> Withdrawing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs from circulation in the U. S., Walt Disney announced that in the 16 months since its release it had grossed $6,740,000, $1,740,000 more than the previous box-office record established by Al Jolson (see below) in his early part-talkie, The Singing Fool. Snow White earned back its $1,700,000 cost in four months.
> On a goodwill tour for his firm's Wuthering Heights, Vice President James Roosevelt of Samuel Goldwyn Productions gave British cinemagnates a reception at Claridge's, journeyed to meet the Mayor and master cutler of...
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