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Darryl Francis Zanuck (/ ˈzænək /; September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era.
Originally titled The Eagle Squadron, it is based on a story by "Melville Crossman", the pen name for 20th Century Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck. It follows an American pilot who joins the Royal Air Force (RAF), during a period when the United States was still neutral.
The script by Nunnally Johnson was based on a story by producer Darryl F. Zanuck (writing as Melville Crossman) and contained uncredited additional dialogue by Fred Allen, James Gow, Edmund Gross and Harry Tugend. Thanks a Million was nominated for the Academy Award for Sound (E. H. Hansen) in 1935. [1]
May 18, 2018 · Born: Darryl Francis Zanuck in Wahoo, Nebraska, 5 September 1902; credited as Gregory Rogers, Melville Crossman, and Mark Canfield as writer in 1920s. Education: Page Military Academy; Manual Training High School; also studied under private tutors.
Producer Darryl F. Zanuck (who also authored the original as 'Melville Crossman') sidesteps overloading the picture with flying sequences and bombing expeditions [photographed in England by...
Jul 28, 2012 · This is what producer Darryl F. Zanuck, who also wrote the original story for The Purple Heart under the name of Melville Crossman, had to work with. The fate of the real U.S. soldiers would not be known until after completion of the war. The Purple Heart is an imagining of their trial.
Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film.
