41. By wooing agents and studio executives and talent like Stallone and Willis, Samaha began forging powerful alliances. 42. Condemning the blacklist today is a safe cause, like boycotting grapes two decades ago, that producers, studio executives and agents can easily support. 43. Compounding the problem, in the eyes of studio executives, was that the movie was to focus on a young Latina. 44. Defense attorneys said studio executives never read it, because Kessler refused to sign a release. 45. De Bont prevailed, overcoming both studio executives and the producers. 46. Despite the high cost, one studio executive said, national television delivers frequent moviegoers at the lowest price per person. 47. Disney was described by a studio executive as having a minority financial stake in the film, with distribution rights in the United States. 48. Eight movie studio executives are scheduled to testify Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee about their policies. 49. Elderd kept advising studio executives to tread lightly in talks with the hotel. 50. Even during the decades when studio executives bowed to the Hays Office or the Breen Office, their faith was still in entertainment. |