A Dispatch from Reuters (Warner Bros.) (1940)

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Inwhat startling film did Edward G. Robinson make his first success? (“Little Caesar’’ ) 7. Name the “Brother Rat” who recently “married”? one of the 8 9 ue w N “Four Daughters.’ (Eddie Albert) . Did Edward G. Robinson ever appear opposite Bette Davis? If so, name the film. (“Kid Galahad” in 1937) In what delightful comedy did Eddie Albert appear with Olivia de Havilland and Jeffrey Lynn? (“My Love Came Back’’) 10. Do you know the title of the great new Warner Bros. film coming to the Strand Theatre on Friday wherein Edward G. Robinson portrays the founder of a great news agency? (“A Dispatch From Reuter’s’’) Quiz on Newspaper Terms 1. A scoop is (a) an unimportant story that is played up big; (b) a story to which one paper beats all others; (c) a star reporter; (d) a typographer’s tool with which he picks up a line of type. Answer: 2. A sob sister is (a) the person who writes the Advice-To-TheLovelorn column; (b) a motion picture critic; (c) a complaining reader who writes to the editor; (d) a woman reporter. Answer: (d) 3. Copy is (a) a duplicate newspaper engraving; (b) the front page layout of the first edition; (c) all material to be printed in the paper; (d) all material that is reprinted from another paper. Answer: (c) 4. White space is (a) the area in a paper devoted to editorials; (b) the area which has no printing on it; (c) advertising space which has been paid for and not used; (d) the area reserved for the cartoons and the comic section. Answer: (b) 5. A deadline is (a) the last possible moment a story can get into an edition; (b) a line of type that has been set wrong and must be discarded; (c) an overworked cliche; (d) a headline that falls completely flat. Answer (a) 6. The city desk is (a) the office of the mayor; (b) the biggest desk in the reporter’s office; (c) the office through which all local news is cleared; (d) the office which is kept vacant for use of the tax examiner. Answer (c) 7. Cheesecake is (a) fill-m material; (b) human interest stories; (c) tear-jerking photographs; (d) photographs of girls in shorts, bathing suits, or other revealing apparel. Answer: (d) 8. Lobster trick is (a) a water-front story; (b) an early morning reporter’s shift; (c) a practical joke played in a newspaper office; (d) the fishing and boating column. Answer: (6) 9. The morgue of a newspaper is (a) a file of miscellaneous information and photographs; (b) a file of obituary notices; (c) the warehouse where all the used engravings are stored; (d) the place where the newspaper stores the unsold copies of its back editions. Answer: (a) 10. A cub is (a) a copy boy; (b) a stenographer; (c) a rewrite man; (d) a rookie reporter. Answer: (d) Reuter said :— **A censored press is the tool of a corrupt minority . a free press is the symbol of a free people. But to be worthy of freedom the press must always tell the truth ... for truth is freedom... and without truth there can only be slavery and degradation.” 1. As a plaque dedicated in lobby by newspaper editor and leading civic official. 2. As atopic for a newspaper editorial. 3. As a theme for a radio talk by your local newspaper editor or civic official. “Press* Car At Theatre For Street Bally Park a car which is conspicuously labeled “PRESS” in front of or near the theatre. Display a sign on it which reads: ‘The reporter who drives this car is in the Strand watching the biggest story of his career. See it for yourself — it’s the most exciting motion picture news of the year . . . Edward G. Robinson ae) in “A Dispatch From Reuter’s’’. Change copy to use for touring street bally. “How He Proposed’ Contest For Woman’s Page In the film Edward G. 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