sentences:  By July 1984 the "New York Times" wrote that "In essence, the Ladd Company no longer exists; although the label still exists, most of its executives have left.The company failed partly as a result of the dismal box-office record of many of its interesting, intelligent movies, including "The Right Stuff," and partly because new management at Warner Brothers, which financed and distributed Ladd Company films, did not care to nurture the smaller movie company.