Word: joes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Russian-born Joe Schenck was one of the somebodies-and he has made much more than a million. He controls an estimated $50 million worth of theaters and a big chunk of stock in 20th Century-Fox Film Corp., which he and Darryl Zanuck formed...
Last week, the grand old man resigned as production chief of Fox, now will spend all his time on his 364 theaters. Although Fox President Spyros P. Skouras refused the resignation, it was almost sure to go through. Joe's move was in preparation for a Government antitrust order which is expected to direct Fox to divorce its production and distribution activities from its theater operations...
...Allied States Assn. of Motion Picture Exhibitors: "If film rentals rise, admission prices will have to be increased; and thus the motion-picture industry will be handicapped in its race with competing amusements . . ." In Manhattan, some exhibitors are threatening to boycott Fox films. Even Fox's own Joe Schenck-now that he is to be only an exhibitor-may find himself on the other side of the bargaining fence...
Died. Joseph Paul DiMaggio Sr., 77, retired Italian immigrant fisherman who became baseball's most famous father (sons: Joe of the Yankees, Dominic of the Red Sox, and onetime Major-Leaguer Vincent, now player-manager of the Class D Pittsburg, Calif. Diamonds); of a heart ailment; in San Francisco...
Dartmouth took the lead in the first when Ray Lindquist got on through Dunn's error, Ed McNeil was hit by Godin, and Desmond singled. McNeil, who had gone to second on the single, went to third on a hit by Joe Dey and stole home. In trying to hurry his pitch to the plate, Godin uncorked a wild pitch which enabled Desmond to score...