Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph dated October 3, 1932 shows from left to right: Frank Capra, Chairman of the Arbitration Agreement Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; James Cagney, Darryl Zanuck and J. L. Warner, executives of Warner Brothers-First National. James Cagney had walked out on Warner Bros. for nearly six months after a contract dispute for more money with the studio's executives, Darryl Zanuck and Jack Warner. Frank Capra, then the Chairman of the Arbitration Agreement Committee helped end the holdout by brokering a deal in which Cagney remained under the terms of his old contract but paid a higher salary of $1750 a week. A luncheon at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California was offered to Cagney to show that all involved were pleased at the settlement and his return to work.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Cagney, James,--1899-1986 Capra, Frank,--1897-1991 Zanuck, Darryl Francis,--1902-1979 Warner, Jack L.,--1892-1978 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Warner Bros First National Pictures, Inc Luncheons--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Motion picture studios--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Motion picture producers and directors--United States Eating & drinking--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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