Darryl Zanuck

A Los Angeles Times report lamented Redstone’s “overblown ego and tin ear with talent” and termed him “an elderly grandfather” similar to bygone studio chiefs such as Darryl Zanuck, “hanging onto the trappings of power long after they’d lost the cunning and creative zest that had made them titans of the industry.”

Showdown at Fort Sumner Burrough, Bryan 2007

I had conversations with him on the phone and I felt like I was talking to Darryl Zanuck, or David O Selznick.

Richard Karpala: An Interview With Blue Valentine Director Derek Cianfrance Richard Karpala 2011

The reason it's all so much more a sales job now, and ads and this that and the other -- in the old days when you were working at 20th Century Fox, Darryl Zanuck sent you a note saying, "Vote for this picture."

Brad Balfour: Remembering the Late Great Director Sidney Lumet Through One of His Last Interviews Brad Balfour 2011

The reason it's all so much more a sales job now, and ads and this that and the other -- in the old days when you were working at 20th Century Fox, Darryl Zanuck sent you a note saying, "Vote for this picture."

Brad Balfour: Remembering the Late Great Director Sidney Lumet Through One of His Last Interviews Brad Balfour 2011

The reason it's all so much more a sales job now, and ads and this that and the other -- in the old days when you were working at 20th Century Fox, Darryl Zanuck sent you a note saying, "Vote for this picture."

Brad Balfour: Remembering the Late Great Director Sidney Lumet Through One of His Last Interviews Brad Balfour 2011

I had conversations with him on the phone and I felt like I was talking to Darryl Zanuck, or David O Selznick.

Richard Karpala: An Interview With Blue Valentine Director Derek Cianfrance Richard Karpala 2011

In the '30s, he would join fellow stars Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Walt Disney, David Niven, Hal Roach, Darryl Zanuck to play polo on his private field.

Jay Weston: I Went to a Polo Match on Sunday, And Loved It! Jay Weston 2011

I had conversations with him on the phone and I felt like I was talking to Darryl Zanuck, or David O Selznick.

Richard Karpala: An Interview With Blue Valentine Director Derek Cianfrance Richard Karpala 2011

Pragmatic conservative studio heads (Mayer, Darryl Zanuck at 20th Century Fox) made the best deals they could and moved on, but some harsher negotiators (Walt Disney, Jack Warner) found themselves fighting hard, bitter strikes.

It's Their Party Scott Eyman 2011

I had conversations with him on the phone and I felt like I was talking to Darryl Zanuck, or David O Selznick.

Richard Karpala: An Interview With Blue Valentine Director Derek Cianfrance Richard Karpala 2011