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>> many shes going to break out, she needs to impress studio head. >> in many ways, darrell is almost cliche of a old school movie mogul. shes short air ggressive and always chomping on a cigar. >> its difficult to over state how the hollywood studio system was in the 30s, 40s and 50s, absolutely male dominated. >> at the top of every studio is a very powerful controlling man. the people we call moguls, louie, jack warner, darrell. theyre considered monsters and tough, tough businessmen because ...

>> to darrell, marilyn is nothing special. >> darrell basically he didnt like marilyn. he called her straw head. he never got her message. and if a studio head doesnt like you, you got problems, honey. >> to begin with, he sees marilyn as i believe he said that her talent was all below her naval and above her waist, basically she was tits and ass and that was it. >> if marilyn wants to keep her contract, she has to fight for i it. >> she kind of had a sort of whatever means necessary i will find...

And you decide how youre going to deal with it. >> skank is on the board at 20th century fox but instead of pulling strings with darrell zannick to get marilyn her job back, he puts in a word with another pal. the boss of a rival studio. >> harry cologne who was the head of colombia pictures introduced understood and manipulated star making process. >> he offers marilyn a six-month contract but insists on big changes before hell cast her in a movie. >> i think the platinum blonde was inspired by...

You give up your dreams of a career or you recognize that those are the rules of the game and you decide how youre going to deal with it. >> schenck is on the board at 20th century fox but instead of pulling strings with darrell zannick to get marilyn her job back, he puts in a word with another pal. the boss of a rival studio. >> harry cologne who was the head of colombia pictures introduced understood and manipulated star making process. >> he offers marilyn a six-month contract but insists on...