Dr. Paul Koretz, Louis B. Mayer, and Michael Balcon meet, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Dr. Paul Koretz, Louis B. Mayer, and Michael Balcon meet, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

March 15, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Koretz, Mayer, and Balcon stand together in front of scarce bushes on a brick path overgrown with grass.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Briton Sets Screen Goal," Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar 1935: A3.
Michael Balcon hopes to return to England and produce films as good as those with American backgrounds, if not better. Representative lawyer of M.G.M. and Fox Paul Koretz observes that Hollywood became famous for motion pictures while Vienna, Austria, became famous for its' composers.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: VISITORS LAUD HOLLYWOOD Guests of Louis B. Mayer at M.G.M. studio yesterday where they extolled American films were (left to right) Dr. Paul Koretz of Vienna, Mayer, and Michael Balcon, head of British Gaumont. (pg. 16)
Text from negative sleeve: KORETZ, PAUL DR.
Text on negative sleeve: Koretz, Paul Dr.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Motion picture producers & directors--British--California--Los Angeles
Gaumont British Picture Corp.
Foreign visitors--Austrian--California
Foreign visitors--British--California
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture producers & directors--American--California--Los Angeles

Names

Mayer, Louis B. (Louis Burt), 1885-1957
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Koretz, Paul, b. 1885 or 86
Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image