Charles Bluhdorn

...the Glory Days: Hollywood puts its past up for sale." The story focused on Paramount's CEO at the time, the legendary maniacal wheeler-dealer Charles Bludhorn and his attempts to cut costs and rid his studio of its his big-ticket talent...

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...a bean-counter fantasy. Making movies will always require a leap of faith. It's almost comical reading Bluhdorn grouse about his economic woes, knowing that he was voicing the exact same complaints echoed by the overlords of News Corp.,...

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...as The Central Romana sugar mill, the Casa de Campo resort, free trade zone, Consolidated Cigars among others. The late Charles Bluhdorn, G+W's chairman had big projects for the Dominican Republic, a country he loved very much and for...

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...of a medieval European village conceived from the imagination of Roberto Copa, a former Paramount Studios set designer, and Charles Bluhdorn. Its construction began in 1976 when the construction of a nearby road and bridge crossing the...

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...do it for less than $45 million (the eventual budget of the first film). When Bennett said that he could, Bluhdorn said "do it" and he was hired. To prepare for the job of producing a Star Trek film, Bennett first screened all 79 episodes...

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...guide to the Dominican Republic with a strong focus on Altos de Chavon and other local accomplishments of Charles Bluhdorn. A portion of Charles Bluhdorn's fortune continues with the Charles G. & Yvette Bluhdorn Charitable Trust. As of...

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...House") is a Ponderosa-style, tropical seaside resort. The first to enjoy the luxuries of this enclave were friends of the late Charles Bluhdorn, Gulf+Western's founder and CEO, who built the retreat. One of Bluhdorn's Dominican friends,...

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...Francis Ford Coppola, producer Al Ruddy, Paramount executives Robert Evans and Peter Bart, and Gulf & Western boss Charles Bluhdorn-were as ruthless as the gangsters in Mario Puzo's blockbuster. After violent disputes over the...

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...in Westchester County. Six months ago, the 64-acre property of the late Yvette Bluhdorn, the widow of former Gulf & Western Chairman Charles Bluhdorn, was whittled down to 25 acres and re-listed for $30 million. Now it has an asking price...

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...some hysterical footage to prove how bad he was), Evans decided to become a Zanuck. With no experience, he convinced Charles Bluhdorn, new head of Paramount, that he could head the studio's production arm. ("At the time," recalls Evans,...

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