Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Walter E. Calmette, Sr., a film sales and acquisition executive who oversaw business affairs for Felix the Cat, died Jan.
6. He was 85. After emigrating to the U.S. from Peru in 1958, Calmette, Sr. got his start in the entertainment business at Films Incorporated while putting himself through school part time.
At Films Incorporated, he traveled to college campuses to selll films, eventually overseeing the Hollywood office for the Chicago-based company.
In 1980 he moved to Avco Embassy Pictures, where he became director and later VP of non-theatrical sales, earning top sales honors with hotel and airline clients.
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