Pictures at a Revolution (62 page)

6.
AI with Jones.

7.
Friedman, Lester D., ed.
Bonnie and Clyde
. (London: BFI Publishing, 2000), p. 11.

8.
AI with Benton and Jones.

9.
Benton and Newman, “Lightning in a Bottle,” op. cit.

10.
Ibid.

11.
Original treatment with introduction courtesy of Elinor Jones.

12.
AI with Benton.

13.
AI with Jones.

14.
Truffaut
, op. cit., p. 211.

15.
Benton and Newman, “Lightning in a Bottle,” op. cit.

16.
AI with Beatty.

17.
Letter from Truffaut to Helen Scott, December 1964, p. 259,
Truffaut Correspondence
, op. cit.

18.
AI with Harrison Starr.

19.
AI with Beatty and Penn.

20.
AI with Starr.

21.
AI with Alexandra Stewart.

22.
Ibid.

23.
AI with Starr.

24.
AI with Beatty.

25.
Background on the history of United Artists can be found in
United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry
by Tino Balio (Madison University of Wisconsin Press, 1987).

26.
Balio, op. cit., p. 87.

27.
Ibid., pp. 134–136.

28.
Eames, John Douglas.
The MGM Story
, 2nd rev. ed. (New York: Crown, 1982), p. 310.

29.
Thomas,
Clown Prince of Hollywood
, op. cit., pp. 260–261.

30.
Records of Jacobs's meetings with Warner, Minnelli, Andrews, and Ira Steiner come from memo from Jacobs to Schwartzman, September 7, 1966, op. cit., Jacobs Collection.

31.
Smith, Kenneth S. “Skouras Defends ‘Cleopatra' to Stockholders.”
New York Times
, May 16, 1962.

32.
“Zanuck Succeeds Skouras as President of Fox.”
New York Times
, July 26, 1962.

33.
Alden, Robert. “Zanuck Dismisses ‘Cleopatra' Chief.”
New York Times
, October 24, 1962.

34.
Archer, Eugene. “Zanuck Reports on Fox Finances.”
New York Times
, February 21, 1964; Esterow, Milton. “‘Cleopatra' Termed ‘Success.'”
New York Times
, March 27, 1964; Canby, Vincent. “Costly ‘Cleopatra' Is Nearing Its Break-Even Point.”
New York Times
, March 25, 1966.

35.
“Zanuck Reports on Fox Finances,” op. cit.

36.
Archer, Eugene. “Zanuck Shuts Fox's Coast Studio; 300 Employees Are Suspended.”
New York Times
, August 20, 1962.

37.
Mosley, Leonard.
Zanuck: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Last Tycoon
(Boston: Little, Brown, 1984), p. 344.

38.
AI with Richard Zanuck.

39.
Ibid.

40.
Memo from Arthur Jacobs to Jack Schwartzman, September 7, 1966, op. cit.

41.
“Proposal,” memo from William Morris Agency, 1964 undated, Jacobs Collection.

42.
Memo from Arthur Jacobs to Richard Zanuck, May 29, 1964, Jacobs Collection.

43.
Reference in letter of agreement between 20th Century-Fox and Apjac, May 24, 1965, Jacobs Collection.

44.
Draft of 20th Century-Fox publicity materials, undated, Jacobs Collection.

45.
Jablonski, Edward.
Alan Jay Lerner: A Biography
(New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1996).

46.
Dunne,
The Studio
, op. cit., pp. 32–33.

CHAPTER 4

1.
Author interview with Mike Nichols.

2.
Background on Nichols's early life and career comes from “Profiles: Making It Real—How Mike Nichols Re-Created Comedy and Himself” by John Lahr,
The New Yorker
, February 21 and 28, 2000.

3.
AI with Nichols.

4.
Scheuer, Philip K. “Nichols: The Whiz Kid Whizzes Onward.”
Los Angeles Times
, February 5, 1967.

5.
Lahr, op. cit.

6.
Smith, Gavin. “Mike Nichols Interview.”
Film Comment
(May 1999).

7.
Lahr, op. cit.

8.
AI with Nichols.

9.
Smith, op. cit.

10.
Lefferts, Barney. “Now the Mike Nichols Touch.”
The New York Times Magazine
, November 22, 1964.

11.
AI with Turman.

12.
O'Steen, Sam, as told to Bobbie O'Steen.
Cut to the Chase: Forty-Five Years of Editing America's Favorite Movies
(Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2001).

13.
AI with Nichols.

14.
AI with Hanley.

15.
AI with Nichols.

16.
Ibid.

17.
Wiley, Mason, and Damien Bona.
Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards
, 10th anniversary ed. (New York: Ballantine, 1996), p. 360.

18.
Ibid., pp. 362–364.

19.
Poitier, Sidney.
This Life
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980), p. 253.

20.
Goudsouzian, Aram.
Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon
(Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2004), p. 206.

21.
Schumach, Murray. “Stars Join Drive Against Bigotry.”
New York Times
, July 15, 1963.

22.
———. “Hollywood Cause.”
New York Times
, August 22, 1963.

23.
Wiley and Bona, op. cit., p. 360.

24.
Poitier, Sidney.
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
(San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001), p. 107.

25.
Pryor, Thomas H. “A ‘Defiant One' Becomes a Star.”
New York Times
, January 25, 1959.

26.
Schumach, Murray. “Poitier Says Bias Exists on Coast.”
New York Times
, August 19, 1960.

27.
Background on Poitier's relationship with Diahann Carroll comes from Poitier's two autobiographies, cited previously, and from
Diahann!
by Diahann Carroll with Ross Firestone (New York: Little, Brown, 1986).

28.
“Wailing for Them All,”
Time
, April 24, 1964.

29.
Ibid.

30.
Schumach, Murray. “N.A.A.C.P. Assails the Movie Industry.”
New York Times
, November 29, 1961.

31.
———. “Hollywood Wary on Charges by the N.A.A.C.P.”
New York Times
, June 27, 1963.

32.
Raymond, Jack. “Negroes Listed in D-Day Assault.”
New York Times
, June 28, 1963.

33.
“Richard Zanuck Surprised.”
New York Times
, June 28, 1963.

34.
Schumach, Murray. “N.A.A.C.P. Seeks Job Equality in Hollywood Film Companies.”
New York Times
, June 26, 1963.

35.
———. “Producers Agree on Using Negroes.”
New York Times
, August 22, 1963.

36.
———. “Negro Assistant Film Director Solves Problems of Protocol.”
New York Times
, January 31, 1963.

37.
———. “N.A.A.C.P. Scores Film Labor Units”.
New York Times
, June 1, 1964.

38.
AI with Elizabeth Wilson.

39.
Gould, Jack. “Honesty and Ad Libs Enliven Ceremonies; Academy Awards Show Has ‘Rented' Look.”
New York Times
, April 15, 1964.

40.
Poitier to Sheilah Graham.
New York World-Telegram and Sun
, August 9, 1965.

41.
“Poitier's Oscar Has Exhibs Whistling Dixie.”
Variety
, April 22, 1964.

42.
“Actor Tells Press Off.”
Variety
, April 22, 1964.

CHAPTER 5

1.
Author interviews with Robert Benton and Elinor Jones.

2.
Postcard from David Newman to Elinor Jones, postmarked May 24, 1964, courtesy of Jones.

3.
“Lightning in a Bottle,” op. cit.

4.
AI with Wright.

5.
Ibid.

6.
The account of Truffaut's meeting with Jones at the Algonquin comes from the author's interview with Jones and her own notes written after the meeting.

7.
AI with Starr.