Skouras

[skoor-uhs, skoo-rahs]

noun

1. Spyros (Panagiotes) 1893–1971, U.S. film-studio executive, born in Greece.

Example Sentences

The completely magnificent St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral also has a Hollywood story: The immigrant Skouras brothers, Charles, Spyros and George, had lost their theater-company fortune in the Depression.

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Originally built in 1956 for movie theater operator Charles P. Skouras Jr., the home has a list of former owners that includes Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi and former CIA analyst turned producer Robert Court.

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During World War II, Berlin was painted over, replaced by Athens in a nod to then studio chief Spyros Skouras.

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He eventually landing a job in the publicity department of 20th Century Fox, where he had to go into the steam room — ”in my starched shirt” — and read gossip items to the studio head, Spyros Skouras, emerging soaking wet and disillusioned.

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They spent a year renovating it from there, using Los Angeles-based designer Marjorie Skouras for much of the furniture and fabrics.

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