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...Dawn Patrol, for which Author Saunders received his statuette, resembled Hell's Angels in incident, Journey's End in theme. Caddo Productions (Howard Hughes) filed suit against Warner Bros, charging plagiarism of scenes and sequences from Hell's Angels...
...Parker Bros. is located in Meriden, Conn., hometown of Rosa Ponselle. The company turns out a double-barreled shotgun called Old Reliable, by many sportsmen regarded as the best U. S. gun. Craftsmanship is high in the Parker Bros, factory, production is limited in proportion to skilled workers available. The entire output is sold at the beginning of the year. Old Reliable costs from $55 to $1,500. Fox shotguns (see above) range from...
...dairy cooperatives. The committee found that the number of milk cows on farms has been increasing for four years, is likely to continue to increase if left unchecked, eventually bringing low prices. Chairman of the committee is Harry Hartke, a soft-spoken Kentucky farmer who is president of French Bros. Dairy Products, Cincinnati. Big, good-natured Mr. Hartke did not seem the sort of man to propose a vast cow slaughter without reason. Lumberman as well as dairyman, he had never countenanced waste. And, indeed, upon closer examination, it was seen that what Mr. Hartke's committee intended...
...valuable organizations than Campbell Soup Co. But few companies so big were ever completely owned by one man. Many an investment banker's mouth watered at the thought of selling such a fat goose to the public. None ever succeeded in talking business with Founder Dorrance (excepting Lehman Bros., which sold a few shares of preferred stock, later retired). In his will Dr. Dorrance admonished his executors not to sell Campbell Soup stock but if "after the greatest deliberation" a sale is ever found necessary, to sell all in one block. So self-sufficient was the one-man company...
John Barrymore's contract expired with this picture and has not yet been renewed. Warner Bros, had their profits from his activities on the screen enhanced by Barrymore's discovery of Marian Marsh. He chose her on the strength of an appearance which slightly resembles that of Mrs. John Barrymore (Dolores Costello) to play the lead in Svengali. Cinemactress Marsh did well enough to earn a long term contract; in her next picture, she will be the star...