Charles skouras iii biography samples
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Austin Cedric Gibbons, Irish Americanart director and production designer for the film industry, is born in Dublin on March 23, 1893. He also makes a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s.
Gibbons was born to architect Austin P. Gibbons and Veronica Fitzpatrick Simmons. He is privately tutored and studies at the Art Students League of New York. In 1911 he begins working in his father’s office as a junior draftsman. From 1915 he serves as art director at Edison Studios in New Jersey and then serves in the United States Navy during World War I. He then joins Goldwyn Studios and begins a long career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1924, the year the studio is founded.
Gibbons is one of the original 36 founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and oversees the design of the Academy Awards statuette in 1928, a trophy for which he himself would be nominated 38 times for Best Production Design, winning eleven.
In 1930, Gibbons marries actress Dolores del Río and co-designs their house in Santa Monica, an intricate Art Deco residence influenced by Rudolf Schindler. They divorce in 1941. Three years later he marries actress Hazel Brooks, with whom he remains until his death.
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Spanos v. Skouras Theatres Corporation, 235 F. Supp. 1 (S.D.N.Y. 1964)
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SKOURAS THEATRES CORPORATION, Theatre & Cinema, Inc., Philhamboro, Inc., Youngstown Theatres Corporation and Modern Playhouses, Inc., Defendants.
United States District Court S. D. New York.
*2 Kissam & Halpin, New York City, for plaintiff, Leo T. Kissam, Michael W. Graney, Edmond K. Leach, New York City, of counsel.
Sherpick, Regan & Davis, New York City, for defendants, Eugene A. Sherpick, William C. Woodson, New York City, of counsel.
WYATT, District Judge.
This is an action by a lawyer to recover compensation for professional services.
There are two separate claims, each stated in a separate count: (1) for $126,000 said to be due under a specific contingent fee agreement (for 17½% of recovery) and (2) for $875,000 as the claimed reasonable value of his services.
There was a trial to the Court, a jury having been waived after demand by defendants for a jury trial.
1. Jurisdiction of this Court
Jurisdiction of this Court is laid on diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (1).
Defendant corporations are stipulated each to have its principal place of business in New York; they are thus citizens
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Chapter 3: Top Achievements, 1946–1950
Lev, Peter. "Chapter 3: Time Achievements, 1946–1950". Twentieth Century-Fox: The Zanuck-Skouras Years, 1935–1965, New Royalty, USA: Institution of higher education of Texas Press, 2013, pp. 102-160. https://doi.org/10.7560/744479-005
Lev, P. (2013). Moment 3: Top Achievements, 1946–1950. In Twentieth Century-Fox: Rendering Zanuck-Skouras Eld, 1935–1965 (pp. 102-160). Spanking York, USA: University model Texas Conquer. https://doi.org/10.7560/744479-005
Lev, P. 2013. Buttress 3: Thrust Achievements, 1946–1950. Twentieth Century-Fox: The Zanuck-Skouras Years, 1935–1965. New Dynasty, USA: Academia of Texas Press, pp. 102-160. https://doi.org/10.7560/744479-005
Lev, Peter. "Chapter 3: Summit Achievements, 1946–1950" In Twentieth Century-Fox: Rendering Zanuck-Skouras Age, 1935–1965, 102-160. New Dynasty, USA: Further education college of Texas Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7560/744479-005
Lev P. Chapter 3: Peak Achievements, 1946–1950. In: Twentieth Century-Fox: The Zanuck-Skouras Years, 1935–1965. New Dynasty, USA: Institution of higher education of Texas Press; 2013. p.102-160. https://doi.org/10.7560/744479-005
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