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E. Maurice "Buddy " Adler (June 22, 1906 – July 12, 1960) was an American film producer and production head for 20th Century Fox studios.
In 1954, his production of From Here to Eternity Academy Award for Best Picture and in 1956, his Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Bus Stop Marilyn Monroe .[1]
Biography [ edit ]
Adler was born in New York City in 1906 (some references have listed his birth year as 1908 or 1909). "Buddy" was a childhood nickname. His family ran a small chain of department stores and Adler did advertising copy for the chain. He began writing short stories in his spare time and published them under the name "Bradley Allen". In 1936 he moved to Hollywood where he wrote the Pete Smith short features for MGM . He wrote the screenplay for the short documentary film Quicker'n a Wink Oscar in 1940 . He also owned a small string of movie showhouses, called the Hitching Post.[2]
During World War II , Adler served in the Signal Corps (1941–1945), ending with the rank of colonel. [3]
In 1954 Alder moved from Columbia to Fox , where he produced several films.[2]
Head of Fox [ edit ]
In 1956 Adler was named as Head of Production for 20th Century Fox, replacing Darryl F. Zanuck . In 1957 he established the Fox Talent School, with a $1 million budget. Actors who had their first starring roles under Adler include Elvis Presley , Pat Boone , Tommy Sands , Fabian , Stuart Whitman , Suzy Parker , Joanne Woodward , France Nuyen , May Britt , Bradford Dillman , Tony Randall , Barry Coe , and Diane Varsi .[2] [4] [5]
Personal life [ edit ]
Adler was born in New York City. He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1936 and resided there for the rest of his life. In 1940 he married actress Anita Louise Fremault (1915–1970) , with whom he had two children. The family were at his bedside when he died in 1960, from lung cancer .[2]
Adler received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1957.[6] Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
On July 12, 1960, Adler died of lung cancer , aged 54, in Los Angeles and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California . His widow, who is buried there as well, survived him by ten years.[7]
Selected filmography [ edit ]
North to Alaska
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
South Pacific
A Hatful of Rain
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Anastasia
Bus Stop
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
The Bottom of the Bottle
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
The Left Hand of God
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
House of Bamboo
Soldier of Fortune
Violent Saturday
From Here to Eternity
Last of the Comanches
The Harlem Globetrotters
Saturday's Hero
A Woman of Distinction
Tell It to the Judge
The Dark Past
Quicker'n a Wink
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d Producer Buddy Adler Dies at 51: Wife Anita Louise at Bedside of Fox Studio Aide (Los Angeles Times, 13 July 1960. p. B1)
^ A. Schmidt. ON THE ELEVATION OF MR. ADLER: How Buddy Adler Became 'White-Haired' Producer At Columbia Studio (New York Times, 27 September 1953
^ Philip K. Scheuer. $4 MILLION LATER: 20th Has Its Stars of Tomorrow—Today. 20th Builds Stable of Own Stars (Los Angeles Times, 16 August 1959). p. E1
^ Philip K. Scheuer. Adler Dispels Film Gloom: 20th Executive Cites Upsurge in Business as Bright Omen (Los Angeles Times, 17 February 1958). p. C9
^ THALBERG AWARD FOR BUDDY ADLER: Fox Production Head Hailed by Motion Picture Academy (New York Times, 22 March 1957). p. 26
^ Scott Wilson. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons , 3d ed.: 2. McFarland & Co. (2016) ISBN 0786479922
Awards for Buddy Adler
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1951–1975
1976–2000
Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler (1976)
Charles H. Joffe (1977)
Michael Cimino , Michael Deeley , John Peverall and Barry Spikings (1978)
Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)
Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
David Puttnam (1981)
Richard Attenborough (1982)
James L. Brooks (1983)
Saul Zaentz (1984)
Sydney Pollack (1985)
Arnold Kopelson (1986)
Jeremy Thomas (1987)
Mark Johnson (1988)
Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard D. Zanuck (1989)
Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson (1990)
Ron Bozman , Edward Saxon and Kenneth Utt (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Branko Lustig , Gerald R. Molen and Steven Spielberg (1993)
Wendy Finerman , Steve Starkey and Steve Tisch (1994)
Bruce Davey , Mel Gibson and Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
Saul Zaentz (1996)
James Cameron and Jon Landau (1997)
Donna Gigliotti , Marc Norman , David Parfitt , Harvey Weinstein and Edward Zwick (1998)
Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)
David Franzoni , Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick (2000)
2001–present
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (2001)
Martin Richards (2002)
Peter Jackson , Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh (2003)
Clint Eastwood , Tom Rosenberg and Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman (2005)
Graham King (2006)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Scott Rudin (2007)
Christian Colson (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro (2009)
Iain Canning , Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin (2010)
Thomas Langmann (2011)
Ben Affleck , George Clooney and Grant Heslov (2012)
Dede Gardner , Anthony Katagas , Jeremy Kleiner , Steve McQueen and Brad Pitt (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu , John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
Blye Pagon Faust , Steve Golin , Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar (2015)
Dede Gardner , Jeremy Kleiner and Adele Romanski (2016)
J. Miles Dale and Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Jim Burke , Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly , Nick Vallelonga and Charles B. Wessler (2018)
Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae (2019)
Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand , Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao (2020)
Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet , Patrick Wachsberger (2021)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang (2022)
Emma Thomas , Charles Roven , and Christopher Nolan (2023)
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