March 13, 2009
Hollywood in the Box; Tony, We Hardly Knew You; Art in the Ring
In 1946, Darryl F. Zanuck was dismissive of a new medium — television. "People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night," said the Hollywood mogul. TV would not be able to "hold onto any market it captures after the first six months." Zanuck had reason to be brash. That year, writes Christine Becker, some 90 million Americans went weekly to the movies, an all-time high for Hollywood, while only .02 percent of households had televisions. But 10 years later, boxes,
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