Stephen Verona, who co-wrote, co-directed and produced 'The Lords of Flatbush,' the 1974 film that provided a career boost for young actors Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler, has died. He was 78.
Stephen Verona, who co-wrote, co-directed and produced , the 1974 film that provided a career boost for young actors Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler, has died. He was 78.
Verona had served for a short time as a director at Strasberg's famed Actors Studio, and a 17-minute live-action short film he produced, directed and wrote about that experience, Strasberg and he "did not get along. Everything I did, he picked on me and crucified me, so I left," VeronaVerona was born on Sept. 11, 1940, in Springfield, Illinois, and raised in Brooklyn, where he attended Madison High School.
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