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George Peppard: The Carpetbaggers Made Peppard a Great Star
7 November 2019
MGM had George Peppsrd under exclusive contract in this 1960s. The studio managed his work and big blockbusters such as "How the West Was Wo"n, and loaned out to Paramount for ""Breakfast at Tiffany's", and this film the Carpetbaggers which was a worldwide smash hit.

Peppard via MGM's great PR Department carefully groomed Peppard.

I liked Ralph Taeger and wished he became a big star but he quit the business.

George Peppard hit a home run with this movie which established him as a Start of the First rank. Alan Ladd returned to Paramount in a supporting role his last before his untimely death, I fell in love with Elizabeth Ashley in this movie but so did Peppard who divorced his wife and married Liz Ashley.

Paramount had Stella Stevens under contract but Stella was bypassed for this movie in. Favor Carroll Baker This was sunrise casting as Ms. Baker had played Peppard's mother in "How The West Was Won"

This movie is great entertainment,

This movie was directed by Edward Dmytyk who directed Susan Hayward an Clark Gable in a great movie "Soldier of Fortune"

Peppard with the starring in big hit movies and groomed by MGM was due to burst out as a superstar ; this movie did it.
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