The Last Tycoon
- Episode aired Mar 14, 1957
- 1h 30m
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A movie producer is slowly working himself to death.A movie producer is slowly working himself to death.A movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
Richard Joy
- Self - Announcer
- (as Dick Joy)
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- ConnectionsVersion of The Philco Television Playhouse: The Last Tycoon (1949)
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Just one of several versions of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel.
The F. Scott Fitzgerald novel "The Last Tycoon" was published posthumously in 1941. It is about a Hollywood producer from the 1930s, Monroe Stahr, a man modeled closely after the real life producer, Irving Thalberg. In this teleplay, Stahr is played by Jack Palance...a man who looks very little like Thalberg. Thalberg was a skinny, sickly man and Palance was a big, powerfully built man. To make up for this, Palance gives a surprisingly 'soft' sort of performance...speaking softly and being less 'Jack Palancy' than usual! And, I think he's quite good in it.
The story is about the latter part of a widely respected producer's life. It seems that Monroe Stahr is suffering from some serious ailment and he only has a short time to live. But instead of slacking off at work and traveling the world, he continues doing what he loves best....working.
This is a very good version of the story. I've seen a couple others and this one compares favorably except for one problem. The story is set in the 1930s and is about Thalberg. Making it a contemporary story set about 1957 changes all this...and really is a story that is too late, as by 1957 most of the big-time Hollywood moguls are gone or on their way out with the disintegration of the studio system.
The story is about the latter part of a widely respected producer's life. It seems that Monroe Stahr is suffering from some serious ailment and he only has a short time to live. But instead of slacking off at work and traveling the world, he continues doing what he loves best....working.
This is a very good version of the story. I've seen a couple others and this one compares favorably except for one problem. The story is set in the 1930s and is about Thalberg. Making it a contemporary story set about 1957 changes all this...and really is a story that is too late, as by 1957 most of the big-time Hollywood moguls are gone or on their way out with the disintegration of the studio system.
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- planktonrules
- Feb 19, 2024
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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