# Patrick Frawley

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Patrick Frawley Born Patrick Joseph Frawley, Jr. (1923-05-26)May 26, 1923 León, Nicaragua[1] Died November 3, 1998(1998-11-03) (aged 75) Santa Monica, California Occupations Businessman, Publisher, Producer Known for Frawley Pen Company/Paper Mate Schick Technicolor, Inc. Frawley Corporation Twin Circle Publishing Co. Classics Illustrated Spouse Geraldine Frawley ​ (m. 1945)​ [2] Children two sons, five daughters Parent(s) Patrick Frawley and Maria (née Peugnet)[3] Family 1 sister, Joan Frawley[3]

**Patrick Joseph Frawley, Jr.** (1923–1998) was a Nicaraguan-American [business magnate](/source/Business_magnate) whose portfolio included [Paper Mate](/source/Paper_Mate), [Schick](/source/Schick_(razors)), and [Technicolor, Inc.](/source/Technicolor%2C_Inc.)[4] A devout [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church), he was a leading [American conservative](/source/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](/source/Le%C3%B3n%2C_Nicaragua), to an Irish-born father and a French-Spanish mother.[1] He grew up in [San Francisco](/source/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](/source/United_Kingdom) citizenship,[1] Frawley enlisted in the [Royal Canadian Air Force](/source/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force) and served in [World War II](/source/World_War_II). In 1945, he married a Canadian woman named Geraldine and settled in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco).[4]

Shortly after the war, Frawley acquired his first company, a [ballpoint pen](/source/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](/source/Paper_Mate)." The company claims to have made the "first pen with a [retractable ballpoint tip](/source/Retractable_pen)" in 1950.[6][7]

In 1955, the Frawley Pen Company was obtained by [The Gillette Company, Inc.](/source/Gillette) for $15.5 million, and formed the basis for the Paper Mate Division of Gillette. Frawley used the profits to buy controlling shares in [Shick](/source/Schick_(razors)) and [Technicolor, Inc.](/source/Technicolor%2C_Inc.)[4]

[Fidel Castro](/source/Fidel_Castro)'s takeover of a Shick factory in Cuba in 1958 awakened Frawley politically, and from that point forward he advocated (mostly behind the scenes) for [anti-communist](/source/Anti-communist) causes.[4] Frawley and [Walter Knott](/source/Walter_Knott), founder of [Knott's Berry Farm](/source/Knott's_Berry_Farm), provided financial support to [Barry Goldwater](/source/Barry_Goldwater)'s 1964 presidential campaign, and they funded [Fred Schwarz](/source/Fred_Schwarz)'s anticommunist rallies.[8] He provided funds to the anti-communist [Information Council of the Americas](/source/Information_Council_of_the_Americas) (INCA), founded in 1961.[9]

Frawley had [alcohol addiction](/source/Alcohol_addiction) problems, and in 1964 checked into the [Shadel Sanatorium](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadel_Sanatorium&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Seattle](/source/Seattle) for [aversion therapy](/source/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,[10] founding the Catholic weekly newspaper *[Twin Circle](/source/Twin_Circle)*.[10] That same year, he acquired [Gilberton](/source/Gilberton_(publisher))'s *[Classics Illustrated](/source/Classics_Illustrated)* line of [comic books](/source/Comic_books) from founder [Albert Kanter](/source/Albert_Kanter). He continued selling *Classics Illustrated* and its sister series *[Classics Illustrated Junior](/source/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,[11] 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](/source/National_Catholic_Register)* newspaper, changing its editorial focus from progressive to conservative.[10]

In 1970, Schick became a subsidiary of [Warner-Lambert](/source/Pfizer).[1][12] Also in 1970, Canadian theatre and film producer [Harry Saltzman](/source/Harry_Saltzman) won control of Technicolor from chairman Frawley in a proxy fight.[13]

In 1971,[14][15] Frawley (on behalf of [Schick](/source/Schick_(razors))), along with [Charles E. Sellier](/source/Charles_E._Sellier) Jr., and Rayland Jensen founded [Schick Sunn Classic Pictures](/source/Schick_Sunn_Classic_Pictures), based in [Park City, Utah](/source/Park_City%2C_Utah). The company produced independent feature films, documentaries, and [made-for-television movies](/source/Made-for-television_movie); in the period 1977–1982 the company produced a number of television films with the *[Classics Illustrated](/source/Classics_Illustrated)* brand, including *[The Time Machine](/source/The_Time_Machine_(1978_film))*, *[Donner Pass: The Road to Survival](/source/Donner_Pass%3A_The_Road_to_Survival)*, and *[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow](/source/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow_(1980_film))*.

In 1995, Frawley sold the *National Catholic Register* and (the renamed) *[Catholic Twin Circle](/source/Faith_%26_Family)* to the [Legion of Christ](/source/Legion_of_Christ).[2]

Frawley died on November 3, 1998, in [Santa Monica, California](/source/Santa_Monica%2C_California), leaving behind a sister,[3] two sons, five daughters,[4] and 20 grandchildren.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NYTimes_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NYTimes_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-NYTimes_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-NYTimes_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-NYTimes_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-NYTimes_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-NYTimes_1-6) Thomas Jr., Robert McG. ["Patrick Frawley Jr., 75, Ex-Owner of Schick,"](https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/09/business/patrick-frawley-jr-75-ex-owner-of-schick.html?smid=url-share) *New York Times* (Nov. 9, 1998).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-latimes_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-latimes_2-1) 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,"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-07-me-54194-story.html) *Los Angeles Times* (OCT. 7, 1995).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Joan-obit_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Joan-obit_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Joan-obit_3-2) "Joan Frawley: 1927 - 2016," *Los Angeles Times* (Jan. 7–15, 2017). [Archived at Legacy.com](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/joan-frawley-obituary?id=15720587).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-obit_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-obit_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-obit_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-obit_4-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-obit_4-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-obit_4-5) Helmore, Edward (November 24, 1998). ["Obituaries: Patrick J. Frawley Jnr"](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-patrick-j-frawley-jnr-1186971.html). *Independent*. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-patrick-j-frawley-jnr-1186971.html) from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-history_5-0)** [Paper Mate History](http://www.papermate.com/pages/about.aspx#) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100926081929/http://papermate.com/pages/about.aspx) 2010-09-26 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["BALLPOINT PEN"](http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/ballpen.htm). The Great Idea Finder. Retrieved April 25, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The history of the ballpoint pen"](http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo30/history_ballpoint_pen.htm). 2002. Retrieved April 25, 2012.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Hendershot, Heather (July 15, 2011). [*What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest*](https://books.google.com/books?id=rrP7HExgf3gC&pg=PA58). University of Chicago Press. p. 58. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780226326764](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780226326764). Retrieved December 8, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Turner, William W. (1971). *Power on the Right*. Ramparts Press. p. 171.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-desertsun_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-desertsun_10-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-desertsun_10-2) Cassels, Louis. ["Frawley An Opinion-Maker In Roman Catholic Church,"](https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19700905.2.74&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1) *Desert Sun* Vol. 44, No. 28 (5 September 1970).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Sacks, Jason; Dallas, Keith (2014). *American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s*. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 57. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1605490564](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1605490564).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["safetyrazors.net: Schick Injector razors"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210517041537/http://www.safetyrazors.net/schick/schicktech.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.safetyrazors.net/schick/schicktech.htm) on May 17, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [Turner, Wallace](/source/Wallace_Turner) (July 14, 1970). ["Coast Millionaire Upset By Publicity and Politics"](http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/White%20Materials/White%20Assassination%20Clippings%20Folders/Miscellaneous%20Folders/Miscellaneous%20II%20Radical%20Right/Misc%20RR-061.pdf) (PDF).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sunn-1_14-0)** ["Management Team"](http://sunnclassicpicturesinc.com/management/management.html). Sunn Classic Pictures. Retrieved October 11, 2010.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-day-ct_15-0)** ["Film gives new twist to Lincoln assassination"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ge0gAAAAIBAJ&pg=3134,3813458&dq=sunn+classic&hl=en). *[The Day](/source/The_Day_(New_London))*. [New London, Connecticut](/source/New_London%2C_Connecticut). [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) (AP). May 23, 1977. p. 15. Retrieved October 11, 2010.

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