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Joseph Herman Pasternak (born József Paszternák; September 19, 1901 – September 13, 1991) was a Hungarian-born American film producer in Hollywood. Pasternak spent the Hollywood "Golden Age" of musicals at MGM Studios, producing many successful musicals with female singing stars like Deanna Durbin, Kathryn Grayson and Jane Powell, as well as swimmer/bathing beauty Esther Williams' films ...
Oct 15, 2023 · Joe Pasternak produced "Summerstock," Judy Garland's final film with MGM. The musical gives us a happy ending unlike the producer's real life.
Joe Pasternak. Producer: Peter. The son of an out-of-work bookkeeper, Pasternak arrived in the U.S. from Hungary in 1921. After working in a belt factory in Philadelphia, he moved to New York where he plucked chickens and worked in a cafeteria. Becoming increasingly infatuated with the film business, it didn't take him long to find a job at the Long Island Paramount studio as a busboy and ...
Apr 14, 2020 · Joe Pasternak, a Hungarian émigré to the U.S., had spent years producing films for Universal in Europe, then returned in 1936 as the Continent became increasingly dangerous for a Jewish man. He immediately made his name stateside by starring Durbin in Three Smart Girls (1936), a huge hit that put the perpetually insolvent Universal back on ...
Joe Pasternak was a Hungarian immigrant whose successful career as a motion picture producer was marked by three distinct achievements. He was responsible for developing the career of the singer actress Deanna Durbin, whose money-making films for Universal literally saved that studio from bankruptcy.
Joe Pasternak (1901-1991) is an hungarian-born american film producer. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. F.
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (/ ˈ p æ s t ər n æ k /; Russian: Борис Леонидович Пастернак, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ pəstɨrˈnak]; 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1890 – 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer, and literary translator.
