Screen Guilds Magazine (November 1935)

Best Performance of October S HOWING more interest in the vote than at any time to date, the mem¬ bers of the Screen Actors ' Guild selected Edward Arnold's portrayal of Diamond Jim Brady in the Universal picture of the same name as the Best Performance of October. Seventeen players from eight pictures received one or more votes in the largest number of ballots since the Guild inaugurated this feature five months ago. Closely following Edward Arnold in the count of votes, Katharine Hep¬ burn won first Honorable Mention for her work as Alice Adams in the RKQ- Badio Picture of the same name. Two other players from the same picture received more than one vote. Miriam Hopkins again appears as one of the winners, having been voted sec¬ ond Honorable Mention for her creation of Mary Rutledge in the Samuel Gold¬ wyn production, "Barbary Coast." In August, members of the Guild voted her performance in "Becky Sharp" the best of the month. As in the case of "Alice Adams," above, two other play¬ O P the 31 pictures released in Los Angeles during the month, only 11 received one or more votes for the Best Screen Play of October according to the ballots of members of The Screen Writ¬ ers' Guild. Short of an unanimous choice by only a few 7 votes, the screen play of "Alice Adams" by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner and Jane Murfin was selected as the best of the month. This RKO-Rad- io picture was based on the novel by Booth Tarkington. Offner, a screen writer for a compar¬ atively short time, wins the award with his first credit to appear on a motion picture. In the writing of "Alice Ad¬ ams", however, he collaborated with two well-seasoned scenarists. Miss Mur¬ fin has written a large number of screen plays with "Roberta," "The Little Minister" and "The Fountain" being among her most recent. Miss Yost has collaborated on the screen plays for "Laddie," "The Gay Divorcee" and "A Dog of Flanders". First Honorable Mention goes to Doris Malloy and Harry Clork for the adap¬ tation, and Preston Sturges for the « 2 ers from this picture received one or more votes. I NCLUDING the current month's re¬ leases, 171 pictures have figured in this poll since the first selections were made from the June releases. With the selection of three a month—the Best Performance and two Honorable Men¬ tion—fifteen winners already should have received awards. However, be¬ cause of the tie for first place in the August awards and the tie for Honor¬ able mention in July, seventeen players have won recognition from fellow crafts¬ men. As was hoped in the original plan, several members of the supporting casts received votes this month. However, none received enough yotes to win either of the awards. So again we re¬ peat what we said in July: "It must be remembered that your votes are not limited to ‘big' pictures or stars. Mem¬ bers of supporting casts often furnish the finest performances although here¬ tofore they have been largely neglected in any selections made." screen play and dialogue of "Diamond Jim." An adaptation of a novel by Parker Morrell, this picture was pro¬ duced by Universal. Sturges, a playwright before becom¬ ing a screen writer, recently has script¬ ed "The Good Fairy" and "Thirty Day Princess." Clork and Miss Malloy have collaborated as a team on the screen plays of ‘ ‘ Princess 0 'Ilara'' and "Mister Dynamite". F OR his work of alone writing the screen play of "She Married Her Boss," Sidney Buchman has been voted the second Honorable Mention. This picture adapted from the original by Thyra Samter Winslow, was produced by Columbia Pictures. Buchman has written, either alone or in collaboration, the screen plays of "Love Me Forever", "Whom the Gods Destroy", "His Greatest Gamble" and "All of Me." It is interesting to note the increasing interest being taken in these awards. In the past two months, votes received (Continued on Page 22) Best Performance Edward Arnold as Diamond Jim Brady in "DIAMOND JIM" Produced by Universal Pictures Corp. HONORABLE MENTION Katharine Hepburn as Alice Adams in "ALICE ADAMS" Produced by RKO-Radio Pictures Miriam Hopkins as Mary Rutledge in "BARBARY COAST" Produced by Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. Released by United Artists Corp. Best Screen Play "ALICE ADAMS" Screen Play by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner and Jane Murfin From the novel by Booth Tarkington Produced by RKO-Radio HONORABLE MENTION "DIAMOND JIM" Adaptation by Doris Malloy and Harry Clork Screen Play and Dialogue by Preston Sturges From the novel by Parker Morrell Produced by Universal Pictures Corp. "SHE MARRIED HER BOSS" Screen Play by Sidney Buchman From the original story by Thyra Samter Winslow Produced by Columbia Pictures Corp. Los Angeles Releases September 23 to October 19 After the Dance—Columbia Alice Adams— R.K.O. Anna Karenina—M.G.M. Barbary Coast—Sam Goldwyn Bonnie Scotland—Roach-M.G.M. Cappy Ricks Returns—Republic Cheers of the Crowd—Monogram Diamond Jim—Universal Dressed to Thrill—Fox Emperor's Waltzes, The—U.F.A. Fighting Youth—Universal Girl Friend, The—Columbia Here Comes the Band-—M.G.M. Here's to Romance—Fox I Live For Love—Warner Bros. Last Outpost, The—Paramount Little America—Paramount Little Big Shot, The—Warner Bros. Old Lady, The—Caesar Films Peasant, The—Amkino Films Pursuit—M.G.M. She Married Her Boss-—Columbia Shipmates Forever—Warner Bros. Special Agent—Warner Bros. Storm Over the Andes—Universal Super Speed—Columbia Together We Live—Columbia Two for Tonight—Paramount Way Down East—Fox Wings Over Ethiopia-Paramount Woman Wanted—M.G.M. Best Screen Play of October The Screen Guilds’ Magazine