Evening star., 1942-12-05
Mr.. Barron Christens Film.

New York to arrange the prelim
inaries of Stand BY For Action,
which will have a world premier,
here in conjunction with six othe
cities. In Washington, the U.
Navy will cooperate for the open
ing.
Turns out that the title "Stant
BY For Action" was created By
Loew's division manager, Carte
Barron. When originally screened
for the Navy Department it wa!
called Cargo of Innocents.' TIL,
Navy didn't like the title, callet
for suggestions on a more-f fitting
description. Mr.. Barron suggested
to the studio, Stand BY For Action,
and 1t was accepted.
Another advance courier is Loui.
j. Alleman, representing Lester
Cowan in association with Columbis
Pictures, on "Commandos Strike al
Dawn" This feature returns Pau
MUM to the screen and has Lilliar
Gish doing a comeback. Locale Of
the action is Norway. Plan is tt
have the world premiere of thL
picture also in Washington.
Aherne's 10 Best.
Brian Aherne has been goine
through studio fan mail of decade
and after this research comes uI
with what he calls the 10 best pic
lures of all time. Here they area
Titles Punctured Romance,
with Marie Dressler and Charlie.
Chaplin; D. w. Grifnths The Birth
of a Nation; THE Sheik," with
Rudolph Valentino; the late Jane!
Cruces THE Covered Wagon; Johr
Gilbert in 1.-The Big Parade: "Al
Quiet on the Western Front" orig
inal version with Lew Ayres; "Cim-
arron," with Richard Dix and Iren,
Dunno; Frank Lloyd's "Mutiny or
the Bounty; "Mr. Deeds Goes tt
Town." with Jean Arthur and Gary
Cooper, and Walt Disney's "Snov
White and the Seven Dwarfs."
Here's one dissenting vote. Some.
where niche should be found fol
Gone With the Wind"
Dan Terrell Parody.
Dan Terrell is the F street poe
laureate, who supplied the parody
on "Praise the Lord" etc, which
Art Brown is promoting in the Cap
itol Theater's songologue. Entitled
Buy a Bond and Pass the Ammu
nition," its rabble rousing lines are
"We1l give the Japs slappin'
And catch old Hitler nappin'
With his panzers hanging dowr
around his knees"
Rationing of Art.
Friday was gloom day for tn,
theater publicists. Uncle Sam, il
his campaign to ration zinc, has Gu
down newspaper quotas. Hereafte
halftone art must be confined to es
sential and must news photos Mean
the praise agents will be limited
and by official United States edict
what Hollywood calls cheese cake
or leg art is out for the duration.
Out in Hollywood they have beel
expecting this for some time an,
most of the big studioes are prepare
to supply mat service. With mats
after the picture is cast, zinc can b
used over and over again. Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer was first in antici
patton, has a complete mat servic
ready on the Next F street RELEASE
Journey for Margaret" Rick L
Falce reports that Warner Bros.
similarly equipped. They have bee
feeding a mat service to small news
papers, are prepared to extend it t
metropolitan dailies to meet wa
| conditions.
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War Bond Drive.
Starting Monday morning, De
cember 7, all theaters in the Dis
trict of Columbia will join with ap
proximately $4,000 others through
out the country, to observe the frs
anniversary of Americas entranc
into the war by launching a seven
day War bond and stamp sellin
drive, to be known as "Avenge De
cember T." According to the locs
chairmen of the War Activities Com
mittee of the Motion Picture In
dustry, John ]. Payette and Carte
r. Barron, the drive will las
through December Is.
During this week, threaten patron
throughout the Nation will be aske
to help celebrate this anniversary b
purchasing more War bonds In orde
to aid the United States Treasur