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63-525: Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, Spigelgass graduated from New York University in 1929. He was a literary and drama critic for The Brooklyn Eagle and the Saturday Review of Literature before moving to Hollywood. Spigelglass got his start collaborating on the script for Erich von Stroheim 's Walking Down Broadway at Fox Films . After the film was shot, studio executives ordered

126-593: A sound editor . After appearing in 1950's Sunset Boulevard , Stroheim moved to France where he spent the last part of his life. There his silent film work was much admired by artists in the French film industry. In France he acted in films, wrote several novels that were published in French, and worked on various unrealized film projects. He was awarded the French Legion of Honour shortly before his death. In 1956, Stroheim began to suffer severe back pain that

189-676: A Male War Bride (1949) for Fox. In 1948, he was part of the Writers Guild fight against the blacklist. He sold Murder at Harvard to MGM, but it was not made. Spigelglass signed a long-term contract at MGM where he wrote on Mystery Street (1950), which earned him an Oscar nomination. He followed it with Night into Morning (1951), The Law and the Lady (1951), Because You're Mine (1952), Scandal at Scourie (1953), Athena (1954), and Deep in My Heart (1954). He produced

252-670: A Runyon story, and They Got Me Covered (1942) for Bob Hope. He did The Youngest Profession (1943) at MGM. He also sold an original script to Fox titled No Place Like Home , but it appears to have not been made. Spigelgass served as a lieutenant colonel in World War II and, with Frank Capra , planned and produced Army and Navy Screen Magazine , a bi-weekly, filmed news update for American troops abroad. He wrote For Her to See for Hal Wallis, which became So Evil My Love (1948). Also for Wallis, he wrote The Perfect Marriage (1947) and The Accused (1949), and he did I Was

315-525: A Soldier (1962) by Ernest Kinoy and Love and Kisses (1963) by Anita Block both which had short runs. He also wrote a memoir, For Special Occasions (1962). Schary made his directorial debut in movies with Act One (1963) based on the memoirs of Moss Hart ; Schary also wrote and produced. It was a flop and marked both the beginning and the end of Schary's film directing career. On Broadway Schary wrote, produced and directed One by One (1964), which ran for seven performances, and produced and directed

378-515: A documentary series titled MGM Parade , and wrote the musicals Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) and Silk Stockings (1957). He wrote International Review , meant to be an all-star musical, but it was not made. He left MGM when his boss Dore Schary was fired. "When I left Hollywood in 1957, I was in the glue factory", he later said. "That I had written movies for many years meant nothing." Spigelglass moved to New York where he wrote for TV shows such as Playhouse 90 and Climax! , including

441-489: A film star and avant-garde , visionary director of the silent era . His 1924 film Greed (an adaptation of Frank Norris 's 1899 novel McTeague ) is considered one of the finest and most important films ever made. After clashes with Hollywood studio bosses over budget and workers' rights problems, Stroheim found it difficult to find work as a director and subsequently became a well-respected character actor, particularly in French cinema. For his early innovations, Stroheim

504-507: A film version of the book. He originally intended it to be a highly detailed reproduction of the original, shot mostly at the locations described in the book in San Francisco and Death Valley . Von Stroheim shot in San Francisco with his actors in period dress and silent movie makeup while the city itself was represented in its modern form. Automobiles can be seen in the background of some scenes and any "extras" or passersby are in (what

567-479: A hack", he said. He wrote the film adaptation of Majority of One and the big screen version of Gypsy (1962) both directed by Mervyn Le Roy . The film rights for Majority went for $ 500,000. He returned to Broadway and wrote a series of plays, but none had the success of his first. A musical adaptation of Cafe Crown was not produced. The Free Thinkers was announced for 1961 but not made. Dear Me, The Sky Is Falling (1963) (originally titled Libby ) had

630-546: A job offer from Louis B. Mayer at MGM. MGM struggled to adapt to the post-war filmmaking environment and, in 1947, recorded its first-ever end-of-year financial loss. The movie industry was faced with the threat of the Paramount Decree , rising labor costs, political turmoil, labor unrest, and the threat of television. MGM's parent company, Loews Incorporated in New York, decided that Schary might be able to turn

693-730: A lecture tour by Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd , and was an assistant drama coach at the Young Men's Hebrew Association in Newark. The head coach was Moss Hart . Schary worked in theatre as an actor and writer. In 1927 he got a bit part on Broadway in a play with Paul Muni . Then he worked with Hart at a summer resort in the Catskill Mountains , where they wrote, produced, and directed skits and plays. Schary appeared on Broadway in The Last Mile with Spencer Tracy . He wrote

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756-469: A manageable length. Mathis gave the print to a cutter, who reduced it to 2.5 hours. The shortened release version was a box-office failure, and was angrily disowned by Stroheim. In particular, he blamed Mathis for destroying his pet project, since she was credited as a writer due to contractual obligations. However, Mathis had worked with Stroheim before and had long admired him, so it is not likely she would have indiscriminately butchered his film. The film

819-505: A noticeable American accent. Jean Renoir writes in his memoirs: "Stroheim spoke hardly any German. He had to study his lines like a schoolboy learning a foreign language." However, the fashion photographer Helmut Newton , whose first language was German, used a clip from a Stroheim film on which to base one of his fantasy nude photographs, and he has commented that in the clip Stroheim speaks "a very special kind of Prussian officer lingo – it's very abrupt: it's very, very funny". Stroheim

882-451: A part written for himself, and newcomer Mary Philbin in the lead actress role. However studio executive Irving Thalberg fired Stroheim during filming and replaced him with director Rupert Julian . Probably Stroheim's best remembered work as a director is Greed , a detailed filming of the novel McTeague by Frank Norris . He originally started it as a project with Samuel Goldwyn 's Goldwyn Pictures . Stroheim had long wanted to do

945-648: A play which was read by film producer Walter Wanger , who wired his New York office: "Hire Dore Schary. She writes with a lot of vigor – for a woman." Wanger subsequently hired Schary as a $ 100-a-week film writer. Schary moved to Hollywood, but his option with Wanger was dropped after three months. In his autobiography Heyday (1979), Schary also credits theatrical agent Frieda Fishbein in getting him to Hollywood, by introducing him to Harry Cohn , "the Maharajah of Columbia". Schary's early writing credits include He Couldn't Take It (1933) for Monogram, and Fury of

1008-403: A printer in his youth at Art Craft Press in Newark, New Jersey. He married Miriam Svet, a pianist and painter, on March 5, 1932. The couple had three children: the novelist and memoirist Jill Schary Robinson , psychoanalyst Dr. Joy Schary, and CLIO award-winning producer Jeb Schary. Miriam and Dore Schary had seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Dore Schary died in 1980, aged 74, and

1071-461: A short run despite starring Gertrude Berg . Remedy for Winter (1965) (known as Upper Case ), Scuttle Under the Bonnet (1965) and The Playgirls (1966) did not make it to Broadway. The Wrong Way Light Bulb (1969) only had a short run. He wrote the book The Scuttle Under the Bonnet (1962). He also wrote the book to the musical We've Done a Whole New Thing but it was not produced. Look to

1134-460: A solid hit. Kid Glove Killer (1942), the directorial debut for Fred Zinnemann , was also profitable. Journey for Margaret (1942) was a big success, making a star of Margaret O'Brien . Bataan (1943) made a profit of over one million dollars. Lassie Come Home (1943) with Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor had a profit of over two million. Schary accepted an offer to go to work for David O. Selznick 's Vanguard Films as head of

1197-490: A story of the life of Helen Morgan . He wrote the play A Majority of One (1959), directed by Dore Schary. Starring Gertrude Berg , it was a hit and ran for 556 performances. This reignited Hollywood's interest in Spigelglass. He returned to Hollywood and found himself treated with far more respect as the writer of a hit play than he had during his entire time there before. "At the age of 50, I am an author and not

1260-459: A strong start when Battleground (1949) proved to be MGM's most profitable film of the year. A 1949 profile called him a "boy wonder... very probably the most important man in the movie industry." Schary also received acclaim for his personal productions, including The Next Voice You Hear... (1950), Go for Broke! (1951) and Westward the Women (1951). Schary co-wrote (with Charles Palmer)

1323-399: Is considered one of the greatest directors of the silent era, creating films that represent cynical and romantic views of human nature. In the 1932 film The Lost Squadron , Stroheim played a parody of himself as a fanatic German film director making a World War I movie, who orders extras playing dead soldiers to "Stay dead!" Recurring tropes in his films include the portrayal of janitors, and

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1386-469: Is still celebrated as one of the first of the auteur directors. He helped introduce more sophisticated plots and noirish sexual and psychological undercurrents into cinema. He died of prostate cancer in France in 1957, at the age of 71. Beloved by Parisian neo- Surrealists known as Lettrists , he was honored by Lettrist Maurice Lemaître with a 70-minute 1979 film titled Erich von Stroheim . Stroheim

1449-626: The 1950 book Case History of a Movie , which extensively covered, from initial conception to screening, the production of the film The Next Voice You Hear... . Mayer and Schary's differences came to a head with the production of The Red Badge of Courage (1951). Mayer presented an ultimatum to Nick Schenck , head of Loews, that Schary be fired. Schenck supported Schary and Mayer resigned. In July 1951 Schary took over complete control of production at MGM. Schary's personal productions started losing money: Washington Story (1952), Plymouth Adventure (1952), and Dream Wife (1953). However Take

1512-527: The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith from 1963 until April 22, 1969, when Samuel Dalsimer was elected the new National Chairman. After Dalsimer died unexpectedly later that year on August 22, Schary was named acting National Chairman and served until May 1970, when Seymour Graubard was elected to replace him. Schary was appointed by Mayor John Lindsay to the office of New York City Commissioner for Cultural Affairs. Schary worked as

1575-615: The Connecticut Delegation. On Broadway, Schary had another huge hit as producer and director with the Meredith Willson musical, The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1960) starring Tammy Grimes , which ran for 532 performances. MGM released a film version starring Debbie Reynolds in 1964. Schary wrote, produced and directed The Devil's Advocate (1961), based on the novel by Morris West , which ran for 116 performances. He produced and directed Something About

1638-577: The High Ground! (1953) and Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) were moderately successful. Schary also wrote and produced the documentary film The Battle of Gettysburg (1955), getting two Oscar nominations for his work. At MGM, Schary greenlighted such films as Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Teahouse of the August Moon and Don't Go Near the Water which all proved to be big successes at

1701-885: The Jungle (1933) and Fog (1933) at Columbia. Schary worked on Let's Talk It Over (1934) for Universal, The Most Precious Thing in Life (1934) at Columbia, and Young and Beautiful (1934) at Universal. Other work for Universal included Storm Over the Andes (1935), Chinatown Squad (1935), and (uncredited) The Raven (1935). At Warners, Schary wrote Murder in the Clouds (1934) and Red Hot Tires (1935). He did some uncredited work on Paramount's Mississippi (1935), and wrote for Republic's Racing Luck (1935). Schary went to Fox for Silk Hat Kid (1935), Your Uncle Dudley (1935) and Song and Dance Man (1936). He

1764-653: The Lilies (1970) based on Lilies of the Field , but it only had a short run despite starring Shirley Booth . So too did Mack & Mabel (1974) based on an idea of Spigelglass. In 1971, Spiegelgass joined the USC Cinema Department as an adjunct professor. In the 1970s, Spigelgass wrote an ABC Afterschool Special and several Academy Award ceremonies. He wrote the play Interview (1978), which had some productions. Spigelgass' sister, Beulah Roth,

1827-516: The Secret Service and The Hun Within . In The Heart of Humanity , he tears the buttons from a nurse's uniform with his teeth, and when disturbed by a crying baby, throws it out of a window. Following the end of the war, Stroheim turned to writing and then directed his own script for Blind Husbands in 1919. He also starred in the film. As a director, Stroheim was known to be dictatorial and demanding, often antagonizing his actors. He

1890-697: The United States. Stroheim is perhaps best known as an actor for his role as Rauffenstein in Jean Renoir 's La Grande Illusion (1937) and as Max von Mayerling in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950). For the latter film, which also starred Gloria Swanson, Stroheim was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . Excerpts from Queen Kelly were used in the film. The Mayerling character states that he used to be one of

1953-443: The box office. In Schary's last year at MGM he personally produced three films, all of which lost money: The Swan (1956), The Last Hunt (1956) and Designing Woman (1957). MGM recorded a loss in 1956 leading to Loews firing him from his $ 200,000 annual contract and replacing him with Ben Thau . He was to remain as a consultant for MGM until 1968 at $ 100,000 a year. Contemporary newspaper reports and Schary later claimed he

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2016-408: The commercial cinema, his extreme attention to detail, his insistence on near-total artistic freedom and the resulting costs of his films led to fights with the studios. As time went on, he received fewer directing opportunities. In 1929, Stroheim was dismissed as the director of the film Queen Kelly , after disagreements with star Gloria Swanson and producer and financier Joseph P. Kennedy over

2079-480: The depiction of characters with physical disabilities. His next directorial efforts were the lost film The Devil's Pass Key (1919) and Foolish Wives (1922), in which he also starred. Studio publicity for Foolish Wives claimed that it was the first film to cost $ 1 million. In 1923, Stroheim began work on Merry-Go-Round . He cast the American actor Norman Kerry as Count Franz Maximilian von Hohenegg,

2142-666: The directorial debuts of Nicholas Ray ( They Live by Night (1948)) and Joseph Losey ( The Boy with Green Hair (1948)), both of which lost money. Expensive money losers included Adventure in Baltimore (1949) with Shirley Temple. RKO was taken over by Howard Hughes , who clashed with Schary, particularly over Schary's desire to make Battleground , a film about the Battle of the Bulge . Schary resigned in July 1948. He soon accepted

2205-695: The episode titled The Man of Many Skins . " Lubitsch shows you first the king on the throne, then as he is in the bedroom. I show you the king in the bedroom so you'll know just what he is when you see him on his throne." "If you live in France, for instance, and you have written one good book, or painted one good picture, or directed one outstanding film 50 years ago and nothing else since, you are still recognized and honored accordingly. People take their hats off to you and call you 'maître'. They do not forget. In Hollywood—in Hollywood, you're as good as your last picture. If you didn't have one in production within

2268-449: The eve of World War II, Stroheim was prepared to direct the film La dame blanche from his own story and screenplay. Jean Renoir wrote the dialogue, Jacques Becker was to be assistant director and Stroheim himself, Louis Jouvet and Jean-Louis Barrault were to be the featured actors. Max Cossvan was to produce the film for Demo-Film. The production was prevented by the outbreak of the war on September 1, 1939, and Stroheim returned to

2331-461: The film Lonelyhearts (1958), starring Montgomery Clift and directed by Vincent J. Donehue . Schary had another Broadway hit when he produced and directed (but did not write) the comedy A Majority of One (1959–60) by Leonard Spigelgass , starring Gertrude Berg and Cedric Hardwicke . Schary earned a Tony nomination for his direction and the show ran for 556 performances. (It was later filmed, without Schary's involvement.) Less successful

2394-425: The film to be re-edited and re-shot; it was released under the new title Hello, Sister! (1933). Spigelglass worked as assistant to Julian Josephson, head of story at Fox. Spigelglass was also credited as writer on Stingaree (1934) and Escape to Paradise at RKO. In December 1933, Spigelglass accepted a contract at Universal to work as scenario and story editor. While there, his story I'll Fix It (1934)

2457-542: The job as head of the production. Although he still had eleven months left on his Vanguard contract they let him go and Schary signed a five-year deal with RKO in January 1947. Schary personally produced Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), a big hit, and championed Crossfire (1947), a major success for the studio. Other hits its included Every Girl Should Be Married (1948), Station West (1949), The Set-Up (1949) and The Window (1949). He greenlit

2520-518: The last three months, you're forgotten, no matter what you have achieved ere this." Dore Schary Isadore "Dore" Schary (August 31, 1905 – July 7, 1980) was an American playwright, director, and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures. He directed one feature film , Act One , the film biography of his friend, playwright and theatre director Moss Hart . He became head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and replaced Louis B. Mayer as president of

2583-580: The latter for Best Screenplay and Best Story, winning for Best Story. Schary went on to write Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940), Young Tom Edison (1940) with Mickey Rooney and Edison, the Man (1940) with Tracy. He also worked on Married Bachelor (1941). For Republic, Schary wrote Behind the News (1940). MGM promoted Schary to producer of their "B" pictures unit. Schary began with Joe Smith, American (1942), based on Schary's own story, which became

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2646-441: The mounting costs of the film and Stroheim's introduction of indecent subject matter into the film's scenario. After Queen Kelly and Walking Down Broadway , a project from which Stroheim was also dismissed, Stroheim returned to working principally as an actor, in both American and French films. His stern nature, as well as some of his villainous roles, earned him the nickname "the man you love to hate". Working in France on

2709-616: The musical One Night in the Tropics (1940), the film debut of Abbott and Costello . He wrote Tight Shoes (1941) and Butch Minds the Baby (1942), based on a story by Runyon. He wrote some films at Warner Bros., including Million Dollar Baby (1941) and All Through the Night (1942). He also wrote The Man They Couldn't Kill for Edward G. Robinson , but it was not made. At RKO, Spigelglass wrote The Big Street (1942), based on

2772-612: The musical, The Zulu and the Zayda (1965) which went for 179. Schary also wrote two more produced Broadway plays, Brightower (1970) (one performance ) and Herzl (1976) (8 performances), neither of which had long runs. Schary wrote his memoirs, Heyday , which came out shortly before his death. In an interview, he said "I've always had an edge and the edge is that I'm a writer. No matter what happens I can write. And I'm tough. You had to be tough to outwit them, to wear them down. I've always been pretty lucky that way." Although Schary

2835-517: The production. He produced I'll Be Seeing You (1944), The Spiral Staircase (1946), Till the End of Time (1946), The Farmer's Daughter (1947) with Loretta Young , and The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple. All films were considered critical and commercial successes. Schary's Vanguard films were released through RKO, which offered him

2898-874: The son of Austrian nobility like the characters he would go on to play in his films. However, he first found work as a traveling salesman – work which took him to San Francisco and then Hollywood . Both Billy Wilder and Stroheim's agent Paul Kohner claimed that he spoke with a decidedly lower-class Austrian accent . His years in America seem to have affected his speech, though. In The Great Gabbo , Stroheim's German, though fluid, has Midwestern American r' s. Later, while living in Europe , Stroheim claimed in published remarks to have "forgotten" his native tongue. In Renoir's movie La Grande Illusion , Stroheim speaks German with what seems to be an American accent . Similarly, in his French-speaking roles, von Stroheim speaks with

2961-535: The studio in 1951. Schary was born to a Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey . Schary's father ran a catering business called the Schary Manor. Dore attended Central High School for a year but dropped out to sell haberdashery and buy china. When he finally returned to school, he completed his three remaining years of classwork in one year, graduating in 1923. Schary worked as a journalist, did publicity for

3024-488: The three great directors of the silent era, along with D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille ; many film critics agree that Stroheim was indeed one of the great early directors. Stroheim's character in Sunset Boulevard thus had an autobiographical basis that reflected the humiliations suffered throughout his career. He appeared as a guest star in the 1953 anthology drama television series Orient Express in

3087-468: The tide. Schary signed to be vice president in charge of production in July 1948. Schary and studio chief and founder Louis B. Mayer would soon be at odds over philosophy, with Mayer favoring splashy, wholesome entertainment and Schary leaning toward what Mayer derided as darker "message pictures". "Films must provoke thought in addition to entertainment", Schary once said. "They must educate and inform as they entertain." Schary's career at MGM got off to

3150-581: Was The Country Boy , in which he was uncredited. His first credited role came in Old Heidelberg . He began working with D. W. Griffith , taking an uncredited role as a Pharisee in Intolerance . Additionally, Stroheim acted as one of the many assistant directors on Intolerance , a film remembered in part for its huge cast of extras. Later, with America's entry into World War I, he played sneering German villains in such films as Sylvia of

3213-401: Was The Highest Tree (1959), which Schary wrote, produced and directed (and featured Robert Redford in the cast ) and Triple Play (1959), a collection of short plays, which he produced. Schary wrote and produced the film version of Sunrise at Campobello , which was released by Warner Brothers , directed by Donehue, in 1960. He also had a brief uncredited role in the film as Chairman of

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3276-548: Was a political speechwriter for Franklin Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson , and was married to photographer Sanford H. Roth , a close friend of James Dean . Spigelgass died in Los Angeles, California. Erich von Stroheim Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim ; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as

3339-649: Was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1885 as Erich Oswald Stroheim (some sources give Hans Erich Maria Stroheim von Nordenwall , but this seems to have been an assumed name, see below), the son of Benno Stroheim, a middle-class hatmaker, and Johanna Bondy, both of whom were observant Jews . Stroheim deserted his military service and immigrated to America aboard the SS ; Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm on November 26, 1909. On arrival at Ellis Island , he claimed to be Count Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim und Nordenwall,

3402-512: Was bought for Columbia. In June 1934, Spigelglass was promoted to producer. His first film in that capacity was Princess O'Hara (1935), based on a story by Damon Runyon , which he helped write. He became story editor for Major Pictures and wrote a film of the life of Madame Curie for Universal. At Universal, he wrote for Letter of Introduction (1938), Service de Luxe (1938), Unexpected Father (1940), Private Affairs (1940), and The Boys from Syracuse (1940). He produced

3465-575: Was briefly under contract at MGM for a few months in 1936. At Paramount Schary did Timothy's Quest (1936), Mind Your Own Business (1936), Her Master's Voice (1936), Outcast (1937), and The Girl from Scotland Yard (1937). He did Ladies in Distress (1937) at Republic. Schary's play Too Many Heroes ran on Broadway for 16 performances in the fall of 1937. At MGM Schary worked on two Spencer Tracy films, Big City (1937) and Boys Town (1938). Schary earned Oscar nominations on

3528-429: Was deemed too long, so Stroheim and director Rex Ingram edited it into a four-hour version that could be shown in two parts. However, in the midst of filming, Goldwyn Pictures was bought by Marcus Loew and merged into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . After rejecting Stroheim's attempts to cut it to less than three hours, MGM removed Greed from his control and gave it to head scriptwriter June Mathis , with orders to cut it to

3591-532: Was diagnosed as prostate cancer. He eventually became paralyzed and was carried to his drawing room to receive the Legion of Honor award from an official delegation. He died at his chateau in Maurepas near Paris on May 12, 1957, at age 71. By 1914, he was working in Hollywood. He began working in movies as a stuntman, and then in bit-parts and as a consultant on German culture and fashion. His first film, in 1915,

3654-494: Was fired because of his political activities, including his close association with the Democratic Party. In 1956, his final year running MGM, he appeared on the show This Is Your Life . Host Ralph Edwards stated that there had never been a show where more stars appeared to honor a guest. However, MGM swimming star Esther Williams would later state in her 1999 autobiography The Million Dollar Mermaid that Schary

3717-417: Was for the time) modern clothing. When the production did move to Death Valley it was in the middle of summer. Greed is also considered by some film historians to be the first feature-length film shot on location. The original print ran for an astonishing 10 hours. Knowing this version was far too long, Stroheim cut almost half the footage, reducing it to a six-hour version to be shown over two nights. It still

3780-633: Was just as rude, cruel, and as imperious as Mayer had been. She noted that she thought it appropriate that Schary was fired on Thanksgiving, since he was a "turkey". Following his departure from MGM, Schary obtained the rights to the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April 1957. He wrote and produced the Broadway play Sunrise at Campobello (1958–59), about Roosevelt, starring Ralph Bellamy . The play won five Tony Awards and ran for 556 performances. Schary returned to Hollywood when he wrote and produced

3843-446: Was married three times. He was married to Margaret Knox from 1913 to 1915; His second marriage was to Mae Jones from 1916 to 1919. He was never divorced from his third wife Valerie Germonprez, though he lived with actress Denise Vernac , from 1939 until his death. Vernac also starred with him in several films. Two of Stroheim's sons eventually joined the film business: Erich Jr. (1916–1968) as an assistant director and Josef (1922–2002) as

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3906-643: Was one of the studio executives who formulated the 1947 Waldorf Statement , he became an outspoken opponent of the anticommunist investigations of the House Un-American Activities Committee . In 1948, he was honored by the Anti-Defamation League for "distinguished contributions toward the enrichment of America's democratic legacy," together with Charles E. Wilson , Eleanor Roosevelt , Barney Balaban , and Darryl Zanuck . Schary served as National Chairman of

3969-482: Was partially reconstructed in 1999 by producer Rick Schmidlin , using the existing footage mixed with surviving still photographs, but the original cut of Greed has passed into cinema lore as a lost masterpiece. Stroheim followed with a commercial project, The Merry Widow , his most commercially successful film; the more personal The Wedding March , as well as the now-lost The Honeymoon . Stroheim's unwillingness or inability to modify his artistic principles for

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