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40 C&e Cfieatre
on. These men are all dynamos accustomed to generating their own power, and did not work well as motors, as they refused to receive their power from an aspiring leader ; this brought on friction, inducing the affable Brulatour to retire, followed by Baumann and Kessel.
"Laemmle was in Europe, Swanson in California, and Pat Powers and myself sat on the lid in New York. Things went along fairly smooth until Laemmle and Swanson returned to New York, when began a struggle for control of the Universal Company, with Laemmle on one side and Powers on the other, with the polished Mark Dintenfass (head of the Champion Film Company, which for some reason was not included, on reorganization, in either service), the holder of a small block of stock also holding the balance of power and fully aware of the fact."
Dintenfass, as stated in another chapter, was interested in the first talking pictures, and he organized the Champion Film Company, one of the original independent makers of picture plays. The war pictures released by this company reflected the high aims of a man who in a very few years encountered enough litigation and troublous impediments to his progress to justify the reputation he achieved as "the fighter who never capitulates."
But Dintenfass was the all-important figure as between the struggles of Laemmle and Powers for control of Universal. Laemmle and Swanson succeeded, however, in purchasing the Dintenfass stock, which, combined with their own holdings, gave them control. Powers accepted the situation for the moment with good grace, seeing no alternative but to sell his stock to Laemmle and Swanson. This he proceeded to do.