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HISTORY MAKERS OF 1937
• JESSE L. LASKY
Just a little more than a year ago, this admirable, cultured and efficient gentleman, — ultra wise in cinematic ways as the result of long experience with, and understanding of, this art, — decided^ to embark on a| new solo tack namely, becoming a unit producer. So,
recently he celebrated his first year as such, and so did RKO who marketed his product.
• SAMUEL GOLDWYN •
'Twos a Goldwyn year, both in and outside the headlines. The New Year had scarcely rung in than the Goldwyn touch found itself on the London Sunday Express' annual award for the highe s t standard o f production during 1936. Just to prove that that newspaper hadn't seen anything yet, the superlative Samuel unleashed "Woman Chases Man," "Stella Dallas," "Dead End," "The Hurricane." Allied with Alexander Korda proposed to purchase control of UA, but found finally, insurmountable obstacles barred the way.
• AL LICHTMAN •
Rounded out his first year as vicepresident of Loew's, Inc., and executive assistant to Nicholas M. Schenck. Strenuously advocated higher admissions, declaring policy to be a healthy one and for the good of the business generally. With the turning of the
leaves last Autumn, Al Lichtman, elected a
Loew director, turned Englandward aboard the Normandie. In him was invested the responsibility of further developing M-G-M's plans for British production, and to speed these plans up. As the year faded out. it was disclosed that Al was one of 11 Loew executives destined for a new profit-sharing contract.
NATALIE KALMUS
Appropriately designated as the Madame Curie of filmland, this both artistic and scientific lady, who is also an executive and administrator of exceptional ability, spent, as is her wont, a full and exacting year. The industry was not at all surprised, when following a
decision by Technicolor to carry out an expansion program, she sailed away to London to take charge of the British end of business for the company when it was ready to put into full swing its brand new plant over there. This move marked another milestone in her usefulness to the organization, and heralded a broadening of Technicolor's grip on overseas production. Under her supervision, the plant made prints for the U. S. market, taking some of the pressure from the Hollywood machinery, and served the color needs, too, of British pix makers, while her husband. Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus, concentrated on working out plans for several labs in Continental Europe.
• HERBERT WILCOX
This genial p r o ducer was equally if not more prominent in film circles I on this side of the Atlantic during 1937 than in his native England. Made deal with RKORadio to handle his '"Victoria The Great"; broughtj print to New York; previewed it at the A s t o r Theater;
more than 300 industry execs, plus the press, and celebrated the occasion with a royal
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