Canadian Film Weekly (Mar 21, 1945)

Page 4 Changovers Will J. Arthur Rank be entertained by the industry while here? I hope so. He has many interesting things to say... Harry Sherman, conductor of ‘In the Spotlight” of the International Projectionist, will be here soon ... Headlines Clairman, the Square newsie, was robbed of 78 Star weeklies recently ...I was sitting beside a small child on a Queen street car when it passed the City Hall just as Big Ben began bonging. The child listened, then asked its mother: “How do dat, eh?” .. . RKO’s magnificent mailing piece for ‘PanAmericana” is a production in itself The Negro short ‘We've Come a Long Way,” which won much publicity on the other side of the line, is being shown privately in Canada... Mollie Main, Harry Kaufman’s secretary at Monogram, will become the bride of Cpl. Ronald Seabrook . . . Recent double bill at the Rio: Delinquent Daughters —Bringing Up Baby .. . Prominent child role in ‘The Enchanted Cottage” is played by Alec Englander, who is a nephew of Joe Danson, well-known insurance man, and Flo Simmons, EBA booker. The picture is slightly wonderful, with Herbert Marshall, Dorothy McGuire and Robert Montgomery creating a rare spell . . . Nice movie atmosphere to Harry Temins’ Eden Clothes shop on Yonge, near Dundas . .. Had a nice long letter from Harry Price, now in California, and he sends his regards to his friends. He may come up for a visit this summer. PA Canadian FILM WEEKLY _¢ 0nThe Square with Hye Bossin It's the Other Way Around Things are never what they seem, to put it baldly. (I could put it more colorfully if I knew just what quotation to use out of “Alice in Wonderland,” as do the more literate members of this craft, or if I wanted to search “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations,” as do the more energetic ones.) You know how everyone has been whacking away at the motion picture theatre industry about juvenile delinquency. Just as though juveniles didn’t misbehave before 1894, the year movies were first shown. The criticism has been so out of proportion to the movies’ contribution to youthful misbehavior that you sometimes wonder if the finger-pointers are doing it out of idealistic inclinations only. Leafing through Judicial and Penitentiary statistics of 1942, as presented in the Canada Year Book of 1943-44, I was startled. In 1942 there were 13,802 juveniles brought before the courts, truly a worrisome figure. All this worry about the younger generation is not ill-founded aft all. Something must be done. But during the same year there were 626,647 cases of adult offenders handled by the courts! The adults have been doing so much deploring about the state ooKl NG and B ALL Your BUY! maerny NOUNS ALL Fi ane PAYMENT OF SoA VERTISING SUPPLY UO MATERIAL ond photos or Bs ondition) WE DO 4 You wusy 7 | Write for full particulars ON HARRY LAW, Gen. Mgr. 277 Victoria St, TORONTO. ASSOCIATED ESTABLISHED 1931 FRIENDLY SERVICE SLyceyeae E THE BOs we a of juvenile delinquency that one loses sight of the fact that the juveniles are as angels compared with adult delinquents. Something must be done about the state of adult delinquency in this country before the national character reaches a new low. Since of the two age groups the juveniles, according to figures, are far better behaved, why shouldn’t they seek means of reducing adult delinquency and making good citizens of offenders? Right now it’s the other way around. % % % Perhaps the juveniles’ will found some work called the Small Brother Movement, drawing mentors and instructors from those below the age of 17. The Small Brother Movement might establish clubhouses where adults can occupy themselves playing bean bag, quoits, croquinole and other uplifting games, instead of hanging around beverage parlors, pool halls and gaming rooms. All the time juveniles will move amongst them unobstrusively, being friendly and spreading wisdom to the adults, a class of the population in which there are great numbers of persons who cannot control their instinct for bad. How about the juveniles starting movements called the Men Scouts of America and the Women Guides? Adults could be organized into troops, given distinctive uniforms, taken on camping trips and taught woodcraft, thus harnessing their energy and directing it into healthy channels. The séoutmasters will, of course, ve under 17 and the scouts over t. A series of promotions could be arranged, the man starting out as Old Timer and graduating as a Cub. Cubs are small boys. One who becomes a Cub is considered to be a fine example of a wellbehaved human being. Everyone knows that children don’t have the prejudices, chicanery and vices of adults, thus for an adult to finally become a Cub is a great honor, ; Juveniles can collect funds among themselves to help the over-privileged, usually adults, to become good citizens of which Canada can be proud. This is a difficult task but juveniles, because of their Superiority of aioe As and conduct (as shown y statistics), are equi master it, a EPs March 21, 1945 Hups and Downs Watching a screening of “Here Come the Waves,” I heard one of them _ shouting to marching others: ‘‘Hup, two, three, four.’ This is a common substitute of the word ‘one’ in military circles for the sake of emphasis, convenience and easy listening. The English language usually gets some colorful and expressive additions after a war. During and after the last war everything became “jake” instead of “okay.” These days you hear soldiers and veterans describe things as “smashing” and every other thing as having been a “good show.” This use of “hup” instead of “one” intrigues me and it has interesting possibilities, How would it be to have your favorite singer announce: “I will now sing Paul Whiteman’s great song, ‘My Wonderful Hup’.” Or maybe he’ll say: ‘Next I will offer that popular number from The Desert Song, ‘One Hup’.” Make your own variations of the theme from here on, Well Put At the meeting of the Toronto Surburban Managers Association Al Sedgwick of the Belsize introduced his friend, Mayor Saunders. Nothing was to be said about the midnight show controversy, in which the mayor is prominent. “We have not always agreed with municipal policies,” said Al. “We neither want to bury the hatchet or have an ax to grind.” Another good scheme is to select adults of sufficiently good character to influence those of their own age. Many adults will feel that they are being patronized by the juveniles and resent it. A thorough search will reveal an occasional adult whose conduct is exemplary. Such an adult could make pals of the others, showing them how uninteresting are the Racing Form, Police Gazette and True Confessidns when compared with Winnie the Pooh. They might even realize that jiving is better than brawling. During all this the juvenile leader will keep his distance, merely observing the scene with a benevolent eye and understanding smile. He may meet later with the adult assistant to give him further instruction jin reclaiming his fellows for Society. In the end—and it will be a long, hard struggle —the result will be the raising of the standards of adult behaviour until they are almost as high as those of the juvenile. Do not think this an impracticable dream. What a wonderfyl day that Will be!