Word: keiths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...worried over a report that members of the Comédie Française were to make talking cinemas for U. S. producers. French cinema exhibitors worried more over the news that all representatives of U. S. producer-members (Paramount-Famous-Lasky, Warner Bros., Fox, United Artists, Universal, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) of the Cinema Syndicate de France were resigning in protest over the new French law, effective in September, limiting the importation of foreign-produced films to four for each French film exported...
...cast and creditors. When his 'buffoons and minstrels have taken their dull turns, the audience is inclined to agree with him. Apart from a spry group of Russel Markert dancers and a burlesque called the Russian Chloral Society, the events are reminiscent of a bad afternoon at Keith's. Jimmy Carr's expert dance band is in the pit, but unfortunately it renders one of those painful "collegiate" satire songs which is the revenge of saxophone players who could not get into college...
Died. Minor Cooper Keith, 81, of Babylon, L. I., founder of United Fruit Co., president_ of International Railways of Central America; at Babylon...
Completion of the link between the Guatemala and the Salvador railway will bring to a successful conclusion 25 years of effort by Minor Cooper Keith, organizer of potent United Fruit Co. In 1904 (five years after the formation of United Fruit) Mr. Keith acquired from the Guatemalan government a 130-mile railroad which ran from Puerto Barrios (Guatemalan Atlantic port) inland. It was a very unprofitable road, since its other extremity was but Guatemala City, its only logical western terminus. But Mr. Keith pointed out to United Fruit that it could well and profitably grow bananas in eastern Guatemala, thus...
...venture much beyond U. S. borders. Gradual transition from British to U. S. ownership was completed in 1927 when J. Henry Schroder Banking Corp. of Manhattan became financial sponsor. The directorate is now exclusively Manhattan. Though independent, I. R. C. A. nevertheless maintains close relations with United Fruit. Minor Keith is its board chairman. And the two companies have a 33⅓% discount agreement by which United Fruit passengers and freight travel on the I. R. C. A. at two-thirds the ordinary cost and I. R. C. A. passengers and freight use United Fruit ships on the same basis...