Unit+Three+Directors+and+Key+People


 * =Unit 3: Directors and Key People=
 * Will Hays-** Was the chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America. Resigned his previous job as a manager for a presidential candidate to become the first president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributers of America until retirement in 1945. His main job was to persuade individual state censor boards to not ban films and to reduce financial impact of cuts and edits.


 * Leo McCarey -** He's responsible for the original teaming of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, though Hal Roach claimed it later and is now sometimes erroneously given credit. Director/Writer with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and The Marx Brothers.
 * The Marx Brothers-** A family comedy act that starred in the films "Duck Soup" and "A Night at the Opera". Brothers included Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo. The youngest brother, Gummo, did not appear in any films. ||  ||
 * Tony Curtis:** an American film actor who has been in over 100 films and later made a number of television appearances, by the end of the 1950's he was a notable actor with a strong screen presence. He was also able to act in countless dramatic and comedy roles, he won his first serious recognition in 1957 in the film Sweet Smell of Success. He was also nominated for best actor in The Defiant Ones, and starred in Some Like it Hot (1959), which was voted the # 1 funniest film in history.


 * Marilyn Monroe:** born Norma Jean Baker-American actress, singer, model, and showgirl which led to her becoming a major sex symbol. She starred in a number of successful motion pictures during the 1950's, including //Niagra// (1953), //Gentlemen Prefer Blondes// (1953), and //There's No Show like Show Business//. She was raised in a foster care throughout her early childhood, but Monroe got out of that when she eventually married Jimmy Dougherty in 1942. The marriage broke down when she focused more on her acting career. Through movies like //The Asphalt Jungle// (1950), she was able to attract a lot of attention and her career skyrocketed as a result. By the age of 26, she was known as one of America's leading stars. However, this fame was cut-short when she died of a drug overdose in 1962.


 * Billy Wilder:** Wilder was a screenwriter in the late 1920s. He wrote the wrote the screenplay to the screwball comedy Ninotchka//.// Wilder most famous work was Double Indemnity, some of his other works are The Lost Weekend, sunset Boulevard. He also directed __Some Like It Hot__, which starred Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis. Wilder earned Best Director and best Screenplay Academy awards.