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1 day ago · Anthony D'Alessandro. Mon, 15 July 2024, 7:50 pm GMT-4 · 2-min read. The Barbie filmmaker is 2024’s Pioneer of the Year recipient. Greta Gerwig will be bestowed with the 75th honor at the September 25th ceremony at the Beverly Hilton by the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation (WRMPPF). The Pioneer of the Year Award is bestowed ...
1 day ago · The Longest Day has one of the biggest and most star-studded casts in Hollywood history. The massive ensemble is headlined by John Wayne, who was the most famous western movie star at the time; Sean Connery, who started playing James Bond in the same year; and Henry Fonda, cinema’s most beloved everyman.
2 days ago · The actress was a 22-year-old day player at Fox when she stood up to mogul Darryl F. Zanuck’s aggressive sexual overtures. “Her agent scheduled her for the notorious ‘4 o’clock meeting’ and ordered her to stuff her bra,” says Pulitzer-nominated playwright Willy Holtzman, who is writing the screenplay.
1 day ago · Cecil B. DeMille of Paramount was known for his epic films, while Darryl F. Zanuck at 20th Century Fox pushed for technological innovations and gritty realism. Jack Warner, one of the founders of Warner Bros., was influential in the adoption of sound films.
22 hours ago · The ceremony will be held at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on 26th September 2024. “Greta Gerwig is a dynamic filmmaker with extraordinary vision who entertains and inspires audiences everywhere,” said, Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic distribution of Warner Bros. Goldstein is also the co-chairperson of Pioneer Dinner 2024.
2 days ago · Source: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, WikiCommons, 1940. Route 66 and the Depression In the 1930s and into the early 1940s, the Great Depression displaced hundreds of thousands of Americans.
22 hours ago · Greta Gerwig has been tapped to receive this year’s Pioneer of the Year Award. She’s only the second female director to receive the prestigious honor after Elizabeth Banks. She’ll be feted ...
