Word: einfeld
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Many Universal production heads will roll. Such Universal executives as J. Cheever Cowdin and Nate Blumberg will retain their rank in what remains of their old company. Their job will be to distribute each year 25 U-I pictures, twelve hard-to-sell Rank pictures, and five of Charlie Einfeld's Enterprise Pictures Inc., U-I's foundling affiliate...
...baited the hook with capital gains more skillfully than bald, smart Charlie Einfeld, onetime exploitation "genius" at Warner Brothers. In less than six months he had formed Enterprise Productions, signed up enough big name stars for six super epics. Typical was his deal to make Eric Remarque's Arch of Triumph. He landed Actress Ingrid Bergman with a promise of $175,000 in salary, plus half the profits; he promised Remarque 15% of the profits, Director Lewis Milestone and Producer Davis Lewis 10% each...
...Hollywood, cinemakers first gasped, then gulped. The general feeling was that the terms were fantastic, and if accepted would create a dangerous precedent. Warner's Charles Einfeld came closest to a favorable reaction about Father: "It's a tough deal but ... a terrific property." Most other people think that Serlin & Co. may have overreached themselves...
When Charles Einfeld, Harry Brand and Russell Birdwell uttered their first infant cries, little did their mothers realize the distance those childish voices would one day reach. For Charlie, Harry and Russell have since grown into the foremost trumpeters of Hollywood's bizarre and boisterous activities. They are publicity men. It is their job to keep the world aware of movies, beglamored about movie stars, and thus herd in admissions to the box office...