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When Universal's Basketball Team Played in Hitler's 1936 Olympics
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When Universal's Basketball Team Played in Hitler's 1936 Olympics

The company team competed in Berlin, an inspired gambit by the studio founder's audacious son. Then the family and business went sideways

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Jul 31, 2024
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HOOP DREAMS Universal Studios basketball team during the 1934-35 season. (NBCUniversal Archives)

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Andy Lewis authors The Optionist newsletter about available IP, and recently wrote for The Ankler about JD Vance and Hillbilly Elegy as well as the Academy Museum’s Hollywoodland exhibit about the Jews who invented Hollywood.

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