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Greek-born Spyros Skouras, boss of 20th Century-Fox, is cast in the Homeric mold.
When the Roman Catholic Legion of Decency recently demanded that he change the title and almost everything else about Forever Amber, Cinemogul Skouras took a strategic fit of Achillean sulks, and changed nothing. The old publicity campaigner guessed, correctly, that Legion disapproval would whet public pruriency and boost attendance as...
¶ Daphne Skouras, daughter of 20th Century-Fox Chief Spyros Skouras, by her marriage to Oren Root Jr., socialite lawyer who organized the Willkie Clubs in 1940.
The hottest report of the week: that the Cards would be sold for $3,500,000 to a syndicate headed by Postmaster General Robert Hannegan and the three movie-rich Skouras brothers.
At a luncheon in the Commodore Hotel that day he attended to the Lord's business exclusively. He addressed a meeting of the Sunday School Association, and it awarded him a certificate for his religious work. Said Mr. Rank: "I believe that the best way we can spread the...