Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

November, 1 945 FILM AND RADIO GUIDE 39 Alaska most turbulent? Why? 2. To what depth are they frozen in winter? 3. During what season are they of most use to man ? 4. Into what bodies of water do they empty? 5. Unscramble these ten misspelled names of rivers : aedme, knaota, loilevlc, okkub, oyokkku, kuncy, wuskikokm, atnaan, niprepoue, precpo. (Key: Meade, Noatak, Colville, Kobuk, Koykuk, Yukon, Kuskokwim, Tanana, Porcupine, Copper.) G. Discuss the animals shown in the reel (reindeer, bear, caribou. moose, seals). Dictate this true-false test; then discuss the results of the test: 1. (T) Young bears are called cubs. 2. (F) Reindeer hibernate in the winter. 3. (T) A bull moose has broad flat antlers. 4. (T) Bear cubs can catch fish with their paws. 5. (F) Venison is the flesh of seals. 6. (T) The skin of seals is used for clothing. BRIEF OBJECTIVE TEST OF GENERAL INFORMATION ON ALASKA 1. Alaska is in the northwestern part of (2) (1) United States (2) North America (3) Canada 2. Alaska’s most profitable industry is (3) (1) mining (2) lumbering (3) fishing (4) agriculture 3. A glacier is a (3) (1) highway (2) fjord (3) river of ice (4) strait 4. Inside Passage is (3) (1) highway (2) railroad (3) waterway 5. Point Barrow is 62 degrees north (1) (1) latitude (2) longitude 6. Japan current is (1) (1) an ocean stream (2) a river (3) electric power 7. Mention the title of a book about Alaska. Cultural Week-End at the Waldorf BY FLORA RHETA SCHREIBER In this age of crucial conference on the diplomatic front it is heartening to find the cultural front conferring, too. Under the auspices of the Independent Citizens’ Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions, a series of meetings was held June 22-23 at the Waldorf in New York. There were sessions on science and technology, national health and welfare, new perspectives in education, writing and publishing, architecture and design, art, commercial art, advertising and public relations. Lillian Heilman, the playwright; Margaret Webster, the producer; Walter Greaza, Asst. Exec. Sec. of Actors Equity; and Abram Hill, director of the American Negro Theatre, spoke for the theatre. Marc Connelly, the writer, John Grierson of the Canadian Film Board, and Bosley Crowther of the New York Times took up the cudgels for films. Radio’s spokesmen were William S. Gailmor, the commentator; Paul Porter, the new chairman of the FCC; Robert Sweazy, Vice-Pres. of the Mutual Broadcasting System; George Heller, Exec. Sec. of AFRA; Peter Lyon, Pres, of the Radio Writers’ Guild; Anton M. Leader, Vice-Pres. of the Radio Directors’ Guild; and Gilbert Seldes, Director of CBS Television Programming. Discussing television’s role in creating jobs, Mr. Seldes said: “If television lives up to one-tenth of its promises, there will be careers in plenty, not to mention jobs. Basically, the number of people engaged in creating television will be determined by the number of people who want to see television. This means two things: good programs, good seeing. Seeing television must become as simple and pleasurable as listening to radio before television fulfills its possibilities, both as entertainment and as a social force. In the very high frequencies, far above the range of pre-war television, there can be many more stations, each delivering perfectly a picture so pleasing to the eye that it can carry all kinds of programs. The fact that color is capturing the movie screen and the advertising page makes it imperative that television shall be launched in color.’’ Highlights of the radio panel were the discussion of the Norman Corwin proposal for an Academy of Radio Arts and Sciences ; the cry for increased attention to regional broadcasting; the concern regarding the struggle for control of the FM stations, the radio director’s battle for full recognition, the radio writer’s fight against anonymity, the limitations of the Crossley and Hooper ratings, the social responsibilty of I’adio, the employment promise of television. An interested audience heckled insistently. Although the answers to many questions belong to the future, their ventilation at the Waldorf was helpful.