1. Jean Negulesco first gained notice for his film noirs and later made such notable films as Johnny Belinda, How to Marry a Millionaire, Titanic, and Three Coins in the Fountain.
15 Facts About Jean Negulesco
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Jean Negulesco was called "the first real master of CinemaScope".
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When he was 15, he was working in a military hospital during World War I George Enescu, the Romanian composer, came to play the violin to the war wounded; Negulesco drew a portrait of him, and Enesco bought it.
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Jean Negulesco decided to be a painter and studied art in Bucharest.
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Jean Negulesco went to Paris in 1920, and enrolled in the Academie Julian.
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Jean Negulesco sold one of his paintings to Rex Ingram.
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Jean Negulesco then made his way to California, at first working as a portraitist.
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Jean Negulesco became interested in movies and made an experimental feature film, financed as well as written and directed by himself, called Three and a Day.
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Jean Negulesco did the opening montage for the film musical Tonight We Sing and worked on The Story of Temple Drake and A Farewell to Arms.
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Jean Negulesco worked his way to assistant producer, second unit director.
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Jean Negulesco made his reputation at Warner Bros by directing short subjects, particularly a series of band shorts featuring unusual camera angles and dramatic use of shadows and silhouettes.
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In 1948, Jean Negulesco went to work for 20th Century Fox.
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Jean Negulesco was the first director to make two films in Fox's CinemaScope - How to Marry a Millionaire and Three Coins in the Fountain; the former receiving a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Film.
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Jean Negulesco has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6212 Hollywood Blvd.
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Jean Negulesco is buried in the Virgen del Carmen cemetery in Marbella.