Darryl F. Zanuck

(1902-1979) born in Wahoo, Saunders County. Film producer, co-founder of 20th Century-Fox in 1933, produced the first talking film "The Jazz Singer" in 1927, the only three-time recipient of the Irving S. Thalberg Award for "most consistent high quality of production achievement" in 1937, 1944, 1950, earned three Oscars for best picture in 1941, 1947, 1950, the Golden Globe Award in 1954, appeared on cover of Time, June, 12, 1950. Consult Current Biography (1954) 672-675 and American National Biography, Vol 24 (1999) 219-221.

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