Summary of John Gregory Dunne's The Studio

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#1 The elder Zanuck, Darryl, was chairman of the board of directors of the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and the Studio’s Los Angeles-based executive vice president in charge of world-wide production. He was also wearing sunglasses and smoking a large black cigar.

#2 The turnaround of the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation interested me, as it seemed to demonstrate the modus operandi of all studios, and the ethic of the motion picture people.

#3 The motion picture ethic affects not only movie people but almost everyone living in the United States today. By adolescence, children have been programmed with a set of responses and life lessons learned mostly from movies, television, and the recording industry.

#4 Richard Zanuck, the head of Fox, is a traffic manager. He does not assemble a package of story, talent, director, and producer, but rather is presented with one, take it or leave it. If he takes, which means putting up the money and providing the facilities, he risks losing his job.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669398516

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Insights on John Gregory Dunne's The Studio

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The elder Zanuck, Darryl, was chairman of the board of directors of the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and the Studio’s Los Angeles-based executive vice president in charge of world-wide production. He was also wearing sunglasses and smoking a large black cigar.

#2

The turnaround of the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation interested me, as it seemed to demonstrate the modus operandi of all studios, and the ethic of the motion picture people.

#3

The motion picture ethic affects not only movie people but almost everyone living in the United States today. By adolescence, children have been programmed with a set of responses and life lessons learned mostly from movies, television, and the recording industry.

#4

Richard Zanuck, the head of Fox, is a traffic manager. He does not assemble a package of story, talent, director, and producer, but rather is presented with one, take it or leave it. If he takes, which means putting up the money and providing the facilities, he risks losing his job.

#5

The demise of Fox had actually begun in 1956, when Darryl Zanuck had resigned as vice president in charge of production. The elder Zanuck was a tycoon in Hollywood when the title carried with it feudal power and virtual droit de