Ray Stark(1915-2004)

Soon after World War II, he started selling Red Ryder radio scripts, written by his Shakespeare professor at Rutgers university. He was soon handling literary talent ,such as Raymond Chandler and Ben Hecht. He later joined Famous Artists Agency, representing Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Richard Burton and many others. He resigned in 1957 to form Seven Arts Productions with Elliot Hyman and supervised over 50 films, including 'Night of the Iguana' and 'Reflections in a Golden Eye'. In 1966, he formed Rastar Productions to produce film versions of Broadway plays, such as 'Funny Girl', which won an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, 'The Way We Were', 'Sunshine Boys', 'California Suite' and 'Robin and Marion'.