In Part 1, the entries for the stockholder-producers (Chaplin, Fairbanks, Pickford,
Selznick, Swanson) of the United Artists Corporation are particularly important in that they
detail not only financial and contract information for individual films, but also the
stockholders' interrelationships and negotiations with regard to the activities and fortunes
of the corporation. Also present is information on the transfer of stock between old and new
owners.
In Part II, the effect of World War II on European distribution is well covered.
