Joe Pasternak
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Joe Pasternak was a film producer from the United States, best known for Easy the hard way.
Quick Facts About Joe Pasternak
- Born
- September 19, 1901
- Died
- September 13, 1991
- Nationality
- United States
- Profession
- Film Producer
- Notable works
- Easy the hard way
About Joe Pasternak
Joseph Herman Pasternak was a Hungarian-American film producer in Hollywood. Pasternak spent the Hollywood "Golden Age" of musicals at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producing many successful musicals with female singing stars like Deanna Durbin, Kathryn Grayson and Jane Powell, as well as swimmer/bathing beauty Esther Williams' films. He produced Judy Garland's final MGM film, Summer Stock, which was released in 1950, and some of Gene Kelly’s early breakthrough roles. Pasternak worked in the film industry for 45 years, from the later silent era until shortly past the end of the classical Hollywood cinema in 1967.
Biography source: Wikipedia
