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Called back to Berlin in 1930, he accepted a five-year contract to make three pictures at a salary of $1,000 a week. This was automatically broken after the Nazi coup d'etat. His last film, titled "Thirteen Valises of Mr. O. F.," was made with Hedy Lamarr, then a comparatively unknown actress called Hedy Kiesler. Although he was only nine years old at the time, Marc says he thought Hedy was a "very beautiful woman, though a trifle too exotic...
...ARBOR, Mich.--Forest Evashevski, captain of the 1940 University of Michigan football team, has signed a three-year contract to coach at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., it was announced today...
...Signed a closed shop contract with Tom Girdler's Republic Steel...
...years ago frenetic, tyrannical Producer Samuel ("Include me out") Goldwyn filed suit in a Federal court to compel United Artists to release him from his distribution contract. Two of his four partners in United Artists, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks (who died a few months later) were no longer making films. Charlie Chaplin brooded on his art, once in a long while turned out a picture. Producer Goldwyn felt that his films were carrying United Artists, had tried in vain (with British Producer Alexander Korda) to acquire the rest of its stock...
Fortnight ago in Hollywood the case was finally settled out of court. Released from his contract was Producer Goldwyn. United Artists arranged to buy in his stock for a rumored $300,000. Last week United Artists' executive chief, Murray Silverstone, was looking about for another partner to replace Goldwyn, had his eye on independent Producer David Oliver (Gone With the Wind) Selznick...