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Zanuck was an early advocate of widescreen projection. One of the first things Zanuck did when he returned to Fox in 1944 was to restart the research on a 50 mm film, shelved in the early 1930s as a cost-cutting measure (a larger-sized film print in the projector meant higher resolution).
Jul 11, 2010 · History was only one of Zanuck’s interests and concerns, and often not the most crucial one. But he knew, as historians have always known, that history can provide great stories. Some of them even more or less true. Much of the material in this article comes from a series of oral history interviews I conducted from 1968 through 1971.
- Tom Stempel
Aug 7, 2001 · “History vs. Hollywood,” the History Channel program that separates fact from fiction in famous films, launches a weekly run tonight at 8 with a report on “The Longest Day,” producer Darryl F....
Mar 28, 2017 · When America entered World War Two in 1941, Zanuck convinced Chief of Staff, General George C Marshall, to commission him as a colonel in the Army Signal Corps and post him as a ‘liaison officer’ to London. Zanuck served there and in North Africa making documentaries that were mediocre at best.
Jan 11, 1998 · Leonard Mosley’s “Zanuck: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Last Tycoon” was published in 1984, five years after Zanuck’s death, providing a more balanced, if not altogether positive view.
Jul 27, 2020 · When Zanuck assumed his legendary title, “in charge of production,” the studio had only one superstar, Shirley Temple. By the end of the decade, he had his own stable of stars, that transformed 20th Century Fox into a major studio.
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Aug 16, 2018 · Of the three founders of what would become Twentieth Century Fox, Zanuck was the only one born in America, although he wasn’t born under the name Zanuck. Darryl Simon Michael Barnes was the son...
