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	Joseph M. Schenck - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Marcus Loew bought one of their parks in 1907, then made the Schencks partners in Consolidated Enterprises, his theater & movie house chain in 1912.
		Marilyn Monroe became friendly with Schenck in 1947 was know as one of his "girl friends", although she said the relationship was platonic.
		Even after they divorced, Schenck continued to act as Norma Talmadge's financial advisor and guide her business affairs.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0770852/bio (844 words)

	Joseph Schenck Information
		Joseph M. Schenck (December 25, 1878 – October 22, 1961) was a pioneer executive who played a key role in the development of the United States film industry.
		Recognizing the potential, in 1909 the Schenck brothers purchased Palisades Amusement Park and after that became participants in the fledgling motion picture industry as partners with Marcus Loew, operating a chain of movie theaters.
		Joseph Schenck retired in 1957 and shortly after suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Joseph_Schenck (368 words)

	Joseph Schenck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joseph M. Schenck, born December 25, 1878 - died October 22, 1961, was a pioneer executive who played a key role in the development of the United States film industry.
		Recognizing the potential, in 1909 the Schenck brothers purchased Palisades Amusement Park and after that became participants in the fledgling motion picture industry as partners with Marcus Loew, operating a chain of movie theaters.
		Joseph Schenck retired in 1957 and shortly after suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_Schenck (380 words)

	Nicholas Schenck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nicholas M. Schenck, born in Rybinsk, Russia on November 14, 1881 - died March 4, 1969 in Florida, was a motion-picture mogul and impresario.
		One of seven children, Schenck was born in Rybinsk, a Volga River village in Tsarist Russia.
		Schenck's adroit business sense made him a wealthy man. In 1927, he and Joseph were reported to be worth about $20 million (approximately 500 million in today's money, possibly more), with a combined yearly income of at least a million.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicholas_Schenck (761 words)

	Joseph M. Schenck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Schenck left Consolidated for Hollywood in 1917 to produce Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and the later D.
		Schenck was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
		Marilyn Monroe became friendly with Schenck in 1947 and was known as one of his "girl friends", although she said the relationship was platonic.
	theoscarsite.com /whoswho/schenck_j.htm (424 words)

	Nicholas M. Schenck
		Schenck had a soft spot for the Palisades Amusement Park in Fort Lee, N.J., which he bought in 1911 and continued to operate until 1935 in addition to his film activities.
		Schenck was a wealthy man. In 1927, he and his brother, between them, were reported to have $20-million, with a combined income of more than $1-million a year.
		Under Schenck's helm (steadied in part by Manhattan banking interests administering the hefty block of shares originally sold to Fox), Loew's escaped the financial reverses of the '30s, and its stock was a staple in "window-and-orphan" portfolios.
	www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu /~jw3u/schenck.html (3194 words)

	SAG History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Joseph M. Schenck was president of United Artists, and married to silent-film star Norma Talmadge.
		Joe Schenck's "order" read: "No more overworking of screen players in order to make economy records for producers or directors...I don't want actors to be afraid.
		In 1937, when Joe Schenck was chairman of the board of 20th Century Fox, he and Louis B. Mayer, MGM's Vice-President in Charge of Production, would be the first producers to formally recognize the Screen Actors Guild.
	www.sag.org /history/chronos_pages/schenck.html (168 words)

	Joseph Schenck -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Recognizing the potential, in 1909 the Schenck brothers purchased Palisades Amusement Park and after that became participants in the fledgling motion picture industry as partners with (Click link for more info and facts about Marcus Loew) Marcus Loew, operating a chain of movie theaters.
		Through his involvement in the film business, in 1916 Joseph Schenck met and married (Click link for more info and facts about Norma Talmadge) Norma Talmadge, one of the top young stars with (Click link for more info and facts about Vitagraph Studios) Vitagraph Studios.
		After parting ways with his brother, Joseph Schenck moved to the (The western seaboard of the United States from Washington to California) West Coast where the future of the film industry seemed to lie.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/joseph_schenck.htm (404 words)

	The Schneck Family Papers at WSU Special Collections & Archives
		The Schenck family was one of the most prominent families in the Dayton area.
		Joseph Graham Crane Schenck, Jr.'s father was Joseph Graham Crane Schenck, Sr.
		Schenck was captured by the Germans and held as a POW until April, 1945.After the war, J.G.C. Schenck, Jr.
	www.libraries.wright.edu /special/manuscripts/ms-284.html (1297 words)

	Joseph Schenck - South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Joseph Michael Schenck (December 25, 1878 – October 22, 1961) was a pioneer executive who played a key role in the development of the United States film industry.
		Recognizing the potential, in 1909 the Schenck brothers purchased Palisades Amusement Park and after that became participants in the fledgling motion picture industry as partners with Marcus Loew, operating a chain of movie theaters.
		After parting ways with his brother, Joseph Schenck moved to the West Coast where the future of the film industry seemed to lie.
	joseph-schenck.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Joseph_Schenck (555 words)

	The Waldorf Conference: The Meeting That Began the Blacklist
		Typically, Schenck sought it near the fringes of the law: he asked William Fox, a theater owner who had expanded as rapidly as Loew, to bankroll the merger of Fox's and Loew's holdings.
		Schenck had to allow Mayer his fiefdom, but as head of Loew's he constantly kept his old adversary in check.
		Schenck was in a panic about the HUAC hearings and demanded Johnston do something.
	waldorfconference.com /schenck.html (601 words)

	FILMRADAR.COM
		Nicholas Schenck who was President of MGM's parent company Loew's Theatrical Enterprises and his brother Joseph who ran United Artists and later was Chairman of Twentieth Century-Fox were both Russian.
		Joseph Schenck was made well aware of Zanuck's grievances.
		Joseph Schenck became the Chairman of Twentieth Century-Fox, and Darryl Zanuck became the Vice President in Charge of Production, a lofty title in those days when there were very few people in the executive ranks.
	www.filmradar.com /cgi-bin/fr.pl?../darylzanuck.html (2789 words)

	Carl Sandburg
		The suggestion is entirely valid because of the facts that America has plenty of enterprising, sagacious managerial talent on the order of Joseph Schenck while there is all too little in the screen world containing the possibilities of Buster Keaton.
		And we hope, inasmuch as this is a family affair, Joseph Schenck being the husband of Norma Talmadge, that Mr.
		Schenck herself, it is not likely he will do it for Mrs.
	www.geocities.com /~oldbrit/bksandburg.htm (2614 words)

	Wyrick's Letter to Joseph Henry
		Joseph Schenck (1982) has compiled the complete text of many of the early documents discussing these finds, and has added some additional observations.
		Anthropology Dept. what he made of Alrutz's article, and he sent me a copy of a letter from Wyrick to Joseph Henry, who was then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in which Wyrick expressed the fear that perhaps a hoax had been perpetrated upon him with these stones.
		A note by Bradley T. Lepper, curator of the Newark Moundbuilders' State Memorial Museum, (1987) refers to the same letter and concludes on the basis of it, with Dancey, that the stones are in fact a hoax perpetrated not by Wyrick, but rather upon him by some unknown person.
	www.econ.ohio-state.edu /jhm/arch/wletter.htm (1873 words)

	Joseph M. SCHENCK and Nicholas M. SCHENCK – Hollywood founders.
		Joseph M. SCHENCK and Nicholas M. SCHENCK – Hollywood founders.
		JOSEPH M. Joseph M.Schenck (1878 – 1961) was a pioneer executive who played a key role in the development of the
		As chairman of the new 20th Century Fox he was one of the most powerful and influential people in the film business.
	www.adm.yar.ru /english/section.aspx?section_id=56 (214 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Buster Keaton Collection > Printer Friendly
		Joseph Schenck had set Keaton up in his studio years before and had bankrolled a lot of Keaton's films.
		Schenck was one of the last big time independents still working in Hollywood, and there really wasn't anyone else that Keaton could turn to that would put up the money for his movies, and leave him alone to create them.
		They were one of the premier movie factories at the time, but more importantly Joseph Schenck's brother Nicholas was running the studio at the time.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/print.php?ID=13539 (3337 words)

	Nicholas Schenck
		Nicholas M. Schenck born in Rybinsk, Russia on November 14, 1881 - died March 4, 1969 in Florida, was a motion-picture empresario.
		His Who's Who in America entry boasted that he headed over 100 corporations and received a larger salary than any other theatrical manager in the world.
		His brother Joseph Schenck was president of United Artists and later president of Twentieth Century Films and then chairman of 20th Century Fox.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/n/ni/nicholas_schenck.html (168 words)

	The Formation of Twentieth Century-Fox (20th Century Fox)
		Joseph Schenck, the president of United Artists, cofounded Twentieth Century Pictures with Darryl F. Zanuck, former head of production at the Warner Bros. studio.
		Twentieth Century Pictures was organized in April 1933 as a showcase for the talented 30-year-old producer who resigned from Warners after a salary dispute earlier that year.
		Schenck, who had been a UA stockholder for over ten years, resigned from United Artists in protest of the shoddy treatment of Twentieth Century, and Zanuck began discussions with other distributors.
	www.cobbles.com /simpp_archive/zanuck-schenck.htm (400 words)

	The General
		JOSEPH FRANK “BUSTER” KEATON (4 October 1895—1 February 1966, lung cancer) sometimes said that The General was one of his finest movies; sometimes he said it was his finest of all.
		The somber-faced giggle producer has one of the greatest pictures of the year, and Joseph Schenck, who witnessed the preview, declared that it was undoubtedly the greatest comedy Keaton has ever produced and should earn $1,000,000 for United Artists....
		Perhaps Joe Schenck and the stockholders of United Artists, nervous about the film’s enormous budget, decided to play it safe rather than take a risk on its success, and so instantly wrote it off as a tax loss and refused to promote it properly.
	www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~bjackson/RSonTheGeneral.htm (5569 words)

	Salvo, Deren, Schenck, & Lauterbach, P.C. - Iowa Attorneys practicing in Harlan IA, Earling IA, Walnut IA, Panama ...
		For over 60 years, Salvo, Deren, Schenck and Lauterbach, P.C., a law firm located in Harlan, Iowa has served the people and communities of Southwest Iowa.
		We are a general practice firm, including but not limited to, business and commercial law, personal injury, family, estate planning and tax law, etc. For over 30 years, we have provided sound legal advice, representation, and results to our clients in matters involving:
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	www.sdsllaw.com (274 words)

	SAF - About SAF: SAF National Awards - Carl Alwin Schenck Award
		This award recognizes individuals whose educational efforts exemplify those of Carl A. Schenck, founder of the Biltmore Forestry School.
		A biographical sketch (not to exceed three pages) that references the award criteria plus the present faculty position and location, and educational background experience.
		Four letters of endorsement addressing the Schenck award criteria, one letter must be from a peer or associate and, one letter must be from a dean or department head.
	www.safnet.org /who/schenck.cfm (390 words)

	Joseph M Schenck at Hollywood.com
		Russian immigrant who began acquiring amusement parks with his brother Nicholas in the teens and soon became allied with the Loew organization, where he graduated to a senior executive position.
		Schenck left Loew's in 1917 to become an independent film producer, turning out vehicles for Norma Talmadge (his wife), Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle.
		Schenck was forced to resign in 1941 when he was indicted for income tax irregularities, but returned to the fold as an executive producer after four months in jail.
	www.hollywood.com /celebrity/Joseph_M_Schenck/192473 (426 words)

	AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
		Through a series of inventive camera tricks well ahead of their time, Keaton is transported into the film onscreen, envisioning himself as the triumphant wooer and crack detective Sherlock, Jr.
		After Keaton begged producer Joseph Schneck to purchase an old ocean liner to use as a prop on a film, he and comedic partner Clyde Bruckman came up with the story line of THE NAVIGATOR, Keaton's biggest commercial success.
		DIR Donald Crisp and Buster Keaton; SCR Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, Joseph Mitchell; PROD Buster Keaton.
	www.afi.com /silver/new/nowplaying/2007/v4i3/keaton.aspx (1501 words)

	Joe Schenck - AOL Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Days later he announced the formation of a new company Twentieth Century Pictures, in partnership with Joseph Schenck, president of United Artists.
		October 22, 1961) was a pioneer executive who played a key role in the development of the United States film...
		Watch or listen to Joe Schenck music videos, songs, live performances, concerts and more on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/joe-schenck/192088/main (116 words)

	CSULB-COAST /All Locations
		The General / Joseph M. Schenck [producer] ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman ; adapted by Al Boasberg and Charles Smith from William Pittenger's The great locomotive chase.
		The playhouse / Joseph M. Schenck [producer] ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline.
		A comedy of error and circumstance in which Buster Keaton attempts to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage by becoming a successful businessman.
	coast.library.csulb.edu:90 /record=b1979515 (238 words)

	The Films of Norma Talmadge
		A woman loses her memory after a head injury incurred during a robbery and becomes a partner of one of the crooks.
		Cast: Norma Talmadge, Lew Cody, Jack Mulhall, Eileen Percy, Joseph Kilgour, Lincoln Plummer, Thomas Ricketts, Ward Crane, Catherine Murphy, De Witt Gennings, Lionel Belmore, Eddie Boland.
		Cast: Norma Talmadge, Joseph Schildkraut, Arthur Edmund Carew, Laurence Wheat, Maude Wayne, Earl Schenck, Hector V. Sarno, Albert Prisco, Mario Carillo, James Cooley.
	www.stanford.edu /~gdegroat/NT/filmography.htm (4729 words)

	Articles - 20th Century Fox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The company is the result of a 1935 merger of two entities, Fox Film Corporation founded by William Fox in 1914, and Twentieth Century Pictures, begun in 1933 by Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph Schenck, Raymond Griffith and William Goetz.
		William Fox, a pioneer in creating the theater "chain," began producing films in 1914, and in 1917 hit the jackpot when he offered the sensation of her time, Theda Bara.
		Days later he announced the formation of a new company Twentieth Century Pictures, in partnership with Joseph Schenck, president of United Artists.
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/20th_Century_Fox (1750 words)

	Tucson Pima Public Library /All Locations
		[Sherlock Jr.] / Joseph M. Schenck presents a Metro attraction ; directed by Buster Keaton ; story by Jean Havez, Joe Mitchell, and Clyde Bruckman.
		Sherlock, Jr.: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joseph Keaton, Ward Crane.
		Our hospitality: A New York man returns to his southern antebellum home to find himself embroiled in a longstanding feud between his family and that of the woman he loves.
	infolynx.ci.tucson.az.us:90 /record=b1375715 (222 words)

	Graustark (1925)
		Because it is all romance with never a tinge of sexiness, "Graustark" is in itself a great relief from the usual run of photoplays.
		Added to whatever worth there is in the story is the production accorded the film by Joseph M. Schenck.
		It is safe to say that few regular features have had such sumptuous settings and that few have been made with so much attention to intricate detail.
	www.stanford.edu /~gdegroat/NT/oldreviews/graustark.htm (749 words)

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