The Studio

The Studio is a 1969 non-fiction book by John Gregory Dunne about the workings at 20th Century Fox from May 1967 to May 1968. He was allowed significant access to the studio over several months. According to Dunne's obituary, the resulting book "is regarded as one of the most detailed and accurate reports on the workings of a major film studio ever written." It covers such aspects as: the test screening and marketing of Doctor Doolittle the making of Star!, The Planet of the Apes, The Sweet Ride the scripting of The Boston Strangler People who appear in the book include Richard Zanuck, Darryl F. Zanuck, Gene Kelly, Paul Monash, Joe Pasternak, Pandro Berman.