Darryl zanuck biography

(1902-1979)
Twentieth Century-Fox, Inc.

Overview

As the head of two major Hollywood studios during its golden age, Darryl F. Zanuck was the youngest, fiercest, and most flamboyant of the tycoons who helped shape the American film industry.

"As a trail blazer," Time magazine declared, "Zanuck has no Hollywood equal." During his reign in Hollywood Zanuck played a pivotal role in the two major developments in motion picture technology, sound films in the 1920s and wide-screen films in the 1950s.

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He was the last of the infamous Hollywood moguls who controlled every aspect of film production including discovering and hiring actors and directors, supervising scripts, and overseeing every detail of movie making.

Personal Life

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Zanuck was born September 5, 1902, in Wahoo, Nebraska, a small town of 2,000, west of Omaha. His mother, Louise, was the daughter of Henry Torpin, the owner of Wahoo's only hotel. His father, Frank, of Swiss descent, was a former Iowa