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Mr. Bernard R. Kantor Department of Cinema University of Southern California University Park Los Angeles, California 90007 .JAMES STEWART 9 2 01 WILSHIRE: BOULEVARD BEVERLY HILLS, C AL I FORNI A December 8, 1966 Mr. Bernard R. Kantor Department of Cinema University of Southern California University Park Los Angeles, California 90007 Dear Mr. Kantor: I would like very much to attend the banquet planned by the Cinema Department on January 15, 1967 and appear on the panel for Frank Capra. I am just starting a picture but I am quite sure that our location work will be finished before January 15th. Sincerely, lm .., JAMES STEWART -=--~ - 9201 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD___. BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - . --~ Delta Kappa Alpha National Honorary Cinema Fraternity HONORARY AWARDS BANQUET honoring Lucille Ball Gregory Peck Hal Wallis January 30, 1966 TOWN and GOWN University of Southern California PROGRAM I. Opening Dr. Norman Topping, President of USC II. Representing Cinema Dr. Bernard R. Kantor, Chairman, Cinema Ill. Representing DKA Howard A. Myrick Presentation of Associate Awards to Barye Collen, Art Jacobs, Howard Jaffe, Anne Kramer, Robert Knutson, Jerry Wunderlich IV. Presentation of Film Pioneer Award to Frances Marion and Sol Lesser V. Master of Ceramonies Bob Crane VI. Tribute to honorary members of DKA VII. Presentation of Honorary Awards to: Hal Wallis Gregory Peck Lucille Ball VIII. In closing Dr. Norman Topping Banquet Committee of USC Friends and Alumni Mr. Edward Anhalt Mr. Paul Nathan Mr. and Mr. Jim Backus Mr. Tony Owen Mr. Earl Bellamy Mr. Marvin Paige Miss Shirley Booth Miss Mary Pickford Mrs. Harry Brand Miss Debbie Reynolds Mr. Robert Crane Miss Rosalind Russell Mr. George Cukor Miss Dorothy Sandlin Mrs. Richard Egan Mr. and Mrs. Norman Taurog Mr. Arthur Freed Mr. King Vidor, Chairman Mr. Gale Gordon Mr. Jack L. Warner Mrs. Beatrice Greenough Miss Ruth Waterbury Mr. Ross Hunter Mr. David W eisbart Mr. Arthur Knight Mrs. Tichi Wilkerson Miss Dorothy McGuire Mrs. Jack Wrather Miss Vera Miles Mr. Jerry Wunderlich Mr. Gary Morton Miss Jane Wyatt Mr. Stanley Musgrove DEPARTMENT OF CINEMA In 1929, the University of Southern California in cooperation with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offered a course described in the Liberal Arts Catalogue as: Introduction to Photoplay: A general introduction to a study of the motion picture art and industry; its mechanical founda­ tion and history; the silent photoplay and the photoplay with sound and voice; the scenario; the actor's art; pictorial effects; commercial requirements; principles of criticism; ethical and educational features; lectures; class discussions, assigned read­ ings and reports. The Dean and instructor was Karl T. Waugh. Special lecturers listed in the catalogue included Douglas Fairbanks, J. Stuart Blackton, Ernst Lubitsch, Irving Thalberg, Clara Beranger, William Cameron Menzies, Edwin Schallert, and William C. De Mille. In 1932 the Department was the first in the United States to offer the Bachelor of Art's degree with a major in Cinema. In 1935 the Department was the first to offer the Master of Art's degree with a major in Cinema, and was the first department to offer the Ph.D. in Communications with a major in Cinema in 1958. The Department of Cinema of the University of Southern California is the oldest and the largest in the United States. The University has received an Academy Award, has had nine films shown at Edinburgh, and has won eight Screen Producers Guild Awards and numerous other awards from festivals both here and abroad. CINEMA DEPARTMENT STAFF William Allen Russell McGregor Irwin Blacker Glenn McMurry Stuart Cooney Ken Miura Jarvis Coillard Eugene Petersen Douglas Cox Don Perrin Herbert Farmer Susan Rose James D. Finn Larry Sherman Shirley Fukuda Melvin Sloan Wolfrom Von Hanwehr Maynard Smith David W. Johnson Charles Vento Bernard Kantor-Chairman George Wehbi Arthur Knight Daniel Wiegand Herbert Kosower Frank Withopf Richard Harber-Faculty Advisor of DKA Distinguished scholarships available to students: The Acme Laboratory Scholarship The George Cukor Scholarship The Directors Guild of America Scholarship The Samuel Warner Employment Scholarship established by Jack L. Warner The William Morris Agency Scholarship Delta Kappa Alpha, National Honorary Cinema Fraternity, was founded at the University of Southern California in 1936. Its pur­ poses are to provide an opportunity for fellowship among students of Cinema; to maintain a relationship between the motion picture industry and film students; and to promote the phases of film that are symbolized by the initials K K A: Dramatic, Kinematic, Aesthetic. Officers of the National of DKA Herbert Farmer and David Johnson Officers of the Alpha Chapter, Fall semester 1965-66 President Howard A. Myrick Vice-President Lawrence Albers Secretary Marvin Jones Treasurer Eleanore Humphrey New active members of the Alpha Chapter Fall semester 1965-66 Emmett Alston Ronald Litvin John Bailey George Lucas, Jr. David Barnes George McQuilkin J ae Carmichael Vincent Madonia Gary Davis Jack Oswald Stuart Fox Phillip Peterson Donald Hollingshead James Simmons George Hubbard, Jr. William Vitarelli Mohammad Ali Issari Peggy Wallace Sam Kula James Wallington David Lawrence Frank Wrigley Douglas Letnes Gary Young Christopher Lewis ~bis ctrtifits tbat i!;uau-wsrug <lrqaug bas bttn initiattb an .alctibt )lllltmbtr of tbt .allpba <!tbapttr lllnibtrsitp of ~outbtrn <!talifornia i0tlta lltappa alpba )llational ~onorarp <!tintma JFrattrnitp CA BL E ADD RE SS CABLE ADDRESS WALLISFILM HOLLYWOOD WALLISFILM NEWY ORK HAL WALLIS PRODUCTIONS HAL B. WALLI S jOSE PH H. HAZ E N 5 4 51 MARATHON STREET 150 1 BROADWAY H OLLY WOOD 38, CALIF. NEW Y ORK 36 , N .Y. HOLLYWOOD 9-2411 BR Y ANT 9-2090 December 3, 1965 Mr. Herbert E. Farmer President, National Delta Kappa Alpha University of Southern California Los Angeles, California 90007 Dear Mr. Farmer: Thank you very much for your letter of December 1st advising of my honorary membership in Delta Kappa Alpha. I am deeply appreciative and I will plan to attend the banquet on January 30th, if I am in the city. HW:in UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Campus Memo To: Bernie Kantor DATE: J an. 13, 1966 FROM: SUBJECT: Bill Duniway It happens every year on your DKA tickets -- you list fown am Gown as being at 660 w. 36th St. That is the address of the dormitory. The Foyer of Town and Gown has the address of 655. Exposition Blvd. Delta Kappa Alpha N a tiona! Honorary Cinema Fraternity December 22, 1965 Department of Cinema UNIVERSITY OF SouTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY PARK Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90007 DKA H onoraries Dear Friends and Alumni of DKA: Charles Brackett Joe E. Brown The Twenty-eighth Anniversary of Delta Kappa Alpha is George Cukor John Cromwell upon us. In honor of this event, on January 30, 1966 at •c. B. DeMille 7:30 p.m. in Town and Gown at the USC campus, we are Blake Edwards planning a banquet worthy of this occasion. This black tie John Flory affair will bring together Alumni, Associate Members, Friends, Gene Fowler and Honorary Members from the twenty-eight years of DKA Marjorie Fowler John G. Frayne existence. Arthur Freed Karl Freund Newly elected Honorary Members who will be inducted into William Goetz DKA at that time will be Miss Lucille Ball, Mr. Gregory Peck, •Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Mr. Hal Wallis. James Wong Howe I John Huston Gene Kelly The Planning Committee will include: Mrs. Harry Brand, Stanley Kramer Mr. Robert Crane, Mr. George Cukot',,j Mrs. Beatrice Greenough, • Jesse Lasky Mr. Ross Hunter, Mr. Arthur Knight, Mr. Stanley Musgrove,~ Jack Lemmon Miss Rosalind Russell, Miss Dorothy Sandlin, Mrs. Norman Harold Lloyd •William Cameron Menzies Taurog, Mr. King Vidor~Miss Ruth Waterbury, Mr. David •Fred Metzler We is bart, Mrs. Tichi Wilkerson~Mr. Jerry Wunderlich. The Arthur Miller rest of the Planning Committee will .be announced soon. Boris V. Morkovin Charles Palmer Please save the date ... Sunday night, January 30, 1966. William Perlberg Mary Pickford a formal invitation will follow after Christmas. Miklos Rosza Rosalind Russell Thank you for your attention, and we hope to see you George Seaton Sunday, January 30. •William Seiter Mark Serrurier Mogen Skot-Hansen Cordially, Robert Snyder George Stevens Robert Surtees Gloria Swanson Norman Taurog Bernard R. Kantor •Gregg Toland Chairman, Cinema Slavko Vorkapich King Vidor •Jerry Wald BRK/sf Jack Warner Wally Westmore Billy Wilder Elmo Williams Robert Wise Roy Wolford Fred Ziooemaon Adolph Zukor •Deceaud 6/ 65 Delta Kappa Alpha N a tiona! Honorary Cinema Fraternity January 6, 1966 D epartment of Cinema U N IVERSITY OF Sou THERN C ALIFORN IA UNIVERS ITY P ARK Los A NGEL ES, C ALIFORNIA 90007 DKA H onoraries Charles Brackett J oe E. Brown G eorge Cukor J ohn Cromwell •c. B. DeMille Miss Lucille Ball, Mr. Gregory Peck, and Mr. Hal Blake Edwards Wallis will be honored January 30 at a black tie J ohn Flory Gene Fowler dinner sponsored by Delta Kappa Alpha, national M arj orie Fowler honorary cinema fraternity, and the University of J ohn G. Frayne Southern California, Department of Cinema. Arthur Freed K arl Freund William Goetz You are cordially invited to attend this event which *Sir Cedric H ardwicke J ames Wong Howe will be held in Town and Gown on the USC campus John Huston at 7:30 p.m. Gene Kelly Stanley Kramer *J esse Lasky Friends of the University who are on t he planning J ack Lemmon committee for the evening include: Mrs. Harry Brand, Harold Lloyd Mr. Robert Crane, Mr. George Cukor, Mrs. Ri chard Egan, *William Cameron Menzies *Fred Metzler Mr. Arthur Freed, Mrs. Beatrice Greenough, Mr. Ross Arthur Miller Hunter, Mr. Arthur Knight, Mr. Stanle y Musgrove, Boris V. M orkovin Miss Mary Pickford, Miss Rosalind Russell, Miss Charles Palmer William Perlberg Dorothy Sandlin, Mrs.

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