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sandensea

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Mon Oct 28, 2019, 03:01 PM Oct 2019

Robert Evans, Hollywood mogul of legendary bravado, dies at 89

Robert Evans, the Paramount Pictures executive who presided over a remarkable range of hits — notably “The Godfather,” “Chinatown,” “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Love Story” — and whose rakish and erratic personal style embodied the remarkable rise, fall and rise of a Hollywood player, died Oct. 26. He was 89.


With his gravelly voice, large-framed designer glasses, perpetual tan and fondness for gold chains and suede jeans, Mr. Evans brimmed with a rakish confidence and showmanship that propelled his career in the 1960s and 1970s.

He was long considered one of the savviest production chiefs in Hollywood, but cocaine abuse gradually derailed his career.

He pampered his stars, paid his writers generously and created — except for rare occasions of explosive conflict with temperamental filmmakers — an atmosphere where the art of moviemaking seemed to matter more than the bottom line. But eventually the profits came.

At: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-evans-hollywood-mogul-of-legendary-bravado-dies-at-89/2019/10/28/27eb3712-97c3-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html



Always in the picture: Robert Evans, 1930-2019.
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Robert Evans, Hollywood mogul of legendary bravado, dies at 89 (Original Post) sandensea Oct 2019 OP
I think he was married to Ali McGraw for NewDayOranges Oct 2019 #1
The Sun Also Rises (1957), 'The Kid stays In the Picture' Trailer appalachiablue Oct 2019 #2

appalachiablue

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2. The Sun Also Rises (1957), 'The Kid stays In the Picture' Trailer
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 04:50 AM
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Evans was cast as the young matador Romero in the film adaptation of Hemingway's classic novel about the 'Lost Generation,' expats in Paris and Europe during the post-WWI 1920s era.

Allegedly the cast which included Ava Gardner, Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn and others wanted Evans replaced or removed from the film but chief Darryl Zanuck said, 'the kid stays in the picture.' Years later Evans used the comment as the title of his autobiography in 1994.

The film captures elements of the era and the literary environment of Paris but was a few decades late in making and suffers some. Despite that there are positives like the scenes of Spain, actually made in Mexico and several performances by the actors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_Also_Rises



Hemingway, wife Hadley and group at a café in Pamploma, Spain in 1925. The group was the basis of the 'Lost Generation' in his novel.
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