Martin Bandyke Under Covers for May 2022: Martin interviews Scott Eyman, author of 20th Century Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio
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The Pandemic Has Cut Theatre Attendance in Half
The pandemic has cut theatre attendance in half from what it was before. And whether that comes back, who knows a because a lot of people simply sit at home and watch the streaming services. He latched out at john wayne for directing a picture. He latches out at actors for producing pictures, people like bert lancaster. Made one or two good pictures, made three or four lousy pictures. In the early sixties, fox is in terrible trouble with cleopatra, the es of a tailor. Its budge basically came clearly close to bankrupting the studio,. not because of anything intrinsic on the screen, but because it was incompetently produced.
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