An opulent attention to detail is a rule at Merchant Ivory, and the visual side of music-making has long been a house concern.

Their careers converged the next year, at the offices of Merchant Ivory in New York.

But Merchant Ivory's foray into the new market ended badly.

But Merchant Ivory argued that the contract did not require any sound track at all.

Since then, some efforts have been made to strike deals, not just by small companies like Merchant Ivory but by the major studios as well.

The film, set mostly at a grand English estate in the 1930's, is pure, seductive Merchant Ivory from beginning to end.

Everyone say, Merchant Ivory do English upper class best.

It was later made into a film by Merchant Ivory.

Ms. Johnson said that Merchant Ivory had always been her first choice to adapt the novel.

Merchant Ivory counter-argued that Hopkins' payment terms had in fact recently been renegotiated higher.