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Mitsui Manufacturers Bank filed the initial lawsuit in California in 1988, and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Madelein Flier ruled for the bank on March 3, 1992. But Epstein, whose legal residence is in Houston, left California shortly after the lawsuit was filed to become a full professor at the business school of the Yeshiva University in New York City...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: California Bank Sues HBS Prof. | 4/28/1993 | See Source »

...turn of the century motion picture producer, Chevalier splits his time between teaching Jacques, a shy young actor, the gentle art of seduction and zealously guarding Madelein, the daughter of an old friend, from all male advances, including his own. Having loved Madeleine's mother, the producer sees his lost love in the winsome daughter, and gradually cases himself off the forbidden list in the young girl's life. When Jacques, armed with his tutor's advice, first meets Madeleine, the picture becomes a Limelight dished up with a light Gallic sauce...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Le Silence Est D'Or | 4/15/1953 | See Source »

...Century-Fox), like most musicals, has for a plot a clothesline upon which the producers can hang whatever suits their fancy. This time the line is pretty raveled, the appendages superb. Gary Blake (Dick Powell) is starring in his own extravaganza. One act is a burlesque of Mimi Caraway (Madelein'e Carroll), world's richest girl. Furious Mimi slaps Gary's face, then falls in love with him. He changes the offensive skit, but Mona Merrick (Alice Faye), his jealous leading lady, ad libs to make it worse than ever. Mimi then sets out to wreck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: On the Avenue | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

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