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128 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Chairman Kefauver. How many pictures does Warner Bros, make a year ? Mr. Warner. In the last 15 years we have made as high as 70 pic- tures. We are down now to where we do about 30. Chairman Kefauver. And what particular attention do you give to the matter of juvenile delinquency—an opportunity for our kids— what contribution are you making to the cause we are talking about here ? Mr. Warner. We are producing, just about finished the film called Rebel Without a Cause. It is not the book that we talked about the other day, but it is a story where we are trying—not trying, we have shown where the parents are at fault and probably switch it around and call it juvenile delinquency of parents. Chairman Kefauver. That hasn't been released as yet ? Mr. Warner. No. Chairman Kefauver. We have had some calls saying this is not a good picture, from the viewpoint of influence on young people. Mr. Warner. They must be working from radar, because I myself haven't seen it put together. You mustn't believe everything you get by call—I guess you know that by now. Chairman Kefau\t5r. I don't believe everything I get by calls. Some of these people seem to know what they were talking about. One or two of them seemed right reliable. I thought I would ask you about it. Mr. Warner. They are not sore they didn't make the picture them- selves, are they ? Are these competitors ? Chairman Kefauver. No, I am very serious. No, they are not com- petitors. They are people interested in the public interest and wel- fare of people. Mr. Warner. All I will say is that the picture will stand for what it is. I am responsible for it personally. While I am not the producer or director or writer, as Mr. Freeman explained, it works virtually the same in all studios. Chairman Kefau\'ER. Do you pass on the pictures finally, before tliey are released ? Mr. AVarner. Final editing, we call it; yes, sir. Chairman KE^AU^^:R. What group do you have in the way of psychiatrists or people that know something about the reaction of young people? What group do you have consider your pictures or the parts of them, from that viewpoint ? Mr. Warner. Well, in fact, every film we go into we go into with expert advice. If we make a Navy, Marine film, whatever it is, we have officers assigned from the Department of Defense. In this particular film, it is very prevalent with what we are nat- urally interested in. I would like to recite some of the people who have helped in making the picture. Chairman Kefauver. You mean some of the people you have con- sulted with from the viewpoint of impact on youth ? Mr. Warner. Not only did they help, but they aided and examined the scenario and I would say steered us to more or less the things they thought were not right, and we would naturally change it, from expert opinions. The first name is Dr. Douglas Kelly, criminoloo;ist of the I^niversity of California at Berkeley, chief examining psychiatrist at the United