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6 unusual facts about Ray Stark


Alec Lorimore

Previous to his involvement in the Imax industry he worked for over ten years as a screenwriter, and wrote a number of feature film scripts which were either purchased or commissioned by the major studios, including Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Paramount Pictures, and worked with such producers as Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Taplin, Ray Stark, and Steve Tisch.

Edward S. Feldman

In 1959, Feldman left Fox to promote The World of Suzie Wong and its producer, Ray Stark, for Paramount Pictures.

Leonard Gardner

In their memoirs, producer Ray Stark and director John Huston both cited it as among their finest achievements.

Ray Stark

While putting together the Broadway musical Funny Girl—the highly fictionalized account of the life of his mother-in-law, Fanny Brice—its producer David Merrick took Stark and his wife, Frances, to see an unknown singer perform at the Bon Soir in Greenwich Village.

On his death in 2004, Ray Stark was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Underworld U.S.A.

Producer Ray Stark asked Fuller to write a direct a film based on the title of a magazine article of the title written by Joseph F. Dinneen.



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Michael Cieply

While working for Sony, Cieply would consult with Ray Stark Productions.