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Announcement of his departure stalled the University's negotiations with Metro Goldwyn-Mayer for production of "Murder at Harvard" at lest until a successor is installed...
Hollywood, which is notoriously touchy about harsh words from outsiders, listened last week to a plain-spoken spat between two of its own. Producer Sam Goldwyn began it by deciding to toss in his lot with the independent film producers (S.I.M.P.P.). He announced that he was quitting the two trade associations of the major studios (M.P.A.A. and A.M.P.P.), because "there must be a return to real free enterprise in our industry." Dapper Eric Johnston, who heads them both, took a deep breath and fired...
...members ... are relieved by Mr. Goldwyn's withdrawal. During his association with us, he has demonstrated a unique . . . flair for saying one thing and doing exactly the opposite. Mr. Goldwyn's fabulous . . . success ... is irrefutable proof that free enterprise [exists...
...Like all Goldwyn productions, the producer's prompt rebuttal was painstaking and wellpublicized. Said he: "Johnston's manners are as bad as his judgment . . . I had hoped to withdraw . . . without commenting on [his] leadership, but this latest effusion from his word factory impels me to state a few matters...
...location shooting of "Murder at Harvard" will begin March 1 if the University gives Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer permission to go ahead with the semi-documentary film based on the Department of Legal Medicine at the Medical School, Hollywood producer Frank Taylor said last night...