Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

March, 1946 FILM AND RADIO GUIDE 57 strategic deployment of troops and difficult terrain. In July of 1945, he was promoted to a Lieutenant Colonelcy. Discharged from the Army in December, 1945, he joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, as head of the 16mm Division of Loew’s International, in full charge of the new program for the distribution of entertainment and educational films outside the United States and Canada. Hicks is married, resides at Great Neck, L. I., and is the very proud father of three children, Orton H. Hicks, Jr., who is now with the Signal Corps at Camp Crowder, and two daughters, Caryl Anne, 17, who is at school at House-in-the-Pines, at Norton, Mass., and Wendy Joan, 15, who attends high school at Great Neck. As to the future of 16mm, Col. Hicks has this to say : “It has been said that with 35mm we bring the audience to the film, whereas with 16mm we bring the film to the audience. The opportunity exists, on an international scale, to broaden the market base for entertainment and educational films. To accomplish this, it must be done by an organization with initiative, vision, and the wherewithal that a long-range plan, as opposed to one seeking ‘quickie’ returns, requires. “A company such as MetroGoldwyn-Mayer, which has pioneered in providing a new and comprehensive system for the distribution of entertainment and educational films in 16mm, is acting to open up vast new vistas, not only for 16mm, but for the motion picture industry as a whole, as also for the peoples of the world. The horizons of tomorrow for the cause of international good-will and understanding are far wider than were the horizons of yesterday. Merriman H. Holti One reason why they are wider is that the motion picture industry boasts men like Arthur M. Loew.” No. 48; Merriman H. Holtz Merriman H. Holtz was born in Portland, Oregon, on August 15, 1901. He attended the Portland Public Schools, and in 1914 moved to Cleveland, Ohio. On graduation from Culver Military Academy, Culver, Indiana, in 1920, he was employed by the May Company, Cleveland department store. By 1924 he was merchandise manager for twenty-one departments. Holtz first became interested in 16mm in 1923 when Eastman marketed its first Cine-Kodak Model “A” camera. He began photographing a considerable amount of 16mm footage as a hobby. He still owns one of Eastman’s original Model “A” projectors. In 1932, becoming ininterested in the possibilities of selling merchandise through the medium of the motion-picture screen in theatres, he established Screen Adettes, Inc. In 1935, he made arrangements with Orton Hicks, then president of Home Film Libraries (later to become TOP FLIGHT FEATURES From Major Producers 12 HOPALONG CASSIDY WESTERNS Starring BILL BOYD New in 16mm. • PAUL LUKAS in JACK LONDON'S Mutiny On The Elsimore • Lourel & Hardy in THE BOHEMIAN GIRL 90 Minute Operetta 7 Songs • THE NORTH STAR Big Name Cast Samuel Goldwyn's First Film in 16mm. A 1944 Major Company Release • FRED ASTAIRE & PAULETTE GODDARD in Second Chorus LAUREL & HARDY in PARDON US Riotous Hal Roach Feature • Six DR. CHRISTIAN Features Starring JEAN HERSHOLT • Hal Roach Feature-Length Comedy KELLY THE SECOND All Star Cast • LAUREL §t HARDY in Our Relations Another Big Hal Roach Feature • SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS Louisa May Aleott's LITTLE MEN • BEYOND TOMORROW with Jean Parker, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winniger, Horry Corey, Helen Vinson > FOREMOST LIBRARY SUPPLIERS 130 WEST 46TH STREET New York 19 New York