Word: movieman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wrong. Last fortnight Fred Mills had indeed signed a contract for slot-machine movies, but not with Warner Bros. Following in his father's footsteps, ambitious, balding Jimmie Roosevelt stepped into the picture when the Mills-Warner deal was all but clinched. With Slot Machineman Mills, Movieman Roosevelt launched the Mills-Globe Co.; Mills to provide a reported $3,000,000 of financing, Roosevelt to provide one two-and-a-half to three-minute talkie every week. Carefully Producer Roosevelt explained that his slot-machine interests in no way affect his Globe Production's agreement with United Artists...