Word: zukor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...William Howard Taft 1,723 Booth Tarkington 8,478 Louis Tiffany (Jewels) 48,220 Reginald Vanderbilt 44,006 Frank A. Vanderlip 74,599 Henry Walters (Art) 475,851 George J. Whelan (Tobacco).... 201,081 Mrs. Woodrow Wilson 349 Rabbi Stephen S. Wise 547 William Wrigley (Gum) 2,644 Adolph Zukor...
Heralded by the revelation at a Federal inquiry into the Famous Players-Lasky Corp. that its President, Adolph Zukor, no longer held any stock in his name, the shares crashed twelve points on the Stock Exchange. Brokers are now the largest holders of the stock, since the directors of the company have quite generally "unloaded." There have been 225,000 shares of common stock, and about 90,000 of preferred, issued so far by the company; the largest block, 62,000 shares, is now held by a brokerage concern...
...picture for morons.' I called their perversion of my story a betrayal of the public. I added: 'Jesse L. Lasky wouldn't know ethics if he met them in his grog. I hazard the opinion that he never heard of the word until his partner, Adolph Zukor, heard some author...
...Association) with which I ever came in contact.'" S. S. Kresge: "I applied for $5,000,000 life insurance and am asking that the commission of $150,000 go to a friend of mine. The only other $5,000,000 policy in this country is carried by Adolph Zukor, cinema potentate." President Harding: "I received three brand new straw hats from the National Association of Men's Straw Hat Manufacturers of America-a rough Sennit straw for daytime wear, a leghorn for motoring and golfing, and a smooth straw for evening wear." Lady Astor: "I introduced a bill...
...Hollywood," said Mr. Zukor, "is a very quiet place." He paused. "How disappointing!" chorused the reporters politely. "A very quiet place," he resumed, emphatically, "No drinking-very little smoking. And as for the evenings-they're just as quiet! Why, they're practically inaudible. No sound at all but the popping of the California poppies." And the reporters went disconsolately away...