Motion Picture Reviews (1934)

Motion Picture Reviews Three MOTION • PICTURE • REVIEWS Published monthly by THE WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY CLUB LOS ANGELES BRANCH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN Mrs. Palmer Cook, General Co-Chairman Mrs. John Vruwink, General Co-Chairman Mrs. A. M. Marsh, Bus. Manager Mrs. Chester A. Ommanney, Preview Chairman Mrs. Charles Booth Assistant Preview Chairmen Mrs. Thomas B. Williamson Mrs. Lucile R. Eastham, Circulation Manager _ EDITORS ~~ Mrs. Palmer Cook Mrs. J. Allen Davis Mrs. George Ryall Mrs. Walter Van Dyke Mrs. John Vruwink Address all communications to The Women’* University Club, 9+3 South Hoover St., Los Angeles, Calif. Advance Supplement is published and mailed approximately the 15th of each month. 1 Oe Per Copy $1.00 Per Year Vol. V MAY, 1934 No. 5 EDITORIAL There is a saying “Though the mills of God grind slowly yet they grind exceeding small.” The Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America in their 14th Annual Convention meeting in the Hotel Ambassador, Los Angeles on April 10th, 11th, 12th, hung the following banners across the front of the Convention Hall: Mr. Producer — Exhibitors want you to make more pictures suitable for the entire family that will have BOX OFFICE APPEAL. Committee on Public Relations. Mr. Director — If you would put as much thought and energy back of the family type of picture as you do the sophisticated type of picture, the BOX OFFICE appeal will be greater. Committee on Public Relations. Mr. Exhibitor — Are you coperating with the Better Films Council in your town by having a Family Night at your theatre? Committee on Public Relations. On Monday, May 1st, the National Council of Catholic Women, meeting in Los Angeles in connection with Catholic Action Week, adopted a resolution urging all Catholics to “withhold patronage” from theatres exhibiting films which “flaunt indecency; glorify the criminal and his crime ; condone sex sins and scoff at the sanctity of marriage and the home.” The resolution adapted read: “Be it resolved, that this regional conference of the National Council of Catholic IV omen declares its purpose to oppose by every means in its power the attendance of Catholics at motion picture exhibitions which flaunt indecency ; glorify the criminal and his crime ; condone sex sins and scoff at the sanctity of marriage and the home. Because the most effective way to stamp out the production of these films is to withhold patronag e from them, we urge Catholics everywhere to remain away from theatres where they are shown. Parents in particular are urged to make certain that the films offered for their children s entertainment give no offense to Christian morality or the accepted standards of decency and good taste.” Those of us who have watched this Better Film movement grow, who have been laughed