Dear colleagues:



On 8/4/05 I posted on "SCREEN-L" the huge news release about Image 

Entertainment acquiring Home Vision and the Criterion Collection.   In 

the last half of that huge text, the chief  ("CEO") of Criterion is identified 

as Jonathan Turell.  



Rr-reading that text today, I happened to recall,  from four or five decades 

ago, that same name "Turell," prefaced by a given name like  "Sol" or "Paul."  

I think there may have been a partnership like Turell & Killiam (if memory 

serves), linked with the collecting and distribution of celluloid golden 

oldies from the silent days.  Perhaps it would have been various packages 

or series like "Silents Please" or "Hollywood and the Stars," which were 

telecast in the 1950s and/or 1960s.



And I turn to you colleagues with a small question:  is Criterion's Jonathan 

Turell in 2005 related to that  collector and distributor of oldies, Sol (or 

Paul) Turell, a half-century ago?



Gratefully,

Steven P Hill,

University of Illinois. 



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