Screen Guilds Magazine (July 1935)

creen Actors’ Guild OFFICERS Annual Meeting Scheduled For July 28 P OSTPONED from May ’because of the illness of Eddie Cantor and the work entailed in the preparation of the exhibits for America’s Exposition at San Diego, the Annual Meeting of the Screen Actors’ Guild will be held at the Writers’ Club, 6700 Sunset Blvd., on Sunday, July 28, at 8:30 P.M. for the purpose of electing officers and directors for the coming year. Now that Eddie Cantor has recovered from his recent operation and will attend, and the Mo¬ tion Picture Hall of Fame is running successfully on its own momentum, there is no reason for further postponement. T HE Nominating Committee, ap¬ pointed by the Board of Directors, has chosen a slate which appears else¬ where on this page. While the meeting is open to all, only paid-up class A mem¬ bers are entitled to vote, and a ballot will be sent by mail to all in this class. Matters of interest to .the membership will be discussed at the meeting and as many as possible are requested to at¬ tend. Members Becoming Guild Conscious A T last the Junior Screen Actors’ Guild has reached a stage where all its members are Guild conscious; and it’s a very gratifying stage. In the his¬ tory of all young organizations, there are periods of doubt—periods when support is needed. Yet there is a cer¬ tain group of people who wait to see what the organization can do before ad¬ ding their support. The attitude of this group is most discouraging especially when an organization is attempting to keep up morale until the planted seeds are given an opportunity to grow. Then, as though the night has passed, the attitude changes. The skeptical group flocks to the banner of the young organization, and all benefit. It’s a parallel of the mob psychology that makes the public cheer the home team when the breaks come its way. When this happens, from then on it’s clear No Dissatisfaction At Fair T HE Motion Picture Hall of Fame continues to be the biggest drawing attraction at America’s Exposition in San Diego, and one of the most profit¬ able. Contrary to published reports, there has been no dissatisfaction either among the employees or the operators of the exhibit. In the last week of June, Richard Tucker was forced to resign as director of the skit due to the press of picture engagements. He was succeed¬ ed by Warren Burke, the author of the fifteen-minute show which portrays pic¬ ture production technique. The statement was made in a local trade-paper that Kenneth Thomson con¬ templated taking over the direction of this phase of the exhibit. This state¬ ment was false and groundless. Thom¬ son filled in several days while Tucker was busy elsewhere, the same as Yince Barnett, Lee Tracy and many others have done. Thomson’s time is well oc¬ cupied with his duties as secretary of The Screen Actors’ Guild, at the offices in Hollywood and the duties of super¬ vising the Guild’s interests in The Mo¬ tion Picture Hall of Fame. An article about The Motion Picture Hall of Fame appears elsewhere in this issue. sailing: the support is there. And this is exactly what has happened in regards to the Guild. When the N.R.A. was held unconsti¬ tutional by the Supreme Court, many wondered what would happen now. However, it did not take the performers of the industry long to realize that through collective bargaining they could gain permanent fair working conditions, and the logical medium to operate in their behalf is not the selfish, conniving politician who is only a fair weather beacon at best, but The Junior Screen Actors’ Guild—the extra’s own organ¬ ization. I N the May issue of this magazine, Mr. Lee Phelps, past president of The Junior Screen Actors’ Guild, published a report which revealed the record breaking membership and organization work accomplished during his year’s (Continued On Page 20) The Junior Guild 5 • July, 1935