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He clearly would do anything for Wasserman, and seemingly Wasserman would do everything for him, but he would put him down in lunch. Oh, well, you know, doing it for him, doing for Wasserman, or whatever it was, you know, he wasn't vicious or anything, but you could see, he'd like to insult the front office, make fun of the moment.
Under Wasserman's leadership, MCA had become one of the most powerful talent agencies Hollywood had ever seen. In 1958, it bought Universal Studios where the Hitchcock television show was made. Wasserman's next move was get Hitchcock away from Paramount and bring him to Universal to make his feature films. The lever would be a dark story about a woman on the run, a strange young man, his domineering mother and a rundown motel. |
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