The Canadian Independent (Jan 1, 1938)

Page 4 Cochrane Resigns ~ From Universal Pix. P. D. Cochrane, director of publicity, advertising and exploitation for over ten years, has resigned his post at Universal Pictures without announcing future plans. John E. Josephs, advertising director of the Chicago division of RKO is said to be headed for the vacant post. Catholics Renew | Decency Pledge Millions of Catholics were asked to renew their Legion of Decency pledges at masses held December 12. The pledge was read by _ the priests from their pulpits while the congregations stood up to take the pledge for another year. It binds members to absent themselves from any pictures with immoral themes or that glorify crime or criminals; also that members will not ‘ patronize any theatre that shows immoral or crime pictures. THE CANADIAN ‘UR /NDEPENDENT THE BENEFIT OF EATRE OWNERS The Movie Magnate Orders Lunch We won’t talk business over the food, Mr. Ogilvie, but I assure you I’ll be glad to purchase the rights to your novel—that is, if we can agree on a few unimportant changes, like a less tragic ending and the girl’s part to be made the big one, so that Luta Logan can play it, and maybe you could work in a fat comedy part for Joe Bannick, and the title, of course, has got to be entirely different and Well, Henri, what’s good today? Let’s see. I’ll start with chicken consommé. Only tell the chef to leave out the chicken and _ put plenty of tomato in it. I haven’t seen many people going in for chicken this year. Except for that, I want just the same as usual. Wait, though. Tell him to thicken it up with barley and flour dumplings. And add a dash of bitters and an olive. Now for the fish course. We'll have the broiled lake trout, Henri. And say, I have an idea! We'll just make a slight change in that by substituting lobster for the lake trout. Lobster is sure-fire. It got a big hand from our grandfathers and it’s just as good today. Tell the chef to broil ’em in deep fat. I’ve tasted doughnuts made in deep fat, and it’s a wonderful way of cooking. If he’ll add just a few sliced pimentos and some grated cheese. Boy, grated cheese is good on macaroni, so we'll try it on this — we’ll have some broiled lake trout that’ll make your mouth water. But what I really come here for, Mr. Ogilvie, is the prime ribs (au jus). That’s what the chef’s famous for. — Tell him to cut me a nice thin slice, Henri. Well done. —You’ll love it, Mr. Ogilvie. It’s the perfection of beef! It wouldn’t be possible to make an improvement on — Wait, Henri! I have just one suggestion. Have him cut it into small squares, roll them in cracker crumbs, and fry them in — What’s Mr. INDEPENDENT PATRONIZE THE ADVERTISERS WHO MAINTAIN (7. me =z Jan. 1, 1938 VANCOUVER, B.CTORONTO, ONT. : 0H ay oh Cy) ts ts ta oH : ty oH 0h oH oH ts ay aH oH as oH ty as oH A JPR ONIN ERIN CUCN IU RSUN PN SNENENUNSUCUDNEUPU ONT SS Soosmeyer having at the next table? ... Boiled potatoes? And how’s Miss Molani’s spinach prepared ? ... That’s boiled too?’ All right, Henri; tell him to roll them in cracker crumbs and boil them. ... Who did you say is coming after me, Henri? The chef ? With a carving knife? Tell him not to use a carving knife, Henri. All the murders this year are being committed with — Help! Help! —Jerome Barry. Reprinted by special permission from the Saturday Evening Post, copyright 19387, by the Curtis Publishing Company. Editorial Shifts Martin Quigley, editor-inchief of the M. P. Daily announced the appointment of A. M. Vogel as editor of his paper, to succeed Maurice Kann who has resigned the post to join Mr. Ben Shlyen, publisher of Boxoffice. Mr. Kann will be associate publisher and editor-in-chief of Boxoffice. Season’s Greetings 1 Grand National Films LIMITED CALGARY, ALTA. MONTREAL, QUE, WINNIPEG, MAN. ST. JOHN N,B. GSGHHEGSSHIGHIGH SR RSIIIGE SSRIS q 20th Century Canadian Biz At Peak James P. O’Loghlin, Canadian district manager for 20th Century Fox, made the statement that this has been the Company’s biggest year in his territory. Mr. O’Loghlin will be leaving for a West Indies vacation cruise the first week in January. “The Light That Failed” William A. Wellman will direct Rudyard Kipling’s classic story “The Light That Failed,” with Ray Milland portraying the central character of the drama. Paramount has a script of “The Light That Failed” all ready for production; a script that was _ personally read and annotated by the late Rudyard Kipling before his death. At that time the story was being prepared for Gary Cooper.