FILM CHIEF LEAVES £140
ONCE PAID £B,OOO A YEAR
LONDON, May 2.
Mr. James V. Bryson, for 10 years head of the Universal Pictures Corporation in this country, left only £l4O. Before his dismissal by Universal he was one of the most prominent figures in the British film industry, with a salary of nearly £B,OOO a year. He first became known to the general public through a hoax designed to advertise “The Phantom of the Opera.” A Territorial officer was induced to provide a military escort for the picture in the belief that it was meant to assist recruiting. There was a storm of indignation when the trick was discovered, and the picture was banned. When in 1933 Mr. Bryson was dismissed he sued for wrongful dismissal, but the High Court’s verdict, with costs, went against him. An attempt to establish a hot sausage service in London failed, and when he died last year, at the age of 52, after an accident, he was back in the film trade as a distributor.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 June 1936, Page 8
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