tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post116685889821216621..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: A Memo John Lasseter Would NEVER Send...Steve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1166991268342551332006-12-24T12:14:00.000-08:002006-12-24T12:14:00.000-08:00Seriously--there's a lot of wisdom in all those "m...Seriously--there's a lot of wisdom in all those "memo" books...the Selznick one(probably the most famous of them)reflects but one man's nuttiness as well as talent, but the Zanuck & WB ones...wow. I always push those titles on friends who have <I>any</I> interest in film history and film production. <BR/><BR/>I was able to meet and greet Rudy Behlmer often when I worked at Larry Edmunds in my pre-Calarts days; he's not only a great film scholar but a lovely gentleman.<BR/><BR/>btw--Merry Christmas, Steve and Kevin(and everyone else at the office)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1166925331609903882006-12-23T17:55:00.000-08:002006-12-23T17:55:00.000-08:00Rudy Behlmer, besides being omnipresent on comment...Rudy Behlmer, besides being omnipresent on commentary tracks on Warner Bros.'s classic films, edited <I>Memo From David O. Selznick</I> and <I>Inside Warner Bros. (1935-1951)</I>.<BR/><BR/>My old prof Niven Busch had a memo in the WB collection; he wasn't aware of it until I pointed the thing out to him. He reread the memo fifty years later and said: "Too bad they didn't follow my advice when I wrote it..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1166923176766580622006-12-23T17:19:00.000-08:002006-12-23T17:19:00.000-08:00One of the funniest memos in one of the greatest b...One of the funniest memos in one of the greatest books of Hollywood film lore ever compiled...Rudy Behlmer did a fantastic job of choosing the entries.<BR/><BR/>Of course, Wallis was well and truly furious and at the end of his rope--most of is mmemos were nothing like this, and Curtiz was no lightweight but a very stubborn, tough customer himself. Today everyone takes Curtiz's genius for granted, but back then he was another WB employee like all the other A directors(albeit a highly valued one).<BR/><BR/>Flynn's letter to Wallis on the subject of his hair in "Robin Hood" is another priceless one, as is Bogart's letter to Jack Warner literally begging not to have to do a certain picture--<I>Bogart</I>, pleading and threatening the head of the studio! he winds up having to do the film anyway--and it was a flop. Things never really change, is the lesson I take from this stuff. <BR/>Merry Xmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com