Judge — December 1933 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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MOVIES (Continued from page 8) | S A really a banker in comparison, the Hollywood executive today is a movie- FRIEN DLY TOWN . y in comparison. t, certainly, Hollywood executives t —the ones now running the show—at { when you stop at the least know the difference between a } HOTEL MONTCLAI R miniature and a location scene. Of course, that’s no reason why the ; smlnutestrom Fifth Ave. Warner Brothers should receive $7,500 Genial, ouly ais sainutes trons each a week. But I do feel, that if any | quare, but the moment you group of people should be given consid- 4] cross the theesbeldjof the Montclair, eration it is the movie star, Not be- } feo the nolés aud ciowds Of th cause they are important to the state The Montclair lob! Not because they are great artists. Not t viting. The rooms are large, c! because they need the money. But be- ’ eau ly decorated. All 800 7 cause the million dollar star of today | itside exposure, bath, shower and radio. will not be able to get a nickel tomor- t Daily Rates from $2 3.50 double, row. You can’t say that of a steel ex- ‘| Suites and ntior yaar at | ecutive, or a corporation lawyer, or of an oil com, any president. * Their chins have nothing to do with NEW AND BRILLIANT their salaries. But if you took a na- CORAL ROOM tional poll, and asked the public—shall we cut their salaries? and named: Ray- | the “Readervous of Celebrities" dinner, supper. No cover charg: TTL & HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA mond Griffith, D. W. Griffith, Mary | Pickford Charles Ray, Alfred Johnson, THE ARGENTINE BAND MARIO & FLONIA eda Annette Kellerman, Alla , zimova, Edna Purviance, William S. LEXINGTON AVENUE, 49TH STREET, N. Y. C. Hart,—and these are only a few players who entertained thousands—and I have not mentioned James Cruze; Eric Stro- heim; Marshall Neilan; and a dozen di- rectors; the movie public today would 4 —T-C- m Cl vote thumbs down on all this list; partly f 5 Eo PEs . HOME GADGETS because they never saw or heard of dash of Abbott's. Blends some of them; partly because the ma- cate into Sells cority fa the‘current-vorue. NONSENSE jority are not in the current vogue. 2 Yet many of these players are not old; some are broke. They are broke, ob- i |_| fea; Sie “Somes hinge that wil make Fou 0 viously, because they were heedless. But | | carts“pest’ia seven staten : : | ey never got the salaries their pres¢ / SNAKE-HIP-FLASK they never got the 2/2 ay Almort realistic Lottie ‘label better than you're accu agents credited them with; and, if they | He boot Sia sp as | | did, they certainly put them in circula- tion. Perhaps as much can not be said for Hollywood producers. On the other hand, wherever you find a bankrupt Tretion w mrary fends | MW VOR movie company, you find an underwrit- d teotty "Nok Hocesbrcken. Asdiray—O1.30) yy} ing investment banker. Of course, [ personally don’t care whose salary is cut to what because I am a writer, and we work for fun, but—when the banker, the promoter, the producer, and the re- ceiver, are all designated under an NRA code, the actor and director and the artists should be left alone. In other words, if movie salaries are to be cut, the producer, who, for one thing, has shown a capacity for endurance, should be first. Last Month’s Rebus FOR THE MODERN HE melancholy days are o'er, , Automatic table... All The drys are on the run bees soe sad Come with And we should all be grateful, for comfortable folding | Our freedom has begun. baits bare the sopes You're asked to meet me at the bar ance of real chairs. RS se main SIMPLE | Which renders us inclined \UTIFUL A YULETIDE GIFT OF GOOD TASTE FROM OLD VIRGINIA... . Uourual cand tremendously wekome, te the of BROMMS—OLD VINGINIA Fruit Cake ’ wus; Inte renowe Fer Century, typical of “the Col South. re that you enjoy this famous Southern dell ID L.BROMM BAKING COMPANY Sold At Leading Department or Furniture Stores To take conditions as they are Hi | RICHMOND VIRGINIA LOMRAINE METAL MEG CO, "392 FOURTH AVE~ | \ith joy that’s unconfined. i 26 comicbooks.com