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Darryl Francis Zanuck (/ ˈzænək /; 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.
Jul 27, 2020 · Learn about the life and career of Darryl F. Zanuck, the legendary producer who ran Twentieth Century Fox for 30 years and won the Cecil B. deMille Award in 1954. Discover his discoveries, collaborations, achievements, and challenges in Hollywood history.
Jul 11, 2010 · A feature article on the filmmaker Darryl F. Zanuck, who was the dominant creative force at 20th Century-Fox in the thirties and forties. It explores his interest in history and his approach to biographical films, with examples such as The House of Rothschild and Clive of India.
Dec 24, 1979 · Darryl F. Zanuck, the last of tne flam boyant movie moguls, died of pneumonia late Saturday in Palm Springs (Calif.) Hospital. He was 77 years old.
Jun 23, 2016 · As an old-school mogul, it’s hard to beat Darryl F. Zanuck. Smoking a cigar and surrounded by big-game trophies he shot on African safaris, he would growl out lines like, “Don’t say ‘yes’ until I...
Sep 1, 2002 · Zanuck, who would have been 100 on Thursday, was an archetypal figure at the center of the studio system, a man who defined American movies of his time, the 1930's through the...
Jan 11, 1998 · With George F. Custen’s “Twentieth Century’s Fox,” Zanuck’s rehabilitation reaches a crescendo of sorts: the producer biography (or “mogul book,” as Custen calls it) as hagiography.
