Peter Bart: Could Return Of Monroe Stahr, The Last Tycoon, Pull Hollywood Out Of Its Leadership Malaise?

If Hollywood truly suffers from a leadership malaise, as some charge, would the return of Monroe Stahr resuscitate the system? Filmmakers respect his judgment, stars his panache and investors his discipline, so Stahr’s return may ignite a new Irving Thalberg-like era. Whoops — he’s not available. The manic and manipulative hero of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s …