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He produced Judy Garland 's final MGM film, Summer Stock, which was released in 1950, and some of Gene Kelly ’s early breakthrough roles. Pasternak worked in the film industry for 45 years, from the later silent era until shortly past the end of the classical Hollywood cinema in the early 1960s.
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.
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.
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.
Apr 14, 2020 · Fast-forward to mid-1939, and the biggest star at the studio was now silver-voiced teenager Deanna Durbin. 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.
Jul 15, 2016 · Columbus Radio Group’s Qfm96 announced the passing of afternoon on-air personality and Columbus radio icon, Joe Pasternak, better known to the radio world as "Joe Show." He was 56.
Joseph Herman Pasternak was a Hungarian-American film producer in Hollywood. Pasternak spent the Hollywood "Golden Age" of musicals at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 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.
