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The studio continued to borrow many of the major stars it needed , and they were less reluctant to work at the tiny Columbia after the surprise\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA97","page_number":"97","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e as Cover Girl and Gilda , nor as bizarre as The Lady from Shanghai di- rected by her then husband , Orson Welles , late in 1946 but not released till early 1948. Thus , she was the only 1940s superstar to feature in both\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA98","page_number":"98","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e biopic of Chopin , A Song to Remember , and A Thousand and One Nights ( both 1945 ) . For Columbia\u0026#39;s new style of glossy and lightweight Technicolored movies , padded out with lots of attrac- tive chorus girls , Harry Cohn\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA101","page_number":"101","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e movies in the 1970s and early 1980s . 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By now Zanuck felt more confident about up- grading the studio\u0026#39;s output . This is reflected most clearly in the collaboration\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA112","page_number":"112","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e novels , many of Fox\u0026#39;s high - cost productions turned out to be less interesting than might have been expected given the nature of each \u0026#39; package \u0026#39; . The studio obviously suffered from a shortage of creative writers and\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA114","page_number":"114","snippet_text":"... - Men United , the sequel to X- Men , is a big hit , both films being di- rected by Bryan Singer , and based on the \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e comic book characters . The Releases Starting out as a producer in 1914 ,. 114 THE HOLLYWOOD STORY."},{"page_id":"PA115","page_number":"115","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e Sunny Side Up ( 1929 ) . 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Badly affected by the Depression , the studio recovered in the late 1930s and emerged in the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA122","page_number":"122","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e , while the black - and - white The Song of Ber- nadette ( 1943 ) was a smash hit . Profits grew from $ 10.8 million in 1942-43 to $ 12.6 million in 1944-45 and a spec- tacular $ 22.6 million in 1946 , benefiting from a \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA125","page_number":"125","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e romantic couple . Though the studio developed a number of male leads - Will Rogers , Tyrone Power , Henry Fonda and Gregory Peck - they were no match for the ladies , led by Shirley Temple in the 1930s , Betty Grable in the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA126","page_number":"126","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e screen personality , Rogers worked well with John Ford who directed three of his films , and recalled that \u0026#39; no writer could write for Will Rogers . Some of the lines he\u0026#39;d speak from the script , but most of the time he\u0026#39;d make\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA127","page_number":"127","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003ePopular\u003c/b\u003e was taken by Sheree North , one of a number of sexy starlets whom the studio had hired in the middle - 1950s to keep Marilyn in line , testing them for , and occasionally giving them , parts which she refused to play . ( Joan\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA129","page_number":"129","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e Janet Gaynor , then made Our Daily Bread which was taken away from him , shortened and released as a part - talkie in 1930 under the title City Girl . Hawks and Murnau left in 1929 and by the end of 1932 Walsh and Borzage had\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA130","page_number":"130","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e Shirley Temple movies . John Ford continued to direct the occasional film of note at Fox throughout the 1930s : Pilgrimage ( 1933 ) was a post - World War I human - interest drama ; he made an unusual ( post - Civil War )\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA134","page_number":"134","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e musicals . He was Oscar - nominated for Down Argentine Way ( 1940 ) and Busby Berkeley\u0026#39;s delight- fully extravagant The Gang\u0026#39;s All Here ( 1943 ) and won for My Gal Sal ( 1942 ) , while some of the most stylish work in colour\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA146","page_number":"146","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e ( and profitable ) Andy Hardy and Dr Kildare series . MGM first ventured into Technicolor in 1938 and is best remembered for early features such as The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind , both released in 1939. The studio had\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA147","page_number":"147","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e and en- during creative contribution . Thalberg\u0026#39;s illness and absence from the studio early in 1933 meant that Mayer began to exercise a greater personal control over MGM\u0026#39;s output . 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The\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA195","page_number":"195","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopularity\u003c/b\u003e de- clined . ) Other Paramount stars who appeared on the list in the 1930s were Claudette Colbert ( who averaged about $ 300,000 per year ) , Gary Cooper , and Bing Crosby who would feature more prominently in the 1940s\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA197","page_number":"197","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e stars of the period , Bob Hope and Bing Crosby , with whom she appeared sepa- rately as well as rounding out the threesome in the highly successful series of Road movies , beginning with Road to Singapore in 1939. These were\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA201","page_number":"201","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e and profitable , the studio gained its greatest prestige from more serious productions which included those of producer - directors William Wyler ( The Heiress , 1949 ; Detective Story , 1951 ; The Desperate Hours , Paramount\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA234","page_number":"234","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e or quality releases , UA became the only major studio to record a loss for one of the booming war years . That was in 1944 , and by 1948 the company was recording annual losses as a matter of course . It was close to collapse in\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA238","page_number":"238","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e . He began with The Mark of Zorro ( 1920 ) , followed by The Three Musketeers ( 1921 ) , and then Robin Hood ( 1922 ) , the most elaborate , expensive and successful of all . 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However , the last Universal star to feature prominently on the list was a bit player named Clint Eastwood who appeared in minor roles in many Universal\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA283","page_number":"283","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e identity which rivalled that of the largest companies , MGM and Paramount . It was the studio that brought the talkies to Hollywood in the late 1920s with The Jazz Singer , then went on to specialize in fast - talking and fast\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA287","page_number":"287","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003epopular\u003c/b\u003e part - talkie , The Jazz Singer , marking the beginning of the sound era . 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