Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Sir Alexander King was the general counsel of the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association of Great Britain. He was instrumental in furthering the cause of the cinema in Scotland, opposing taxes on theater owners. Mark Ostrer was managing director of the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. Sir Alexander King, left, is talking with Mark Ostrer. The men are visiting Los Angeles to work out a settlement of British tax levies on American films. They are standing in front of curtains and Ostrer is holding a cigarette. Photograph dated October 20, 1947.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
King, Alexander,--Sir,--1888-1973 Ostrer, Mark Smoking--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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