Frank Capra, Kim Victor, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, any of these four names will always be engraved on the monuments of film history.

Seeing that Victor didn't speak, Grant smiled: "Scared, right?" And what's more! ”

John Ford picked up and said, "That guy William Wheeler has a movie too, right?" ”

Grant nodded, "You know this best. ”

Victor looked up at John Ford, and John Ford said: "This guy is the opponent I am most worried about this year, a movie that Universal is starring in this year's $6 million, called "Westerners", is also a western, William Wheeler, this guy, is very powerful." ”

John Ford is known as a master of Westerns, one of the most famous directors in Hollywood at the moment, and he can feel pressure, and William Wheeler has such capital.

William Wheeler, born in France in 1902, was the nephew of Laimer, the owner of the Universal Company, and later came to the United States to join Laimer. He directed a total of 69 films in his lifetime, was nominated for the Oscar for Best Director 12 times, won the award 3 times, and won the Oscar for Best Picture for 3 films, sending 12 actors to the throne of Oscar actor and actress.

Aside from these accolades, from the perspective of film history, whether in Hollywood or within the scope of Shijie, William Wheeler is a giant that cannot be ignored, active in Hollywood from the thirties to the fifties, his pursuit of perfection and shooting style, so that his films have a strong humanistic feelings. William Wheeler is known as one of the four great directors of Hollywood's classic period.

He began to work as a director in 1925 and began to hone his skills, and throughout the thirties, Hollywood was almost all his world. In 1937 and 1938, William Wheeler's films based on literary masterpieces were well received by the audience, and in 1938, "Red Shirt Tears" won the 11th Oscar for Best Actress. What really made Wheeler famous was the 1939 film of the same name based on the famous novel "Wuthering Heights", which established William Wheeler as a leader in Hollywood.

William Wheeler in 1940 was a masterpiece in Hollywood.

"Who else in October?" Victor has a feeling that he is not afraid of bites when there are many lice.

John Ford smiled awkwardly and pointed at himself, "You forgot about me, and my Grapes of Wrath." But I try to delay the shooting as much as possible and avoid you, I don't want to be bored and bump into your movie. ”

Grant smiled and said, "It's basically these people in October, and in the next two months, there are Miles East's "The Rat and the Man", Raiden Hua Investment, Price Stone Sturges's "The Great Mackindy", MGM Investment. The rest of the people, the powerful characters are not there for the time being. ”

After Grant said this, John Ford said to Victor: "Victor, Gianni's words are reasonable, I think, you can't choose to release it in October, it's best, in December, close to Christmas, the competition is relatively weak, otherwise you will die miserably in front of so many people." ”

Victor shook his head: "I don't think so. Of course, what you said makes sense, and avoiding this peak can reduce a lot of stress, but it's not my character. I think if we can steal a little bit of the limelight and fight these people, then we will make a lot of money, and even if we are not their opponents, we will not have any shame. ”

"No one can predict the outcome of the movie until it meets the audience. I have faith in this film. ”

Seeing that Victor insisted on his opinion, Grant and Ford couldn't say anything.

Nicholas agrees with Victor: "Hollywood has a moment every year, it's like a gang of western cowboys on the street, surrounded by spectators, as long as you can enter this field, whether it's life or death, the audience will be impressed, if you run to an open place and pull each other's guns, what's the point?" ”

After saying this, a group of people began to discuss the specifics of "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", especially the filming.

Jenny Grant is very familiar with Los Angeles, and he highly recommends Victor to shoot in the West Side of Los Angeles, where the buildings are relatively old, the texture is very good, and the image is styled, which is suitable for the overall temperament of the film, and about the coordination with government departments and local residents during filming, as the mayor of Hollywood, he can help.

The extras matter, Victor handed over to Leo and Ford. There is absolutely no problem with the two of them.

The next day, Victor, accompanied by Grant and Ford, rushed to Los Angeles' West Side to select the location. After walking for more than a dozen blocks, Victor became interested in a French community, and felt that it was very suitable for his imagination, so he decided on it, and with Grant's coordination, the local community was also very cooperative, and promised to give incentives and cooperation in the deployment of people and buildings, which was completely for Grant's face.

Over the next two or three days, Leo and Ford completed all the extras and all the equipment needed for filming according to Victor's requirements.

And for two or three days, Victor barely left the Grape Hill.

His most important task now is to tell the story.

"This Killer Is Not Too Cold" is actually a two-person play, Gregory Peck and Marilyn Monroe, who are fully competent in terms of image, but in terms of acting skills, Victor has to worry a little.

Although both men would go on to become Hollywood superstars, that was later, not now.

Gregory Peck had only some experience in theater before, and he acted in a dead fashion, and the way the theater was performed was fundamentally different from the movie. As for Marilyn Monroe, this little girl had nothing to do with movies before.

If it is an average movie, the image of two people is enough. But this movie is more of an inner drama, the kind of emotional drama that will reveal an emotional magnetic field even if you don't speak, a look and a smile will reveal an emotional magnetic field, in this regard, even experienced actors can hardly guarantee that they will play well.

Victor took two people, starting from the script, almost one scene at a time, he had to tell the two of them, starting with the basic story, and then starting to talk about the feelings inside, zuihou was promoted to the theme of the whole movie, and more often, it was to let the two people act on the spot.

At the beginning, Pike and Monroe were still very jerky, especially Pike, letting him play the role of Leo as a killer did not match his original character, but under the inspiration of Victor, Pike's performance quickly entered the state, and Zuihou even Victor had to secretly praise the future superstar is the future superstar.

As for Monroe, compared to Pike, it surprised Victor greatly. This little girl, although she has no previous film experience at all, the kind of thing in her bones does not need to be performed, and it can be revealed directly.

This girl was born for movies.

At the same time, Victor also learned about the company's site from Baggins from time to time.

The company's decoration and cleaning, Victor handed over to Baggins. Baggins is a very practical person, and the people who led Sunset Avenue completely changed the company's factory site in a very short time, and Baggins also specially invited a group of Italian craftsmen on the street to make a huge factory logo for 3,000 dollars.

Victor didn't see how the factory logo was doing, but according to Anthony, it took more than 60 people for the big guy to be installed on the company's gate. "Victor, our factory logo is to stand at the foot of the mountain, standing more than ten miles away, you can see it clearly, that long sword, the sun shines, radiant! There is momentum! Anthony spat as he spoke.

August 2nd. On this day, the weather in Los Angeles was sunny and cloudless.

On a street on Los Angeles' West Side, local residents went out in the morning to find that the street that was usually full of pedestrians became bustling.

"Photography, in place! Drama, in place! The actor begins to prepare! Leo has a role in this movie, but because of the lack of people, he simply became Victor's assistant director.

At the heart of the room, four cameras are set up, and behind the main camera in the middle, Victor sits in a chair with a guide in his hand, and next to him, a gray-haired Niccolas Zink, staring intently at the camera, with a cigar in his mouth.

John Ford stood behind Victor with his hands crossed, the old man squinting and grim.

The rest of the scene held their breath and looked at Victor in unison.

"Everything is ready, that's it." Victor took a deep breath and held the guide tube in his hand high: "Let's shoot!" ”

"This Killer Is Not Too Cold", the first scene, start filming!" The blocker repeats, the camera starts, and Pike's Leon walks into the camera......

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