GINNY TYLER DIES

Disney Legend and REPS’ Friend Ginny Tyler passed away this morning July 13th, 2012.

When the original “Mickey Mouse Club” was re-edited and repackaged for syndication in 1962, Tyler was appointed Head Mouseketeer, live from Disneyland where she hosted a live 15-minute daily segment of the program. Children could also register as “Official Mouseketeers,” complete with membership card, and Ginny, often in the company of Roy Williams or Jimmie Dodd, was on hand for greetings and autographs. Read more about Ginny’s career with Disney at the Disney Legend’s web site. Ginny was a featured guest at the 2007 REPS SHOWCASE Old Time Radio Convention in Seattle where she played the title role of Pinocchio in a re-creation of the 1939 Lux Radio Theater version of the Disney movie. On the same evening Ginny played Mrs. Nussbaum in a re-enactment of the Fred Allen show. Audio versions of both performances can be heard below. We trust you will enjoy these very special performances of the late Ginny Tyler.

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Holm, a lifelong New Yorker, appeared in the films "All About Eve," "High Society" and "Cinderella," among others.

In 1948, she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in the Elia Kazan film "Gentleman's Agreement."

She also played the role of Annie in the original production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma."

Funeral arrangements have not yet been made, but Holm's family members say they expect to hold a memorial in the city.

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/164855/academy-award-winner-celeste-holm-dies-at-95


http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/producer-richard-d-zanuck-dead-349085


Producer Richard D. Zanuck Dies at 77


Richard D. Zanuck, whose prolific producing career included Best Pictures Oscars for "The Sting," and "Driving Miss Daisy," as well as such blockbusters as "Jaws," and well-regarded films as "The Verdict" and "Cocoon," has died at age 77 of a heart attack. More recently, Zanuck produced Tim Burton’s "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Book of Eli."

He is survived by his wife Lili Fini Zanuck, sons Harrison and Dean and nine grandchildren.

Regarded as one of the more progressive producers in Hollywood, Zanuck was partnered with his wife, Lili Fini Zanuck, in the Zanuck Company. Their first production was "Driving Miss Daisy." That Oscar-winning filmalso received several other top-film honors - a Golden Globe Award, The National Board of Review Award and "Producer of the Year" honors from the Producers Guild of America.

In 1999, Zanuck and his longtime partner, David Brown, received the Irving G. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It marked the first time that an honoree was a second-generation recipient – Zanuck’s father, former Twentieth Century Fox head, Darryl F. Zanuck, received the award previously. They are the only father and son to both receive Best Pictures Oscars. Zanuck/Brown also received the David O. Selznick Lifetime Achievement Award from the Producers Guild in 1995.

At age 28, Zanuck became the youngest studio chief in history when he was appointed head of 20th Century Fox in 1962. During his eight years at the helm, the studio won an impressive 159 Oscar nominations. Three of the films – "The Sound of Music," "Patton" "The French Connection" – won Best Picture Oscars. Other studio successes under Zanuck’s tenure included: "The Planet of the Apes," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "M*A*S*H."

Zanuck subsequently moved from 20th Century Fox to become senior executive vice-president at Warner Bros., where he and soon-to-be partner David Brown oversaw production of such box office hits as The Exorcist and Blazing Saddles.

Richard Darryl Zanuck was born on December 13, 1934 in Los Angeles, the son of Twentieth Century Fox studio head Darryl Zanuck. He graduated from Stanford and served in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant. Upon his discharge, Zanuck went to work at Twentieth Century Fox as a story and production assistant, working on such films as "Island in the Sun" and "The Sun Also Rises." At age 24, he produced his first film, "Compulsion," which won Best Actors Awards at 1959 Cannes Film Festival for the ensemble of Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman. He went on to produce "Sanctuary" and "The Chapman Report," and served as vp in charge of all productions and eventually as president. However, after a heated proxy battle in 1969-70, Zanuck was removed from the presidency.

At that point, Zanuck moved over to Warner Bros. where he served as executive vice president. While at the studio, Zanuck formed a partnership with David Brown, forming the Zanuck/Brown Company in 1971. The duo went on to become one of the film industry’s most influential producing teams. They produced Steve Spielberg’s first feature, "The Sugarland Express," as well as his second film, "Jaws," which became the first movie to break the $100 million mark domestically. Zanuck/Brown also produced the Paul Newman/Robert Redford-starrer, "The Sting," which won seven Oscars, including Best Picture. Subsequently, they produced another Paul Newman vehicle, "The Verdict," which was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

In 1988, Zanuck teamed up with his wife to establish The Zanuck Company: their debut film was the Oscar winning "Driving Miss Daisy,” which won four Oscars, including Best Picture. "The hardest picture I ever had to get made was ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ because it was such an unlikely project. In today's marketplace, audiences expect big summer blockbusters and films like ‘Planet of the Apes’ don't have it that tough," he once said in contrasting two of his films.

The Zanuck Company followed up with the critically acclaimed Rush starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric, and directed by Lili Fini Zanuck. Its musical score by Eric Clapton became one of the most acclaimed of 1992.

The Zanuck Company went on to produce Ron Howard’s "Cocoon," and its sequel, "Cocoon: The Return." Subsequent productions of The Zanuck Company included the 1998 box office hit, "Deep Impact," "Rush," "Mulholland Falls" and, with Clint Eastwood, "True Crime."

The duo produced the 72nd Annual Academy Awards telecast.

Richard Zanuck’s other producing credits with Lili Fini Zanuck include "Rich in Love," which reunited them with the "Driving Miss Daisy" creative team director Bruce Beresford and writer Alfred Uhry. They also produced "Wild Bill." More recently, The Zanuck Company produced "Yes Man," "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

In collaboration with HBO, the Zanucks were developing The Decalogue, consisting of ten one-hour films, each based on one of The Ten Commandments of the Bible, set in contemporary Los Angeles.