Paramount Punch (1930)

PARAMOUNT PUNCH. ^1933 WILL BE CRUCIAL YEAR’*, SAYS MR. ZUKOR Mr. ADOLPH ZUKOR has issued the following statement via “Paramount Sales News’’, the Department of Distribution house organ: — “Nothing to-day would give me gi'eater pleasure than to be able to tell you that the battle is over, that the clouds have lifted and clear sailing lies ahead. Unfortunately, in all honesty, I can't do it. We are not children but men and should face the facts squarely. “The year that lies ahead of us will probably be the most crucial one in our history. Far from being over, the battle is just beginning. After it is all over, you will, in a large measure, have decided whether or not Paramount is still paramount. “I realise perfectly what you have gone through during the past few years. 1 know that you have put every ounce of energy into your, job and that you have often worked like supermen. You have given everything that was in you with a loyalty and devotion which has been one of the most inspiring experiences / have had since / have been in business. Yet, in spite of that, I must come before you now and ask everyone of you to contribute, during the critical period ahead of us, that added bit of effort and that little harder push at the wheel which are now so vitally important to the welfare of the company . . . I count upon the loyalty and enterprise of everyone of you men. You have never failed me before. / am certain that you wdl not do so now.” BELIEVE IT OR NOT. Here is Stan Craig, General Manager of New Zealand and a Mako shark he is alleged to have landed during a recent holiday in the Bay of Plenty. Stan Craig is the guy with the braces. “Punch” adds another scoop to its long record in the publication of this photo, which is the first ever published of a film man and a shark photographed together. HERB. MARSHALL IS BOX-OFFICE. Herbert marshall, the talented English star of “Trouble in Paradise”, is the most recent of screen players to achieve real prominence. It is evident that the tremendous following Marshall has gained by his recent performances. ha"; been fully realised bv the Management of the Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney, so much so, that they have released his newest Paramount oicture, “Evenings for ''ale”, following on th^ most succes':ful season of “Trouble in Paradise”. 20 NEW FILMS ON PARAMOUNT SOUND STAGES WITH twenty productions now before the cameras or ready for immediate starting dates. Paramount is launching one of the most aggressive schedules in its history, according to a statement issued at the Hollywood studios. This announcement is contained in a message from Emanuel Cohen, vice-president in charge of production, who is now in New York for sales and theatre conferences, to Mr. William j. Clark, Managing Director of Paramount in Australia. Thirteen pictures will go into production this month. Twelve more are to get under way in March and April to launch the 1933-34 season. Before the cameras to-day are “King of the jungle”, “The Woman Accused”, “A Lady’s Profession”, “From Hell to Heaven”, “Murders in the Zoo”, “The Crime of the Century” and “Strictly Personal”. Starting within the next fortnight are “A Bedtime Story”, “Song of Songs”, “Cracked Ice”, “The Story of Temple Drake”, “Under the Tonto Rim”, “College Humor”., “International House”, “The Trumpet Blows”, “The Eagle and the Hawk”, “Dead Reckoning”. “Pick Up”, and “Police Surgeon”, and two Chari es R. Rogers productions. IT’S IN THE AIR... “PARAMOUNT FOR 1933’