Screenland (May 1943-Oct 1944)

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The Editor's Page Continued from page 19 When a plane from the good old States swoops down, two questions are asked simultaneously: "Any mail — any movies?" And at one combat base you'd have thought the war was over the way the yells went up over some news. "A new projector has arrived!" It spread like wildfire. You see, their first one had been wrecked by a Nip bomb. Screening was going on as peaceful as could be when a Jap plane flew over and let drop a bomb. Nobody hurt — but the projector went up in the air and came down with a bang. But now they've got a new one. The soldiers, sailors and marines are now getting the best possible film fare. Now the pictures are brand new, the majority of them having their world premieres in camps before they are seen on Broadway and Main Street. Prints are being shipped from Hollywood as soon as they are out of the cutting room, and the boy that left you behind is probably now seeing Hedy Lamarr's latest film before you will. However, it can't be this way with all pictures. Say a brand new film arrives in North Africa. It's shown at nearly every base. Then it may be shipped to the Solomons, to Guadalcanal, back to Africa, then to Italy, maybe, with India having the next booking. The boy in India sees it last. This particular picture might be old to him. Perhaps he saw it before he embarked from an American port, and while he was making his slow crossing it beat him by plane to Africa, had its successive screenings and finally caught up with him in India. Sorta old to him, maybe. But — the next day in India a plane may swoop down with film and that night there will be a screening of a picture he'd never heard of — maybe a musical full of girls. That was tops! The Army has the film situation well in hand. Things are under contrcl. They're getting the latest movies hot off the griddle and they're getting them places by plane, train, jeep, boat, canoe, and by dog team in Alaska. There's that case of the Army picture operator who traveled by ration boat to a certain isolated island. A small boat came out to bring him ashore with his equipment. Just as the boat came to the beach a huge wave swept the operator about thirty feet where he landed flat on his face. The boat was swamped. Wading back, he retrieved the equipment, got it on the beach, then cleaned and dried the projector and film. That night two shifts of men enjoyed the movies sitting under the stars and the palm trees. The natives? They eat them up too. They are catching on to American slang. When they see a pretty blonde on the screen, they murmur to each other, "Good one! She good one!" Buy Extra War Bonds My work isn't slowed down by Absentee Hands ! yse V it,?0"5* ^ZfP^ fa lottos Copyright, 1944, by Lehn & Fink Products Corp., BIoomfield.N.J. To hasten the return of your service man, our plant is making ammunition fuzes. So if your favorite store is tempora* rily out of Hinds lotion, please be patient. ^ vr ■f / Hinds Beauty Bargain! Only 49<* for regular 50c size Hinds lotion . . . PLUS 25c size Hinds Complete Facial— cleanser, softener, powder base in one! Limited HINDS fiHANDS BEFORE WORK— housework or factory work— always use Hinds Honey and Almond Fragrance Cream. Tests prove that dirt washes off faster . . . hands wash up cleaner, whiter looking! Hinds skinsofteners help guard against risk of irritation and "Absentee Hands." AFTER WORK — and after every washup— use Hinds again. Even one application comforts rough, tender hands . . . gives red, chapped skin a softer, whiter look. Benefits skin abused by work or weather. On sale at toilet-goods counters. SCREENLAND 77