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Paul Gregory was the son of a butcher and graduated from Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa in 1938.
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Gregory went to Hollywood where he worked as an assistant for clients like Horace Heidt and Carmen Cavallaro. They earned $200,000 during this reading tour. Gregory afterwards produced numerous Broadway plays during the 1950s and 1960s, among them The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Marriage Go-Around and Lord Pengo.
Gregory read the novel The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb and bought the film rights of Grubb"s book
He then produced the important thriller, directed by Laughton and considered by many film critics as a masterpiece. His second and last movie as a producer was.
Paul Gregory married former film star Janet Gaynor in 1964, they were together until her death in 1984. He and Gaynor were involved in a very serious car accident in 1982.
He spent his last days in Desert Hot Springs, just north of Palm Springs, California.
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