Making Hollywood Happen Deirdre Beddoe Not that we should have

Not that we should have been surprised: The war was fought in one small corner of the nation and therefore of little concern to Americans as a whole

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Deanna Durbin-who turned her back on Hollywood at the age of twenty-eight to pursue love and happiness-has been largely forgotten

Making Hollywood Happen Deirdre Beddoe Not that we should haveFilmmaking is a business someone has to pay the bills. For much of the industry's history, that role was shouldered by the studios. The rise of independent filmmakers then led to the rise of independent financiers. But what happens if bad weather closes down a production or a director's vision pays no heed to the limitations of time and money? Enter Film Finances. The company was founded in London in 1950 to insure against the risk that a film would