Word: newsreelers
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...inventing Mickey Mouse; and David Wark Griffith (1936) as a belated tribute for outstanding contributions "to the advancement of the motion picture." Last week the Committee decided that in 1935-36 cinema had received a contribution outstanding "for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry- Newsreel. Its creativeness is looked upon by the Academy as a 'shot in the arm' for the whole newsreel field." At the banquet, Toastmaster George Jessel handed a Special Award Oscar to Vice President Roy Edward Larsen of TIME Inc. for THE MARCH OF TIME...
Launched in February 1935 by TIME'S Circulation Manager Larsen, who had already put THE MARCH OF TIME on the radio, and Louis de Rochemont, a Wartime naval line officer, later creator of Fox Movietone's "Magic Carpet" and "Adventures of a Newsreel Cameraman," the cinema MARCH OF TIME was hailed enthusiastically by cinema critics, dubiously by the industry. Currently, its audience appeal wholly vindicated by its influence on other newsreels as well as by its popularity, the monthly two-reeler, distributed by RKO, is being shown in 7,560 U. S., 1,247 British Isle, 485 Australian...
...father of Princess Elizabeth." To a pushing cinemagnate who managed to buttonhole the Duke and make an offer as fabulous as it was vulgar, the present King quickly replied with perfect truth, "You can tell your firm that I make my own films of my daughters." Newsreel companies never know when he will call up to borrow a $45,000 sound camera, truck and delighted, grinning crew to help their King & Emperor shoot a scene...
...cabin where he had taken his elfin, impubic bride "so's I can raise her up right," gangling Groom Johns declined $500 for newsreel poses, oiled his shotgun, muttered about "furriners" coming into the mountains, exploded: "They're a-sayin' they're goin' to take Eunice away from me. They're a-sayin' the law-makin' men in Nashville is makin' a law sayin' my marriage ain't legal. They've scared Eunice to death talkin' about sendin' her to reform school. I'm that...
...firm, friendly voices in addition to rich experience in reporting, in travel, and in simplifying world events. They found Edwin C. Hill, whos sought no radio news scoops but brought to his audiences the "human side of the news." For along time his voice boomed out for Hearts's newsreel. Just as Hearst took his name from Hearst Metrotone news, Mr. Hill voluntarily left the employ of the Lord of San Simeon and his pictures of Pacific battle fleets. Edwin C. Hill is now heard weekly over the radio in "Behind the Headlines...