Word: kalmus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married. Dr. Herbert Thomas Kalmus, 67, co-developer and financial brainpower of flourishing Technicolor, Inc. (1948 net profit, $1,775,834); and Eleanore ("Glorify Yourself") King, 38, syndicated columnist for King Features; both* for the second time; in Los Angeles...
...Angeles, after 36 years of it, Natalie Kalmus, 56, sued Dr. Herbert Kalmus, 67, for divorce. Her accusations were in the richest Technicolor (the profitable business of which he is president and she color director). Samples: "adultery with various women in California, New York, and Massachusetts"; two threats to "beat out her brains" (once with a club, once with a cocktail shaker...
Osmotic Oozing. But the flood of orders swamped the small company. Its product became bad, and business soon fell to nothing. Dr. Kalmus turned the tide by what he calls "an osmotic oozing toward perfection." He developed the two-color process into a three-color one (red, green and blue), thus could reproduce every shade of color. This gave Technicolor a virtual monopoly on three-color pictures. Dr. Kalmus has done his best to keep it that way, by his tight control of every phase of operations...
Jaundiced View. Kalmus' ambition is to have all A films made in Technicolor. The biggest obstacle at present is his own company; it needs six months to get out color prints and moviemakers hate to wait that long. Otherwise, most moviemakers would probably be glad to make all their A pictures in Technicolor. The Government takes a different view. As owner of the onetime German company, General Aniline & Film Corp., the Government has a three-color process of its own. It claimed that Technicolor deals with moviemakers - and others - were making it hard to market General Aniline...
Last August the Government charged Technicolor and Eastman Kodak Co., which the Government charges has cross-licensing agreements with Technicolor, with conspiracy to monopolize the industry. But Dr. Kalmus does not profess to be worried about the suit. He insists that his color processes are well known and no secret. Said he: "The only secret knowledge we have is know-how and you can't break up know-how by court order...