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HONORS IN 6698

In the fast dwindling number of countries where the Jew
enjoys complete civil, economic and cultural equality, a num-
ber of Jews received high honors during the past year. Here
are a few of the imnortant ones:
Dr. N. J. Pollak, appointed rector of Rotterdam School of
Commerce; Isidor Lubin, reappointed United States Commis-
sioner of Labor Statistics; Edward Meyerstein, knighted by
King of England; Robert Briscoe, re-elected to Irish Parlia-
ment; Edward Sapir, elected president of American Anthro-
pological Society; Louis Costume, appointed deputy chief in-
spector of New York Police; Jennie Loitman Barron, appointed
Boston Municipal court justice; Jerome Frank, named to Fed-
eral Securities and Exchange Commission; Oscar Wilensky,
chosen majority leader of New Jersey Assembly; William Her-
lands, appointed New York City commissioner of investiga-
tion; Rabbi Rudolph Coffee, elected president of Temple of
Religion at San Francisco Exposition; Louis Hollander, B.
Charney Vladeck, Robert Straus, Howard Spellman, Albert
Schanzer and Harold Belous, elected to first New York City
Council; Herbert Friedman, elected president of American
Ornithologists Union; Ben Moreell, named Rear Admiral in
U. S. Navy; Mme. Zhemchezma Molotov, named vice- commis-
sar of internal supply of Soviet Union; Arthur L. 'Goodhart,
appointed dean of Oxford University Law School; Nathan
Straus, appointed administrator of U. S. Housing Authority;
Mikhail Kaganovich, appointed Soviet commissar of defense
industry; Daniel Auster, chosen acting-mayor of Jerusalem;
Harold Laski, elected to executive of British Labor Party;
Abel Wolman, elected president of American Public Health
Association; Isaac Rozenzweig, appointed Paraguayan minis-
ter to Colombia; Andre Maurois, elected to French Academy;
Henry Gluckman, Morris Kentridge, Morris Alexander, Albert
Friedlander, Abraham Goldberg and Bertha Solomon. elected
to South Afican Parliament; James Marshall, elected president
of New York City board of education; John Rothenstein,
named director of Tate Art Gallery in London; Leslie Hore-
Belisha, named special British envoy to Italy; Dr. Bela Schick,
awarded addington Gold Medal of British science; Georges
Mandel, named French minister of colonies; Leon Blum,
named premier of France for second time; Reniah Catawy
Bey, elected to Egyptian parliament; William Nicholas Medal
of American Chemical Society, awarded to Prof. Phoebus A.
Levene; Col. F. B. Adler, elected to South African senate:
Luise Rainer, voted year's outstanding screen actress by
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences; Julius Peyser,
elected treasurer of National Lawyers Guild; Henri Pollak,
knighted by Queen of Holland; Leopold Greenberg, appointed
chief justice of Transvaal Supreme Court; Harry Kalodner,
appointed U. S. District Judge; Louis Bloch, appointed to
National Maritime Commission.
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HEADLINES

By PHILIP M. RASKIN

I open my morning paper—
Wrath and greed and blood!
The headlines mockingly caper,
Like witches in a wood.

War, and slaughter and terror,
Vengeance and spite and hate,
God, as I in error,
Mistaking the century's date?

Casually surveying the world
scenery and the shifting fortunes
I hear the bustle of barter
of so many of its Jewish inhabi-
In human lives world through,
tants, the outstanding reaction at-
And I hear the cry of the martyf,
tending any article on Jewish en-
'the eternal scapegoat—the
deavors in the capitol of the film
Jew.
world is that it is the sweetest
assignment of the year. Ilere is
I hear an incessant cry; Lock
an industry that employs thou-
The gates of the ghetto afresh:
sands of Jews. shows no discrim-
The World—History's Shylock-
ination against Jewish labor, ab-
Exacting its pound of flesh.
sorbs its share—and more—of
Jewish refugees from authoritar-
I turn my newspaper pages—
ian lands overseas, and rewards
Blood from shore to shore;
its constituents, Jew and non-Jew
Is the night of Middle Ages
alike, with all the bread and in-
tangibles that men live by. Here
Down upon us once more?
is an industry which, despite the
grim circumstances under which
Oh no! their wiles and vices
the Jewish people live in most
Grow small, and less and least,
parts of the world, and despite
As time perfects the devices
the supression and decadence of a
Of man—the cleverest beast.
great European culture, still holds
out hope to Jewish artistry and in-
I turn the pages, and turning
telligence. Can any other line
To my brother Jew, I say:
of endeavor in America, or the
You who are age-long burning
rest of the world, make similar
On mankind's auto-da-fe.
pretensions?
Oh despair not, my brother,
A panoramic view of Jewish
Of the radiant hoped-for goal.
progress in motion picture busi-
They cannot quench nor smother
ness during the past year would
The living human soul.
discern the same few well-known
faces in the foreground, a large
For good shall come from evil,
- As a living spring from a stone.
number of slightly familiar char-
The darkest night must shrivel
acters in center range. and in the
And vanish before the dawn.
background, scores of new faces
Wokqrlglit.19311. 14. A. F. a.)
and figures waiting to taste and
feel the heady coronation oils
with which Hollywood anoints its
Lord, what a change within us
noblest and worthiest—meaning
one short hour
those who draw best at the box-
Spent in Thy presence will avail
office. Let's look them over hur-
to make!
iedly and catch up on history
What heavy burdens from our
n the making.
bosoms take!
What parched grounds refresh as
In a roundup of this nature we
with
a shower!
1 an be forgiven perhaps for tak-
. —Richard C. Trench
i ng no more than a passing bow and featured in "Sister Act." Walter Winchell-Ben Bernie se
in the direction of such royal
figures as Luise • Rainer, Paul You'll see this lad next as the ries. Lanfield has been termed ute is the worship accorded him
Muni, Eddie Cantor and Edward male lead in "Blackwell's Island," "the guy who always gets the by every newspaperman in town.
Arnold. The positions these stars which is quite a jump for a new- novices," for he was the first to Although he isn't of the Jewish
work with Sonja Ilenie and the
occupy in the firmament of screen- comer.
faith, we feel the need of saying
brothers on any set.
But it is not our intention to Ritz
dom are so lofty as to require
Over at Monograh we have a word or two about the great
l ittle comment. What, for in- confine this review to the glamor
of lDarryl Zanuck. With the co-
stance, need be said about Rainer, boys and girls, the Rainers, El- Maurice Conn, who did "Boys
as loperation of several Jewish asso-
whose superb artistry in "The eanor Whitneys. Ethel Mermans, the Streets," establishing him
real
up-and-corner,
and
"Heart
(mates, Zanuck has made his stu-
Toy Wife" and the second of her et al, are doing very nicely, thank a of the Limberlost." And we're dio what it is today—namely, one
efforts this season, "The Great you; but the real credit due Hol-
of the two or three top lots in
Waltz," has simply been an as- lywood is for the way it takes expecting something noteworthy Hollywood. His generosity in
surance of her magnitude. Those care of its producers, directors, from Hen Kahane, who has just lending opportunity and encour-
efforts beggar any description script-writers, technical aids, song gotten a birth at Columbia as a agement to people in the ranks
which this commentator may have writers, and others who are in- producer. Then there's Lew Sei- has been nothine. short of remark-
finitely more important to the ler at Warner Brothers, who able. When there is a promotion
to offer.
struck gold in "Crime School" to be made, a position to be filled
And Muni, who launched an- industry than the glamorous per:
starring the Dead-End kids. "Un-
other year in pictures this fall in sonalities the industry dreams up. lawful," starring Kay I Francis, or a new department created,
the character of Juarez, the Mexi-
Prominent on tne technical aide and "Heart of the North" are ad- Zanuck looks to the employes
within his organization, and not
can patriot whom fate pitted we have Gregory Ratoff, one of
ditional feathers in Lew Seiler's outside at some other studio's ex-
against Maximilian during the age the few folks in filmland to have
cap.
ecutives, who could easily be lured
of the Third Napoleon. His fame a three-way contract. "Triple-
Another man who mustn't be into his company.
likewise is assured.
Threat" Ratoff has swerved from
overlooked is Samuel G. Engel,
the
ranks
of
stardom
into
the
We hoarded until the very end
Similarly, at the top of the
associate producer on "Suez" for
pile are Cantor and Arnold. Both fields of direction and writing. the 20th-Fox, who has filled re- the man whom we consider the
greatest figure in Hollywood, Jew-
have made their place, both are At the fhoment he has completed
snonsible production births for
household terms by any standard direction of "By the Dawn's Early his studio in London and is well ish or non-Jewish; indeed, per-
Light." His current success In
haps the greatest man living in
of entertainment.
on the way up in Hollywood. And the artistic world today—Max
"Gateway,"
the
Anima
built
We can more profitably pause
still another important figure to Reinhardt. .Reinhardt has never
and wonder at the amazing screen around New York's Ellis Island,
whom kudos are due is Dr. Leo
comeback of Joseph Bchildkraut. is just to help him keep hir•hat Morton Schulman, whose name concerned himself with . bidding
for the box-office. He has never
In 1937 he received the Motion in the ring, as it were. We can
doesn't appear on a great many catered consciously to the masses.
Picture Academy Award for the expect great things from Gregory
credits but who nevertheless is
best supporting male actor for his for many seasons to come—and one of filmdom's most valuable "Give the public what it wants"
portrayal of Dreyfus in the "Zola" if they're anywhere near as en- aides. A leading physician and are just so many foreign-sounding
epic. Schildkraut's performances tertaining as "Cafe Metropole," surgeon in Hollywood for, 18 words to him. Instead he has set
have been consistently excellent which he wrote, most of us will years, Dr. Schulman lent authen- himself to the task of lifting the
masses. Reinhardt has produced
since then; in "Lancer Spy," be happy.
deity through technical assistance
"Suez," and especially in the moat
It was during the past year oeach films as "The Amazing only the great classics and only
on
pretentious offering of the sum- that Herbert I. Leeds was given DcClitterhouse,,, " unlawful. " from the works of the great mod-
mer, "Marie Antoinette," where his great opportunity at 20th-Fox. 'The Return of Dr. X." "Devil's " as'
his characterization of the Count Leeds began his work in motion Island" and many others for War- In his most comprehensive state-
D'Orleans stood out as one of Pictures as a film-cutter. For ner Brothers. ment of aims made snice coming
the finest efforts'of the year.
five years he remained in this
To Selznick International w e to Hollywood (to Ted LeBerthon,
Many, many plaudits are due capacity, until he was promoted award the bright gold ring for top-ranking Los Angeles news-
Joseph Edward Bromberg, both to the post of assistant to pro- producing only Class A pictures. paperman), Reinhardt declared
for his delightful work in "I'll ducer Kenneth MacGowan. Today David 0. Selznick gave to the himself beautifully. Said the
Give a Million" and for his power- he is 'producer in his own right. public last season such delightful maestro of drama production:
ful role in "Suez." Since com- His biggest production no far is entertainment as "Tom Sawyer," "Hollywood awaits its Shakes-
ing to Hollywood, Bromberg has the Dionne Quintuplet picture "Nothing Sacred", Prisoner of peare. He might come out of my
spent over four years on the 20th "Five of a Kind." We, who pass Zenda," "A Star Is Born" and school. He might come out of
Century-Fox payroll. Coming to out predictions like a weighing is now engaged in details on America, anywhere. lie might
us from the New York stage in machine, go on record with the
come out of Europe. Ile will be
"Gone With the Wind."
April, 1936, he has been in 18 prophecy that Bert Leeds (nee
Then we have pictures where someone who is as en rapport
different pictures and has played Levy) will rate among the "Ten
the review read: ". . . and the with the world of today as Shakes-
every type of ole from gay-haired Best within two years.
musical scores were excellent' peare was with the world-feeling
scientist to dashing young man
Still in the field of production, In filmland there are many Jew- of Elizabethan England, and who
about town. We both predict and two figures stand out prominently.
ish lads who are responsible for finds in screenplay his true and
hope stardom lies in wait for Forgettine for just once. such fig-
this excellence; pre-eminently Phil full medium in appealing to the
Bromberg.
ures as Adolph Zukor, Sol Lesser, Boutelje, who was musical ad- great masses. It is all poppy-
Tony Martin, who started life Sam Briskin, Louis B. Mayer, the
visor for Paramount's ''Zaza" and cock that masses do not under-
with the paterfamilias of Weiss, Schencks, Blumenthals, Wurtzels,
"St. Louis Blues"; and Bud Sil- stand and appreciate art. They
is another lad to whom we toss Warners and other pioneers in the
vers, musical director for all 20th- merely await the universal voice
an orchid. He has a god-given industry, let's glance at a pair of
they understand, the story-teller
Fox musical hits.
voice and can sing the heart out newcomers to the field of pro-
Glancing at the list of tune- who has understood them."
of any song. We can conscien- duction. Our choice for the man
smiths we note most prominently
Reinhardt's decision to live in
tiously give very little credit for to make the greatest gains for
such teams as Lew Pollack and Hollywood, to establish a work-
his acting ability—but if you the coming year is Jerry Hoff-
Lew Brown; Mack Gordon and shop and perhaps later a theater,
could sing like Tony, would you man, a newspaperman of long ex-
Harry Revel; Ralph Rainger and and present festivals here, as he
want to be an actor'.
perience who came out to 20th- Leo Robin (Robin is now in New did in Salzburg, will yield much
It is no longer considered para- Fox with Darryl Zanuck as a
York scoring "Gulliver's Travels," to the American drama and en
doxical that the members of a general utility man. Previously,
the full-length feature cartoon tertainment ci
in Rein-
Ret-
es.
race which has suffered so much Jerry had written about show
g made by Paramount.
now being
rcl to do
would iike
can create the best entertain- business most of his life, and he
Then there is Frank Loesser, who workshop is to prepare actors,
ment in the field of humor. Take knows both Broadway and Holly- penned such hits as "Says
My dancers, musicians, all tynes of
Jack Benny and the Yacht Club
wood, backward and forward. lie Heart" and "Small Fry," as well craftsmen
for coming
the
of the
'
Boys (three of whom are non-
was promoted soon after his ar-• the lyrics for Paramount's great screen writer. The Shakes-
Aryan) in "Artists and Models rival from the writing end to the ol an e ,,
peare who is destined for Holly-
Abroad"; and Ben Blue. who has production department, and has
Another avenue of artistic de- wood. His production of "Faust"
a feature role in "Paris Honey- just completed his initial venture,
velopment which seems thronged in August was an opening wedge
moon," which will probably be re- "Speed to Burn," the first of a
with the Jewish boys and girls for that ambition.
leased in January.
series of sports pictures.
is the writing line. We like to
Reinhardt sees Hollywood as a
And here are three Ritz Broth-
Another young man who is think of Clifford Odets, considered great world capital of the theater,
ers, bombarded by brickbats on
making his mark as a producer the most powerful dialogue writer in the widest sense of the term.
one hand, bouquets on the other.
is George Bilson, experienced. in in America, whose "Golden Boy" He says more talented actors,
These three who have achieved
spite of his youth, in writing, di- is the latest offering to be actresses, musicians, artists, and
such a phenomenal rise to the
rection and production of pic- screened. Paul Yawitz wrote the craftsmen are assembled in Hol-
heights within the past year were
tures. Terms with Warner Broth- screen version of "The Affairs of lywood, due to the lure of the
discovered in a cafe by Darryl
ers and Universal studios have Annabel" for RKO. Boris Ing- screen, than in any other city in
Zanuck. He saw more than just
rounded out Bilson'a background ster and Milton Sperling collab- the world.
a song and dance in the merry
very nicely. He, like Hoffman, orated on "I'll Give ■ Million"
madcaps and placed them under
This is the man whose Euro-
has been specializing in pictures and Norman Krasna has done
contract. Their success in motion
with a sports theme, and one can both himself and Paramount proud pean schools have turned ou t
pictures indicate that they're in
such
artists as Luise Rainer, Emil
vouchsafe him much success in with his story "You and Me"
tune with the delirium of the
the season just ahead.
which starred George Raft and Jannings, Ernst Lubitsch and
Hollywood carousel.
Elizabeth
Bergnel'. This is the
A man who consistently turns Sylvia Sidney late this seascn. man who we predict will contri b-
The curious habit which Jews
have of claiming as their "own" out box-office "supers" Is Hunt Among other bright names in the ute more to the establishment and
business are Vincent Sherman
figures who have attained Promi- Stromberg, M-G-M's amazing won-
enrichment of culture in Holly-
nence, in any field whatsoever, der boy. Among his achievements tnd Lee Katz, who did the screen- wood than has ever been contrib-
are
"The
Firefly,"
"Maytime,"
play of "Heart of the North" uted by any one person before.
can sometimes be as distressing
to Jewry itself as to those whom "Marie Antoinette," and "Night for Warners, and Paltiel Buchner,
Looking back momelarily a t
it claims. This may well be the Must Fall," the latter beyond • of the same lot, who will be in the notes we have chronicled. we
case in point, as the Ritz Brothers, doubt a milestone in screen prog- for acres of diamonds and glory are impressed not only with th
although their antics have amused revs. On his blotter for this sea- when his studio lenses such of his achievements of the men and
"My Country First," the
millions, are regarded by a large son are "Idiot's Delight," the Ideas as
women listed, but also by the im-
I number of leading Hollywoodians famous Robert Sherwood drama Haym Salomon tale, and "Rachel posing list of others who by every
starring
Norma
Shearer
and
Clark
the
Great,"
his magnificent story
BA representative of a type' of
right of talent and logical selec-
Jewish character of whom very Gable; "Northwest Passage," Ken- ' of the dramatic battlefield on tion belong in the record but are
neth Roberts' recent best-seller; which the forces of romanticism
few Jews are proud.
kept out because of lack of space.
Another instance where com- and "Sweethearts," again team- , were opposed right after the era
It is with profound apololrie s
ment of any kind would be in the in , Jeanette MacDonald and Nei.: of Victor Hugo in France.
that we omit a discussion of such
a
mo-
wax
emotional
for
i
We
Eddy,
whom
he
first
presented
son
direction of gilding the lily is that
personalities
as Walter Wenger
of Edward G. Robinson, still re- no successfully in "Naughty Mari-' ment to talk about a man who has
Producer of "Blockade" and "Al -
tarded as the finest "menace" in etta." 'done much for the advancement
There are so many Jewish di- !of the motion picture industry giers"; writer Ben Hecht, Georg e
filmland. His portrayal of the
Burns, George Cukor, Irvin g
Amazing Dr. Clitterhouae leaves rectors in cinema land, it would and is hailed by one and all as •
Cummings, Edmund Goulding, Al
no room for doubt as to his se- be quite impossible in an article )"great guy"—Harry Brand, pub-
bert
Lewin, Joe Pasternak. Wil
of this length to credit them all , licit , - director of Twentieth Cen-
curity as a star.
liam A. Seiter, J. Walter Ruben
Among the new figures in Hol- ts they deserve. Hitting the high tury-Fox. Brand is acclaimed by
and how many dozen more—as w
lywood for whom stardom lip- spots we think first of Sidney studio executives and newspaper-
slide into the new year of 569 9
nears certain is young Jules Gar- Lanfield, • brilliant young man men alike as the greatest pub-
field, whom Warner Bros. nabbed who has turned out a creditable licity man in Hollywood. He has this will be one of the errors of
after his smash performance on series of box-office hits—"One in the admiration of every person omission for which we will pleas
the New York stage in "Golden a Million," "Thin Ice," and other he has ever met and worked with, ask forgiveness!
mortiria. int t
Boy," renamed "John Garfield." Sonja Ilenie pictures. and the and perhaps the accolade of trib-

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