The technique was old, and old Darryl Zanuck knew it well. First the publicity flashbacks that recite your past glory and present strength, then the stern, quiet conversations, then finally and with trumpets, the march into town. Under the covering fire of telegrams, Zanuck arrived in New York last week, and three days later he was president of 20th Century-Fox. His victory was shared by Spyros Skouras, deposed last month from his 20-year regime as Fox's impresario, and it was a complete victory over the Wall Street moneymen who had shoved Skouras aside.
With Fox trembling from...
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