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Frank Yablans

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The Resume

    (August 27, 1935-November 27, 2014)
    Born in Brooklyn, New York
    Movie producer and studio executive
    President of Paramount Pictures (1971-75)
    Vice-chairman and Chief Operating Officer of MGM/UA (1983-85)
    Independent productions included 'Silver Streak' (1976), 'The Other Side of Midnight' (1977), 'The Fury' (1978), 'Monsignor' (1982), 'Congo' (1995), 'A Dog of Flanders' (1999) and the TV series 'Rome (2005-07)
    Co-wrote and produced 'North Dallas Forty' (1979) and 'Mommie Dearest' (1981)

Why he might be annoying:

    When Frank was named President of Paramount, his older brother (and fellow producer ) Irwin told Robert Evans, 'This is never going to work. Frank is crazy. I should know -- I'm his brother.'
    Because he was self-conscious of his short stature, he had the desk in his Paramount office placed on a platform so he looked down on visitors.
    He called a theater owner in Washington, DC, who had just been let out of intensive care following a heart attack and yelled obscenities at him for having sold tickets to a Paramount film at a $2 discount.
    Director William Friedkin said, 'Frank had the biggest Napoleonic complex of anyone short of Napoleon.'
    He 'won' a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay for 'Mommie Dearest.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    As the head of distribution at Paramount, he earned a reputation for squeezing a profit even out of turkeys like 'Paint Your Wagon.'
    He presided over Paramount during the studio's early 70s 'Golden Years.'
    He said, 'A movie executive needs enthusiasm. It's even better if he has passion.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 117 Votes: 46.15% Annoying