Hollywood (Jan - Mar 1943)

from Iceland to Australia. Patricia Morison, Merle Oberon, Carole Landis, Al Jolson, Jinx Falkenburg and Frank McHugh, to name only a few, have made the hazardous trip across bomb-churned waters to entertain American troops abroad. . . . Hollywood has contributed the life of Carole Lombard who died so gloriously in the service of her country.' . . . Hollywood has contributed the services of women like Joan Fontaine who, as a graduate nurse's aid, puts in hours of hard, unglamorous work in a California hospital. It has contributed women like Kitty Kelly, a comparatively unknown movie personality, who twice a week works the "Graveyard Shift" from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. at the Fourth Fighter Command Air Warning Service, thus releasing an able man for active duty. It has contributed women like Joan Crawford who has quietly started a string of day nurseries for the children of women who are engaged in war work. . . . Hollywood has contributed the services of men like Bing Crosby who has set up a plant for the specific purpose of perfecting the inventions of our twentieth century geniuses — vital inventions such as new time bombs and an accurate gasoline gauge for airplanes which will function under all flying conditions. It has contributed the services of men like Jack Benny and Bob Hope, who exceed the military age limit, yet who spend every free moment entertaining our boys. . . . Hollywood has contributed dozens of technical films for the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Forces. The public doesn't know about these movies a.iu never wili get a chance to see them because they are produced for the specific aim of training our armed forces. . . . Hollywood has contributed twentysix shorts for the government war information program at no cost to the government and no profit to the industry, for the receipts of these films are turned over to the war charities. . . . Hollywood has contributed the services of men like Walt Disney whose studio is turning out animated films on chemical warfare, camouflage, celestial navigation and aircraft identification for the instruction of our fighting men. It has contributed the services of men like Major Frank Capra who is making special movies for the Army's special service division; movies to instruct American soldiers in the background and meaning of the war. . . . Hollywood has contributed more men (on a per capita basis) including actors, directors, writers, technicians, to the armed forces than has almost any other industry. To date it has contributed the services of Jimmy Stewart, Tyrone Power, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Robert Montgomery, Victor Mature, Clark Gable, Robert Preston, William Holden, Glenn Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Brent, David Niven, Richard Greene, Richard Ney, Henry Fonda, Gene Autry, Jackie Coogan, Dan Dailey, Jr., Louis Hayward, Tim Holt, Jeffrey Lynn, Burgess Meredith, Wayne Morris, Gene Raymond, Gilbert Roland, Henry Wilcoxon, and some two thousand others! Hollywood is doing a magnificent job. What's this? Looks like romance in a -H« way — and with a big guy. The sixrooter out stepping with Bonita Granville is Marine Jackie Briggs. Bonita is in R-K-O's film, Hitler's Children "saw iwr H.ERE are three top-notch laugh-getters having a swell time with a swell drink. PepsiCola's top-notch, too — in taste and size it tops 'em all. So put it up top on your program every day! * GEORGE JESSEL, JACK HALEY and ELLA LOGAN, stars of "SHOW TIME" now at the Broadhurst Theater in New York. •k Pepsi-Cola is made only by Pepsi-Cola Company, Long Island City, N. Y. Bottled locally by Authorized Bottlers from coast to coast. ■<? II