Screen Guilds Magazine (July 1934)

THE SCREEN WRITERS' MAGAZINE THE SCREEN WRITERS 9 GUILD of Hie Authors’ League of America 1655 North Cherokee Avenue 9 Hollywood, Calif. GLadstone 5839 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE JOHN F. NATTEFORD, Chairman JOHN GREY SHERMAN LOWE WILFRED MAC DONALD GEORGE SAYRE TRISTRAM TUPPER ALTERNATES ADELE BUFFINGTON AL MARTIN HAROLD SHUMATE ADVISORY MEMBERS RALPH BLOCK ARTHUR RIPLEY RAYMOND SCHROCK MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE BRIAN MARLOW, Chairman RIDGEWAY CALLOW CHARLES CONDON MILDRED FLEMING JOHN GREY DAVID HEMPSTEAD HENRY JOHNSON MILTON KRIMS DORIS MALLOY mary McCarthy ALICE D. G. MILLER ERNEST PASCAL GORDON RIGBY ALLEN RIVKIN BERNARD SCHUBERT FRANK TUTTLE GEORGE WAGGNER OFFICERS RALPH BLOCK.President WELLS ROOT .... Vice-President ERNEST PASCAL.Treasurer TRISTRAM TUPPER .... Secretary ELSIE B. WILKINS . . Ass’t. Secretary OLIVER H. P. GARRETT RUPERT HUGHES JOHN HOWARD LAWSON WILFRED MacDONALD FRANCES MARION BRIAN MARLOW SETON I. MILLER LAttUTIVE BOARD RALPH J. BLOCK, Chairman TRISTRAM TUPPER DUDLEY NICHOLS ERNEST PASCAL ARTHUR RIPLEY ALLEN RIVKIN WELLS ROOT RAYMOND SCHROCK COURTENAY TERRETT ADVISORY COUNCIL DONALD OCDEN STEWART, Chairman WILLIAM CONSELMAN, Vice-Chairman DORIS MALLOY, Secretary ADELE BUFFINGTON JOHN EMERSON JOHN GREY DON GORDON RAY HARRIS NUNNALLY JOHNSON ROBERT LEE GLADYS LEHMAN SONYA LEVIEN SHERMAN LOWE JOHN LEE MAHIN SIDNEY BUCHMAN WALTER De LEON FRANCIS FARAGOH JOHN GOODRICH ALBERT M. HACKETT SAMUEL HOFFENSTEIN CYRIL HUME FRANCIS HYLAND AL MARTIN SARAH MASON mary McCarthy WILLIAM S. McNUTT JOHN F. NATTEFORD ARTHUR RICHMAN GEORGE SAYRE SIDNEY SUTHERLAND JOE SWERLING GLADYS UNGER WALDEMAR YOUNG HORACE JACKSON PHILIP KLEIN BENJAMIN MARKSON JAMES K. McGUINNESS SAMSON RAPHAELSON RICHARD SCHAYER MANUEL SEFF C. GARDNER SULLIVAN CONCILIATION COMMITTEE Cl ERNEST PASCAL, Chief Commissioner GLADYS LEHMAN RAYMOND SCHROCK WALTER ANTHONY JOEL SAYRE WINIFRED DUNN SHERIDAN GIBNEY EDWARD PARAMORE WM. SLAVENS McNUTT C. GARDNER SULLIVAN BENJAMIN MARKSON FISCAL COMMITTEE WILLIAM CONSELMAN, Chairman JOHN EMERSON JOHN GREY WILLIAM S. McNUTT EX OFFICIO MEMBERS ERNEST PASCAL LAURENCE W. BEILENSON CREDITS COMMITTEE ROBERT PRESNELL, Chairman LEONARD FIELDS SHERIDAN GIBNEY ERWIN GELSEY C. GARDNER SULLIVAN JOHN MONK SAUNDERS SONGWRITERS’ COMMITTEE EDWARD ELISCU, Chairman BERT KALMAR HARRY RUBY WILLIAM KERNELL LORENZ HART THE SCREEN PLAYER The current issue of THE SCREEN PLAYER contains an arti¬ cle that all members should read and read carefully. It is entitled: “The Wire to President Roosevelt.” In the same issue, Ann Harding speaks very plainly to members of both Guilds when she wrote “Frolic Versus Apathy! Pay Your Dues! Sign new members! Stick together for one long pull! And nothing can stop us.” Also there are excellent articles by Courtenay (Brick) Terrett and James Cagney and I wonder why Ken Thomson doesn’t open a school to teach us all “How to drink wine.” I would be the first to enroll and promise to pay dues in advance. To the Membership of the Screen Writers' Guild The local daily VARIETY printed an article in its issue of June 16th discussing a piece of mine in the DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB NEWS, to which it gives the false, misleading, and utterly unjustifiable title “Paramore Says Pic Guild Wan¬ ing, with Purses Slim.” I wish to state that the article in VARIETY constitutes a perversion of the entire spirit and content of my magazine piece. By skillfully selecting apparently damaging ex¬ cerpts, divorced from their context, by adroitly altering tenses, and by actually misquotation, VARIETY succeeded in painting a picture of the Writers’ Guild that is not only untrue but is not contained in my article. I am placing a copy of the magazine article in the Offices of the Guild in case any of the mem¬ bers care to compare it with VARIETY’S version. I also wish to apologize to the Membership for being indiscreet and stupid enough to give VA¬ RIETY a pretext on which to hang perverted and false statements that might prove damaging to Guild morale. Respectfully and Loyally Yours, EDWARD E. PARAMORE, JR. THE WRITERS’ CLUB Parking space is at a premium around the corners of Las Palmas and Sunset since the Writers* Club extended all privileges to Guild members. A quiet place to meet and talk over troubles or joys or what have you! We were there the other night. The Wampas Babies were rehearsing and . . Oh! Boy! ... go see for yourself. Clarence R. Sharp, the congen¬ ial manager, is ably assisted by George Sutton and Marylin Fisher, with Florencio behind the bar (he never forgets a name) and Victor in the kitchen preparing those de¬ lightful luncheons and special din¬ ners, what more could you wish? So let us see more and more old friends there to take advantage of the club’s time-tested hospitality. [ 20 ]