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FOX FOLKS
ONE
Published by
FOX FILM CORPORATION 10th Ave. and 55th St. New York City
William Pox President
Jack G. Leo Vice-President
Winfield R. Sheehan Vice-Pres.
and General Manager John C. Eisble Treasurer
Saul E, Rogers Vice-President
and General Counsel
A Magazine of Friendship, Loyalty, Co-operation and Progress.
VoL. I DECEMBER, 1922 No. 8
John W. Krafft Editor
Geo. H. Fleming Associate Editor W. E. Sennett Circulation Manager
DON’T TALK SHOP
ON THE OUTSIDE
General Manager W. R. Sheehan has notified all department heads to impress upon every employe that the discussion and description of facts concerning any production of Fox Film Corporation, whether it be dramatic, comedy, educational, news or any other unit, are forbidden, so that such information shall not be made known to persons outside the corporation prior to the trade showing or release date.
Mr. Sheehan says : “There have been several ‘leaks’ whereby other companies have beaten us to a theme or a title, thereby causing the corporation to suffer a loss in revenue and prestige.
“The product we are making must be held in the strictest confidence within the ranks of Fox Film Corporation, so that the outside world is not in possession of our secrets or plans.”
Punctuality makes excuses unnecessary. To be known as always being on time, prompt in keeping appointments, in having certain work finished, puts one in the preferred class.
ROMANCE IN OUR MIDST 'Y'O many of us the word romance suggests love — such as we see “in the movies,” on the stage, and in our fiction. To others it suggests success in life, triumph over adversity, rise to power from humble beginnings — supreme achievement. The fact is, romance is any or all of these.
By reason of the very nature of the business in which we are engaged, we Foxites live and work in a constant atmosphere of romance. The pictures we produce and sell are based on the stories of fictitious personages, as portrayed by our actors, and yet, because it is so close to our vision, many of us fail to realize that here in our midst is a man whose life story is fully as romantic as any ever pictured in one of his own productions. It is the coming into the motion picture business nineteen years ago of this man which Fox Folks is commemorating in this issue.
In nineteen years he has risen fiom poverty to power. The fight he has waged against certain malevolent influences in “big business” which would have throttled our industry in its infanthood is one of the splendid traditions of the motion picture business. The advent of this man into the entertainment field nineteen years ago probably Id the most important single event in the short but brilliant history of film production.
In the eyes of the world he is a tremendous success — he is romance personified; yet to his friends he is still a real, red-blooded, kindly human being and a desirable citizen. Let us unite whole-heartedly and honestlv in wishing this man, affectionately known as “W. F.”, many happy returns of his business birthday.