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  • Eventually the newspapers would call Zukor the "Napoleon of Motion Pictures."

    Slate Magazine Tim Wu 2010

  • The old studios understood the contract and built entire systems dedicated to ensuring that the spell was never broken – that their stars were kept perennially supplied with the right furs, jewels, arm candy (and, when the time was propitious, spouse), and in return for the creation of these beautiful, secular gods, the public poured its pennies into the capacious coffers of DeMille, Mayer, Goldwyn and Zukor.

    Lucy Mangan: RIP Golden Age of Hollywood Lucy Mangan 2010

  • Lasky and Zukor were Jews, landsmen, and Cecil was only half a landsman, and not even that much emotionally.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • Cecil was flattered but he assured Zukor and Lasky that he was a company man.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • All this greatly irritated Adolph Zukor, who believed that aside from endangering a primary corporate asset, DeMille was distracting himself.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • The studio that DeMille, Lasky, and Zukor had built was one of the friendliest, low-key places in Hollywood.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • A mainstay in New York City since Adolph Zukor opened its doors in 1920, the studio's recent productions include Wall Street 2, Nurse Jackie, and the remake of the Taking of Pelham 123.

    Jonathan A. Schein: Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, and Elmo:Tickle Me Green 2010

  • However, Zukor was satisfied to split the stock fifty-fifty between both companies in order to make the proposition attractive to us.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • A mainstay in New York City since Adolph Zukor opened its doors in 1920, the studio's recent productions include Wall Street 2, Nurse Jackie, and the remake of the Taking of Pelham 123.

    Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, and Elmo:Tickle Me Green 2010

  • Trying to placate Zukor, on May 10, 1923, DeMille waved a flag of financial truce: “I fully realize the responsibility of the enormous sum of money I am spending,” he wrote Zukor.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

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