuck's career at 20th Century Fox, Custen emphasizes Zanuck's nurturing of socially conscious films such as Gentleman's Agreement, wisely relegating to a brief epilogue the later years of his physical and mental decline. This intelligent appraisal doubles as a cogent history of the Hollywood studio system. Read More

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    A legendary Hollywood mogul finally gets his accolades In a fascinating biography. Author Custen weaves material from film archives and interviews with movie insiders to give a fresh look at Darryl F. Zanuckwho both embodied and shattered the mold of the Hollywood movie producerand the role he played in fashioning the movie saga for the average American from within the rarefied world of Hollywood. 16-page photo insert. Index.

  • 0465076203
  • 9780465076208
  • George F. Custen
  • 6 October 1998
  • Basic Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 448
  • illustrated edition
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