Inside the Corporate Jungle

Anyone who has ever worked for a large firm will have no trouble recognizing the cutthroat corporate politics or high-powered personalities on display in Patterns (1956), Rod Serling’s insightful drama about big business which is still relevant today.

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The Corporate Ladder and How to Climb It

Despite a long and prolific career, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is more famous for being the son of the silent era superstar Douglas Fairbanks Sr., his Hollywood social connections (including ex-wife Joan Crawford) and a handful of films in which he’s overshadowed by his co-stars (Greta Garbo in A Woman of Affairs [1928], Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar [1931], Katharine Hepburn in Morning Glory [1933], and Cary Grant in Gunga Din [1939]).  Continue reading →