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Motion Picture News, New York, December 12, 1925.

The Triangle at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.

In front of the columned building a Richfield gasoline

truck, Los Angeles, 1916

& Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Presents BEN-HUR, A Tale of the Christ,

By General Lew Wallace, Los Angeles, 1925

„Deal Declared Off“

Editorial content. „United Artists M-G-M Deal Declared Off.

      Exhibitor Protests Are Cause, Says Joseph Schenck.

      Negotiations for the distribution merger between United

Artists and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are off. They came

to an end on Tuesday, December 1, with the issuance of the

following statement in Hollywood by Joseph M. Schenck,

Chairman of the United Artists Board of Directors:

      ,Merger permanently abandoned by mutual consent,

due to protests from exhibitors and not from any

individuals represented in deal.‘“ (...)

      „It is also understood that it was Charles Chaplin‘s

refusal to ,go along‘ finally which sealed the fate of the merger.“ (...)

      Following is the text of the telegram sent by

Mr. Chaplin to Messrs. Cohen and O‘Reilly, dated Hollywood,

November 20:

      ,Gentlemen: In reply to your telegram of recent date

I wish to state that the proposed cooperation of the United

Artists with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Company has

by no means materialized. It is merely a plan.‘“ (...)

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