Robert Evans, producer of ‘Chinatown’ who saved Paramount Pictures, dies at 89
Robert Evans, center, attends a cocktail party at a Paris restaurant on Dec. 3, 1959, with French actresses Sophie Daumier, left, and Marie Versini.
At the age of 28, Robert Evans, the vice president of the Evan-Picone sportswear company, was signed to play the role of Irving Thalberg in the 1957 film “Man of a Thousand Faces” with James Cagney. Robert Evans, left, and “Chinatown” director Roman Polanski appear in an image from the Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein documentary “The Kid Stays in the Picture.”
Actor Jack Nicholson, left, and Robert Evans attend a basketball game between the L.A. Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
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