Spyros P. Skouras Research Papers (original) (raw)

Никита Хрущёв and Spyros P. Skouras, Los Angeles, 1959

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- Cultural Cold War, Cold War, Cold War International Relations, Cold War history

CinemaScope (1953), the process that established the widescreen format in motion pictures, was more than a technical innovation. It breathed life into the film industry, saved Twentieth Century-Fox from liquidation, and inducted its president Spyros P. Skouras into the pantheon of American visionaries. For the first time an intimate story of the second technological revolution in film history emerges from the papers of Spyros P. Skouras. Ranging from correspondence with Churchill and Eisenhower to company memos and financial reports, this collection is an indispensable source for the historian and affords a rare glimpse into Hollywood's corporate performance at its best.

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- Film Studies, Film History, Film and Media Studies, CinemaScope Composition

Summary of Andreas Papandreou's talk on the Center Union's economic policy at the Plaza Hotel, New York City, 26 June 1964.

Spyros P. Skouras (1893-1971) was the most influential Greek immigrant in American history and one of America's preeminent citizens during the Cold War period. In an astonishing sixty-year career, he shaped two industries (film and shipping), turned Twentieth Century-Fox into a global film leader, saved Hollywood by introducing CinemaScope, masterminded Century City in Los Angeles, and, not least, helped save millions of Greeks from starvation and disease during World War II. For the first time his story is being told in his own words and in full detail. Coinciding with Skouras' 120th birth anniversary, this book is a valuable contribution to American and Greek Diaspora historiography that will inspire younger generations to pursue the intertwined ideals of business excellence and public service.

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- Cold War and Culture, Film History, Classical Hollywood, Korean War

The most extravagant film production in history, "Cleopatra" (1963) broke multiple records in expenditure, shooting length, footage, and artistic indulgence. It marked the birth of star-driven film making and ushered in the age of blockbuster movies. Swerving between tragic accidents and shocking unprofessionalism, it soon became a noose around the neck of a historic Hollywood studio. For the first time the story of the production becomes available through original documents in the archive of Spyros P. Skouras, the man who transformed "Cleopatra" from an artistic vision into a global phenomenon.

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- Film Studies, Film History, Spyros P. Skouras, Joseph L Mankiewicz
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- Film History, Greek Diaspora, Athenagoras, Spyros P. Skouras
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- World War II, Spyros P. Skouras, Greek War Relief Association
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- Modern Greek History, Cyprus conflict, The Cyprus Problem, Lyndon B. Johnson
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- Modern Greek History, Spyros P. Skouras, Greek Americans
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- Film Music And Sound, Modern Greece, The 300 Spartans, Spyros P. Skouras
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- Foreign Aid, Modern Greek History, Greek Diaspora, World War II history
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- Spyros P. Skouras
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- Cold War and Culture, Film History, Classical Hollywood, Film industry
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- Spyros P. Skouras, Stanford University

Spyros P. Skouras' intersections with American music.

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- Jazz Studies, Jazz History, American music, Dimitri Mitropoulos
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- Spyros P. Skouras, Nicolas Astrinidis
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- Greek History, Archival Studies, Film Studies, Archives

Alex Shashkevich reports on Chrissochoidis' discovery of nearly 100 hours of Skouras recordings

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- Archives, Film History, Classical Hollywood, Archival Research
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- Wagner Studies, Modern Greek History, G F Handel, Richard Wagner
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- Hollywood, Spyros P. Skouras, Twentieth Century-Fox, Khrushchev

Video library documenting Spyros P. Skouras' life and achievements.

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- Film History, Spyros P. Skouras, Greek Americans, Twentieth Century-Fox

Stanford Report, May 23, 2013 story by Kelsey Geiser.

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- Film Studies, Film History, Spyros P. Skouras, Greek Americans