When Mr. Alexander Korda came back to England from the United States after having failed to acquire, with Mr. Samuel Goldwyn, the complete property of United Artists, the situation was by no means cleared up. There are even rumours that Korda will take action against Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin for having misrepresented the situation, The indefatigable Goldwyn is still credited with a further attempt at purchase and Mr. Selanick is also mentioned as another possible monopolist. It is even suggested that Mary Pickford, Fairbanks and Chaplin may try to buy out their present ce-directors, Goldwyn and Korda.
These troubles are of general interest because of the personalities concerned. Pickford, Fairbanks and Chaplin represent some of the tenderest memories of the older cinema-goers. They are in the film world that Irving, Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt stand for in e! world of the theatre, Samuel Goldwyn and Alexander Korda are the two leading figures in the world of film production in America and England. it is a battle, or squabble, of giants.
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