Word: sales
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...svelte Swedish Kerstin Thorborg, again drew critical superlatives for her performance as the vacillating Brangane. Youthful American Julius Huehn again donned whiskers, impersonated the aging, battle-scarred Kurvenal. Emanuel List was the oratorical Mark. The box office, which had sold out the house one hour after opening its seat sale a week before, grossed an estimated...
...flashy Hotel Lexington, less than two blocks away. Hitz had taken over the Lexington in 1932, put in his old friend Charles E. Rochester as manager and by 1936 had upped annual gross operating revenues from $74,000 to $400,000. Last June when the Montclair was offered for sale, Hitz and a group of friends proceeded to buy it for $3,000,000. Thereupon, Hotel Lexington, Inc. canceled its contract with N. H. M. Manager Rochester quit Hitz to continue as the Lexington's manager. Ralph Hitz has not spoken to Charles Rochester since...
...Ogden M. Edwards Jr. (nee Lela Harkness, Standard Oil heiress). For the past 23 years, Walnut Hall has averaged 100 foals a year, has bred more trotting champions than any other U. S. stud. This year Walnut Hall sold 95 yearlings at the Old I Glory Sale, more than any other nursery, grossing $113,985, an average of approximately $1,200 per horse. Walnut Hall also received the highest bid price-$6,800 from Brooklyn Sportsman William Strang Jr. for the yearling Princess Margaret...
...before, however, in a private sale, William Strang himself received the highest price actually paid this year-$20,000 for Twilight Song (2:01¼), champion 2-year-old of 1936. Alleged buyer: Italy's Benito Mussolini. For to this year's Old Glory Sale came European agents who effected the biggest exodus of U. S. harness horses since the turn of the Century. To Austria, Germany, France and Italy went 58 horses of the finest blood lines in the U. S. Italy was the biggest buyer, obviously intent on getting the finest stock at any price...
...drama, golf and advertising departments. But he is not yet the magazine's owner. Stock control remains with the printers, Kable Bros. Co. in Mount Morris, Ill., who took over the monthly last year on a lingering printing bill, passed title to Syndicator Bourjaily on his notes, pending sale of his comfortable United Feature stock holdings. When Kable Bros, returned Mr. Bourjaily's notes a month ago they asked Mr. Newman, then Judge's political writer, to step in as publisher; are negotiating with him over purchase of Judge...