there are thousands of horrible Jack Warner stories. he ran that studio like an assembly line, and virtually EVERY creative person had a hard time tolerating him, but, in the final analysis, the two studios whose movies still look great today are Warner Brothers and Fox. and when I think of the most "iconic" movie stars, the biggest sh…
there are thousands of horrible Jack Warner stories. he ran that studio like an assembly line, and virtually EVERY creative person had a hard time tolerating him, but, in the final analysis, the two studios whose movies still look great today are Warner Brothers and Fox. and when I think of the most "iconic" movie stars, the biggest share were at WB. Paramount was the great "Directors' Studio" in the '30s, but (Billy Wilder aside) Paramount product tends not to date well and MGM, the "Cadillac" studio turned out expensive movies that are mostly unwatchable today. when I was little kid watching the Late Show, etc., I loved MGM because the stuff looked expensive (and it was) but now is to laugh at. and oh yeah, RKO had a nice run ("Citizen Kane, anyone?) but after Hughes took it over as a farm for potential girlfriends, it went downhill FAST.
Tom, you must have gotten an earful about DeMille, who fascinates me. he certainly let Billy Wilder do his thing, but was also pretty hateful in so many ways. anything you wanna share?
there are thousands of horrible Jack Warner stories. he ran that studio like an assembly line, and virtually EVERY creative person had a hard time tolerating him, but, in the final analysis, the two studios whose movies still look great today are Warner Brothers and Fox. and when I think of the most "iconic" movie stars, the biggest share were at WB. Paramount was the great "Directors' Studio" in the '30s, but (Billy Wilder aside) Paramount product tends not to date well and MGM, the "Cadillac" studio turned out expensive movies that are mostly unwatchable today. when I was little kid watching the Late Show, etc., I loved MGM because the stuff looked expensive (and it was) but now is to laugh at. and oh yeah, RKO had a nice run ("Citizen Kane, anyone?) but after Hughes took it over as a farm for potential girlfriends, it went downhill FAST.
Tom, you must have gotten an earful about DeMille, who fascinates me. he certainly let Billy Wilder do his thing, but was also pretty hateful in so many ways. anything you wanna share?