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Word: wrather (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their clients among the packagers. The ubiquitous package firms range in size from giants, e.g., Revue Productions Inc., dog-wagging tail of the Music Corp. of America, which grossed $38 million on its filmed series (M Squad, Wagon Train) last year, down to one-shot independents, e.g., Jack (Lassie) Wrather. The range is qualitative as well: Independent Robert Saudek has won Emmys and Peabody Awards for Omnibus, while Warner Bros, ground out ephemeral, low-budget shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Ultimate Responsibility | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Last week Gordon, 49, showed how profitable filling blank spaces in the air waves can be. As he sold T.P.A. to Oilman Jack Wrather's Independent Television Corp., Gordon said: "I was simply in the position of picking up my marbles at a time when they had pyramided far beyond my original expectations." Value of Gordon's marbles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: How to Make Marbles | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

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