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I'd be interested to hear from anyone studying at USC who might be able to do some research connected to Rodan's US release for the King Brothers.

A gentleman called Felix Guggenheim appears to have negotiated with German interests for the King Brother's production 'Carnival Story' in Munich - he may also have arranged some finance through the Westra Corporation, with which he had ties in the US and Switzerland.

Once 'Carnival Story' was a huge success for the Kings (I can't express just how big a cash cow this was) Guggenheim was put on the board of King Bros. Productions and seems to have had a finger in 'The Brave One', but he also a great deal to do with bringing Rodan to the Kings - if you go by the number of files in the Felix Guggenheim collection at the USC library.

It would be of interest to me as I'm researching the King Brothers to find what is in these papers - did Guggenheim have all these documents because he was doing the paperwork for the Kings - or was he acting on behalf of Westra? Was the purchase of Rodan from Topaz achived with 'Carnival Story' frozen Yen?

I also think that the correspondence which includes documents from Toho would be of greater interest to the wider WikiZilla community.



Posted by Anthony McKay on 8 March 2024 at 23:13.
Edited by Anthony McKay on 9 March 2024 at 01:00.
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Mighty interesting

Posted by Ultraman rides a dragon cuz yes on 9 March 2024 at 04:47.