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Patrick Frawley
Born
Patrick Joseph Frawley, Jr.

(1923-05-26)May 26, 1923
Technicolor, Inc.
Frawley Corporation
Twin Circle Publishing Co.
Classics Illustrated
Spouse
Geraldine Frawley
​
(m. 1945)​
[2]
Childrentwo sons, five daughters
Parent(s)Patrick Frawley and Maria (née Peugnet)[3]
Family1 sister, Joan Frawley[3]

Patrick Joseph Frawley, Jr. (1923–1998) was a Nicaraguan-American

American conservative
figure from the late 1950s onward. He became involved in publishing and film production from the late 1960s.

Biography

Frawley was born in León, Nicaragua, to an Irish-born father and a French-Spanish mother.[1] He grew up in San Francisco, though he dropped out of high school and returned to Nicaragua as a teenager to learn the ways of business from his father.[1]

Because of his father's United Kingdom citizenship,[1] Frawley enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served in World War II. In 1945, he married a Canadian woman named Geraldine and settled in San Francisco.[4]

Shortly after the war, Frawley acquired his first company, a ballpoint pen parts manufacturer that had defaulted on its loan,[5] renaming it the Frawley Pen Company. In 1949, the Frawley Pen Company developed an ink that dried instantly; the pen that delivered this ink was called "The Paper Mate." The company claims to have made the "first pen with a retractable ballpoint tip" in 1950.[6][7]

In 1955, the Frawley Pen Company was obtained by

Technicolor, Inc.[4]

anti-communist causes.[4] Frawley and Walter Knott, founder of Knott's Berry Farm, provided financial support to Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign, and they funded Fred Schwarz's anticommunist rallies.[8]

Frawley had

alcohol addiction problems, and in 1964 checked into the Shadel Sanatorium in Seattle for aversion therapy. He thought the experience was so valuable that he "bought the hospital for Schick, and renamed it Schick Shadel."[4][1]

In 1967, Frawley established the Twin Circle Publishing Co. as a subsidiary of Schick Investment Corp,

comic books from founder Albert Kanter. He continued selling Classics Illustrated and its sister series Classics Illustrated Junior under the publisher name the Frawley Corporation. Frawley published the series final titles, "In Freedom's Cause" and "Negro Americans," in 1969, but mainly concentrated on foreign sales and reprinting older titles. By the early 1970s, Classics Illustrated and Classics Illustrated Junior had been discontinued,[10]
although Frawley held on to the rights at least through the mid-1980s.

By 1970, Twin Circle Publishing broadcast daily radio hits and a weekly half-hour television show espousing Frawley's conservative Catholic views. At that point, he took over publishing the National Catholic Register newspaper, changing its editorial focus from progressive to conservative.[9]

In 1970, Schick became a subsidiary of Warner-Lambert.[1][11] Also in 1970, Canadian theatre and film producer Harry Saltzman won control of Technicolor from chairman Frawley in a proxy fight.[12]

In 1971,

made-for-television movies; in the period 1977–1982 the company produced a number of television films with the Classics Illustrated brand, including The Time Machine, Donner Pass: The Road to Survival, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
.

In 1995, Frawley sold the National Catholic Register and (the renamed) Catholic Twin Circle to the

Legion of Christ.[2]

Frawley died on November 3, 1998, in Santa Monica, California, leaving behind a sister,[3] two sons, five daughters,[4] and 20 grandchildren.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Thomas Jr., Robert McG. "Patrick Frawley Jr., 75, Ex-Owner of Schick," New York Times (Nov. 9, 1998).
  2. ^ a b Dart, John. "2 Catholic Papers Sold : Media: Group with reported ties to Legion of Christ religious order buys National Catholic Register and Catholic Twin Circle," Los Angeles Times (OCT. 7, 1995).
  3. ^ a b c "Joan Frawley: 1927 - 2016," Los Angeles Times (Jan. 7–15, 2017). Archived at Legacy.com.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Helmore, Edward (24 November 1998). "Obituaries: Patrick J. Frawley Jnr". Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  5. ^ Paper Mate History Archived 2010-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "BALLPOINT PEN". The Great Idea Finder. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  7. ^ "The history of the ballpoint pen". 2002. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  8. ISBN 9780226326764
    . Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  9. ^ a b c Cassels, Louis. "Frawley An Opinion-Maker In Roman Catholic Church," Desert Sun Vol. 44, No. 28 (5 September 1970).
  10. ISBN 978-1605490564
    .
  11. ^ safetyrazors.net: Schick Injector razors
  12. ^ Turner, Wallace (July 14, 1970). "Coast Millionaire Upset By Publicity and Politics" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Management Team". Sunn Classic Pictures. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  14. ^ "Film gives new twist to Lincoln assassination". The Day. New London, Connecticut. Associated Press (AP). May 23, 1977. p. 15. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
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