Production Encyclopedia 1952 (1952)
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PRODUCTION ENCYCLOPEDIA
20 YEARS of MOTION PICTURES
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Jan. 26 — Spyros Skouras, general manager of Warner Bros. Theatres, resigns, followed by Charles and George Skouras. Dan Michalove succeeds Spyros Skouras.
Jan. 28 — E. B. Derr resigns as president of Pathe; Lee Marcus becomes president of RKO Pa.the.
Feb. 9 — Charles R. Rogers named production head of RKO Pathe.
March 11 — Tiffany Pictures becomes part of Educational Film Co.
June 3 — Walter Wanger resigns as head of production at Paramount's Eastern studio.
June 1 1 — William Fox forced out of directorship of Fox Film Corp.
Aug. 1 — Phil Coldstone resigns as production head of Tiffany Studios, now part of Educational Films, wi'h Sam Bischoff succeeding him.
Oct. 21 — RKO Studios and RKO-Pathe combine, with Hiram Brown named president of RKO Corp. and David O. Selznick head of RKO Studio's production, taking place of William LeBaron, resigned.
Oct. 30 — John D. Hertz, of the Yellow Cab Co., William Wrigley and Albert Lasker named to Paramount's Board of Directors.
Nov. 4 — Joseph Schenck names Lewis Milestone as production head of United Artists, replacing Sam Coldwyn who returns to independent production.
Nov. 18 — Edward R. Tinker named president of Fox Film Corp., succeeding Harley L. Clarke, who becomes chairman of the Board.
Dec. 4 — H. B. Franklin resigns as president of the Hughes-Franklin Theatres.
Dec. 9 — William Canavan resigns as lATSE president; William Elliott succeeding him.
1932
Jan. 1 5 — Skouras Brothers take over Fox West Coast Theatres.
Jan. 21 — Sidney R. Kent forced out as vice-president and general manager of Paramount.
Feb. 24 — Joseph I. Schnitzer resigns as president of RKO Studios with Hiram Brown, RKO president, taking over temporarily.
Feb. 27 — Joe Brandt sells out interest in Columbia to Jack and Harry Cohn.
March 1 — Adolph Zukor remains as Paramount president; Sam Katz heads theatres.
March 14 — Sidnev R. Kent becomes general manager of Fox Film Corp.
April 13 — M. H. Aylesworth new president of RKO, succeeding Hiram Brown; shortly before B. B. Kahane elected president of RKO Studios when company went into 77B receivership. Harold B. Franklin becomes general manager of RKO Theatres, slared to succeed Joseph Plunkett as president.
April 19 — Sidney Kent succeeds Edward R. Tinker as Fox Film Corp. president; Tinker replacing Harley L. Clarke as chairman of the Board.
May 20 — Henry Henigson joins Paramount, after being general manager of Universal Pictures almost from inception.
June 2 — Samuel J. Briskin made general manager of Columbia Studio.
June 18 — B. P. Schulberg resigns as production head of Paramount; vice-president Emanuel J. Cohen takes over.
June 25 — William Fox charged with fraud by studio.
Sept. 5 — Paul Bern, MGM producer and husband of Jean Harlow, commits suicide.
Sept. 16 — Jesse Lasky leaves Paramount after 18 years, being one of company's founders.
1933
Feb. 2 — David O. Selznick resigns as production head of RKO Studios with Merian C. Cooper taking over.
March 3 — Bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
April 1 5 — Darryl Zanuck resigns as associate production head at Warner Bros, studio.
April 19 — Darryl Zanuck and Joseph Schenck form new company, named 20th Century on April 27, with United Artists release.
July 22 — Sound men, local 695 lATSE, go on strike. After NRA ruling, strike over August 24th.
July 31 — NRA and 40-hour week in effect in studios.
Aug. 12 — Harold B. Franklin resigns as president of RKO Theatres.
1934
April 10 — Warner Bros, buy Teddington studio in England.
April 28 — J. K. McDonough becomes president of RKO; M. H. Aylesworth becoming chairman of the Board.
June 6 — Warner Bros, wins ERPI suit, with $5,000,000 reported as cash payment.
July 9 — Joseph I. Breen named head of new Production Code Authority of the Producers Association.
Aug. 8 — Pathe, Inc. formed as five-year agreement with RKO expires.
Aug. 31 — U.S. Government sues for dissolution of ASCAP under Sherman anti-trust law.
Nov. 3 — Actors Equity votes Screen Actors Guild an autonomous affiliate.
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Feb. 1 — March of Time organized.
Feb. 2 — Emanuel Cohen resigns as Paramount vicepresident. Henry Herzbrun becomes general manager of studio, Ernst Lubitsch becomes production head.
March 5 — Supreme Court finds Tri-Ergon patents invalid.
April 8 — H. J. Yates forms Republic Pictures, Inc.
May 27 — Fox Film Corp. and 20th Century Pictures merge, with Joseph Schenck named chairman of the Board and Darryl Zanuck, production chief. Sidney R. Kent remains as president of new company, to be called Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
June 4 — John L. Otterson, formerly head of ERPI, new presiden!^ of Paramount, with Adolph Zukor chairman of the Board.
June 13 — Al Lichtman named president of United Artists, succeeding Joseph Schenck, resigned.
Aug. 15 — Social Security bill signed by President Roosevelt.
Aug. 16 — Will Rogers and Wiley Post killed in Alaskan plane crash.
Sep'-. 26 — Watterson R. Rothacker named a vicepresident of Paramount.
Oct. 2 — WAMPAS disbands after 15 years.
Oat. 8 — Floyd B. Odium of Atlas Corp. buys into RKO, David Sarnoff of RCA selling most of interest.
Oct. 12 — Republic Pictures incorporated by Herbert Yates, with W. Ray Johnston, formerly of Monogram, as president; Nat Levine becomes president of Republic Productions.
Oct. 22 — Sam Briskin new vice-president in charge of RKO Studios' production.
Nov. 14 — Leo Spitz named president of RKO Studios, Inc.; B. B. Kahane becomes vice-president; M. H. Aylesworth succeeds David Sarnoff as chairman of the Board of RKO, while J. R. McDonough becomes executive vice-president.
1936
Jan. 17 — Screen Directors Guild formed with King Vidor as president.
March 3 — Grand National Films incorporated as subsidiary of Pathe, with Edward L. Alperson as president.
March 8 — Pandro S. Berman becomes production head of RKO, replacing Sam Briskin, resigned.
April 2 — Carl Laemmie, Sr., sells Universal Pictures to group headed by J. Cheever Cowdin. Nate Blumberg elected president of company; Charles R. Rogers becomes production head.
May — Screen Writers Guild recognized by Authors League of America as bargaining agent.
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