the Hughes-Franklin Midwest Theatres Corporation, Incorporated was a joint venture between theatrical producer and theatre manager Harold B. Franklin and Howard Hughes. The company was incorporated in Nevada on January 27, 1931 and dissolved, by state, between 1932 and 1936.

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"Hughes Franklin Midwest Theatres Corporation Ltd." OpenCorporates. April 5, 2022. Accessed May 4, 2022. https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0000714906

Green Ink Limited was a Canadian company that owned radio stations, sundry companies, and fifty-one theatres throughout Canada. The company was incorporated on August 28, 1972 and ceased operations in June 28, 1982. President Leslie A. Allen in the early 1970s attempted to purchase the rights to the Howard Hughes film Scarface (1932), offering approximately two million Canadian dollars.

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