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THE SCREEN WRITER
goal of achieving real stature in Hollywood and in the world of motion pictures seems far less remote.
In its new format The Screen Writer will stick to its old and original role of being the militant organ of the Screen Writers' Guild, an alert spokesman for the profession of writing. We are proud that in the past year this magazine was the vehicle for presenting the American Authors' Authority proposal to the world through the medium of many articles and a special supplement. Support for the AAA will be continued vigorously.
Insofar as it is within our resources to do it, the quality of the magazine will be improved and its range and usefulness extended. It has been made plain that a magazine published by professional writers in the motion picture industry has something of interest to say to other members of the industry, to other writers, to persons of awareness and intelligence throughout the world.
The high goals envisaged for The Screen Writer and the Screen Writers' Guild by so many friends who responded to our questionnaire create a sense of deepening responsibility. What are these goals? Greater leadership by its articulate and primarily creative members, the writers, in an industry that speaks to the world in the international language of pictures. A better understanding of the technique and art of pictures, and the creation of pictures that will help all people understand better that what they have in common is more important than the differences between them. Rewards and recognition for writers commensurate with their contributions. A more mature and critical interpretation of the art of the motion picture. These are important goals. It will take all the unity and intelligence our friends attribute to the SWG if we even begin to achieve them.
Screen Writers' Guild Studio Chairmen
(May 6, 1947)
Columbia — Mel Levy; alternate, Hal Smith Warner Brothers — James Webb; alternate, Ruth MGM — Gladys Lehman; alternates, Sidney Boehm, Brooks
Marvin Borowsky, Anne Chapin, Margaret Fitts,
Charles Kaufman. Paramount — Arthur Sheekman ; alternate, Jesse
Republic — Franklin Adreon ; alternate, John K. Lasky, Jr.
Universal-International — Silvia Richards 20th Century-Fox — Wanda Tuchock; alternate,
Richard Murphy RKO — Daniel Mainwaring; alternate, Bess Taffel.
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