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...strange organizations functioning in the amusement industry, Pioneer Pictures, Inc. is one of the strangest. Organized two years ago, it is run by John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, 30, and his Cousin Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney, 35, whom Jock interested in cinema as Sonny had interested him in aviation. Board members are almost exclusively Whitneys. Last week the Whitneys had made ready for the U. S. public, at a cost of $1,000,000, the first full-length color picture since 1931-8,000 ft. and 1½ hours of 19th Century romance which may or may not revolutionize the cinema...
...Jock") Whitney who has been trying to win the Grand National since 1929. Whitney's Thomond II, at odds of 9-to-2, was one of last week's favorites...
...Island, afflicted with gland trouble and nearly blind, the central figure in the most famed of France's causes célebrès was passing his 75th birthday. For the running of the Langollen National Steeplechase on his Upperville, Va. estate, young Sportsman John Hay ("Jock") Whitney flew down from Manhattan in his new plane. Few feet above the landing field the motor stalled. The plane struck a ditch, nosed over, bumped owner and pilot into unconsciousness. With a black eye and six strips of plaster on his face, Sportsman Whitney went out next day to announce...
...citizen who studied at the Beaux Arts in Paris, once designed textiles for the United Piece Dye Works in Manhattan. There he met Mrs. Kaplan, also a designer. In Hollywood, he was given a job as color adviser to Technicolor Inc. in which Sonny and his cousin John Hay ("Jock") Whitney later became heavy stockholders (TIME, June 5). Mrs. Kaplan also went to Hollywood, was persuaded by Durenceau she would be a more successful manager than artist. Her first job as manager was to get commissions to decorate Hollywood homes. He painted murals of horses and gazelles for William Haines...
Singing Wood, a bay colt, is the best of Mrs. John Hay ("Jock") Whitney's three candidates. Mrs. Whitney's sporting mother-in-law, Mrs. Payne Whitney, tops the mass entry list with five nominees; her husband's cousin Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney has four, but no other Whitney horse compares with Singing Wood. Last year he won the Futurity, was top money 2-year-old with $88,050 winnings...