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New Hollywood Star Emerges as Director Powerhouse
A shift in film power elevates directors over actors as the top creative force. Star directors command high pay and producer credits, with figures like Coppola and Wyler cited among a growing cadre. The article notes friction and milestones, from Preminger to Lupino, and traces the director’s rising prestige across Hollywood and Europe.
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D.W Griffith
George Axel
Rod
Julie Christie
Walter Matthau
Richard D. Zanuc
Century-Fox
Naking
Bbad
Darryl Zanuck
Sam Goldwyn
Richard Zanuck
Darryl
New York
20Th
Zanuck
Cecil B. de Mille
Alfred Fitchcock
Broadway
Mike Nichols
Virginia Woolf
Detroit
Francis Ford Coppola
Coppola
Finian
Fred Astaire
Jack Warner
UCLA
Betwen Wyler
Samantha Eggar
Barbra Streisand
Wyler
Barbra
Otto Preminger
Otto
Edwin S. Porter
New Jersey
David Wark Griffith
Cecil Blount de Mille
Ernst Lu
Bitsch
Nie Notchka
Frank Capra
San Diego
Avocado Country
Deeds
Alfred Hitchcock
England
Hollywood
Rebecca
John Heston
Billy Wilder
Fred Zinnemann
William Wyler
Mrs. Miniver
Ben- Hur
George Stevens
Ida Lupino