Screen Guilds Magazine (January 1936)

his own needs, and develops theatre en¬ terprises in terms of his own commun¬ ity. In California, where the project eventually will include about 2,000 the¬ atre workers (about 1,300 are employed at the moment), several resident com¬ panies, three vaudeville companies and a number of dramatic groups already are in rehearsal or on tour. The first vaudeville performance held New Year’s eve in the Wilshire Ebell Auditorium grossed $1500. The same group will appear in other auditoriums in Los An¬ geles in the near future. Many of the administrative officers throughout the country are “ Dollar a year men.” We were in error in stat¬ ing, in our November publication, that the majority of the regional directors are not from the professional ranks. While, because of the depressed condi¬ tions of the theatre in recent years, many had severed their connections with the professional theatre, the majority at one time or another were important cogs in successful theatre enterprises. The projects' have been designed throughout the country to comply with labor union agreements. As a result only administrative members in the units may work more than 96 hours a month, or more than 24 hours a week. And that is a sketch of the Federal Theatre Project of W. P. A. which is desperately attempting to do a big job and do it well—to put unemployed pro¬ fessional theatre workers back to work. Prophecy - - Size Nine (Continued from Page 7) Several women stars will get new hus¬ bands. Several men stars will get new wives. Several women stars will get shop¬ worn husbands. Several men stars will get shopworn wives. Louella Parsons will spell quite a number of the names right in her col¬ umn this year. A couple of studios will merge. A couple of more will submerge. Shirley Temple will grow a year older. A Person from Broadway will come out here with the definite intention of showing Hollywood what is wrong with it. His permanent mailing address from 1937 on will be the Dead Letter Office. A Major Studio will produce a backstage picture. A Dame with a Foreign accent will become an overnight sensation and ulti¬ mately vanish. January, 1936 S OME hitherto unknown American, who has been unable to get even a fingernail hold in pictures in his own country will migrate to England, where the British Movie Moguls will welcome him and his ideas and methods. He will return here later, an international rave. He will be given a banquet. He will laugh inwardly, but none the less heartily. H. G. Wells will spend the entire year trying to figure out what Holly¬ wood is all about. The writer of this column will drag out the tent, patch the holes, oil up the Gasoline Stove, and prepare for another season of week-end prowls with other members of the “Go Places and See Things Club.” Somebody will write a great novel. It will be snapped up for the Screen. Its author will be summoned to Holly¬ wood. He will come—he will receive a big salary. He will try to write. They won’t let him. He will go both nuts and away from here, sadly dissolu- sioned. Late in December somebody will ask somebody else to write a prophecy for the Screen Guilds’ Magazine. If some¬ body else is smart, he will run away and hide in a cave and not come out even to see his shadow. I am sorry to waste your time like this, but remember—I only don unto you as Don don unto me. THE EVENT ALL EOS ANGELES AWAITS . . . FOSTERS UjeTTTOOT Glendon at Kinross In the Village JANUARY SALE Foster’s January Sale always presents Southern California its one yearly opportunity to obtain at fractional prices the exquisite decorative accesso¬ ries that are cherished by all. The reductions ... and selec¬ tions ... are this year ... greater than ever. TUESDAY - THURSDAY - SATURDAY PAPRIKAS CHICKEN AND CHEESE BLINTZES 309 NORTH RODEO DRIVE BEVERLY HILLS 1 Block North of Beverly-Wilshire Hotel CRestview 11611