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Bluhdorn became known in Hollywood for his intense yet gregarious character. He appointed the reserved Frank Yablans as president of Paramount and the out-spoken Robert Evans as head of production, an uneasy and ill-matched team that eventually oversaw the release of hit films The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), and Chinatown ...
May 7, 2015 · Having started at the UCLA film school and worked on small projects during the 1960s, he co-founded an alternative studio, American Zoetrope, with George Lucas, before winning an Academy Award for...
Feb 4, 2015 · Rapacious, combustible, and passionate, Charlie Bluhdorn routinely made the impossible happen as he built his Gulf & Western empire.
Aug 29, 1983 · Starting with a small auto-parts company in 1958, he assembled an incredible array of disparate businesses into Gulf &Western Industries (1982 sales: $5.3 billion). Bluhdorn eventually bought...
May 12, 2022 · In 1971, ‘The Godfather’ was gearing up for production when ‘The Offer’ depicts Bluhdorn considering unloading Paramount Pictures from the Gulf and Western Industries portfolio. However, in reality, there are no reports of Bluhdorn considering an outright sale of the studio.
Feb 4, 2009 · The Godfather Wars. In many ways, the men who made The Godfather —director Francis Ford Coppola, producer Al Ruddy, Paramount executives Robert Evans and Peter Bart, and Gulf & Western boss Charles...
In 1965, Bluhdorn began to move toward diversification. He acquired such companies as New Jersey Zinc Company, Paramount Pictures, the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company and the Consolidated Cigar Corporation.
