Joseph Herman Pasternak (born József Paszternák; September 19, 1901 – September 13, 1991) was a Hungarian-American film producer in Hollywood. Pasternak spent the Hollywood "Golden Age" of musicals at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producing many successful musicals with female singing stars like Deanna Durbin, Kathryn Grayson and Jane Powell, as well as swimmer/bathing beauty Esther Williams' films. He produced Judy Garland's final MGM film, Summer Stock, which was released in 1950, and some of Gene Kelly’s early breakthrough roles. Pasternak worked in the film industry for 45 years, from the later silent era until shortly past the end of the classical Hollywood cinema in the early 1960s.
Herman Pasternak (born József Paszternák; September 19, 1901 – September 13, 1991) was a Hungarian-American film producer in Hollywood. Pasternak spent...
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in Los Angeles, California, he is the son of Hollywood film producer JoePasternak. He was influenced in his career choice by Los Angeles disc jockeys...
lapsed. Universal Pictures producer JoePasternak wished to borrow Garland from MGM, but she was unavailable. When Pasternak learned that Durbin was no longer...
Nichols as Lola Fandango Maggie Pierce as Dody Carol Byron as Sybil JoePasternak bought the film rights to the novel, which originally was known as Unholy...
suspension. Kelly was not the first choice for the role: the producer, JoePasternak, originally wanted Mickey Rooney, but was prevailed on to go with Kelly...
Alternate titles considered were The Only Way to Love and Girl Crazy. JoePasternak had produced the similar spring break movie Where the Boys Are, also...
honor film achievements of 1964. The ceremony was produced by MGM's JoePasternak and hosted, for the 14th time, by Bob Hope. The Best Picture winner...
received an offer from JoePasternak to come to Universal at half the salary she had been receiving for most of the 1930s. Pasternak had previously tried...
ISBN 9780813158891. Scheuer, Philip K. (Jan 9, 1980). "Pasternak: The Man Who Out-Disneyed Disney: JOEPASTERNAK". Los Angeles Times. p. g12. "Gladys George to...
Durbin's best film, and the last in which she worked with the producer (JoePasternak) and director (Henry Koster) who groomed her for stardom. It Started...
Richard Thorpe Written by Richard Connell Gladys Lehman Produced by JoePasternak Starring Van Johnson Esther Williams Frances Gifford Carleton G. Young...
Day felt that it was her best film performance. The film's producer JoePasternak said, "I was stunned that Doris did not get an Oscar nomination." The...
role in The Valley of Decision (1945), a popular melodrama. Producer JoePasternak gave him a bigger part in Anchors Aweigh (1945) with Frank Sinatra and...
to have been her final recording session for MGM on October 2, 1957, with Joe Lipman and his orchestra, she recorded a cover version of the 1923 song "Who's...
Warners. JoePasternak wanted Judy Garland for Durbin's role, but Garland's home studio, MGM, wouldn't loan her out for the picture. However, Joe would produce...
Enrico Caruso. The movie was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by JoePasternak with Jesse L. Lasky as associate producer. The screenplay, by Sonya...
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