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Riding the crest of a wave of photographic fervor that carried with it the formation of the Harvard Film Society to present epoch-making pictures, Widener Memorial Library yesterday received from Adolph Zukor, of Paramount fame, a gift of 500 prints from motion pictures he has made...
...occasion formed a part of the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Zukor's start in pictures. Several prints from each of his more outstanding productions of the past twenty-five years were included, and since his career closely parallels the rise of moving pictures, the photographs afford a complete panorama of the development of the industry...
Sued. Cinemagnate Samuel Goldwyn; by Cinemagnate Adolph Zukor, for Paramount Pictures Corp.; for $5,000,000 damages arising from Goldwyn's "theft" of Paramount's topflight Cinemactor Gary Cooper; in Los Angeles...
This was the nub of the Kennedy report. Though the management has been turned upside down, Mr. Kennedy did not proceed with his work, his connection with the company having ended July 1. Old Chairman Adolph Zukor had already been shipped to Hollywood to try to straighten out production. President John Edward Otterson was fired, Barney Balaban, an experienced showman taking his place (TIME, July 13). Other showmen were added to the board to replace businessmen directors. Since Mr. Kennedy first looked at it last May, the Paramount Picture has brightened considerably...
...chain was sold to Paramount for about $10,000,000 in stock, Barney Balaban becoming the biggest Paramount stockholder except old Adolph Zukor. Sam Katz went into Paramount and out again while Barney Balaban stayed on to run his chain as a Paramount subsidiary. Now 48, reserved, deliberate, hardworking, he lives on Chicago's North Shore, is active in Jewish affairs, takes a great interest in the Chicago Riding Club and the Arlington (Ill.) race track, both of which he helped found. Taking a sly poke at Wall Street's various unsuccessful attempts to run a Hollywood enterprise...