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From sequences shot at this house on staten island and elsewhere in new york, and in fact as far away as sicily, the godfather comes together extremely smoothly as a masterful movie. but behind—the—scenes it was anything but smooth. there was a lot of friction between the director, francis ford coppola, and studio executives on a number of matters. there were fights over budget, location, setting. at one point there was even an insurrection about among coppolas own crew, that they wanted him...

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That kind of a role?" i dont want it. im doing all right. my lifes 0k. imean, simple. i play the piano sometimes, i go do theatre, i read, i have — you know, im in new york. new york, you get everything. new york feeds you, you know? you dont need anything else. from sequences shot at this house on staten island and elsewhere in new york, and in fact as far away as sicily, the godfather comes together extremely smoothly as a masterful movie. but behind—the—scenes it was anything but smooth...

That, norma jean. when you hear her say i think they had high hopes for me, what is it that fascinated those studio executives so early on when she first appeared before them? >> well, you know, marilyn herself made jokes about that. she had an incredibly beautiful figure and so she once joked about the fact that other actresses might have the foreground and the background, making a joke about her body, but that they didnt have what was in the middle, and by that of course she meant her brains a...

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Filming the producers taught mel a valuable lesson about how to handle studio executives. after the third or fourth day, he turns to me and says ill give you another $25,000 if you get rid of that curly haired guy. he said, hes just funny looking, hes not — theres no leading man here. and i said ok, i said hes out. you didnt say that? hes out, hes gone. and that was a lesson, a great lesson for me. lie to the studio. mel met anne bancroft in 1961. his life changed forever. there she was, on st...

Everybody in my building worked in the garment center, and ifigured i would probably end up there too. my unclejoe, looked a little bit like you. a little better looking. he changed my life. he said, melvin? i said, yes, unclejoe? he said, how would you like to see a cole porter musical on broadway called anything goes? what an experience. when the show was over, i said, joe, im not going to go to the garment center. im going to go into show business. i want to do what they were doing on that st...

To become a butterfly? dont you want to spread your wings and flap your way to glory? youre gonna jump on me. you are gonna jump on me, i know you are going - tojump on me. filming the producers taught mel a valuable lesson about how to handle studio executives. after the third or fourth day, he turns to me and says ill give you another $25,000 if you get rid of that curly haired guy. he said, hes just funny looking, is not, there is no leading man here. and i said ok, i said hes out. you didnt ...

Called anything goes? what an experience. when the show was over, i said, joe, im not going to go to the garment center. im going to go into show business. i want to do what they were doing on that stage. and i never deviated from that plan. i was going into show business. dont you want to become a butterfly? spread your wings and flap your way to glory? youre going tojump on me! filming the producers taught mel a valuable lesson about how to handle studio executives. after the third or fourth d...

Jon M. Chu, the director of <em>In the Heights</em> and <em>Wicked</em>, is finding a new edge in an old genre.