The Screen Guilds’ Magazine (1934-10)

18 The Screen Guilds' Magazine THE BALL T HANKSGIVING eve, November 28th, lias been chosen as the date of the Second Guild Ball. The place is the Biltmore Bowl and the Committee in charge will be Lucile Gleason, Henrietta Grosman, Genevieve Tobin, James Cag¬ ney, Chester Morris, Ralph Morgan and Kenneth Thomson. Everyone who attended the first Ball agrees that it was easily the outstanding social event of the season. Never before have so many film celebrities been gath¬ ered together and surely never before have they enjoyed themselves so thor¬ oughly. The committee intends to make the second Ball even more spectacular than the first. The Bowl will be redecorated under the direction of Henrietta Gros¬ man and William Haines; there will be' two nationally known orchestras, and the entertainment will be what you would expect from our membership. Full details will be announced in the next issue of the magazine. In the mean¬ time, note the date on your engagement PERCERN HAIRPIECE When you see “The Count of Monte Cristo," Reliance Picture's box office hit of 1934 — re¬ member every hairpiece in that production was a PERCERN—the hairpiece that looks as real as if it actually grew upon the head that wears one. PERCERNS achieve their remarkable realism through their patented front, created by Perc and Ern Westmore. Their naturalness means unparalleled performance in any production! Max Factors Make-up Studio HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. pad and begin making up your party. The capacity of the Bowl is slightly smaller than last year and only 900 seats- can be sold. Tables will be allotted in the order reservations are received and you can assure yourself a good table by telephoning GLadstone 3101 and order¬ ing it now. & -if # LIFE MEMBERSHIPS At the last meeting of the Board of Directors the By-Laws were amended to create a special life membership for Class A members. The number of these memberships is limited to fifty. Five of these were taken by the following board members: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Hersbolt, James Cagney, Lee Tracy and Robert Montgomery. There are 45 still available and the price is $250, so if you want to settle the dues question for life, here’s your chance. # # V FIVE-AND-FIVE Since the last issue of The Screen Guilds’ Magazine, the Actor-Producer Five-and-Five Committee has held week¬ ly meetings in an attempt to draw up a set of fair practices governing relations between actors and producers under the NBA Code. While the trade papers have carried several more or less imaginative reports of these meetings, no official statement has been made. The Code provides that the committee’s findings shall be made public by the administrator at the con¬ clusion of its work. It must be remembered that the actor members of the Committee, while mem¬ bers of,the Guild, are representing all actors employed in pictures. They have made an effort to obtain information on the abuses common to the industry, and their proposals are calculated to elimin¬ ate them without imposing impossible conditions on the producers. The actor members realize that all grievances are not on the side of the actor and have given consideration to the producer’s problems. The best cure for the ills of this indus¬ try is plenty of good pictures. Very often the difference between a good and a bad picture is the lack of understand¬ ing and cooperation between the various crafts engaged in its manufacture. No one can do his best work when he is suspicious of his employer or his fellow worker. It would be foolish to expect that any agreement reached by the committee will please everyone. The actor members of the committee will feel that they have achieved their purpose if the final agree¬ ment ends the unrest of the past few years and re-establishes in the industry the harmony which is so necessary in the making of good pictures.