Word: foxe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Less convincing than his generosity was Cineman Fox's foxiness. Offered in 1925, Fox Theatres stock has paid no dividends, has never responded to continued reports of expansion. In 1928 its earnings were $1.91 a share. Previous attempts to distribute the stock, mostly held by speculators, have been unsuccessful. Early this year a group of brokers ran the stock to 37⅞, but before much was distributed it broke to 21½. Last week it was strong around 28 on belief that the Fox Birthday plan, if successful, will reduce the floating supply...
However poor Fox Theatres may appear to some people on a strictly investment basis, the greatest asset the company has, and one that should appeal to Fox patrons, is the management of William Fox.* Famed are the legends of his rise from Hungarian Jew newsboy to Long Island tycoon. Most significant of the factors in his story is that the Fox accomplishment has been singlehanded. Blustering, driving, he makes his own decisions, rapidly follows them out. Scorning most social customs, he enjoys golf despite a Kaiser-like arm, has thrice holed...
Greatest of Fox hobbies is telling the story of his rise to newspaper men who have assembled in the hope of hearing merger news. Greatest of Fox phobias is having his picture published. Fifteen years ago he sat, moustached, for a photograph. Almost immediately he shaved his lip, refused to have new pictures taken. Even last week when patrons eagerly awaited Cineman Fox's birthday message, a substitute appeared and they had no chance to see the real Fox face...
...confused with Fox Films Corp. potent Fox producing and distributing organization whose 1928 net was $5,957,217, equal to $6.47 per share...
...Fox Film Corp. carries approximately $5,000,000 insurance on the life of William Fox. Last summer insurance men breathed fast when William Fox's motor, with William Fox inside, crashed on Long Island. (TIME...