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HISTORY MAKERS OF 1937
• JOSEPH BERNHARD
Between key city and division conferences, plusl those of larger stature, this president] and general manager of Warnerl theater operations] threatened to establish a new highj in huddles. Whatever he said and! did must have been highly resultful, for take a peek at the circuit's revenue. Just when his confreres were planning to design a portable conference room for him (it would be too confusing to call the proposed invention a trailer), he packed up bag and baggage and sailed for Europe, to meet there with H, M. Warner and Sam E. Morris. Together, they visited several continental countries to forward WB exhibition plans. After returning to New York, he headed for the coast for the WB zone meeting.
• JAMES NORMANLY
Without even hanging up his stocking by the chimney, James Normanly received around Christmas. 1936, a vice-presidential office in the New Universal. With the company embarking on its ambitious program, this seasoned veteran headquartered at the studio. On frequent occasions during the past year, when Charles R. Rogers temporarily left the scene of action and "shooting," Normanly stepped in and deftly "pinch-hit."
ARTHUR W. KELLY
• DAVID L. LOEW
In true contract bridge fashion, and, for that matter, in true contract film fashion, David L. Loew, scion of the famous House of Loew and currently a producer who produces, — and right on time, — bid three j and made three for^ RKO, with Joe E. Brown in the top
role. They were "When's Your Birthday," "Riding On Air" and "Fit For a King." When the latter had its trade showing in New York's Astor Theater last August, RKO's execs made it unanimously Astor by tendering a luncheon, at the hostelry by that name, to Dave in honor of his accomplishment. Columbia sought him out for some Joe E. Brown features, admiring the large public following of the star and his, as they say from the Mexican border to Patagonia, boca grande.
A chronic globe trotter is this energetic UA vice-president in charge of foreign distribution. Regardless of war, rumors of war, fire, flood or famine, you will find young Mr. Kelly girdling the earth with blithe abandon. Liners to him
are mere ferryboats; miles but meters. Although denied such common carriers of old as winged boots and magic carpets, he finds his way about with astonishing celerity. Other film magnates, who regard the wide world as more than a footstool, have, it is said, been known to completely discourage their eager offspring from stamp collecting as a means of acquiring an intimate knowledge of geography. They merely supply the said offspring with Mr. Kelly's latest itinerary. Actually, what our hero has done is to contribute immeasurably to UA's sales and prestige in the foreign field. And How!
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