Word: warners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...together, lost more than $100 million. Inevitably, conglomerate wheeler-dealers and proxy challengers have moved in, trying to cash in on such assets as film libraries and real estate. Gulf & Western Industries took over Paramount; Transamerica Corp. and Kinney National Service bought out United Artists and Warner Brothers...
...which means that Neil Simon is one of the most productive, prolific and profit-making playwrights in American history. Which is no joke to a guy whose first show-business job was in the Warner Bros, mail room for $30 a week. Through it all, Simon has been more than modest. "Money is no longer a major factor of life," Simon says simply, and without fear of contradiction. "I work to keep busy and because I enjoy the work." Who wouldn...