Word: goodrich
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Perfect Marriage (by Arthur Goodrich; William Caryl, producer). At a cottage in Auvergne, Bernard Catalan, an aged French playwright, and his wife are about to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. So notably harmonious has this marriage been that the President of the Republic and the Academy send felicitations. The old folks coo and hold hands. Whereupon appears Louise Morel (Fay Bainter), the playwright's secretary in his earlier days. Off go the wigs and greasepainted wrinkles as Mile Morel begins to tell her story of how Mme Catalan once had a weak moment with an actor and M. Morel once...
...under a contract by which Mrs. Wayne agreed to pay Mr. Wayne $1,000 a month to quit the cinema and live with her; in Manhattan. Mrs. Wayne's countersuit to void the contract was denied by the New York Supreme Court, appealed. Honored. George Oenslager, B. F. Goodrich Co. technical adviser, by the Perkins Medal (high U. S. chemistry award) for research in rubber chemistry; University of Illinois Chemistry Professor George Lindenberg Clark, by the Grasselli Medal, for X-ray research in chemistry; General Electric Co.'s Engineer Frank M. Starr, by the $500 Alfred Noble Prize...
...marriage" has constituted a challenge for cynics, and in these later years, for psychoanalysis to search out and expose to general derision some herrid flaw, some suppressed hate or combat concealed by any couple known to boast of "never having a quarrel." At the Plymouth Theatre, this week, Arthur Goodrich, in his latest play, "The Perfect Marriage" has presented a happy and, we believe, truthful interpretation of this phenomenon. The lesson being that while there are, of necessity sacrifices by both the man and woman, the balance of satisfaction is a permanent justification...
...group of executives headed by President & General Manager Arthur B. Newhall of the $24,000,000 Hood Rubber Co. last week bought control of their concern from the parent B. F. Goodrich Co. Producer chiefly of rubber footwear, Hood was acquired by Goodrich in 1929 and all Goodrich footwear activities were concentrated in the Hood plant in Watertown, Mass. No sooner had Goodrich made the purchase than rubber footwear sales began to fall. The mild weather last winter dropped sales for the industry to less than one-half of pre-Depression volume. Officials offered no explanation of the Hood sale...
...deal enables Goodrich to have its cake and eat it, too. Voting control goes to the buying executives through ownership of 3,300 of the 6,000 shares of common outstanding. The rest of the common goes to Goodrich along with 120,000 shares of preferred stock. Since this preferred stock is convertible share for share into common after Jan. 1, 1937, Goodrich can eventually regain control. If no dividends are paid, the preferred receives voting rights on the same date, control reverting to Goodrich. Though Hood officials say the amount is a secret, something was paid Goodrich...