Joseph Sistrom

Joseph Sistrom (1912–1966) was an American film producer who often collaborated with John Farrow.[1] He was the son of producer William Sistrom.[2]

Sistrom was the Paramount executive who drew Billy Wilder's attention to the novel Double Indemnity and suggested Raymond Chandler as Wilder's co writer on the script.[3] Sistrom was meant to be producer of Chandler's unfilmed script Playback.[4] He was also an enthusiast for the writing of Jonathan Latimer and helped Latimer start his screenwriting career.[5]

John Houseman, who produced Chandler's original script, The Blue Dahlia, under Sistrom's supervision, called Sistrom " a lively second-generation Hollywood movie man who, with his pink cheeks and his stiff, black golliwog hair, looked like a schoolboy of fourteen."[6]

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References

  1. ^ Vagg, Stephen (3 November 2025). "Wrecking Australian Stories: Botany Bay". Filmink. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Producer of The Hitler Gang awaits overseas post". The Boston Globe. 28 April 1944. p. 17.
  3. ^ Luhr, William (1991). Raymond Chandler and film. Florida State University Press. p. 29.
  4. ^ Luhr p 70
  5. ^ Brubaker, Bill (1993). Stewards of the house : the detective fiction of Jonathan Latimer. Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 15.
  6. ^ Houseman, John (1976). "Lost Fortnight, a Memoir". The Blue Dahlia: A Screenplay. By Chandler, Raymond. Carbondale. pp. xii.
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