The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace (1944)

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Record Details:

Title:
The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace
Date:
1944
Publisher:
New York : Richard R. Smith
Volume:
The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace
Leaf #:
00026
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 01, 2025
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United We Stand {From an address at the Convention Banquet, Allied States Exhibitors of New Jersey, West End, N. J., July i, 1943.) United we stand as an industry. The American motion picture industry is united in every effort designed to help win the war and secure the peace. In our war activities we have proved conclusively that we can come together under the inspiration of patriotism and function as a hard-hitting team in behalf of victory for the United Nations in war and peace. We see before our eyes the very great values accruing to our industry as a whole from this inspiring cooperation. Thoughtful leaders representing various branches of the film business have voiced the conviction that we can and must build upon this foundation a degree of peacetime unity which will enable us to present a united front to those who, for sinister reasons of their own, capitalize every chance to attack us. Fundamental differences exist between some of the United Nations, but today all are united in a solemn determination to force the unconditional surrender of our common foes. Basic divergences similarly exist between various branches of our industry — between the artistic and the commercial approach to production problems, between J4