Word: slitter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the" mass of Hollywood gossip which preceded the deal, observers were able to get an accurate idea of how it was put through. For the past two years, Universal has been short of cash. Last November, in order to get money to finish its two biggest current features, Slitter's Gold and Show Boat, Laemmle borrowed $750,000 from Standard Capital Co. controlled by Cowdin, his friend & partner, George Newell Armsby, and Broker Lawrence W. Fox Jr. In return, Laemmle gave Standard Capital an option on his stock until Feb. 1. The option was extended six weeks. Last...
...Somehow, Slitter's Gold was dropped and it was decided that I should do Broken Lullaby. But they said, 'You mustn't shoot any dead bodies in the picture.' Then I tackled-Dreiser's An American Tragedy. . . . The script I made for it had Dreiser's approval. . . . Hollywood wanted just a police story, so I said, 'Why the hell pay Dreiser? Just get some clippings...
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