How McDonald's Became "McDonald's"

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 20, 2017

Actor Michael Keaton and Director John Lee Hancock join us to discuss their new film, “The Founder.” The film tells the true story of how Ray Kroc (Keaton), a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California, and how Kroc pulled the company from the brothers’ ownership and created a billion-dollar empire. 

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