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PARAMOUNT PUNCH.
Published every two weeks on Wednesdays for the Triumph of this New Show World Contest in Australia,
New Zealand and the Far East. Contents Strictly Cortfidential.
Reg. Kelly Editor
Vol. 5. — No. 2. February 11, 1931
qiOME guys don't appreciate the *3 grandeur and beauty of nature last Week, Charlie Catward drove up to Katoomba to see the mountain that was slipping away. . . He stood on the brink of the cliff, and silently surveyed the deep valley below ... T 0 all appearances, he Was enraptured . . . so mueh so, that a bystander said casually . . .
"Beautiful, isn't it?" . . . "Yes' , said Charlie, "what a preal place to throw your old razor-blades" . . . Can you imagine that?. . . Which reminds us of the one about the flm salesman. . . pardon me, some rlher time. . . W’.llie Peck has a / w spare pennies now that a certain ro'ehorse has retired. . . and Charlie Donaghey will be short of a few after he pays the damage bill for his car, as a result of spending holidays in the Northern floods. .. Try Central Australia next time, Charlie .. And speaking of cars. . . 'Pop' Flynn's Ford only needs a sign, and it will make a great exploitation stunt for "Manslaughter",
MR. ZUKOR SPEAKS OUT.
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TN the issue of “Everyones”, dated February 4, and ! ■*" “Film Weekly”, of February 12, appears a special four page announcement by Mr. Adolph Zukor, our President.
In this announcement, Mr. Zukor deals with the present economic situation and just what Paramount is doing to beat it. I want every member of the organisation to carefully read and digest this statement, which for its strength, practicability and cheerful outlook on the future, commands the attention of, not only Paramounteers, but every person associated with the endeavour of the motion picture industry.
ZUKOR speaks firstly as a producer of pictures.
“Greater pictures must be made,” he states. “These pictures must contain more showmanship, more novelty. This costs money, and Paramount proposes to invest this money secure in the knowledge that the public will reward its efforts.” Hard work Is the creed to be assimilated, he points out, and there is no denial that for those who apply themselves to their tasks with energy and thought the rewards for the present year loom just as big, if not bigger than ever before.
Paramount First, Last and Always.