W. Duncan Mansfield was an film and television editor, director, and screeplay writer. Born on September 15, 1971 in Hollywood, California, he worked for directors including Thomas H. Ince and Harold Lloyd. During his career, he edited fifty-one films, directed two, and wrote the screenplay for one. Mansfield also performed editing for the Howard Hughes-produced films The Age For Love (1931) and Cock of the Air (1932). He died on September 15, 1971 in Hollywood, California.
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George Dolenz was born in Trieste, Italy in 1908 and immigrated to the United States in 1934. Finding work as a waiter, he pursued an acting career, earning a contract with Universal Studios in 1942. As a successful character actor, Dolenz had few leading roles in film; an exception was the 1950 Howard Hughes produced thriller, Vendetta. In 1956, he played the lead role in the television series The Count of Monte Cristo, and continued to take occasional television roles until his death in 1963.
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Based in Maine, Classic Film Museum, Inc. was a corporation that licensed and rented films for theatrical and televised viewing. In 1975, Summa Corporation filed a court claim asserting copyright infringement through unlawfully distributing and exhibiting Hell's Angels (1930), Scarface (1932), and The Outlaw (1943). The case settled in 1976 with Classic Film Museum agreeing to cease distributing the three films.
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Materials contain photographs of Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft Company from 1917 to 1997. The photographs primarily depict factories, laboratories, and tools produced by the Hughes Tool Company. The Hughes Aircraft Company was founded in 1932 as a division of Hughes Tool Company.
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