Screen Guilds Magazine (November 1935)

THE SCREEN WRITERS' GUILD of The Authors' League of America OFFICERS Ernest Pascal .President Nunnally Johnson .Vice-President John Grey . Treasurer Robert N. Lee . Secretary Elsie B. Wilkins .Asst. Secretary Laurence W. Beilenson.. Attorney EXECUTIVE BOARD Charles Brackett Francis Faragoh Frances Goodrich John Grey Nunnally Johnson Robert N. Lee. Doris Malloy Harlan Ben Markson Seton I. Miller E. E. Paramore, Jr. Ernest Pascal Wells Root Allen Rivkin Joel Sayre Thompson STUDIO DEPUTIES Columbia—Sidney Buchman. Fox Western Ave.—Allen Rivkin. M. G. M.—Bernard Schubert. Independent Studios—Al Martin and Mary McCarthy. Paramount—Charles Brackett. R. K. O.—Robert N. Lee. Reliance—Ralph Block. 20th Century-Fox—Gladys Lehman. United Artists—Francis Faragoh. Universal—-Doris Malloy. Walter Wanger—Dore Schary. Warner Bros.—Ben Markson. ADVISORY COUNCIL Ralph Block Edward Childs Carpenter Marc Connelly Gene Fowler Oliver H. P. Garrett L. Wolfe Gilbert Rupert Hughes George Kaufman Charles Kenyon Anita Loos William S. McNutt John Lee Mahin Frances Marion Dudley Nichols Samson Raphaelson Arthur Richman Sigmund Romberg Jo Swerling Donald Ogden Stewart CONCILIATION COMMISSION Seton I. Miller—Chief Commissioner Stephen M. Avery Claude Binyon Deimer Daves Philip Dunne Albert Hackett Tristram Gladys Lehman Mary McCall, Jr. William S. McNutt E. E. Paramore Paul Perez Tupper FINANCE COMMITTEE John Grey Frances Goodrich Ben Markson WRITERS' MAGAZINE COMMITTEE Nunnally Johnson Harlan Thompson Robert N. Lee MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Charles Brackett Adele Buffington Lester Cole Chas. Condon Winifred Dunn James Gleason Eve Greene Warren Groat Henry Johnson Milton Krims Jesse Lasky, Jr. Mary McCarthy Brian Marlow John Edwin Justus Mayer Alice D. G. Miller Peter Milne E. E. Paramore, Jr. Frank Partos Paul Perez Gordon Rigby Joel Sayre Dore Schary Bernard Schubert Paul Gerard Smith Sidney Sutherland Dwight Taylor Faragoh Now U. A* Deputy URING the past month, Francis Faragoh has been appointed the deputy to represent the Board at United Artists in expediting and simpli¬ fying member contact with the organi¬ zation. A deputy has been installed at each studio to serve as a liaison officer who is easily accessible to Guild members at all times. Deputies are available to Guild members for the following: (a) To report individual complaints; (b) To service controversies to be handled by the Guild’s Conciliation Commis¬ sion; (c) To report violations of the Guild Code; (d) To handle protests against membership transfers, etc., etc. All Guild members should contact their deputies at least once a week both to advise them of their current assign¬ ment, and to report or discuss activities which should be presented to the Board. Deputies, in turn, will make reports to the Guild once a week or more often if circumstances demand. Research Service Available S another service, the Guild has completed negotiations with the Capitol Screen-Research Service to put at the disposal of members the facilities of research experts who are particularly prepared to furnish information from sources not otherwise readily available. And to Guild members, these services will be available at a fifty percent dis¬ count from the regular charges. Screen-Research has access to the vast resources of the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., and to the various departmental libraries such as those of the War and Navy Departments, the State Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Labor, the Surgeon-General’s Office, the Bur¬ eau of Standards, etc. It not only has access to the libraries and records of these Departments, but it is in a posi¬ tion to furnish unpublished informa¬ tion from experts in these Departments. It has connections in England and France and can supply material from the British Museum and the Bibli- otheque Nationale. General information can be furnished on any subject, or specific questions concerning any subject, can be fully answered. Information is furnished in such form as to make it entirely un¬ necessary to examine the original sources of the information or to check for accuracy. Call the Guild office, GL. 4181, for more complete information. This is a Guild service which is available to all members. Protect Your Manuscript by Filing it With THE SCREEN WRITERS' GUILD REGISTRATION BUREAU Guild Offices 1655 North Cherokee Avenue FEE—50c—Guild Members 1.00—Non-Guild Members Added To Membership Committee S INCE the last issue of this publi¬ cation, Lester Cole, John Twist, Eve Greene and Gordon Rigby have been added to the Membership Committee. A report of the Committee’s activities for the past month appears elsewhere in these columns. Use Line In Advertising ORE and more advertisements are appearing in the trade press bearing the legend “Member of The Screen Writers’ Guild,” and as a re¬ sult, more people are becoming aware of the fact that more than ninety per cent of screen writers are Guild mem¬ bers. Again the Guild wishes to remind the members to include the line in all their advertising copy. Notify Your Deputy ALL MEMBERS OF THE SCREEN WRITERS’ GUILD ARE ASKED TO ADVISE THEIR STUDIO DEPUTY IMMEDIATELY UPON BEING NO¬ TIFIED BY THE STUDIO OF AN ASSIGNMENT. Discount Available On Stenographic Service ISCOUNT.S that mean an appreci¬ able saving in all stenographic work are available to Guild members through its stenographic service affilia¬ tion. These discounts can be obtained (Continued on Page 22) • 14 The Screen Guilds' Magazine