Paramount Pep-O-Grams (1928)

Page Seven of Pep-O-Grams THREE NEW PEPSTERS At the last general meet! ing of the Paramount Pep i Club held on January 8th j last, the following Paraj mounteers were admitted to j membership: — Helen Wals, i Phillip Brown, Irving Talbot. i ENGAGED j It is our pleasure to record I in these columns the news that on December 25th last, I Gertrud Wiethake, German I translator in the Foreign Publicity Department, b ej came engaged to Rolf MulI ler. TICKETS : Roland P. Mader is not ' onl}' an important member j! of the secretarial branch of I the Home Office Production || Department, in the capacity jl of secretary to Walter Wan|: ger, but he is the one who j has to meet the demand for tickets when a new stage production opens at either the Empire, Lyceum or Hen■ ry Miller Theatre. It speaks volumes for the quality of his tact to say that he manages to satisfy everybody, either with tickets, or with adequate smile strewn reai sons why tickets are not available. FROM INDIA We were very happy to welcome back to Home Office, William J. Clark, who is back from spending two torrid years in India. ‘Bill’ Clark, a brother of John D. Clark, division manager, was sent by Emil E. Shauer to co-represent Paramount i n India with Charles B. Ballance. Flis travels, which were extensive, took him all over India, and also down to Ceylon and into Burma. In addition, they brought him into personal touch with the highest officials in the land. BALL NEWS Be sure and record on paper your news items regarding the Motion Picture Bail on February 9th. Don’t keep the stories in your head and then wonder why they never appeared in print. We admit to being clairvoyant to a certain degree — but not to that degree. In Memoriam Marion May Frank Clark Charles H. Lomax SALUTE SADIE During the temporary absence of President G. B. J. Frawley, his able secretary, Sadie Spitzer, carried on his good work, both in business and Pep Club matters. It was certainly a pleasure to see Sadie doing everything in her power to keep things running serenely and doing a great job of it. INDEFATIGABLE For the Hall (.d Fame of Hard Workers, we wish to nominate Sara Lyons. This indefatigable girl has been e.xceptionally busy lately; yet we notice that she is always more than willing to devote her time to Pep Club affairs. RAFFLEWINNER A three pound box of cand}' was won by Sylvia Marshall, Mr. Week’s attractive secretary. Gertrude Jaffee, secretary to Mr. Hammell, raffled it off for the benefit of some deserving person. SPARKLES! Marge Redmond is the proud possessor of a very beautiful engagement ring, which she received at Christmas. The floor in front of Room 1258 is being worn away by girls who want to see the new ornament and inquire about “her Walter.’’ LOOKS The serious mien and abstract air of one, Flarold “Panama” Sugarman would indicate that our Isthmian hero is mentally weighing a most serious problem. No mere business vexation could weigh so heavily on Fascinating Youth. At all events, we shall see what we shall hear! BEARING GIFTS One distinct advantage in working in the Foreign Department (although one must first of all have the qualification of being intelligently amiable) is that when the managers come in from such faraway lands as Japan and India and Argentina, they invariably come in bearing gifts of taste and rare excellence. Shawls, curio boxes, combs, bolts of silk and other thrilling tokens bear spletulid testimony to this. A list of gift recipietits will be supplied on request: but if you’re aiming to get into the Foreign Department, that’s your own business. TWO SPLENDID HOUSE ORGANS We pause for a few moments in our task of pounding out copy for this little magazine to pay tribute to two of the finest house organs ever produced in Paramount’s history. These are “The Whole Show,” edited (in its new format as well as its old) by Leon J. Bamberger; and “Publix Opinion,” edited l)y Ben Serkowich. Both meaty, news-filled institutional publications depict the power, punch and pep of Paramount and Publix. DICK’S DOINGS While Melville A. Shauer has been in New York, his work as special European representative of the Foreign Department has been splendidly carried on by R. M. “Dick” Blumenthal, his assistant in Paris. Dick has not only overseen the mighty campaigns on “Wings” i n Paris and Berlin, but he has also been on a tour of inspection which has taken him through the major portion of Europe, into lands that we all dream of visiting some day. At present he is in Paris, up to his ears in work. NOT “VAWSE” Marie Dunn, John D. Clark’s pretty and efficient secretary, is exceedingly proud of her pet vase which she is very conscientiously keeping filled with fresh flowers. When the flowers get wilted, she calls it a vase; but when they’re fresh, it’s a vahse.