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Isadore "Dore" Schary (August 31, 1905 – July 7, 1980) was an American motion picture director, writer, and producer, and playwright who became head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and eventually president of the studio.〔(【引用サイトリンク】The New York Times">title=Dore Schary )〕 ==Career== Schary had his first success as a writer when a play he wrote, ''Too Many Heroes'', ran on Broadway for 16 performances in the fall of 1937. He worked in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and in 1938 won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story as co-writer of the screenplay for ''Boys Town''. From 1942 to 1943, he ran MGM's "B" pictures organization. He was with RKO Pictures when in 1948 he became chief of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. Schary and studio chief and founder Louis B. Mayer were constantly at odds over philosophy, with Mayer favoring splashy, wholesome entertainment and Schary leaning toward what Mayer derided as darker "message pictures". In the postwar period, MGM's success began to decline. MGM's parent company, Loews in New York decided that Schary might be able to turn the tide. Schary was involved in disputes at the studio with Mayer over films such as ''Battleground'' and ''The Red Badge of Courage''. In 1951, Mayer was ousted and Schary installed as president. He was replaced in 1956 by Benny Thau, another long-term executive. During his term, the studio system was coming to an end as a result of ''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'' (1948), the Supreme Court decision which severed the connection between film studios and the theaters which showed their films.〔(【引用サイトリンク】History.com">title=U.S. Supreme Court decides Paramount antitrust case )〕 In addition, television was causing a decrease in theater attendance. MGM swimming star Esther Williams would later state in her 1999 autobiography, ''The Million Dollar Mermaid,'' that Schary was rude, cruel, and as imperious as Mayer had been. She noted that she thought it appropriate that Schary was fired on Thanksgiving Day, since he was a "turkey". In 1956 in his final year running MGM, he appeared on the show ''This is Your Life''. Host Ralph Edwards stated that there had never been a show where more stars appeared to honor a guest. Following his departure from MGM, Schary wrote the Broadway play ''Sunrise at Campobello''. The play won five Tony Awards. He wrote and produced the motion picture of the same name, which was issued by Warner Brothers, in 1960. He also had a brief uncredited role in the film as Chairman of the Connecticut Delegation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dore Schary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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