William Goetz

...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...

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...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

...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

...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 -...

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...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

...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

...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

..."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

...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

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...

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