Darrell Zanuck News Today

>> while marilyn is creatively expanding, darryl zanuck is busy trying to replace her. >> he believed he could create another blonde movie star and audiences would love her just the same. >> its classic darryl zanuck to think you could replace marilyn, with charean or replacing a body with a body of similar type. >> the more zanuck pushed, the more marilyn came back saying the people made me a star. and so from her point of view, just go direct to the audience. who needs zanuck? >> and marlin kn...

Human being and treated me as a sensitive person, also. >> its obvious that she felt very protected by him, that he would take care of her. and it certainly looked like she adored him. >> marilyn ended the year with the same people she began with, up and those were milton and amy greene, and she and milton still dont know if marilyn monroe productions is going to actually take off or not. they dont have any real movie deals. they dont have any real funding. >> the struggle with zanuck and fox ha...

>> back in hollywood, the news reaches fox studio boss darrell zanuck. >> he hadnt shown her much professional courtesy, and so she left him to find out about it in the papers the next day. >> basically, he was the last to know, and he wasnt happy about that. >> he felt i made her a star. who would she be without 20th century fox. she owes us. thats it. boom. >> he was so used to being able to treat actresses as bodies and not have to deal with them having any sense of power or control at all. >...

>> marilyn had come into olivier s territory in every sense. >> there is a big age difference between them, and he quite blatantly does not see her as a creative equal. >> its gotten quite warm, hasnt it? >> as a method actor, marilyn insists on real caviar and real champagne for every take. >> she didnt want to be an automatic roll them and she does the scene. she wanted to have a motivation. >> yes, yes, my dear, you can speak freely. there is no one here. >> but olivier derides her techniques...

That that was revolutionary. >> back in hollywood, the news reaches fox studio boss darrell zanuck. >> he was the last to know and he wasnt happy about that. >> he felt i made her a star. who would she be without 20th century fox. she owes us. thats it. boom. >> he was so used to being able to treat actresses as bodies and not have to deal with them having any sense of power or control at all. >> it was ludicrous to think this dumb blonde could possibly be in charge of her own productions or cho...

Doing musicals or comedy. in fact, i rather enjoy it but i would like to do also dramatic arts, too. >> marilyn refuses to return to fox unless zanuck gives her the control she wants. instead, he threatens legal action. >> by this point, the antipathy between marilyn and darryl zanuck was real and ran very deep. it was really a battle of the wills, and it was kind of a battle to death. were a different kind of dentistry. one who believes in doing anything it takes to make dentistry work for your...