she ll need time press studio head darrell zanic. in many ways, darrell is almost cliche of a old school movie mogul. he s short, he s aggressive, and always chomping on a cigar. this is somebody who has a reputation of being exacting and sometimes brutal. it s difficult to overstate how patriarchal the hollywood studio system was in the 30s through the 50s, absolutely male dominated. at the top of every studio is a very powerful controlling man. the people we call moguls, louie, jack warner, darrell. they re considered despotic
monsters and tough, tough businessmen. they knew that the things the public wanted were stars and stories and they ran it like a factory, and they rolled those things out 400, 500, 600 of them a year. there were only a few large studios and those studios made the movies, period. it was sort of like the mafia in that they controlled everything. studio system operated a pool of aspiring talent, what they called stock contract players. being a contract player didn t mean you re going to be a star. you were shuffled from one movie to the next. and often you weren t glorified extra essentially. hollywood has always been a difficult place for women. hollywood treats women as
coat. the bulbs were going like crazy. snappy, snappy, snappy. snappy. marlyn announces she s settling up her own film co company. marilyn monroe protections. setting up a protection company in her name, she didn t use anything like blonde goddess production or something. everybody is going huh? for a woman during the hollywood studio system to decide i m going to step out on my own is astounding to think about. at that time, that was almost unprecedented. a very feminist act but also a very powerful fact. marilyn s new business partner is photographer milton green. they were deep friends. he loved beauty and he loved to take great pictures and she appreciated that. he never told her to take the
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