The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-23
FLASHES and
CLOSE-UPS
BY LENS
To Epes W. Sargent,
Exploitation" Editor
of Variety:

Exploitation Editor
of Variety:
l do hope you won't mind my
calling you a scoundrel and a cheap
sort Of liar for the item that APP
peared on your page last week,
which stated that the leaflet put
out jointly by the Workers Film
and Photo League and the Anti
Imperialist League was just
high-pressure publicity stunt con-
cocted by your pal, Joe Lee, to line
'em up at the box office of the
Rialto Theatre at a buck ten. Or
maybe you will mind, Epes, in
which case all I can do is to advise
you to stick to your line of advis-
ing theatre owners on their lobby
decorating problems and the me-
chanics of barking; without ever
attempting to liven up your stuff
with slanderous allegations against
working class organizations.
P. S.-PIease relay this note to
that great advertising brain and
provocateur, Joe Lee. Thank you.
To Otto Soglow:
For years now we've all been
laughing at your side-splitting sa-
tirical drawings in the New Masses
and elsewhere. And l know you're
liked a hell of lot by everybody.
But l saw the animated cartoon
you made on the NR.A. for R.K.O.
and | swear | got no fun out of
seeing a job like that done by you.
On the contrary.
Do you really think that the
"New Deap is lifting the masses
out of their hell of misery and hun
ger? won't say another word
about this to anyone until we hear
from you. Or did you use double
for this awful job?
Lewis Milestone, American movie
director, best known for his "All
Quiet on the Western Front" is
touring the Soviet Union and in
recent interview stressed the fact
that Soviet films are above COM
parison with American productions
in points of "virility" and "alive-
ness" Apropos of the so-called
human angle" which the Soviet
movie is so often reproached for
he said: II quite under
stand the Soviet attitude. There's
so much in the way of EDUCATION 10
be given the public here that there
isn't time for trimmings. All our
producers are interested
in developing is the box-office re-
ceipts Milestone Is returning to
Hollywood to direct RED Square"
from Llya Ehrenbourgs unpublished
novel, life and Death of Nikolai
Kurboy." Laurence Stallings is pre-
pairing the scenario.
Pabst, director OF 'Txamssad-
schaft," is in New York :. Chaplins
next film will be released IN March
. Hollywood complains Of an un-
dersupply (sicD of second assistant
directors .. A second assistant d.
rector is guy who says Eyes" when
the supervisor says yes" 10 the
director who says yes" to the first
assistant who says yes" etc. Il
Talk about the struggle for inI1e- |
date demands :. Jean Harlow de-
rnands an immediate increase TO |
$4,000 week instead of the 81 $50 |
she now receives from MGM =
And she'll get it! . C'Browning will |
win," as Eddie Newhouse would put |
IT'D l.. Take Sylvia Sidney, for In |
stance She said $4,000 per week |
Instead of $4,000, and got it, i
("And, Of course, Browning won" as
said e. M Gregory La Cava is |
back with RKO and here's hoping he |
gets chance to look at his own fin |
shed films Mae West will curve |
her way into 100000 for her next |
appearance $50 films will be |
cached near the South Pole by Byrd |
and his expedition for use by future |
Antarctic expeditions Hope to |
live to see the day when at least |
30 per cent of the mess Of Hollywood !
products is hidden away in some such |
place where anybody but innocent |
folks will ever have q chance to see
them Movie theatre crosses fall |
per cent The Harry Alan Po- |
-amkin Film School now has 40 stu |
dents .. Irving Lerner requests moge
workers comments on his reviews
Come on, give it to him! Harpo |
Marx wants no pay from the Soviet |
Union for his appearances there
Wants to experiment to see the eff