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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.
Sep 23, 2014 · Darryl F. Zanuck had finally arrived. “The House of Rothschild,” a film that was unafraid and unabashed in combating prejudice and in fighting Nazism, was his ticket to the table.
Jun 3, 2018 · It may seem counterintuitive, but Darryl F. Zanuck, the one Gentile studio chief, was committed to making films about Jews. While still at Warner Brothers, Zanuck won an honorary Oscar for ...
Jun 23, 2016 · One of the rare non-Jewish founders of the film industry, Zanuck was born Methodist in 1902 in Wahoo, Neb., and by the late 1920s was production chief at Warner Bros.
Darryl F. Zanuck. Producer: The Longest Day. 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.
- September 5, 1902
- December 22, 1979
Sep 1, 2002 · Almost all those who created the American movie industry were Jewish, and many of them were immigrants, but Zanuck was a notable exception. A Protestant, he was born in Wahoo, Neb., a Westerner...
Mar 21, 1971 · He was an oddity among movie moguls in being non‐Jewish and in never having had any family connections to exploit. Zanuck made it on his own on the basis of his pulp writing, which made up in...
