That committee was an outgrowth of the Thomas committee hearings in Washington and subsequent meetings of motion-picture producers in New York City.
Hollywood Ten, in U.S. history, 10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1947, refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations, and, after spending time in prison for contempt of Congress, were mostly blacklisted by the Hollywood studios.
The movie colony gained a reputation for hedonistic lifestyles and conspicuous consumption, and threats of strict censorship from puritanical organisations, many of them antisemitic, were kept at bay by the appointment of Presbyterian elder Will Hays as head of the new Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, known informally as the industry's tsar.
Motion picture producers are doubling up on film projects, haggling over actors and crews so they can wrap up production before the June strike date.
Motion picture producer and director.
The son of the Hollywood motion-picture producer Benjamin Percival ("B.P").
Excerpt from the "Times" saying that Jerry Wald, motion picture producer, may make James Joyce 's Ulysses into a movie.
Sol Lesser, (born February 17 , 1890 Spokane, Washington, U.S. died September 19 , 1980 Hollywood, California) American motion-picture producer best known for his Tarzan movies.
Built on land that was originally purchased by the wealthy industrialist, aviator, and motion-picture producer Howard Hughes in the 1950s, Summerlin was later developed beginning in 1990.
February 17 , 1890Spokane, Washington September 19 , 1980Los Angeles, California Sol Lesser, (born February 17 , 1890 Spokane, Washington, U.S. died September 19 , 1980 Hollywood, California), American motion-picture producer best known for his Tarzan movies.
He worked for the motion picture producer Louis de Rochemont before joining the Geigy Chemical Corporation in New York as design director in the mid-60's.
