Living films; a catalog of documentary films and their makers (c1940)

- 19 - the Progressive Education Association. Last year ho produced "Pete and His Cousins", a puppet film in color '.vh'.ch -?ar> •h'WT! at the Petroleum Exhibit at the He-^7 York W^-rlc.'s Fair. His rVat recent activity was as producer of the EYA film "Youth Gets a Break". Mr. Losoy is chairman of the Membership Committee of the ADPP. MARY LOSSY 1 S career has been an extreme example of the mixture of education and commerce that every documentary film producer must experience before he gets anywhere. For her last two years at Telloslsy she vras already earning a salary from the Neu York Times in an educational promotion pro- gram to sell the paper to classes in eastern colleges and high schools. 1932 was the end of school and 193^+ ended her career at the Hev York Times when she found insuperable obstacles standing betreen her and her ambition to reach the editorial department. Edward L. Barnays gave her her next job promoting Philco Radio, from which she moved in 1935 to the March of Time- to head school promotion vrork and formulate a program including a monthly high school paper, Photo Reporter. For three years she also headed March of Time's research department. Miss Losey made an inspection tour of England and the British documentary film movement, returning to the United States in 1933 to initiate the Association of Documentary Film Producers. Her more lucrative vrork in this period vras as assistant director of the Association of School Film Libraries and in the American Film Center. At present Miss Losey devotes her full time to the ADFP and to the scenario of a film on "Women in Democracy". ELIZABETH McCAUSLAJID is the- art and film editor of the Springfield, Mass., Republican. She is one of the few photography critics of this country, a member of the Photo League's advisory committee, and a regular contributor of definitive pieces to IT. S. Camera. JOHN McMAlTCJS t^as a member of Lcuis de Rochmont's original staff rhen the March of Time film unit v;as first founded. Coming to films from brief business experience, he began work for de Rochmont as a collector of statis- tics. Later he vras moved to the nerrs desk and became a cutter. He was Julian Bryan's assistant in the making of documentary films on Russia and Turkey and aided in the production of a propaganda film for the Turkish government. In addition to his ^resent r/ork as film handler for the March of Time McManus plans a documentary film on housing. ARTHUR MAYER left the directorship of Paramount advertising to become a theater operator (notably the Rialto Theater on Times Square, New York) and a film distributor in the partnership of Mayer and Burstyn specializing in foreign and in documentary films. MARIAM MICHELLE was graduated from the University of Chicago in 193**. Until she entered the documentary film field her career ranged from appren- tice to a commercial photographer, free lance vork and publicity. A collection of her pictures of Hew York City was published in book form for children by Bobbs Merrill. Her first experience' in film vork was in the capacity of still photographer for the Civil Liberties production by Frontier Films. She has directed and Photographed three films, "Sunnyside Progressive School", an experimental film or. modern dance ~nd a film dealing with the Maverick Summer Theater.