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...month "leave of absence." Soon Paramount's eastern office announced his resignation. The West Coast office and Mr. Lasky denied it. Last month the leave of absence was extended one month. It expired last week as Vice President Lasky sat day after day squabbling with Vice President Sam Katz. What Mr. Katz did not say was that Mr. Lasky was no longer wanted in Paramount. What Mr. Lasky did say was, "Because of Paramount's action on a contract with me [running until 1934], I have felt it necessary to sever relations." He declared he would produce independently...
...face over sales (TIME, May 2, June 13). Last week Chicago's artists swarmed into Grant Park, set their pictures on park benches or the ground and stood ready for buyers. Of the 200, able painters were Ivan Lorraine and Malvin Marr Albright, Mrs. Vivian Hoyt and Raymond Katz. In a welter of bad art, the artists were gay, buyers tolerant. Young buyers bought nudes, older ones "parlor pieces" of still life and landscape, totaling over $1,000 a day. Finally hoboes and Illinois Central commuters so jammed Grant Park that the park commissioners moved the artists...
...Kent, onetime Paramount general manager. Winfield Sheehan, who last winter suffered a nervous breakdown and was reported out of Fox, last week re turned to his job of general manager. Jesse Lasky and Adolph Zukor have lost control of Paramount to John Hertz, taxi tycoon, and Theatre Owner Sam Katz of Chicago. Last week Paramount's pro duction manager, Ben Schulberg, resigned. Joseph Kennedy, onetime board chairman of Pathe, was reported planning to pur chase First National studios from Warner Brothers for a new company, with Mr. Schulberg in charge of production. Harry Cohn became president of Columbia in place...
Class of 1934: M. H. Abrams, E. A. Ackerman, D. J. Boorstin, W. M. Burdett, D. D. Cody, S. L. Cohen, E. N. Cooper, O. H. Davis, A. C. Dearing, Jr., Barney Feldman, H. M. Katz, Wilfred Malenbaum, Sam Sonenfield...
...General Distribution Manager Sidney R. Kent resigned from Paramount-Publix Corp. last month, were guessing his plans. Popular, an excellent salesman, Manager Kent was an Adolph Zukor protege. His resignation was sudden. Theories heard last week boiled down to two: 1) Mr. Kent resented the increasing power of Sam Katz (cofounder of famed Balaban & Katz theatre chain) in the company; 2) Mr. Kent had quarreled with Taximan John Daniel Hertz, leader of Paramount's new management. Every producer was said to be angling for Mr. Kent last week, with RKO, now 60%-owned by Radio Corp., thought...