Jack Warner loved shutting down films. It was tradition on the Warner Bros. lot, one he continued long after his three brothers departed the studio. As director Arthur Penn described it, “Warner would give a time frame and then come down to the set, no matter how far along they were, and say ‘Your picture wraps tonight.’”2 It was a display of power, a way to demonstrate who ran the studio.When it came to Bonnie and Clyde—a filmWarner hatedwith every bone in his body—he was overjoyed to finally force the hand of Penn and his coproducer/star Warren Beatty. Even though they were right on schedule, “The Colonel,” as many referred to Warner, barged his way into their wrap party and forced the crew to shoot the still photos that would be featured in the opening credits. Everyone was taken aback by Warner’s actions but felt forced to oblige. Penn caught the eye of Walter MacEwan, Warner’s right-hand man, who “stood behind Jack with a chagrined expression, as if to say, ‘What can I do?’”3 But Bonnie and Clyde was not Warner’s project to control. Before production began, the executives at Warner Bros. had negotiated a deal with Penn and Beatty. Their memo featured several brief but thoughtful stipulations that seemed agreeable to both sides.Most notably, the location of where to edit the picture would be arranged later by mutual agreement among the parties.4 Warner soon realized Penn and Beatty were shipping dailies to New York instead of the studio’s own editing bays and planning to edit the film without the possibility that the executive might barge through the doors. He fired off a memo, declaring, “I would not have gone throughwith this contract if I had known these uncalled gimmickswere in it.”5 But none of the studio’s executives could do anything to reverse it and please the Colonel. They had

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当握手意味着什么：律师、交易制定和新好莱坞的出现

杰克华纳喜欢关闭电影。这是华纳兄弟公司的传统，在他的三个兄弟离开工作室很久之后，他仍在继续这一传统。正如导演 Arthur Penn 所描述的那样，“华纳会给出一个时间框架，然后走到片场，不管他们走多远，说‘你的电影今晚结束。’”2 这是一种权力的展示，一种方式展示谁经营工作室。当谈到邦妮和克莱德——一部华纳全身心地痛恨的电影——他欣喜若狂地最终迫使佩恩和他的联合制片人/明星沃伦比蒂出手。尽管他们按计划进行，但许多人提到华纳的“上校”闯入了他们的包装派对，并迫使工作人员拍摄将在开幕片中出现的静态照片。每个人都被华纳的行为吓了一跳，但都觉得不得不服从。Penn 引起了华纳的得力助手 Walter MacEwan 的注意，他“带着懊恼的表情站在杰克身后，好像在说，'我能做什么？'”3 但 Bonnie 和 Clyde 并不是华纳可以控制的项目。在开始制作之前，华纳兄弟的高管们已经与 Penn 和 Beatty 谈判达成了一项协议。他们的备忘录包含了几条简短但经过深思熟虑的规定，双方似乎都同意。最值得注意的是，编辑图片的位置将在以后由各方共同商定。4 华纳很快意识到佩恩和比蒂正在向纽约运送样片而不是工作室自己的编辑室，并计划在没有主管可能闯入大门的情况下编辑电影。他发布了一份备忘录，宣布，“如果我知道其中有这些不称职的噱头，我就不会履行这份合同。”5 但工作室的高管们都无法采取任何措施来扭转它并取悦上校。他们有