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The Warner Brothers move west and set up their West Coast Studios in 1919
In 1903, the four brothers Albert, Sam, Harry, and Jack Warner began in the film business as traveling exhibitors, moving throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania with their portable projector. By 1907, they were operating the Cascade Theatre in New Castle, Pennsylvania, with Albert and Harry selling tickets, Sam ran the hand-crank projector while Jack sang “illustrated” songs during the intermissions to sister Rose's piano accompaniment. Within the year, they had opened two more theaters in New Castle.
They soon realized that the large profits from movies would come not just from distribution and exhibition, but also from production, and they moved to California and established a small production base in Culver City.
Their first full-scale picture, My Four Years in Germany, premiered in 1918 and grossed an amazing (for that time) $1.5 million.
Later that year, they purchased property at 5842 Sunset Boulevard for $25,000, and the Warner Bros. West Coast Studios was born.
They incorporated their fledgling movie company on April 4, 1923, and in 1924, they created the world's first “four-legged superstar,” Rin Tin Tin. In 1927 they released the world’s first “talkie,” The Jazz Singer, and set a tone of innovation and influence that would become synonymous with the name Warner Brothers.
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THE STUDEBAKER BROTHERS ESTABLISH WAGON MAKING COMPANY
With the passion of youth, $68 and two sets of smithy tools, they established H & C Studebaker on February 16, 1852. The first day of business grossed 25 cents for shoeing a horse. A few weeks later they received their first wagon order from a Mr. Earl. The wagon was constructed and sold for $175. Business was slow though and they did whatever they could to make ends meet. The end of the first year would bring just one more wagon order5. At this time the third son, John Mohler, had come of age. He, like his brothers, had learned smithing and wagon making but his immediate desires lay west in the gold fields of California. When a wagon train passed through South Bend early in 1853, he proposed an arrangement wherein he would give them a new wagon in exchange for passage and board. It was agreed and his brothers helped him build the wagon in ten days.
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Aspen, Colorado January 12, 1947
As the brilliant sun plunged behind the Maroon Bells late this afternoon, our town clearly has established itself as the skiing capital of America. Aspen was left exhausted and snow burned after two days of mountain grandeur and spectacular skiing.
Invited celebrities from NY, Chicago, and Denver packed the special trains to Aspen to attend a star studded weekend featuring a formal ball at the Hotel Jerome, an exhibition of night skiing, slalom races and fashion shows. The official ski opening was Saturday when everyone rode the longest chair lift in the world, 14,000 feet up Ajax mountain and skied down Roch Run. A highlight of the morning festivities was witnessed by a hushed crowd of 400 who sucked in their breaths almost as one person as Barney McLean and Gordon Wrenn together soared over their heads off of Aspen’s 60 meter ski jump in a breathtaking dual jump measuring 190 feet.
On Saturday evening the guests attended various house parties hosted by the locals, viewed a fashion show at the Isis presented by Miss Ruth Humphries and Mike Magnifico and viewed “The Ski Chase” a European motion picture featuring skiing in the Alps. Many of the visitors were in bed early so they could take the 7am train back to Denver. This is a dream come-true for Chicago financier Walter C. Paepoke who envisioned this scenario many years ago. Bravo!
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