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CEO of Fox Film Corporation in 1935, before it merged with Twentieth Century Pictures

Who was the CEO of Fox Film Corporation in 1935, before it merged with Twentieth Century Pictures? Yellow Sunstreaker (talk) 00:49, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Reading Fox Film, it looks like the answer is Sidney Kent. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:41, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Square ENIX (EIDOS Interactive) video game, Tomb Raider III.

In the year 1998, Tomb Raider III, a video game was released to the market. The game consisted of an acrylic hinged case housing a play manual, a rear cover insert and an internally mounted game disc. This game disc was manufactured with one of two colored labels, either green or a medium color blue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Curious in the US (talk • contribs) 13:42, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

I assume this was an introductory sentence to the question below? --Jayron32 14:32, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

PlayStation 1 video game Tomb Raider III Black Label (Initial release) 1998

What is the significance of the issue of the same game disc in two different colors, green and blue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Curious in the US (talk • contribs) 13:53, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Our article doesn't say anything on the subject - only the gold disc reissue to patch a bug. Where did you read about the blue/green thing? It may offer clues and, if notable and the source is reliable, the material could be incorporated into the article. Matt Deres (talk) 14:17, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

According to disks for sale on the Internet, green came out first and then blue came out. The blue run was short because the black version came out soon after. According to comments on the sales sites, the green has a few bugs that were fixed in the blue version, but the blue version has other bugs. Most noticeable, the lip syncing on the blue disk is better than the green disk. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 14:06, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Ventriliquest addict

1970's or 80's: Not sure if it was a movie or tv series episode. What I remember, is that this guy went foolish if he couldn't operate his dummy. He even attacks a psychiatrist who dares him to leave the dummy alone. PS: It's not the Twilight Zone or the episode starring Don Rickles. GoodDay (talk) 16:45, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Magic (1978 film) features an insane vetriloquist and his dummy, but there's no mention of a psychiatrist in the synopsis. Nor is there in that of Devil Doll (film), which being from 1964 may be too early, as may Dead of Night from 1945. However, in Knock on Wood (film) from 1954 a visit to a psychiatrist is a crucial part of the plot. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.221.82.140 (talk) 17:32, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks IP, it was indeed the 1978 movie Magic starring Anthony Hopkins. The person I thought was a psychiatrist (Burgess Meredith), was in fact the main character's agent. GoodDay (talk) 18:18, 14 May 2018 (UTC)