Mike Todd

Michael Todd (an haife shi Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen; 22 ga Yuni, 1907 - 22 ga Maris, 1958) ya kasance dan wasan kwaikwayo na Amurka kuma mai shirya fina-finai, wanda ya yi bikin ne a shekarar 1956 Around the World in 80 Days, wanda ya lashe Kyautar Kwalejin don Hoton Mafi Kyawu . Actress Elizabeth Taylor ita ce matarsa ta uku. Todd ita ce ta uku daga cikin mazajen Taylor guda bakwai, kuma ita kadai ce Taylor ba ta sake aure ba. Ya mutu a hatsarin jirgin sama mai zaman kansa shekara guda bayan sun yi aure. Shi ne mai motsawa a bayan ci gaban fim din Todd-AO mai suna.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Todd a Minneapolis, Minnesota, ga Chaim Goldbogen (Rabi na Orthodox), da Sophia Hellerman, duka baƙi Yahudawa na Poland. An bayar da rahoton shekarar haihuwarsa a matsayin 1907, 1908, 1909, da 1911,  amma an yarda da 1907 gaba ɗaya. Yana daya daga cikin yara tara a cikin iyali matalauta, ƙarami, kuma 'yan uwansa sun ba shi lakabi "Tod" (mai suna "Toat" a cikin Jamusanci [dubious - tattauna]) don kwaikwayon wahalarsa na furta kalmar "koat". Daga wannan ne aka samo sunansa.   

Iyalin sun koma Chicago, sun isa ranar da yakin duniya na ya ƙare. An kori Todd a aji na shida saboda gudanar da wasan da aka yi a cikin makarantar. A makarantar sakandare, ya samar da wasan kwaikwayo na makaranta, The Mikado .  A matsayin Mike Todd, ya samar da wani jazz version na kiɗa a Broadway a 1939. 

 Ayyuka 

 Gine-gine 
Todd ya fara aikinsa a kasuwancin gine-gine, inda ya yi, kuma daga baya ya rasa, wadata. Ya buɗe Kwalejin Bricklaying na Amurka, yana sayen kayan aiki a kan bashi don koyar da bricklaying. An tilasta wa makarantar rufe lokacin da Bricklayers' Union ba ta kalli kwalejin a matsayin wurin da aka yarda da shi na karatu ba. Todd da ɗan'uwansa, Frank, daga bisani sun buɗe nasu kamfanin gini.

Farkon soyayya da masana'antar fina-finai shine lokacin da ya yi aiki a matsayin dan kwangila a ɗakunan Hollywood, yana hana sauti a lokacin sauyawa daga hotuna masu shiru zuwa sauti. Kamfanin da ya mallaka tare da ɗan'uwansa ya fadi lokacin da tallafin kuɗi ya gaza a farkon kwanakin Babban Mawuyacin hali. Ba a riga an yi 21, Todd ya rasa sama da dala miliyan 1 (daidai da kusan dala 18,822,709 a cikin kudaden yau). Todd ya auri tsohon Bertha Freshman a ranar 14 ga Fabrairu, 1927, kuma shi ne mahaifin jariri ba tare da gida ga iyalinsa ba. Ayyukan kasuwanci na Todd na gaba sun kasance masu rikitarwa, kuma kasuwancin da suka gaza sun bar shi ya fadi sau da yawa.Cohn (1959), p. 24

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1907