United Artists Corporate Minutes (Jan-Dec 1921)

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PP eg Got, ee ee one-half of one psrcem of the goes rocal pty oF ths corporation: . This, the directors refused to dO» ~ $F, is fe . A resolution was mad2, esconded ond sssmaeiahas cele that Reece + eum & —— £8. aete nance Oo dove mentioned, af ths rats of 9500. por wesk. Ur. O'Brien sutmittec to the nosing ogase of eke various communications s2nt to and recsived from ure Qued 114, who has bom acting for the corporation in its ——— zsjations with ae ot Yorris Grz2nhill, and also reported th: s euults ae the' conf 2ron : ozs between Mr. Abrams and himeelf on the ous part, sha’ Douglas : Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, ard Charies Chaplin whil~ in Les “anghow. Ns and their degtre to mark :t th» pictur2s now being marketed ty the | United értiets Corporation in thf{fs country, in #0 far ac contract=_ i yal rélations with the owne&s of each of th: pictures would perre? Te, nit those pictures, “in forsign territorys whereupors a resolution — was made, seconded and unen‘acusly adoptsd that ur. O'Brien be au~ ~norized to return te Davis wt. Griffith; Douglas Tatrbanks and vary Pickford respectivsly, the contracte which they had ei ged a with Morris Gresmhill, of whith the United Artiste Corporation had beon the proc@ming caus. sGeject to its contract with Horris. ~ ¥ Greenhill, and that Hiray/ Abraus and Dennis F. O'Brien be 4 comit~ tse authorized and ampowered to proosed with the organizing of a —e in mgland to market the motion pictures in the Brit= teh Isles, and that Hifan Abrams in his position as President of this corporation, bs authorized and gppowerad to eslsct the petecn™ ns} of the officials anc ths oployees of that corporation, subj act to the approval of the Board of Dirsetore of this corporation. Mr. Abrams reported to the meoting the wishes of the stock holders relative to wark sting their pictures in Gubas whoreupons a resolution whe mad 3 second a and unaninously adopt 3d that a rep"