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- Darryl Francis Zanuck (/ ˈzænək /; September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era.
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Early life and career. Richard Darryl Zanuck was born in Los Angeles to actress Virginia Fox and Darryl F. Zanuck, then head of production for 20th Century Fox. He was the youngest of three children. He had two elder sisters, Darrylin (1931–2015) [2] [3] and Susan (1933–1980).
Richard Zanuck had a very privileged upbringing, earned a degree from Stanford and was made head of the studio, by his father, at the age of 28. . . . The studio system is all that Darryl knew ...
Apr 13, 2010 · Growing up with the last name Zanuck in Old Hollywood was just like real life -- only different. As a youngster, Richard D. Zanuck had to sell copies of the Saturday Evening Post to learn the ...
Jul 13, 2012 · Zanuck died Friday morning at 77, suddenly, of a heart attack. He was in the middle of producing a movie, a thriller called “Hidden,” this time with a new generation of talent that included...
Jul 13, 2012 · Richard Zanuck, the Oscar-winning producer of films like Jaws and Driving Miss Daisy, died today from a heart attack. In his later years, Zanuck forged an alliance with director Tim Burton. As...
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Jul 11, 2010 · (1) Zanuck entered the film business first as a writer. His scripts for Warner Brothers in the twenties were mostly contemporary stories. One of his most successful films, Old San Francisco (1927), a white-slavery-in-Chinatown melodrama, was set in 1906 not to provide an historical view, but to use the earthquake as the climax.
Jul 14, 2012 · (REED SAXON/AP) Richard D. Zanuck, who grew up as the son of a Hollywood titan and went on to become the youngest movie studio chief in history and an acclaimed film producer in his own right —...
