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...might be between the present Fox difficulties and Roxy Theatre. All through the meeting stockholders kept shouting remarks relative to this. To the question "How much money does Fox owe the theatre?" "Roxy" replied "Not a red cent," and then added that he intends to coöperate with Cineman William Fox to the best of his ability. To the pointed query of how much Fox makes "Roxy" pay for pictures, Chairman Saul Rogers explained that the theatre pays a percentage of box office receipts: "Right here, let me tell you, Fox hasn't done so badly...
...another respect the rumor was false, for fine as the plan seemed, it still lacked Cineman Fox's approval...
While Judge Coleman spoke, Cineman Fox's attorney, shrewd Samuel Untermyer, gasped and started toward the private office where his client was still closeted. "It's no use, Mr. Untermyer," broke in Judge Coleman. "You will only waste your time and the time of the rest of these gentlemen. Mr. Fox made it clear that this is his final decision. He said he would agree only to the appointment of trustees to be named by himself, of whom he would...
Thus dramatically, alone, did Cineman Fox make his last stand, refusing compromise, departing silently. On the Exchange, Fox Film dropped from 34 to 25½, ended the day at 27½ after a record turnover of 494,800 shares or much more than half the total outstanding (820,660 shares). To the public, his stockholders, and apparently even to his attorney, Cineman Fox's move was a surprise. Yet earlier in the week he had written a letter to stockholders which clearly showed the premise upon which he stood...
...estate of her husband, . New Jersey's late famed Anthony R. Kuser, bird-lover and Beebe-backer. Petitioning both for a receiver and an injunction restraining Fox officers from paying either Mr. Fox or his family funds of any kind, she made bitter accusations. Chief of these: Cineman Fox bought $440,000 shares of Loew's at $225 when the market was $70; bought a $19,000,000 string of theatres in England without seeing them; spent all his time watching quotations, speculating with his company's money, neglecting its affairs...