Hollywood (Jan - Mar 1943)

Pont Put a Cold in Vow Budget! 1 *tt "■!££? DURING THE "COLO" SEASON I HIDE MY HANKIES, PRAISE THE THOUGHT AND PASS THE KLEENEX TISSUES. IT'S EASX ON HUB6/S NOSE ...EAsy on /v\y LAUNORy BUDGET.' (/Vow <z Utter by V. P. B., Newark, N. J.) No Strain on Me! SAVING GREASE FOR UNCLE SAM IS MIGHTy IMPORTANT .AND MIGHTY EASy TOO WHEN YOU STRAIN IT THRU KLEENEX! (from a litter by D. M., Kansas City, Mo.) ON* tissue t saves r/sst/es saves money BECAUSE IT SERVES UP JUST ONE DOUBLE TISSUE AT A TIME MOVIE MEMOS (*T. M. Reg. U. S. Pot. Off. FROM: The Editor TO: The Readers General Eisenhower has pointed out that next to actual guns and ammunition what the boys in Africa need most is movies and more movies. The prevailing man shortage in Hollywood makes the plight of the film industry more serious than even our Government officials care to disclose. At this writing there are less than 25 key personalities in the film industry who are not in actual military service. Potential Army or Navy service momentarily faces these men — if not by actual drafting, then by the public questioning of their right to stay at home and make pictures while other men of their age and physical fitness go away to war. Our enemies haven't made the error of putting their actors into uniform merely to satisfy the questioning public. They have kept their best actors hard at work on all types of pictures, but more specifically, on propaganda so vital to a country in time of war. This is a war of specialists, and motion picture stars are specialists in their field. Therefore, they are as important to the motion picture industry as steel is to the steel industry. And both are vital weapons toward an Allied victory! If any more of this small group of topnotch actors, as well as the trained technicians, are drafted, picture production will suffer severely. If this should happen, not only will the home morale be adversely affected but the morale of the troops as well. To those inquiring what Hollywood is contributing to the war effort, we report: . . . Hollywood has contributed innumerable reels of 16 m.m. film to the War Department which in turn are sent to every camp in the country so that our boys in service will not be deprived of the fine type of entertainment to which they have grown accustomed. Through this medium American boys even can have their movies on army transports as well as overseas. . . . Hollywood has conducted — and continues to conduct — country-wide War Bond tours. Many billions of dollars have been raised for the government by these sincere and hard-working Americans who have not only unstintingly donated their time and effort but have also paid their own expenses on these tours. . . . Hollywood has organized the Hollywood Canteen, operated solely for the benefit of servicemen. The Canteen is a project which should swell the chest of every true patriot. It is thrilling to watch thousands of servicemen literally pour into this wonderful establishment for a few hours of clean fun and complete relaxation. . . . Hollywood has contributed millions of dollars to every branch of United War Relief. Through these generous donations the millions of starving people who have been ground under the heel of Hitler have been fed, doctored and clothed with supplies made possible by this money. . . . Hollywood has organized and contributed the services of a large unit of star-volunteers who are on constant call for camp tours all over the country. In recent months these tours have extended "I want to be a Powers girl," confesses Carole Landis to Anne Shirley in a scene from United Artists* plcturization of a model's life, The Powers Girl 16