TY - BOOK ID - 78072024 TI - Hal Wallis PY - 2015 SN - 0813159512 9780813159515 1322597391 9781322597393 0813123178 9780813123172 0813187761 PB - Lexington The University Press of Kentucky DB - UniCat KW - Motion picture producers and directors KW - Wallis, Hal B., KW - Wallis, Harold Brent, KW - Wallis, Hal, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78072024 AB - Hal Wallis might not be as well known as David O. Selznick or Samuel Goldwyn, but the films he produced -- Casablanca, Jezebel, Now Voyager, The Life of Emile Zola, Becket, True Grit, and many other classics (as well as scores of Elvis movies) -- have certainly endured. As producer of numerous films, Wallis made an indelible mark on the course of America's film industry, but his contributions are often overlooked and no full-length study has yet assessed his incredible career.A former office boy and salesman, Wallis first engaged with the business of film as the manager of a Los Angeles movie ER -