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Darryl F. Zanuck

Born 1902-09-05 Wahoo, Nebraska, USA 18 films

Darryl Francis Zanuck (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. He played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors (the length of his career was rivaled only by that of Adolph Zukor). He produced three films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture during his tenure. Zanuck was born in Wahoo, Nebraska…

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Filmography

18 films

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In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Fra…

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Rat Pack

★ 9.0 2022

Italy, Europe and America during the 'Dolce Vita' years narrated with unseen and rare footage from…

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Hollywood Invasion

★ 6.0 2011

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and i…

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

★ 7.5 2009

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage poster

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.

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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

★ 6.0 2006

How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the…

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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

★ 6.8 2005

Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' poster

Darryl F. Zanuck ignores the protests of his peers and makes a movie about antisemitism called "Gen…

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Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'

★ 0.0 2001

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood poster

Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive f…

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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

★ 7.3 2001

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' poster

Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an…

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Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

★ 0.0 2000

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

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Frank Capra's American Dream

★ 6.3 1997

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker poster

A biography of Darryl F. Zanuck, mogul and the power behind 20th Century Fox throughout the Golden…

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Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

★ 4.8 1995

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies poster

Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is t…

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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

★ 8.0 1995

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick poster

Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most high…

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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

★ 6.0 1988