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    Nicholas M. Schenck (14 November 1880, Rybinsk, Russia – 4 March 1969, Florida) was a Russian-American film studio executive and businessman. One of seven...
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    Joseph Michael Schenck (/ˈskɛŋk/; December 25, 1876 – October 22, 1961) was a Russian-born American film studio executive. Schenck was born to a Jewish...
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    associates included Adolph Zukor, Joseph Schenck, and Nicholas Schenck. In addition to theaters, Loew and the Schencks expanded the Fort George Amusement Park...
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    attractions. In 1910 the park was purchased by Nicholas and Joseph Schenck and their Realty Trust Company. The Schencks were brothers who were active in the nascent...
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  • Court Nicholas Schenck (1881–1969), American film industry executive Norman C. Schenck, mycologist who described Glomus aggregatum Paul Schenck (born...
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    Warner Bros. Financial backing came from Schenck's younger brother Nicholas Schenck, president of Loew's, the theater chain that owned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
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    including over casting its stars. Thalberg's good relationship with Nicholas Schenck, then president of Loew's Incorporated, proved to be an ongoing advantage...
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  • Boy. He was the nephew of MGM studio chief Nicholas Schenck and United Artists studio boss Joseph M. Schenck. Nayfack was born in Brooklyn to Saul and...
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  • to oversee his new Hollywood operations, since longtime assistant Nicholas Schenck was needed in New York headquarters to oversee the 150 theaters. A...
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  • Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during...
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    based in Los Angeles, reporting to Loew's longtime right-hand man Nicholas Schenck. He would hold this post for the next 27 years. Before the year was...
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    during the Russian Empire. 20th-century American film moguls Nicholas Schenck and Joseph Schenck were born in the town, and there is a grand 18th-century...
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    Fred M. Wilcox. Her sister Pansy Wilcox married film studio executive Nicholas Schenck. Selwyn worked as an actress and theater producer. She produced several...
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    of financial expectations at the box office. In 1928 film executive Nicholas Schenck arranged a deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for Keaton's services. Keaton...
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    passed to his longtime associate, Nicholas Schenck. Fox saw an opportunity to expand his empire, and in 1929, with Schenck's assent, bought the Loew family's...
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    the United States.: 209  Soon afterwards, Schaefer was approached by Nicholas Schenck, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's parent company, with an offer on the...
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    Taylor was instead hired by Famous Players to manage 25 theatres. Nicholas Schenck, the president of Loews, whose company owned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer met...
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    second most powerful figure in the movie industry, just behind MGM head Nicholas Schenck. In the wake of the success of Gold Diggers of Broadway, journalists...
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    Rubinoff (born 1935), tennis player Damon Runyon, newspaperman and writer Nicholas Schenck, MGM studios Dutch Schultz, mobster Robin Sherwood, actress Sid Tepper...
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    after her father's money. In 1958, Dantine married Nicola Schenck, daughter of Nicholas Schenck, one of the founders of Loews. His wife acted under the...
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    he partnered with Joseph Schenck to form 20th Century Pictures, Inc. with financial help from Joseph's brother Nicholas Schenck and Louis B. Mayer, president...
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    terms of the agreement positioned MGM executives Irving Thalberg and Nicholas Schenck, both sympathetic to the star, to supervise his career. Gilbert, however...
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    Ruth Selwyn, a sister of director Fred M. Wilcox and sister-in-law of Nicholas Schenck. Pierre of the Plains (1914) (actor, play) The Arab (1915) (actor,...
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  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Harry Cohn: Columbia Pictures Spyros Skouras: 20th Century Fox Nicholas Schenck: Loews Theatres Barney Balaban: Paramount Pictures Samuel Goldwyn:...
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    Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954) November 14 – Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born American film studio executive (d. 1969) November 15...
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    Island. When Schenck died in 1689, his son Martin received ownership of the estate;: 14  the mill was later inherited by Nicholas Schenck.: 14  In 1784...
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    Dougherty of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia called MGM president Nicholas Schenck. It was not shown again, and the negative and prints may have been...
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  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, buying shares from Marcus Loew's widow and sons and Nicholas Schenck for $50 million. The acquisition eventually falls through. May 16 –...
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  • unheard-of roadshow admission price of $2.00 per ticket. September 5 – Nicholas Schenck becomes president of Loews Inc. following the death of Marcus Loew...
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  • George Schenck, a Russian immigrant theatrical manager, and Mary Schenck, Schenck was a nephew of Joseph and Nicholas Schenck. Father to George Schenck and...
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