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Walton C. Ament
Walton C. Ament (January 7, 1907 - January 23, 1968) was an attorney and film executive who produced Frank Buck's film ''Jungle Cavalcade''. Ament was an outspoken champion of newsreels. "The newsreel has not lost its vitality. It is not obsolescent. Never has it been more important," he wrote in 1944. In 1946 Ament received a plaque from the War Activities Committee for voluntary war services. Early years Walton C. Ament was the son of James McKeag Ament, listed on the 1920 US census as a chauffeur, and Ida May Campbell Ament. Walton graduated from Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania State College and Harvard Law School. He worked for the law firm Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, Donovan, Leisure, Newton, and Lumbard in New York. Film career In 1939 Ament was appointed an editor at Pathé News. He was subsequently vice president, then vice president and general manager.Walton Ament. New York Times. January 25, 1968 During his tenure, he was nominated for an Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
Wilmerding is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,190 at the 2010 census. It is located southeast of Pittsburgh. At the start of the twentieth century, it had extensive foundries and machine shops of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. Wilmerding is adjacent to the borough of Turtle Creek, which takes its name from a small stream that flows past both places. History George Westinghouse purchased land in the Turtle Creek valley in 1887 and 1888 as a site for his Westinghouse Air Brake Company and related facilities. Westinghouse then sold the land to the East Pittsburgh Improvement Company, incorporated in December 1888, to develop the site, and it began the sale of lots in June 1889. Wilmerding's most notable historic structure is the Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building (1889–1890, rebuilt 1896), designed by Frederick J. Osterling and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The community was nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
