Evening star., 1937-05-01
Strike
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statement explaining its status until
Monday.
Its up to the individual film play
ers at this time whether they want to
pass through the picket lines. The
Executive Board Of the guild cannot
advise the1l. Likewise, 1t is up to the
individual stars and lesser players
whether, with the makeup artists on
strike, they want to make themselves
up"
II the strike goes on Paramount will
be hardest hit of all studios. The
company, fearing a Walkout, recently
rushed l3 pictures into production,
hoping to complete them before a
tie-up.
The difficulty comes at an especially
inopportune time for Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer, which will be host to film ex-
hibitors beginning Monday
Other studios have tapered of on
production, awaiting strike develop
ments
The strike Of the four unions was
called as studio executives withheld
shop as we'll as union recognition. The
other unions in the newly formed Fed
Grated Motion Picture Crafts, strike
sponsor voted to defer until later today
any decision on joining the strike.
The "Film Dailys Yearbook Of Mo-
ton Pictures for 1887 lists Mont
gorery as president Of the guild. James
Cagney as first vice president, Joan
Crawford as second vice president,
Chester Morris as third vice president
Kenneth Thomson as secretary, Boris
Karloff as assistant secretary, Noel
Madison as treasurer and Murray Kin
nell as assistant treasurer.
The directors are listed as Edward
Arnold, Robert Armstrong, Dudley
Digges Leon Enrol, c. Henry Gordon
Paul Harvey Lucille Gleason, Jean
Hersholt, Claude King, Frederic
March, French Morgan, Ralph Nor
gan, Alan Mowbray, Edward G. Robin
son, Lyle Talbot, Robert Young, Spen-
Ger Tracy, Arthur Vinton. Donald
Woods, Elizabeth Risdon, Pat OBrien,
Humphrey Bogart, Francis Lederer,
Franchot Tone and Warren William.
Advisory Board Members.
The Advisory Board is listed as
Eddie Cantor, Berton Churchhill, Clay,
Clement, Frank Conroy, Gary Cooper,
Marion Davies, James Dunn, Edward
Ellis, Florence Fair, Norman Foster,
Clark Gable, James Gleason, Otto
Kruger, Hugh Herbert, Miriam Hop
kins, Bella. Lugosi, Victor McLaglen,
Adolph Menjou, Jean Muir, Paul NUM-,
Bradley Page, Dick Powell, Jessie
Ralph. Ivan Simpson, c. Aubrey.
Smith, Charles Starrett, Genevieve
Tobin, Lee Tracy, Evelyn Venable,
Lois Wilson, Walter Abel Maude
Ebune, Gilbert Emery, Brandon
Evans Porter Hall, Peter LORE, Her
bert Marshall, Gloria Swanson and
Richard Tucker.
More than $500 members OF the
four unions were involved in last
nights strike call. They were in
sructed not to go to work today.
Lessing declared other unionists
would not go through picket lines OF
the striking unions.
He said, however, that full effect
OF the strike may not be evident
until Monday. There is little studio
activity on Saturdays.
Pat Casey, labor conciliator for the
ftlm producers, declared they would
wait to see the effects of a strike
before deciding on the union demands.
One hundred scantily-clad girls in
the Paramount Studio picture, Artists
and Models" worked most of the night
after being informed strike might
prevent renewal Of their elaborate
make-ups for further scene shooting
today.
The studio police force at Para
mount, where IA pictures are in pro-
duction, was put on 24-hour call.
F1tty-two productions, involving
millions Of dollars, are affected at va
fious studios by the strike situation.