Word: revlon
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President, chief stockholder and supersalesman of Revlon, Inc. is Charles Haskell Revson, 53, the prodigal parvenu of the perfume-and-lipstick trade, whose reputation for omniscience about milady's taste is matched only by his legendary omnivorousness toward his own executives (TIME, Nov. 16). Last week a former Revlon vice president sued Charles Revson for $601,460 damages on charges of breach of agreement in a stock transaction made when the plaintiff left Revlon two years ago. The plaintiff: Martin Elliot Revson, Charlie's younger (49) brother...
...Revson brothers have a talent for making headlines. In the quiz-show scandals last fall Brother Martin was described to House investigators as the RevIon executive who attended the weekly $64,000 Question producer sessions where contestants-and their longevity on the Revlon-sponsored series-were discussed. Martin denied any knowledge of rigging, pointed out that he no longer worked for Revlon anyway. Charles testified that he left Question questions to Martin, refused to discuss why his brother had quit...
Ribald Humor. In his suit filed in a New York court last week, Martin finally explained why: "Charles Revson engaged in a practice of mistreating executives of Revlon, Inc. and abusing them personally to such extent that men of proven capacity who held high positions in nationally known corporations before and after their employment by Revlon, Inc. suffered humiliation and impaired efficiency and left Revlon, Inc. to escape mistreatment. The rate of turnover of Revlon executives became a subject of ribald humor." In 1958, says Martin's complaint, he concluded that Charles's personnel practices were endangering...
...group led by Lawyer Roy M. Cohn took control of the company founded by Cowen's father (who gave his middle name, Lionel, to the toy electric trains he created). At Schick, Cowen succeeds Chester G. Gifford, who took over as Schick chairman in November 1958 when Revlon President Charles Revson bought a controlling 20% share of Schick stock for Revlon, resigned after a stormy tenure...
...Revlon Special (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). A Bouquet from Maurice Chevalier gives the old trouper time to resurrect some 30 songs-milestones of his long career...