William Goetz
Business Executive and Producer
Anita King...a wealthy steelmaker. Widowed in the 1940s, she became part of the Hollywood elite, joining such others as Louis B. Mayer and William Goetz as owners of thoroughbred racehorses. In 1951, jockey Johnny Longden rode her colt Moonrush to... In this article: Anita King, Hollywood, Paramount Pictures, California, United States, Kissel, and Suicide |
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
Winchester '73
...to make Harvey '' for Universal-International but when the studio wouldn't pay the $200,000 salary Stewart wanted, studio head William Goetz made an offer that Stewart could make both ''Harvey and Winchester '73 for a percentage of the...
In this article: James Stewart, Winchester '73, Anthony Mann, Universal, Fritz Lang, and Waco
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Wikipedia | October 30, 2009
Sayonara
...the Korean War. The film's screenplay was adapted by Paul Osborn from the novel by James Michener, and the film was produced by William Goetz and directed by Joshua Logan. Unlike most 1950s romantic dramas, Sayonara deals squarely with...
In this article: Sayonara, Joshua Logan, Marlon Brando, Suicide, Academy Award, and Korean War
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Jane Eyre (1944 film)
...of Charlotte Bronte's 1847 novel of the same name made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by William Goetz, Kenneth Macgowan and Orson Welles (uncredited). The screenplay was by John Houseman, Aldous Huxley,...
In this article: Jane Eyre, Orson Welles, Gothic novel, Charlotte Bronte, Robert Stevenson, John Houseman, Mercury Theatre on the Air, and Kenneth Macgowan
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Wikipedia | October 13, 2009
Realart Pictures Inc.
...several of their own newly made films. When Universal Pictures became Universal-International in 1946, new studio head William Goetz discontinued the studio's popular B-pictures - comedies, musicals mysteries, westerns, and serials -...
In this article: Universal, Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, Abbott and Costello, Realart Pictures Inc., and Bride of the Gorilla
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Wikipedia | October 07, 2009
Laura (1944 film)
...a sequel entitled simply Laura, both of which eventually were purchased by 20th Century Fox for $30,000. Interim studio head William Goetz, serving in that capacity while Darryl F. Zanuck was fulfilling his military duty, assigned Preminger...
In this article: Laura, Otto Preminger, Darryl F. Zanuck, Vera Caspary, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, The Lodger, and David Raksin
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Wikipedia | September 27, 2009
Song Without End
...was directed by Charles Vidor, who died during the shooting of the picture and was replaced by George Cukor. It was produced by William Goetz from a screenplay by Oscar Millard, revised (uncredited) by Walter Bernstein. The music score was by...
In this article: Song Without End, A Song to Remember, Dirk Bogarde, Morris Stoloff, Franz Liszt, Frederic Chopin, Oscar Millard, Charles Vidor, and Columbia Pictures
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Wikipedia | August 27, 2009
Around the World (musical)
...stage, a train running through the West, and had other extravagent production ideas. He raised money from Mike Todd, the producer William Goetz, and the holder of the European rights to the title, Alexander Korda. However, he had no money...
In this article: Phileas Fogg, Orson Welles, Around the World, Cole Porter, Passepartout, Mike Todd, and Harry Cohn
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Wikipedia | July 23, 2009
Margin for Error
..."statement of the opposition between fascism and democracy had become self-evident to the point of banality." In April 1942, William Goetz, serving as interim studio head while Darryl F. Zanuck was fulfilling his military duty, greenlighted...
In this article: Otto Preminger, Margin for Error, Clare Boothe Luce, and Samuel Fuller
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Wikipedia | July 21, 2009
Autumn Leaves (film)
...Rouverol and Butler being blacklisted at the time of the film's release. The film was directed by Robert Aldrich and produced by William Goetz. Autumn Leaves won an international award for its director and has been released to VHS.
In this article: Autumn Leaves, Robert Aldrich, Joan Crawford, Hugo Butler, Jean Rouverol, Nat King Cole, Cliff Robertson, and New York Herald Tribune
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Wikipedia | June 02, 2009
William Goetz
The painting remained controversial and was not put up for auction with the rest of the Goetz collection following Mrs. Goetz's death in 1987. William Goetz died of cancer in 1969 at his home in Los Angeles and was buried in Hillside...
In this article: Universal-International, Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th Century Fox, James Stewart, Academy Award, Vincent van Gogh, The House of Rothschild, Hollywood, and Your Host
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William Goetz (March 24, 1903 – August 15, 1969) was an American Hollywood film producer and studio executive.
Born to a Jewish working class family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Goetz was the youngest of eight children. His mother died when he was ten years old and shortly thereafter his father abandoned the family. Raised by older brothers, at the age of twenty-one he followed some of his brothers to Hollywood where he found work as a crew hand at one of the large studios. After a few years, he began doing production work and in 1930 was made an associate producer at Fox Films. That same year he married Edith Mayer (1905-1987), daughter of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head Louis B. Mayer – who at first was less than enthusiastic at the idea. Nevertheless, the marriage worked and they remained together for life.
In 1932, Goetz received the financial support necessary from his new father-in-law to become a minor partner with Joseph Schenck, the former president of United Artists, and Darryl F. Zanuck from Warner Brothers to create Twentieth Century Pictures. Zanuck was named president and Goetz served as vice-president. Successful from the very beginning, their 1934 film The House of Rothschild was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. In 1935, they bought out the financially strapped Fox Films to create 20th Century Fox.
A very wealthy man, Goetz raised thoroughbred racehorses. His horse Your Host won the 1950 Santa Anita Derby and subsequently sired Kelso, a Hall of Fame inductee and one of the greatest horses in racing history.
William Goetz died of cancer in 1969 at his home in Los Angeles and was buried in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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