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4 days ago · Walter Wanger had long contemplated producing a biographical film about Cleopatra. In 1958, his production company partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to produce the film. Following an extensive casting search, Elizabeth Taylor signed on to portray the title role for a record-setting salary of $1 million.
2 days ago · Walter Wanger lived a seemingly charmed existence since his entry into the film industry, with prominent stints as an executive at a string of top movie studios — during the 1930s he shepherded ...
1 day ago · She married Walter Wanger, a prominent film producer, in 1919. They divorced in 1938. Despite her fame, Johnstone remained humble and dedicated to her work. She passed away on September 3, 1982, leaving behind a legacy of innovation and excellence.
5 days ago · It was all over the papers. From Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon: “The period was also enlivened by a public fracas in which producer Walter Wanger shot Jennings Lang in the groin. Lang was the paramour of Wanger's wife, Joan Bennett. The noted producer served out a term in the pokey as prison librarian.”
3 days ago · When producer Walter Wanger, Siegel, and novelist Jack Finney — whose book, “The Body Snatcher,” (1955) was the film’s basis — started on this venture, they could have had no idea of its staying power. “They Come From Another World” — one of the working titles for the picture — was a low-budget affair made on the quick.
3 days ago · The House Across The Bay – 1940 – Walter Wanger Productions. Joan Bennett, George Raft, Walter Pidgeon, Lloyd Nolan. Directed by Archie Mayo.
3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.
