SCREENING SERIES TAKES FOND LOOK ATI930's ... A series of 10 memorable films of Succeeding films in the series, the the 1930s, screened on successive honor guests appearing in person with FRANKOVICH TO HEAD Monday nights for members of the them and the Academy hosts were: Academy and for cinema students and Oct. 6, " Bringing Up Baby," RKO, PROGRAM COMMITTEE faculty members of Los Angeles-area 1938, star Cary Grant and special M. J . Frankovich has accepted the colleges and universities, has just effects expert Linwood G. Dunn; host, chairmanship of the program commit ended. Michael Blankfort. Oct. 13, "A Bill of tee for the 42nd The films, eight of which are come Divorcement," RKO, 1932, director annual Academy dies, were discussed in question-and George Cukor; host, Robert E. Wise. Awards. answer sessions after each screening, Oct. 20, " His Girl Friday," Columbia, It will be the with stars and production principals 1940,producer-director Howard Hawks second yea r in that attending to answer queries about and screenplay writer Charles Lederer; post for Frankovich, their films. Title of the series was "Hol host, Delbert Mann. Oct. 27, "A Slight motion -picture pro lywood in the Thirties". Case of Murder," Warner Bros., 1938, ducer and member star Edward G. Robinson; host, Daniel Premiere film in the series was "A of the Administra · M. J. FRANKOVICH Taradash. Nov. 3, "Theodora Goes Night at the Opera," Marx Brothers tors Branch of the Academy. He will Wild," Columbia, 1938, star Irene classic comedy, with Groucho Marx as head a 16-man committee charged Dunne; host, William Frye. Nov. 10, honor guest and conductor of the dis with planning the program for the "Libeled Lady," MGM, 1936, producer cussion following the screening. Presi Oscar show. Lawrence Weingarten; host, Howard dent Gregory Peck opened the pro Members of the committee will be W. Koch. Nov. 17, " If I Had a Million," announced soon. As Academy presi gram as host for the Academy. "A Paramount, 1932; director Norman Night at the Opera" was produced in dent, Gregory Peck wi II be a n ex -offi . Taurog, writer Robert Hardy Andrews, cio member. 1935 at MGM by Irving Thalberg and and star Charlie Ruggles; host, George directed by Sam Wood. Its cast is Seaton. Nov. 24, "The Devil is a Wom headed by Groucho, Chico and Harpo an," Paramount, 1935, director Josef Continuing the precedent of last Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Sieg von Sternberg; host, Gregory Peck, and year's "Director's Choice" retrospective fried Rumann, Edward Keane, Walter Dec. 1, "I'm No Angel," Paramount, screening series, a question-and-an King, Margaret Dumont, Robert Emmet 1933, star Mae West; host, Gregory swer session follOWing each screening O'Connor and Loraine Bridges. Peck. was led by b director, actor, writer, pro ducer or other important contributor to the making of the film. Pictures currently in first-run release are being presented in another series of screenings on Sundays for Academy members only. The films are presented on alternate Sundays in two screenings, one at 3 p.m. and one at 7 p.m., with the Acad emy membership divided alphabeti cally between the two. The series began with "Midnight Cowboy" on June 15, and will con tinue through Dec. 21. Still to come in the series are M. J. Fra n kovich's "Ma rooned," starri ng Gregory Peck, Dec. 7, and a film with an appropriate title for the closing spot: "The Happy Ending," starring Jean Simmons, Gena Rowlands and Lloyd Bridges, Dec. 21. Both screening series were set up by the Academy's Forum and Screening Committee, consisting of Geoffrey Shurlock, chairman; Robert Blumofe,
~ Walter Reisch and Robert M. W. Vogel. STANDING OVATION-Audience of Academy members and students rises to applaud Groucho Admittance to the screenings series Marx after the screening of "A Night at the Opera," premiere film in the "Hollywood in the Thirties" Monday-night retrospective screening series just completed at the Academy Award for members and one guest each is by Theatre, as Marx goes to the front of the house to answer audience questions. Academy membership card.
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