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Darryl Francis Zanuck (/ ˈ z æ n ə k /; 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.
- Virginia Fox
On January 12, 1924, she married film producer Darryl F....
- Richard D. Zanuck
Early life and career. Richard Darryl Zanuck was born in Los...
- Virginia Fox
Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979) was an American producer, writer, actor, director and studio executive. He played a major part in the Hollywood studio system. He earned three Academy Awards. His career lasted 48 years. Zanuck was born in Wahoo, Nebraska on September 5, 1902 to Louise (née Torpin) and Frank Zanuck.
Twentieth Century Pictures, Inc. was an independent Hollywood motion picture production company created in 1933 by Joseph Schenck (the former president of United Artists) and Darryl F. Zanuck from Warner Bros. The company product was distributed by United Artists (UA), and leased space at Samuel Goldwyn Studios.
- May 31, 1935; 88 years ago
- Film
- June 26, 1933; 90 years ago
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Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) Producer. Writer. Production Manager. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. One of the kingpins of Hollywood's studio system, Zanuck was the offspring of the ill-fated marriage of the alcoholic night clerk in Wahoo, Nebraska's only hotel and the hotel owner's daughter. Both parents had abandoned him by the time he was 13.
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Sep 1, 2002 · Zanuck, who would have been 100 on Thursday, was an archetypal figure at the center of the studio system, a man who defined American movies of his time, the 1930's through the 1960's.
Jul 11, 2010 · As a filmmaker Darryl F. Zanuck was more a storyteller than an historian. When he was the dominant creative force at 20 th Century-Fox as its vice-president of production in the thirties and forties, Zanuck’s interest in history was in the stories it provided him and his collaborators (screenwriters, directors, technicians, et al.).
