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Talk's Cheap, Action's Expensive - The Films of Robert L. Lippert (Paperback)
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Talk's Cheap, Action's Expensive - The Films of Robert L. Lippert (Paperback)
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When Spyros Skouras was forced to resign as commander in chief of
20th Century-Fox, Darryl F. Zanuck was persuaded to return to the
studio to take charge. As the studio was on the brink of disaster,
Zanuck put the brakes on every project in the works and fired just
about everyone on the lot. Except for one man, the only one working
for the studio who made their bread-and-butter pictures which, at
this point in time, was the only kind of movies the studio could
afford to make. And that man was Robert L. Lippert. Robert Lippert,
you say? Never heard of him. Lippert produced over two hundred
movies, tailored to the small town exhibitors who had to change
their program two or three times a week. And they loved him for it.
Kansas theater owner Bill Leonard told his fellow exhibitors to
"just line up with these Lippert pictures and you and your patrons
will be happy." So? I still never heard of him. Ever heard of James
Clavell, the author of Shogun? Or Andrew McLaglen, the director of
McLintock? Or Sam Fuller, the director of Pickup on South Street?
They were just some of the people who got their first break in the
business from Lippert. And if none of those names ring a bell, have
you ever heard of The Fly (1958)? Lippert made that one. His name
isn't on it but he produced it never-the-less. This book is all
about the man who was once left like a sack of laundry on the steps
of an orphanage. It's about his battle with the Screen Actors
Guild, his stormy marriage and, of course, his movies.
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