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...over to one of the big distributing systems? Contrary to orthodox advice, TIME decided to take a chance on doing its own distributing through an "independent" distributor, First Division Exchanges, Inc. Vice President David L. Loew of Loew's Inc. broke the ice by being the first to contract for The March of Time for his chain. Other potent chains-Balaban & Katz, Poli-New England, Fox West Coast-followed suit, taking the monthly March of Time release at one of the highest prices ever paid for a non-feature film...
...paused to wipe away a tear. "So I named my second duck Goo-Goo, II, after the first duck, who had been named Goo-Goo I. And I signed a contract with the Association of Poultry Fanciera, agreeing that they were to provide me with plenty of ducks for my act, on condition that for thirty years I sell all the ducks I can and turn in my orders to their company. I usu- ally sell about two hundred ducks a night since I've been...
...impoverished teacher, tired of a macaroni diet, worked at white heat for eight days and nights until he had completed Cavalleria Rusticana. On that lusty, full-blooded music he has lived ever since. He conducted it in the U. S. 32 years ago. The visit was notorious. Though his contract called for $4,000 per week, he had constant trouble with his creditors. He ranted at Manhattan's noise, Manhattan's food. He had his biggest tantrum because a laundry ruined his dress shirts...
...Brown's contract depended upon this picture or upon any other picture in which he has appeared, it would be safe to predict that he will be given his release from Hollywood and a one-way ticket to Hongkong, but the incredible youth apparently writes himself enough fan mail to make it appear that some persons consider him an actor, though God knows that we don't As usual, he strikes the unhappy medium between Professor Merriman and Baby Leroy...
...Herald Tribune to pay his bright, hard-working young men what he knew they were worth. But his prime reasons for joining the Mirror, said he, were "fun and money." His Herald Tribune salary, around $10,000, was doubled by Publisher Hearst, with a three-year contract, terminable at the end of one year by Mr. Walker...