Word: paramount
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...entry into the European circle of a Germany at peace within herself would be one of the most beneficial things we could strive for. ... But we cannot afford to see Nazidom in its present phase of cruelty and intolerance paramount in Europe...
...Manhattan last week Federal-Judge Alfred Conkling Coxe saved Paramount Pictures Inc. $2,000,000. For 29 months Paramount had struggled through receivership, bankruptcy and Section 77b reorganization proceedings. Last July it emerged as a free and solvent corporation. But receivers, trustees, committeemen, lawyers, experts, banks and others sent in a $3,239,828 bill for services and expenses. Paramount was the debtor, as the law provides that "a trust estate must bear the expenses of its administration." But Judge Coxe had the authority to deny or to reduce claims, since Section 77b provides: "The judge . . . may allow a reasonable...
Services must be disinterested. An $80,000 claim for services put in by the Vanderlip debenture holders' committee was reduced to $7,500 because Frank A. Vanderlip and Lawrence Stern traded profitably in Paramount securities during the reorganization period. Claims brought by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., sponsors of many Paramount issues, and by Cravath, de Gersdorff, Swaine & Wood, attorneys for the banking house, were disallowed because Kuhn, Loeb withdrew from the proceedings when the trustees in bankruptcy were planning to sue Paramount directors and Kuhn, Loeb partners...
Services must be in behalf of the debtor Twelve banks, to which Paramount owed $14,000,000, were represented by a committee which valued its services at $50,000. The Paramount trustees were suing the banks, which they claimed had been treated as preferred creditors. Judge Coxe said that the bank committee's efforts were "adverse to the debtor," hence no allowance was justified...
...Live My Life," A. M. 11.20; P. M., 2.05, 4.50, 7.35, 10.20. Metropolitan-"The last Outpost." A. M. 11.17; P. M., 2.02, 4,47, 7.49, 10.34. Modern-"Dr. Socrates." A. M. 10.50; P. M., 1.55, 5.05, 8.15. "The Dark Angel" A. M., 9.00; P. M., 12.05, 8.15, 6.20, 9.30. Paramount-"The Payoff." A. M. 9.15, 11.48; P. M., 2.20, 4.52, 7.24. "Ship, Cafe,"A. M., 10.37; P. M., 1.09; 3.41,6.14, 8.45 Keith Memorial-"The 3 Musketeers." A. M. 10.00; P. M., 12.00, 2.00, 4.00, 6.00, 8.00, 10.00. RKO-Boston_"3 Kids and a Queen...