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Buzzing the Bee. The Union hardly seemed a bargain at any price. Yet the Copley newspaper chain paid $2,650,000 for it last May, and Copley is not known for spending its money foolishly. The chain's 15 other papers are all well-established dailies in such cities as Joliet, Springfield and Elgin, ILL., and San Diego, San Pedro and Burbank, Calif. They all turn a profit, and though nominally independent, all generally stick to the conservative Republican philosophy of their owner, Jim Copley...
Under Executive Producer Carl Foreman (The Guns of Navarone), Director James Hill and Scenarist Gerald L. C. Copley occasionally tie up a superior cat's tale with tinny sentimentalizing, first in some trumpery about shipping Baby Elsa off to captivity in Rotterdam, again in subtle but fairly insistent reminders that Mrs. Adamson craves an outlet for her maternal instinct. More often, though, the film treats animals with deep respect unspoiled by anthropomorphic cuteness; a baby elephant, a furry, gin-thirsty little hyrax (similar to a guinea pig) and a basketful of scrappy jungle kittens have natural charm enough...
...years immediately before the Revolution, life in the colonies became increasingly turbulent and for Copley politics and art just didn't mix. Finally, on June 10, 1774, Copley set sail for England and though he was reluctant to give up the security of his established position, his not only an escape from the political tension but also the opportunity to pursue his desire for a career in history painting...
...paintings from Copley's early years in England are perhaps his best. Building on the skill that emerged during his last years in America, his brush became even freer, the paint more heavily modelled, and the stroke stronger and more concise. In the beginning he occupied himself as a portraitist to support his family and get himself established. But soon he had an opportunity to embark on a career as a painter of historical scenes when he was commissioned to paint well known Watson an the Shark. That work was followed by the Death of the Earl of Chatham...
After the failure of the Three Princesses Copley withdrew again into historical themes. The mammoth