Canadian Film Weekly (Feb 10, 1943)

Pago 4 Russ Aid Fund Keeps Rolling (Continued from Page 1.) donated their time, money and ideas to boost things, according to G. ‘A. Walters. Showmen in the Maritimes who are acting as city chairmen in the general campaign are Bob. Roddick of Halifax, Bill Guzner of Sydney Mines, Archie Mason of Springhill, and John Farr of North Sydney. Guzner and Farr deserve the highest praise for their personal generosity and the volume of their efforts. Another who deserves a bow is M. B. Walker of the Gaiety, Halifax, who gathered over $400 collecting in the lobby. Nova Scotia theatres have been very Hberal in their contributions. Ads for Sydney Mines theatres read, ‘Pay at least 40 cents—and more if you can” for the special shows. Hard-working and popular Walter Helm of the Avon, Stratford, Ontario, is one of the town leaders in the $10,000 drive there. At the Strand, Haileybury, Ontario, @ special screen and stage show contributed a good sum to the general town total of nearly $1000. Lieut. Ed Harris and Ruth Spain Married Odeon’s Eddie Harris, who recently acquired a Heutenancy in the Canadian Army, was married two weeks ago to Miss Ruth Spain. Eddie is with the Army Show. John Grierson Canada’s Film Commissioner, who has become general manager of the Wartime Information Board and as such its chief executive officer. Canadian FILM WEEKLY Th | Or oUMbE Going Ashe in Circles Charlie Cashman, Photo-Engravers envoy to the trade, just discovered what a small world it is, Brother Cashman’s beat is On the Square, which is a rock’s heave from his office. Neither movie business nor engraving being deemed essential by Ottawa, he found himself with a limited amount of gasoline. So he decided to sell his car. Said car got a recent going-over to put it in first-rate shape. A dealer gave him $500 for it, As some of you know, Charlie’s son, Ken, now shares the beat with his dad. Ken has taken over much of his dad’s pavement pounding and, not being any too solid on his underpinning, decided he needed a car, Both Cashmans repaired to a used car lot, told a dealer their desires and were shown some candidates for the job. Noting them not impressed, the dealer went into a six-star rave about a certain car on the lot. In perfect shape, he said it was, the man who formerly owned it having spent much on it and so on. He escorted them to the automotive rarety. It was Charlie’s old car—and he was asked $875 for it! “I guess,” said Charlie in telling the yarn, “I’m in the wrong business.” * * > * Jim Did It Earlier Last week I reported the use of the line, “One Day Nearer Victory” by a Hamilton man as worthy of being repeated. I learned since from Ben Geldsaler that James P. O’Loghlin, head man over af 20th-Fox, has been using just that phrase since the war began! Jim’s letters carry it in red capital letters. ~ * * * A Good Catchline There's a wrongo around the district occasionally who bears the nickname, unknown to himself, of Rain Check. That’s because he entered life on a rain check—in this case someone else’s dough. Too bad the silver spoon he was born with didn’t choke him at birth. You know the tripe—ritz-raff. Rain Check usually has a drink or two too much under his belt, which causes him to be somewhat irksome to gentlemen of superior muscularity. He has been saved from a hand-tooled job on his cover by sundry gentlemen, who apparently fawn on him for his negotiable peanuts. They duck him ouf of range. Mind you, Rain Check is no bum. He keeps a job by the grace of gentlemen who, it seems to me in this case, regard government institutions as their private playground for paying off sentimental and hereditary obligations. Anyway, the other day Rain Check was poisoning the atmosphere with his presence when a witty critic came out with the best crack of all. “It’s a good thing,” this guy said, “that, by the grace of Fate, Rain Check’s father was born before him. Otherwise Rain Check would have starved to death by now!” ot * * * Bones, Notches, Signor! Mussolini, they say, wired Hitler: “Send food.” Hitler answered: “Tighten belt,” Mussolini replied: “Send belt.” Which reminds me: Last week Hitler’s Labor Commissioner, Fritz Sauckel, issued a decree mobilizing all Germans from 16 to 65 for national defence. After reviewing the recent actions of President Roosevelt, he said, “All this means for us another proof that Roosevelt is serious and earnest in his threats against us.” Apparently recent Allied bombings have blasted holes in the German way of thinking. Sauckel just realized that Roosevelt wasn’t kidding. (1st [Films Essential, February 10th, 1943 New USA Order (Continued from Page 1.) handed down through Selective Service channels became effective last week and will definitely aid 1943 production schedules which had been seriously threatened because of dwindling manpower. Though no blanket deferment a has been granted to the technical people involved, the ee that consideration will be given to ~ all those who cannot be rep with less than six months’ train© ing indicated that further clari~ fication of the ruling will be forthcoming. The WMC said that requests — for deferments must be made by ; the studios. There has been con— siderable talk of formation of a management-labor committee to Se pass on applications for deferment before they are sent on to the Selective Service Boards. The WMC said this would be entirely up to the studios, as all requests for such deferment must be made by them. They added that considerable confusion and disagreement might be eliminated by including ~ labor, as the latter would be bet-— ter qualified to pass on the qualifications of its own members and their possible replacement, First list of essential occupations included animator, films editors, cutters, cameramen, sound technicians, electricians, laboratory technicians, technical writer, technical consultant and project supervisor. Occupations of persons engaged full time and exclusively in the production of technical and vocational training films for the Army, Navy and War production industries also were included. It is understood that the amended list includes practically all artists and technicians in the industry with the exception of actors who asked not to be included. Tierney, Schwegler Prisoners of War Word has been received that Glen Schwegler, formerly of the staff of the Imperial, Toronto, and Flight-Sergeant Francis Tierney, who was on the staff of the Regent, Brockville, Ontario, are prisoners of war. Schwegler was first reported killed at Dieppe, where he fought with the Royal Regiment, but later news revealed that he was captured and that his left leg was amputated at a hospital in Rouen, Tierney, who enlisted in 1940, was downed three times. The last time he was wounded and fell into enemy hands. He was married in England last June, Tierney’s brother, Bernard, who was on the Regent staff, enlisted in the RCAF recently. Be by eae 26 aan, acs 15