Paramount Pep-O-Grams (1928-1929)

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PRESIDENT HOOVER For the Nation

PRESIDENT F R A W L E Y For the Club

Advancement Administration

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P E P - O - G R A M S l lie Spirit oi the organizations of Paranionnt Famous Lasky Corporation ami Pul)lix Theatres Corporation. Edited by Albert Deane Associate editors: Henry Goldberg, George Rogers Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Contributing editors: Every nieinber of the Paramount- Pep Club, whether moved or not by the spirit to write. Pep-O-Grains is /'iiblislied by and for the members of the Paramount-Pep Club on the first of every calendar month at the Paramount Building, Times Square, N'evj York City. Volume 5, Number 1 November 13, 1928

ELEVATOR ETIQUETTE nual Z'isit to the Paramount Studio in Holly- zvood. zvhere lus department is administered to point at zvhieh zee are very palpably at One such effect as to make our studio the safest close quarters personally zvith a public zvhieh and healthiest institution of its kind and size knozi’s us as members of an organisation, is in the entire motion picture industry. zvhen zue travel in the elevators of the Para- mount Building. Then, os alivays, zve are con- SOUND THINKING sciously or unconsciously on trial; and it At no lime zvithin the history of cither the means that as zve shall be judged, so shall Paramount or Publi.r organizations has the Paramount and Piiblix be judged. Il’c zvrite in Z'cry atmosphere of industrial activity been so this strain here because there is apparent a charged zvith the spirit of szvift and striking progress changes. Oz’crtaking in over- tendency zvhen asking for one’s floor to tack almost zvhelming fashion, the steady onzvard march of the cvcr-necessary “Please” onto the request, our organizations zvith silent motion pictures, ll'c note it nozv simply as a tendency; but have the mighty nezv phase of sound and dialogue every hope that before very long it shall have pictures has literally altered the entire face of become a general and pleasingly permanent things. A nezv order prevails throughout the habit. film industry: minds must be szviftly and sure-

ly adapted to it, and the organization zvith the But also do zve note that there is a- grozving minds best capable of effectively making the tendency on the part of some readers of this change in the shortest possible span of time to the elevator attendants in magazine engage are the ones zvhieh zvill emerge on top. conversation. This is not so good: in fact it Thus in almost the tzvinkling of an eye is doivnright bad, a deterrent to service, a lack Pepsters have been offered the grandest op- of courtesy not only to our ozvn organization portunity of their lives for shozving their mental mettle. Every minute—every hour— there but to the other tenants of the Paramount Build- is .nvift call being made for the fcllozv zvhose ing. It can be said here zvith a marked degree intelligence is alert, zvhose zvits arc functioning of certainty that the fault lies not zvith the in practical fashion, to accept some nezv and attendants. Their conversation is limited by finer responsibility. The posts arc many because the nezv order of things has caused many rule to the concise and courteous “Floors,

changes : hut the good posts are the ones that please!” at the start of the ascent. Any speech arc being offered first, and the ones zvho are other than this is zoning from them zvith diffi- getting them are the ones zvho arc ready for culty and consequent embarrassment. Please them. make their tasks lighter by refraining from ad- There isn’t anything zvith less of a premium nr a ta.r on it than intelligent thinking for dressing to them any other remark than the your Organization's good. And there’s no simple designation of your destination. better investment ! The good that your Or- ganization gets nut of your unselfish thinking WELFARE WORK pays diz'idends to you that are manyfold greater than any hank pays for cash deposited. Whenever the mood is on you—and it should And right thinking nozv, along the lines of be fairly often—turn to pages 30 and 31 of sound and dialogue picture advancements zvith- last month’s issue of Pep-O-Grams and absorb in the motion picture industry—and especially once more the details of the zvonderful zvelfarc insofar as they concern the good of Paramount and Publi.v, zvill pay you, in advancement and work zvhieh Dr. Emanuel Stern’s department general personal satisfaction, far and azvuy the organization. Dr. is doing for the entire Stern greatest and mo.zt lasting dividends you have has just returned from his customary semi-an- ever knozvn from any investment. Page Three of Pep-O-Grams GAY DINNER DANCE USHERS IN NEW ADMINISTRATION

Comiiiencement of New Club Year at Astor is Happy Augury

Many triumphal years of the Pa’-a- mount-Pep Club’s activities have had TIRELESS ENERGY CONTRIB- TO THE SUCCESS their commencement in the grand ball- UTED Ha-c’ing siriz'cn so strenuously in the in- room of the Hotel Astor: hut it seems terests of the sueeess of the Inaugural Din- to be pretty emphatically the new'S of ner, it is easily to be conceived zohy not the day that the greatest of all the even such a matter as a serious personal years to date is the one which started illness could keep Louis S. Diamond, chair- Entertainment Committee away in with the Inaugural Dinner of Octo- man of the from attending to the final details on ber 18th last. The event itself was October 18th. This is one of the major splendidly managed and sujjerbly reasons zvhy the function zvas so outstand- staged, its execution and its results re- ingly a success, and the Club certainly owes flecting the greatest credit upon all “Lou" a grand vote of thanks. And in passing these thanks we must not concerned. forget Sally ll’allon, secretary to Mr. Dia- A record attendance of Club members mond, zvho kept track of all that zvas being were genuinely thrilled by the presence done and sazv that the myriad details were of chief executives of the Paramount the not overlooked. organization, chief among them being Mr. Zukor and Messrs. Jesse L. Lasky, S. R. Kent and E. E. Shauer. An unexpected and ncuncement—the new governors and chair- delightful guest of honor was Paramount’s men of the various committees were an- newest international star, Maurice Chevalier, nounced and introduced. whose smile seems fair to rank as the most Later came addresses from the Company’s popular in all filmdom. chief executives, each one being prefaced Early in the evening the Club went about by a typically Botsfordian introduction. its business of transferring the custody of Mingled with these brief addresses the Club’s destiny from one administration were by such of the ex-Presidents of the Club as to another. Thus under the able, humorous were present. These included Messrs. Har- and wholly delightful chairmanship of A. M. ry Nadel, Joseph McLoughlin and Palmer Botsford, President-elect Judge Frawley re- Hall Stilson. Absentee messages were ceived from ex-President Vincent Trotta read from Eugene Zukor, who was out in the the leadership of the Club; and transfer of J. Middle West, and Melville A. Shauer, Para- the Vice Presidency was made to Edward mount’s special representative in Europe. A. Brown from Joseph Sweeney. In sim- The evening was rounded out by the ilar fashion—and amid the continued sincere plaudits which had greeted every other an- (Continued on Page Six) g We Can Always Be Greater g g You have alwa 3'S known the Paramount-Pep Club to be great and S g fine and progressively attuned to serving the interests of you, its mem- m g bers. You have always felt that it is something fine to belong to, some- S g thing splendid to talk about to your friends and yonr relatives. But nothing is g so fine that it cannot be finer—so great that it cannot | g be greater—so inspiring that it cannot become a greater inspiration. M g And so you are going to find that, superb as has been the achievement B g record of the Paramount-Pep Club in the past, the year upon which it is m g now embarked will witness its scaling to the heights of new and more M g stirring accomplishments. | g As yet you know but a small chapter of the plans of the new Admin- M g istration. Week by week and month by month, new and thrilling vistas B g of meritorious innovations will open up before you. So start Chinking 1 g about your Club in a bigger way, with a broader vision—for already it g is a Bigger Club. g —

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Ev’ry Mind a Notebook Ev’ry Eye a Pen! BEING PERSONAL NOTES GATHERED ALONG THE HIGHWAYS AND BY-WAYS OF THE PARAMOUNT BUILDING BY OUR TRAINED CORPS OF REFORMING SLEUTHS. John Gentile had three lady friends on his hands the night of the dance and we're MEL MISSED MOSTLY still trying to figure out how he managed them. Flenrj" Young says he wouldn’t swap The most missed his one girl for any three on the floor. Eva Fepster at the annual was all eyes for Maurice Chevalier and Irene Inaugural Dinner at Sweeney seemed to be more than satisfied the Hotel Astor on with her companion. October ISth zoas Polly iMahoney has regained her voice Melville A. Shauer, and the posting department is back to nor- past president of the mal. Club, and one zoho We hope the Metropolitan Life Insurance has been instrumental in a tremendous fash- Company is duly grateful to Paramount. Mel Shauer Billy Dwyer was one of our best co-work- ion in building the ers and we wish him lots of luck in his Club up to its present pinnacle of pres- new position. He was presented with a tige and prosperity. Absent in Paris, pen and pencil set from the boys and girls France, on business as special represent- of the department. ative of the Foreign Department of Par- The girls from the 12th Floor had a amount, he zvas nevertheless remembered Halloween party at Chin’s. Amy Press re- and honored in every important address ceived the wedding ring in her piece of of the evening. cake. This is the second time this has happened and we hope the third time brings hit of some years back entitled “Every lit- the desired result. tie movement has a meaning all its own.” Willie Gold is wondering if the Educa- to the surprise of many of us, a tional Committee will be kind enough to Much lady on the sixth floor, said, after find him a good professor to instruct him young accpiiring a beautiful finger flash-light, that in the art of playing the flute. not get a kick out of it. Don’t Four years ago, at a Paramount Pep she does rare specimen of hu- Club Inaugural dinner, Augusta Petersen of you think she is a the Contract Approval Department was in- manity? added activity in the General Steno- trodiiced to Charles Joseph. On Friday, The graphic Department, is due to the fact that November 2nd, “Petey” became Mrs, Joseph the Printing and Mimeographing Depart- and the newlyweds are at present spending ments have been transferred from the their honeymoon in Washington. A hig celebration was staged by Petey’s friends Warehouse to the Home Office. Eddie LTgast entertained Harold Smith, in the office and she was presented with a liuropean representative of the Hays Or- beautiful gift. ganization, last Monday evening. After the If Columbia’s football playing does not Pate de Foie Gras at the Roosevelt Grill improve, George Weltner will adopt fishing and a De Luxe performance of “Show as his only diversion. Boat,” they did not get home until an early Stenographic Department’s loss— Produc- hour. tion Department’s gain. Catherine Cunning- ham has been transferred to Mr. .Salsbury’s Department on the 11th floor. We know that the fact of her being five stories above Dedicated to MINNIE EISNER us will have no effect on Catherine, say the of the E.vchangc Scrz'ice Depart- -Stenographic Department personnel. ment, zvho is being married on Lily Amster formerlv of the Svdney, December \Sth. Australia office and lately of the General December fifteenth is the day Stenographic Department in the Home Of- When Minnie, Ha, Ha, will have to fice, was tendered a luncheon at the Hotel pay Paramount Grill, by that Department, prior For promising Irving to love and obey to her return to her home in Australia. She And agreeing to all the Good Book will visit in London for an indefinite length may say. of time before going “hack honre and We wish her happiness in every way broke.” A home that is bright, a life that is Jerry Sussmann has renounced Football gay— for good because he lost heavily on his old But we want her to know that, come Alma Mater, Dartmouth, who should be what may, given a correspondence course in the intri- Her Paramount friends are with her cacies of the game. to stay. Jerry Goldsmith has subscribed to a Submitted by course in Oriental dancing. Apropos of HELEN KANE which we are reminded of the musical song Page Five of Pep-O-Grams

PRESIDENT FRAWLEY ANNOUNCES THE LINE-UP OF COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

MrCarthy, Ur. TOP ROW, lefl to riehi: A. M. Botsford, Harry A. Nadel, Charles E. Emanuel Stern, Theodore C. Young. MIDDLE ROW: Fred Metzler, Elmer Short, Russell Charles Holman, Henry Goldherg, Lewis F. Nathan. BOTTOM ROW : George Rogers, Alnwyek, Helen W. Swayne, J. J. Wildherg, J. J. MeDermott. Their resjteetive eommittees are listed helow.

One of the fir.st vital actinn.s on the part of a new I’arainoiint-Pep Chib President on assuming- office is to name the Committee Chairmen who are to play so important a part with him in the Administration’s work of the year. In tliis matter. President Frawley has acted with his customary promptness and despatch, and has succeeded in lining-up what certainly appears as one of the greatest gangs of go-getting enthusiasts the Club has ever had. The Entertainment Committee has A. M. Botsford for Chairman, with Russell Holman as Vice-Chairman. Theodore C. Young heads the Athletic Committee, Charles E. McCarthy is Chairman of the Publicity Committee, and Fred Metzler has a corresponding position on the Thrift Committee. The Welfare Committee will of course be headed by

Dr. Emanuel Stern, the Committee on Finance will be headed by J. J. McDermott, and Elmer Short will be Chairman of the M embershii) Committee. Pep-O-Grams this year has a pair of associate editors, with Henry Goldberg and George Rogers filling the posts. Lewis F. Nathan will a,gain be Staff Photograiiher. Chairmanship of the Educational Committee falls to Helen W. Swayne, Harry A Nadel is Chairman of

the Co-operative Buying Committee, J. J. Wildberg is Chairman of the Rules Committee, and the Chairmanship of the Bulletin Committee has been allocated to Charles Alnwyek. A great bunch! And, aided by their committees, they are going to do wonderful things for the Club and for you during the current Club

Year! Be sure and giye them eyery assistance you can ! Page Six of Pep-O-Grnm.

CHRISTMAS SHIPMENTS Palmer Hal! Stilson sug-gests that Club EDITOR’S MemVters desiring to forward Christmas gifts THE PROOF READ- to relatives or friends, either in the U.S.A. or ING HAD ITS FLAWS abroad, should give the matter promi^t con- In our special souvenir issue of last sideration now. month we had three loud-speaking in- When shipments are forwarded via exi)ress or jiarcel post, it is desirable to dispatch stances of the fallability of editors. same in ample time to have delivery assured These flaws we arc most anxious to cor- not later than the beginning of the Christ- rect with the following mentions: mas Holidays. This is particularly true of packages to foreign countries which should On Page Three the names of Marion be dispatched very early. Coles and Rose Eidelsberg became trans- The early forwarding of Christmas pack- for it common ages insures better handling because the posed on the page, was Post Oriice and the Express Company are ex- knowledge to all that the election re- tremely busy during the Holiday season, hav- sulted in iMr. Coles becoming treasurer, ing a tremendous volume of traffic to handle, with Aliss Eidelsberg as secretary. and if one waits until the last moment, his or her shipment may be delayed in transit In the listing of the personnel of the and the expected thrill of the recipient will Board of Governors on this page the be materially lessened. of most re- Mr. Stilson will gladly advise any Club name Arthur Dunne was member who wishes information as to how to grettably omitted. On the fourth page go about preparing and forwarding their following, his photograph appeared in all Christmas gifts. Many elements enter into correctness but in this group of photo- the economical and safe delivery of merchan- ; dise during the Holidays. graphs that of Joseph R. W'ood was He will shortly distribute to the Club )>er- missing, despite the fact that his name sonnel a leaflet of the American Ptailway Ex- press Company which contains many sugges- was listed on Page Three. tions as to handling of Christmas shipments. To the three Pepsters concerned we most humbly apologize, and trust that GAY DINNER DANCE AT ASTOR the matter has now been set completely (Continued from page three) right, not only with them, but within the grandest programme of sparkling entertain- knowledge of all members of the Club. ment a Paramount-Pep Club function has ever known. Organized bv Louis S. Dia- PUBLIX-BOOKING DEPART- mond, staged by Jack Partington, provided MENT IS HEARD FROM by Publix, and with Ben Black as master AVhen “kittle .Joe" Weinstein saw fit to clioo.se a business career, the stage lost a of ceremonies, an aggregation of great genius! Have you ever seen him trip the acts made the swift hours fly and the hearts light fantastic? “Trip"— is the word! beat high. .Jean Friedman, sweet little ingenue of the Booking Department, must have a sentimen- It lot credit seems that a of is due a tal complex, because she certainly does enjoy bunch of Pepsters for having arranged a a good cry. Therefore, she was very happy perfectly wonderful evening. Customary the other day when she attended the wedding of friend. their a modesty on part will preclude a lot of Joel Golden, cut off clerk extraordinary, them receiving merited mention and praise. has been nicknamed “Joe Vitaphone.” What But at least it was all done in the name of a future for the talking movies! May Keenan, Mr, Notarius’ able assistant the Club, it honored the Club its genuine by has staged a comeback after a severe siege of excellence—and it was the first great con- illness. “Mazie.” as she is known to her structive step in a program which is destin- friends, finds a lot of truth in the old adage about “Absence making the heart grow fond- ed to carry the Club forward to new heights er”—or what have you! of greatness and service to the Paramount Alice Boyle has a new friend. These bud- and Publix organizations which have foster- ding young Greta Garbos! ed it. Knowledge

Strong Pulilicity Coniniittee Forinnlates There is no quicker way to kill a sale than Excellent Plans to have a customer detect a lack of knowledge President Frawley made an excellent choice on the part of a salesperson. It is an unqiies- for chairman of the new Publicity Committee. tionalile discredit upon the ability of the sales- He apiiointed Charles E. ^McCarthy, who person. If one hasn't the information on the knows enough about publicity to be publicity tip of his tongue, if he has to search his brain director for the entire Paramount organization. and squeeze out, as it were, a few “half-bak- “Mac” made an earlj" start in lining tip ed” fragments of knowledge, the sale will fall bis committee, and in announcing them be pre- flat. Gne must compel confidence through his faced bis announcement as follows: “To insure knowledge of the merchandise he is displaying. complete note of the acti\itics of the Club in —Bullock Way. the different departments of the company, T have made this committee larger than usual. I So your druggist refused to cash a personal have also aiipointed Leon Bamberger, vice- check for you? chairman.” Yes, the horrid thing. And after me buying The full committee is as follows: Charles E. all my postage stamps from him the last year. —Exch. McCarthy (chairman), Leon J. Bamberger (vice chairman), Harold Flavin, Irene Scott, Lenora Korenstein, Tom Walsh, Vincent Trot- held in the Chairman’s office last Friday after- ta, Russell Moon, Cliff Lewis, A1 Adams, Al- noon. The outcome of that meeting will be bert Deane, Ben Serkowitz, George Britt. speedily evidenced within the span of the very The first meeting of the committee was near future. :

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President Frawley’s Message

Fellow Pepsters

I am profoundly honored by the faith you have in me by causing my election to this high post in the administration of the Paramount- Pep Club; and I hereby pledge to give everything that I possibly can in furthering the interests of you members, individually and collectively.

It is a matter of conscious belief, even at this early stage in the activities of the new administration, that the Club will this year witness new and greater developments which will bring even closer to fruition the highest ideals that the Club set out to achieve almost eight years ago, and towards which it has striven progressively ever since.

Through the cordial and supremely inspiring co-operation of the foremost executives of both the Paramount and Publix organizations, we will this year present to the members of the Paramount-Pep Club an array of innovations which will gladden your hearts and make you all more certain than ever that not only is the Paramount-Pep Club living up to everything it set out to live up to, but also that it is one of the finest and most practical institutions of its kind in the world.

At the first general meeting held since the election of the new administration, and scheduled for today, you will hear Mr. Zukor in the first of a series of addresses promised you for delivery by the chief executives of our organization. You will hear, too, announcement made of a grand scheme of group insurance which will be made available to every member of the Club very shortly. You will be advised, also, that in addition to the regular Club Cabinet we shall also have the benefit of the advice and priceless wisdom of an executive cabinet com- prising the Honorary President and Vice Presidents of the Club, and also the Honorary Chairman of the Board of Governors.

And yet these are but the beginning. Later will come announcements, on the part of the Entertainment Committee, regarding the two major annual celebrations, the Ball and the Outing, both of which will be drastically revised and improved as regards nature and location.

Though it is perhaps a little premature to go into details of all of these matters here, I cannot refrain from once more stating that they will be contributing factors in what the Administration confidently believes will be the Paramount-Pep Club’s greatest year to date; and I cannot refrain from once more pledging you every ounce of energy I possess in helping the Club and its members to participate fully in the 7) T grandest year of its career to date. '--T. 9J , JO i CtuU Page Eight of Pep-O-Grums

Cold Weather and Fresh Air fice, if the windows are opened for a few minutes several times a day. And let us remember that a brisk, daily walk tones up the system so that we do not feel the cold so Printing a story sent us by the Na- much. To educate the public in the value of tional Tuberculosis Association once a fresh air and in disease prevention, the Na- year makes us bitterly regret that we are tional Tuberculosis Association and its affili- not Boy Scouts and able to do a good ated organizations are conducting the twen- turn like this every day of the year. The ty-first Christmas seal sale. aims and purposes of this Association make it one of the most meritorious in FACTS ABOUT THE FOREIGN the loorld, and we should all be proud FOLKS * * and happy in the ease zvith zvhich it per- By the IPatchman in the Terwer at the Cross- mits us to help, in a pleasing and lasting roads of the World fashion, those zohom fate has been less * * kind to than it has been to us. In fact The Tentli Floor is still the scene of a it’s not too much to ask you to double continuous ebb and flow of personalities of for this year the number of Christmas the world-wide organization of Paramount. Scat Stamps you used last year. Adolphe Osso, general manager of the French organization, and Henri Klarsfeld, his sales manager, have been visiting with us for the past few weeks, Melville A. Shauer, past president of the Club, and special representative for Home Office in Europe, went recently from Paris to attend the oi)ening of a Paramount-managed theatre, the China, in Stockholm, Sweden. Mildred Chereskin, private secretary to George Weltner, announces that December 9th will be a very important day in her life —an orange blossom day. John B. Nathan, a Club member formerly stationed at Pan- ama, is now an integral part of the business activity of Havana, Cuba. Eddie Ugast, who knows how, when, where and why all of the popular songs of the day were written, finds but few spare moments in which to free himself from the activity which seems inseparable to the north-eastern

corner of room 10(17. Anne J. LeViness recently displayed a broad-minded interna- tionalness by conducting a spring cleaning in the fall.

A COUPLE This is the season when the thermometer OF PUBLIX and the windows go down at the same time. PEPLICATIONS With the arrival of the first chill breeze As a popular dispenser of the aims and sashes are lowered and doors closed against ideals of both the Parameunt and Publix the outdoor air as against a bitter enemy. organizations we welcome with much gen- This is a system that has its drawbacks, uine gusto the periodical advent of two however. It is well enough to protect our- other bright Peplications published within selves against cold, but in shunning fresh a stone’s throw of the Parameunt Building.

j ' air too much, we are apt to run the risk of One of these is The Rivoli Spotlight, a lowering our resistance against disease. No newsy and inspiration-crammed mimeo- air is so healthful as outdoor air, and we graphed booklet published every two weeks need a quantity of it every day in order to at the celebrated theatre at Broadway and keep well. 49th. The other is Rialtopics, which made its bow in late October from the theatre Now that the winter is upon us, let us not where “Wings” is now whirring merrily, neglect to keep our bedroom windows open and which has such attractive attributes while we sleep. In an era of electric pads, in the matter cl cleverness and newsiness hot water bottles and warm, light covering, that we predict a lasting success for it. there is no reason why we cannot have a comfortable night’s rest in a cold room. Only in very severe climates is it perhaps The Date of Dates advisable not to keep the windows wide “Can you give me any well-known date open at night. in Roman history?” asked the teacher. Moreover, we can work more efficiently “I can, teacher,” said one pupil. “An- and more contentedly in home, shop or of- thony’s with Cleopatra.” P(if;e Nine of Pep-O-Grums NEW ADMINISTRATION’S PROGRESS MOVES

Executives at Club Meetings. Powerful Advisory Committee Named. Hour of Meeting Changed. Group Insurance Announcement

An irresistible impetus has been given the new Administration's activities in the preliminary announcement of President Frawley's plans. These announcements are undeniably a forecast that the Para- mount-Pep Club intends to stride forward to the greatest heights of purposeful achievement in its history. One radical change effected by the Presi- dent has been the alteration of the hour of ISSUE DATE OE PEP-O-GRAMS meeting to noon instead of five o’clock. This change is effective with today’s meet- CHANGED ing. Heretofore, Pep-O-Grams has always ap- The outstanding feature of this meet- peared—or been timed to api)car—on the of the regular monthly meeting. From ing is the fact that the Club members will day be addressed by the Club’s Honorary Presi- now on, however—and commencing with the dent and Life Member, Mr. Adolph Zukor. December issue — it will appear on the First His message to the Pepsters will be on of the month, along with tlic bills. “Organization.” He is the first of a suc- When it appeared on Meeting Da}' it was cession of speakers: next month Mr. Lasky in-eclnded from ever telling anything about will speak, then there will be addresses by the meeting. It could not carry the news Mr. Kent, Mr, E, E. Shauer, Mr. Katz, Mr. about July’s meeting in the August issue, Kohn and Mr. Ludvigh. This development because by the time it came out its readers of the Club’s activity is in line with the de- would be absorbed in what was taking place sire of the organization’s chief executives at the August meeting. the to come in more frequent contact with .So you wdll now have the pleasure of the Club’s members. For our part, we know tlirill of the Meeting, and the additional that we are signally honored, and we know thrill of reading about it when it is re- that we shall profit immeasurably from the flected in the pages of Pep-O-Grams two wisdom we shall have imparted to us. weeks later. The Club also has a priceless heritage in Contributors please note this change of the new Advisory Committee, which com- indrlication date, and so time your news prises the Honorary President and Honor- that it will still be news on the first of ary Vice Presidents (already named), and the month succeeding that month in which in addition the Honorary Chairman of the it is written. Board of Governors, Eugene J. Zukor. These executives are available at all time for consultation on major matters of pol- STARS TO ATTEND PARAMOUNT- icy in the conduct of the Club’s affairs, and PEP CLUB MEETINGS will contribute to our guidance a wealth of Plans for making the regular monthly vision and spiritual balance such as no other meetings of the Club as near perfect as is Club of a similar nature in the world pos- hnmanly possible are certainh' being car- sesses. ried to glorious heights by President Fraw- A vital announcement to be made on this ley. The Club’s chief executiye now an- occasion will outline a superb Group nounces that wheneyer a Paramount star Insurance scheme, whereby it will be happens to be in town on the day of the possible for all Club members, at the meeting, and is ayailable, he, or she, will cost of but a few cents a payday, to allay personally appear on the platform to greet a lot of fearsome worries on the point of the assembled members. Surely nothing caring for their loved ones in the event of could be finer than that! illness, accident or death. This Group In- surance will be but the first of a series of A WONDER WEALTH OE ENTER- striking and practical Club developments to be announced by President Frawley. TAINMENT EOR NINETEEN It is thus most plain to see that right TWENTY-NINE from the outset the new administration of Word comes from the Entertainment Chairman- the Paramount-Pep Club gets away to a Committee, which is under the sparkling start. ship of that unexcelled humorist, A. M. Botsford, with Russell Holman as Vice Chairman, that there are some truly splen- Growing Up did plans under way for entertaining you “What did mamma’s little boy learn at all during this coming Club year. Their al- school today?” most immediate announcing will undoubt- “I learned two kids not to call me mam- edly add a measure of zest to your Thanks- ma’s little boy.” giving. : —

Page Ten of Pep-O-Grums ANOTHER PAST PRESIDENT ’WHO Fore! NE’VER FORGOT MEL SHAUER On Thursday, October 25th, the Auditing Harry A. Nadel, past president of the Department and Publix, engaged in a thirty- Paramount-Pep Club, made the following six-hole golf match on the links of the address to the members at the Inaugural Winged Foot Golf Club at Mamaroneck, Dinner on October 18th last: all played over the N. Y. the matches were In the midst of this celebration of the dazvn yards of trapped fairways. east course, 6631 of another Pef' Year, I knozv that zve must Not a few of the players said censorable all keenly miss the preseiice of one zeho has things about the fourth hole, 563 yards, been in a large measure responsible for our par 5, It was not the 563 or the dog's leg club’s progress. 1 refer to our Past President turn in the fairway, hut the 55 yard water and good pal—Mel Sliauer. hazard at one's tee shot. As McGovern Anszvering a call to duty, Mel to-night, is was heard to say, “Gee, three halls in the over 3,000 miles from home, longing, I am sure drink and all good ones too.” (We person- to he zvith zis. Of course, he can’t be here, and ally think the}' were re-paints.) Maybe he I therefore propose that zve shozv that our was thinking of his five dollar wager with thoughts are zvith him by sending hint a zvord another “Mac." One twosome was over- of greeting from this very room. Atiticipating heard conspiring to throw their halls across, your unanimous approval, I have prepared this hut the caddy shamed them into driving cablegram and shall read it to you. them over, by suggesting that they let him THE CABLE. “Assembled at the Hotel do it. To use his own words, “Let me ’ave Astor almost a thousand strong, we keenly a bloomin’ club sir, and I’ll knock one wide miss your inspiring presence and want you and ‘andsome, sir.” to know it. Your brother Pepsters look Thirty-six holes were played under ideal forward to an early visit from you. In the conditions, lunch was served at the club meantime, good luck and happiness to you, house, lockers and showers were put at the Mrs. Shauer and Kenneth. Regards to Dick disposal of the players, and everything was Blumenthal.” (sgd.) Trotta done to make it an enjoyable day. All de- IS tails were arranged by Mr. C. Bentc, chair- THIS NEWS TO YOU? man of the golf committee. A secret bared. Willie Basch, projection- By request of the participants in the ist de lu.xe, has been married since July and has kept it match we take this opportunity of thanking a secret until now. 'Willie “killed birds” with iMr. T. C. Yoimg for having the use of two one stone by going on a vacation and W inged Foot Club put at their disposal. a honeymoon at the same time. Below is each contestant’s score for his Believe it or not, but the Inaugural Din- best eighteen holes. ner was the first Pep Club affair ever grac- J. McGovern— 1(16, A. S. Wehh— 109, L. ed by Peggy DeGrau’s presence. She won’t McKechenneov— 110, T. Dehore— 110, C. A. miss another. Rente— 112, F. M. Mohrhardt— 1 18, E. L. Gertrude Jaffe and Jeanette Mendelson Beyea— 123, C. Johnson— 123, T. Johnes have taken an apartment together on West 125, M. Richardson— 125. Seventy-second Street. hesitate to print their worst scores We We wonder if Eddie O’Conner will ever after looking over their best. find the check he’s been looking for so long. Did anyone ever notice the resemblance A MODEL SPEECH between Iris Keenan and Greta Garbo? We give you herewith the text of the ad- SURPRISE PARTY! dress with which Past-President Palmer Surprised? Anyway Mrs. William Ball, Hall Stilson opened the Paramount-Pep nee Ruth Schwartz, persistently claims she Club Inaugural Dinner at the Hotel Astor was when she walked into Sardis, on a re- on October 18 th: — cent Thursday afternoon to a formal adieu il/r. Ztikor, Honored Guests and Fellozv in the form of a luncheon given in her Members honor by a number of her Paramount The Clan of Good Fellows once again is friends and arranged by Tess Klausner. gathered for the ])uriK)Se of installing our new- This being an occasion when speeches 1}' elected officers, whom we confidently believe would naturally be in order, Ruth attempt- will carry traditions, on our stimulate and in- ed it several times hut due to the fact that vigorate the life blood of the Home Office she had not been forewarned and also due C)rganization, so absolutely essential to the en- to the fact that a certain male member of durance of Paramount. the ensemble had a number of extemporan- President Trotta has asked me to welcome eous speeches essential to his happiness you. We e.xtend most cordial greetings to you that he got off his chest, Ruth was merci- all, and on this occasion, the outstanding event fully saved. of our Club Year, bid you make merry and be During the course of the luncheon an happy. over-night bag was presented to the guest To our absent brothers, scattered at the of honor which she carried in our high four corners of the earth, The Paramount-Pep esteem and sincerest wishes. Club broadcasts its blessing and benediction And so we said good-bye to a very, very of health, happiness and prosperity. popular Paramounteer.—J. N. ! —

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A GIRL IS BORN EUROPEWARDS From October 25th onward, Mr. A. J. Michel, accom- sail- Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Cush- ^allp panied by Mrs. Michel, ing have been receiving con- ed for Europe on the Beren- gratulations on their elevation J^obak garia on October 31st. He to the ranks of Parenthood. A expects to visit France, Eng- little girl brought them the land, Germany and Holland, November 2, 1928 honor. Mr. Cushing is a mem- particularly in connection ber of Mr Kent’s staff in the with business matters in Home Office. France and England. The Sunshine Her SOLITAIRE of COAST-TO-COAST Smile Will Live Whil- Helen Fine is the proud pos- George S. Reinhardt who ever Memory Does. sessor of a beautiful solitaire resumed his connection with ring presented to her on Octo- the Audit Department last ber 27th by William Weiss. summer, after an absence of The entire Paramount-Pep Club EDERLE-ISH more than two years spent extends congratulations to on the West Coast, was re- I “Swim, Girl, Swim” seems 1 Helen and William. cently joined in New York to be the “main issue” to Peg by his wife and family who O’Connor these days. From made the trip East by auto- SLENDERIZING the way she has been vig- mobile, Mr. Reinhardt in a that orously practising at the Hast heard Sadye Gart- spirit of adventure chose the Park Central Pool, it has ner Innerfield of Film Rental transcontinental bus as his been whispered about, that fame has gone gymnastic? Yes, means of transportation and she is to be the first girl to it’s true. In an effort to attain most highly recommends this swim the Antarctic Ocean. sylph-like proportions, the daz- mode to those inflicted with zling charmer has gone in heav- FOGGY insomnia, provided they are ily for physical culture. Poor amply protected by accident the tales about the Sadye Must and life insurance. ferry boat on which one trav- morning necessari- C’EST L’AMOUR? els every ‘PLASTERED!’ ly be “ferry tales”? As Myr- It might not be considered as tle Ainscough has been de- J. E. McDermott of the clever journalism to say any- fending the question ever Audit Department has re- thing about a co-reporter, but since her first day at Para- turned to his desk after a we are desperate for News, so in Paris, or j mount, we’re sure she knows summer spent here goes. Inniss Dionysius At- all the pro’s and con’s on the rather plaster of paris, fol- well almost collided with a taxi j subject. lowing an injury to his ankle ' this noon. We can only draw sustained while playing ten- one conclusion when a man like nis. We are pleased to re- Inniss, usually so cautious and OVERHEARD port that at the present writ- reserved, gets reckless. It That Scott Lett and the to dis- I ing he has been able 1 must be love ! Law have run amuck! Which card his cane and resume his proves conclusively that even eighteen holes of golf. (But CASH COMBAT a person as socially promi- don’t let his Doctor see this.) nent as Scott cannot defy the There has been an abrupt ces- I Law, ‘ sation of combat in the strenu- DING-DONG That the Ninth Floor wish- ' ous Cash Receipts Civil War. Friday is the day on which es Miss Opdyke a speedy re- their We expect, however, that it most States “bump off” covery. We know she’ll be It may I will break out shortly—just as undesirable guests. back with us soon. but the I soon as the opposing factions be only coincidence, select their captain. That Ruth Jacobs has future Mrs. Monty Gow- clinched the marathon dance thorpe chose Friday, Novem- derb^d No one woidd doubt the day for the de- PUBLIX STATISTIX ber 2 as it after seeing her monopoly mise of Monty’s long years Congratulations have been of the sterner sex on October of bachelor freedom. From extended to Mr. Plunkett, re- 18th. then on he must account for cently appointed head to the twenty-four hours a day in- Publix Statistical depart- — Elmer “Do you talk in stead of the customary seven. ment. your sleep?” The entire Audit Department, It is noted in this depart- Roy—“No; wife says with whom Mr. Gowthorpe ment that Rose Kirsch has my I’m perfectly exasperating was formerly associated, ex- lost her pal, Frances Sadlier. I only smile!” tend their heartiest good who has been transferred to to Mr. and Mrs. Gow- the ninth floor front. —The Pathfinder. wishes thorpe the more experi- Besse Decker has been in and high spirits of late. And m A woman may be taken enced married members are wonder (writes our corres- for granted, but she never glad to place at his disposal pondent), with a coat like goes without saying. a complete stock of alibis to Bess has. —Wall Street Journal. cover every need. Page Twelve of Pep-O-Gramx

language we reach millions of motion pic- THE MISSION OF PARAMOUNT ture lovers with the latest news and pic- FOREIGN PUBLICITA torial material about Paramount product. Through scores of correspondents station- By O. R. GEYER ed in New York and Hollywood as the rep- Manager Foreign Publicity and resentatives of the leading European and South American newspapers and magazines Advertising we reach out into publications issued in every important tongue S])oken. The interest in American motion pictures is so great that almost every while publication in The policy of keeping Paramount-Pep worth Europe maintains a re])resentative in New Club meinbers informed of the various York and Hollywood whose chief business phases and the far-flung ramifications of is to supply the very latest information as our organization’s activities, zcill be con- to what I’aramount and the other leading producers are doing. tinued in Pep-O-Grams. The motive is The work of the. department is cari'ied on an excellent one. and the material is not in complete cooperation with the local pub- only informative hut also highly inter- licity departments maintained in the larger esting. !I'e present as our first offering offices, such as London, Paris, Berlin, Rome. Stockholm, Kaicelona, Rio de .laneiro, Buenos in the nezo z'olume of your house organ Aires, S.vdney and Kobe. This coopei'ative an insight into one of the major rea- effort brings about the distribution of Para- sons zi’hy Paramount Pictures, the Para- mount iiublicity to thousands of publications, as evei’y Pai'amount exchange is full.v sup- mount Stars, and ahoz'e all else, the plied with ample publicity and advertising Paramount Trade Mark are knozvn in material for use in its own individual ex- every corner of the civilized zvorld — ploitation campaigns. zeritten by one zvho has pioneered long Publicity material, rightly prepared and carr.ving a message of wide popular appeal, and mightily in the implanting of this has generally become recognized by news- international Paramount fame. paper and magazine editors as being an important adjunct of their work. Foreign publications have watched with great interest Selling Paramount publicity and good the great amount of space devoted to mo- will abroad has been the pleasing task of tion yiicture news in publications in this country and on duplicating this effort have this department since its inception ten found a tremendous popular interest on the years ago. We have had an inspiring part of their readers. The demand for the message to carry and one in which the latest news and Information about personalities appearing uiion the screen or who are world is keenly interested. The campaign instrumental in the production of pictures has had its difficulties and problems and is so .great that the great world news or- haste has been made slowly in view of the ganizations now are devoting considerable time and effort to the distribution of newsy conflicting national characteristics and busi- items about motion inctures. In this coun- ness methods in vogue throughout the try we have as examiiles the Associated Press world. and Ttnited Press which supply motion picture material to their many foreign clients, Without excejition tlie T’aianiount trade especially in South America. The cal.iles are niark is undouljtedly tlie l)est known trade now used liliej-ally to speed this material to insignia used in international commerce, due its destination and the premiere of a sensa- cliiefly to the foresight and constructive tional I’ai'anumnt success, such as “Wings” atnlity of Hr. E. E. Sliauer, tlie general man- "The Patriot” is heralded throughout ager of the and Foreign Department since its the entire world within twenty-four hours. inception, in huilding up a world-wide organization of true ambassador for Paramount Thousands of ijhotograiihs, cuts and mats I’ictures. This far-llung organization has are required each month to satisfy the ever- grown until it emlnaces 12.5 branch ollices growing demand for Paramount publicity. operating in seventy countries. Appi'oxiniate- In addition we issue from this office Men- l.v 3,000 men and women are engaged in the sajero T’aramount and Mensageiro Para- operation of these bi-anch-ottices which, from mount, Spanish and Portuguese publications, their very inception, have labored mightily to respectively, which are circulated among ex- build a solid foundation of good will for hiliitors and newspaper editors in all coun- l-’aramou nt. tries in which these two languages are used. The ambassadorshi|) of these splendid rep- This I'esults in the piublication of hundreds resentatives of Paramount has served a of columns of additional Pai’amount publicity mighty important purpose in the siiread of as editors are advised to make free use of I’aramount publicity and exploitation its contents. Then, we have Paramount throughout the world. Today we have hun- Around the World, which is the alert and dreds of newspapers and magazines using tremendously vital publication which keeps Paramount news regularl.v as a prized fea- every one oif our 3,000 Forei.gn Legionnaires ture of their news pages and still the clamor liosted on Paramount’s activities here and is for more and more news about I’aramount, abroad. its product and its activities in the world of So vital is the interest in news about art. This publicity is published in approxi- I’aramount that one correspondent in New mately 37 languages and has grown to such York employs the services of an amateur an extent that communities far from the ladio operator whose short wave station is beaten paths of commerce are familiar with in constant communication with Brazilian Paramount Pictures and the players appear- stations. Many messages relating to Para- ing in them. mount are dispatched to Rio de .Janeiro via We maintain in the home office in New this medium. York a staff of Spanish. T’ortuguese, Dutch All this is necessary liecause Paramount and German translators who prepai'e public- has become world news. Every activity of ity material for the great number of pub- the company is constantly being reported to lications appearing in countries where the farthest corners of the globe, inasmuch these languages are spoken. This is in addi- as the thousands of theatres screening Para- tion to a very extensive English publicity mount Pictures have served to make the seivice which reaches all countries whei-e name Paramount a household word wherever English is either the common language or civilized tongues are spoken. Every Para- else is the general tongue of commerce. mount Pepster certainly can feel mighty Spanish, for instance, is the language of proud of the fact that he or she has helped twenty-one countries scattered about the in the building of this great world-wide or- globe and through the medium of this ganization. Created for the members of the Paramount-Pep Club, In- eorporated. Published for them monthly: this issue be- inj> Number Two of Volume Five, and its date of publication, December One, Nine- teen Hundred and Twenty- Page Two of Pe[)-0-Gr(nns

P E P - O - G R A M S

J he Spirit of the organizations of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and Piihlix Theatres Corporation. Edited by Albert Deane Associate editors: Henry Goldberg, George Rogers Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Contributing editors: Every member of the Paramount- Pep Club, whether moved or not 1)y the spirit to write. Pep-0-Granis is published by and for the members of the Paramount-Pep Club on the first of every calendar month at the Paramount Building, Times Square, Nezo York City.

Volume 5, Number 2 December 1, 1928

The Red Cross Sii])lime Tribute

The superb reaction of the members of “The House That Shadows Built” is a tlie Paramount-Pep Club to the Red Cross biography Ijy W'ill Irwin. It is also the Appeal is nothing Init a reflection of the life story of our beloved Honorary Presi- spirit which continuously animates this dent, Adolph Zukor, and it parallels this story Club. The team of wonder-workers, cap- with the rise of the motion picture industry, tained by a Pepster skilled in the faculty showing not only the greatness of Mr. of gathering cash in the l)est of causes, Zukor as a man and as a leader, but also thus Irrought a twofold result: it poured a the immortal truth that it was he who led golden stream into the worthy coffers of the industry up from its lowly beginning the Red Cross, and it brought us once to its present height of world importance. more face to face with the genuine qualit}- The book is a supremely inspiring piece of of sentiment which actuates, at the outset, reading, and it is tinged throughout with our every belief and every action. items of news and interest which are per- *** sonal matters of fact with all of us. No Pepster should allow this book to pass un- Christmas Seals read, if for no other fact than that it takes its name from the very edifice in which we Put them on every letter and every all work and carve out our destinies—The package you send out during December. Paramount Building—“The House That Just try and imagine that every seal you use Shadows Built.” means one hundred breaths of God’s pure air to some stricken human. Try and *** look at the situation from the other side of the fence. Christmas Seals are more Cooperative Buying than colored strips of adhesive paper; they are passports to the peace of better health, We have devoted some space in this is- and they are the cheapest and finest pass- sue to urging you to make full use of your ports it is within your power to buy. Use Cooperative Buying Committee. This them liberally, and affix every one with a I)unch of ever-willing workers are devoting happy thought in your mind! a tremendous amount of their own time *** and energy towards effecting savings and short cuts for your purses and pockets. Entertainment They are worthy of your attentions as well as your praise, for whether you make use Great plans are in the offing! You are of their offers or not they have still to put going to be entertained this year as never in just about the same amount of work. before. Stirring projects for the winter, You slioidd not really require any urging snappy project for the spring, and peppy to avail yourself of their services, for some projects for the summer! Something new of the reductions which they are able to every month, and the events of the year effect make the power of Aladdin's lamp will be done in fashions far more differently fade away by comparison. than has been the case in previous years. *** Your share in these plans is simply that you provide yourself consistently with the frame of mind which will permit you to News Items most adequately enjoy the actual events when they come along. Meanwhile, just con- The standard of news items contributed jure to your mind the men who are heading to this issue is the highest it has been in your entertainment committee and gain years. Pithy facts, apparently free from from that review some idea of the quality malice or sting, concisely stated. Here’s and merit of the entertainment they will be hoping—and believing—the good work will providing for you. continue. Page Three of Pep-O-Grams

PARAMOUNT - PEP CLUB MEMBERS-

he delegates to the recent Fall Con- T vention of the Department of Distribu- tion, both Domestic and Foreign, desire to most heartily thank all members of the Paramount-Pep Club who, by their many kindnesses, courtesies and considerations, helped make their stay in New York City a super-pleasant one.

For many of the delegates it was their first Convention in New York City, as well as being their first glimpse of the Paramount

Building, and it was their expressed desire before leaving the metropolis that their thanks be conveyed to all of you who acted as guides, counselors and dispensers of general information.

Also—they individually desired that in the event of any of you visiting the cities in which

these men are located ( and that means every city where there is a Paramount Exchange), you are emphatically requested to call upon them in order that the hospitality might at least be reciprocated.

Is this understood? Good! That’s great! Page Four of Pep-O-Grams

Ev’ry Mind a Notebook Ev’ry Eye a Pen! BEING PERSONAL NOTES GATHERED ALONG THE HIGHWAYS AND BY-WAYS OF THE PARAMOUNT BUILDING BY OUR TRAINED CORPS OF PERFORMING SLEUTHS.

Eva Rigney seems to be all aflutter over a coming introduction to Bert Lytell. Henry Jung (no relation to iMah Jung) is QUIBBLINGS FROM THE getting along famously in his new position EIGHTH in the Contract Approval Department. by Snoop Irene Sweene}' and Pauline Hicks are the original "Gimme” girls.” Their day There’s nothing zvrong zvith William wouldn't he complete if Arthur Weissman Stranders’ health—he eats at Fisher’s and Johnny Gentile didn’t furnish them every day—bran, zvhole zvheat bread, with candy. and so on. He claims the Indians zvere right about raw food. Hozvever, we Will you 1)6 there? Ask Amy Press don’t see him running around in moc- what it’s all about. Full particulars in next casins. issue of Pep-O-Grams. The Deep Sea Trio the Poster Art Bill Eastlack has been transferred to the of Long Island Studio. Department has changed its name to the Snifflers temporarily. But it’s only be- The Contract department e.xtends a glad cause of the continual changes in the welcome to Adelaide Donohue, who has temperature these days. However, we’d just recovered from a three weeks’ illness. time in on them any day, code or doe Laura Sheller has left the company to code. take care of her mother, who is very ill. Jf'e strongly suspect that Miss Her- We always thought that folks built only bert’s Great Secret is the study of Voice dream castles in the air but we’ve found Culture. For she’s a jolly good fellozv! out that we’re wrong as usual, for along Bill Flanncmann has bought a ship comes Rose White and starts building that is a ship. He’s going to sail around “Green Mansions” in the air. We’ve heard the zvorld on his summer vacation, but of course it may not be true, that it — Harold Lloyd zvill have nothing on him. has some connection with a vacation spent The Jersey City papers last zvcek ran at a resort by that name. front page nezos of the opening of the Match this if you can. Trevor Faulkner iiezv home of the Walter ITannemann’s. gets himself knocked down by a taxi, allows Lots of luck! taxi to go over his arm and leg and then Mr. Flaley has an excellent collection gets up and proceeds on his merry way. stamps, stories, and up-to-date What a man! of very information in general. Larry Flynn’s new title is “Night Watch- man.” Catherine Hagen gave up Jess, so that lected a large sum. Everyone was glad to makes all Night Open. give to this worthy cause especially when Helen Kane is thinking of moving to the collector was as sweet and winsome as Cincinnati. Marie. Harry Nadel is waiting for the next the- Vincent Dougherty had an invitation to atre to open after finishing with Brooklyn go to Albany by ’plane, but being a heavy Paramount. Bessie Goldsmith is still cut- football fan, just couldn’t pass up the game. ting up. However, he e.xpects to fly in the near Sally McLoughlin is wondering what she future, which goes to prove you can’t keep will buy him for Christmas. a good man down. Alice Blunt is going to buy a book from Paul Broderick has been transferred Doubleday and Doran. from the 11th to the 12th floor, and Estelle Fried of the Foreign Department we will miss him very much. We always came in the other day wearing a very beau- like to see our friends “climb higher,” so tiful engagement ring. It sure is a knock- extend our best wishes to you Paul. out. George Weltner is still trying to solve What is the difference between Capital and the mystery as to who sent him a picture Labor? of Clara Bow. We hope he will be able If you borrow'ed $10, that wmuld be Capital; to find the culprit. if I tried to get it back, that would be Labor. Marjorie Banzer travels in DeLuxe style — IVelfare coming to and from work in her car. Mar- gie sure is lucky, with no worry about the Mary; “Bob and Jane are not on speak- 7-cent fare and no crowding with the an- ing terms.” gry mob. Jack: “I thought they were engaged.” Marie O’Hagan solicited members on the Alary: “So they are. They just sit and 11th floor for the Red Cross Drive and col- hold each other’s hands.” Page Five of Pep-O-Grams RECORD GATHERING FOR FIRST GENERAL MEETING UNDER NEW ADMINISTRATION Expressively symbolical of the success which must attend the course of the new administration of the Paramount-Pep Club was the enthusiasm and record attendance of the general meeting held under the chairmanship of President Frawley on Tuesday, November 13th. Although coinciding with the second day of the Fall Convention of the Department of Distribution of Paramount, this fact did not hin- der the great gathering so far as numerical strength was concerned. The main business of the gathering was a review of the Inaugural Dinner guest of honor, and which paid tribute to held at the Hotel Astor a month previ- his leadership of the organization which ously, and it was the unanimous decision last month gave to Brooklyn the mag- that this function had been a success in nificent new Brooklyn Paramount Thea- every respect. tre. Furthermore, absence on the West W ith this business disposed of, Presi- Coast of the continent will preclude Mr. dent Frawley announced with consider- Zukor from being the speaker at the able regret that Mr. Adolph Zukor monthly meeting of a week hence : but would not Ije able to make his promised the Honorary President of the Cluli has address. The meeting, both as to time promised to address the Club memliers and date, coincided with an auspicious at the first montlily meeting held after luncheon at which Mr. Zukor was the his return to New York.

California Industrial Accident Commission Praises Work of Doctor Emanuel Stern

istered in the entire organization, the records showed. The figures for 1928 will be Dr Siern’s tiide- somewhat higher. Dr. Stern said. fatigoblc Welfare After an inspection of the studio hospital, work is one of the presided over by Dr. H. J. Strathearn, the factors -which must be comissioners made a careful tour of the considered in the ever- plant, evincing particular interest in the acccUcrating progress numerous safety devices in operation in the of the Paramount or- many departments. ganization. It is our At the close of the tour, both commis- happy function to record, in the story sioners spoke highly of the work being ac- which follozvs, the fact of his -work be- complished by the medical department and ing so highly lauded by national or- safety committee in reducing accidents and ganizations beyond the scope of our o-wn promoting welfare. organization. “A splendid example of care and consideration for employees is being set by this company,” Osgood declared. “Such Lauding the work done in preventing ac- an elaborate and well regulated welfare cidents and in promoting welfare of com- and safety organization as you have here pany employees, representatives of the must start with the management and per- California Industrial Accident Commission meate on down through every part of the have placed the stamp of their approval on company. I want to sincerely congratulate the efforts of the Paramount Famous Lasky Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. It is medical department and safety committee. easily apparent to me that they have the This endorsement followed a meeting at interests of all the workers in their organi- Paramount’s Hollywood studios with Dr. zation at heart. Emanuel Stern, medical director of the film “The troubles of the state commission colony, and members of the safety commit- are being greatly diminished by such ef- tee. T. W. Osgood, assistant superinten- ficient work as is being done here,” he dent, and Elliott M. Holbrook, assistant stated. “The education program being car- secretary and referee, represented the state ried out by the safety committee is one of commission. the important factors toward the reduction Fourteen thousand treatments were ad- of accidents. ministered to employees free of charge at “The equipment at the Paramount studios the Hollywood studio hospital during 1927, is excellent and the safety and welfare pro- members of the commission were tcld. gram is being conducted in a way to reflect There were '32,000 such treatments admin- the greatest credit to the organization.” Page Six of Pep-O-Grams

EDWARD A. BROWN. CAI^TAINING GALLANT BUNGH OF RED CROSS WORKERS. SHATTERS RECORD

This year’s distribution of Red Cross buttons in the Paramount section of the Paramount Building eclipses all records. There is a mighty happy reason for this superb response to one of the greatest causes making call on the heart of humanity these days. The Red Cross is definitely one of the great sources of succor in the cosmos of life today. When a fire breaks out we summon the fire brigade, when the law is crashed before our eyes we summon a policeman and when disaster sweeps over us, we turn instantly to the Red Cross. This year the Paramount section of the drive for funds was placed in the capable Officially the drive for Red Cross hands of Eddie Brown, vice president of funds ended on November 29th, Un- the Paraniount-Pep Club, and cashier of officially it never ends, any more than Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. disaster or tribulation ever ends. Eddie is not only a collector and a guardian There are buttons always available, of funds—he’s also a salesman: and it was and the roll call is ever open for this determination to put the Red t ross membership. If you have a small Drive over greater than it had ever gone- stack of odd pennies, nickels, dimes over before which led to his surrounding or quarters, and cannot think just himself with just about the grandest, gayest where to apportion — call the Red and peppiest bunch of saleswomen possible Cross girl on your floor and hand of being mustered in this giant building. them over to her for the Red Cross. To the sixth floor he assigned Edith Moses; Helen Rosenfeld had the seventh, it is to be said to the everlasting credit of Sally Walton the eighth, Ida Wolf the ninth our vast army of Pepsters that the e.x- and Ann LeViness the tenth. Marie O’Ha- cuses and alibis for non-contributing were gen and Evelyn Winters covered the ex- most commendably few. With the result pansive eleventh, Marie Dunn and Helen that it is possible for us to announce (even Swayne were jointly assigned to the without the publication of actual figures), twelfth, and Eve Bjornsen, the thirteenth. that the figure of last year has been sur- Captain Brown switched to the sterner sex passed by more than forty percent. This is for the storehouse, assigning Dan Hynes truly a wonderful achievement and we to the job. think that this crew of girls, under the cap- And how these girls worked! They had taincy of Ed. Brown, is deserving of the the most powerful cause in their favor, and highest measure of praise from the Club.

THE PEPPY COLLECTORS. Back row: Catherine Kent, Edith Mo.res, Ann LeViness, Evelyn Winters. Front row: Marie Dunn. Marie O’Hagen, Eve Bjornsen, Helen Rosenfeld. Unavailable at the time the photograph was taken were Sally Walton, Ida Wolf and Helen Swayne. !

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Your President’s Message

Well into the second month of the current a(hninistrati(.)n’s activity we hnd a most hopeful and inspiring' reaction to the newer' policies and the ultimate obiective which the Clul) has in view. Interest in all phases of activity, both actual and projected, grows apace every day. interest in news contrilnitions for this little magazine is reported by the editor to l)e at a new high peak, a fact which has lieen made ])ossihle by the jr)int actions of the contributors in general and the new associate editors.

Great progress is being made in the new and superl) insurance plan hinted at in the last issue (d' Pep-(i)-Grams. Double-barrelled care is lieing' taken to see that this is the finest scheme of its kind within the film industry, and thus there must elapse a little more time before the scheme is ready for announcing to you.

It is likewise the pleasure of the Chairman and A'ice-Chairman of the Entertainment Committee to announce that in next issue they will release details of what they believe' you will regard as the most ambitious program of entertainment in all the history of the Paramount-Pep Club. We as a Club occupy a unique position in the him world. \Ve are set

right in the heart of gigantic develojmients : liefore our very eyes the entire him industry is undergoing the greatest progress revolution within its history. It is a time in which new caree-i's are being started tremendously on their ways, when opportunity is knocking so frequently that its knuckles are blistered. It is every Pepster’s duty to himself, and herself, to keep mentally and actively abreast of these develo])ments—or else have no comeback when the parade has passed. Such observations and sentiments are sincerely commended to A'our attention. Each and every one of them vitally concerns the Club and its members, collectively and individually.

G. B. J. FRAWLEY, President. Paramount-Pep Club.

WITH THE PUBLIX ACCOUNTS Jeanne Briggs has finally rented her room. STAFF Even so engrossing a topic as an unrented “The Wedding March” on November 2Sth room sometimes loses its appeal as a con- claimed to its ranks Joseph Hahn, the Beau versational topic. the Film Rental Unit. Now Brummel of Someone, probably jesting, told Betty we understand tlie reason why Joe rushed Whalen of the Cash Receipts Department for the subway after his day’s work. Here’s that she had a voice like Helen Kane. to your happiness and digestion, Joe. Now Betty has actually begun to believe Bernarr McFadden Webber decided to it, and is doing her best to make her fellow exercise his manly form by rowing a skiff on the cold waters of the Hudson last Sat- workers believe it. Of course, opinions urday afternoon. A bathing suit was his differ— only protection against the cold winds. Up- Mamie Baker has gone in heavily for on hearing of this feat, one of the “Four Shakespeare! So be not alarmed should IMarx Brothers” asked him what he would you see the famous signature lady wander- do should the skiff capsize. Bernarr re- ing around talking to herself. She is prob- plied, “Fd put on mj' overcoat and run for ahlj" memorizing Hamlet’s “Soliloquy.” the boat house.” FAMOUS LANDMARKS:— C. P. Don- Nick Herrnkind is back with us after a nolley’s hair; Saveli’s per- had attack of Influenza. The blonde ,\donis flaming Leon won his battle and we are genuinely glad petual “cigar,” Mary Turner’s tinkling I across the laugh; Walter Seymour’s gift of argument; 1 to see his beaming contenance

: aisle. Schencker’s “way with the women,” Bert Every one in her vicinity, particularly Adler’s subdued ties; Jack Pindat’s fishing Henry Freucht, must indeed be glad that yarns. (Maybe you can supply some more.) ! . . —— .

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BROADCASTING FROTVI STATION I p.U-B-L-T-X ON A WAVE LENGTH- “SOLILOQUY” ENTIRE ELEVENTH FLOOR PUBLIX Soinctiincs zvheii things go turong ACCOUNTINGS “Life,” zee say, “is a discordant song” “Romance of a Moustache” IVe blame life, yet zve are to blame Maxine Kessler Announcing. Onr reasoning’s wrong, it is not sane. Perhaps zve are like the moth Once upon a time (about a week ago), Blind to the glorious part Albert Webb arrived at the office looking of life Ignorant its existence somewhat and peculiarly different. Upon of Yet we keep going on. closer observation, we noted it was vague Life’s discord and harmony cm but indisputable signs of a moustache. hand in hand Mac Corkerey then told A1 that he look- Don’t blame the discord all on the band ed like Adolphe Menjou and might be able For you yourself zvrote the music to double for him. Whether it’s sour or sweet Next morning, A1 arrived sans mous- Life is zvhat you make it.

tache ! Rich.xrd G. Engel MORAL;—L^ncas}^ lies the lip that sports Real Estate Dept. foliage “Cherchez La Femme" — (Find the Woman) — That’s easy, if you look in the Don’t Use Big Words \icinity of the Accrual Dept. Henrietta In promulgating esoteric cogitations or ar- Betchuk is now the one and only in that Department, since Syd Hacker has been ticulating superficial sentimentalities and philo- transferred to the Insurance Department. sophical or i)sychological observations, beware of platitudinous ponderosity. Let your state- We have genius in our midst! J. K. Brigham, one of our newer Pepsters, is an ments possess a clarified conciseness, compact- active member of the famed Fonnesbeck ed comiirehensibleness, coalescent consistency Players. After that “'J'here isn't any and a concentrated cogency. Eschew all con- more.” glomerations of flatulent garrulity, jejune hab- FOUND—the great news scoop of the Idemcnt and asinine affectations. Let your ex- month! T. X. Jones, like the true son of temporaneous and unpremeditated expatiations really is, has taken to the Neptune he have intelligibility and veracious vivacity, water, under the experienced guidance without rodomontade or thrasonical bombast, of Homer Traw. Ainmne who has seen ventriloquous verbosity and grandiloquent api- Homer swim will, at once, realize how dity; shun double entendre, prurient jocosity fortunate Dir. Jones is in securing Homer’s services. and pestiferous profanity, whether obscurent FILING NEWS NOTES or apparent. SEXTSI- The charming ladies of Publix Filing In other words, speak PLAINLY, Dept, celebrated Thanksgiving on Tuesday BLY and TRUTHFULLY.—E.rr/ia/if/e. evening as the guest of Mr. and Dfrs. T. DeBoer. Much Whoopee! A terrible calamity has happened on the If Anyone On Quis is no_ longer Ninth Floor. Little Peg Your Staff Has spreading sunshine in that direction, as she has been transferred to the Long- Been promoted... Island Studio. Good luck. Peg. Got married... Sprained an ankle... Seems to us that Dlinerva Janicki is look- Given a party. . ing kind of happy these days. Evidently Bought a house... it’s the new bov friend, Dave. Or is it Gone fishing. . . Lee? Or hunting . . Poor Doris Martin X^o wonder she is — Been away... Walking to work from getting so thin. Come home... 72nd Street never did help any one. But Joined the army. . . she will bet on these third rate foot ball Taken a vacation... teams. Three cheers for Doris the Pe- Had an idea... destrian—“Hop, Hop, Hurry!” That you used . .

Or anything else . . . Prayor A Sportsman’s SEND IT TO THE EDITOR If I am victor in the fray. It Is News Let me not boast about how good For Or great I am, but grant I may “Now!” Take victory as a sportsman should. And if defeat’s hard road I tread. clipped a mo- If fate and fortune serve me ill. The above was from “NOW,” in Then let me raise my battered head. tion picture theatre circuit house organ And smile, and be a sportsman still. California, and sent to us by A. D. Gherson, —New York Evening Post. of the Publix Legal Department. Page Nine of Pep-O-Grams THE SEEMINGLY MINOR ECONOMIES WHICH HELP TO MAKE LIFE RUN MORE SMOOTHLY One of the major purposes of the Paramount-Pep Club is to aid prac- CHRISTMAS IS COMING AND tically and materially in effecting econ- POCKET BOOKS ARE FAT omies in the purchases of its members. ‘"Holiday Greeting Cards This it does in far more ways than we and W rapping Accessories” believe the average member knows $1.00 SPECIAL and appreciates. Jt is almost impos- Box of 12 assorted Steel Engrav- sible to think of anything (other than ed Christmas and New Year pet giraffes, Graf Zepplins and New Cards with inside and outside York Central locomotives) which the envelopes. 85c SPECIAL Cooperative Buying Committee of the Bo.x of 21 Engraved Christmas Cards Club cannot help you to purchase at a 85c SPECIAL liberal discount. Functioning under Box of Wrapping Accessories, in- the able and ever-ready direction of cluding red tissue, white tissue, Harry A. Nadel, this committee is al- holly tissue, gold string, silver ways ready to solve your purchase string, tags, etc., etc. The above can be seen in the PUR- ])roblems. CHASING DEPARTMENT ROOM AVe are made mindful of this by the 121(1-R, between 12:00 and 2:00 daily recent super-successful sale of Thanks- and orders will be taken. H. A. NADEL, Chairman, giving' Turkeys, where there was so Co-OrER.\TivE Buying Committee. much zest and happiness displayed that even the turkeys carried a wan smile We wish also to call your attention to of joy. This sale also disposed of a the new barber-shop notices which have great many of the delicacies insepa- been posted in appropriate places around is that we rable from Thanksgiving Day, and the building. It commonsense should patronize the tenants of our own there also have been carried a line of building, when it is convenient to us, and Thanks, except that this is a detail when it does not encroach upon the Com- which so few people think of using' on pany’s time. This makes us mindful also Thanksgiving Day. of the other vendors within the building, all of whom carry wares we wear when we Some Club members have reported wear well. wonderful cooperation in the matter There’s a little plea in all of this. Get of buying their radio installations, the the habit! The habit of working hand-in- your Cooperative Buying Com- saving on this particular line of goods glove with mittee on all of the purchases you’d like to being so good as to be almost speech- make in this fashion; and also the plea of berefting. patronizing Paramount Building stores. Please be Sure to Attend the Next General Meeting! The wonderful attendance at the last general meeting leads to the hope that the next one, to be held on Tuesday, December 11th, will inspire an equally fine attendance. Due to the unavoidable absence of Mr. Zukor on the West Coast, Mr. Lasky will make an address which it is expected will be momentous in every way. Moreover, this will be the last opportunity for Pepsters to gather together before the Christmas season, and we are sentimental ji enough to believe that everybody will want to take I ^ advantage this I W A\ of fact. Remember the time and the place! Eleventh floor well, over the Paramount Theatre, at noon on Tuesday, December 11th. And be sure and be prompt. Page 7 en of Pep-O-Grutns

Organ Equals 20()-Piece Symphony Call- and shrieked in a harsh and loud manner. The keyboard, containing nine keys, ex- ing Upon 800 Instruments tended to twenty-seven inches. The breadth of a single key varied from three to six inches. I’laying with the finger was not to l>e thought of. for the key had to be struck In line with our policy of keeping with tlie clenched fist. The organist was often called “pulsator organum" or “organ you thoroughly acquainted with the beater.” multiple ramifications of Paramount Nowadays, there is no fist on organs. To Famous Lasky Corporation, both in prove the delicate mechanism of the latest model in the Paramount and in Publix, we present Brooklyn-Paramount Theatre, the Wurlitzer representative who installed herewith a special article on the the organ jilaced a coin on one of the kevs mightiness and manipulation of the and even that slight pressure brought forth a faint Wurlitzer organ. This article appear- resiionsive tone. The weight of that coin was sufficient to convey a comed, with illustrations, in the special mand to the electrical power to open one of issue of “Brooklyn” Magazine which the pijies in the organ chamber up above and. b\' setting appeared in honor of the Brooklyn air currents in motion in that pipe, to make it speak! Paramount Theatre opening on One would suiipose that for this sensitive November 24th. instrument to function so perfectly, a mass of intricate mechanism is required. And one supposes rightly, for, as a matter of fact, tins mechanism covers both walls of the By RAYMOND PUCKETT Brooklyn-Paramount Theatre and is housed The new Bruolvl\n-Paiamount theatre in spacious chambers which could comfortably accommodate several large sized bi'ing's many new things tt) Brooklyn. Tliis families. time it is a fact that liarks Ijack to Biblical It all starts from the lore. It seems that in the clays when the keyboard and pedals of the console. tVith this gigantic key- jealous brethren of Joseph denuiletl him of board. the his coat-of-many colors and chucked him sound combinations which mav be i obtained is almost close to the million down into a deep well, they departed forth- mark. with to the scene of a frolic presided over In addition to the by a musical organization eciuivalent to our keyljoard, there is the pedal-board which in the Brooklyn-Para- modern jazz band. The “hot" music, in- mount organ has stead of coming' from a wailing' saxophone, thirty-two notes. It is operated by the feet and controls the low however, came from a tibia plana carved tones on the organ, bearing from the shin-bone of a wild ass. And the the same relation to the hotsy-totsy folk of Biblical days wore out instrument that the bases and tulias do to the orchestra. their sandals in the rhythm of its weird The reverse of the wailing- tone. keyboard, in contrast to the .glistening, well ordered airay of H-enry Murtagh, one of the great pipe or- many colored ke.vs and stops, presents an aspect of gan virtuosos, who supervised the installa- wild and entangled confusion. tion of the great organ in the Brooklyn- For from here emanate the myriad of tiny electric < Paramount. which he will play, discovered wires necessary to make contacts with the i anew the tibia plana, and has installed this innumerable combinations ai'id novelty unusual pipe among the resources of the effects of which the organ is capable. organ which, he says, has all of the instru- The actual pii)es of the organ rest on wind mentation of a 200-i.uece symphony orchestra. chests in the chambers about the walls of The new pipe was first tried out with only the theatre. The tiny electric wires coni'iect moderate success in the organ of the Itptown e't'ery note and stop key to magnets the in later in Detroit, on Theatre Chicago, and at wii'id chest controlling the the Michigan. valves which let the air through the pipes and cause them The pipe has been perfected now. how- to reverberate. ever. and Mr. Mui'tag'h declares that it will Pipes in the organ are in sets. They vary provide an important effect in symphonic in size. The smallest pipe In the Brooklvn- numliers of oiiental cei'tain mood, as well as Paramount Theatre is about the length' of types of jazz that are playable on the pipe a pencil. Imt much thinnei', and it is used organ. for piccolo effects. The largest tube is a thirty- The instruuient in the Brooklyn-Paramount two foot diai.dione pipe which is so wide as theatre is distinctive also in fact it the that to enable a full grown person to sit con'i- is provided with five double-touch manuals, fortably inside of it. The vibration from which permits the phenomenal resources this one pipe when connected with the wind that include nearly ever.v known musical pressure is enough to shake a building. instrument, both ancient and modern. The drums, cymbals, auto horns, harp ac- According to Mr. Murtagh. organ building tion, chimes, xyloidione and other “traps” has I'eached such a state of mechanical per- are actually placed in the organ chambers fection that most literature written for the and played upon by mechanical hands to organ is commonplace compared to the pos- which imiuilse is transmitted hitherto by electrical sibilities of the majestic symphonies energy released from the console by the or- regarded as beyond the scope of the lupe ganist. Every imaginable noise that could (.u'gan. Its next improvenient will have to possibly be associated 'with any phase of be the contribution of s>'mphony-comi>osers city or country life, land or sea, heaven or who will create exclusively for the organ, earth, civilization, wild jungles or barren he says. deserts can be faithfully reproduced by the The organ at the Brooklyn-Paramount wide assortment of traps in the Brooklyn- equals a 200-plece symphony. Wurlitzer, the Pai'amonut organ, which boasts of the larg- organ builder, considers the or.gan his nias- est and most complete set of noise-making teriiiece. Bach of the five manuals of keys apjjaratus of any theatre in the world. has a double touch that multiplies its sound One of the outstanding innovations of this possibilities. Nearly SOO instruments can be organ is the unusual shape of the organ called into play tlirough its intricate mechan- chambers. A great deal of thought has been ism covers botli walls of the Brook- which given to this detail because of its importance lyn-Paramount. in improving the sound quality of the organ. Whei-i the organist is making the most The chambers are constructed in such a of the musical possil)ilitles of his marvelous shape as to reflect sound like the sounding instrument, the effect is the equivalent of a boards on pulpits of famous European ca- 200-piece symphony orchestra. thedrals. Farney Wurlitzer. the noted authority on Another remarkable development in the org'an making, said of the earliest organs: Brooklyn-Paramount organ is the vox-hu- “The large pipes of the oldest organ stood in front. The whole instrument l)ellowed (Continucd on page 12) Page Eleven of Pep-O-Grums

HAND OF WELCOME Will Rogers Thinks Foot- MEL. SHAUER COMING BRIEF GRASPS NEW PEP CLUB ball a Nuisance Like FROM PARIS ON MEMBERS VISIT Politics At the last general meet- The gang are getting all ing the following were gladh- To the Editor of The Nezv set for a riotous welcome to admitted to membership in York Times: Melville A. Shauer, past the Paramount-Pep Club up- Today, Saturday, minds are president of the Paramount- on the proposal of Elmer R, not on politics, they are not Pep Club, when he steps on national affairs, they are 1 Short, Chairman of the from the French liner on football. Did 3’ou know “Paris” on December 17th. , Membership Committee: Myrtle Ainscough, Ida Al- that football is becoming Mel is paying a periodic pert, Lily Anister, Agathe about as big a nuisance as visit to New York as part Channing, Rose Faggisnelli, politics? Millions of foot- of his routine as special rep- \ Florence Flynn, Dorothy M. ball fans are going to football resentative of the Foreign Fleeter, Estelle Fried, Sara games this afternoon. Mind Department in Europe. [ you, I think it’s a great 1 Heyman, Katherine Kirsch- baum, Irene Meltzer, Mil- thing. You spend all these A BEUTE(FUL) dred Meltzer, Evelyn M. years playing football and BIRTHDAY Murphy, Matilda Newman, then you go through life At a luncheon tendered to waiting for somebody to give Mr. C. A. Beute on Novem- .1 Margaret M. O’Connor, Marguerite O’Connor, Lil- you a signal. ber 21st, (his 46th Birthday) lian Soskal, Garnet Hall, Yours, the boys in the Auditing De- Robert Arlidge, Albert Car- WILL ROGERS. partment presented him with

' son, Phillip Cohan, Vincent New York, Nov. 23. a verj" old violin as a tribute Gross, Finston, to his musical genius. In the i' Joe Mark FOOTLIGHTS - Hanna, Otto Hozich, Paul FA V O R course of his witty speech of , ITE HAS REMAINED thanks he expressed a keen I Linson, John F. McEvoy. HIDDEN TOO LONG IN desire to meet the donor of OUR MIDST NO REPORTERS NAMED one small useful gift wrap- A special representative of ped most carefully in eleven Our sole reason for not our research department, oper- boxes. carr 3'ing the names of the ating in the Pelham district, Pep-O-Grams reporters in the has discovered the local thea- WITH THE PUBLIX new volume of your maga- tregoers being thrilled and BOOKERS zine is this: in the past a charmed by a Paramounteer George Haupert is knowm number of reporters have of whose acting ability we as the LkS.A. boy (LTnusual naturally and modestly re- have been too long ignorant. sex appeal). Oh Sex Ap- frained from having any This operative, attending the peal! What crimes are com- mention of themselves in the presentation of a comedy in mitted in thy name! news columns because of the Pelham’s leading o])era house, We have a song bird in fact that it might have ap- was more than casually amazed our midst—Dave Samuelson. peared as though they were to find the leading feminine Dave usual!)' bursts into a lacking in modesty. Now, role being played by Dorothy soulful ballad around three however, by virtue of remain- McLean, of Office Manager o’clock every afternoon. It ing anonymous in the mat- McLoughlin’s department. And is a known fact, however, ter of providing the news, it a right smart job she made of that the Booking Depart- will be possible for them to it, reporte

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The Seven Mistakes of Man

1. The delusion that individual advance- Back from the Island ment is made by crushing others down. 2. The tendency to worry about things of Living Dead . . . that cannot be changed or corrected.

3. Insisting that a thing is impossible be- '’I'' HE little sliip steams slowly out oi cause we ourselves cannot accomplish it. 1 the harbor. And no one looks hehintl 4. Refusing to set aside trivial prefer- as the island vanishes in the noonday ences, in order that important things may haze. It is the Island of Living Dead be accomplished. Culion. 5. Neglecting development and refine- On the forward deck is a young Fil- ment of the mind bv’ not acquiring the habit ipino mother, her et'es shining at the of reading. thought of rejoining children whom she had never hoped to sec again. And 6. Attempting to compel other persons here’s a veteran Y\merican soldier—com- to believe and live as we do. ing home. Here’s a boy of twelve, onh’ 7. The failure to establish the habit of half aware of the horror he is escaping. saving money. These people are lepers who have been cured—lepers not doomed to watch their The Seven Arts of Man hands and faces rot slowly away—lepers To dress so well that no one will think who are clean. about how you are dressed. I'o talk For leprosy is curable. A year ago, so convincingly that profanitt' is General Leonard Wood brought hack unnecessary. the news that a single American doctor, To believe in yourself without being a H. W’indsor Wade, isolated in the Philip- bore. pine leper colony at C tilion, had cured To keep the friendship of the man you over a thousand of these unfortunates. have to criticize. The general’s last public speech before To tell all the truth that needs be told and his death was an appeal for funds to aid no more. Dr. Wade in his great fight. To play as a recreation and not as a dis- sipation. Dr. Wade stands out as one t)f the To earn dividends without working in- true heroes of science. He has sentenced justices. live among ])eoplc suflering himself to —Anonymous. from the most hideous disease known to man. With iiitifully inadequate et|ui]i- ment—with hut few trained assistants ORGAN EQUALS 200-PIECE —in the face of apparently insuperable SYMPHONY handicaps—he lias accomplished mira- (Continued from Page 10) cles. niana” or liuman voice reed. This, of course, General Wood asked for two million exists in all organs. Imt by virtue of care- dollars for this cause. The first mil- ful experiment with the ijitch and vibration of human voices, organ experts have suc- lieen contributed by lion has already ceeded in evolving a reed that bears so start- 15,0(10 Americans. The bulk of (his ling a resemblance to the human voice as fund will be used for research work to to make it almost impossible to perceive the difference. perfect the cure which as yet is success- Some of the pipes simulate the throbbing ful only with those in the earl\- stages of string instruments. Others intone the of leprosy. liquid notes of woodwind instruments. Still others give the blaring- fanfare of brasses. There are three million lepers— scat- The soft, lingering touch of the human hand on the strings of the harp is faithfully tered all over the world. This loath- re- produced by tiny hammers worked by bel- into our some disease has even crept lows. And. if the organist so desires, a own country. But now at last, there is silvery pedal of chimes drifts lazily from the hope for these miserable sufferers, for ceiling to lose its wayward accents among the dark, luxuriant recesses of the theatre. the methods worked out at Culion will The architects of the Brooklyn-Paramount be given to the whole world, .'5uch a Theatre have seen to it that this latest mag- nificent example of the organ craftsman's great cause as this is not charity— it is art should have a fitting setting in the new opportunity. It is a cause to which you theatre. Imbedded in a grill above -which will feel proud to have contributed. rises a lofty fantasy of graceful sculptoring, it is flanked on both sides by illuminating Interesting information on this sub- brackets thirty feet in height. The organ grills are lightened by an intricate method ject be obtained by zvriting the may of illumination unlike anything ever at- National Chairman, General James tempted in any theatre of the world. G. Harbord. Mail your check to Above it, through the garden trellis of an old Italian garden, seeps the cool, sky-blue the National Treasurer, General light of outdoors. About it. the majestic Samuel McRoherts. pillars of an early Italian Renaissance interior stretch their vaulted arches into Address all Communications to space. Lkon.4ri) Wood Memorial. Inc. AVhat could lie more fitting than to set this final glorification to Music in an old Italian One Madison Avenue, New York City background, the very source of art and music here in this theatre of “ultimate beauty and luxury.” special

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Created for the members of the Paramount-Pep Club, In- corporated. Published for them monthly: this issue being Number Three of Volume

Five, and its date of publication, Januar}^ One, Nine- teen Hundred and Twenty- nine. Page Two of Pep-O-Grams PEP-O-GRAMS The Spirit of the organizations of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and Puhlix Theatres Corporation. Edited by Albert Deane Associate editors: Henry Goldberg, George Rogers Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Contributing editors: Every member of the Paramount- Pep Club, whether moved or not by the spirit to write.

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Volume 5, Number 3 January 1, 1929

Congregating Thaiikyous

Pep-O-Grams possesses this conviction: Nothing has made us happier in its own that it is just as much an injustice to the quiet little way during the month than has tenants and occupants of the Paramount the gratifying response to the request that Building to congregate on the sidewalk you tack a “Please” onto your request immediately outside the entrance to the when asking for a certain floor after en- building as it was formerly to gather in tering the elevator. It was so simple a the lobby. Both are impediments to prog- thing, and so easj' to accede to, that we ress, physically as well as aesthetically. completely succumb to the belief that it We arc furthermore convinced that there was absentmindedness and not rudeness are a great many even finer rendezvous just which was formerly responsible for the as handy to the Crossroads of the World omission. So on behalf of the elevator as is the spot immediately in front of the attendants, and in the common interests of entrance to the building, and for the small decency, we thank you all for your ob- consideration of a written request we will servance of the request, and sincerely hope supply inquirers with a typewritten list. that the existing indication of permanency with which the custom is being borne out will indeed prove to 1)e a true permanency. Questionnaire * * * I'heodore C. Young, chairman of the Talkies -Athletic Committee, recently despatched to the farthest corners of the Club a ques- One of the finest addresses ever deliver- and tionnaire—probabh’ the most complete ed to Pepsters was that given on the sub- soul-searching questionnaire ever given dis- ject of Talking Pictures by Mr. Lasky cn tribution. Speaking in a none-too-abstract December 11th. We have sought in our fashion we would saj' that this question- humble fashion to reproduce something of naire was the finest evidence yet to hand the spirit of this address: but even beyond Clui)’s progres- of concrete plans for the this we urge it most strongly on every sive activity. Any member who did not Pepster to take Mr. Lasky’s words most or fill in that questionnaire, and pep his seriously to heart, and to follow his ad- her answers with a decent amount of zeal vice and his deeply sincere requests to the and zest, just isn’t functioning in a normal limit of your abilities. These are vital days fashion, and should surely hotfoot it to Dr, we are bring in: and it has always been Stern’s Welfare Department for an over- the way of destiny that those who have of haul. not actively participated in the writing history have never been remembered in the pages of that history. Insurance * * * We heartily and happily commend to the attention of every member the prelim- Succor inary announcement of the Paramount-Pep Those who heard the stirring results of Club Insurance Plan outlined in this issue. the Red Cross Roll Call, as delivered at As a practical means for providing, in seme the last general meeting of the Club must for loved ones, it transcends, for measure, have indeed felt a glow of gratification outlay, anything we the minuteness of its at having contributed shares to the meri- a par- have ever encountered. Not to be torious total. Not only were the records ticipant in this plan of insurance is a thing of all other years shattered, but there was so incomprehensible that the action can a spontaneity to the contributing which hardly be termed complimentary to the bespeaks the reason for the ever-broaden- Organization. common sense of the non-participant. ing spirit of our Club and our Page Three of Pep-O-Grams

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< I In Ten Words—or Less) 0 Pep-O-Grams asked the principal executives of Paramount < and Publix for an expression of Christmas sentiment in ten 0 words, or less. The following, received orally, hy telephone, by memo and by telegraph, seem to sum the season and the < situation sincerely and splendidly: 0 “Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men.” 0 —Adolph Zukor

“The Christmas Greeting is the Years < Paramount Sentiment.” 0 —Jesse L. Lasky

< “Your Heart Should be with Loved Ones 0 on Christmas Day.” < —S. R. Kent 0 “The Ylost Internationally Respected of all Days is Christmas Day.” < —Emil E. Shauer 0 0 “The Day of Days for Hopes. Beliefs. \ Ambitions, Noble Thoughts.” < —Sam Katz 0 \ “Make Christmas Days the Surest, Safest < Milestones of Your Life.” 0 —Elek J. Ludvigh \ “Presents for Yourself Today — Many < Searching Thoughts 0 of the Future.” \ —Ralph D. Kohx 0 And these men, lieing all honorary officers in the Para- \ mount-Pep Club, naturally directed that their sentiments be < addressed specifically to thel members of the Paramount-Pep 0 Club, Inc. —a Clan of Good Fellows, at Christmas time the \ same as at all other times. < :

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Ev’ry Mind a Notebook Ev’ry Eye a Pen! BEING PERSONAL NOTES GATHERED ALONG THE HIGHWAYS AND BY-WAYS OF THE PARAMOUNT BUILDING BY OUR TRAINED CORPS OF PERFORMING SLEUTHS.

Stenographic 1 )ei)artmcnt wishes to welcome Harold Sugarman and the Prince of Wales hack Helen Fine after an absence of several rushed home together on different boats to weeks. .And also Ruth Johnson, who left our visit their sick fathers this week. Harold came fold several months ago. all the way from Curacao (in South .America) After thoroughly investigating the “saga- on a .Spanish harge without wireless equip- cious crevices” which Mildred Grecnhlatt calls ment, as the Foreign Department discovered them, but which we in our good old .American when it tried to communicate with him en language call “wise cracks,” we have come to route. Harold also got a good break when on the conclusion that it must he a gift, or j'ou arriving he found his father past the crisis. must be it. born with .As a Christmas present we believe ATiss Kass The C ooperati\ e Bu^dng ( ommittec worked would like nothing better than to see Para- hard to make the Christmas .Sale a big success, mount stock selling around 100. Mrs, Reilly is so tired (from doing her We notice Alaurice Livingston, the Beau Christmas shopping). Brummel of the Foreign Department, verj' capably leading a lon.g line Bessie Goldsmith had a tough time hunting of foreign representatives up a good lighter. around Childs with their trays. Air. Livingston, although he makes light of the Sally McLotighlin thinks she’s going to get matter, seems to have had much e.xperience a S15.00 bottle of iierftime for Christmas. with said tray. Sara Lyons has two hlondcs in her Depart- ment now; not so bad either. Alice Blunt wants a diamond ring or a wrist STOREHOUSE NEWS watch for Christmas; which she thinks she'll Catherine Luf ratio and Air, Craig have been have to buy herself. transferred from the .Storehouse to the Home Looks like steady company between Iris Kee- Office .Ad Sales Department. Our best wishes nan and Bert .Adler. for their success. The Legal Dei)artment is said to be con- Ray Eisner has been promoted to the posi- siderably upset by the competition being offered tion of secretary to Air. Hynes. by our well known law firm, Cohn and Cohen. The .Storehottse raffled off a turkey and a Irving and Mortimer settle daily all the more cash prize recently. The cash was won b.v important legal problems of the moment and Eddie Stober and the turkey by Ben Consola. it is too bad that the .Supreme Court cann.it make use of their decisions. Consola claims the turkey was delicious. .Although Rose Boyle says she hasn’t done Joe Levaca, recciiing clerk, is the Eddie anything interesting lately, we think she is Cantor of the Storehouse, since he spends holding out on us. most of his spare time singing. Anna Stumpf was among the missing for Richard O’Connell has taken examinations several days, but w'e are glad to rei)ort that for the .State Police of New Jerseje Here’s she has now returned to the fold. hoping he [lasscd his test.

In si)ite of recent cigarette ad\ertisements, The Storehouse Popsters extend their best Jean Cadger says she will still Ite faithful to wishes to all for A Alerry Christmas and a Life Savers (adv.). Prosperous New Year.

IF YOirRE ABSENT IN THE ElITURE

The following vital and rather pertinent notice has been issued over the signature of Ralph A. Kohn, Treasurer of Paramount Lamous Lasky Corporation

Effective at once, employees will not be paid for any absence unless they comply with the following:

1. That they notify the (Office Manager’s Department in some manner of the reason for the absence on the first day of such absence.

2. That those absent due to illness present themselves at the Medical Depart- ment and have the absence approved by the Medical Director before returning to work. Page Five of Pep-O-Grams CAPACITY ATTENDANCE MAKES USE OE OPPORTUNITY TO “SEE AND HEAR” JESSE L. LASKY

At General Meeting Our Vice President in Charge of Production Speaks Enligliteningly on Talking Pictux'es

A dramatic insight into the marvelous new phase of activity which has brought sound into the motion picture industry in place of silence was given by Jesse L. Lasky, Vice President of Para- mount Famous Lasky Corporation, and Honorary Vice President of the Paramount-Pep Club, in his address to the members on December 11th last. Mr. Lasky’s appearance before the members on the eleventh floor well was the first of a vitally important series of personal appearances of our foremost e.xecLitives promised as part of the program

Jesse L, Lasky of the new administration.

“The motion picture industry,” said Mr. ing pictures, that they are tired of them Lasky, “is passing into its greatest develop- and would far sooner w'atch a good silent ment since the day the photoplay was in- picture. Well, it is true that this sentiment vented, and all of you members of this is abroad— it is true that we in the Pro- organization are not only witnessing the duction Department know of it —and it is making of new film history, but are actual- true that this feeling has been brought ly participating in it. This great phase of about by a w'ave of inferior product, as which I speak is the adding of sound and well as by the presence in the sound pic- dialogue to all of our film product in a tures of scratching, background noises and fashion which has committed us to a pro- imperfect reproductions. But, just as sci- gram of almost one hundred percent sound ence and mechanics eliminated the flicker- and dialogue pictures. This will mean the ing wdiich in the early da3"S of the film total elimination of the sufvtitlc: it will threatened to w'reck the film industry be- mean that action in a picture will flow fore it had even got started, so these same along uninterruptedly, with the characters forces are rapidly turning the talking pic- actually speaking the lines, instead of the ture into an instrument of sound and vocal action disappearing entirely from t h e reproduction as near perfect as is humanh' screen_ whilst a sub-title appeared in ex- possible.” planation.” “Those who saj' ther- don’t like sound and talking pictures,” continued Mr. Lasky, Mr. Lasky then drew a colorful picture “say so simply because they have not seen of the attempt of a film fan of the near and heard the great talking pictures that future to describe just what took place will be given to the W'orld within the next when silent pictures with sub-titles were few months, and which wull be but the van- the vogue: and he utilized the fact of his guard of an ever-improving parade of won- description drawing a laugh from his au- derful talking films. Even if they should dience to illustrate just how ludicrously know that this wonderful treat was on the the future generations will view what we w'ay for their enjojunent and entertainment today accept as the general order of things. their opinion of talking pictures would un- In other words—we think silent pictures dergo a swift transformation, and I know with sub-titles are alright today, i)ut the of no better carriers of such a message industry is going so far ahead, and so than you members of the Paramount or- swiftly, that in even one 3'ear’s time this ganization, w'hose future destinies are so t\'pe of picture will appear almost ridiculous. strongh- interwoven with the national and Then Mr. Lasky struck a more serious iiiternational acceptance of talking motion note. “All of you,” he said, “have seen pictures.” some of the talking pictures. Perhaps you “I would like to continue for hours on liked them, or perhaps you didn’t. Natural- this subject,” he concluded, “but my fifteen Ij' thej' are far from perfect. Even ‘Inter- minutes is just about up. I w'ant to leave ference,’ good as it is, has already been far you, however, wdth the assurance that your surpassed by ‘The Wolf of W’all Street,’ Production Department is facing the great- which is due for a Broadway premiere est transformation in its entire career with within a few weeks. But the point I want a confidence that you as Paramounteers to drive home is this: You have heard must admire, and that mingled in w'ith this 3'our friends saj' that they don’t like talk- (Continued on the next page) ?

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PEPSTERS "SEE AND HEAR" JESSE DOES PROGRESS THROUGH L. LASKY (Continued from previous page) KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMPTOME- confidence is its unswerving belief that you TER INTEREST YOU? as Paraniounteers are doing and will con- The members of the Educational Com- tinue to do 3'our share in consolidating public faith in the merits and the future of mittee have arranged with the Felt and talking pictures — particular!}" Paramount Tarrant School of Comptometry for free talking pictures.” instruction in this subject for members It is of course impossible to here do of the Paramount-Pep Club. justice to the brilliant quarter of an hour’s enlightenment which Mr. Lasky’s talk The School has arranged to have an brought to the members of the Paramount- instructor at Paramount one night a Pep Club. We would, for instance, have week during January, February and liked to deal more fully with his analysis March. The classes during January and of the popular stars of today and his rea- will sons for assuring us that practically all of February he for beginners, and dur- these will retain their stellar positions in ing March for the advanced class. the world of talking pictures. But we were A questionnaire has already been dis- mighty content to he there to hear him, tributed. It asked the following ques- and to inwardly register the vow that from now onward none of our friends or relations: Would you be interested in this tives could negative the merits of good course ? Have you ever handled a comp- talking pictures, and get away with it. tometer? In which class do you consider yourself— P)eginners or Advanced BOTSEORD AND HOLMAN RESIGN: — McDERM(dTT AND McILVAIN So gratifying a response to the questionnaire was received that the classes FILL VACANCIES are to start early in January. This is Pressure of Company work sometimes certainly a fine achievement for the Edu- cuts deeply into the arteries of the Club’s cational Committee, which consists, as activities—a circumstance of which we can be unselfishly proud, for the Company’s \ou know, of; Helen W. Swayne (chair- sake. One of the toughest instances of this man). Agnes Itlengel, Aldyth Reichen- is to be found in fact the that President bach, Jeannette Mendelson, John Barry. Frawley has regretfully had to accept the Hall Stilson Pineau. resignations of A. M. Botsford and Russell Palmer and W. J. Holman from the posts of Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively of the Enter- NOTES FROM SEVERAL REPORTERS tainment Committee of the Club. To replace them President Frawley has Members of the Paramount Pep Club appointed J. J. McDermott Chairman, with extend to Anne Berliner heartfelt sym- William Mcllvain as Vice-Chairman. pathy in the loss of her Mother. Their very first work, undertaken with less than a week to spare, was that of organizing the Christmas Party on the 26 th Henry Gray is now a full fledged member floor of the Paramount Building on the of the Elks. afternoon of last Saturday. The whole- Christmas chimes and wedding bells tolled at the same time for Martin Rosenfeld. On December 23rd Martin slipped the right CONGRATULATIONS TO THE kind of band on Jeanette Miller’s finger and CO-OPERATIVE COMMITTEE the Rosenfelds then left for Washington, Christmas is a Norfolk and other points south.

70 It 0 I e lot Lenora Korenstein was the envy of all brighter — and the girls on the sixth floor recently when it

lighter — t h i .s' was learned that she was going over to the year for those Ambassador Hotel to have lunch with Mr. zvisc ones zoho and Mrs. Clive Brook. ai'oiled them- To Yvonne Rigney went the honor of re- selves of the ceiving the first Christmas gift in the Sales zvonderful econ- Statistical Department. Although it was not omizing facili- the Ice Skates she expected, she greatly ap- ties of the Co- preciated it just the same. operatiz'c Buy- Eleanor Yagel must have a long Christ- ing Committee mas list. She had to come back from lunch zvhich is under the chairmanship of early the other day to file her nails. Harry A. Nadel. This Committee is de- serz'ing of the zoholc-hearted congratula- hearted fashion in which the Club member- tions of the entire membership of the ship pitched in to help these two Pepsters Paramount-Pep Club for its untiring ef- make a success of the event is certainly a forts on behalf of the members. happy augury of the success which will attend their activities in this administration. Page Seven of Pep-O-Grams

GOVERNORS OF CLUB ELECT CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN At the special meeting of the othcers of the Paramount- Pep Cluh on December 14th. Joseph P. McLoughlin was elected Chairman of the Board of Governors and Vin- cent Trotta was appointed Vice-Chairman. The meeting Joseph p. McLoughlin held uiider the Honorary

Chairmanship of Eugene J. Zukor, who for several years has held this esteemed post; and retains it for 1928-29. Several very vital matters of business were discussed at the meeting, details of which will be found in other columns.

Our Honorary President Will mount-Pep Club. He is in New York with his wife and their young son for several weeks Address Us on January 8tli prior to returning to Paris. The Club Members are advised, with John W . Hicks, Jnr., managing director of Paramount’s Interests in Australia, New Zea- considerable editorial pride, that they land, Java, .Straits Settlements, Federated Ma- will have the privilege of hearing in lay .States, .Siam and all of those other fasci- person from Mr. Adolph Zukor, Presi- nating, sweet-scented, romantic lands of the dent of Paramount Famous Lasky Far East, is \isiting New York for a few weeks. He also has his wife their President and young Corporation, and Honorary son with him. of the Paramount-Pep Club, at the gen- Fred W. Lange, who is in charge of Para- eral meeting of the Club to be held on mount’s interests in Argentina, Paraguay and the eleventh floor at noon on Tuesday, Uruguay, is paying his annual winter \isit to the Crossroads of the World. January 8th. E. J. Lipow, special representative of Para- Mr. Zukor, who has been taking a mount in Poland, Latvia, Finland, Lithuania mighty well-earned rest in California ( This is certainly a pretty good geography les- during the past four or five weeks, will son for you Paramounteers, provided you liother to find out where these places are), is have returned to New York a few days also in New York for a few weeks. prior to the 8th, and will be more than pleased to address you on the subject IDA WOLF ESTABLISHES RED of “Our Organization.” CROSS COLLECTION RECORD Ida VN'olf, whose like- THANKS TO MR. LASKY ness we are more than happy to reproduce here, This opportunity is taken of conveying ran aw'ay with all estab- to Mr. Jesse L. Lasky, Vice President lished records for Red of Paramount Famous Lasky Corpora- Cross collections when tion, and Honorary Vice President of the she iiersonally lured into Paramount Pep Clul), the thanks of the the coffers of the “Croix Rouge” the sum of Three entire Cluh memhership for the truh' in- Hundred Dollars, or al- spiring and enlightening address on most fifty percent, of the sound and talking pictures which he de- total collections. Further- livered to them on December 11th last. more, Miss Wolf alone and individually eclipsed by ,$29 the total amount amassed in the collec- OUR VISITOR’S BOOK tion of last year. A figure that we’re mighty hapi:y to see •Vs an added item of news we are of course around the Paramount Building these days is ha])py to add that the sum of seven hundred Melville A. Shauer, special representative of dollars collected by Paramount Famous Lasky the foreign department in Europe, and equally Corporation was easily the best collection made renowned as a past president of the Para- by any of the motion picture organizations. Page Eight of Pep-O-drams SUPERB INSURANCE SCHEME PROPOUNDED TO BENEEIT PARAMOUNT PEP CLUB MEMBERS

tor the incredibly low outlay of fifteen cents a week—or thirtv cents a pay day—members of the Paramount-Pep Club will be enabled to take out an insurance policy for One rhousand Dollars. This splendid provision for the partial protection of near and dear ones has been arranged for the Club by the Welfare Department of Paramount Famous Laskv Corporation with the Equitable Life Insurance Com- pany. Finality will be announced with in a few days.

The policy is payable in full in the event of death or total disability, and to a bene- 7.5% of the Staff ficiary named by the Pepster who takes it out. In addition, the premiums will accrue You should note that this insurance and be invested in a fashion tc^ benefit the plan can only be made effective subject to holder of the policy. Special provisions are its acceptance by ToVc of the acth'c mem- also designed for taking care of the con- bers of the Paramount-Pep Club. From the outset, strong hopes have been held tinuation of] the policy, should its holder out for a lOOVr acceptance. leave the Company for any one of a number of reasons. The details of this splendid plan were outlined to the Pep Club members at a special Christinas Miisings meeting held early in December, and further By Richard G. Engel, Real Estate Dept. necessary details can be supplied by either the Welfare Department, or by Joseph P. McLoughlin, office manager. If you have Heigh ho, another Yuletide is here. A time not yet availed yourself of the offer, you are nc\cr to l)C forgotten. .And after Christmas shopping a era dawns, that of strenuously urged to do so, even if only as a new Christmas simple gesture cf consideration to those exchanging. who would suffer if anything untimely hap- Christmas with its Imstle and hustle, head- pened to you. aches and worries, is here again. After it’s all over a year elaiises and then we ply at it again, hammer and tong, tooth and nail. Let’s think NE\V YEAR RESOLUTIONS of originality in selecting gifts, and of those last minute purchases—that bright colored tie The average New Year resolution is little or that hox of handkerchiefs or that Christmas more than a fallacy: even when it is stated .ieweIrA’ (e\cn though it turns green in the with emphasis it is hardly more than a sop to a troubled conscience, or a sign cf a summer time). tottering vanity, or a gesture of exaggerated Our hank l)ooks are sadly mutilated and for importance. a long time lunches will consist of a sandwich Even to get down to local cases there are and a cup of coffee. W'e cannot forget the those Pepsters who make gestured promises future with New Year’s Day to top it off. The of contributing to Pep-O-Grams during the glare and blare and that ])arty we’re going to. New Year, without having the least inten- We’ll ha\'e a great time even though we tion of carrying out that promise. But it won’t remember half the night. And the res- does salve their conscience to make the resolutions we'll make ! It sure will be easy olution, so we must at least congratulate to make them but oh, boy, watch us try to ; them upon having discovered a method for live iqi to them. .And then another 3'ear will effectively salving the conscience. have departed, written in the books of time The fact of the matter is that the actual with its jo3'S and sorrows. What will the fu- equivalent cf a New Year Resolution is in- ture hold for us? Ara3^ it be healtb, w'ealth stinctive rather than announced: it happens and happiness. of one’s own volition rather than being something that “ought to be done because REMEMBRANCE it IS being done.” Even so far as we are concerned it seemed that the thing to do Pep-O-Grams has received a memo from was to have a beautiful page in this issue Peggy Bourdette, former secretary to John D. about OUR New Year Resolutions: but we Clark, and now a member of the staff of the hope that our unconventional but none the Paramount Holbvwood Studios, sending her less truthful summing up of the true state of regards to all Pepsters and wishing them the affairs absolves us frem the full force of our jolliest of Christmases and the peppiest of own castigation. New Years. —

Page Nine of Pep-O-Grams ANNUAL BALL Paramount - Pep Club February 9th — Hotel Astor

E’RE on the fringe of another glittering event! And W in the next six weeks we’re going to sweep right along to the grand climax of another characteristically super-successful Paramount- Pep Club affair.

The affair is the Annual Paramount-Pep Club Ball to be held at the Hotel Astor on the night of Saturday, February 9th. The splendid precedent of the last Ball will be followed. Tickets will be sold to the general public at Ten Dollars per. Paramount-Pep Club members will be charged Five Dollars a ticket, and will be privileged to buy one additional ticket for Five Dollars. Naturally there will be a sales drive to stimulate the public purchases of the pasteboards, and there will be the same splendid prize inducement that there was last year one ticket free for every ten tickets sold.

I'his is our last Ball announcement before the issue of February 1st, which will be just eight days ahead of the great event. It should therefore be our desire to urge the utmost effort towards making the Ball the major spectacle of the season. But from what we have seen, heard, felt and intuitively divined, this job has been taken out of our hands by a colossal enthusiasm which seems bent on making the Ball just so big an event for Manhattan that we will probably have to hire Brooklyn, Hoboken and Canarsie to take care of the overflow. All of this enthusiasm you will find reflected in the frequent notices of plans and progress which will be coming to you from the Ivntertainment Committee. We have an excellent guarantee that the souvenir program to be produced in conjunction with the Ball will be a sparkling achievement both editorially and profitably. This guarantee is contained in the fact that its editorial and advertising columns will be under the direction of Harold Flavin, who already has a grand reputation as a producer of worthwhile-taking-home souvenir programs. .

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Did You Have a Good Time at the Christmas Party?

As this issue of Pep-O-Grams was already on the press when the Pep Club’s Grand Christmas Party was staged on the 26th floor of the Paramount Building from 2 p. m. ’til 6 p. m. on Saturday last, we can only assume that you were there, and that you had a marvelous time.

We do know that great things in the dancing and eating line were promised by the Entertainment Committee, now headed by Messrs. McDermott and Macllvain, newly appointed Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee who are filling the posts made vacant by the resignations of Messrs. Botsford and Holman.

And now we can only hope that our reporters were busy snapping up the choice items of news for inclusion in the next issue cf this magazine.

As you might readily guess, our illustra- tion is designed to show you, with the ar- rows, the actual floor of the Paramount Building on which the Christmas Party took place.

In the Advertising and Publicity De- Bob Moriarty translating the French synop- partments With Aye. Eh! sis on “Looping the Loop” for A.B.C.I ).E.F.G. — Llarwin Andrews. Lillian Fariilo sporting a sparkler on the Forin' \\ yly daring us to find something correct finger of the correct hand. When’s it funn\’ to say about him. going to be, Lil ? Adelaide Miller deciding to take IMonda}- to Charlie McCarth}- back again after two Thursday as her “half day” for Christmas weeks’ illness and chafing for some Pep Club shopping. action so his publicity committee will have something to keep them busy Saturday afternoons. BEING SINCERE .r Harold Flavin taking a half hour for lunch. Psychology teaches that ‘‘sincerity is not a Tess Klausner wondering how we ever

\ quality ' of the iccak person.” found anything to say about her in Pep-0- Without thinking, one might not connect Cirams. j sincerity zeith either zeeakness or strength in an Blake AlcC^eigh basking in the limelight as indiz'idual, zee scarcely think niair -an after-dinner speaker. “The^- asked me to for of a zeho is insincere as being a person loeak speak for twenty minutes,” says Blake, ‘‘and I of spoke for an hour.” Editor’s note: Eveiwbody character; yet it is true. Strength in a man is his fell asleep. cz'idenced by knozoledge of zohat he has The office boy revealing January fifteenth as earned, because he is big enough to state facts the daj' Ethel Simi)Son decides ‘‘for better or zehether they carry personal favor or not, his worse.” ability to stand flat footed looking the zoorld George Britt calling all the Long Island stu- square in the eye and demanding zchat he dio stars by their first names. George di\ ides knozes that he is entitled to, and if there arc his time now between the Astoria plant and any faults he zeill acknoieledge them. the nation’s newspapers. The zoeak man is one zoho has many things Russell Holman doing a few rather neat to conceal, facts that he fears zeould do him tricks with a very cx])ensivc derin- (not his damage if divulged. His concealment of these -own ) things is his insincerity. His fear therefore Peggy Fewer explaining the unexplainable makes him zeeak. ‘‘What are Yonkers?” Cliff rolling a can of trailer film down Sincerity spells Strength but it also spells Lewis f

the hall with a ruler. success. —Trevor F.vulkner. ii ! :

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GOOD MORNING, INTO THE FOLD THE BOTSFORDS HAVE NURSE! A GIRL The unanimous endorse- It is a pleasure to record ment of the members was A 1 1 h 0 It g h congratulations here the fact that one of the placed upon the following ad- have been flying thick and fast ditions to the fold at the last most infectious smiles in the around the Paramount Build- Paramount' Building is that general meeting, held on De- ing this past zoeek, Fep-O- possessed by Freda Joseph, cember 11th Grams is offering, on behalf of who is nurse in Dr. Stern’s Anne Blum, Mary Chita, Welfare and Medical Depart- Vivian Fredericks, Garrett the entire Fep Club wewber- ment. She certainly removes Hall, Helen Kaufmann, Rhea ship, eongratulations to Mr. Kravitz, Reynolds, any qualms that one might Ann Jean and Mrs. A. M. Botsford on Sc’^nmm, Jean Schwenger, have about entering the Doc- the arrival their baby Wilfred G. Cherry, Herbert of tor’s office. Levitan, William Noonan, daughter, Ruth. The date of George S. Reinhardt, David the arriz’al zoas announced on Samuelson, Mortimer Saling- THAT ATHLETIC QUES- the special form of Messrs. er, Harry Schulman, Nathan Stork and Company, the an- TIONNAIRE Weiss. nouncement being regarded in Here’s hoping that you We’re glad they’re with us, film ajid publicity circles as used sincere intelligence in and they’re glad they’re with one of the quaintest and most filling out your copy of the us — so what more need be practical pieces of sliozvman- questionnaire distributed by said ship ez'cr associated zvith such Theodore C. Young, chair- an event. man of the Athletic Commit- A FEW DAYS EARLY tee. Great results are going to come from that question- For most obvious reasons WATCH YOUR STEP naire! This j'ear we’re going we have produced this issue to have the finest year of of Peji-O-Grams for you in The season’s first snowfall athletics in our history! time for Christmas instead of proved diastrous for Sayde bringing it out on January Silver, of the Audit Depart- 1st. with the that Thus hope ment, who fell enroute to the SONG AND DANCE the few thoughts wc want to office December 13 and sus- register with you actually do i It is rumored that the two tained a fractured arm. We register, let’s say adios with “song birds” of the Account- trust the injured member will ing the promise that you will get Department (known pro- heal promptly. fessionally your next issue on i as Viola Geerts February

and Josephine Cleary) are 1 St. seriously considering an offer 1 SERIOUSLY ILL

! to display their talent in a musical offering entitled WEDDING BELLS Members of the Audit and “Giggling Gertie.” In General Accounting Depart- ad- On December 9fli, Mildred dition to their vocal ability, ments were shocked to learn Cherexkin, secretary to George the young ladies also possess that Frank Clark is suffering If'eltner of the Foreign De- ' other entertaining possil>il- partment, became Mrs. from peritonitis resulting ities, Viola Ber- being an accom- from a ruptured appendix. plished pianist and zither nard Kuhn. As a mark of her I latest reports popularity, the Foreign Depart- .According to ' player, while Joe is a very he is putting up a good fight graceful “Dasho” dancer. ment staff presented her zvith a I is held’, for handsome banjo clock. and every hope . Some people sing onh- up- his recovery. on request. Arthur Leonard, j past treasurer: of the Para- ' mount Pep Club, doesn’t for Our heartfelt sym- VISITED CANADA the same reason. pathy is extended to the Mr. A. J. Michel, whose Mrs. Emma Peters, of Mother passed away on .Audit Department, has just BUSINESS TO THE LAST November 29. returned from a visit to her A young bank clerk in a sister in Canada where she midwestern metropolis, was had the pleasure of a happy shot during a holdup of the “Are you really a bank ex- reunion witli her nrother, of bank. Highly excited and aminer, Mr. Tompkins f” asked Seattle, whom she had not overly impressed with the the hostess. seen for ten years. She is idea that he might die, he “Yes madam, I happen to quite enthusiastic about the called to a friend, “Charlie, be.” Canadian climate and winter do me a last favor—write “Then I hope you zvill have sports, and we understand Tillie—give her my love, and tell her my last thoughts time to examine the baby’s she became quite expert in were of her—and please, car- bank. No matter how much diving) from a bouncing to- bon copies to Grace and tve shake it, nothing zvill come boggan and landing head first Agnes.” out.”—American Banker in the snow. — —

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CHIPS FROM THE TREE OF TIPS ON THE MARKET OF LIFE Or “Mind Over Matter” Mostly reprinted from “Spruce Splinters,” By Ed. Corcoran Toledo, Oregon During the past sixty days I have made close Life is like a deck of cards. When you are to Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars on the in love, it is hearts. When you are engaged, Stock Market. And I did not have to worry it is diamonds. When yon are married, it is about the Bears or Bulls. Just took the advice she uses). And clubs (yours and the one of my friends. I never knew’ I had so many I

when you die, it is spades. wonderful pals until the market started to rise, i 1 have always had to pay my lawyers for advice, but somehow none of my friends would A straight flush is as rare on the face of a accept a fee for their tips on the market. modern girl as it is in a poker game. Hardly an hour of any day, including Sun- days, passed without my receipt of advice on

it with flowers, say it with sweets ; say Say it some good “buy.” Some days was Mont- | it with kisses, say it with eats : say it with gomery Ward. Other days it was Radio. Then jewelry, say it with drink; But always be care- again it was Victor, Packard, Studebaker, Con- j ful not to say it with ink. Ex. solidated, etc., etc. All w'ere straight tips sent

| by telephone, telegram or letter. Most of > mind them of course were whispered. on ; I work with safety my ;

’Tis the same with all my kin : And now that we are on the eve of a bright On the very first day of my life new year I am wondering how many of these I wore a safety pin. good friends cashed in on the advice they so w’illingly gave to me. In what a sumptuous style they must now be living. And how best Most girls who haven’t brains enough to for me to express my gratitude. Because the cook a dinner, have beauty enough to get one Eight Hundred Thousand I made is all on without cooking it. paper, and T hate like the devil to admit my weak-kneed attitude toward their advice.

Elwyth : “I had a lovely nut sundae.” I guess they are all millionaires now. I one coming Gladwyth : “Yes, dearie, have And speaking of money reminds me that the over to take me motoring tonight.” is to be much smaller I new paper money ; mean the bills, not their values. So now T Sonny: “What’s a genius. Poppa?” suppose the “roll like a bale of hay” will give is a place to “one like a bundle of dental floss.” Poppa : “A genius, my son, man who can rewrite a film salesman’s joke and get it And the “Wad that would choke a horse” accepted by ‘The Ladies’ Home Journal’.” will soon only strangle a canary.

I hope the One Hundred Dollar Bills won’t be so small that we might mistake them for Henna: I hate that man Cosgrove!” postage stamps. happened. I Blonda : “Why, what has And I don’t suppose it will be difficult much thought you liked him so much?” longer to make “Big money”— it might be whistle just Henna : “He said I couldn’t and harder to make small money. i to show him I could, I puckered up my mouth so sw'eet and round, and what do you think he did?” A CHRISTMAS FANTASY I know’?’ Blonda (l)lushingh') : “How should 'Twas ihe day before Christmas and down in the

Not a pencil was stirring, *twas noisy as hell : Henna: “Well, the fool just let me whistle.” When up from a desk there arose such a clatter, I ran to the spot to see what was the matter. The girls had spread gifts on the desk tops with care. Sweet laces, chemises and hankies were there: Wetitling Anniversaries And around stood the gentlemen, brave and so nosey Making sure they'd not miss out on anything hosey. While out in the lockers arose «uch a noise just a little in advance, Though That I hurried out there to see some of the boys. we are using this means to convey And someone was whispering “let’s have just one more There’s just a few minutes from now until four.” to Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Zukor the These things in themselves make up real Christmas cheer By exchanging best wishes with friends we hold dear. felicitations of the Paramount-Pep It is not what we give, but the way it is given Club on the occasion of their Thir- That makes for good spirit and joy worth the livin.’ So friends, ere I stop, let me say this to you ty-second Wedding Anniversary “Be happy no matter whatever you do. extend through the year 10th, 1929. Make a real Christmas spirit Januar}’ And radiate happiness, joy and good cheer.” And to Mr. and Mrs. Emil E. Cyril Dudley Valentine Shauer on the occasion of their when Wife : “I suppose you were nervous Twentieth Wedding Anniversar}’ you first asked your husband for money?” December 25th, 1928. Another wife: “No, I was just calm—and collected.” Created for the members of the Parainoimt-Pep Club, Im corporated. Published for them monthly: this issue being Number Four of Volume

Five, and its date of publication, February One, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-nine. Fuse Two of Pep-O-Grams PEP-O- GRAMS The Spirit of the organizations of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and Publix Theatres Corporation. Edited by Albert Deane Associate editors: Henry Goldberg, George Rogers Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Contributing editors: Every member of the Paramount- Pep Club, whether moved or not by the spirit to write.

Fep-O-Grains is published by and for the members of the Faramount-Fcp Club on the first of every calendar month at the Faramount Building, Times Square, N eiv York City.

Volume 5, Number 4 February 1, 1929

Emulation Addresses

You should be mighty happy, as Pepsters, Having already been addressed by Air. to know that your Cluh is so highly esteem- Zukor and Air. Laskv—and having heard ed by the entire Domestic Department of our Honorary President endorse this plan Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, of personal talks by the Company’s exec- that a great many of the branch offices utives—you should know that a noonday have already formed local Pep Clubs—and general meeting of the Cluh, on the second have used the Constitution of the Para- Tuesday of each month, is something which mount-Pep Club, Inc., as their foundation should under no consideration he missed. for success. It can he stated with complete definiteness, * * 4^ here and now', that there will be another inspiring speaker at the next general meet- Insurance ing, to be held on February 12th. It will be either Air. Kent or A-Ir. Katz, depending Not even the awful suddenness with which on who happens to be in town at the time. Death struck into our midst, carrying off An announcement wdll me made locally in three of our beloved members since the ample time before the meeting. day that the Insurance Plan was first proposed, has convinced the requisite propor- * » * tion of our membership that the expend- Illness iture of fifteen cents a week is a ‘sacrifice’ have been through which they at least owe to their near and We some tough times, so far as illness is concerned. As winter dear ones. It is almost incredible that for is are the cost of a soda drink, a big proportion with us, we not yet over those limes. rather of our membership cannot be induced to A e.xtensive number of cases re- Dr. invest in a policy which would at least ported to Stern, of our Aledical and Welfare Department, the of take care of loved ones for the first grim and promptest months — should the Reaper single them treatments were ordered in every case. This out. usually consisted of orders-to-home, and a prescription. But even at that it was noted These sentiments are not intended to be that a large proportion of sufferers waited ghoulish. Should they appear to be so, it far longer than they should have before is only because Pep-O-Grams cannot rec- reporting. In which case they allocated oncile itself to the spectacle of those in- to themselves more misery and suffering dividuals who weigh fifteen cents a week than they need have undergone. Apart from in the balance against the welfare of de- the pain and discomfort suffered, tardiness pendents — and see to it that the fifteen in reporting a known ill is neither fair to cents is the heavier. oneself or one’s company. * * * * * * Gaiety Returned The night of February the Ninth —and Our President, G. B. Judge Frawley, is the morning of the Tenth—will find the back at his desk marvelously refreshed from personnel of Paramount and Publix again a vacation of four weeks spent visiting Pan- arrayed before a representative gathering ama, Havana and other colorful spots in of New York’s elite. It is our display of Central America and the Caribbean. During cordial entertainment, at which we are not his absence his Paramount-Pep Club duties only producers and sponsors, but also were most ably carried out by Vice-Presi- participants. In such events our past is dent Edward A. Browm. Both officers of renownedly spotless: it follows as a matter the Club are now tirelessly devoting their of prophecy as well as belief that we shall energies to the making of the Ball an enter- be both pleased and proud to add this new- tainment and financial success that \ve can est event to our escutcheon. be w'ell proud of. Page Three of Pep-O-Grams

OUR HONORARY PRESIDENT ADDRESSES THE MEMBERS

Those Pepsters who availed themselves of the priceless opportunity of hearing our Honorary President, Mr. Adolph Zukor, in his address to the Club on Tuesday, January 8th, certainly listened to an expression of sentiments which must make them proud to l)e members of the great Paramount organization. Mr. Zukor had just returned from wdiat was virtually the most vitally important visit he has ever paid to Hollywood, and his words reflected not only the impressiveness of this visit, but also the significance of the Paramount-Pep Club's influence throughout the organization. The Greatest Paramounteer of Them All used a few powerfully chosen words to em])hasize the

great array of tasks which lay ahead of our organization : and it was then his proud pleasure to state that the Paramount organization could not face these tasks with ecjuanimity were it not for the fact of having the Paramount-Pep Club membership contribute its vital quota of tireless energy to the stern work to be done. And not only does he have

such unbounded faith in the Pepsters : but he knows this to be the case

with every one of the Company’s executives ; and he certainly found it to be the case during his visit to the West Coast. Above all else, Mr. Zukor expressed his very great pleasure at being thus able to greet the Pepsters face to face: and he whole-heartedly endorsed the Club’s plan of having a Company executive address the members once a month, on the occasion of the regular general meeting.

LONG SERVICE IN PARAMOUNT’S Have Faith in Yourself FOREIGN DEPARTMENT Most men g'o to pieces when they Our foreign statistician, who for the have had a few good beatings. They nonce prefers to remain anonymous, wilt. They fade away. They crawl has been dehing into the records of in a safe little corner and hide while long service in this department and the great rough tide of glorious life has found that 1 1 members of the staff rushes past them. The fact is. that can supply a total of 115 years of serv- defeat is the normal thing in this hap- ice—an average of ten and a half years hazard little world and victory comes aj)iece. but seldom. Every victory, usually, is The following are the Pepsters and the result of a long series of defeats. their service ; — Matilda Kass ( 16 A man must have faith in himself, and years), Louis Fernandez (13 years), in what he is trying to do. He must Lillian Goldsmith (12 years), Charles say “I can.” He must back himself Gartner (12 years). Palmer Hall Stil- to win. He must bet on himself. He son (10 years), Louise Eckhardt (10 must have faith in the people he works years), Sam Cohen (10 years), Jose with. He must l)elieve in his team. tunha (8 years), O. R. Geyer (8 He must see the better side of his co- years), Ann Leviness (8 years), Wil- workers and not think that his own liam Pass (8 years). point of view is the only right one. Not included in this list is the name He must have faith in those great of Emil E. Shauer, who was of course principles that make us superior to the founder of the Foreign Depart- the animals of the forest—truth, hon- ment. Mr. Shauer has 14 years of esty, sympathy, justice, progress. service with Paramount. —Forbes Magazine. Page Four of Pep-O-Grams k Evry Mind a Noteboo E v’r y Eye a Pen! BEING PERSONAL NOTES GATHERED ALONG THE HIGHWAYS AND BY-WAYS OF THE PARAMOUNT BUILDING BY OUR SLEUTHS.

Wc have it from reliable sources that one Inniss D. Atwell is seriously smitten by PUBLIX-BOOKING Dan Cupid. We are not aware of the identity of the lucky girl, but we do know We firmly believe that someone must that Jnniss can be seen at any time now, have left a fortune to Ida Wolfe the w'histling and smiling, loving the world in way she is dazzling everyone with her general and The Girl, in particular. new clothes. And of such varied hue! St)mc itnkind wit has remarked that since Look to your laurels, Joseph of the Mr. Donnelley of the Film Rental Dejjart- many-colored coat! ment has gone in for cigars, that he looks Harold Greenberg is wearing a like a Fourth Ward politician. Yes, he worried exiiression these days. It IS knows the “ropes.” difficult to think what to give the girl F>ert .teller, versatile youth, is now con- friend for a present. But then, Har- templating a course in dramatics. \\T* can old should know, with his amazing foresee, in future years, his name glittering "way with the women.” along Broadway,' “ADLER SUPREME A shining example of Ambition ;rRAGEDlAN — “THE AMERICAN personified is Wallie Jorgensen. Not 'I'RAGEDY.” Keep up, Ijert, you may (.Illy is she a hard working “goil” dur- startle the world some day. ing business hours, but she attends a Bess Decker is suffering from “writer's local high school at evening and cramp." She addressed so many Christmas easily walks off as honor student. cards, that it is small wonder that she is What Price Glory! now so afflicted. Popularity has its drawbacks. Ida Diekmeyer had an exceedingh- trying New Year’s Eve was a very special night time in selecting one of the boy friend’s for the peo]de of the Poster xYrt Depart- gifts. It seems that Ida intended buying ment because of the highly enjoyable party him an oak chest, but discarded the idea. given by Bill Stranders at his home. Phil Shenker is still the sheik irresistible. Word comes to us that Henry Kelt is much There must be something phenomenol interested in a certain Dolly Gray of Staten about a techniciue such as his. It has been Island. We hope for the “low-down” soon. said that such talents are gifts! PROMINENT PEPSTER’S PECULIAR We are glad to see Walter Stokes back PRESENT with us after a bitter illness. Congratula- In line with the recent holiday hilarity, tions, Walter— and no return engagements. Miss Helen Swayne, head of the Sales Statistics Department, received as a Christ- DOINGS ON THE EIGHTH mas gift a very highh' pedigreed pup. William Goldstein, doing a “Sliding Billy” An unknown admirer was informed of Watson act, was much in evidence at the Miss Swayne’s great affection for these Christmas party. Also among those present little iiets, and immediately took advantage was Miss Moses, who created some un- of this knowledge by ])urchasing one of a easiness by dancing rather close to the truly famous litter. The mother of Miss ornaments on the tree; hut w’as finally Swayne’s champion bears the colors of the insinuated to a safer place. well-known house of Sourkrowt, while the Leo Pillot, the handsome sheik of the father has a strain of Mustard in him. floor, managed to do quite well at the party, An unkind exjionent of the theory of stark except for the slight mistake of inferring realism on the floor suggested that the that the black-suited gentleman behind the lovely little creature was, after all, only a refreshment table was an undertaker. hot dog. But those of us who really ap- Mr. Haley, who presides so graciously Iireciate canine beauty are fully aware that over the receiition room, is also well-known Miss Swayne’s present is a pure-blooded as a raconteur. Anybody wishing to hear Frankfurter. the very latest story need go no further. Alfred Jones, wdio formerly wmrked in Smoke—Oh! All is not gold that glitters the Paramount Theatre, has now been trans- and neither are all cigars Corona Coronas, ferred to the Brooklyn Paramount, where according to the girls of the Cash Register he is Sergeant-at-Arms of the Brooklyn Department. It seems that Walter McIn- Paramount I’ep Club and the leader of the tosh, head of that division, is much newly organized boxing class. enamoured of a certain brand whose frag- The xYdvcrtising and Publicity Depart- rance has yet to be discovered. The girls ment was considerably crippled this month have done their level best, but they can not due to the absence of Miss Mahoney, Miss find anything which smells more unhappily. Blatchford, Mrs. Kramer and Sam Palmer Consequently, a movement is on foot to on account of sickness. Happily, they are buy Mac a box of six cent cigars instead of all back now and in the best of health. his usual five cent standard. Page Five of Pep-O-Grams 1 STARS, CELEBRITIES, NOTABLES WILL ATTEND PARA- MOUNT PEP CLUB’S MOTION PICTURE BALL

With every day opening up newer and greater vistas of enjoyment and entertainment for the Motion Picture Ball of the Paramount-Pep Cluh, to be held at the Astor Hotel on Fehruary 9th, we have learned that two of the principal guests of the evening will he Richard Dix and Nancy Carroll.

It is also promised that other foremost stars who happen to he in New York

! City that evening will also attend. And we think there will he many.

Yet this is but one learned so often, success chapter in a thrill - filled is not an accident, l)ut is I evening of entertainment the result of organized promised for those who hard work. I

! are so fortunate as to be Every floor in the Pa-

i FEB. ticket-holders. ramount Building has its

; There is to be a gor- staff of enthusiastic ticket geous presentation of the sellers. This staff actu- {

I best talent available from ally is every Pepster on Publix, with the offering each floor, though f o r [ staged ! by James R. Co- purposes of organization wan, production manager there are certain members I of the Paramount Long designated as being of j Island Studio, and b the Ticket Committee. j y 9 Jack Partington, one o f With all of these workers the Publix production fired with the determina- j heads. This glittering, cream - rich tion of making the Ball the whooping slab of enertainment will be presided success it has every right, because of over by Paul Ash, who as master of its attractions, to be, tickets at a time ceremonies is one of the niftiest heart- slightly in excess of a week in advance llutterers ever to descend upon Go- of the Ball should be about as hard to tham. obtain as front row seats for tonight’s performance of “Whoopee.” . And that’s not all! You’ve got to have music, and in this case you’re In addition to the inducement of f going to working- for the success of the Cluly ! get the best. It will be supplied by none other than Roger Wolfe there is the added inducement of one i' Kahn and his celelirated Society Sere- free ticket for every ten tickets sold. ' naders. And how it will joggle the It is perhaps not inopportune to men-

' toes I tion at this stage, that the prices of

the tickets are as follows ; Bona-fide But—and this is important—the Ball — members of the Paramount-Pep has got to be launched surely and se- Club, one ticket at Five Dollars, the I and renely. In the launching it has to have right to one ticket at the unstinted supj^ort of every Pepster buy guest Five Dollars. Additional tickets worthy of his Pep. Its attractions Ten Dol- lars each. To Non-Members of the have to be broadcast, its guaranteed Paramount-Pep Club, are entertainment value has to be spread who employed by Paramount, from end to end of the Metropolitan Publix, or affiliated companies. Seven Dollars and Fifty district, its money - worth has to be Cents for one ticket and Ten Dollars transmuted into a sales argument each additional ticket. To all outsid- which not even the lions on the Li- ers, Ten Dollars per ticket. brary steps can ignore. In other words Schedule details are as follows ; — — this Ball is the Paramount Pep Dancing begins sharply at 9 o’clock. Club’s big effort to ballast the Club Entertainment with Paul Ash as Mas- for its year of sailing ahead. The Ball ter of Ceremonies, begins at 11.45 p.in. has to be a success : and as you have Supper is to be served at One A.M. Page Six of I’ep-O-Grains

PEP CLUB’S CHRISTMAS PARTY BIG SUCCESS (By A. Scribe) , Thanks to the splendid efforts of our ' Entertainment Committee, a large gathering of Pepsters disported themselves with great glee at the Christmas party on the j floor twenty-si.xtb on Saturday afternoon, I December 29. (This event would have been reported in last issue, but for the fact that

the is:>ue came out as a Christmas number ! several days in advance.) Nothing was lacking to make the affair go over in great style. The syncopated melodies of Caruso’s Orchestra fairly compelled even the most sluggish feet to trip lightly over the floor. One of the most enjoyable features of the afternoon was the vaudeville program. Joe Miller of the Long Island Record Room entertained b}- singing "Sunin- Boy." To Publix we were indebted for some fine tenor solos by Ross McLean and the con- tortions of Miss Wenona. Bob Stanley and Miss Barbara Vernon, both from “A Night in Spain" were also greath" appreciated by the assembled Pepsters. AIcCartby and Stenard put on an e.x- tremely amusing sketch entitled ‘‘Man j Versus and as a fitting conclusion Woman”, j to a delightful program, Billy JJunham and songs. One of a series of striking announcements Jack I'reeman contributed circulated by the ever-live Entertainment Our own inimitible announcer, E. A. ! Committee of the Club, and designed to Brown presided over the festivities, and led 1 keep enthusiasm and zest for the success of the cheering for all the performers. To merely record the happy events of the the Ball at fever pitch. afternoon is far from sufficient. In fact, we SPORTS ANNOUNCEMENTS cannot consider the matter ended until i acknowledgment has been made to our tire- this heading we list for you the j ruder less Entertainment Committee, and es- details of several very interesting j major pecially to Chairman E. McDermott and ' received recently. J. sports announcements bis able helpers Bill Mcllvain and Sam on February 18th, and con- Commencing Rheiner, whose great efforts resulted in there is to be the tinuing until the 23rd, such an enjoyable time for the members. Fourth Annual International Golf Show at the Grand Central Palace. Everything that NOTES FROM THE SALES STATIS- even the most fastidious golfer would want, TICS DEPARTMENT obtainable there: or want to know will be The project sponsored by Flelen W. Australian and even Joe Kirkwood, trick Swayne, chairman of the Educational Com- of mashie golfer, will be there will his bag mittee, got under way with many manifes- ball off and niblick wonders, and will drive a tations of seriousness and insiriration. I'he if let him. For the your watch glass— you whole department is now learning Conip- be exhibits in non-golfers there will also tometry and we expect a shortage of figures archery, polo, tennis, aquatic sports and to work on very soon. sport is trap shoot- trap-shooting. (That last Of course, everybody is after the prizes. Tickets at 50 ing, not craps shooting.) Latest advices have it that Murrell, Belucci, cents (half of door admission price) obtain- Rappoport and Gentile are leading the race. able from C. A. Beute. This must be true, as they say so them- Those interested in bowling will be selves. glad to learn that Joe J. Doughney, Amy Press experienced a little difficulty Chairman of the Bowling Committee, has in trying to find where the tape came out, arranged for two bowling alleys at Dwyer’s but our able tutors from the Felt and Academy, 1680 Broadway, for ten consecu- Tarrant Co. soon adjusted her trouble. tive Alonday nights, commencing February iMiss Bregmann was very quiet. She de- 4th. Flours 6 to 10 p. m. Tournaments are cided not to discourage the rest of the class invited among the members. by letting them know she was going to win Those interested in ice skating are advised the prize. that iMaxinc Kessler has been appointed Miss Hicks, who sprained her finger after Chairman of the Ice Skating Committee in several attempts to break the machine, an- lieu of Ednith Weber, designed. Report of nounced that she will be content with the this Committee with regard to cut-rate knowledge acquired in the school and will tickets and other skating activities will be let someone else win the prize she might made shortly. otherwise have won. Page Seven of Pep-O-Grams THREE NEW PEPSTERS BEARING GIFTS At the last general meet- One distinct advantage in - Pep working in the Foreign De- ! ing of the Paramount In Memoriam held on January 8th partment (although one must i Club last, the following Para- first of all have the qualifica- j mounteers were admitted to tion of being intelligently j membership: — Helen Wals, amiable) is that when the j come in from such i managers Phillip Brown, Irving Talbot. Marion May i faraway lands as Japan and they ENGAGED Frank Clark India and Argentina, invariably come in bearing It is our pleasure to record taste and rare excel- j Charles H. Lomax gifts of I in these columns the news lence. Shawls, curio boxes, that on December 25th last, combs, bolts of silk and oth- I Gertrud Wiethake, German er thrilling tokens bear translator in the Foreign I spletulid testimony to this. Publicity Department, b e- SALUTE SADIE A list of gift recipietits will the temporary ab- came engaged to Rolf Mul- During supplied on request: but j be sence of President G. B. I ler. J. if you’re aiming to get into Frawley, his able secretary, the Foreign Department, Sadie Spitzer, carried on his TICKETS that’s your own business. good work, both in business

: Roland P. Mader is not and Pep Club matters. It ' member onl}' an important was certainly a pleasure to TWO SPLENDID HOUSE of the secretarial branch of j! see Sadie doing everything ORGANS the Home Office Production pause for a few mo- I in her power to keep things We in the capacity task of pound- || Department, running serenely and doing ments in our little jl of secretary to Walter Wan- ing out copy for this a great job of it. ger, but he is the one who magazine to pay tribute to |: has to meet the demand for two of the finest house or- j INDEFATIGABLE tickets when a new stage gans ever produced in Para- production opens at either For the Hall (.d Fame of mount’s history. These are the Empire, Lyceum or Hen- Hard Workers, we wish to “The Whole Show,” edited ry Miller Theatre. It speaks nominate Sara Lyons. This (in its new format as well as indefatigable girl has been volumes for the quality of its old) by Leon J. Bamber- his tact to say that he man- e.xceptionally busy lately; yet ger; and “Publix Opinion,” ages to satisfy everybody, we notice that she is always edited l)y Ben Serkowich. either with tickets, or with more than willing to devote Both meaty, news-filled insti- adequate smile - strewn rea- her time to Pep Club affairs. tutional publications depict sons why tickets are not the power, punch and pep of i available. RAFFLEWINNER Paramount and Publix. A three pound box of can- FROM INDIA d}' was won by Sylvia Mar- DICK’S DOINGS We were very happy to shall, Mr. Week’s attractive While Melville A. Shauer welcome back to Home Of- secretary. Gertrude Jaffee, has been in New York, his secretary to Mr. Hammell, fice, William J. Clark, who work as special European is back from spending two raffled it off for the benefit representative of the Foreign torrid years in India. ‘Bill’ of some deserving person. Department has been splen- Clark, a brother of John D. didly carried on by R. M. Clark, division manager, was SPARKLES! “Dick” Blumenthal, his as- sent by Emil E. Shauer to Marge Redmond is the sistant in Paris. Dick has

co-represent Paramount i n proud possessor of a very not only overseen the mighty

India with Charles B. Bal- beautiful engagement ring, campaigns on “Wings” i n lance. Flis travels, which which she received at Christ- Paris and Berlin, but he has were extensive, took him all mas. The floor in front of also been on a tour of in- over India, and also down to Room 1258 is being worn spection which has taken him Ceylon and into Burma. In away by girls who want to through the major portion of addition, they brought him see the new ornament and in- Europe, into lands that we into personal touch with the quire about “her Walter.’’ all dream of visiting some highest officials in the land. day. At present he is in Pa- LOOKS ris, up to his ears in work. BALL NEWS The serious mien and ab- Be sure and record on pa- stract air of one, Flarold NOT “VAWSE” per your news items regard- “Panama” Sugarman would Marie Dunn, John D. Clark’s ing the Motion Picture Bail indicate that our Isthmian pretty and efficient secretary, on February 9th. Don’t keep hero is mentally weighing a is exceedingly proud of her the stories in your head and most serious problem. No pet vase which she is very then wonder why they never mere business vexation could conscientiously keeping filled appeared in print. We ad- weigh so heavily on Fasci- with fresh flowers. When the mit to being clairvoyant to nating Youth. At all events, flowers get wilted, she calls a certain degree—but not to we shall see what we shall it a vase; but when they’re that degree. hear! fresh, it’s a vahse. Page Eight of Pep-O-Grunis

Jottings from This Place and That

HKAI, KS’l'A'l'K. Mr. Theo. C. Young' is hecoming quite a proficient golfer, played a back with us after spending a most enjoy- round recently and could not resist the able t'acation in tlie West Indies. temptation to go wading, even though the M. C. Huglies, former Ileal Estate Ilei)re- temiierature was almost zero.. Mr. McGo- Sentative in the South, is now locateil per- vern, who played witli him, suggested that manently in the Home Office with Miss l a hereafter Jimmy discard his shoes and stock- C. Alpert as his secretary. We welcome these ings if he felt the urge of wading coming on. new members to our fold. Mr. W. J. Pineau, head of the General Ac- Sylvia I’omerantz gave us a jolt when site counting Department is spending several exhibited that tell-tah- ring on her left haiui. weeks in p’lorida. Sylvia is the tliird member of Ileal Estate We are glad to see the return of Bertha to get starteus- in common, but nobody knows what it is. saint of the Audit Department. That is. they We are all glad to vvelcome back Mr. F. were surprised if they had not heard Ar- Meyer, who has been ill with the flu. mand's frequent and somewhat heated telephone conversations with Wanamaker’s last summer relative to delayed delivery of fur- J'lJtLI-X. Henry Spiegel and Ray Puckett niture, or had possibly believed his “bach- are doing very well in the publicity depart- elor" apartment story, or possibly had not ment of the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre. Seen them boarding the same train together Leo Pillot, has taken Henry’s at Botanical Gardens. To even the surprise who place in Home Office Publicity Department, finds score, on December :il. when Mrs. Toussaint his new position very much to his liking. left the employ of Paramount, she was ju'e- sented with a handsome coffee urn and sun- J. Albert Hirsch has been appointed an dry incidentals, a gift from their many associate editor of “Publix Opinion.” friends. We wish tiiem every happiness. For some time past members of the Audit SWITCH HO.A HI). It looks as though the Department have been casting expectant operators w'ere taking- turns at being sick. glances at the left hand of “Gertie" Strauch. At the present writing Miss Miner and Miss genial and efficient typist. Their vigilance Madigan are botli home with colds. was finally rewarded with the announcement that Gertie is now engaged and is rehearsing Everybody is wondering when Helen Ma- the wedding march. lone will get that second ring from her -Another interesting event is the arrival, at Chester. In fact, some of the girls can hard- “Pop" Mahan's house, of a lialiy daughter. ly restrain their impatience. Needless to say “Pop" was very excited and Miss Foster frequentl.v is seen enjoying pleased: but as mother and daughter are her lunch in Childs and she isn’t always doing well, there is no danger of “Pop” alone. Nothing escapes us, by Heck. losiny any curly locks through worrying. Tom Cronin is sporting a new ring around We still have our golf enthusiasts in the office. it can’t find girl Audit Department. Jimmy Speer, who is the Can be that he a to wear it? But probably there are so many girls after it that he is unable to make up his mind. Or maybe someone gave it to BAD MANNERS, BY GUM! him. Who knows? Our intrepid reporters have discovered that We have been asked by Office Manager Mc- Irene Aleltzer, secretary to Jim Clark, is an Laughlin to call your attention to the rudeness accomplished tap dancer. We give hei' due of those who have mistaken the bowls of the war-ning- that some day we’re going to walk drinking fountains for the carpets in their right in her office and demand a performance homes. It seems that these persons think of the latest steps. nothing of projecting their worn-out chewing For some time our sleuths have been try- gum into these fountains, and letting it re- ing to discover, some ne-ws about Lulu Kai- main there. You may have your own private ser of the Ad Sales Department, but Lulu opinion of these individuals: our own is un- seems to be an adept at keeping things quiet. printable. However, she can't stop us from saying that we think her a nice cheery person and that we wish her pleasant disposition were ours. Created for the members of the Paramoiiiit-Pep Clul), In- corporated. Published for them monthly: this issue being Number Five of Volume

Five, and its date of publication, March One, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-nine.

THE PARAMOUNT- PEP CLUB IS PLEASED AND PROUD TO AN- NOUNCE TO ITS MEMBERS, ITS SPONSORS AND ITS ADMIRERS THE FACT THAT THE MOTION PICTURE BALL WHICH IT CON- DUCTED AT I HE HOTEL ASTOR, NEW YORK CITY, ON THE EVEN- ING OF FEBRUARY NINTH LAST, WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY IN WHICH AN EVENT OF THIS NATURE CAN BE ACCLAIMED AND ENDORSED AS A SUCCESS. (STORY IS INSIDE) —

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P E P - 0 - G R A M S The Spirit of the organizations of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and Puhlix Theatres Corporation. Edited by Albert Deane Associate editors: Henry Goldberg, George Rogers Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Contributing editors; Every member of the Paramount- Pep Club, whether moved or not by the spirit to write. Pep-O-Grams is published by and for the members of the Paramount-Pep Club on the first every of calendar month at^ the Paramount Building, Times Square, Nezv York City. Volume 5, Number 5 March 1 1929

SUCCESS K N O I N G A more tlian generous measure of suc- Those Pepsters who have been so for- cess attended the etforts of those Pepsters tunate as to hear Air. S. R. Kent speak whose unceasing etforts produced the at Conventions of the Paramount organiza- Paramount-Pep Club Pali, and gave Para- tion, know that he has a slogan of his own mount Famous Lasky Corporation new Cl eating which he uses with insistent and prestige through the courtly conduct and advantageous frequency. This slogan says: eiUertainment excellence of that event. Know \our Product!" and its merit is not I'iiiancially the Pall was a success: from to be disiuited. Our scile reason for the point of men- giving value in entertainment tioning it here is that it is a slcgan which and contact with outstanding personalities, can be carried profitably into every nether- it lived well up to its bargain with those mcist raiuification of tuir organizat'on. We who bought tickets: and in gaining a place ai e a mighty and ramifications organiza- in the ever-progressive history of the Para- tion: and in the lives of every one of us mount-Pep Club it will stand as a credit- there are details of Paramount activities able notch of achievement in the escutch- upon which we are never called to touch, eon cif the present Administration. and ^of which we hear luit bttle from one V eai s end to another. I hat, however, should NOTICES not deter us from seeking to gain at least a superficial knowledge of what that Each 3'ear's Educational Committee — in activitv' means in the general scheme of whose selectioti there is always apparent things, for we never knciw from so much wisdom—has made ample use of what direction the next hurrietl call of the bulletin boards with which each floor opportunity is coming. Even more seriously insistent of the Paramount Puilding is e(iuii)ped for than this is the matter of “Knowing the di.s])laying of such announcements as Our Product, frcuu the angle of our are calculated to aid in the spiritual, own particular job. Many members of billing de- mental and progress welfare of all who Iiaitments deal with titles of pictures care to heed them. Such procedure has as though they were simply been amplified by occasional announce- collections of words instead of symbol's of their ments given through the medium of Pep- own livelihood. Xo effort is made to ascertain O-Grams: though it is tacitl}- understood tlie slightest information as to what each that the readers of this organ read it in picture is abc^ut, who is in it, and just far more of a social fashion than as a how big or im])ortant a picture it means to their own advancement. Oppor- is. There are some who ask if "Sunset Pass” is a tunity is taken to air these facts in associa- Western picture; or whether there tion with the statement that the current is any dialogue in “The W'olf of Wall Educational Committee, under the Chair- Street,’” And we involuntarily blush manship of Helen W. Swayne, has on dis- when we hear the play on the announcement boards a number declarations of those Paramounteers of decidedly worth while announcements. who boast that they have only seen one Take a tip! Read them and leap (ahead)! Paramount picture in a year: or those who delight m proclaiming that they have never TO ALL CORRESPONDENTS been inside the Paramount Theatre, in the AND CONTRIBUTORS very same building in which they work. Due to circumstances wliich have To “Know Your Product” is not only ari.sen recently—and wtiich have been a simple duty to the Company which em- manifest on several occasions in the ploys you: it past — tlie editor is compelled to direct is an intelligent and rather your attention to that grand old in- vital step up that progress path which flexible axiom of the newsiiaper profession gains you a greater salary a thousand VERIFY ALL NEW.S! million times sooner than whining for it does. And a more permanent salary, too! : ,

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SCINTILLATING CAPACITY ATTENDANCE MADE PARA- MOUNT PEP CLUB BALL A DAZZLING SUCCESS From nine o’clock on the evening of Saturday, February 9th, until five the following morning, a large and particularly sparkling page was written into the successful history of the Paramount-Pep Club. It was the occasion of the Club’s annual ball, which was attended not only by those of the Club members who can spot out a good time in advance, but also by the elite of New York’s society, and all of the famous screen stars and players in town. The event was of course staged at the hlotel Astor, right across the street from the Paramount Building, and it embodied a wealth of entertainment worth swimming all of the way from Alahanpandjan g or Soerabaja, Java, for. In the staging of this success a great many Pepsters participated. And there Credit were others, too. The spirited playing of There are many sterling the orchestra for instance the peppiness Pepsters ; who merit a lot of credit for their out- of Paul Ash, as master of ceremonies: of-the-crdinary run of participation in the charm and conviviality of the per- the Paramount-Pep Club Ball. And It formers, also. was, in short, a large so it is our pleasure to hereupon pay and spirited evening. credit to the following for their un- From nine o’clock until almost one selfish work in promoting the success dancers swayed and whirled to an almosi of the ball; continuous wave of the snappiest tunes TO John E. McDermott (chairman) on Broadway. Then the stage entertain- IJ’ilham S. Mcllvain (Vice-chairman) ment allowed whirling Itrains to simmei and the follozcing members of the En- down in advance of a sumptuous supper tertainment Committee: Sam Rheiner, Burt Kelley, James S. And then the orchestras “orked” again McGovern, Cliff Lezvis, Jeanette Metidclson, Lillian until five a. m. —at which hour a halt was Stez'cns, Ann J. LcJ'incss, Joseph R. wisely called. Jl'ood, Fred L. JVieber, Ida ll’olfe, Sam- It is not tell proposed to here the my- uel Frey, Chris. A. Bcnte, Carl II. riad details of what the evening offered Clausen. to an avid audience. Those who were TO the follozving members of the Advertising there know only too well what there was Committee : Joseph J. Doiighncy, Robert Pozvers, and it would tug at the envy chords of Sam Rheiner, Ozven McClave, Joseph Szvccney, Ray- those who did not go if w'e listed at- the mond L. Pratt. tractions and stars and everything else TO Harold Flaznii, editor of the su- that the Ball encompassed. perb souvenir; Cliff Lezois, assistant ed- On this page we have endeavored to itor; and Dave Cassidy, advertising manager the give credit to all concerned for the suc- of soiwenir. TO Vincent Trotta, cess of the Ball. But this list can never for art zvork supplied by Charles Strobcl and Fred Small; be held complete without the addition of and to Agnes Mengel, for supplies se- the names of President G. B. J. Frawley, cured for the Committees.

' under whose guidance the entire event TO Jl’alter F. IVanger, Henry L. was majjped out and planned nor Vice Salsbury, James R. Cozoan ; and Roland President Edward A. Brown, who car- P. JMader, for the entertainment talent supplied. ried the details to completion during the TO Carl Clausen, Joseph absence of Mr. Frawley on business and J. Doiighnrv. Edzuard Nagel, Joseph Philipson, (Jharles on vacation. And although he is listed in Johnston, Paul Gracmer, IVilliam Lazv- the column, we are unanimous in believ- rcnce, Homer S. Trazo, Dave Cassidy, ing that added stress should be given the Walter Macintosh, Bert Adler, Clarence Alexander, Ray Keenan, tireless efforts of Entertainment Commit- Sam Frey, John B. McGoz’crn, Louis Burlon and tee Chairman E. John McDermott on be- Blake McVeigh, for their dignified zvork half of the Ball. as members of the Reception Committee. (Continued on Page Five) Page Four of Pep-O-Grams OUR FUN COLUMN

Sandy Alactavish got married. Me went to A BUSINESS DAY Niagara Falls on his honeymoon. While AS OUTLINED OVER THE TELEPHONE BY strolling around the Falls he met a friend. THE SECRETARY After congratulating Sandy, the friend A.M. asked, “And where is the little hride? Back “He hasn’t come in yet.” at the hotel?” “I expect him any minute.” “Oh no," replied Sandy. “I left her back “He just sent word he’d he a little ill Philadelphia. She’s seen the Falls.” late.” —The Firebox. “He’s been in, but he went cut again.” “He’s gone to lunch.” 1 he Boss: “What—you a college gradu- “He’ll he hack around two-thirty.” ate and you can’t get tickets for the big P.M. game? Say, what do you think jmu’re in “I expect him in any minute.” this firm for?” “He hasn’t come back yet. Can I — Life. take a message?’’ “I think he’ll he in about three- Sue: “So iMahle was married last night. thirty.” W ho was the lucky man?” “He’s somewhere in the building. Mary: “Her father.” His hat’s here.” “Yes, he was in, but he went out Alinister—As I gaze about I see before again.” me a great many bright and shining faces. “I don’t know whether he’ll be back Just then 87 powder puffs came out. or not.” “No, he’s gone for the day.” Arthur H. Foi.wei.l George: “Is your wife a blonde?” in The Neio Yorker. Bill: “I don’t know, I’ve been out of town for two weeks.” POSTER SINGERS’ COMPETITION A new group of singers on the 8th floor She: “Did I ever show you the place to take of the laurels where I hurt my hip?” hope away some He: “N-no.” gained b}' the Poster Department singers whose voices have been heard at many She; “All right, we’ll drive over there.” Paramount-Pep Club functions. Strains of — harmony can be heard daily emanating from Billy “Pa, don’t they call a man’s wife Room 80(I-A which houses Ted Ferro, Ken his better half?” Long and Gus Grist. Pa—“Yes, — son.” Gus disclaims all credit for the many Billy “Then if a man marries twice weird noises and discordant harmony that there ain’t nothing left of him, is there?” permeates the room, so the blame must be upon the other two occupants. He: “Do you care for dancing?” To he truthful, let it be said that one or She: “No.” two mendjers of the fair sex praise the He: “Why not.” singing tremendously, while others have She: Mt’s merely hugging set to music.” condemned it in no uncertain terms. claim them- He: “Well, what is there about that you If they are as good as they don’t like?” selves to he, it is suggested that Pep Club She: “The music.” Entertainment Chairman McDermott arrange a singing contest Iretween the Po.ster songsters and the boys in 800-A — C. K. Customer: I want to return this hook I bought, “Stories For All Occasions.” FREIDA WEISMAN, RADIO WINNER Bookseller: What’s the matter with it? Customer: One <»t' our snappiest It’s a fake! There’s nothing reporters has bronf»ht to there for a man to tell his wife when he li^lit the v€*ry interest- gets home at 2 a. m. in;* story of F'reida W'essnian, whose pietiire is reprodneed herewith, liein;^' one of tlie prize Parson: Does your daughter trust in winners in the recent God, Brother Jones? Hadio Shorthand Contest Brother Jones: She must, judging by the which w a s br4>adcast company she keeps. over station W X Y C, >liss AV e i s ni a n was award«Ml a certificate for The National Safety Council circulates a (|iialifyinar transcript at new motoring slogan: “Pedestrians should HIO w4»rds per minute. I8<*r co-workers in the be seen and not hurt.” editorial department sind her many friends in the iir^^-anization are very' Donald Young: Do you know the dif- proud of Freida, and ference between a taxi and a trolley? wish her continued success. As the snap shows, Little Queen: No, I don’t. she swiii^irs a mean Don: That’s fi ne. We’ll take a trollej'. mashie, also. Page Five of Pep-O-Grams

PARAMOUNT PEP CLUB BALL WE BID ADIEU TO SADIE SPITZER (Continued from Page Three) At the last meeting of the Club, President The Big Story Pratoley made the startling announcement that At the monthly general meeting of the Sadie Sf

It lies in the Valley of “What’s-the-Use ?” It is not only fascinating; it is indicative In the Province of “Let-’er-Slide;” of the fact that Paramount leads not only That tired feeling is native there, in the production of sound, talking and si- It’s the home of the listless “I-Don’t-Care,” Where the Put-It-Offs abide. lent pictures, but also in the production of posters and all other ad sales material for The “Put-It-Offs” smile" when asked to work. the presenting of those pictures to the And say they will do it tomorrow; critical appraisal of prospective buyers And so they delay from day unto day. of Till death cycles up and takes them away, film entertainment. And their families inherit only sorrow! Nor is it too much to say that in the —From Pox Dynamo. (Continued on Page Tzvetve) Page Six of Pep-O-Grams GLIMPSED AROUND THE PARAMOUNT BUILDING February Eleventh a pot-pourri of rem- iniscences regarding the brilliant P)all. A few reporters doing their duty, as pages Last Call! of this issue testify. Tess Sternberger thrilled with the beauty, dignity and inspir- FOR THE MOST PERFECT ing surroundings of her new office. Alvah SATURDAY NIGHT OF Dell Judd maintaining an expert precision THE YEAR of action amid the maze of juggling Puhlix production units throughout the United muke your reservations States. Sara Lyons creating delightful alibis to account for the non-appearance of NOW film in the sound projection room over the ^ Paramount Theatre. Boh Powers wondering about what’s going to go where when

Eugene J. Zukor's new office on the ninth floor is completed. Lenora Korenstein compiling statistics on the number of words typed by her department in the past year, and finding that end to end they stretch eleven and a half times around the globe at the Equator. Hollywood Masque Ball Jerry Goldsmith and Luis Fernandez (a perfect Lupe Velez and Gary Cooper) of HOTELASIOR. MAR the Foreign Department, doing a wonder- T/ckets^lO- each • ful duet rendition of “Yo Te Amo Means I Love You.” A new office being fitted L. J BAMBERGER—Room 1232 for Jack Goetz on the eleventh floor, to he occupied by him for several months while regular occupant spends a couple of the tough time keeping track of the fast days Coast Studios. Charles months at the during Lent. Aliss' Connolly stating that Weltner, Vasco Abreu and Gartner, George hereafter she wants to be called Grace. the Foreign De- several other members of Catharine Hagen telling about spending in turn as guides to partment acting her weekends ice-skating at Irvington-on- and Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, English the-Hudson. Barbara Linker and Mildred Island Studio. French visitors to the Long Goldstein making a regular working half- still has an awful Eileen Eady, who day of SaturdaC afternoon, due to stress to sit crush on Paul Ash, and who used of work. in the front row when he was at the New York Paramount, now compelled to sul)- way across to the Brooklyn Paramount, WITH THE BUDGET BUNCH back to and wailing for him to be brought We want to welcome to our midst Marie Dunn, the Crossroads of the World. Herbert Lizt, who is an actor and er— that secretary to John D. Clark, stajing ahem, a hero. Watch him, girls! Maybe Mc- she wants to reduce in spots. Sally he’s looking for a leading lady! get a Loughlin, who always manages to We have been trying in vain to find out gun- run in her hose, being advised to wear from our movie man what his subject will metal. Jean Friedman being acclaimed be. But Charlie Shabacker won't tell us. the popular girl in Room 1210. as most We are going to watch the Bowlin erq ’phone call Miss Green getting her daily tournament a good deal this year. W CD Alice from "Brownie.” Agnes iMengel and wager that nobody is going to beat either Blunt telling of the wonderful time they Joe Doughney or Teddy Lemm to the had at the Ball. Mrs. Reilly having a winning post.

George Weltiier Wins Merited Promotion In charge of foi-ei.gn department stati.stics on sales of siiecials. and in charge of the foreign distriliution of Paj'a- inount News and Pai'amount Short Features since the inception of this department. George Weltner has forged his way to newer heights of pi'og'ress achievement. On Febru- ary 25th he was designated as first assistant to Mr. J. H. Seidelman. who is assistant manager of the Foreign De- partment under the general managership of Mr. E. E. Shauer. George Weltner’s advancement with the company is representative of the grand opportunities awaiting every Pep- ster who has the will to achieve and the iduck to ]jerse- vere. In his eight years with the. company he has seen service not only in New York, tint has also spent two years in Brazil. Argentina. Chile and Peru, and has been on siiecial missions to Cuba and Panama. Pep-O-Grams speaks for the entire Club membership in congratulating him upon his new appointment, and wishing him still greater success with Paramount Around the Wor ld. Page Seven of Pep-O-Grams

M. H. “MYKE” LEWIS PROMOTED TO DISTRICT MANAGER

“Myke” Lewis, who helped make the Golden Gate golden, and who was such a hot pace-setter that the sun was compelled to stay continually in California, is going back to his beloved West Coast.

General Manager S. R. Kent makes this fact very plain by promoting “Myke” to the post of District Manager covering the three Pacific states of Califor- nia, Washington and Oregon, with the four Paramount exchanges at Los Amgeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland. “Myke” Lewis started with Paramount fifteen years ago on the West Coast, and he has a posi ‘Myke** Lewis tively enviable record of achievement. In his time he has been salesman, booker, branch manager, the driving spirit back of the national drives, house organ editor, and in charge of the comprehensive department concerned with print distribution, compilation of release sched- ules and the host of other details which have made his recent unit in the Paramount Building responsible for just about everything excepting the force of the wind and the understanding of the Einstein Theory.

In bidding “Myke” au’voir from our midst we are faced with a doul:)le duty—we have to wish him continued success, and we have to welcome to his desk John Hammell, who is forced by illness to relinquish the ardour.5 of controlling the division which represented the middle-western states and Canada.

So “Myke” goes to the West, and John stays in the East. . . .East is East and West is West— and Paramount’s all of the way between!

The Value of a Smile CASHIER’S DEPARTMENT LEAD- ING IN !t costs nothing, hut creates much. BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIP The Paramount Pep Club’s Inter-Depart- It enriches those who receive zoithout im- mental Bowling Championships are now in poverishing those zvho give. full swing as the first six games have been It happens in a flash and the memory of it completed by all teams. sometimes lasts forever. Clarence W. Alexander of the Cashier’s Department holds the high score for the None are so rich that they can get along first six games with 201. zvithout "it,” and none so poor, but are richer Ray. L. Pratt of the General Accounting for its benefits. Department holds the high average for the It creates happiness in the home, fosters good first six games with 163. zvill in business; and\ is the countersign of The Auditing Department holds the high friends. team score for the first six games with 37 i. The Standing of the League It is rest to the zveary ; daylight to the discouraged; sunshine to the sad, and nature’s Teams Won Lost best antidote for trouble. Cashiers 6 0 General Accounting 5 1 Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrozved, Publix 5 1 or stolen for it is something that is no earthly Exchange Accounting 3 3 good to anybody till it is given azvay. Auditing 2 4 Ins. and Foreign 2 4 For nobody needs a smile so much as those Budget 1 5 zvho have none left to give. Exchange Service 0 6 AUTHOR UNKNOWN The teams bowl every Monday night at Dwyer’s Academy, S3rd Street FOUND AND SUBMITTED by and Broad- way, 3rd Floor, Alleys Nos. 31 and 32. Come SAUL JACOBS. early and cheer your department to victory! Eight of Pep-O-Graiiis THE FABLE OF THE LITTLE ANIMALS AND THE BIG ESTATE

An Aesop Fable Not Reprinted from the Tuscon (Ariz ) Bugle Once upon a time there was a By the influence of their own judg- great l)ig trusting horse which em- ment), as to whether their own ployed a numl)er of the smaller selection among the parade would animals to conduct his vast estate, LO.U fall to the bears or the bulls. If it and to manage the thousand and went to the bears, they lost their one duties connected with the sale and dis- money: if to the bulls, they won a little. tril)ution of the estate's produce. Tlie If it kept its head and maintained its foot- estate was the host of its kind in all the ing on the wall, their bet stood to their world, and the horse was renownerl as credit in the broken-hillock manager’s being the fairest of masters, paying the little book which he kept for the purpose. hnest and fairest remuneration, and offer- After a while this game became so pop- ing the most lucrative opportunities for ular that the little animals commenced his workers to advance themselves. running out during the middle of their A great many t)f the workers— the rab- work on the generous horse’s estate and bits, collies, beavers, hares and other ani- watching its progress. Some of them, mals—took advantage of these offers, and more timid than the others, commenced as a result had fine homes and happy the practice of climbing trees alongside families and a Imight and sensilile outlook their respective tasks, and of watching the on the future. game from afar, making pretence when the 'I'he estate, however, was situated fairly horse was around that they were actually close to a great wall which ran practically securing a broader vision of their jobs across the world: or at least across as from the tree top. much C)f the world as these small animals But the horse wasn’t to be as easily knew. On this wall there was played one fooled as that. He had a lot of horse of the most fantastic games that the world sense. He didn’t like this deceit, but he has ever seen since the beginning of time, was tolerant, and he decided that each of and it so fascinated a great many of the the little animals could have a little latitude animals on the horse’s estate that even provided that its work was adequately apart from thinking about the game of carried out. But it wasn’t—and pretty scon evenings, and whispering over certain of the tolerant, generous horse knew it. its outcomes with friends, they were wont So at a time when all of the little ani- to steal off during the hours when they mals believed him to be browsing con- should have been tending the estate and tentedly in a far corner of the estate, he watch the game which went on continu- made a swift round of the various work ously for five hours each day. points and found many of them deserted, 'I’he game was very much like many while the occupants of some others were games which have been plaj'ed throughout poring over sets of figures not connected the cruellest passages in historj", but the with the estate. Then he galloped to the little animals did not know this and thought many hillocks and found there, wide-eyed that they were witnessing a grand game with gambling lust, the animals who were in which their own lirains made the de- not on their posts of duty. cisions. d'he animals gathered on little He snorted— did this great big horse, so broken hillocks (each animal having his usually ])eace-loving and gentle—and it was favorite spot) and from there they watched a snort in which were mingled contempt a colossal parade of things which fascinated and outraged trust. At it the little ani- their l.)rains, l)ut which were too intangible mals started up in fear and raced off willy- for their mentalities to really cope with. nilly in directions from which there was In the parade were mountains _of copper, no returning. Many scuttled up onto the steel and canvas giant buzzing things wall as a last resort: but as they raced which tlew in the sky when released, mon- away they ran into the oncoming parade. strous puffing things which they had seen So they in turn were thrown over one at times go roaring past their master’s side of tile wall or the other: and it is a estate, and a thousand and one other great matter of simple record that while a few things. fell to the bulls, the remainder fell to the On each side of the wall was a herd of bears, who promptly tore them to pieces. estate is even more animals: almost all of the bears in the The horse’s now world had gathered on one side, and al- splendidly managed than before. The new little animals which took the place of the most all of the l)ulls in the world on the their lack of other. And they were hungry: no matter others destroyed by own when they were seen, they were hungry. vision have taken that lesson sincerely to times that they ever go As the parade would move irresistibly heart, and the only in the hours which along the top of the wall, the little animals near the great wall are their own, or on such gathered on broken hillocks would make are legitimately they take their children bets (sometimes at the suggestion of the holidays when of the foolish broken-hillock manager, who permitted there to tell them tlie story little animals who gambled with time and them to stay there provided that they made employer. I which belonged to their their bets with him, but more often through energy Page Nine of Pep-O Groms

THE LEADERS IN THE BALL TICKET SALES

The fact of the Ball being registered as a proven financial success at once demonstrates the fact that there w'as a spirited display of ticket selling by those who had the best interests of the Pararnount-Pep Club’s advancement at heart. This ticket selling demonstration resolved itself into a great race, with the leadership alternating between Theo- dore C. Young and Sara Lyons. Idtimately, Theodore 'S'oung won, his chairmanship of the Athletic Committee having apparently stood him in good stead in this breathless race. He sold public, and ten to members. Miss Lyons the glorious total of 59 tickets to the of cash that will play a mighty big was liot far behind, bringing in an amount a most excellent third the part in the Club’s activities. Homer S. Traw came m Entertainment Committee, scored a race John E McDermott, chairman of the merited fourth, and Carl Clausen’s fifth entitles him also to a lot of praise. the hundred dollar mark at which they In all twenty-two members passed places became entitled to additional free tickets. The following are , the actual Pratt, (tied for Doughney gained in the race: (6) Chris A. Beute, (7) Ray L. 8) J J. Alice R. Blunt, and Dave Cassidy (9) Helen Strauss, (10) Sam Rheiner, (11) (12) William Edward Nagle, (13) Kathrvn Murphy, (14) Helen W. Swayne, (15) J. (tied for 18) Fred L. Metzler, Clark, (16) Elmer R. Short, (17) Owen McClave, Harry Nadel, Harold Flavin, Marion Coles. , , , ,, r . of thanks to all of these par- Pep-O-Grams is certainly happy to pass a vote time to pass the same ticipants in so splendid an achievement; and at the same though they did not vote of thanks to all other members who sold tickets, even achieve to the hundred dollar mark.

SONGS alarming for this casual world, submitted THEME as a suggestion, the title of "Redskin, Why By A. Crotchetty Quaver Are 3’ou Blue?” This title is offered gra- tuitously through the columns of this I never really realized the significance of the theme song as an adjunct to the motion magazine to whomsoever cares to adopt it. follow- picture until the synchronised and talking- Likewise we make free offer of the ing theme songs which were sub- movies came along. And it was at this suggested mitted to this office shortly after the fore- same time that 1 realised just why song pluggers, publishers and distributors had going one arrived: "Night Club, I Am “Hole In the Wall, been so concerned over these three little Hard Hit By You,” Mr. words, “1 Love You,” throughout so many You Can’t Hide From Me,” “Oh, Speak to Me?” "I’m years in the past. Hundreds of times a Dummy, Won’t You Wild, Wild Party, But I’m Not That year I had encountered these three words A in Person,” and several either separately or strung at varying inter- (Jertain Party Now not think wdll bear vals through the words of popular songs; others which we do printing. and yet I had not known that they were songs being plugged for use with theme Address incpiiries care of this magazine. of talking movies. However, when a Richard Dix picture, first of Paramount’s synchronised films MELVILLE A. SHAUER HEADED song, came along, and I heard the theme FOR SOUTH AMERICA "Warming Up, 1 Love You,” then I knew about “I One of the most beloved members of the why I had been hearing so much Paramount-Pep Club, and a past president Love You.” In quick succession came well, is aboard the S. S. “American other theme songs, notably "Interference, as Janeiro, Brazil. Paradise, I Legion,” headed for Rio de I Love You,” "The Sawdust Mel Shauer is going there to represent the Love You,” "Sins of the Fathers, I Love orgatiization at the opening of You” and “The Paramount-Byrd Expedi- Paramount the palatial new Paramount Theatre at Sao tion to the South Pole, I Love You all Paulo, Brazil. Following that, he will go of which encountered a brisk measure of on to Buenos Aires, and to other cities in popularity, and most of which were per- great continent of South America, con- formed by the radio amplifier in the Para- the an exhaustive survey in the vitally mount Theatre lobby. ducting important matter of sound and dialogue Latterly, however, there has developed pictures. He sailed, with Mrs. Shauer. on a tendency towards trickiness in theme Feliruary 23rd, and will be away about three song titles. It started when a correspond- too months. Our best thoughts are with them. ent, in a mood of seriousness almost Page Ten of Pep-O-Grums

valves and gadgets, watching dials like hawks, for the ship must be properly driven. A PARAMOUNT TOUR Little thought had we given that such a by scene might exist beneath our very feet. Little did it occur to us to think where Richard G. Engel the heat came from that made our "State- rooms” tenable. mount through our ship, through Everyone, whether it Ije through the We up medium of newspapers or a favorite maga- beautiful corridors, a foyer of marble equal that of zine, has at some time, come across the to a king’s mansion. Elevators caption entitled, Cook's Tour.” Per- carry' us to the "upper decks.” This is truly a modern liner. Higher and highe" haps it may be illustrated with pictures of the mysterious East, or with panoramic we rise until at last we pause on the "up- views of Egypt with its sphiii.xs and sleep- per deck” for a "look over the side.” The ing kings. More than once a sigh has ocean is far Ijeneath us and black dots wave and toss, serpents wind through its silk-like escaped us. Ah, if only we could see these delay, the sights. M’e know that it’s useless to dream foam. Of course we must not such dreams, as not all of us are so situated sun is rapidly setting, the end of day is not that we maj' make them come true. far off, so we take an elevator to the "look- again are surprised. But —have you ever realized that a thrill out.” Once we The awaits you now as you stand within this luxurious chairs and homelike appointments great edifice, where you perform your daily hold our gaze. After a brief rest we take obser^ation of the surrounding horizons. tasks? Thousands see it, from all corners Land, ho, a view better than that of the of the world people speak about it, but few ey'es. hills of far off of us (even we who live wdthin its very Orient greets our The walls) know the details of that which keeps Westchester to the north, and the majestic "our ship,” the ship of the I'aramount pillar-like Ijluffs of the Palisades in the Building, on its course. West. We see’ ships passing, and to the peaks reminding us of There is romance on board her. She is south tow'ering not just a massive "thing” of steel and Gibraltar. In the east a panoramic view attention, the sun sinks stone. She is the good ship "Romance,” holds our and as and you are her crew. in the west, twinkling lights appear as if a Let me show you her on a "ParamouiB fairy had waved her magic wand over it all. Tour.” Follow me Overhead darkness and the stars appear. Down we travel, down and down, into Far below a faint throb is heard, our ship the very' hold of our ship! At last we reach still carries on, not as a lifeless mass, but bottom, and a thrilling sight greets our as a soul full of breath and life. eyes. We see the engine rooms, the mon- Yes, there is a tour right in your “own ster boilers that are fed oil. Like hungry back yard,” but sometimes the things near- demons the fires lap up this oil of the earth. est to us are the ones we make the least Truly an inferno. We see men testing effort to see. NOTES FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS The Sales Statistical Department was absence caused by sickness. We hope her very' sorry' to learn of the resignation of recovery' is complete. William (Sold. “Willie,” as he was affectionately known PUBLIX-ACCOUNTINGS. It has long to everybody', has been with us for more been common gossip that Inniss Atwell is than seven years, and during that time a devotee of all productions of the Theatre worked himself up from a position in the Guild, In fact, he is a persistent subscriber. mail room. It might be in order to dub Mr. Atwell, No matter where he goes, we are sure his "The bird in the ‘Guilded’ cage.” efficiency and kindly spirit will bring him The three iMusketeers of the Film Rental a well deserved success. Department have added another name to their brilliant roster of membership. George The Sales Statistical Department deplor- Bressler, sometimes known as the “Speed ed learning of the death of the father of King” is the lucky fellow to secure admis- Eileen Eady. Flowers were sent by the highly exclusive fraternity'. department. sion into this Who was it nicknamed Mary Turner and Paramount-Pep Club ex- Members of the Betty Whalen, the “Happiness Girls?” And tend their deepest sympathy to Mr. Louis why? Phillips of the Legal Department, who re- We have it from excellent sources that lost his seven year old son, William. cently Scott Lett is going into the poultry' business. has an excellent line of ducks in Pearl E. DeGraw, head of the Sales Ap- He he is at all times willing to interest proval Department, sailed Saturday, Febru- which probable purchasers. ary 23, for a two-weeks’ rest in Bermuda. Speaking of nicknames, who was the scin- Rose White, of the Cash Register Depart- tillating wit who called Ida Levine, “Minnie ment, has returned to the office after a long Haha?” Page Eleven ol Pep-O-Grums

THE RANKS ARE NEW FOREIGN SECRE- GRANDLY GROWING WEDDING BELLS 4 TARY the last general meet- February 28th, I'he post of secretary to At 4. On ing of the Paramount-Pep • which was yesterday, • Jerry Sussman, assistant to *?* *•' Club, held on February 19th Estelle Fried, formerly Mr. J. S. Seidelman, whicl-i last, the following new mem- pri\ate secretary to was vacated when Estelle bers were proposed by Elmer T Jerry Sussman, of the ? Fried left to get married, R. Short, Chairman of the Foreign Department, T has been efficiently filled by

Alemhership Committee, and became Mrs. Lewis »jc Alildred klcltzer. approved by general ac- I Jaeger. Following a ? clamation : reception at the Sul- Y BACK FROM BRAZIL Isabel Foresman, Frances X grave. Park Avenue, • Arthur Coelho, Portuguese Falge, Helen Garrison, Do- i Mr. and Mrs. Jaeger translator and title-writer in rothy Glaeser, A. Gottschalk, left for a honeymoon in T the Foreign Department, and Mildred Greenhlatt, Rae 4* Havana. active member of the Para- Jacobs, Edith Kaiser, Har- mount-Pep Club, is back in riet Leiman, Dorothy Mans- Home Office after a siay of field, Belle Schwartz, Lillian CARRIED ON four months in his native S o s k e 1 1, Pearl Schnur, While Transportation Man- of Brazil. While he Chauncey Brown, John Da- ager Larry Flynn has been countrv' was away, his post was filled vis, Milton Feld, Montague dangerously ill over a period l)y Vasco Ahreu, who came Gowthorpe, M. C. Hughes, of many weeks, his intricate here from Brazil for the Arthur Isseal, Jr., Mark and e.xtremely -vital work has J. purpose. Leddy, Herbert Lizt, Bern- been carried on with s]den- ard McGrath, Wm. Noonan, did precision by his secre- Ralph Ortig, Edward Peter- tary, Iris Keenan. She cer- JOHNNY NATHAN NOW son, Theodore Schreiner, tainly deserves a how for IN GUATEMALA Fred Weber. having risen so finely to the occasion. ENTHUSIASTIC BIRTH- PULCHRITUDE DAY CELEBRATIONS One of the snaiipiest pulch- Enthusiasm on the part of ritude displays of the city their co-workers to celebrate is the one of the Paramount the birthday anniversaries of stage revue girls which has individual members ot the been ou display in the Para- Foreign Department reached mount Theatre lobby en- a high note of climax last trance for a few weeks past. week when the natal days It is not generally known of Linda Salzherger and that these photographs are Charles L. Gartner were the work of the Paramount celebrated. In the case of staff photographer, Lewis F. Miss Salzberger, the grand Nathan; and it is our belief B. is old stunt of tlie mnlti-wrap- that publication of this fact John Nathan a very pered package was used here will lead to a rush of active Paramount-Pep Club Cow-bells and giant pink and applications for permission member whose only activity green hows on desk and to join Mr. Nathan’s depart- so far as the Clul) is con- chair marked the occasion ment, perhaps to even work cerned can necessarily only for Charlie Gartner. Much there for nothing. be in reading about what is wholesome merriment was going on. Johnny was for a created in each instance. CASHIER long while in Panama. 'Fhen A new and right merry he came to New York for a face at the grille of the few months and was next RECOVERED cashier's window on the transferred to Cuba. From there he has There is not a single mem- eleventh floor these daj’s is now gone across ber of the Paramount-Pep the e.xclusive property of to Guatemala, where he has Club who is not genuinely Sara V. Stiltner, who has been advanced to the post of and whole-heartedly gratified been appointed to this re- Acting Manager of the to learn of the recovery from sponsible post in place of Guatemala City Office. Every an almost desperate bout of Ray Keenan, who has been move Johnny has made has illness of Larry Flynn, man- transferred to otlier import- been a step up the ladder of ager of transportation. Ap- ant duties. progress, and Paramount- pendicitis struck Larry, and Pep Club members are cer- this, coupled with his inde- WIRED tainly unanimous in wishing him continued progress. fatigable zeal, and his tire- The twelfth floor projec- lessness in staying on tlie tion room having been wired job, went a long way to- for sound and talking pic- We can now look forward to wards endangering his life. tures, Arthur Bell now takes a commendable rivalry be- However, he pulled through another step forward to keep tween the tenth and twelfth magnificently, and will soon pace with the tireless ad- floors in the matter of pre- he back at his desk. vance of the motion picture. cision in audible projection. Page Ticelve of Pep-O-Grmns

Fire and Smoke

true, os the proverb has it, that where there is smoke there is fire. It is / 7 MAY he ^ equallv true and of equal iin porfaiiee, however, to reuiember that the amount of little zohieh it is smoke we see is often' far greater in proportions than the flame by prod need.

zehat is called frequently turns out Further, it should be borne in mind that smoke breath captious criticism. to be only fetid mist caused by the feverish of Criticisms are like noxious zveeds. They sprout and spread quickly. Compliments flozoers. They are cultivated slozAy by care and consideration from arc like fructifying' —Rabbi Alexander Lyons. zelect zoil.

PUBLIX-BOOKING. Alice Boyle, Burt Golfer (to partner) —Just look at that girl Kelly Helen Kline, Eddie Berger, Nonna dressed like a man. \Vhat are her parents those of thinking of, anyway? I think it's disgraceful. Davis’ and Tack Pindat were among where Partner That, sir, is daughter. the Booking Department at the ball, — my themselves. Golfer I beg pardon. I didn't know you all seemed to have enjoyed — Miss Boyle and Aliss Davis were seated m were her father. ne-s.t Partner I’m not. I’m her mother. the box overlooking the stage right — the j{i jJt to the bold, bad cowboy. Bill Cody— sensational Western cut-up. We wonder Extend pity to no man because he has to young whether the mere presence of the two work. If he is worth his salt, he will w'ork. to do with ladies could have had anything I envy the man wdio has work worth doing Mr. Cody’s conduct? and does it well. There never has been de- that \ ised, and there never wdll any By the way, someone has remarked be devised, law remarkably which will enable a man to succeed save by Jack and Paul Whiteman are Sue- the e.xercise of those qualities wdiich have al- alike in one instance. In both cases, heads. ways been the prerequisities of success, the cess has gone elsewdiere than to their qualities of hard w'ork, of keen intelligence, of Jacobs has received a beautiful Ruth unflinching wdll. wrist watch. She tells us her brother ga\ t before! — Theodore Rooscz'clt. to her—We've heard THAT most Rudolph Weiss is credited with the A ^Million Others Like Her amusing •'crack” of the month. When ask- The playwright, who is casting a new show, ed whether he was going to the Paramount- t see how was discussing with a lady the difficulty of fill- Pep Ball, he remarked, "I don anyone can THINK of going to a TiMl, ing one particular part. “I want,” he said, "a young looks when there’s SO much work to be done. man who like Lindbergh, who is tall, blue-eyed, who PARAMOUNT POSTFRS (Con. from p. 5) has se.x appeal, a sense of humor, and an air past several months there has entered into sales of distinction.” the production of all Parameunt ad "So do I,” sighed the lady.-—Ah’ru Yorker. material a new wealth of color, of stiiking- whole- ^ ^ ness in layout, and of a general and order ot hearted tendency to have a new Dot : “Tomorrow is my birthday, may I take poster conform with the new order of film a day off ?” entertainment. Boss : “Sure, most girls take two or three years Silent but satisfied and earnest onlookers off." the splendid * JK ij: at all of these exhibitions are execu- corps of artists responsible for the No. 16754 (jumping up in rage after the posters tion of the designs from which the prison mo\ie show); “Darn it, a serial, and the are evolved. They represent well nigh I’m to be hanged next w'eek.” cream of the poster designing class of this to pa^ giant citv. W e are proud and happY collectively, this tribute to them not only RESIGNATION by listing their names. but also individually Pep-O-Grams Frederick Jehle, Joseph F render, Charles As this edition of Reilly, Harrv Potter, Gustave Hartman, was in the press we were notified Wal- George Lawlor, Raymond Freemantle, of the resignation of John E. Mc- William Hanneman, W’ll- ter Hanneman, J. Dermott as Chairman of the Enter- liam Stranders. s tainment Committee, and the ap- And of course this splendid department with- roster could not be termed complete pointment, by President G. B. J. secretary to out a mention of Zetta Robart, Erawley, of William S. Alcllvain ray of sunshine for the en- Mr. Novat, and post. of na- to the vacated tire department into which nc> ray tural sunshine can possibly enter. 1 Created for the members of the Paramoimt-Pep Club, In- corporated. Published for them monthly: this issue being Number Six of Volume

Five, and its date of publication, April One, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-nine.

The Only Real April

Fool is the one who dissipates today’s opportunities in trying to make fools of others

Pep-O-Grams Invites Criticism of this Belief !

Page Two of Pep-O-Grams PEP- 0-GRAMS The Spirit of the organizations of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and Puhlix Theatres Corporation. Edited by Albert Deane Associate editors: Henry Goldberg, George Rogers Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Contributing editors: Every member of the Paramount- Pep Club, whether moved or not by the spirit to write.

Pep-O-Grams is published by and for the members of the Paramount-Pep Club on the first of every calendar month at the Paramount Building, Times Square, Neiv York City.

Volume 5, Number 6 April 1, 1929

“Please!” make these steps of progress we should not lose our sense of proportion. \\’e liave been CDinlucting an nnufii- There are at least fifteen thousand cial survey to determine which sex motion i)icture theatres in the Lbiited predominates in the use of the word States which are still compelled to “Please! ’ in requesting the floor num- show silent pictures: throughout the l)er in the Paramount Building ele- foreign field there are almost thirty vators. So far the feminine sex has thousand theatres which can only a distinct le;id : and to judge from the show silent pictures. This is terrific gruffness with which the mere males a demand to be met, and so it is that bark out their floor numbers, it seems practically every Paramount all-talk- thtit the girls will retain the le;nl. All ing picture has a silent version, of of which proves just whatever you equal merit equal appeal equal dem- would have such a thing prove. — — onstration of Paramount superiority. We who are so close to vociferous ac- Signs clamation of the all-talking picture Xeat little brass enamel signs have might be tempted to overlook this fact. been affixed t(.) the windows of the On all hands we see, hear and read of Paramount floors in this building re- all-talking pictures: seldom is there a questing that lighted cigarettes or word of the silent ])icture. matches should not be thrown from Undeniably the screen is becoming the Although the signs do windows. audible on a general scale. But while not state as much, common sense tells that passage of progress is wdth us we you that this admonition applies same should at least keep our sense of pro- to ‘dead’ cigarettes matches: and and ])ortion and remember that we have it applies everything else that also to with us our good old silent friend, the he (by some crazy you might moved splendid, silent moving picture. impulse) to i)roject from the window. Any further discourse along these lines Two would not be exactly complimentary Alarch 25th—do you remember it? to the common-sense of you, the The second anniversary of the Para- reader. mount organization’s transfer from Fifth Avenue to the Paramount Building at the Silent Crossroads of the World. Two years In January it was “Interference,” in Look back over them see where you are ; P'ebruary it was “The Wolf of AVall now, and wdrere you were on that mo- Street,” in March it was “The Letter,” mentous day in 1927. That’s what an- this it will and month be “The niversaries are for, you know : to give Wild Party.” Each one of the:n vou your bearings, and to enable you to a marvelous all-talking picture—each steer your certain hut perilous course in- one indicative of the marvelous prog- to the future. And to steer it in company ress in the direction of audibilty that with the avowed and proven leader of the the screen is making. But while we film world. Page Three of Pep-0-Grams

RALPH A. KOHN IS IN EUROPE One of the I’aramount- THE “JANERATOR” KNOWS There’s an uncommonly good—and I’ep Club’s Honorary Vice true-—story told of “Buddy” Zukor, Presidents son of Eugene J. Zukor. “Buddy” is — R a 1 p h A. 6 wonderful years cf age, which means Kohn, treasurer of Para- also that he goes to school. A few mount Famous Lasky Cor- days ago he came home and said to his father: “Daddy, the janerator at poration is at present in — our school says that you cwn the lfuro])e on business of su- Paramount Building and the Para- mount Theatre — and he wants two ])reme importance to the passes!” While the taken-aback father Company. During his ab- was absorbing this astounding news, “Buddy” promptly vouchsafed the in- sence, the duties of the formation to the nursemaid, and to all Treasurership have been in others within hearing. It would seem that the janitor, while the most capable hands of not exactly a stickler for detail, at Harry M. -Goetz, Assistant least knows his school’s pupils. And it is just as certain that not 'I'reasurer of the Company. he would mind being called a “janerator,” especially when the caller happened to be GIRLS AND THEIR DESKS NAMED delightful young “Buddy” Zukor. Our "Inquiring Reporter" came dashing l)ack one day with the startling news that A FINE RECORD FOR BELLE JONES the girls who work on the "Quarter deck" We are grateful to a corrcsirondent who separating the "Paramount Hold" and the called our attention to the fact that on "Puhlix Hold" in that part of the S. S. I^ara- Alarch 21st last. Belle Jones, a member of Building usually referred to as "The mount the Foreign Department, commenced her their desks and their work Well,” have ninth year of service with Paramount. postered on a pillar at each end of the "Quarter Deck." Now those who have husi- MODEST—BUT WE FOUND HIM OUT ness in these parts know just what desk to Belatedly, we want to pay tribute to one proceed to directly without asking a hrace who did so much for the success of the or a l)unch of ciuestions. Paramount-Pep Club’s Ball at the Astor. The object of our attenticn answers read- KEEPING TAB ON THE PROGRESS ily and all of the time to the name of “Duke” OF MELVILLE A SHAUER Wellington. He is the genius who executes all of the lobby cards for the Publix Circuit, Cable advices tell us that Melville A. and he has a giant workshop and a staff of Shauer is well and active in the South Amer- twenty men toiling consistently in the New ican republic of Brazil, whither he has gone York Theatre Building. to represent Paramount Famous Lasky Cor- “Duke’s” contribution to the Ball was in poration at the opening of the superb Cine the shape of the several hundred window Paramount in Sao Paulo. After this color- cards, each of which had to be hand-lettered ful event, Mel, accompanied by Airs. Shauer, and drawn in a very few days. will go to Buenos Aires and other cities Only a handful of the Club’s members in the great southern continent before re- know where those cards came from: only turning to New York. Just managing to this same handful know of the slaving that connect with an outgoing mail the same “Duke” and his gang went through to pro- hour as he landed in Rio de Janeiro, he duce the job on time. But now you all can postcarded his thanks to the Club for the know: and on your behalf Pep-O-Grams is "Bon Voyage" greetings sent him when he raising a whoop of thanks to “Duke” and left New York. his bunch for their unselfish aid.

HOW, WHEN, WHERE AND WHY PARAMOUNT-PEP CLUB MEMBERS CAN SECURE PARAMOUNT THEATRE TICKETS Employees' tickets for the Paramount Theatre in New York City and in Brooklyn may be purchased at the rate of 50c each, between the hours of 12 Noon and 3 P. M. from the following:

Homer S. Traw ( 1 1th Floor) Publix employees Sara Sultner (Cashier’s cage- 11th Floor) Paramount employees

G. B. J. FRAWLEY', PRESIDENT — /’flgp Four of Pep-O-Grams

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sadip: spjtzer i Two Defects a Person Found in By One Who Ate and Wept 3,(163 ‘Healthy’ Individuals Sadie was leaving— the little girl with the (The following- survey is reprinted pink cheeks and the great big smile after — from The' New York Times. It is re- so many years of faithful and conscientious printed for the reason that it is be- service. lieved to pertinently apply to quite a iiumh r of Piqisters Some twenty-five of her business asso- I who either believe that they never have to go to the doc- ciates and friends planned a surprise farewell tor unless they are grovelling on the luncheon for Sadie, and with the use of a ground in agony, oi' who never go because they iniplicity lielieve that little strategy, Sadie walked in on the whole there is nothing wrong with them. It costs party sitting at a long, flower-decked table nothing to see the doctor: you don’t in the Paramount Hotel Grill. Of course even have to u.se your ow-n time for the there was subdued e.xcitement, much sur- purpose. And, W'ithout being in any way an alarmist, it is just as well jirise and not a little nerxous reaction — but to know (as the survey proves), that Sadie came through smiling. there are many ailments whose best camouflage As a token of esteem, Sadie was presented is an undesirable subtlety rf attack. Now read what The New with a chest of silver and on the gift card York Times says: were inscribed the following names: Daisy More than tzao diseases or defeeis in Weiss, Helen Winston, Anne Berliner, Alary health fier person zvas the az'erayc dis- Spitzer, Helen .Swayne, Eleanor Yagel, eovered in a group of 3,063 apparently Kitty Coakley, Jeannette Alendelson, Betty healthy persons examined at the Health Kadigan, Nora Haran, Alajorie Banzer, Tess Examination Serz’iee of the East Elar- Aliller, Klausner, Adelaide Alargaret Rus-. lem Health Centre during 1923, 1926 sell, Jerry Fowler, Lillian Hirsch, "Petey” and 1927, aeeording to a report bv Peterson, Helen Gilsenan, Alarie Dunn, Sally Kenneth D. II iddenier, made public McLoughlin, John Clark, Peggy Eichler, yesterday. Helen AIcCormack, Gertrude Jaffe, Lillian A total of 8,000 such defects or Stevens, George .Schaefer, Creed Neeper, diseases zcas discoz'iO'cd in the group, Belle Jones, Emil Shauer, Agnes Alengel, giz'ing an exact nz'crage of 2.6118 a per- Les Whelan, Sara Lyons, G. B. J. Frawley, son Defectize teeth, malnutritioi: and Joe Unger, Dorothy W^echsler, Esther Jab- obesity led the list, the first being noted low. in 6i' per cent of those examined, and On top of the chest of silver lay a bou- one of the tieo others in 31 per cent. (luct of sweet peas. .Sadie ])inned the corsage Elat feet and diseased tonsils zecre also on and then opened the chest. She was frequent. Eyes, heart, abdomen and quite taken back and could hardly take her glands zeere ini'olved in the bulk of the eyes off the silver. It was lieautiful and remaining disorders. Glandular dis- brought tears to Sadie’s eyes, but they were turbances zeerc particularly prez'alent, tears of joy and deep appreciation. being noted in 19 per cent of those The luncheon then proceeded and it, too, examined. Glandular defeats zoere most was in keeping with the occasion. It was prominent in the young; heart defects in not so easv for Sadie to lose sight of the the older group. fact that this was her farewell luncheon but the ready wit and good humor of those about her, helped dispel any sad thoughts ADDITIONS TO THE FAMILY she had. Luianimous approval brought the follow- The hmcheon wound up right merrily with ing new members into the ranks of the many good wishes for Sadie’s future happi- Paramount-Pep Club at the general ness, but deep regret at losing so excellent monthly meeting held on Alarch 12 th:

a worker and so charming a personality. Anna V. Sitnik, J. E. Barr, J. C. Furman, John H. Hewlett, Elmer Levine, W. P. NEWS FROM THE STOREHOUSE Sterling. The “Apple a Day” did) at the Storehouse Give ’em a Chance to Grow has been renamed the "Kalory Klub.” Sheik (entering barber shop) — Everybody’s going in for them. crowded “How long must I wait for a shave?” Overheard at Lunch — (after close scrutiny) “Well, I Lilliam Weinberger: — Have a piece of Barber cake Blanche? should judge about two or three years.” Blanche Linger:—No thanks, I’ve just had

13 , 846,726 calories. Bertha Kasica and Abe Goodman are Gar- There is a rumor going about that Joe bo-Gilberting. Levaca is going in for Ping Pong. We wonder why Harry Kassel is always Watching a few of the boys “Warming humming love songs? Alaybe Wedding Up.” Bells?

Henry Levaca:— Gee, that bird is terrible, A 1 Stefanic is now displaying what the he couldn’t hit a medicine ball. well dressed man will wear. Robert Guilfoyle: — Terrible? W’hy he John L. Peres went to see “Blackbirds of couldn’t hit the ground with his hat. 1928 ”. He said it ivas a fine show, but he In spring a young man’s fancy turns to was slightly in the dark as to the plot. suli>hur and molasses. Eddie Stober is now wearing a derby. Page Five of Pep-O-Grams MR. KATZ ADDRESSES THE PARAMOUNT PEP CLUB By LEON J BAMBERGER Recently Sam Katz, President of Pnljlix Theatres, made a tour of a numl)er of the circuit’s houses in small towns in Texas. In order to be free to observe conditions thoroughly he traveled incognito.

Mr. Katz got a great kick out of witnessing the same CO-OPERATIVE BUYING COM- high type of operations in these small towns as exists in MITTEE’S HOSIERY SPECIAL the large cities. Going into Two unusual values in stockings at one of the theatres and prof- wholesale prices; fering a tip to the usher, he $1 50 superfine pure dye Italian was naturally pleased when stocking with picot top, strong the gratuity was refused silk, extremely sheer chiffon graciously, with the state- heel, toe and sole regularly sold ' ment, “Pvdhix service, sir.” for $3.00. This little incident was one $1.20 Sheer, pure dye, all silk, told by Mr. Katz in a most picot edge, extra length, regularly engrossing talk which the sold for $2.00. President of Publix delivered last week l)efore a meeting See color card and sa/n/^Ics by affly- of the Home Office Para- iuy to Miss Edna Bennett, Room 8oi-P, mount Pep Club. liiriny luncheon hour. Mr. Katz spoke on “What Puljlix represents in the the company, and Mr. Katz said he “felt a make-up of the Paramount definite trusteeship and a sacred obligation company.” He stated “that to fulfill the responsibilities of that trustee- it was essentially a service organization, ship to the very nth degree of his ability.” serving 61)0 odd theatres throughout 28 states, in which the company has a financial IN BERMUDA’S SUNSHINE or an operating interest.” “Publix,” stated Ann LeViness, indefatigable secretary Mr. Katz, “serves the needs of large thea- J. to Mr. E. E. Shauer, general manager of tre chains throughout the while en- country the Foreign Department, has spent the past deavoring to retain the experience and the two weeks basking in the sunshine which mature judgment of the founders of these made Bermuda’s onions famous. It is a chains.” well-merited vacation which she is enjoy- “The first aim of Publix,” he said, “is to ing, and she is certainly living up to the establish theatre operation on a basis of Foreign Department's slogan of “seeing the quality comparable to the standing that world.'’ Paramount has acquired in production and Kay McKeon has acted as secretary to distribution, take theatre operation out to Mr. Shauer during the absence of IMiss Le- of the slovenly, careless manner previously Viness, and has fitted the position splendid- noticeable in many spots and to bring to ly, thus demonstrating once more the far the remotest parts of the country ideal oper- famed adaptability of the members of the of the townspeople Para- ations which and Foreign Department. mount-Publi.x might be proud.” In every city and town having a theatre EN ROUTE TO EUROPE served by Publix Mr. Katz and his staff Assistant manager have placed house service, type of employees and entertainment on the same identical of the Foreign De- plane as it exists in New York, Chicago and partment J. H. Seid- other metropolitan centres. elman is al)oard the Publix is the largest Paramount Famous S. S. “He de France” Lasky subsidiary. That is, it has invested en route to Europe the largest sum of any of the divisions of for his first visit in two years. He is to MARTIN HODGE APPOINTED cover a number of TO ATHLETIC COMMITTEE countries in an in- POST tensive vacation trip of six weeks. Theodore C. Young, chairman of the Athletic Committee, announces the In Paris he will of course meet up wdth appointment of Martin Hodge as “Dick” Blumenthal, and will convey to him Vice-Chairman of the Athletic Com- in person the kindest regards of Dick's mittee in charge of baseljall. He thus legion of friends in the Club on this side of fills the post vacated by William S. the Atlantic. Alacllvain to become chairman of the Mrs. Seidelman is also making the trip,

Entertainment Committee. , and they expect to be back in New' York City in six w'eeks’ time. — — Page Six of Pep-O-Grums

PARS FROM THE PAR. BUILDING’S FOUR CORNERS Culled by Our Contributors

A Thr-r-r-illing Melly-drama of around here get wind of it, we are afraid Comptometry, entitled they will all come storming into his office “IRISH LUCrv” cr “PLUCKY POLLY” in an effort to be the first to take a spin Isabelle Alahoney, of the Sales Statistical around with him. We are sorry to advise Department, one of the shining satellites that the prospects are not so rosy for of Comptometry, has a goodly share of Irish several of the girls around here have mapped wit (?) And so, during the sessions when outl a fanrily for Henry and from the looks the good girls and boys were supposed to of things his car will be pretty well filled be learning how to use the Comptometor all the time. For further particulars, get in Plucky Polly laughed long, loud and up- touch with Iris Keenan. roariously, asked to be explained a problem We are glad to see Bessie Goldsmith back at in di\ ision, and attracted a lot of attention. her desk after several days of illness. One day Polly hurt her finger. It was a Larry Flynn is also getting back to his teeny-weeny scratch. Nevertheless, it hurt. sp'endid old form. So she went to Dr. Stern and he put a nice Helen Kane, Alice Blunt and Iris Keenan big bandage on it. And when the eventful are spending their Sunday afternoons at day of the exam, came, did she hesitate to Tom Nonan’s, Dwyer Street Mission. beard the lion in his den and take the test? Grace Connolly still blushes. No, not Plucky Poll}'. (Miss Swayne had Sally AIcLoughlin is going on vacation. spoken to her). ,\nna Reilly is very blue these days; she Bravely she marched in to her fate, and claims her beautiful Angora is very sick. with her finger all doctored up and her Catherine Hagan is sporting a flaming poor, poor palpitating heart needing doctor- Red Cross. ing,, she pounded out 104'/r. The members of the Paramount-Pep Club W’e take our hats off "to this bravery and extend their heartfelt sympathy to Jerry give to Plucky Poll}' three loud hurrahs. Go'd^mith, of the Foreign Department, whose father passed away in his sleep. heated argument which arose between A Fred Schraeder has been assigned to other two very popular members of the Sales duties in .A.rthur Dunne’s department and Statistical Department, has now taken on in Ids place we welcome Richard Carroll, nation wide interest. cjuestion is The who uromises to also be quite successful. whether Rudy Vallee or Vincent Lopez Miriam Isaacs is now putting forth her conducts the better orchestra. Yvonne Rig- best efforts in the Exchange Accounting ney insists that Rudy Vallee is the better, Department, having been transferred from inasmuch as he will open in the Paramount Mr. Mackintosh’s Department. Theatre on .\pril 27th. Isabelle Mahoney Sorry to hear Adelaide Aliller was away for thinks Vincent Lopez is the better because a few days, but she is back now and looking she knows him. In order that no blood will her usual healthy self again. be shed we shall leave the decision to the Dame Rumor has it that Arthur Craig is members of the Club. going in very seriously for gymnastics. If We are getting ready to have a rail put it is to reduce, we would suggest he cut out around Henr}- Goldlrerg’s desk after April those vi=bs to tin” nearh-'- soda fountain. l.sth. On that day, delivery of Henry’s new Irene Meltzer, James Clark’s peppy secre- Chevrolet will be made and if the folks tary, is now going through the intricacies of Hawaiian dancing, having graduated from \^lSDOM IN A FEW WORDS the tap-dancing class. Surely you've heard of the little friendly How fortunate do not always get we rivalry between Harry Gray and Armand what we want. Toussaint? Well, if yon haven’t, it seems that both are considered fairlv good bowl- f'hcck up your faults, or your faults ers, but each thought himself superior to will check your career. the other. The decision however was given to Harry after a goodly crowd turned out Poise is is tinsel. golden : pose to see the hotly contended match at Dwyer’s. Catherine Cunningham was all excited The most wonderful thing that the after playing Bunco for the first time at a world contains is a bright face. Dr. party given by Nora Haran at her home. Albert Einstein. Who is Margaret, the pretty young lady Fred Weber had with him when he saw There is so much nastiness in mod- “Wolf Song?” Is she the recipient of the ern literature that I like to write little love songs he practices all day long? stories which contain nothing worse Lenora Korenstein is starting her series than a little innocent murdering. of luncheon dates with Alice Joyce. Here’s Edgar Wallace. hoping that some day IMiss Joyce will honor our department with a visit. Kissing can l)e abolished without any Why does Joe Ptacnik get all of his phone violent self-denial . Ralph Eickcii. — calls in the mail room? Is she the deep dark secret? — Page Seven of Pep-O-Grams

Synopsis of the Eight- Weeks’ Course in EUGENE ZUKOR’S SUPERB OFFICE Coinptoinetry given hy Felt and Tarrant Mondays March 18th, was office-warming day for Eugene Zukor, Honorary 'I'he nature of this course, or the Be- J. Chairman of the Board of Governors of ginners’ Class, consisted of an eight-weeks’ the Paramonnt-Pep Clnlt, and Assistant to period of instruction in the subject, during Sam Katz, President of Pnhlix Theares which time the Beginners were taught tlie Corporation. The ceremony, which was rudiments of the Comptometer and, how to quite unofficial, took ]>lace on the ninth perform all operations—addition, multipli- floor and marked the completion of Eu- cation, subtraction and division. gene’s delightfully dignified new office, The sessions started Tuesday, January 8th h'ittcd throughout with old oak, and with and continued through Thursday, February beams and pillars symbolical of the mon- 28th. Due to the great number of people astery or the old Norman castle, the office desirous of taking this course, it was neces- is emphatically a step out of the mad sary to have classes two nights a week, wdiizzingness of York City into the Tuesday and Thursday. New charming cloistercdness of a bygone age. Four prizes were offered, two to each It is indeed a rest for the eye and a class, to those receiving the highest ratings stimulus for the mind. in proficiency and attendance, as an incen- approx- tive toward better work. Although receiving over 100%’ in the final examina- originally, the finish of imately 100 entered tion, became eligible to enter the advanced of the course found about 35, nine whom class. received over 100% in the final examination, Below are the four prize winners and of which number, four people are the prize those receiving honorable mention: winners. Tuesday night: John Gentile (151.8) first Classes have been formed for advanced prize; Rose Mirell (109) second prize. instruction, which started Tuesda}% March 'riuirsday night: Margaret Eichler (180) 12th, and will continue through the month first prize; Mrs. Chalmers Traw (171) sec- of March and into April. There are 22 ond prize. pupils in this class, consisting of experi- Honorable mention: Isabel Alahoney enced comptometer operators and those of (104), Dorothy Moloney (151), Helen Kraus the Beginners’ Class, who bj' reason of their (112.5), Saul Jacobs (128). INTER-DEPARTMENTAL BO'WLING PAUL L. MORGAN PASSES ON TOURNAMENT At the end of the 18th game rolled in Once upon a time—and it was a time this Tournament, the Cashier’s department wliieli lasted for several years—the Para- has a monopoly on the situation. This of mounl company and the Paramount Club course is due to the Shining Speedhall had joint rejjresentation in a sparkling Bowler, Clarence W. Alexander. This little house organ which hore the name of “Par- fellow has as a partner none other than the amount Pep.” Copies and volumes of it Paymaster Carl Clausen. This combination are treasured to this day, and it forms has sure been an unbeatable pair. one of the staunchest threads of Para- High score for the 18 games goes to C. mount history that we have. W. Ale.xander, with a score of 215. Second For the years that it lived, “Paramount High Score goes to Charlie Gartner of In- Pep” was almost exclusively edited hy surance-Foreign, with a score of 201. Third Paul L. Morgan, hrother of the present High' Score goes to Ray Pratt of the Gen- Paul Paramount manager at Kansas City. eral Books, with a score of 200. had a genuiue faculty for translating that High average goes to C. W. Ale.xander otherwise intangible quality known as with an average for 18 games at 167. Second the Paramount Spirit into words that average goes to Ray Pratt with an average pages of the mag- shone and endured. The for 18 games at 159. Third average to azine he edited reflected achievements, Charlie Gartner with an average for 18 and, of all, policies, personalities most games at 156. did not keep progress. “Paramount Pep” On April 2nd all teams bowl 3 games at jiace with the organization; it marched in Dwyer’s Academy. (53rd and Broadway) advance of it as one of the pioneers blaz- Alleys, 31-32 third floor at 6 P. M. ing the trail. Standing of the League And thus did Paul L. Morgan play his Department and Players splendid itart in the upbuilding of the Won Lost grand organization to which we all be- Cashiers (Carl Clausen-Clarence long. On March ,5th last, Paul received .Alexander) 14 4 his last earthly summons. But out in Puhli.x ( Ptanick-Gulotti-Glidden ) 12 6 that endless expanse of whatever there is Gen’l Acctg. (Pratt-Mac llvain- beyond this fitful life we have to live on Wood) ... 10 8 earth, he can at least look back and know Ins. -Foreign (Gartner-Phillip- that one of the stars of the Paramount son ) 9 9 Trade Mark is his—a fitting memorial to E.xch. .Acctg. (Dunne-Gray) 9 9 one who did so much for Paramount. Budget ( Doughney-Lemm) 8 10 (Continued on page 10) — Page Eight of Pep-O-Grarns

THE BUSINESS GIRL'S PLACE IN THIS BIG BUSINESS WORLD By DOROTHY DIX amorous dalliance and a time for being on j’our job. There is The editor (zeliu has no secretary) zeas a time for whispering , sweet nothings in a shell-like ear and a time article giren heloze. It shozeii the ap- for bawling a girl out if she has made a mis- peared in Dorothy Dix's famous column take. and that is why there is mighty little lovemaking' done in business of The Neze York Ez'eniug Post on houses during' Inisiness houis. It isn't the time or place, and March 20th. The editor (zeho, zee remi.ghty few men are in the mood for it. peat. has no secretary) zeas asked zehat From 9 to 5 they are chasing dollars, not skirts. During the reaction of his readers to this article that time they are trying to emulate Mr. Rockefeller, not Don zeonid he. Ds he couldn’t haz'c the re- Juan. It IS true that most men prefer a pretty girl to action zeithout the readers reading the an ugl\' one, but it is just as they ‘prefer a mahogany desk article— here it is : to a deal one. It is soothing to the eyes to have something easy to look at. but for all that she is just part of the How Shall An Employer Treat His Stenog- office equipment. Moreover, in rapher?—Dangers and Temptations of the an office or out of an office, the waj’ a man treats a w'oman depends Business Girl Nearly All Mythical, al- Are Says most always on her own attitude. ,She calls Miss Dix. the tune to which he dances. If a girl dresses herself decently and appropriately for busi- A ;iirl :asks; “IIimv slioiild ;iii eni- ness, if she is quiet and dignified and lady- lilojer tre:i< Iiis sti-iiORr!i|>li*T anti other I'e- like and businesslike in her demeanor, she iiiale eiiiployee.s f" will seldom, if ever, have occasion to resent I'^veiy employer should treat the girls who her employer's conduct toward her. work for him as he would wish some other * * * man to treat his daughters if they were Unfortunately, many gilds capitalize their thrown out into the world to earn their own sex when the.v go into business and expect Vuead and butter. And it is to the everlast- to inake it get them liy and atone for lack ing' honor of American business men that of industry and accuracy and punctuality. they usually do observe this Golden Rule. They consider that it is easier to work "a There are a few old brutes who take ad- man than it is to work at their jobs and that vantag'e of a gill's necessity for making her more money is to be got I'ly gold digging than own living and for supporting those depend- is found ill a jiay envelope. ent upon her liy making her pay for her job So there is a come-hither look in the eyes l.iy submitting to their loathsome petting. they turn on their employers: they languish There are also a few philanderers who are over them as they take their dictation, thev dastards enou.gh to ]:ilay upon a girl's sym- use every art and wile and hint to get invi‘- pathy Ijy telling her how unhappily married tations to dinners and parties and joy rides. they are and who make her believe that onlj' If their employers treat such girls with fami- she can comfort them. And there ai'e mai'- liarity, it is because they have invited in- ried sheiks who, for the mere thrill of a sults. passing- flirtation, will win a girl's heart only In reality, the men and women who work to break it. These cases are few and fai- be- together are less likely to fall in love than tween, however. In the great majority of any other men and women, because they see liusiness houses a girl is just as safe as she each other at too close range and are too fa- is in her own home, and hei' employer's re- miliar with each other's faults and weak- lationship with her is just as impersonal as nesses. The relation between an employer it is with any male employee. and his seci'etary, for instance, is very much When a, girl goes into business, she should like that between a man and his wifL leave sex behind her. She is delilierately His stenographer must be his memory, his coming into comvietition with men and she alilii, the vent for his temper and irritaViility, has no right to ask any favors because she is even as his wife must, and there is no other a woman or to expect to be treated differently man under the sun that she is less likely to from the tvay a man is treated. fall for. On his part, the employer has to Her employer should treat her fairly and put up -with the moods and: tenses of his givi:' her honest i:>ay for good work. He stenographer and keep her fur rubbed the should show her courtesy and consideration, right way, just as he does his wife, and she liut a bu.‘-iness office is not a drawing room doesn't look like a lad.vlove to him. and she has no right to object to his smok- That is why Cupid seldom goes gunning ing. or expecl him to sharpen her ijencils, or in a business office and why the relationship pick up her notebooks, and she is an idiot it between the men and women -^'lio work to- she burst.'-i into tears every time a hard- gether gets to be a sexless one in which they worked, nerve-wrecked, worried man is irri- cease to think of each other as men and table or finds fault with her work. women, liut just as co.gs in a liig machine A great deal of nonsense is talked aljout that grinds out money. the dangers and temptations of the working DOROTHY DIX. girl. If you listened to the alarmist, you employer trig fat would think that every was a Tourist: “What’s the matter, my man? spider sitting in his private office waiting' to devour the iioor little unsojjhisticated fly of a You look dejected.’’ stenographer whom he lured into his parlor, Georgia Cracker: “Times is terrible. I’d :* * * spent two years learning to read and now Competition in business is fierce and the man who succeeds has to concentrate upon comes these talking pictures it ain’t neces- the task in hand. He has to give his work sary.’’ his entire attention. For the moment it becomes to him the only thing in the world and A Scot and his wife went into a restaurant he has no time or thought for anything else. He would not notice her shaiie even if the and ordered one sandwich and two plates, Venus de Medici were taking his dictation. cutting the sandwich in half as it was ser- His only concern would be -with her spelling. ved. He was chewing away ravenously, Even Cleo))atra's charm wouldn't move him if she ljungled an order for canned goods, or while his wife looked on, which led the missed the last quotation on Wildcat pre- waiter to ask: “Is there something wrong ferred. with the sandwich, madam?’’ There is a time for everything. I’liere is a is the time for being soft and romantic and a time “Na,” she no’ed, “but Sandy using for being hard-boiled. There is a time for teeth.” Page Nine of Pep-O-Grams WHAT DISASTER STRIKES DOWN, THE RED CROSS REBUILDS

Pep-()-Grams has been asked l)y the American Red Cross, of which President Hoover of the United States is also the President, to j^nhlish the story printed l)elow. This is a request we gladly accede to. In all of life we know no organization more ready to serve, more practically nnseltish, more meriting the attention of philanthroi)ists, whether they have one or a million dollars to give to a worthy cause. The current vear of 1929 is not without its shining story of the unending crusade of the Red Cross; for when the Mississippi again unleashed its waters and took its toll in lives and property, the Red Cross was into action with a swiftness and sureness which staggered even those they came to helj). Knowing these things, it is no wonder that we are happy to do our small share in keeping bright the work of the Red Cross.

HE service of I he American Red Cross in zeork the relief fund totalled $1 ,269 ,541 .56, of disaster during the fast fS years has been zehich $529 .312.93 represents a donation from spectacular and dranialic, competent, purpose- the treasury of the National organisation. cara-vans in ful and to the point. Great of Again, September, 1928, gifts zoere made tO‘ medical supplies have been rushed to the scene the West Indies hurricane sufl'erers bv the purchased, of disaster, tons of food have been public, of $5 ,908,1 46.54, and of that amount thousands of meals have been cooked and set the Red Cross furnished $50,000 front National before the hungry, and sufficient shelter set up treasury funds that it might facilitate the emer- to make a hundred busy to-cons. Money in the gency handling of the situation. amount of $49,594,000 has been expended in 93S In cz’cry community the local Chapter stands disasters zvithin these United .States. for a fraternity of seri'ice, zvorking for neigh- Through her 3,500 Chapters, the Grcatc.zt borhood, state, country and for the zvorld. Mother in the World has a hand in every Every Red C ross unit stands ready at a mo- calamity zehich besets her children. In cyclone, ment's notice to help at home or abroad. tornado, hurricane, storm, fire, flood, epidemic, Trained intelligence may better cope zuith building collapse, zereck,—zehcrever the ele- threats of obliteration by natural forces. ments run riot or man in, his race for a goal Thorough-going team play, and constant alert- has endangered his fcllozo men, she is there. ness of leading officials, business, industrial and There is her standard, the flag of the Red professional folk may result in great saz’ing Cross, set solidly as a sign of hope in the of life by enabling the Chapter to offer im- midst of the chaos of calamity, and under her mediate relief zAicre delay means despair and banner springs up a nezu crvic leadership, haz'- added misfortune. ing a place in it for people of every political, Ez’en before disaster strikes, the Red Cross social, religious, national or racial complexion. reali.zes that zAicrc there is no disaster it has

I Chen there is need, ez’cryl tozen and hamlet an important day-by-day zoork to do in pre- joins in the outpouring of concern. Industries serz'ing health, teaching ideals of service to and business groups evcryzvherc give lavishly the youth of America, helping in distress, and' of their timci and products, and there is zeidc- in prez'cnting disaster. spread enlistment of sympathy and generous It has made this prevention and the strength- spirit of our people. ening of its disaster preparedness committees Florida, the] Great Valley of the Mississippi, in Chapters the keynote of its contemplated Nezv England and the West Indies, scenes of zvork for the coming year. The Red Cross the four most recent major disasters,—zvidcly realises that as the idea of prevention is car- separated geographically but closely knit ried out the' Chapter zvill perfect its skill in through bonds of suffering and misfortune, the handling of disasters through added knozA- received tangible evidence of the generous giv- edge gained by study of the particular prob- ing of the American people, through their Red lems and hasards contained zvithin its field. Cross. During 1926, follozving zoinds of hur- This is the goal set for our Red Cross and ricane proportion, a fund of $4,777 ,170.07 zcas is the plan upon zidiieh the zoork for 1929 zvill proz'ided by the people of the nation and the be based. Red Cross for relief operations in Florida. In- During the coming year the Greatest Mother 1927 relief for Mississippi Valley flood suf- plans to stretch out her protective arm and ferers called for the expenditure of $17,498,- trace zvith the finger of humanity a circle of 902.16 to carry through to completion the zoork prevention round about her children every- begun early in the year. Of this amount the zvhere. Disaster relief programs embody r.r- Red Cross furnished $100,000 from its ozvn tensive surveys of all hasards,—and cz'alua- treasury. In Noz'cmber, 1927, heavy rains in, tion of the type and number of risks present Nezv England brought about the most destruc- in communities. Public attention is to be called tive flood ever experienced in that section of to existing dangers, and zvell laid plans of the country, and for the furtherance of this (Continued on Page 12) - ; Page Ten of Pep-O-Grums

“SCHOOL DAZE'* or TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE ACTIVFriES IN THE WELL "General Manager S. R. Kent, has di- (By One of the Pew-Pills) rected General Traffic Manager Stilson Hr. W'inzeler and Mr. Smith, the instruc- to ehangc the handling of ship}nents to Tarrant, take their place tors from Felt and I'. .S'. .-/. and Canadian Exchanges from in the front of the room, only Anna Stumpf’s a "Collect’’ to a "Prepaid’’ basis. gum Ijcdng audilde. This zeill reduce accounting, lessen 'Now children, tonight we will learn how zeork in the Exchanges and prez'ent losz to divide nothing by infinity and get zero.— of Com pany’s funds through error o/ Molly Bregman, stop copying Amy Press’ overcharge. Mr. .Stilson has ordered the anyway.’ homework, you’ll both be wrong change effectiz-e April 1, 1929.” Dorothy Mansfield—“Please, Mr. Smith, niv Comptometer is paining me. What shall 1 do?" SPRING MUSINGS — aspirin. Peggy Mr. Smith “Take some By Richard G. Engel Eichler, if yon don’t stop talking, I shall There is' one season of the year in which be forced to send yon to the Principal." all life in God’s great domain feels its pres- Mrs. Traw—“Oh, have we got a Princi- ence. It casts a spell over all, being more pal? Who is it?" masterful than the most clever hypnotist Mirell—"Sh-sh-sh. Miss Swayne is Rose and more effective than the result of a pow- the Principal." erful drug. .A.t least it is seen without —“Teaclier, Johnny Gentile Eleanor Yagel drugging the mind to a sub-conscious state. hair in the iid<." is dipping my Being as old as the ages, little thought is Jchnny— "I ain’t neither. I only threw given it until we are smothered b\- its en- in her face." some trance into our daily life. It is that time — Kraus, did yon do Mr. Winzeler “Helen when nature wakes the earth from her your homework?" deep sleep of winter. — Init here are the answers." Helen “No, A carpet of velvety green covers hill and —“Cecilia Honor, divide 6683d Mr. Smith vale, trees are luidding and foliage shows I’ll around in a half hour In- 421.9 and come its slender green shoots. Even the birds see you're getting along." to how make it a happy time with their chirping multiply Gertrude Ginsberg—“I'eacher, to and singing. Mother Nature does her work- subtract the quotient? 33 by 6, do yon first well. — the quotient?" Mr. Smith “What’s Humans respond to the awakening as we — quotients. May Corkery “I have some see man overhauling the car, painting the Do }'ou want a little one or a big one.'’ — house, puttering with the soil for a future 1 to Eva Berger “Oh, dear, can’t seem garden, or trying a mashie shot on the front Sliall I pull out start this Comptometer. lawn. Children with their skipping rope the choke?" — and the older boys with their crj' of it I did Saul Jacobs “Kick a few times. “Knuckles down" as they play the game of that to mine and now it'll do ainthing I marbles. want.” The business e.xecutive "plays hookey" —"Well, what do you want?" Mr. Winzeler and is heard lustily shouting behind third Dorothy Maloney -“I want an ice-creani base. cone." — The housewife is busy these days with Polly Mahoney "Oh, iMr. Smith, I met her “spring cleaning” and the rearranging the loveliest—boy last night." of the furniture. Mr. Smith “Please don’t include the date Youth shows signs of laziness having only It might result in the in your Home Work. a thought for romance and writing poetry. wrong answer.” The modern Romeo wooing his heart’s de- — this date Pauline Hicks “But, oh teacher, sire with a twanging ukelele accompanied anybody’s I had last night would make by terrible singing and moonlight drives. Home Work right."— Age becomes young again and memories Mr. Winzeler “While I still have my of the past are recalled. mind, everybody please come up and receive Of course that old remedy "Sulphur and your diplomas." Molasses” for those who have their Spring ailments, is still referred to even in this BOWLING (Continued from page 7) modern age. Audit (Toussaint-AIc Govern- To talk al)out "Springtime” one does not Vornbaum) 7 11 see it in the true light. Only when you live

Exch. Service ( Finan-Goldberg- through it do you realize its gloriousness. Faulkner) 3 15 Schedule for April 2nd, 1929 to szoim •6PM—7F’M—Gen’l Acetg. vs. Exch. Service. Girls zehen they zeent out like Mother Hubbard : 7PM—8PM—Auditing vs. Budget Once dressed bolder zohim 8PM—9PM— E.xch. Acetg. vs. Insurance Now they haz'e a Foreign They dress more like her cupboard. '9PM— 10PM— Cashiers vs. Publix. : Page Eleven ol Pep-O-Grams

GOLDEN GOAL attend an “executive show- NO MENTION Jack Davis, of Mr. Mich- ing” of a new picture in any We are going to form a el’s eleventli floor auditing of the sound projection little subsidiary club for all department, and one of rooms. Maybe then you’ll of those Pepsters wlio com- Paramount’s star basketball get the idea of why the Com- plain that the}^ are never players, made his winning pany now has to use the given mention in Pep-O- score on Easter Day, when Criterion Theatre for its talk- Grams. The first item of the he placed a golden circlet on ing picture executive screen- Club’s expenditure for the the finger of his pretty team- ings. members will be for a pur- mate, Dorothy Jewell. Our chase of little tin horns—so correspondent advises that that the members can go out anyone who wants to know J. P. McL. and tell the world about them- how folks look and act when selves. with a really they have that Spring feel- Somebody ing about That Certain true knowledge of nautical “LUPEING LUPE” matters, called Office Man- THE Party, need only look across There's a lot of envj' flying ager Joseph P. McLoughlin into Mr. Beute’s department. around these days. It con- “the quartermaster of the cerns the bojrs of the Publi.x. Paramount Home Office.” Her Gift in Socks publicity department who are And that, folks if you know Two bachelor girls of permitted, because of busi- 3'ears ycur seas and seamen, is a somewhat advanced ness reasons, to coiu'erse with discussing the ap- mighty high tribute. The were Lupe Velez every day: or at holidays, quartermaster of a ship is preaching least up until the time that “Sister Molly,” said the the one who is just about the Lupe’s picture closed at the running the 3'ounger, “would a 1 ong whole works of Rialto Theatre. We have, stocking hold all jmiir wish ship. The captain knows his however, no evidence of the for Christmas?” navigation, but never inter- fact that the envy was simply “No, Elvira,” said the feres with the engineroom one-sided, or that those who other girl, “but ji pair of the Chief Engineer knows his talked with Lupe had good socks would.” engine-room, hut never both- reason to envy those who ers with navigation. But the didn’t: we simply confine our- Unspeakable quartermaster — he has to selves to the fact that this is It was the first time he know both, to carry the the motion picture business, had ever been to a “talkie.” troubles from each to the and that we hear what we He stood it as long as he other, and to attend to every see— if the projectionist is on could, but finally went up to other detail and problem re- the job. an usher and complained. garding the running of tlie “Say,” he said, “will you sliip. So here’s to Mac—to please throw out that mutt his task—and to our share NEW SCRIBE who keeps reading the titles in lightening liis troubles The Incorporated Associa- out loud?”—Judge. wherever possible. tion of Advertising Press Book Author welcomes to its D. B. IN PARIS midst Leonard Daley, of Phil- PICNIC His legion of friends in the adelphia, Pa. Leonard is a Club will be bound to be The “Spring Musings” of scribbler of note, a poet of glad to hear that “Dick” Richard G. Engel on Page promise, a person of charm, Blumenthal is now in the Ten are certainly being re- and the possessor of one of the proverbial pink of condition, flected in the musings of Paramount Building’s most and is making a grand name hundreds of Pepsters with re- sensibly attractive mous- for himself in Paris. He regard to the annual outing. taches. He' is already instal- cently returned from a suc- This year it is to be some- led as a popular member of cessful business trip to Bar- thing different — different Russell Holman’s indefati- celona, Spain, and in order place, different routine, but gable bunch of idea-spouting that his skeptical friends the same boisterous fun and scribes, along with Alvin A. would be made to believe that good time. Your Entertain- A. Adams and Bob Moriarity. 3mii he is well, he was snapshot- ment Committee will tell ted outside the Paramount all about it ini due course. “GIMME!” Theatre in Paris. Greetings Lawrence Bailey is still the from a great many of the “WRONG!” same good-natured recipient Club’s members are being It isn’t so, Gertie — they of the most amazing barrage carried to him by Mr. Seidel- didn’t put the artists on the of requests in history. And man, who is already on the North-Eighth and North- if he ever blinks an eyelid high seas. Twelfth floors so that they at even so strange a request could use the Hotel Astor as a ride in the Graf-Zep- EXECUTIVES housemaids for models. plin, or a lawnmower for the A company is certainly office carpet, then rve are go- known by its executive pow- ing to be the most astonished er: and if you want to know Sure, Connie, and another people this side of Hoboken. just how many executives tvay for a girl to keep her Lawrence, to our way of there are in Paramount Fa- youth is not to introduce him thinking, is the perfect inter- mous Lasky Corporation, just to any of her girl friends. pretation of imperturability. — — Page Ttvelve of Pep-O-Grums ‘CRACKERS AND MILK' EACE VALUE By Serious Dudley The face that you carry e\erywhere with is is "To think your neighbor a friend you is the only one >'Ou will ever get. But it foolish. is possible for you to give it a lot of change. To know he is a friend is knowing your- Your face is a sort of publicit}' agent for

' self!” you. It tells people a great deal that j'ou do “All}' man who thinks he has to use pro- not imagine it tells. Also it publishes volumes fanity to show how busy he is —isn’t busy of things you are glad to have known. he's either thoughtless, muddled cr dumb.” Your face is the most important “ware” “To be told that your work is done well that you exhibit. Usually you pass for your is better than to always think the work you “face value.” do is beneath you and as a result do it So do you see how important it is not to poorly.” spoil your face ? "Overtime when necessary. Expect no Here are some of the things that rebuild more than 3’ou earn and know your worth.” faces. First, smiling at every stage of your "Never spend more than you earn.” day makes a wonderful face. It can never “To have your health and keep it, exercise be spoiled by smiles. So learn the art of good nature toward your fellowman. Even smiling. Believe in better things. A face a clock gets run down if it isn’t given a hand grow's in beaut>' and pow’er under the work- once in a while.” ing of a mind that sees the good in every- “There is not so much importance in the thing. Change not your expression in the act of doing right as there is in knowing front of defeat; look for victorj’ and you right thing.’’ you are doing the are sure to see it. Worry not. iMore faces are lined and TELL ME WHY! creased and folded up through worry than If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, an}'- other thing. Worry is a worse disease Then why shouldn’t booth in the plural be than the small pox and leaves deeper scars. beeth? You are no older than your face. Clean If the plural of man is always called men. thoughts and purposes made plain, stamp Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called a rainbow of youth and promise across the pen? planes of your face that nothing can erase You may find a lone mouse or a whole nest —least of all, mere years. of mice, It’s a good thing to believe in your face. But more than one house is surely not hice. And if you do, it’s not liable to spoil. A cow in the plural is properly kine. Found by Saul Jacobs. But a bow if repeated is never called bine. Then one may be that and two may be those, ORDER Yet hat in the plural would never be hose. What comfort, what strength, what econo- also of brethren. We speak of a brother and my there is in order—material order, intel- But the’ we say mother we never say lectual order, moral order. To know -wTere methren. one is going and what one wishes—this is The masculine pronouns are he, his, and him. order; to keep one’s word and one’s engage- But imagine a feminine she, shis, and shim! ments — again 'order; to have everything Soi the English, I fancy you all will agree. ready under one’s hand, to be able to dis- Is the funniest language you ever did see. pose of all one’s forces, and to have all Found by Frank S. Schreiber one’s means of -whatever kind under command— still order; to discipline one’s habits, page THE RED CROSS (Cout. from 9) one’s effort, one’s wishes; to organize one’s action arc to he developed to anticipate every life, to distribute one’s time, to take the emergency. measure of one’s duties and make one’s ll'hether the community be small or large. rights respected; to employ one’s capital National headquarters offers information and and resources, one’s talent and one’s chances skilled leadership in zeorking out plans to zeard profitably—all this belongs to and is includ- off calamity and to prepare for undertaking ed in the word order. Order means light relief tasks. Through years of experience, and peace, inward liberty and free command supported hy trained personnel, the organicza- over one’s self; order is pewter. Aesthetic tion is truly fitted to serve in an advisory and moral beauty consist, the first in_ a true capacity. perception of order, and the second in sub- Alines, factories, munition plants, rk'crs, mission to it, and in the realization of it by, lakes and streams that may be apt to overflozo in, and around one’s self. Order is man’s are all to be charted, and all Chapters of the greatest need and his true well being. Red Cross are strengthening their disaster From the Journal of Henri Amiel, 1855. preparedness committee for constantly improved service zehen called into action. Skill to perfect its present disaster relief equipment striv- and public interest zeill gradually surround the and, through its Chapters, is constantly^ administra- toeal problems until a neze sense of security is ing tozoard the betterment of its halt justified. tive and operatiz'e functions. It zoill never The Red Cross has a great responsibility b\ in this purpose, as there is no vacation in people. From virtue of the people’s faith imposed in it, and coming to the aid of stricken is relief and no it knozes that greater disasters than those oj that responsibility there no the past may come to test it. It is ambitious falling hack. Created for the meinhers of the Paramount-Pep Cluh, In- corporated. Published for them monthly: this issue being Number Seven of Volume

Five, and its date of publication, May One, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-nine.

RUDY VALLEE

—Photo by NATHAN

To the Girls of the Paramount Pep Cluh

Adoringly

Rudy Vallee

Read the Story About this Photo on Page 5 Page Two of Pep-O-Grams PEP-O-GRAMS The Spirit of the organizations of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and Puhlix Theatres Corporation. Edited by Albert Deane Associate editors: Henry Gray, George Rogers, William Noonan. Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Contributing editors: Every member of the Paramount- Pep Club, whether moved or not by the spirit to write.

Pep-O-Grams is published by and for the members of the Paramount-Pep Chib on the first of ez'ery month at the Paramount Building, Neze York City. Volume 5, Number 7 May 1, 1929

Anonymity Insurance has stated that Repeatedly the editor It is oidy in fairness to those wbo have anonymous contributions, especially those ot contributed stories and paragraphs on the a critical or vindictive nature, find their way subject of insurance, to advise them that directly to the wastepaper basket. If you these contributions have been held over is distinctly your tvish to criticise (and that pending a still more momentous announce- to province and privilege), sign your name ment on this subject which will come from request it, your rvritten expression. If you the Club’s officers in tbe very near future. the your name will not be published. But In the meantime, every' Member not well editor is at least entitled to know whose versed on the subject and boundless bene- publish. I he observations he is asked to fits of insurance, whether group or indi- past month has seen an inordinate number vidual, should prime his mind with all avail- contribu- of these anonymious unsolicited able facts. Remember (with due apology to tions. ou tvho do not see your writings the great firm of R. H. Macy and Com- in print now know where they have gone to. pany), that “It’s Smart to Be Insured!’’ Outing C o lu {) 1 a i 11 t s President Frawley announces that the If you must complain, at least pay your Annual Paramount-Pep Club Outing will own mentality the compliment of consult- he held this year at Roton Point Park, Con- ing it, and of turning the complaint over in necticut, which (quoting from the Park’s your mind before airing it. Far too often publication) is “The Prettiest Park on Long do we blurt into a complaint before as- Island Sound.’’ We have covered the Pres- certaining whether we actually have any- ident’s announcement a little more compre- thing to complain about; and then we find hensively on another page and, with the that a stubborn pride refuses to allow us knowledge of a few more plans which are to retract our complaint. After all, one’s being held up the mythical but none the own mind is a pretty good court of arbi- less effective sleeve, we can assure the tration, and if we only consulted ft more C’lub’s members that they are in for the best often then we do, we’d be in a darned sight outing they have ever known. less petty and aggravating trouble. Dance A peach of a dance was staged by the Appointments Club’s Entertainment Committee at the Due to the promotion and departure Pennsylvania Hotel on April 23rd. A from Home Office of Henry Goldbery, goodly percentage of the members attended President Frawley has appointed Henry with friends, and the quality of the whole- Gray and William Noonan to serve with some merriment denoted that a corking George Rogers as associate editors of Pep- good time (minus corks) was had by all. O-Grams. Both appointees are well known The Entertainment Committee Chairman writers for the column of this publicatiton, and Vice Chairman — Messrs. Mcllvain and we welcome their advent to the mag- and Wood—certainly did right by tbe mem- azine’s editorial board with a relish wh ich bers, and are to be truly congratulated. only editors can really appreciate. Page Three of Pep-O-Grarns ROTON POINT, CONNECTICUT, SELECTED FOR ANNUAL OUTING ON JUNE FIFTEENTH

President Frawley announces that June Fifteenth is the date set for the annual outing of the Paramount-Pep Club, and that the famed and beautiful Roton Point, on the Con- necticut shoreline of Long

Island Sound, is to be the place where the Pepsters will gather for what is promised as the grandest outing of them all. Many of the most important arrangements are all set, and will be announced to you by bulletins between now and the next issue of Pep-O- Grams, and will later be com- prehensively set forth in the issue of June 1st. tually a miniature Coney Island, The steamer will be the “City swimming beaches, a baseball dia- of Keansburg,” a larger sister mond, dining pavilion, bushiand of the ship illustrated on this glades, and a general atmosphere page ( and with the best danc- which makes New York City seem ing facilities and “observation like a million miles away. posts” of any ship on Long Chairman of the Entertainment Island Sound), and it will Committee, William Mcllvain, leave from the Battery at a and Vice Chairman Joseph Wood, desirable hour on the morning are working like Trojans for the of the Fifteenth. success of the outing. You know quote from the We conversa- their reputations for making a tions of those who know Roton grand and glorious fun-feast in the Point to the effect that it is, as the past! Well — and this is in the company which runs it says it is, “the best, cleanest, finest and most words of Vice-President Edward beautiful amusement park on A. Brown—you haven’t seen any- Long Island Sound.” There is ac- thing yet! :

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COMPTOMETRY CLASSES Helen W. Swayne, chairman of the Edu- cational Committee, writes to the effect that TO Parents since Wednesday, April 10th, the classes in Comptometry have been held at the Felt I am asked by the Commissioner of Health to call and Tarrant School, 299 Broadway, New your attention to the importance of having all children York City. between nine months and ten years protected against

These classes are being held for begin- diphtheria with toxin- antitoxin. This is simple, safe ners who wish to go on with the course, and lasting. The doctors are co-operating with the and also for the advanced class. The hours Health Department to wipe out this dangerous disease continue the same. of children. If you have children who have not yet In her message Miss Swayne said in con- been protected, please have this attended to. clusion: “Those desirous of continuing will please get in touch with the writer at the very earliest possible moment and advise her of your intention of doing so." The above notice, lehich is at once a f>rocla- niation and a plea, has been on the bulletin PARAMOUNT'S RADIO ROMEO boards for the past month. JVc surely hope Even while this issue cf Pep-O-Grams is that you have read it and, if it concerns you, being read, a certain young man leading a have acted upon it. The substance of the nies- delightful orchestra is one of the stellar at- su'.je is to the effect that the Board of Health tractions at the Paramount Theatre. He is of Neio York City has enlisted the sei-vices of already a stellar attraction in the hearts of Dr. Emanuel .Stern in the unending, unyield- millions of radio fans throughout the ing fight fur the zeiping out of diphtheria, that country—and his name is Rudy Vallee. insidious scourge of child-life. That the fight A few weeks ago he was photographed is a zeinning one is proven by this editorial by Paramount’s Peerless Photographer, Lewis F. Nathan. As was to be expected. DIPHTHERIA IN NEW YORK CITY Lew made a splendid job of it. So splendid, (.-\n Editorial in the New York in fact, that Vallee Rudy wrote Lew to the Evening WorUl, April 8, 1928) effect that although he has been pho- As a resalt of the campaign of the Health tographed eight of the lens by foremost Degtartiiieiit of this «-it.v afsaiast iliphtheria. specialists of the country, the Nathan nega- for many jieiieratioiis the most (Ireatled anti tives were easily the best. He amplified fatal of diseases of childhood, it is now pos- silde to .indue of the elVeet of tlie modern this splendid letter by placing a liberal or- iiiethtxl t>f iintnnnizinK ehildren .-igtainst it. On der for prints. Jaau.-iry III fttrty-eijilit special tiiphtheria-pre- And that’s not all. Lew was speaking to vetitifltJi elinles were opesieti in tile city, anti 11,41.') ehililren have Iteen treateil. him about the Paramount-Pep Club, and since then 'I’he medical profession j;enerall.v is eo-operat- suggested that he send some message to insc. ami tliere is no way of knowing' how the Club members, particularly to the girls many eliiltlren have heen privatel.v treated 'I'lie result h:is heen a of the Club. And that’s how you came to within the period. lieerease of per cent, in the iiumher of have the genuinely autographed photo fatalities. 'i'iiis is a eomiilete vintlieation of which we have reproduced on the cover. the policy of the IleallEi Department. It .iiistilies the ettnelnsion that one of the most ilreailed of seourmes iiltimatel.v may he MARCH BRIDE STOLE A SURPRISE all hut eliminated i>rv York City will do well to with a very fine wedding gift several days see to it that their ehildren are made iin- later. mn ne. d'he marriage had no sooner been announced than the girls of the Foreign De- THE RED-HEADED EX-BLONDE partment, with the customary feminine de- Tliere’s an excellent stoiy aViout one of the going- the rounds. It light in intrigue, began the laying of plans Paramount red-heads seems that the- Rialto Theatre threw a party for the presentation of a Foreign Depart- at one of the Monday midnight showings of ment gift to the happy bride. Skipping the Clara Bow’s “The Wild Party,” offering free first hundred red-heads incidental detail (which we are under oath admission to the leaching the box-office after 11:30 P. M. not to reveal), the fact stands as a fact that Tlie young lady of the story thought she'd IMrs. Muller was innocently inveigled into the see the’ picture without cost, and sailed along Foreign Department library, shocked in a to the theatre. But it was just her luck to meet an old friend at the entrance; and when fashion which only newlyweds know, and he greeted her with “What's the idea of the formally presented with a splendid electric red head'.’ When I took you to Coney Island table lamp. last week you were a blonde!" she had the liresence of mind to be self-conscious enough Well, well. Foreign Department — who’s to slink down the subway entrance and take next ? her train up to East Such-and-Such Street. Page Five of Pep-O-Grams

MR. LUDVIGH EXPLAINS LEGAL SIDE TO OUR ORGANIZATION’S BUSINESS IN PEP CLUB ADDRESS

The Paramount-Pep Club’s Speakej- LET’S GO SWIMMING of-the-Month at the general meeting of President G. B. J. Frawley makes April 9th was Mr. Elek John Ludvigh, announcement of the fact that Para- secretary of the Company and General mount-Pep Club members desiring to purchase the special rate tickets for the Counsellor. It was a lively, diverting Park Central Swimming Pool, may se- and informative address, limited by Mr. cure them from Sara V. Sultner, in the Ludvigh ’s self-imposed limit of ten Cashier’s Department, eleventh floor, between noon' and three m. minutes, ticked off on his own watch. p. “When you bring your legal problems to THE PHOTO OF THE COVER us,” said Mr. Ludvigh, “you should remem-r That splendid, genuinely-autographed photo ber that your Legal Department does not of Rudy Vallee, with zvhich zve have graced render decisions, but merely gives opinions. the cover of this issue of Pep-O-Granis, is It is for judges, juries and courts of law to to go free of charge to one of the girls of hand down final decisions.” ihc Paramoiint-Fep Club. This was one of the high- But zvhich one? That’s the question! lights of the informative side ll’c submitted the matter to the zvell-kiwzvn

//. A. (Higher Authority) : of his address. Another was . and he said “ll'hy his insistence that when a not offer the photo to the girl zvho gives, in .lO -words or less her o-zvii haudzvriiing the problem is brought before of . the Legal Department, it be most original reason zvhy she should get it.” set forth with the full facts, JJ’c think that’s a pretty good idea. So the and that these facts be un- girl zvho tells -us. in her ozvn zvords, and in colored by personal beliefs. the most original fashion, why she thinks Abbreviated or distorted facts she ought to get this attractive and appealing are more hindrance than help Lezvis F. Nathan .ztiidy of the most popular in the settling of the prob- orchestra leader of the day, zvill be awarded lem; and it was his hope that the photograph. the Legal staff would be Write your reason in fifty zvords, or less, given fullest consideration sign your name, and send it along to the along these lines. editor, zvho takes the liberty of setting himself up as the sole judge in the matter. At other points in his address Mr. Ludvigh was remi- THE PUBLICIST OF THE L. I. S. niscent. Somehow or ether Forty - five minutes the name of Childs that celebrated chain — from Broadway, via the of ex-caloried and ex-vitamined eating tokenless I.R.T. sub- houses—cropped up, and the speaker had way stands the Para- some interesting things to say about the m o u n t Long Island

I I time when he used to eat in a downtown Studio, where “The Childs establishment 37 years ago, at a time Letter,” “Gentlemen of the Press,” “The , when he was well paid as a law clerk re- Hole ceiving in the Wall,” “The Co- l( $3 per week. coanuts” and several His final contribution to the address was other meritorious pro- a diverting example of i how unobservant d u c t i o n s have been !' even the most intelligent people are in the made. face of the obvious. He recounted a story I But it wouldn’t have been much use their of a professor Robinson and his class of i; being made if someone hadn’t been there to students, and of how a thief came and stood tell the world about them. And that some-

: before them for several minutes on a couple one happens to be George Britt, who oscil- i of occasions, and how when this thief stole lates between the Publicity Emporium of the professor’s watch and bolted, less than the Twelfth Floor of the Paramount Build- twenty percent of the students were able ing, and his own little publicity office on the to give an adequate description of the man. j third floor of the Long Island Studio. This little story of !; was course part of the George, who is well known to his fellow- speaker’s plea that when Paramounteers Pepsters, is not only the ijublicity purveyor bring problems before the Legal Depart- of the Astoria Audible Ai-t Academy: he is ment, they at least support the problem also the local ag-ency of Thomas Cook and ; Company when it comes to the business of with all of the available facts in the case, escorting- Chileans, Chinese, Elks. Australians, neither more nor less, simply the facts. Soldiers, Finns, Financiers and others around the Studio, introducing them to stars and ! The Paramount- Pep Club, through its of- players and having them pose for photos. ficial house organ, Pep-O-Grams, wishes to There is much else that we would tell you, but we are already at the bottom of the j tender thanks to Mr. Ludvigh for his most column, and the white light is on, and three interesting and entertaining address. I bells have rung for positive silence. — —! — Page Six of Pep-O-Grams THOSE TALKING MOVIES By Richard G. Engel THE PUNNING TOWER Perhaps you have been too interested in - Bv A. A. A. A. - watching the silver screen rather than not- ing the reactions of those that sit around THUMB-NAIL RIMES you during a “talking” picture. For just once let us study our fellow theatre goers while Johnny Hewlett, the boy from Georgia a sound picture is being produced in our W’ho lives to love; don’t want to die. neighborhood theatre. Let us believe that He makes you laugh and never bores j'a, we are frequent patrons so that our study But only eats for strength to sigh. will he more easily understood. The majority of theatres have an over- * * -X- ture to introduce a complete show, and it is Things are seldom what they seem. our luck that we enter the theatre at this A greasy smock, long hair—we know that time. riiese don’t make all art supreme. After we are comfortably seated, the lights For further proof see “Natty Novat.’’ dim, and the silver screen bursts into moving light. Characters who before spoke only * * * in sub-titles, now convey their actual voice You can het your Sunday hat to us reproduced through the mediums of When hard-boiled critics start to rave in synchronization and amplification of sound Glowing term^ of this or that waves. Truly wonderful. d'hey have heard their cue from Flavin. The man sitting on our right has a forlorn expression on his face. He used to be * * * the champion for reading titles aloud during Sing a song of W’all Street, the presentation of a silent drama. He is A wolf, a bear a hull doomed, for “talkers” speak themselves, and Blaked into a novel—what a gorgeous thrill; he will lie a nonentity until he can learn When the hook was opened to hum and sing the theme songs. The public ’gan to say, The lady on our left is deaf, so our “Wdioop-de-doo and hally-oop! Hurray for modern talking movie cannot be enjoyed by Blake McVeigh.’’ her. Behind us are two girls, and their subdued talk reaches our ears; “Oh, hasn’t he got the Fonicy l/’.v/y, pudding' and pic most wonderful voice,” etc., etc. You too Ki.'iscs flic girls and makes them cry. have probably heard their chatter. But their tears turn into capers 1 After the show we walk up the aisle and 1 'hen he gets them in the papers. we glance toward the last row in the orchestra. We see couples rather close to- Robert Aloriarity gether. Neither time nor the progress of What a brilliant part he the motion picture art can alter their sphere Plays in press books arty! of interest. Whether it’s a silent /picture or lloio he loves to chart the a “talker,” lovers always are' oblivious of Lk'cs of moi’ic stars! We what goes on outside of their thoughts and Really must remark he sentiments. Is that certain! party In the lobby we struggle into our coats Robert Moriarty. and decide! to imbibe a frosted chocolate. As we drink, the voices of the two soda clerks drift to us. One says, “Say Bill, didja JUKKS—HEH, HEH! see dat pitcher over at da Ritz, — No? Well Have you seen Maurice Chevalier? buddy, you missed it take it from me. Why, Julie speaks it just No, I thought she had a Buick. when dat dame Johnson knocks ya silly. Ya know I’d let her stir me coffee any time.” That new Scotch' breakfast food picture Those Talking Movies “Close Hominy.” (All right, go ahead and sue me). before the ultimate conclusion can be arrived at. I'heodore C. Young, who is chairman ol HEY, CADDIE the Athletic Committee, will announce date of play, and links for playing on, within the next few days, Chris. Beute, who is vice chairman for A (We are telling you this in all good faith, golf in the Athletic Committee (and believe even though Chris. Beute’s announcement us, there is surely plenty of vice in golf), was dated April the First.) lias a splendid golf tournament under way to decide who is the mashie-driver-putter Edna Grady’s name will go down in the champion of Home Office. Although no annals of history as that of a most renown- play has yet been held, a host of decisions ed musician. She pulls on the strings of her have already been made as to who actually “harp” anyway, and in all moods, and al- is the champion; hut the rules of the game ways succeeds in getting the most delightful insist that tlie matches must be played out of tunes from HIM. Page Seven of Pep-O-Grams

SIDELIGHTS ON LAST WEEK’S DIRECTOR OF PUBLIX TALENT PEP-FILLED DANCE The Paramount-Pep Club has been so con- By WILLIAM NOONAN sistently indebted to Publix Theatres Cor- Tuesday night, April 23rd, saw many poration for the talent Pepsters merrily dancing their heads ofif, supplied for the enter- and thoroughly enjoying it, too. tainment at so many of The occasion, of course, was the club its functions, that Pep- O-Grams felt you would dance, held in several spacious rooms of he greatly interested in the Hotel Pennsylvania. To the rhythmic being introduced to the strains of Jimmie Caruso’s orchestra, our man who is director of social steppers disported themselves until the department which secures, adapts and one in the morning, when a mighty en- 3i„rro.s presents all of the enjoyable evening was brought to a close. tertainment talent used by Publix in its The committee added a sjiice of variety mission of entertaining the nation. with a superb entertainment. Boris Morros is a Russian who' is not Miss De Meir, a singer and a saxo- only renowned throughout the world, but is a man whom the foremost operatic, drama- phonist, who appeared through the cour- tic and literary stars of the world are proud tesy of Mark Teddy, rendered several to call their friend. He has started and di- songs which were veiy well received. rected the careers of many of the famous To Miss Dot Hershfield must lie singers and dramatic stars of the day, and in the new field of the talking and singing awarded the prize for versatility, because pictures he will uncover many more promis- she not only performed with the violin ing careers. but also dances. gave us songs and So far as our own organization is con- Another unusual exhibition was that of cerned, he will stand out in its history for Miss Francine Wouters, who gave some the superb manner in which he lifted the entertainment of Publix Theatres to very interesting dances. stage its present enviable plane. The club certainly owes a debt of gratitude to Chairman Macllvain and his com- News of the Eighth (By Snoop) mittee for arranging this delightful eve- Congratulations are in order to Kenneth ning. These Spring days are not so W. Long, who recently became a happy balmy as they might be and such a break husband., Bill Stranders has reached his in the monotony was most welcome. day of commuting. He now travels through the wilds of Yonkers. Bill Hecht, of the We would like to say right here that stock-room, was seen smoking cigars at the the affair was a tremendous success and dance, but was handing out cigarettes. that we greatly appreciate all the time and Madge Drake, of the publicity dept, has high effort which was spent on our behalf by hopes of going to California this summer. In that sporty Chyrsler roadster? If the Entertainment Committee. Ray Freemantle expects to go to the picnic on June 15th, he better start greasing up that Stork-O-Grams Cadillac of his now. Henry Helt considers We understand that outside of an inclina- himself the World’s Champion Cross word tion to eat too much the new arrival in the puzzle expert. He is open to all com- Valentine home is coming along nicely. He petition, and he even knows what that four is even able to yell loud niglit enough at to letter word is—love. Charles Reilly has a awaken C. D., this and we can assure you new leading lady. Wonder who she is, and is a creditable feat. where she’s leading him? George Lawler Hail! Hail! first arrival the in the Tous- is fattening up again, due to Ralph Cooks saint household is in possession, mother and not joining him in going to the Y. M. C. A. son having arrived home April 24th, 1929. nights. Walter Porr has a new girl friend. We have been advised by special des- Get Walter to show you her picture. Do patch that the first conversation between you wish to know anything about Scotland father and son, was as follows, “Say Pop, Yard? If you do, just; see Mr. Haley. if it is all the same with you, I wish you would chuck that pipe and stick to cigars.” “All right son, anything for a good night’s will know: if you can’t, ask William Suss- sleep,” A. R. T. was heard to reply. man. He knows all about it. The mother, you will recall, was formerly Congratulations are in order to Bill Marie O'Hagen of the Exchange Account- Hanneman, of the Eighth Floor Poster Art ing Department. Department. ’Tis a gal! Watch this column for the announcement Walter Hanneman, on the other hand of a very important arrival. Arrival of (or in the other arm) has a boy. More con- what? Well, if you can wait a while you gratulations. : : Page Eight of Pep-O-Grams

THE PARAMOUNT BOWLERS’ WORLD SERIES By CHARLES L. GARTNER Although not yet qualified to compete with men of the calibre of Jimmy Smith, Mort Lindsay, Falcaro or the Spinella brothers, the boys who entered the first Inter-Department Pep Club Bowling Tournament, which came to an official end on Monday, April 2nd, showed that they at least could hold their own with the majority of non-professional clubs around town. Due to the bmiched standings of the teams, interest in the competition held up well until the very last night, with' several changes in team and individual standings coming

during the final minutes of pla 3o At the start of the tournament a number of the company’s executives offered bowling ballsl as prizes, but T. C. Young, Chairman of the Athletic Committee, decided to limit the prizes to four, accepting onlv the donations of Mr. Eugene J. Zukor, who gave two for the men getting the highest team standing, Mr. Sam Katz, who gave one for the highest individual game and Mr. S. R. Kent, who gave another for the highest individual average throughout the series. It so happened that Clarence Alexander, of the Cashier’s Department, maple destroyer par-excellence, was; the leader in all events. He, teamed up with Carl Clausen, our genial paymaster, came out on top in the team standing. Alex also led the list of players with high game of 215, as well as high individual average of over 165 for) the tournament. However, close observation of Alex on the nights he bowled showed that he used only one ball at a time anyway, so it was decided to pass two of these prizes down the line to the next men in the high individual average and high single game scoring. These two were Ted Lemm, of the Budget Department, with a single game of 205 pins, and Charles Gartner, of the Foreign Department, with individual average of slightly over 157. Ray Pratt, of the Accounting Department, lost out on one of these balls on the last night, having been in the running for both prizes with a single game at 200, and an average of just 157. A post-tournament set of games between four four-men teams resulted, in a sweeping

victor}' for A. Toussant, A Ptacnik, W’m. Aldlvaine and A. J. Dunne. These lads toppled a total of 3915' pins for six games. Interest in the tournament was so keen that the boys were unanimous in voting to carrv on through another month or so, but upon the earnest plea of a representative of the I'orest Preserve Commission, the maple destro\'ers of the Pep Club decided to post- poTie all activities until October, at which time it is earnestly hoped that another, and bigger, tournament will be started. Credit for the success of the games must go to Joe Doughnc}', of the Budget Depart- ment who, although no Jimmy Smith on the alleys, certain!}' knows how to run a tournament. The boys entered in the series showed their appreciation of the work done by Joe by presenting him with a ball of his own. Presentation of the regular prizes was made by our Club president, G. B. J. Frawley, in the presence of a representative gathering of the Club. Below is a complete record of the games won and lost, averages, both team and individual, etc.

<;aiiies Tutal liulividiial Team (iilines KoIUmI HiiiN .\ veranes Average W ou laist Cashier:

. . 102.90 157.88 16 5 Alexander . . 21 3421 ... 21 3 0 152.,S5

1‘iilili.v: Ptacnik 21 .3211 152.90 150.33 13 8

. . . . IS 2 3 30 149.44 ... 413 Iiisuranee-F^ireitiii

. . . 151.67 tJartner . 21 3305 157. 3S 12 9 Fliillipson 21 3005 145.95 Gen. Acet.: Pratt 21 3297 157.00 148.45 12 9 Mcllvaiiie 12 1712 142.67

. . . . 9 1220 136.22

Auditing Toussant 15 2303 153.53 149.64 10 11 Vornliauni 15 2234 14S.93 McGovern 12 1748 145.50 Kxeliasiue Aeet:. 149.47 145.38 9 . . . . 21 3139 12 141.28 , . . . 21 2907 Hud net: Lemm 21 3078 1 I b , 5 < 142.31 8 13 Doug'hney 21 2899 138.04 K.veliaiisie Serviee: Finan 21 2731 130.05 128.62 4 17 Goldberg- IS 2314 128.56 Kaulkner 357 119.00 Page Nine of Pep-O-Grams WORD BY RADIO TO POPULAR PEPSTER IN BRAZIL NEW VICE-CHAIRMAN OF ATH- LETIC COMMITTEE IN CHARGE While you are reading these words, Mel- OF SWIMMING ville A. Shauer, past-president of the Para- 1 hereby announce the appointment mount-Pep Club, and special representative of Edward Lee as Vice-Cliairman of of the Foreign Department of Paramount the Athletic Committee in charge of Lasky Corporation, is travelling Famous Swimming. He will succeed Miss Prazil to Argentina, where he south from Tess Klausncr who has resigned be- will in Aires befiire spend a week Buenos cause of pressure of routine work. returning to New York via Chile. We are fortunate in having Mr. Lee His principal reason for being in Brazil consent to the appointment. He is a that he was there as representative of was member of the swimming team of the the Company at the dedication of the mag- New York Athletic Club and is now nificent new Cine Paramount at Sao Paulo. the Sr. National A. A. U. Long Dis- motion picture theatre This sumptuous tance Champion. He won many on April 13th with "The Patriot," opened championships in the past, and his and was the first theatre in South America record is an enviable one. to exhibit a film in sound and dialogue. Mr. Lee, as soon as he has had op- the occasion of the opening, several On portunity to study the situation, will messages were sent directly to him by low- make recommendations with respect wave radio, with Arthur Coelho, of the to our activity for this year. Foreign Publicity Department doing the THEO. C. YOUNG transmission. It was only natural that the Chairman—Athletic Committee Paramount-Pep Club should wish to share in these greetings, with the result that

President G. B. J. Frawley despatched the ford has gambled a lifetime’s world-wide following message; reputation in it, and made good), “The JIl'tlA A. SHAUKU Broadway Melody” (because of its many- (I.\E I'AKA^IOUNT the and .‘I,V REPRESION T

A day of leisure spent quietly at home SOUNDLESS TALKIES zeould nozo hai’c for many people all the Pep-O-Grams, garrulous mouth- eharm of noz'elty.—The Bishop of Swansea. piece of a rhetorical club, offers the * * * following exploitation suggestion for Borrozeing is like drink. Yon cannot go on use of any theatre anywhere: forever, and the headache is inezjitable sooner For a unique contest, preferably to or later. —Premier Stanley Baldwin. be held during a matinee performance, * * * run one reel of an all-talking picture Every one should zi’alk at least four miles with the sound track shut off, and of- every day. —Dr. Jesse F. Williams. fer prizes to the patrons who guess * * * most nearly the drift of the dialogue. The fivc-cent fare zve have. The fivc-cent If one reel is too long, make the con- fare zve ivill hold, and that's the last, I hope. test for one hundred feet, or for one I’ll ever have to say on this subject.—Mayor particular dialogue sequence. Walker. * * * This idea is neither patented or If you ever find happiness by hunting for copyrighted. It mightn’t even be rea- it, you must find it as the old zvoman did her sonable. Take it for what it’s worth. lost spc'etaelcs. safe on her ozvn nose all the time —Josh Billings. ! ; — Page Ten of Pep-O-Grums

MY OLD RED CROSS OUTFIT Women the World Over

How dear to my heart is my Old Red Cross Mrs. Herbert Hoover, America's nezv "First Outfit, Lady,” speaks five languages. * * * When Armistice Day yearly brings it to light The Coat and the skirt-e’ in the funny round Mrs. Jesse L. Lasky, zvife of one of the top-piece” Honorary Vice Presidents of the Paramount- The gun-metal buttons once shiny and bright. Pep Club, is a landscape painter of exceptional

1 know it's all faded and wrinked and “hole-y” ability. She began her art studies eight years

But it’s all I have left and it’s precious to me. ago. * * * My Old Red Cross Outfit, Aly A. E. F. Outfit, In Russia, a bride is supposed to kiss every My moth-eaten outfit guest at the zocddinq. '* * * That hangs on the wall Mrs. Emil E. Shaiier, zvife of one of the How Oft’ have I worn it for fortj^-eight hours. Honorary Vice Presidents of the Paramount- Whey gayly 1 tripped off on some “Jour Pep Club, is to Anagrams zAiat Capablanca De fete” has been to Chess. ; * * The kind where our sight saw from dawn till moonrise. Practically 5t) percent of the total inimber Then sat up all night in a funny “Couchette.” of z'oters in the United States arc zvomen. * * I know it’s all moth-holes on front, back, and side. The long-expressed contention that the ma- But on Armistice day, I shall don it with jority of zoomen have no imagination is ade- pride. quately shattered by Miss Joan Lozvell in her My Old Red Cross Outfit, recent Munchauscnistic book. ‘'The Cradle of iMy A. E. F. Outfit, the Deep.” My moth-eaten outfit That hangs on the wall! PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS — Helen W. Swayne. There is ejuite a little commotion between iMiss Friedman and Miss Kane to answer WITH THE BUDGET BUNCH the phone when a certain party from the N. Y. exchange calls. Tennis and “Tennis Widows” will soon Miss Green doesn’t know whether to give be the talk in all circles. The rapid ap- the boy friend the air or not. proach of the warm weather has done that. Catherine Hagen has the nerve to tell Just to be different, however, Irving Singer us she is going to take the second two gets "married” about this time every year to weeks of July for her vacation. W’e have his one love—Tennis. He wishes to an- been wondering how long the one she is nounce that he will be “married” for the on now would last. duration of the summer. Don’t be mistaken — Alice Blunt hasn’t been presented with black eyes; that is the Here’s what we might call an “I told you new paste Winx she has been using lately. so.” W’e were sure that Teddy Lemm would Annie Riley’s Angorra cat is sick again. not fail us, and he has not. He won the This means another sleepless night for the prize for high score in the recent Bowling hubby, feeding it Milk of Magnesia. Tournament. Congratulations, Ted. Johnny Guilfoyle, sheik of the Purchas- ing and Sound Department, is going to pur- The smiling Battling Bantam of the Bud- chase a tent for himself and have hours first get Bunch has just won her battle after five. t d'hc records against Kid Omptometer. Larry Flynn is getting along fine since show that Helen Kraus won her contest by his operation and you can see him scratch- in recent contest in the a good margin her ing the wound (which is a good sign) be- the to Well. Wdio is going to be next tween nine and five in room 1210. issue a challenge? Is Arthur Bell trying to copy Paul Ash’s hair comb, or is that the style now? LITERARY NOTE that Our literary critic is prompt to point out 1 >0 not be fooled into believing because that the portion of the eleventh flour imme- a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is diately over the Paramount Theatre certainly ample proof to the contrary. Julius Rosenzoald. is not "The Well of Loneliness.” —

We always have time enough if we but use with Mark A Mormon once argued polygamy it right. Goethe. Twain. The Mormon insisted that polygamy The bookkeeper was peevish. was moral, and he defied Twain to cite any “What’s wrong?” asked the boss. passage of Scripture that forbade the practice, “Why,” he said, “that pretty typist you in- “Well,” said the! humorist, “how about that sisted on engaging spells atrociously.” passage that tells us no man can serve two “Is that so? She must be good. I couldn’t masters ?” spell it.” Page Eleven of Pep-O-Grams

A BRIDE’S THANKS ADIOS, HENRY! IN On Sunday, April 7th. It is zvith genuine regret that MEMORIAM Rosalind Schiffman, of Mr. zve announce the resignation Ewald’s department, became of Henry Goldberg from the Mrs. Morton L. Kirsch. The editorial ranks of this maga- Rudolph girls from the department zine. Rasmiissin who attended the wedding at Henry left Home Office last the Hotel Majestic aver that .Saturday for an important post she made a very beautiful zvhich zvill take him into all 1929 bride, April 21, and wanted this fact parts of the country, and zve to be mentioned in Pep-O- cannot help but zvish him all the Grams. success in the zvorld, for he is a OUR NEW MEMBERS However, the day before stalzoart and zvilling zvorker, The glad hand of welcome she became a bride. Miss ivith a boundless enthusiasm for follow- is out to the following new Schiffman wrote the ez'crything he tackles. ing letter of thanks to the Paramount-Pep Club mem- Ill his place as associate ed- bers, elected to membership peppj' bunch of co-workers itors of Pei)-0-Grams, Presi- at the general meeting held she had just left: dent Frazvley has appointed on April 9th last: Jean “Dear Mr. Ewald and Co- Henry Gray and JVilliam Finley, Kingston Taft Tan, Noonan, to act zvith George Workers : Anna Jacobowitz, Harold Rogers. It was indeed a surprise to Sparta, Ralph F. Stitt, Mil- be greeted with such tremen- dred Kramer, Elsie M. Woll, dous enthusiasm last Satur- Stephen Kolankowski. THE MAIL GANG on leave-taking. day my It has been our privilege CONES??? “Won’t you accept my to pay a small tribute to the sincerest expressions of grati- efficiency of the telephone What with Irving Cohen, tude for your gracious acts girls. By the same token, Mortimer Cohn, and Molly and believe me to be. it is also a privilege to pay Cohen, the Sales Statistical Yours gratefully, tribute to the efficiency of Department most has every kind the mail room force, who of a cone except Rosalind Schiffman.” the ice function, under the able di- cream cone. rection of Daniel J. O’Neill, THE SPIRIT OF THE long before the majority of WELCOME SWITCHBOARD us reach our desks in the The Sales Statistical De- Because the office of the morning, and long after we partment welcomes the fol- Pep-O-Grams editorial de- have reached our homes in lowing new members: Eloise partment gets such excellent Weehawken, White Plains, Street. Bristol, Sylvia Ackerman, service from the smart and Yonkers or East 50th Molly Cohen, Pearl Greene, sprightly young ladies of the and Loretta Sinnott. Paramount switchboard—and up in “Pep-O-Grams” she this department author SIGNIFICANCE because be- will not speak to the OF RED it in of said write-up. We are un- HAIR lieves that is no way an exception to the service der the impression, however, Miss Greene, Miss is taking this method Sway- rule of the switchboard la- that Ida ne’s new steno, has asked if to insure a write-up. These dies—this little paragraph is the "two red headed boys” publicity seekers! a tribute to these ladies, and in the eleventh floor well are Those who know w’ill ap- a reminder of the fact that brothers. We wonder if she preciate the titles bestowed means Mr. Dunne and Mr. although they are in the upon Mary Turner and Betty Broderick. sheltered seclusion of the Whalen. Mary is called the sixth loft of the Paramount “Limerick Lass” and Betty, RARE JOKES Building, they are by no Belle.” Neither the vast the “Blotto If it’s a joke you’ve never means forgotten by has won a prize—but then. heard—ask Arthur Bell. army of Paramounteers and Publixeers whom they so ef- Genius is never recognized. DANCING AND DANCES ficiently serve. Someone has nicknamed the balcony surrounding the If you would see some PUBLIX PARS good aesthetic dancing, watch 11th floor Well, the “Whis- Mae Weissherg and Agathe iMay Burke, the brilliant pering Gallery.” Ask Irene, Channing and effusive Film Rental god- rehearse each noon she should know! after lunch. dress has a reputation as a linguist. Hast ever seen her Now that Bess Decker and WE AIM TO PLEASE linger about when a certain Betty Whalen have started a youth from Paramount is sorority, there is no way in Garnett Hall, seems quite near? which to stop their incessant concerned about her name The other little Film Ren- not being in Pep-O-Grams. tal bud, Ida, has threatened college talk. Such charming Better late than never. that if she receives any write- co-eds! — : Page Twelve of Pep-O-Grams

The Magic Internal Reflector THE JOKE-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB One of our modern girls recently A Good Story for Which You May Write started I out read Your Own Moral to the cookbook, but she didn’t like the story. Once upon a time, a scientific sharp was shaving before a mirror. When he “Don't you think Arthur has marvelous got done, he gazed long and critically at eyes ?” the image he there. saw “I suppose so, but it was his mouth that “Looking a little haggard," he muttered. impressed me most." “Up too much nights. A little pale. Been neglecting — daily walks. : my outdoor Mouth Hubby (on phone) “Sorry, honey. I’ll pulled down. Alust cjuit being a grouch and be awfully busy at the office and can’t be laugh more. Hello, here are a couple of home till late.” gray hairs. Getting old, my boy. Must save Wifey: “Can I depend on that?'' more and pile up a reserve for my dodder- ing days." A new 5 and 10 cent store had been open- he So continued his scrutiny, and at last ed by a man named Cohen. A customer exclaimed: “What a useful thing a mirror came in one day and selected a toy for is! It shows us so much about ourselves, which she handed the proprietor a dime. without fear or flattery. That is, the out- “Excuse, lady,” said Cohen, “but dese toy side of us, the externals of the bony I)ox iss 15 cents.” we carry on our shoulders. w’e Suppose “But I thought this was a 5 and 10 cent had a mirror to show what goes on inside store.” that box and how the internal landscape “Veil, I h’eskinck you, how much it is, looks? Aha! I'll An idea! invent a mind- 5 and 10 cents?” mirror.” he experimented for So twenty years and “Are you still engaged to that homely produced a mind-mirror. A million-dollar Smith girl?” company was organized for its manufacture. “No, r'm not!” Advertising appeared. Prominent citizens “Good for you, old man. You had my received by mail broadsides, folders and sj’inpathy when you were. How did you booklets abiiut the new invention. get out of it?” Sales began. Wives bought them for “Alarried her .” —Kansas City Star. their husbands. Husbands bought them for their wives. Parents gave them to Two small boys entered a dentist’s office their children. Employers bought them by and one addressed the dentist as follows: the gross for their employees. “Sa 3% Doc, will you pull a tooth right this One man bought one for himself. minute? Don't want any gas or nuthin'. He wrote a testimonial letter: Just give her one yank.” “I received my Magic Internal Reflector “Surely,” replied the dentist. “My little yesterday and at once used it. It reflected man, that's what I call being brave and my mind very clearlj^ showing baseball courageous. Now just show me the tooth scores for the season, stage stars, news- you want pulled.” paper headlines, restaurant menus and a The boy turned to his companion and said big Swede who stepped on my feet two “Come, Alfred, show Doc your tooth.” days ago. Although I scorned to bandy —Author Unknoii'ii. words with him and merely glared, the mirror showed, faintly, the Swede being Minister—“And so you are about to take boiled in oil, also me knocking him down, unto yourself a new wife?” also me giving him a triple twist by jiu- Grass Widower (wool-gathering) — “Yes; jitsu: also an old wish on my part, never what will you allow me for the old one?” — fulfilled, to learn jiu-jitsu. Holding the Boston Transcript. glass at a certain angle I find various re- solves that were never carried out, such as She—“That dance made me dizzy; let’s economizing on cigars and buying books sit down.” with this — with the money. I am so pleased He “All right. I know' a nice dark cor- invention that I have donated it to one of ner out on the porch.” my wife’s relatives.” She—“Thanks, just the same... but I’m Business in the mirrors grew brisker for not (piite so dizzy as all that.” a time because replacements were in demand. The mirrors given to employees “So your son is to be an artist. What often fell and broke or were lost. Many are you doing about it?” were mysteriously stolen, with no trace of “I am letting his hair grow and he must the stealers, though pawn - shops became see to the rest himself.” Kikeriki, Vienna. glutted with them. Then business dropped to zero. Nobody ing efficiency; pig-headedness like firmness; wanted to see himself as he was. procrastination like caution. The inventor meditated and added an in- It is said that the company declared a gredient to the glass that gave it a rosy tint, 44 per cent dividend last vear. so that everything reflected was as it were A. BOOSTER, idealized. Laziness looked like labor-sav- (In the “Ambassador”) Created for the members of the Paramoiiiit-Pep Club, In- corporated. Published for them monthly: this issue being Number Eight of Volume

Five, and its date of publication, June One, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-nine.

The Day to Make Whoopee in the Paramount Way

Your Own Fault If You Don’t Have a Good Time Page Two of Pep-O-Grams PEP-O -GRAMS The Spirit of the organizations of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and Publix Theatres Corporation. Edited by Albert Deane Associate editors: Henry Gray, George Rogers, William Noonan. Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Repertoi'ial Committee: Henry Gray (Chairman), Charles Aln- wick. Inniss Atwell, Henry Behr. Al. Brenia, James Brown, Clara Cariozzi, Martin Carroll, Leonard Daly, Norman Davis, Charles Eieh, Richard Ensel. John Gentile, Marion Herbert, Esther Jablow, Claude Keator, Iris Keenan, Maxine Kessler, Rose Kirsch Leo Lalanne, Irene Lawless, Herbert Lizt, Owen McClave, Helen Malone, Ray L. Pratt, Peggy Quis, Charles Reilly, Frank S. Schreiber, William Scully, Tes.s .Sternberger, Pep-O-Grams is published by and for the members of the Paramount-Pep Club on the first of every month at the Paramount Building, Nciv York City. Volume 5, Number 8 June 1, 1929 EDITOR

If you like this issue of Pep-O-Grams, then it’s a pretty good indication that you are going tOi like all subsequent ones. Because the fact of the matter is that this issue has been assembled, practically in its entirety, by William Noonan—and this same \\’illiam Noonan is going to he your editor, commencing with, next month’s issue.- Your newi editor comes to you with the full belief of the retiring editor that you will continue to give him your full and cordial support in the matter of contributions, and that you will continue in aiding him to sustain the fact that

Pep-O-Grams is purely and simply the mirror of the grandest and peppiest organization club on both sides of the equator. OPTING

President Frawley is looking to the entire membership to make the einirons of Roton Point resound with a salvo of Huzzas, Whooiiees, Hoorays, Bravos, Banzais, Vivas and Hip-Hips representative of as nearly one hundred percent of the membership as isi possible. The location of the outing is as near perfection as can be found between Louisiana and Labrador, the arrangements of the Entertainment Committee could not be liettered by any committee that Police Commissioner Whalen could appoint, the steamer is just too grand for words, phrases or soliloquies; the casino is consecrated as the shrine where Rudy Vallee first commenced becoming a national idol—and if you think there’s anything else oughtj to be said, about the place, please consider it said. June 15th is the day, and make practical your a])iircciation by attending. APOLOGY

The cruelty of semling in snip news and catty remarks under the pretext of legitimate news was never better illustrated than in one instance which slipped by the editor in last month’s

it issue. It is physically impossible fop the editor to know every Pepster personally : is even more of an impossibility for him to be acquainted with all of the emotional undercurrents which are found id every office. Thus he is always faced with the problem of which items submitted to him are submitted in fun, and which are sent in for spite. It is because of this that he feels impelled to offer the apologies of Pep-O-Grams to Catherine Hagen for the paragraph about her last month, and to hope that the Pepster who sent this paragraph in has enough shame to know that he, or she, is as much the writer of this apology as is the editor. REPORTERS

This issue is the first to bear the fruits of the corps of reporters gathered under the guidance of Henry Gray, chief of] reporters. We’re carrying their names at the head of the editorial page now, and the individual names will remain there just so long as their owners deliver the news. The names will be retained whilever the news continues to come in. When there ceases to be delivery the names will cease to appear. !

Page Three of Pep-O-Grams EVERYTHING SET FOR OUTING

Heave Ho ! Pipe all hands on deck for the big outing, Saturday, June fifteenth. Promptly at 9 A. M. the palatial Sound steamer “City of Keansburg” will leave the P>attery manned l)y a joyous crew of Pepsters.

The destination, as we all know, is Ro- ton Point, situated on a beautiful pro- montorv near South Norwalk, Connecti- cut—as lovely a spot as there is to be found within a radius of a hundred miles from New York. Our outings to Indian unsur- Point were always considered we would l)e willing to bet that Mr. Ted passable, but the new location has all the Young, Chairman of the Athletic Com- advantages of Indian Point and more al- mittee has a few surprises up his sleeve in so—amusements, better dining facilities the shape of ball-games and other events. and various other things too numerous Excellent facilities are provided at the to mention. park f(jr jnirchasing anything from a hot The Entertainment Committee, headed dog at 10 cents to a full course shore din- by Chairman Macllvain and Vice-Chair- ner at $3.25, with a $1.25 steak dinner man Joe Wood, has certainly spared no sandwiched in between. Or you can bring effort in providing us with a wonderful a basket lunch and eat it in a delightful holiday. Arrangements have been made grove. In fact, the chances of malnutri- whereby members of the Pep Club can tion on that day are practically zero. obtain for forty cents the special combi- 1 f perchance the morning skies do not nation ticket which ordinarily costs seven- appear favorable, don’t stay home, as ty-five cents and which is good for five every provision has been made for a good rides on any of the amusements. These time even in rainy weather. However, tickets will be sold by members of the we ho])e our traditional good weather will Committee on the boat going' up and also accompany us, as it always has in the at the park. Also a reduction sev- from past. ent '-five cents to fifty cents has been se- 3 Jimmy Caruso’s orchestra, which gave cured on bathing tickets, which will also such satisfaction at our last parties, has be available on the boat. Those who do been selected to go with us and will play not bring their own suits may rent them on the boat as well as at the park, where for a small additional charge. we have ol)tained the exclusive use of Nor has the Athletic Committee been the large dance hall. idle. We learn that it is working up a In other words, Pepsters, we have in contest for those who would do battle in store for ns a beautiful sail, music, danc- aquatics, of which you will hear later by ing, swimming, baseball, amusements, bulletin. Those who are interested should wonderful scener^g shelter, food and get in touch with Mr. Ed. Lee. And of clothing—who says there ain’t no Santa course we can’t guarantee anything, but Claus )

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BOWLING COMMITTEE STRONG the Casino zi'ith music during its busy sessions. CONTENDER FOR HONOR OF PEP- It zvas his very first job—the first rung in the PIEST COMMITTEE ladder of success zvhich has led all the way up to his present pre-eminent post of chief attrac- It takes a lot of skill and energy to bowl tion at the Paramount Theatre, zvith his name correctly: and it takes a lot of pep and en- on the lips of all. and his lips—zvell, his lips thusiasm to bowl a committee along at the zoill be found featured in the shadozued end of pace that Joseph J. Doughney has been the megaphone zvhich is currying his voice into moving his along. We are happy to find the theatre, into the air, onto the screen in reriection of this fact in the following report Paramount Short Features, and into the hearts which Joe has sulmiitted to Theodore C. of all. Young, Chairman of the Athletic Committee Get ye hence. Girls, to Roton Point zvor- of the Paramount-Pep Club: —to ship at the shrine of Rudy Vallee. (But try As chairman of the Kowliii^ ('<»mitiittee, and be sociable zvith the l>er'niit me to submit to you a resume of its Boy Friend just the activities. same! Some forty members of the Club returncMl the qiiestioniiaires submitted to them by the Athletic Coimmittee and indicated tliey \v4Mild NEWS FROM THE UNITED ARTIST be interested in bowling. An analysis of the questionnaires was made, FILM RENTAL UNIT OF PUBLIX and at your direction, a pair of alleys was se- F. W. Ewald, who is the head of this unit, cured at Dwyer’s Howling Academy, one of the finest in the city. and whose name is rarely mentioned in Pep- A scheilule of games was drawn up and O-Grams, recently returned from Des certain simplified rules agreed to by the vari- Moines, Iowa. 4ms departments represented. All inter-department toiiriiament was start- Mrs. Morton L. Kirsch, nee Rosalind ed and resulted in an exciting, enthusiastic, Schiffman, is back on the job again looking friendly competitive affair. At the time the tournament was started, more lovely than ever. Surprising? no mention was made of prest^nting prices to Sadye Innerfield welcomed Miss Schiff- the winners. t mention this here because I man back gladly. She will now be relieved feel that the enthusiasm shown by the members of the Club resulted purtdy from the love of some of the work. Sad 3'e is acting more of the sport and not because of any prizes at like herself again, thank goodness. stake. Phil Kej'es, Fred Weiber and Murray It was not until the tournament was well under way that your splendid thought of se- Richardson have been doing disappearing curing prizes from some of the executives acts lateh'. For the benefit of the fair sex, was iineiitioned. they are working down at the warehouse. Needless to say, every one connected with At least we hope they are. the touriiamimt was delighted when it was announced that Messrs. Kugene J. Kukor, Poor Teddy Nelson is all by his lonesome Sam Ivatz and S. H. Iveiit had offered to do- these days, having been deserted by his side- nate prizes of bowling balls to the winners kicks. Girls, do \'Our stuff. of the three prizes, i.e., team prize, high score prize, and high individual iiverage prize. Aliss Lateiner a new recruit in the unit In closing, I, personally, in behalf of the in the capacitj^ of typist, stenographer and bowling members of the recent tournament, what not, has been kept pretty busy since recommend that such a tournament lx* given consideration by the chairniiin of athletics for Air. Ewald returned. the bowling season of which will start shortly after October 3st of this year. It might be well at this time to secure two MELVILLE A. SHAUER RADIOED pairs of alleys at Dwyer’s, or at least get an option on them, so that preliminary plans IN REPLY can be laid to have a **bigger and better” tournament during the coming season, there- Last issue we reprinted the text of a spe- by taking in a more substantial number of cial radio message sent to Melville A. the I*ep Club membership th;in was possible^ Shauer in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Presi- in the short season and M'itli one pair of al- by leys in the rtx'cnt tournament. dent G. B. J. Frawley. On Alay 1st, the day I also wish to express my appreciation and that issue appeared, our President had a re- thanks for the big- way in which you cooper- ply from Aleh, received through the private ated in securing all that you did for the Howling Committee. short-wave station of Arthur Coelho, Portu- guese translator in the Foreign Department. This message read: WHY ROTON POINT WILL EE “Thanks for good wishes and kindest re- HALLOWED GROUND FOR THE gards to all Pepsters. (sgd.) Mel Shauer.” GIRLS WHO GO TO THE OUTING On May 27th it was the good fortune of There is room in this story for only one mail}' Pepsters to personally welcome Alel. man’s name—and what a name! Hence we and Airs. Shauer on their return from South tvill hold out the name of the chap who gave .America. They came in on the S. S. “Santa ns the information regarding the memories that Alaria,” having embarked at Santiago, Chile, will flit around Roton Point all of the time that on Alay 8th. the Outing is on. wa.s darky on trial It is a matter of historical interest that at He a for taking- whis- key. Roton Point, in the Casino there, Rudy Vallee ‘‘What’s your name?” asked the judge. made his dehut ini public life. Directly after ‘‘Joshua, suh.” graduating from Yale, and with the bunch of ‘‘Are you the Joshua that made the sun stop ?” musicians zvho have gone with him to national “Nah suh—I’se de one what made de moon- fame, he accepted the assignment of providing shine.” Page Five of Pep-O-Grams

OUR IDEA OF SALVATION the poor and other fine annual relief. Vice i'resident Edward Brown of the Paramount Pep Club appointed Henry 1’. Gray, associate editor of Pep-O-Grams to head the committee which was thus fortunate in securing such a hard and enthusiastic working Pepster to lead them. Eve Bjornsen took care of the fifteenth and thirteenth floors; Isabel Mahoney, Helen Kane and Brina Kaplan did honors on the twelfth floor; Rose J. Kirsch, Kath- erine Cunningham, Nora Haran, Gertrude Strauch and Anne Graham on the eleventh floor; on the tenth floor was Kay McKeon, Mrs. Jane Stubbs and Edith Kaiser had a friendly contest to see who could collect the most on the ninth. Helen Rosenfeld These are the peppy Pepsters who did so did some good work on the seventh, with splendidly in the Home Office Salvation Catherine Murphy on the eighth keeping appeal which is covered in the story 1, Army up the good work, and Rose Mirell making this page. Those in the group are as ; on her quota on the sixth. And not least, Rae 1 follows, reading from the inevitable left to Eisner did honors at the Storehouse. right: SEATED, Jane Stubbs, Anne The record established by Henry Gray Graham, Brina Kaplan, Henry P. Gray and his crew warrants a large measure of Kaiser, : (chairman), Kay McKeon, Edith praise from the club members.

1. Rae Eisner. STANDING: Eve Bjornsen,

I Isabel Maloney, Nora Haran, Rose Mirell PUBLIX ADVERTISERS IN CHAL- and Catherine Cunningham. MISSING j LENGING MOOD Helen Kane, Rose Kirsch, FROM GROUP: The final standings in the inter-depart- I Helen Rosenfeld, Gertrude Strauch and mental bowling tournament published in a Catherine Murphy. recent issue of Pep-O-Grams brought to light the fact that there are other good PEP CLUB MEMBERS RALLY bowlers in the organization who were not

T( ) AID SALVATION ARMY represented in this tournament. The winners this year think they The spirit of generosity was again may already have next year's prize tucked away but Messrs. ^ manifested when the annual appeal by Planck, Long and Long are willing to dis- ^ the Salvation Army for funds to carry pute that assertion and are exceedingly charity program anxious to see that the Publix Advertising ! out their lengthy Department throughout the year was announced to gets proper and rightful recognition next year insofar as bowling is the members of the club. concerned. It has been quietly whispered From the ready response given this ap- that this trio of manpower turned in a it is assured fact that the total much higher average for the winter months ; peal an than those figures rolled up will exceed the amount secured shown in the final standings of the bowling tournament. So, other for the last Cross Drive and will thus Red departments, start your practicing early

. create a record that will be hard to be next year ’cause these bowlers on the 8th

' beat in the future. floor will be in form from the go-off. And if anybody is thinking of starting Throughout the 3’ear the work of the Salvation Army has been steadily increas- an inter-departmental tournament to be waged on the tennis court, this ! ing as their last annual report shows. They department is also able to furnish a trio of boys I have established and maintain the New who will hold their own with anybody. i York Home and Hospital for Women; These Brooklyn Nursery and Infants Home; racquet wielders are George Planck, Gus I Grist and Teddy Ferro. young ! Ridgewood Day Nursery, Brooklyn; Work- A fellow ing Women’s Home; Settlement and Day who is going to bear watching is Rodney I Bush. He only took up tennis last year, : Nursery; Camp for Poor Mothers and Children at Long Branch and Star Lake; but under the tutelage of these three aces Immigration and Americanization Depart- he is making unusual strides.

i ments; Free Employment Bureau; Missing Friends Department; Training College for BARBER Salvation Army Officers; Eventide Home I for Aged Men at Tappan, New York; Arrangements have been made with the i Homes of Rest for Officers; Work at Barber Shop cn the third floor Prisons and Police Courts; Expenses of of the Paramount Budding, wherel.)y

! Hospital Visitations; Settlement and Day members will receive a flat discount Nursery Extensions of 207c from their checks, ; and development of ac- on exhib- tivities; Development of permanent Camps iting their membership card to the for Boys and Girls, also fresh air Camps for Manager, (sgd.) H. A. Nadel i poor Mothers and Children; Providing Chairman, Co-op. Buying Committee. Christmas and Thanksgiving Baskets among —

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ADIEU TO HIS APPENDIX Mayor Walker and BLAYIE NO ONE his reception committee sent their regrets There are many things in this world that they could not be zvhich I shall never understand , chief on hand last week to them, perhaps being zuhy among , it is welcome back Bert that somebody alzvays has to be blamed. Adler, who was re- If a man slips on a banana peel, at once cently operated on -or he hails a rapid fire bombardment of his appendix. Despite highly uncensored thought and zvords the fact, we are glad into the hide of the banana peel—or the that Bert is to say street commission, or some unthinking his desk, as back at boy, or somebody or something. Never cheerful as ever. in the zvorld zvould he think of forgetting it and being thoughtful and AT THE D. W. LUNCHEON — careful zvhere he stepped the next time! Did you know that the Disbursements Somebody or something always has to Dept, was well represented at the Luncheon be the “goat" it seems. given for DaisA' Weiss at Sardi's on May 17 th? Mildred Tormey, Zelda I’yne, Ruth But zuhyf Simply because there is so Johnson, Mildred Stobie and ye scril)e were much ignorance in this zvorld, that’s zvhy. amongst those present. By the way, Zelda Mistakes are mistakes—nothing else— Pyne and her Egyptian heads were the unless they be teachers, zvhich very fezu center of attraction. Helen Winston, Hen- ever take them to be. rietta Betchuk and Rense Kirsch had the .S'o)ncday—to-day zvould be a pretty gathering in gales of laughter by their funny good starting day people are going to comments. .A good time was had by all. — see the ("Ye Scribe” is Alaxine Kessler.— ED.) zvastefulness of blame. No healthy mind cz'cr plans to do zvrong. True, On May 25th, Irene Montaigne was the it gets into lots of errors. But the exer- happy recipient of a beautiful set cf silver cise of brai’cly getting out of errors, is as a wedding gift from her many friends zvhat makes men rich in character. and co-workers in the organization. Irene To sprinkle blame is sordid zveakness. is another one of the June Brides—the wed- Ez’cn to blame yourself is lack in- ding bells will chime for her on June 9th. a of Here’s best wishes to Irene and Nat. telligence. Also it is a gross substitute for strength. Rather, congratulate your- Joe I’lunkett, formerly of the Statistical self on having eyes zvith zvhich to see. department, is now "Ciuardian .Angel" of and a heart zvith zvhich to feel, and a Di'bursements Dept. mind zvith zvhich to think. SO— BLAME NO ONE — EVEN REAL ESTATE RAMBLES YOURSELF. Found by In the past, Walter Lepannen was a FRANK .S. SCHREIBER strong booster of the wonderful freedom of bachelorhood. As all men usually do, Wally "fell” and now the latest report indicates that she said “yes.” Another good man GOLEERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS gone wrong. June, the time when wedding bells chime Fellow members most frecjiicntly has been chosen 1)3^ SAdvia and Golf Enthusi- Pomerantz to make her debut into the asts: Aleet Joe Lcav- realms of marital bliss. W'e deeply regret andos. This genial losing “our pal” and may our Avishes for >mung man modesth" happiness and good fortune folloAV her admits that he throughout her life. Au Revoir, Syhda, but knows his golf not good-bye. And at this time of Ed Jones recentl}’ celebrated his first the year we presume Avedding anniversarv'. Anyone Avho has met that’s interesting in- Airs. Jones can readily understand the rea- formation. Joe is son why Ed is reluctant to leave her Avhen willing to ansAver business calls him out of tOAvn. Congratu- thru "Pep-O-Grams, lations, old man, on being able to maintain or in person, an>' this wonderful frame of mind. questions pertaining Real Estate has been hit pretty hard b3' to golf that are put Dan Cupid in the past year. The song to him. We know entitled "Those Wedding Bells are Break- the information will ing Lip That Old Gang of Aline” can be be quite authentic, adopted as the standard overture in this so l)ring on the department. questions. Page Seven of Pep-O-Grams

AQUATICS By Richard G. Engel The Death of Marshal Foch Mr. T, C. Young, who recently appointed The Marccltal A coming— Ed. Lee, Vice-Chairman in charge of swim- The Marechal of France! ming has certainly picked a man that can So all the basis of Heaven handle a difficult position. His presence Advance, Advance, Advance. was made known to everyone in the Pep But all the zoorld is mourning. Club, when he recently submitted to each And all the brave are mute, member interested in aquatics a list of Jl’hilc Joan of Arc is greeting him: swimming pools} and beaches with an at- '"Mon General! Salute!” tached questionnaire, requesting that you in- A Pepster. form him of the pools and beaches which are nearest your place of residence and those you are most interested in so that provision can' be made to obtain cut rate and, still unable to be at his desk is the tickets. We sincerely hope that every mem- sad plight of L. L. Edwards, assistant to ber will take advantage of Mr. Lee’s efforts A. Al. Botsford. Mr. Edwards stepped intO’ in their behalf and co-operate with him in an unseen hole and broke one of the bones making swimming one of the major sports in his foot. in our organization. For those who are interested in com- STOREHOUSE NEWS petitive races, it is suggested that you in- Anne, our faithful operator, is so used to form or see Air. Lee personally so that a saying “Paramount,” that when she meets a swimming meet can be arranged for our friend on the, street, instead of saying, annual outing on the fifteenth. You Ger- “Hello” she says, “Paramount.” trude Ederles and Johnny Weissmullers will Good old John Peres is always doing be given the opportunity to show just who something for charity. Why, only the other is the “Champion of Paramount and Pub- day he gave a pickpocket forty dollars. lic.” Eddie Stobel, our dancing fool is all pre- If you have not as yet forwarded your pared for his exhibition on the boat ride. signed questionnaire' to Mr. Lee, it is not P. S. Also watch out for his nice blonde too late to do so. But please remember he partner. would like to have all applicants for the races at the outing to get in touch with PUBLIX PERSONALITIES him either by calling him at the renting Scott Lett has succeeded Joseph Plunkett personal!}" in office or better yet, see him in the Statistical Department, who in turn room No. 1309. has taken charge of the Voucher Depart- Come on everybody, let’s see you at the ment succeeding Joseph Sweeney. swimming meet at Roton Point. Did you get a look at Daisy Weiss’s Cousin Hannah- Kaston who will succeed EIGHTH FLOOR ETCHINGS her when she leaves? Best of luck “Honey.” Can any one tell what Mrs. Briggs is go- Aladge Drake is looking forward to her ing to do with the money she wins in the vacation with a great deal of anticipation baseball pool? Snake skin shoes is where is going to the Coast these days, for Madge the money goes. aboard a Chrysler roadster, starting June A Mystery—What happened to the Barry- 1st. ease your minds, it isn’t a honey- To more shirt Larry O’Neil! used to wear? moon trip although we suppose that it is Sheiks of Publix— Charles lacona and Al it that some- possible that could end up way Sicignano have had the great honor of how. It seems that Madge’s girl friend from meeting Clara Bow, Rudy Vallee and Nancy on for a visit before Los Angeles came and Carroll and receiving autographed pictures she had been here very long a salesman was from them. sell her car. Now, she clever enough to a James Robinson of Publix challenges any planned to drive it back home and has has Junior baseball club to play his team, the to keep her company invited Aladge along “Clovers.” and to act as sort of a bodyguard. Anybody wishing postcards sent them from the many PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT NOTES town these girls pass through, just send in your name and address to Aladge and she Frances Weil, whom you will remember will gladly do it. Aloney for the stamps will as the attractive blonde of the Road Show be collected upon Aliss Drake’s return to Department, otherwise Mr. Al Grey’s secre- her desk which will probably be July 15th. tary, after being counted among the miss- Zella Robart, the fascinating young secre- ing from the Home Office for the past sev- tary of Jerry Novat has gone back to dear eral months, has returned and is now in ole Virginny. It isn’t for long because the the office of Air. Harry Goetz as his secre- regular vacation period is only two small tary. weeks and Zella is taking this early season Roland Alader, is resuming his capable privilege of visiting her folks whom she role of business-like secretary to Air. Walter sees only on these occasions. Wanger, who recently returned from Eu- To be feeling fine and apparently well rope. —— — —

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\^ ELL WORTH A LAUGH Bug's: ‘'Why are you scratching yourself, ENTHUSIASM Tugs?” Tugs: "Because I'm the only one -^vlio knows A great deal has been ivt-ittcn and said where I itch.” about z'orious human emotions. Those zi'hich are paid the highest (in graiiiinnr class): “Willie, please tributes are lo-ve, tell me what it is when I say, “I love, you loyalty and friendship. love, he lo\es’.” There is one about zvhich very little is \\ illie: “'I'h.at's one of them triangles where heard. Yet it is the key to human attain- somehody gets shot.”— Selected. ment. It is that of enthusiasm. Nothing Beezle: "I went home quite a bit under tlie really zoorthzvhile can be accomplished weather last night and wife didn’t my suspect zvithoiit it. I cannot itnagine a career a thing.” Bub: “Couldn't she smell your breath?” more colorless, more lifeless, more inani- Beezle: “That’s just it. I ran the last block mate, than one in zvhich enthusiasm does home and when I got to her I was all out of not play a part. breath.” —M. K. T. Asso. News. It is the blue-zuhite flame of the elec- “Hliza," said a friend of the family t<* the tric torch that burns its zvay through the old colored wa.sherwoman, “have you .seen toughest barriers and reaches its objcc- Mi.s.s Kdith'.s iianeef’" tii'c. man zvith mediocre Cliza pondered for a moment, then hc-nt A ability zvho over the laundry tiihs onee more. “No ma'am,” IS imbued zvith enthusiasm zvill accom- she said, ‘dt iiin't been in the wash yet." plish zvonders. A talented and gifted nature zvithout it zvill fail. Reese. V business man advertised for an office —Mel boy. The next morning there were some fifty boys in line. He was about to begin examining the applicants, when he was hand- SIX SHAFTS OF SAGACITY ed a card on which was scribbled: "Don’t do anything until you see me. I’m the last kid Never knock a competitor. Next zs’eek may in line, but I’m telling you I’m there with find you at his door asking for employment. the goods!”

“Half the City Council Are Crooks," wa.s Have you ever gone to bed zvishing it znas the glaring headline. A retraction in full morning and you zvere ready to get back on the of the editor under iienalty of was demanded job? haven’t! arrest. Next afternoon the heailline read You Then you do not love your zvork, “Half the City Council Aren't Crooks." and 'you’ll never succeed until you do. She called her new sweetie Pilgrim because Don’t apologize he made so much progress. for zvhal you sell, or the price placed on jt; that’s just an admission that Hagnolia: When Mandy went and got mar- you think it’s zvrong. ried, us girls

MELVILLE A. SHAUER BACK WITH US AGAIN THAT RUDY VALLEE Melville A. Shauer, one of the most ardent Pepsters of all time, a past President PHOTO of the Paramount Pep Club, and one who The contest for the Rudy Vallee is tremendously responsible for the success of the Club as it stands todaj', returned photo reproduced on last month’s from a South American business trip aboard cover, whereby the photo was to go the Santa Maria on Monday last. May 27th. to the girl sending in the most origi- Mrs. Shauer, who accompanied him on the trip, also returned. nal reason why she should have the As already stated in the columns of this photo, goes to Jeanne Lateiner, paper, the trip was made for the purpose whose reply was also the first one of representing Paramount Famous Lasky received. Corporation at the premiere of the Cine Paramount in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Following Miss Lateiner, however, w'as run this ceremony, Mr. Shauer went on to so close a race by Margaret T. Argentina, crossed to Chile, ajid then tra\ - Ifichler, that we decided to give her eled by steamer up the west coast of South America. a photograph also. When rve com- He will now remain in New York for municated the result to Rudy Val- several weeks on business, and will of lee, he insisted on signing photo- course attend the duo of Conventions as graphs to both young ladies person- 0 !ie of the representatives of the Foreign Department. ally, so the winner actually gets tw'o photographs—the one signed to her ANOTHER FOREIGN DEPT. TRAV- ])ersonally by R. V., and the one ELER BACK IN OUR MIDST shown on last month’s cover. Joseph H. Seidelman, who took a flying business trip through several European countries during April, returned to .Home Office aboard the Berengaria on Ma}’ 10th. our whole staff of official snoopers. Time The Assistant Manager of the Foreign after time we have sent the star reporters Department, whose trip was a vacation on a hot scent, only to have them return, mixed with a proportion of business, was baffled and discouraged. able to observe at first hand the swift advancement being made by the talking pic- In fact, we had just about given up the tures abroad. chase, concluding that Mr. Frawley either led an exaniplary life' or else was too skill- GENERAL ACCOUNTING ful in keeping his tracks covered. Y’e Since the last issue of Pep-O-Grams there couldn’t decide which was the case, but gave have been several changes in the “Well.” him the benefit of the doubt. Paul Gramer, the Sheik of the Auditing However, our patience is rewarded. Not Dept, decided to enter the Banking Busi- for nothing have we alternately cooled our ness, thereby leaving a vacancy, which was heels and warmed our soles. Ifrom outlying soon filled by our friend Thomas Patrick sections word has reached us of a large Cronin of the General Books Dept. This car which hurtles through town after town also causcid several changes in the General leaving a trail of amazed spectators in its Books Dept., James Hubka replacing wake, most of whom are almost bowled T. Patrick Cronin and Dave Cassidy replac- over in the terrific gale created by the ing Hubka. Juggernaut in its passing, klany people Due to the loss of our Esteemed fellow wonder why this demon driver has not met worker Mr. R. G. Barrett who died May his Waterloo in the shape of a motorcycle 14lh, 1929, it became necessary to fill his cop. Some explain this by stating that no position. This has been done and the fel- motorcycle could follow the car, let alone low worker is a likeable fellow known as catch it, while others opine that an exceed- Johnny Fuchs. Johnny was formerly with ingly low license number, which happens Producers Distributing Corp. and later with to be a ninety-nine, is responsible. Pathe. He is also a Bowler of great note, so Cashiers and others beware. Our president is no golfing enthusiast Long hair must be returning to its own and such things as tennis, bridge or squash once again, according to our debutante, hold no great attraction for him. But set Josephine Theresa Veronica Cleary. him behind the wheel of a high-powered automobile and his face is wreathed in PRESIDENTIAL HOBBIES smiles of anticipation. Ever since the Inaugural Dinner we have At any rate, we wish to advise fellow been trying to discover something with a Pepsters to take to the hills at the approach spicy flavor about our president, Mr. G. of a rapidly moving dust cloud, for con- I B. J. Frawley. cealed therein is probably Mr. Frawley try- ! In this endeavor we have tried to the ing to break ninety—and we don’t refer to 1 limit the ingenuity and resourcefulness of golf. •

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BABY GIRL WELCOMED IN COELHO HOUSEHOLD Old Man Stork flew over the home of O PRACTICAL Arthur Coelho recently and was so pleased OPPORTUNITIES with the visit that he left a little baby girl ATTENTION! PEPSTERS as a souvenir. Sr. Coelho is Portuguese translator in Home Office, and co-editor of Miller System of Correct English “Mensageiro Paramount.” The Foreign De- Offers to the Pepsters through the partment gave the customary noisy approval Educational Committee. of the event, which occurred on May 14th, Course of fifteen (15) one hour lessons and the news as we go to press is that once a week for $10.00. ^.lothcr and Child have both recovered, but including new five part text book that Father is still a little shaky. which is sold by mail at P'ive ($5.00) Dollars. DAISY WEISS LEAVES The Educational Committee will Publix has lost one of its most diligent arrange to have these lessons given and attractive employees. She is little in the “eleventh floor well’’ Tuesday Daisy Weiss, formerly of the Publix Mail- evening of each week, from 6:00 to ing Department. Miss Weiss has been with 7:00 o'clock, starting the 1st of Oc- the company for ten years, during which tober, providing thirty (30) Pepsters time she has met with great success. or over are interested. As a token of her associates’ esteem, a The regular fee for this course is farewell dinner was given to Daisy at Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars, but if we can Sardi’s: The party consisted of Daisy arrange a class of thirty (30) members Weiss, Helen W'inston, Alice Fay, Maxine or over, the Aliller School will give Kessler, Mildred d'ormey, Ruth Johnson, this course for $10. per person, in- Zelda Pine, Mildred Stobi, Rose Kirsch, cluding the text book. Henrietta Betchuk and Jeanne Briggs. Aliss Rose Mary Frank, their New' A number of Daisy’s office friends also York and New Jersey representative presented her with a beautiful ‘‘Silk Com- will be the instiuctor. forter,” which was greatly' appreciated by Pepsters—this gives you the Sum- her. mer to think about this course. We wish you lots of luck, Daisj', and also Those who wish one of the attached the same success in your home life as you circulars, please adv'ise the chairman have attained in business. of the Educational Committee and FROM THE TWELFTH FLOOR same will be sent to you. We hate to l;)e ‘‘catty” but Alae W eis- ACCOUNTANCY berg of the Sales Statistical Dept, had an- ADVANCEMENT other birthday and celebrated it at a luncheon given in her honor at the Hermitage Arc you interested in courses in Hotel by a few co-workers. Accounting such as are given by Pace & Pace, or an^' of the Universities? If Helen W. Swayne’s cheery smile is If so, be sure and read the article missing, you’ll know it rained over a recent on this subject on Page Eight. It is weekend—no golf. headed: “Success Is the Addition of the Worth While Things In Life.” If Speaking of golf, we hope you are aware it appeals to you, be sure and get in of the fact that Herman Lorber also swings touch with the undersigned. a mean stick. If you’re interested, ask him H. W. S WAYNE about his scores. Cliairman. Educational Committee.

Pedestrians, Beware!! Take heed when crossing the streets— Betty Carrol of the THAT BUDGET BUNCH Lloyd office is learning to drive. The call of the canyon has beckoned to Charles Schahacker who is answering- the call The Brooklyn Infants Home ran an affair hy going as far west as Colorado this sum- the other night on the Berengaria. WBiat mer. AVho knows but that Charlie may dis- an affair!! Ask Dot Wechsler of the Sales cover desert gold or take a couple of Indian Approval office, she knows. scalps? Anyway. Charlie, there's gold in them thar hills. Poor Dears. Amy Press and Molly Brcg- Seymour Schultz, points with pride and joy to the fact that he has invented of Sales Statistical Department can’t a new scheme man of accumuiating- his shekels. He's obtained decide where to “vacation” at. They’re not a dime saving's hank in which he drops coins the only ones in this quandry. whenever he has them. An announcement to the whole department accompanies every de- posit. Eately announcements have been very Why not have a dressmaking contest on fe-sv and far between. the outing for the 12th floor girls? A few Should anyone desire to know just how of the contestant’s might be Pearl deGrau, long it will take a certain ship to reach New Brina Kaplan, Anna Horenstein, Victoria York, ask Peggy Arthur. She has that certain woman’s intuition of knowing the ex- Stolfi, and Augusta Peterson. They’re act day and hour for it to arrive and then— SOME dressmakers! Well, let's say no more about it. —

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PEPSTER HERE FROM BE PREPARED BRAZIL IN MEMORIAM Word has reached us that On May 20th the Club wel- Lillie Hirsch had a very L. Day, here social party at her home the comed John Jr., Robert G. Barrett on his annual visit from Rio other night, with Edith 1929 de Janeiro. May 14, Moses, Dottie Wechsler, 'Kathleen Cumming and John Day is in active Father of Frieda Joseph as guests. charge of all the Paramount Helen O’Connor territory in South America, All the girls maintained May 15, 1929 thus supervising an expanse they had a most enjoyable many times the size of the time, but we should be inter- United States. His work takes ested to learn what food was him continually into all of the this occasion b 3^ the girls. served inasmuch as precau- republics of the southern We take this opportunity to tion seemed to have been America, and he has perforce offer our congratulations. taken to have medical assist- to be able to speak English, ance near. Miss Joseph, you Spanish and Portuguese. know, is our nurse, and we GENEROUS IRISH He will be with us until af- sincerely hope she had no oc- ter the two Conventions—and Marie Dunne, John D. casion to make use of her then he’ll be off to South Clark’s pretty secretary, was medical knowledge. America for another year. the recipient of a box of Schrafft’s candy, and gener- LEGAL AID SOCIETY ously gave it away to every- i WON A TRIP TO happened her way of the one who ! A miniature replica BERMUDA Like Grape nuts, there’s a Legal Aid Society has found — i| reason— Marie states she is its origin within the stately I reducing so she can wear her portals of the renowned I bathing suit on June 15th Statistical Department. ij Sales Roton Point (?). Boys, have ' A disclosure of their names your cameras ready. strictly forbidden i' has been

! since they are not ready to :: consider offers. The only ENGAGED ill qualms assailing the hearts of embryonic is that Dar- Arthur Leonard, of Mr. row’s prestige may be im- J. Pineau’s General Accounting paired by their illuminating ;l Dept., has surprised his fel- ii brilliancy. low workers by deciding that perhaps two can live as cheaply as one. Arthur gave B’rancis Raskin of It seems like the old time his Lady Fair, Miss Helen Publix is the happy re- Sales Statistical Department Ryan a large diamond en- cipient of a prize in the to see Edna Grady pounding gagement ring on the 25th shape of a trip to Ber- a Comptometer for Miss day of May 1929. Mr. Leon- Swayne once more. ard, a prominent Paramount- muda, with all expenses eer, and Past Treasurer of paid. the Pep Club, began his This was the prize ! FROM ATLANTIC CITY duties with Paramount offered for a name for f Rose Boyle sends all her twelve years ago. His first the new apartment-ho-

I friends in the Paramount Pep position was that of special tel for women now be-

' Club her best wishes from office boy to our Honored ing built at 328 East

1| Atlantic City, where she is President, Adolph Zukor. 56th Street. The trip, now spending her vacation. Arthur is an to given the I now assistant by Burmuda Mr. Pineau. The General Ac- Travel and Information GLITTERING counting Department takes Bureau, 139 East 57th this opportunity of congrat- Street, includes—two- cannot understand why We ulating Mr. Leonard and his day trip by water to so glittering an object as the bride-to-be. Best of good Burmuda, two days on platinum and blue diamond luck Artie. Who’s next? the island in a first- that Patricia Pasternak class hotel and two day wears on her left hand should return trip. have failed to reflect itself Spring quickens the sap in the Miss Raskin’s prize- in our last month’s issue. We trees and slozvs up the sap in winning suggestion was understand that the engage- the office. that the new hotel be ment celebrated the was by called “The Sutton.’’ girls of the Audit Depart- We are sure that the ment at a dinner given by You owe it to yourself to Pep Club members re- Gertrude Strauch at her read the editorials in this joice in Miss Raskin’s home. Miss Patsy pre- month’s issue. They are in was good fortune. sented with a handsome din- their customary place on ner cloth and napkins on Page Two. —

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THE PUNNING TOWER SALES STATISTICAL PUZZLE is this going on between By L. B. D. What Ivl - - - R C - - N and A r\as The Inquiring Pep-O-Granis Reporter EC Cx, I G C assigned to ask the girls in Puhlicity-Acl- N and R-EJ S, J--NG vertising (Room 1255, that bee-hive of hu------E and G------EG man activity) what their opinions are of G, A R W Rudy Vallec. The result of the canvass is N and D Y M D as follows: Are congratulations in order? Tess Klausner—“Swell.” Adelaide Miller—“Swell.” Simpson —“Swell.” Ethel 12th Floor Wise Acres. Peggy Fewer—“Swell.” Lillian Farullo—“Swell.” certain young gentleman from the 11th iMargaret Russell —“Swell.” floor has been paying Miss Friedman of the Sound Department numerous visits That Annual Outing lately. We are not going to tell his name, Its various phases described by phrase.s hut just give this little hint. The last name familiar to every picture-wise Paramounteer represents a small red fruit which we are who will be present. all very fond of. — Miss Green is still waiting for Johnny Subway ride to the boat “Sound track." Guilfoyle to take her to see “Flalf A Bride.” your friends as the trip starts Meeting Better late than never. Miss Green, “All-talking.” — The purchasing Department has put As the boat gets under weigh “All-sing- through an order for a straw skirt for ing, all-dancing.” — Rosie Goldstein. She will do her famous As the mid-day meal is devoured “Sound hula in iMills Crystal room July 4th. effects.” “Doing” the various amusements — HENRY IS THE RIGHT MAN “Comedy-riot.” — \V“ all go swimming “Flash backs.” Our new Associate Editor, Henry Gray, — has appointed a large and competent staff As another meal is put away “Sound on of reporters to gather news from every discs.” Department in the Home Office. lengthen and the events As the shadows We have no doubt that these workers —“Biggest smash- of the day are summed up will be able to cover the territory in a very success of hit, melody-riot, comedy-panic thorough fashion, but we know they will the Pep Club season.” aitpreciate hearing anything worthy of puh- As the boat gets under weigh for home lication from people in their Departments. and the moon gets irt its romantic influence Don’t leave all the work to them, but lend —“Silent version only.” a helping hand so that PEP-O-GRAMS may be made more interesting for all of the All in the Day’s Work Club members. Forney Wyly. ))ul)licity department, is as- To those of our reporters who have had signed to contacts with ail the fan magazines experience in previous years, and to those and otlier periodicals that use news and pictures of Paramount stars and players. Forney who are just embarking on their journal- is right up to the minute on every conceivable istic career, we wish the best of success. detail about the actors and a1)Out pictures, their titles, directors, authors, etc. He will give you prttmpt and correct answers on almost every question you ask him about We extend our deepest sympathy to “what's doing” in the cinema world. Helen O’Connor in her sorrow at the death Forney and his confreres But the otlier day of her father, who recently passed away. in room 12.50 (that bee-hive of human activity) were stumped when a woman editor of a' fan magazine called and said that a movie-goer had written to hei' ‘‘((Question and The death of Robert G. Barrett on May Answer Deiiartment" seeking information on 14 robbed Paramount of one of its longest- the origin of the expression ‘‘the way of all tlesh.” The fern editor admitted that she did service and most trustiest employees. No not know the answer to this iioser. She ask- eulogy here can be nearly as sincere as lift so she could ed Forney to give her a the unforgettable fact that every member of restore tramiuillity to the mind of the ques- tioner. the Paramount-Pep Club has lost a very Temporarily feazed, Forney told the ed to fine and dear friend by his passing. hold the wire. He asked his confreres then, if they knew the answer. “Sure,” said one—"it comes from the Bible.” “No,” yelped another—“it’s the title of a novel written by “Westward Hoe” written by John Webster Samuel Butler.” in the middle of tlie 17th century. “You can't both be right,” decided Forney, Thu.s was the day saved for a frantic fan and forthwith selected a tome of quotations mail answerer. Thu.® was tranquillity as- from the department’s library. sured to a perturbed fan. He found the quotation after a diligent A mere detail, however, in the question- search. It was "I saw him going the way answering lives of Forney Wyly and the of all tlesh” —and it was taken from a play boys and girls in room 1255. SOME PEPSTERS SNAPPED AT THE CONVENTION I'o.ge T wo PEP-O-GRAMS The Spirit of the organizations of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and Puhlix Theatres Corporation. Edited by William Noonan Associate editors: Henry Gray, Leonard B. Daly Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Ueiiertorial Committee: Henry Gray (Chairman), Charles Aln- wick. Inniss Atwell. Henry Behr. Ah Brenia, .James Brown, Clara (Japozzi, Martin (Jarroll, Noi-ma Davis, Charles Eich, Ilichard Engel. .Icihn (Jentile. Marion Herbert, Esther Jablow, Claude Keator, Alaxine Kessler, itose Kirsch. Leo Lalanne. HerViert Lizt. Owen McClave, Helen Malone. Hay L. Pratt. Charles Reilly, jej-ank ,S. .Schreiber, William Scully, Altiert J. Sicignano, Tess -Sternberger. Fef’-O-Gratns is published by and for the members of the Faramount-Fep Club on the first of every month at the Faramoiint Building, Neio York City.

Volume 5, Number 9 July 1, 1929 ATTENDANCE The last meeting of the I’aramount I'ep Clul), at which the Foreign Department held sway, was one of the most interesting we have ever attended. (tne sad part about it was the fact that only a fraction of the membership was present, while still more sad was the departure of many people after the speeches were over. If memory serves correctly the time of assemldy was changed to twelve o’clock noon, so that most members would find it convenient to attend. Such has usually lieen the case, and we hope this little nudge will remind the Pepsters that the club is our own organization, from which we all draw many advantages, and that the least thing we can do is attend the meetings, even though our regular luncheon be delayed a short time. AU REVOIR AND HELLO With exceeding regret \ve announce the resignation of George Rogers as Asso- ciate Editor of Pep-(.)-Granis. George has been with us since the beginning of Pres- ident Frawley’s administration, but extremely heavy pressure of work just doesn’t leave him time to devote to editorial duties. However, "every cloud has a silver lining,” and iii this case, the silver lining is Leonard B. Daly of Russell fJolman’s staff of catchy copymongers. In addition to his regular duties, our newest associate will effervesce every month in “Film Up Again,” to the detriment of F. P. A. and Heywood Broun, and the greater glory of Pep-CJ-Grams. AN APPRECIATION

( )ne year and ten months ago, A1 Deane assumed the editorship of Pep-O- Grams. Since that time we feel quite justified in claiming that this organ, in its humble way, has kept pace with its parent —Paramount Pep Club, and its god- fathers — I’aramount Famous Lasky Corporation, and Publix Thea- tres Coiqioration, as they gather more and more momentum in their drive as the leaders of the Motion Picture Industry. For bringing Pep-O-Grams to its present high standard of excellence, the credit must go to the club in general, and A1 Deane in particular. It is our loss that the increasingly important duties which devolve upon him in the Foreign Department make his continued association with I’ep-0- Grams a physical impossibility. Now that A1 Deane is no longer aide to delete his name from praiseworthy mention, we eagerly seize this oppor- tunitv to express the apiireciation of the Pep Club for his willingness to sacrifice so much time and effort in the advancement of its welfare. — Page Three PARAMOUNT MEETINGS IN TWO CITIES

SPRING CONVENTIONS INAUGURATE “NEW SHOW WORLD” IN ST. LOUIS AND ATLANTIC CITY

The annual Paramount Sales Conventions were held in two sessions this yean the Western

Division assembling at the Coronado Hotel, St. Louis, on June 15th and the Eastern Division in Atlantic City on June 21st. Between two hundred and two hundred twenty-five Paramounteers gathered in the West and two hundred twenty- five to two hundred seventy-five in the New Jersey resort.

In St. Louis, Mr. S. R. Kent, General Manager, called the delegates to order promptly at 9:15 on Saturday morning, June 15th, and turned affairs over to John D. Clark, Western Manager. Then for four days feverish activity was the rule. Although the temperature hovered around 90 degrees most of the time, nevertheless everybody—from Mr. Zukor right down the line— reflected enthusiasm which could only be equalled in the Studios and the Home Office, where other Paramounteers were striving for the same objective—the continued supremacy of Paramount.

Mr. Adolph Zukor delivered a speech in each city which will he an inspiration to every Paramount man

all over the world. When it comes to quashing rumors and silencing “whispering campaigns,” our own Hon- orary President has no equal. Those who heard him have more faith than ever—if such a thing he possible

- in — the organization which Mr. Zukor has built ; not only because of his championship of “Paramount Now and Always” but more because of Mr. ZukoPs brilliant leadership. Piige Four

CONVENTION DELEGATES HEAR GREAT PLANS

Both Conventions were so packed with In this brief resume of the momentous important events and interesting happenings events which have occured, we just haven’t that it is impossible to detail them all here. the space to chronicle the words of Air, Of most concern were the words of such Wm. S. Paley. President of the Columbia executives as Air. Zukor, Air. Lask}’, Air. Broadcasting System, Air. J. .A.. Clark, Air, Kent, Air. Katz, Air. Kohn, Air. Clark and Dembow, Air. W. E. Shauer, Air. Holman, Air. Schaefer. Air. AIcCarthy, Air. Botsford, and many others, including “Jimmie” Walker, Alayor In discussing the product which will be of New York. The best we can do is refer released during the coming season. Air. Pepsters to "The Whole Show" and "Pub- Jesse L. Lasky oi.icncd the eyes of the dele- li.x Opinion” where the Conventions are gates to what is rightly called the "New covered in more detail. Show World.” Every Pepster will certainly be proud of the high quality i)ictures which are scheduled by a Production De- partment which is determined to maintain Mr. .S. R. Kent, in addressing the con- its lead in the forefront of the Industry. vention delegates, gave his personal

After Mr. S. R. Kent presented his con- thanks to our President, Mr. G. B. J. ception of sound problems and their solu- Frawley, for the smoothness with which tion, he outlined the future sales policy of hoth conventions were handled. Mr. the Company.. Then he touched upon the recent flurry of rumors and answered them, Frawley^ had charge of all arrangements in a dynamic peroration which brought and the clock-like precision with tvhich every delegate to his feet with a burst of the meetings in both Atlantic City and St. sincere appreciation. It was applause ap- — Louis were run off is certainly a tribute plause such as few men have ever received organizing ability. —applause because those who listened found to “Judge’s” it impossible even to speak. Air. Sam Katz, President of the Puhli.x Theatres Corporation, outlined the manner in which Puhlix expects to get back of Paramount pictures in all possible ways. On behalf of everyone in the Puhlix fjr- ganization, he promised to continue that cooperation which Paramount has always received in the past and which is certain to be continued in the future.

Mr. John D. Clark and George J. Schaefer, Western and Eastern Division Managers, addressed meetings in both S.;. Louis an I Atlantic City, in which they spurred their loyal subordinates to still greater efforts on behalf of Paramount. The enthusiasm which these two leaders radiated will be an ever-present inspiration to all those who came in contact with them. Page Five

ADDRESSES BY THREE EAMOUS PARAMOUNT LEGIONNAIRES GIVE CLUB EXCEPTIONAL TREAT

The Pepsters who attended the monthly general meeting on June 11th were indeed fortunate: they heard addresses well worth

walking miles to hear, for the Foreign 1 jepartment, with its renowned lilrerality, gave three speeches to the members instead of the customary one on such occasions. But such speeches! Not an eyelash was batted: not a soul departed for lunch despite the hour: and all received information which was as priceless as it was abscrbing. d'he scheduled speaker was Mr. E. E. Shaucr, general manager of the Foreign Department and assistant-treasurer of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. Fie was ‘billed’ as ‘the Generalissimo of the Foreign Legion’, but it seemed to him that the G-initialled word was too high a distinction for one who preferred modesty and the undeviating fidelity of his Legionnaires to a word which implied as much as that one did. Mr. Shauer told many things, each one of vital importance. Space does not permit the reporting of them all, but the highlights will serve as powerful indicators. Fie told, for instance, of the inspiring manner in which the aims and ideals of the Paramount- Pep Club have been perpetuated in other lands: of how Australia, England and several other countries have Paramount Clubs patterned upon the one which sprang so glori- ously into being in Home Office in 1921. He showed how such clubs have been made possible by virtue of the fact that there are more than three thousand Paramounteers in the Foregin Legion. At this juncture he also informed his listeners of the now-celebrated fact that so far as silent pictures are concerned, sub-titles are translated into 37 languages for distribution in 65 countries. Mr. Shauer delved partially into the subject of the operation of film theatres abroad and gave his listeners some idea of the terrific handicaps under which the Foreigir Legion labors in this respect. He also swiftly took his listeners through a course of instruction in the meanings of quotas, con- tingents and the like. The colossal problem of what the talking picture means to the Foreign Department was also made a chapter in Mr. Shauer’s address, and the listeners were amazed at the equanimity with which the Legionnaires are meeting the seeming physical impossibility of supplying the world with talking pictures. As a final touch, Mr. Shauer read a cable from John W. Hicks, Jnr., managing director of the Australian organization in which June was announced as being the greatest month in history down there—thanks to the marvelous advent of talking pictures. The Foreign Legion’s Leader then introduced John C. Graham, in charge of Para- mount's forces in Great Britain and the Irish Free State, and general foreign representative of the Paramount organization. He had a punchful message from the members of the Paramount Club in London, and he supplemented this with some remarks on subjects akin to those touched upon by Mr. Sbauer. Prior to introducing the third and final speaker, Mr. Shauer had M. J. Messeri, in charge of Spain and Portugal; and David Souhami, managing director, and Joseph Souhami, special representative, of the Italian organization stand up and take a bow. Then, without any preamble, he introduced Melville A Shauer, past president of the Paramount-Pep Club and special representative of the foreign department, who had just returned from a business swing around South America. Mel. took his listeners first of all on a speedy tour of Europe, touching only upon the humorous highlights; and then they traveled swift as a beam of light to South America, where they made ‘stops’ in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Panama and Cuba ere they finalh- reached New York City and saw the Battery getting all prepared to send the “City Keansburg” off to Roton Point.

: Mel’s style of sparkling descriptiveness made the occasion a grand one for his listeners. His humor was broad and solid, his v/it scintillating. And as a token of appreciation to his audience for having listened to him so attentively, he presented the Paramount- Pep Club with a mate— a special tea-making and tea-drinking ap- pliance—which will of course be preserved along with the other j trophies of the Club.

j All in all it was a grand meeting, and our thanks go to the Foreign Department for their liberality in having the I Club addressed

! by three sparkling speakers, who not only entertained us, but also provided us with a wealth of information. Page Six

EXTRA! EXTRA! BIG TIME! WHOOPEE!

SPECIAL TO PEP-O-GRAMS Lots of boys and girls are sunning themselves on the beach while the 1\< iton P( )int, Conn., more ambitious eat, dance, scoot, play June 15, 1929. I'he ball and do other things too numerous large Sound steamer. to mention. City of Keansburg, We see that many of the happy ex- arrived here today cursionists are already congratulating with a full load (,)f Bill Mcllvain and Joe Wood for their jo}-ous people from 1501 Broadway, excellent manage- Xew ’^'ork City. ment, and thanks It is reported from authoritative doesn’t seem to be Sources that everylx^xly had a l)ig time half enough, accord- on the way up and should continue to ing to these enthusi- do so for the rest of the day. astic I’epsters.

STORK-O-GRAMS POSTER PUNS Congratulations are in order. Bill Suss- Bill Hannemann, announced to the press nian was overjoyed when his wife presented last week that there is available on his front hint with a bouncing baby Iroy on the 17tb lawn one of the finest 18-hole croquet of June, whom they have named Richard AI. courses on Long Island. Sussnian. Gus Hartman, after two years of strenu- ous effort, has discovered that you can’t Gertrude Jaffe in room 1205 is on her wa>' bounce a meat ball. to her hometown, Alabama, to spend her Ray Freemantle’s Cadillac has one wheel vacation. Here’s hoping she won’t be a ! roasted chicken when she gets back. that doesn’t wobble, but he’s going to get it fixed. Lilliain Hirsch of Mr. Kent’s office is on I her vacation and she’s spending it down at Advice to the Lovelorn—by Zetta Robart the beach. I “Love isn’t everything in this world—there is aviation.’’ June the Ninth seems to be a popular for day weddings, as we hear that charming Fred Jehle is to be congratulated on his Lillian Prager of Publix and Raymond L. past anniversary. He has been married 18 Pratt of Famous, have joined hands in happy years now and still claims he is 28. wedlock. Ray and Lillian are well known throughout the Pep Club for their interest Harry Potter, the champion golfer, is still in the club activities, each having been con- holding his own with an average of 132. nected with several committees since joining the club. Ray organized, managed, and Anyone who wants to eat real honest-to- played on the victorious basketball team, goodness Boston Baked Beans should see and was also a member of the baseball and George Lawlor, our Boston Chef. bowling teams. He is now serving on the staff of Pep-O-Grams as a reporter. The Henry Helt is knocking them dizzy on the Pep-O-Grams staff and the members of the Staten Island Ferry although we have club join in wishing them all good wishes strong suspicions that he is “stuck” on a for a long happy married life. certain | “Emma.” Page Seven NEW RECORD SET In the recent Salvation Army Drive, Henry Gray’s go-getters succeeded in raising the sum of $1004. in the Home Office. This amount is the largest ever raised for any charity organization, and vre feel that the following committee should be congratulated : Eve Bjornsen, Catherine Cunningham, Rae Eisner, Anne Graham, Nora llaran, Miss Herbert, Edith Kaiser, Helen Kane, Brina Kaplan, Rose J. Kirsch, Kay McKeon, Isabel Mahoney, Rose Mirell, Catherine Murphy, Helen Rosenfeld, Gertrude Strauch, Mrs, Jane Stubl)s. Evidently, the Salvation Army has the same feeling, as this letter from Eieu- tenant-Colonel Lhiderwood shows; THE SALVATION ARMY ANNUAL MAINTENANCE APPEAL FOR GREATER NEW YORK MAY, 1929 Mr. Edward A. Brown, June 6, 1929 Paramount Pep Club, Paramount Building, New York City My dear Mr. Brown: I do want to express my gratitude to you and to all who have taken part in making possible the fine results we have received from the various branches of your Corporation in connection with our Annual Appeal. You certainly are named correctly as this result shows pep and interest and a fine degree of cooperation upon the part of a large group of people. To Mr. Henry Gray I must express my special thanks for evidently he engineered a mighty fine piece of work and had the friendly cooperation of all the staff. We will send you the official receipts for the funds with a formal letter of thanks, but this does not convey all that I feel personally and the appreciation for the encouraging total which has been raised by your group. If I can do anything at any time for you or those associated with you please command me as it will be a pleasure. In the meantime accept for yourself my gratitude. Very truly yours, EDWARD B. UNDERWOOD, Lt. Colonel. FOR THAT VACATION: >Ir, Harry JVailel, Cliairniaii the

OUTING SNAP SHOTS

Mary Spitzer, A. Berliner, M. Banzer E. Cowan ainl L. Banzer All looking happy —

lught

FILM UP AGAIN

The finger of Advertising Art is far- We conferred with Bill Noonan the other reaching and dexterous. It lays its imprint day anent a title for this— column. The on the most prosaic scene—and presto! column has had a title “The Punning that scene becomes a reminder of a com- Tower,” for many months, but w'e told nioditc- cr a personage. Bill that W'e w'ouhl like to excercise the To get to the point we give the follow- prerogative of every columnist and name ing incident as an example: our own flagstaff. After trying several The other day we were watching a Para- titles for size and finding that the}’ did not mount News Reel in the i)rojection room. fit, we hit upon “Film Up Again.” The ''Cene was a large limestone quarry “But that has a connotation of inebriety,” somewhere out in the places where they protested Bill. have limestone quarries. It appeared as a towering clitf at whose top workmen were We hastily responded that such is not engaged in placing the dj'iiamite charge. the case— that a certain law on the books Next was a “long shot" of the cliffs. in Washington has proscribed any thought Presenth' came a hurst of smoke and a of inebriety that might be lurking in the crundding and falling of the shattered seg- minds of tlie public and that all who shall ments of the great precipice. Verily they see the W'ords “Film L^p Again” wdll im- were tearing the cliff loose. Cliff Lewis, as mediately think of soda water or pop cr we know, is assistant to Russell Holman, some other frothy beverage. advertising manager, and as we said at the And that, in fine, is what we mean to beginning, Advertising Art is a dexterous convey by our title — frothiness. “Give ’em business. a lot of froth every month—a lot of light, pithy stuff—and they can take it or leave it alone,” w'e to Bill. Quick turn-over is a business essential said in a Child Restaurant window. “Oke,” oked the new editor of Pep-O- Grams, and the title was on. — L. B. D. In “The Four Feathers” Messrs. Cooper and Schoedsack have shown us how to THE BUDGET BUNCH get down off an hipi)opotanius’s hack. Should any of the girls desire to become acquainted with the latest in the line A short, daiqier young man, partially bald of fashions, just tune in on a conversation Eilien but grinning, strolled in to see Tess between Donohue and Katherine Janz. Klausner the other day about some stills. As he seated himself Aliss Russell of Mr. Each one has her owm conception. Holman’s staff walked by. Each one to it clings. They practice what they preach "Who is th.at girl?” asked the visitor of By w-earing just those dainty things. Tess. Put in your clutch “That is Margaret Russell” she replied. Let dow’n your brake. A moment later Aliss Russell walked l)y the visitor again. This time, with a mis- Let ’er in first chievous twinkle in his eye, he greeted her And everything’s Jake. thus—“Hello Margaret.” W’hich all goes to nrove what? Nothing e.xcept that Anne Graham has just P.ut he •W'as amazed at the quick retort — gotten herself “Hello Harpo. you caidt fool me without a new little car. your w’ig, and furthermore, my name is It’s not too light nor too heavy Miss Russell, if you please.” If you want to know, it’s a little Chevie “Oho!” Ohoed the comic, “hut you’ll al- Besides all that, there’s another prize ways be just Margaret to me.” Wouldn’t you like to look into Anne Graham’s eyes? We went into an establishment the other We saw^ Louis Greenfield and Esther noon, and ordered a blue-plate dinner . . . Gottlieb, both formerly with Paramount at fifty cents . . . very good . . . beef, carrots the excursion and the ring, or boulder, as and mashed potatoes . . . then we ordered W'e prefer to call it, which Esther w'ore, a drink . . . seated at the bar with us were bore testimony of the forty or more customers, eating blue plate fact that they’ve plighted their troth and are as happy as a dinners . . . clamoring for drinks . . . some couple of new born babes. were just drinking . . . some were eating sandwiches and drinking . . . but there Pep-O-Grams readers will seemed to rule that there be be a would appreciate this intimate drinks the it all no “on house” ... was study of our star reporter, very open though . . . the entrance was Leo Lalannes. Mr. Lalannes right off street level . . . Broadway, even was snapped by an intrepid women and children were coming in din- photographer at the Pep ing drinks . . and buying . great places, Club outing. these drug stores. — — Page Nine JOTTINGS FROM EVERYWHERE FOREIGN ing up the stage. Not so long ago, he they Miss Lillian Beck who in November was entertained at an alumni dinner and transferred from Minneapolis Exchange to say his voice is simply marvelous. The the Contract Dep’t. of the Brooklyn Ex- situation looks bad for Rudy Valee. change has now become one of Palmer Hall Have you ever noticed the “ever-rising Stilson’s “gang.” Congratulations. Wel- smile” that adorns Innis Atwell’s features Department and to come to the Foreign lately? We think it’s because September Office. you will like the Home We know is so near. ’Tis the month when Miss E. it here, and we will like you here too, so H. of Washington Heights will become Mrs. lots of luck. Innis Atwell. By the way, the Miss Beck of Mr. Stilson’s Henry Fruecht is a good contestant for office should not be confused with the Beck- any debate. Ask Jeanne Briggs, she knows. kie of the same office. Beckkie, as all Pop- sters know, is Joe Agro’s other half of Estelle Jacobs has acquired the new diet “We.” He takes good care of her. Nice craze for reducing. Perhaps that accounts boy—Joe. Nice girl— -Beckkie. You will for the hungry look in her eyes. always see them together. Roliinson can be described as the Has anybody ever walked into L. Fer- Jimmie human canary. His constant warbling can nandez office and heard him give a solo of be forever heard between nine and five Y"o Te Amo? It’s real good. Lou can give Publix Well. some excellent opera selections when he o’clock in the cares to. The Publix Cashier’s Department can There is a certain young lady on the boast of another attractive member. She eleventh floor that has a habit of saying is Frances Herbert, their newest addition. “oh do you ice-skate? Too bad I didn’t Wlien the author of this write-up ap- know it, I would have let you take me proached Pearl .Schnur with the question last winter.” There is also a young man as to whom she liked best, Rudy Valee or on one of the floors who answers “yes, I Rogers, she readily exclaimed, “My also swim. Perhaps you will let me knorv Buddy Sidney”! Yes, Sidney is the esteemed boy if you would care to go with me next win- friend. ter.” Two foolish people. Neither one wants to give in. Know what we mean? Martha Miller apparently has a weakness for solid cedored dresses. Can you tell us THE PUBLIXEERS why? The bug of romance has taken such a Ctipiil registered another hit when Ray deep bite into Eddie Fay’s heart affairs Pratt of “Famou.s” and Lillian Praeger of that this young chap is a bit in a quandry the Publix Analysis Department were united as to entering the road to matrimony dur- in the “Holy Bonds of Matrimoii}'.” ing his vacation. Will all those in a position Mickels and Mildred Shapiro have to advise drop Eddie a few lines and give Ruth recognition in Pep-O- him the proper information? We know he at last received to the fact that they have never will very much appreciate any remarks Grams, due 'et a showing in the Paramount that might be said on this all-important 3 missed Theatre, N. Y. question which means so much to him. Having a vacation all summer seems to Milton Bleinan asked thi.s reporter to be the reason for Sada Snyder forsaking broadcast the fact that he had graduated her uptown apartment for a place at a from “Old Golds to Lucky Strikes.” nearby seashore resort where the breezes When Cecelia Haiman notified her as- are always cool and the ocean waves be- sociates of a saving plan for a new fur witching. This doesn’t mean that Sada has coat, it produced many a laugh. But, it left the organizatinn but it gives her the seems she is now Avel! on her way to the advantage of seeing the ocean each morn- acquisition of her desire. ing and night as well as making each weekend a series of vacations in themselves at When a certain party bearing the ini- the sea shore. tials of J.L.S. could not attend the outing Henry Spiegel, until recently, one of the at Roton Point,—Maxine Kessler of the Brooklyn-Paramount theatre’s fastest step- Disbursement Dept, decided to remain be- ping publicity men is now back at the New hind also. — But, in stepped the hero, and York-Paramount helping make things here we have Jack Bosker, also of the easier for Ralph Stitt and his department. Disbursement Dept, acting as substitute. Teddy Ferro is now busy making his Even if you elon't sec Tony Ptacknic final plans for a whirlwind trip to Paris snrile, you’ll know that he is smiling, but during his two weeks’ vacation. He is inwardljr counting on spending five days in Paris ladies and wdiat a five days they will be! “Step this way, and gentlemen get your tickets here—40c—four-tenths of Rudy Valee has a staunch admirer in a dollar.” The musical voice belongs to Charlie lacona who propagates Rudy’s re- none other than Bert Adler who was chief markable genius at every opportunity. barker at Roton Point. Bert sold 50 tic- Larry O’Neill is thinking seriously of tak- kets. You missed your vocation, Bert. ” —

I'lige Ten AUDIT For tire unusual After observing the extreme courage and presence of mind of C. D. Valentine, better cover of this issue, known as “Val,” in extinguishing the blaz- we extend credit to ing celluloid handle of our Monroe Cal- culator, we unhesitatingly recommend Mr. \’incent Trct- him for membership in the Volunteer Fire De- ta, past President partment of East Wdlliston Park, Long- Island. Wdiile other members of the de- of the Pep Club, partment stood by paralyzed by the mag- and one of our nitude of the catastrophe, Val promptly secured a clip cup full of water and hardest workers. ex- tinguished the conflagration. Such hero- VINCENT TROTTA 'Thanks, Vincent! ism should not go unrewarded. As all of this was the result of a lighted cigar accidentalh" dropped, it should be a lesson to those W'ho persist in throwing O IJ T I N X ! lighted cigarettes out of the wimlow. CASH REGISTER Mary Brad}- of Cash Register Depart- n-ient has been transferred to IMr. Joseph Walsh’s Department. We all extend our best wishes for her continued success. W’e are all glad to see Kitty Coakley at her desk again, with her new coat of “Sun-tan,” gained while spending her two w-eeks vacation at Bloomingsburg, New Y ork. Lucille White dreams a good deal as to the possible chance of her doubling for Greta Garbo. Maybe that is the reason for the new coiffure. Rose Faggianelli likes “Oh! Henry” lately. W^onder why! Is it candy you like or wdiat Rose? 'The new “Sun-tan” stockingless fad has taken hold of Alaricn Gallagher. After the W E L C O M E ! day’s sun had struck her legs on the out- Ifliner R. Short, Chairman of the ing, her .'-kin was the color of the dashing klembership Committee, reports that pink socks she wore. the following new members were elected at the Pep Club meeting, June THRILLS—RUDY VALLEE!!

11 1929 : To most of the Pepsters, , Rudy Vallee’s Ackerman, Sylvia promenade through the office a few days Levine, Helen ago was just a novelty, but to a little girl Vcss, Alexander who daily pounds her noiseless typewriter Dwyer, Anne in the Sales Statistical Dept., it was a thrill Radkin, Esther in a lifetime. Whitmore, Charles D. Loretta Sinnott is not backward in proclaiming her love and admiration for Rudy. Pasted to her steno book you will find a ANOTHER CAPTURE BY CUPID photo of him, and another will be found on her typewriter. Then, just to make sure his Another June wedding was reported by pictures will meet her glance at every turn, the Exchange Accotmting Department when she has one pasted on her desk, also. their genial and attractive stenographer, On that memorable day, Loretta had Nora Haran, slipped away while the club- found her chance to have that long sought members were enjoying the outing at Roton opportunity to speak to her Rudy in person; Point Park on Saturday, to marry Andrew using some of Clara Bow’s tactics she de- Larsen. Her friends in the office presented cided to “get her man” by hook or crook. her with a beautiful chest of silver. Nora While Rudy w-as pre-viewing a few of the plans to spend her honeymoon with Andy short subjects he and his orchestra made at k'irginia Beach, Va. Best wishes and Miss Sinnott had Larry Bailey get her a good luck to them from her fellow mem- few photos of the aforesaid hero. These ob- bers. tained, little Loretta slipped quietly into the THE PUBLIX MERMAID projection room All we can say now is that Loretta can boast of two photos of W'innie W ynn when lca\ing the beach. — Rudy Vallee which he signed in her pres- Remarked, “the water was quite frigid ence. But R. Solomonick casually said, But she has never been the same since .... “How come? You didn't wet a digit.” Alas! poor Loretta, we knew her well! Page Eleven

A LONG BALL— BUT NO DISTANCE IN MEMORIAM MAY HALL This game of golf is becoming such an epidemic on the lltli floor that we may soon expect to see signs about the office, “Please June 14th, 1929 replace the divots” (turf). Scores are constantly decreasing, which at least is an indication of enthusiasm. FROM THE EIGHTH all flock the 8th floor when A number of our golf addicts are carrying Now, don’t to this one. few days ago, a their fanaticism to the extent of playing you hear A stranger stopped at one of our water foun- before business in the morning. It’s a hard tains to quench his thirst. The water ap- life for the golf course worms with these parently having a different taste than that rampant early-birds. with which he was accustomed, immediately “Famous” has several new recruits to “the walked to the Information Desk where Mr. royal and ancient game,” thereliy leading Haley was on duty, and said, “I have a Publix in number of golfers as well as complaint to make.” Mr. Haley, sensing number of strokes. Frank AdcEroy, (whose that someone had offended him, meekly game slumped in his second start), Louis asked, “What is your complaint?” The Burlon, Armand Toussaint, and Miss Pas- stranger imparted, “There is gin in that ternak are the most recent additions to the water.” Mr. Haley thereupon collected him- group of those who read the names on self and joyfully exclaimed, “That shouldn’t their clubs. be a complaint.” Now, believe it or not, this little narrative really took place. And Varnbaum, much to our regret, gave John if you are in doubt as to the quality of last Saturday he shot up golf on May 12th — water on the 8th floor, pay us a visit and a 124 at Mohansic. find out for yourselves. However, we prom- We believe that Ted DeBoer favors the ise nothing. explosion shot from a trap—his hair was Evidently that four weeks vacation has dishevelled last Monday. agreed with Irene Montaigne, now Mrs. Nat Bloomberg. Irene states it was a grand and A1 Webb, one of our veterans, is giving glorious honeymoon. us tenderfeet the advantage of an early- season start. We are anticipating some- What tales we have been told by Vincent thing sensational in that first game, Al. Dougherty and Paul Broderick on their re- We hear that Mr. McGovern broke his turn from spending their vacations together own record at Salisbury recently—damage in Canada. They hated to come back. reported is not disastrous. Ann Berliner has reached the ten year To improve your putting: develop your mark for active employment with the com- own form; line up the ball and cup; fi.x your pany. Ann started with the company in eye on the ball and your mind on the cup; June, 1919. putt for the cup in your mind; Concentrate!

Paramount Golf fans can improve their Y swings by watching Leo McKechenneay E swatting the little pill for non-stop flights of 250 yards and up any evening on the S “downhill holes’ ’at Moshulu Links. T

We understand that Mac and another Audit Department “Ace,” Jim Speer ex- M pect to challenge the winner of the Daily News Driving Contest, the match to be held O as soon as suitable arrangements can be R niade. E We understand that J. McDermott will give Golf lessons to Paramount Pep Club members at reduced rates. For further in- 0 formation on this subject, communicate U with Mac. T The Auditing department is going to have 1 a Navy. One member has decided they were long enough without representation N in this branch, and is going to buy himself G a converted sub-chaser to take trips up and down the Hudson. Our advice to Taylor is j to be careful of the three mile limit. — —

I‘(iy.e Tu (>lvi> OUTTIIMG ODDITIES

going great on tlie Everything' was ride out "Ilill" wa.s on lii.s foe.s ever.v iniiiufe—plead- until some miscreant rowdy started to sell ing with the eaptain to hold the .ship until KAZOOS. The only thing worse that could (he la.st belated I’araiiioiinteer .should hoard have happened would have been the S(.’rving her for the start-olV; helping' I'epster.s to find of a New England boiled dinner. eoiiiforlahle deek <|nar(er.s; direeting .straying youiig.s(er.s to (heir niother.s; direeting- .stray- The Whole Party in Thumbnail ing mothers to their youngsters; ;id vising All-talking, all-singing, all-KAZOO, all- deek h.-inds to read “The t'riidle of the Deep'”; dancing, ,,, the songs they sang,,,,‘T Can'l |iro\ing it hy sw.-ipping- yiiriis with the City (live Vuh An,\-thing Buttahluv Baby" .,,, the of Keiinshurg's rope-twisters; warning ki- bridge and rummy and Michigan games hitxers aw'ay from the bridge g:inies; assisting ehililren oil ashore and atloat,,,.a boat of many bridges the ho;it ; helping memhers who h;id lost their tiekets , , . ,and al>out sixty visible ‘'decks”. . . .a gang for the aniuse- of inihlixers (the 1‘ublixir of Idfe) making nients and the hatliing; ehatting with the heaeli-ridden iiii merr.v on the third after dr. also after dark “sw niers” ; shouting a storm (sidle over to Holrcdcen ).... those last-minute Wiirning when dark eloiids hovered above ;it rides on tlie speed boat .... watch your dollar tifiin-time, and iileading with the eaptain to speed away .... Vince Trotta and the husky iiold the ship until the last hekited I'ara- youn.g Trotti with their blazing red sweaters uionnteer shonlil hoaril her for the return ....and vigorous appetites ....Cliff Lewis tri|i. looking like Hercules the minor in his Vu'ief Hill's w;is a busy day—so busy th:it we wonder if h;id* as iiiueli but adequate bathing suit. . . .the lad with the he fun :is iiis fellow- little straw hat, polo shirt, and throwing menihers. If he diiln't he ean .just ehalk it up peanitts at the girls.... the barkers—"A to the fate of most ehairnien of outing eoni- liandsome gift in each and every package niittees. tough .job, Hill, hut you h;indled it now we’re gonna play that little game called like :i veterjin. Th;it goes for .loe W'ooil ;ilso. (Chinese poker— who'll start it. who'll start For if there is anything iilniost ;is tough as the game heah, thirteen players and remem- being ehairman of ;in outing eoinmittee it is ber it costs you nothing” .... 1 lelen McCor- being the viee-eh;iirnian. .(’ I oire Sanlc, .loe! mick swims out to the lloat and hack.... those girls over there .... that one in the blue We liet you’ll never gues.s the name of one suit.... or do my eyes deceive me .... "Canoes lad who wa.s there with liells on when it came hku Hire”.... a half grown, wild rabbit on to playing deck tenni.s on the way to Itoton lawn in front of the building marked Point. the Ij His first name was Eddie. Restaurant .... those girls over there .... Ti'ss What? (.fee, Ugast it right, the first time. Klausner, doubling for (.lertrude Ederle.... Henry dray smiling at ever,\ body. . . .cute gal And as Ah live! , There’s Eddie Shea, with him (ahem!) Shirley Ide gazing at I And with him Edgar Hollander something. .. .Mary Newman taking pictures 1 Tlie bo.y who has mure girl frieinls ....I'^rank Mcduire idaying deck tenuis.... 1 Than there’s numhers on a calendar. those girls over there .... A1 vin Adams making funny cracks .... Eddie Hallander scorn- A lad who is often known by the .soubri- I ing the bridge and hein.g .just an old rumrny quet “The Fun-Loving Rover” accosted Pep idayer .... those girls over t here . . . . Edd le Club Governor and other thiiH/.t Vincent Trotta, Schellhorn trying to locdc bored.... he fails who was guarding the young Trotta army

. wonder if there are ...... Bernie Brooks ;! from admiring females on the third deck,

. . girls over thei e any Brooks brothi-rs. .those and said, "Well, well, Vince, I guess you al- ...'.Pearl (dreen, Jeannette Mendelson. Mary j| ; ways trotta lie present at the outings, don’t Newman. Edna firady. 'I'ess Sternherger, Mae you?” Burke.... may the Almighty intercede if we It was then that the accosterinonger misspelled their names .... swell janes.... learned that Vince can not only draw faces (.jueensluu'ough Bridge already. .. .(lovernor’s but that he can make them. AVith sound. Island .... those girls over there .... thiz the last hand .... informative l<'i!vaiii, wlio alMuireiifly For Margaret (“Let’s Go!”) Russell. lia.sii*! got .siK'li a drag wiHi Olil Ilaii \\e:i(hrr as wr thoiigli* lie had.— for he had (wo hours And there's that bridge-mad little miss, of eloiids and rain |iii( over on hiiiu was Now don’t you dai'e deride 'cr! iie> erdieles.s Kid iiereeiil TIII'lltM in ever.v .She knows a card deck from a Iioat’s other resiieef. Does winsome Sada Snyder. f

I Page T u'o PEP-O-GRAMS The Spirit of the organizations of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and Publix Theatres Corporation. Edited by William Noonan Associate editors: Henry Gray, Leonard B. Daly Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Repei’torial Committee: Henry Gray (Chairman), Charles Aln- wick, Inniss Atwell, Henry Kehr, Al. Brenia, James Brown, Clara Capozzi, Martin Carroll, Norma Davis, Charles Eich, Richard Engel, John Gentile, Marion Herbert. Esther Jablow^ Claude Keator, Maxine Kessler, Rose Kirsch. Leo Lalanne. Herbert Lizt, Ow'en McClave. Helen Malone. Jeannette Mendelson, Edith Moses, Ray L. Pratt. Charles Reilly. William Scully. Albert J. Sicignano, Tess Sternbergei'. Ptp-O-Grams is published by and for the members of the Paramount-Pep Club on the first of ercry month at the Paramount Building^ Nciv York City.

Volume 5. Number 10 August 1, 1929 EDITORIAL

Somewhat foolishly, this page is headed “Editorial.'’ We do not mean to cast aspersions upon such titles in other publications—far

from it. But we take inordinate pride in the utter futility of our own caption.

Why? For the pure and simple reason that there is little for Pep-()-Grams to advocate or try to correct. By this we do not mean to suggest that a Etopian state of affairs prevails— again, far

from it.

But it seems to us that a word of praise is more effective than criticism— a cordial “Hello” really more business-like than an absent- minded frown.

\Vith this philosophy in mind, Pep-O-Grams refrains from em- phasizing some small detail which may or may not be important.

In a day when the parent organizations are putting forth every

effort to maintain a lead which has been in their possession for years,

it seems that the part of the Paramount Pep Club should be no more

static than it has been in the past. It must rise to increased respon-

sibilities— it must not be blinded by this little fault and that picayune

mistake-— it must forget these trivialities in the broader field which

is so aptly named “The New Show World.”

And ffnally, pointing to the record of the past, Pep-O-Grams

feels more than justihed in predicting that the Paramount Pep Club will come through with banners flying. Page Three RALPH KOHN ADDRESSES PEP CLUB MEETING Continuing the policy of having an executive speak at the I'ep Club meetings, President G. P). J. Frawley introduced Mr. Ralph Kohn, Paramount’s financial wizard of vast assets, who spoke Infiefiy at the meeting held Tuesday, July 9th. Despite the intense heat, a large gathering was pres ent to hear Mr. Kohn which not only attested to the popularity of the speaker l)ut to the interest in what he had to say. Air. Kolin stated that there were two main functions to the Trea.surer's department : the co-ordination between the financial and other departments, and the ser\'ice the financial department rendered to the public in the way of financial statements. He further stated that the records of the com])any must reflect every transaction and for exam])le explained how the record of a ])icture is kept from Its inception when the moving picture rights are secured, through the work in the studio and until the finished picture has played its last theatre engagement.

told He his many listeners that whenever an opportunity presents itself, the men in the ranks arc given the first opportunity of filling a particular jiosition that was a notch higher than the ones previously held, as the Company was dedicated to this policy. To quote Mr. Kohn: If you consider the mien who have the executive positions and who have been here for years and have come up from the bottom of the ladder like Mr. Kent, Mr. Schaefer, Mr. Clark, Mr. Michel, Mr. Pineau, Mr. Frawley and all the rest, you will find that each one of these men hast always been on the job, always ready to cooperate with and help the man in the position above him, and help the man in the position belovv him. That attitude is to my mind the most important and most outstanding in this institution. It has worked for the success of the company and it has worked foi-* the success of the individual.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE APPOINTED

President G. B. J. Frawley has auuouncced that Agnes Alengel, Ida Wolf, Louis Phillips, Leon Saveli, and Palmer Stilson will compose the committee for nominating officials to serve during the years 1929-19d(l.

1 he following offices will have to he filled at the annual election in .Sejitember : Presi- dent, Vice-president, Secretary, Treasurer, and six places on the Board of Governors, four of which are to be men and two, women.

Ihe representative members pictured below surely are capable of choosing a slate which will measure up to Peji Club’s standard, m every respect.

Their reijort, which is awaited with breathless interest, will be published in the September issue of Pep-O-Grams.

Affnes Mengel Louis Phillips Leon Saveli P. H. Stilson Ida Wolf — —

I'lifie Four CUB REPORTER ARRIVES AUDIT Spurred on ability A1 Deane, I^ditor of "I’aramount by the unusual of a mere beginner (John E. McDermott) in the game Around the World,” and former Editor of golf, who won the ‘‘Runner Up’’ prize at of Pep-O-Grams, announces the advent Equinox C'ountry Club, -Manchester Vermont, our old friend Jimmy McCiovern is headed for of a son, Donald Richard Deane, born -Montreal and is stopping off for several one- Sunday, July 14th. day golf tournaments enroute. Having ]>layed the game for more than 20 years, Jim- Tn Al’s own words, “everybody is hne.” my will not be outdone by any of the younger generation of golfers and therefore says he will not return without a prize even if he THE NONSENSICAL NINTH must visit ‘‘Uncle Ben.” Larry Fischer returned from his Aacation I'he -Uuditing justly literally bursting with romance! It seems that Dcjiartment can boast of the athletic records made several his Sojourn in the wdlds of Maine stirred in lo^ of its members. Our old time billiard his Miulhful breast dormant emotions of which 3 chamiiion, John Vornbanm has entered he had no knowledge. \\ atch for more dc\ el- a new field. He commenced rifle shooting ojiments along this hne! while vacationing in Canada and became What is the engrossing mystery cloaking a skilled marksman during that brief per- the acti\ ities of several of the Film Rental iod. If you doubt his eagle eye, he can youths? We have an idea, hut rather vague. show a snapshot taken at Coney Island which can only be snapped when the We ilo know that it does sound fantastic ‘‘bulls ev'e’’ is hit. but then—this is the age of miracles! h is with deeji regret that we record the Miss Winnie Waxelbaum, efficient tyjiist of departure from our ranks of one John Davis. the .\udit De])artment, according to letters re- He has heard the call of the wild and is hit- ceived, is enjoying her si.x weeks’ trip to ting the trail for the wheat fields. has He F-urojie. She is visiting England, Switzer- promised to send us samples of shredded land, Germany, Italy and France. The first wheat from time to time. Hay! Hay! aeroplane trij) in Minnie’s life was taken in George Rogers seems to he quite happy a flight over the Ali)s and we understand she has also visited the since his recent marriage. Not that this is Follies Bergerc in Paris. Stcjiping out, we’ll say! particularly strange, but we were always under the impression that a marital state Our ever willing photographer, Lewis F. had just the opiposite effect on one. We Nathan, who has just returned from a guess we're wrong! motor trip through Cape Cod, was very happy to relate his good fortune in not SAILING, SAII.ING— having a flat on his entire trip. Miss Florence Tiernan, the efficient and pleasing secretary of Mr. Anderson of the TWO-LINE REVIEWS Insurance Department set sail for Europe, “The Duiiiiiiy” on July 26 th, on a tour of England and She kei)t me choked with laughing fits France. I )id clever little Zasu Pitts, All her friends bid her a bon voyage and “Charming Sinners” happy and pleasant tour of Europe. When I sav^ this you can’t call me truthless Without Aliss Chatterton this one would be CASH REGISTER NEWS-O-GRAMS Ruthless. We welcome Louise Brennan to our fold. “The Four Feathers” ” Hoi)e you will like us Louise. A boy vvhom any ma’d call ‘‘darlin’ Kitty Coakley is having her troulile these Is upright, dashing, manly Arlen.

It seems that Helen Carroll and Sadie Dia- His villainies! The}' chill your soul and mond got so tired waiting for long hair to Make yviu want to choke W arner Oland. come back in style that they grew impatient “The Cocoanuis” and bcjbbed theirs. Just let me intone; and this ends the carping, It might be a good plan for Lucille White 'I'hat Harpo Marx is a ‘‘wow” at harping. to answer the call ne.xt. She is steadfastly sticking to the idea that she won’t bob her “Dangerous Curves" hair again, and that it is too short to put up The danger that lies in ‘‘Dangerous (.'urves” as yet. Is no lie at all — it’s good f<;r your nerves. Page Five

FOREIGN LEADERS SAIL VISIT US OFTEN, SALLY One of the best liketl meml/ers of the Mr. E. E. Shauer, General Alanager of Paramount Pep Club, Sally Mclx)ughlin, re- the Foreign Department, sailed for Europe cently resigned from the Paramount on the Aquitania on July 7th, accompanied Famous Lasky Corp., to join the ranks of by Mrs. Shauer. the Sono'-Art Production Company as During his annual trip Mr. Shauer will Secretary to Mr. George W. Weeks. cover as many foreign offices as he possibly Miss McLoughlin, of the Foreign can, so that those menil)ers who is generally the Legion, who were unable to come to called “Sally” by all United States to attend the Conventions, her friends, has been will be able to hear a graphic account of with the Paramount recent important happenings in the llnited Organization since States. Nov. 13th, 1922. She Mr. Melville A. Shauer, Special Repre- started originally at sentative of the Foreign Department, whose the Storehouse as recent trip throiugh South America was so Secretary to Mr. amusingly described to the June I’ep Club Dan Hynes and then meeting, also sailed on the Aquitania to moved to the Hcinie take up his duties in Paris. (dffice where she served in a like ca- MORAN AND MACK pacity with Mr. Har- ry Nadel, a former President of the Pep The entire Pep Club joins in extending Club. Mr. B. Frank, Rep- a hearty welcome to W. Sally, who has served on a number of resentative of the Moran and Mack Cor- important committees during her term with staff. Clara Mohn, poration, and his Miss Paramount, held the position of Secretary Secretary and Mr. Louis Burkhater, Jr., in the Club during the administration of are located in the office Assistant. They Palmer Hall Stilson, and also served as occupied Henry Goldberg, recently by a mendier of the Board of Governors. Associate Editor of Pep-O-Grams. former Her friends in the Paramount Pep Club Mr. Frank had heard of the Pep Club join in giving Sally all good wishes for her long before coming to this office, and he continued success in the new position. says that he had always looked forward with keen anticipation to the time when he PUBLIXITIES would be able to join our activities. Nov/ Rudol])!] Weiss, in charge of Publix Music that Mr. Frank is in a position to partici- and Production Corporation, is spending a pate in all of the club’s functions, he em- much needed vacation in the Catskills. j phatically states that he will be a heavy A department that we don’t hear much rooter for the Club. about is the Non-Synchronous on the Eighth Floor Anne.x. her further information ask Mr. Kleinert. Murmurings have come to us to the Rose White’s favorite song is “I’M effect that editors must be a fickle WALKING AROUND IN A DREAM.” sort. First they plead for contribu- She lik'es things that are sweet, so boys, her tions and then when the much be- new name is “SLTGAR.” sought offerings appear, they proceed Eric Sandl)erg of the Non-Synchronous to wield the blue pencil to such an Department is trying his best to memorize extent that the original healthy con- the words to that new Chinese record just tribution finally appears as an emaci- received — here’s luck. ated skeleton—what W. O. McGeehan Reye Lippel also of Non-Synchronous De- of Herald-Tribune fame would call partment is raising a mustache. Don’t “a mere hollow shell.” crowd girls and don’t start the rush till 193<). It ought to be out bv then. Without conceding that Pep-O- Mr. Homer Traw and his wife are vaca- Grams is under obligation to print tioning in their respective home towns. anything which it does not deem fit, iMrs. Traw will remain in Atlanta, Ga, for a nevertheless we feel it only proper to week, after which she will continue to St. explain that the deletions in the last Louis issue were forced upon us by ordi- to meet Homer. Evelyn Carter another of the 18 day diet nary, everyday, but still inexorable, lack of space. fiends reports some success in that line. She is credited with a loss of five pounds within In fact, everything, including the a very short time. material of the editors and reporters Jimmie Robinson still declares his faith themselves, had to be either short- in the Yankees to win the Pennant this ened or eliminated; but we sincerely year. A sure proof of the staunch Yankee hope this one instance will not damp- enthusiast. en the enthusiasm of those who are Her co-workers must be glad to see such important factors in making Pep- Annette Malmund back from an extensive O-Grams a better and more interest- European tour. Miss Malmund is in ing magazine. now a position to advise any would-be traveler to the eastern hemisphere. —

Pti^e Six

Triolet Preparations the building’s entrance, waiting to be ad- With Ad Writers plying their "gaine" mitted to the ta.x-payer’s cflices. He hired There is hope for all classes and trades a photographer and had him take a photo New life, ready riches and fame; of the long line of waiting citizens, in- With A(i W'riters plying their “game.” structing the cameraman to he sure to get Ciiticura et til, hack their claim his sign into the picture. That every infirmity fades — When the photo was completed the res- ^\'ith Ad Writers plying their “game" taurateur used it in his newspaper adver- d'herc is soap for all classes and trades. tisements, with a caption, “.\11 These People W’aited for Hours to Get One of Onr Fifty- Believe It or Nots; — cent Dinners.” Blake McVeigh is the first American He thought it was smart advertising. novelist to write a novel about \\ all But business decreased rather than grew. Wolf of Street with the title “The Doubtless the public knew that his oft-re- W'all Street.” peated photo was a fake and therefore con- in Bay Ridge .\delaide Miller lives cluded that the fine meals he spoke of were hut never set foot on Staten Island. a fake also. Henry Helt set foot on a Staten Is- The point of this story is this—we saw land hathing beach and got a tack in it. a long line of persons in front of the Rialto Peggy Fewer has Fewer relatives to the other morning. Standing in the rain, Christmas gifts to than anybody send they were, waiting for seats to “The Mys- in the Paramount Pep Club. terious Dr. Fu Manchu.” A photographer George Moore has IMoore. was already taking a picture of them. We has a secret ambition Jerry Sussman immediately thought of the cafeteria owner raise mustache. to a in Wilmington, and we were secretly proud iMonta Bell’s first name is Monta. —of the Rialto. It was so different. calls him “Alonty.” Everybody We were reading the account of the in room 1255 There are 10,000 stills rioting at Dannemora prison. The pris- raided. ' hut the place has never been oners, apparently, did not have much chance of escape what with 100 guards By dint of much advertising the public j on the walls shooting at them with rapidly talkie-conscious, ciga- i is becoming rifles, .^.s we were absorbing this news ret-conscious, air-conscious, swimming-con- j a punster, who shall be nameless here, scious. And because of the I. R. T. ad- peered over our shoulder. vertisements urging us to ride the “El” ’That,” he observed, “is when a felon it is a known fact that many of us are be- needs a friend.” coming sub-conscious. We went to “Cooney” (As the subway guards call it) Island the other The day the new small-sized cur- day. After hopping over a few half- rency was issued, 3,409,766 people re- grapefruit rinds and recently-evacuated marked, “Gee, it looks like a cigar- tomato cans we fouml a clear space. In store coupon.” this area of aliout ten square feet of And 2,555,672 remarked, “Gee, they sand a little hoy was diligently engaged look like cigar-store coupons.” in counting the crystal atoms. “What are your doing lad?” we asked Clive (Interference, The Four Feathers, (for the younger j with some trepi

FOREIGN FUN WE HEAR .... Henry Ford, of Detroit, announces that he Publix Maintenance Department is ex- has sold one of his latest efforts to Gertrude panding. New' faces almost every week. W'iethake.

M. J. Murphy of Rochester was assigned Frank Schreiher, hnig of P. H. Stillson’s to Home Office work—in less than a week department, has been transferred to the New he was hot-footing toward Salt Lake City York Exchange. on an assignment.

Charles Ballance, of Paramount’s India Carol C. MaePike blew in from Iowa and office, is in New York on a leave of absence. has been assigned to maintenance budgets.

Linda Salzherger is vacationing in the moun- Genial George Cavanagh is busy convinc- tains. No one knows where Eddie Schell- ing managers not to have their winter uni- horn is. forms on hand too early in the summer for fear that some of the ushers might PUBLIX ACCOUNTING wear them to keep the heat away.

is spending a quiet vaca- Alaude Jackson Paul Bracco, Chief Electrician of the Portland, Me., with hubby. tion in — Paramount Theatre, has moved up to the sixth floor and is busily engaged in many decided to idle her vacation Rhea Kravitz intricate problems. in Poughkeepsie. From all reports, she is having a delightful time. Mr. Arthur Novak, who emigrated from Tennessee, is also one of the Maintenance Ruth On return from her vacation, Ja- bunch. cobs literally swamped her co-workers with effusive praise of her vacationing resort. Dur- Matthew Gluck is now' assisting Air. Behr abided at the Livingston ing her stay, she w'ho has been assigned the task of handling Manor, Li\ingston, N. Y. sound equipment.

tell mar- T. X. Jones and Eugene Weber James Morris has been busy showing tales of the White Alts., New Ham]i- velous new-comers many problems encountered in shire. Their time there, w'as devoted mainly their new positions. to horseback-riding and golf. How about Canada, T. X.? Miss Helen Fine is now back at her desk after an enjoyable vacation during which PERSONAL PERSONNEL she actiuircd somethng else beside a sun- I'he Office Alanager’s Dejiartment welcomes burn. little Rita Showers into its fold. Illustrious And last, but not least is our Miss Mir- Henry Bachman seems to he all “iiepcd" these iam Levine, who has risen to the heights days, wonder if Rita has fired his imagina- of being Mr. Cavanagh’s private secretary. tion ? Eve Berger, the joy girl, has returned from ALL AROUND THE TWELFTH a vacation spent in the Catskills. She looks great and says her vacation was swell. Judg- Knox Haddow' had the pleasure of piloting ing by the W'ay Eve is waltzing around it’s two very charming ladies from the Cincin- quite apparent her sojourn was eventful. nati Exchange around the Home Office a Romantically ? few days ago. And when it comes to piloting the ladies, Knox is SOA'IE navigator. Speaking of busy executives, it’s all in a day’s work for Dan O’Neill, boss of the Brina Kaplan of Jack Roper’s office is vacationing Island. Alail Room, to gi\ e instructions to six dif- on Long Larry Flynn, will gladly arrange ferent boys at the same time, wdth a telephone who round trips to Staten Island, Yonkers, in one hand and a sandwdeh in the other. ,A.fghanistan or Antartica, reports that his Paul Linson has resigned from Paramount six-cylinder car is now hitting on seven, to accept a position wdth Abraham and due to the prayerful exhortations of Johnny Straus, Brooklyn department store. Guilfoyle. When it conies to e.xpounding the benefits of sunshine, the prize goes to Edna Grady, of Jim Clark’s Ad Sales Department. ALL CLUB MEMBERS ARE AT Eleanor Yagel, chief officer of the twelth floor “quarter-deck,’’ is now resting up in SUGGES- preparation for heavy labors in the Autumn. LIBERTY TO MAKE Last advices from Marie Dunn were to the effect that a diet was being observed. TIONS TO THE NOMINATING However, it strikes us that Alarie is now just about right and we intend to make sure COMMITTEE. she does not overdo it. Readers of Pep-O- Grams wil be kept advised of the latest developments in the September issue. Page Eight

WANDERER RETURNS NEW ARRIVAL “Glad to be back and sorry to leave” were Mr. and Mrs. August Aladge Drake’s opening remarks as she A. Harding, announce greeted her friends on Monday Jidj' 15th, the arrival of a son after being away for six weeks. As men- tioneil in these columns in the June issue, named Richard Tracy. Madge motored to San Francisco on a The father reports that trip uneventful other than that of enjo^'ing mother and son are do- sceTier_\- and a few other little things the ing nicely, and the Ac- like that. Aladge informs us she was con- counting tinually on the go from the time she reached Department takes this oppor- the coast until the time the train brought tunity to congratulate the Hardings. her home. Whth so many places of interest to be PUBLIX seen while out there, yet IMadge managed Edith Kaiser just returned from Bangal, to spare a little time to visit some of her New York. Bangal seems to agree with her. I’ubli.x and Paramount friends at both the Believe it or not she gained weight. studio and the theatres. It was a glorious Aliss Lillian Soskel—new member of Pub- trip and she is just itching to get started lix. Aia\' we have more like her. on another one. Ves, in the same direction; Airs. Jeanne Briggs is stopi.iing at the Na- so well did she like the environs of Los tional Hotel, Block Island, Rhode Island. Angeles, San Francisco, Hollywood, et al. Alore ]>ower to you, Jeanne. Leo Lalanne is going to ha\e a birthday DR. LA PORTE IN HOME OFFICE every month. The one celebrated July 23rd was a big success. In line with the I’uhli.x policy of present- Aliss Pearl .Schnur returned from two weeks ing the best and newest in entertainment, in the Catskills, sunlnirnt and e\-erything. we learn that Dr. N. iM. La Porte, who was Looks great. formerly the head of the Research Depart- Aliss Ethel Langdon is home from Florida. ment of Puhlix- llalahan & Katz Theatres She sar's she went there to keep cool—an in Chicago, has been assigned to the Home original stunt, we call it. Office, where he will continue his scientific investigations for the betterment of Pub- lix i-pcrations throughout the circuit. THAT BUDGET BUNCH On behalf of the Pep Club —Welcome! Charlie Schabacker is Doc. having some rare experiences in his tour through the wdld WISHES and w'oolly west. On Alonday, he informs WELL us, he was making snowballs out in Nevada Airs. Aliller, our speedy comptometer opera- and on Wednesday he was coasting in a Kansas temperature tor, is enjoying a two weeks’ vacation ; while of 105. That’s what .Miss Rose Fticter, a charming brunette from we waiuld call having a hot time.

Mr. J. Clark's office, is doing a nice job of The Budget Department is extremely for- substitution. tunate in acquiring the services of a very charming young lady, A-Irs. Perryman, by Our two Beau Brummels, Joe Wood and name. We hope to be able to tell you more his playmate Bill Alcllvain, spent last week about her later. end up the Hudson, and from all hearsay, "There comes a time in every man’s life both had a most enjoi'able time. Actual when this large city of ours becomes too details are lacking, liut maybe it's just as small to hold us.” And so sa 'ing Nick Dev- well. 3 ereaux got into his Rolls Royce last Fridaj' 'J'he twins of the Accounting Department, and headed for Canada and other points Joe and V. G., are preparing for their va- n orth. cation. It is forecasted that the Catskills will do the most suffering on this account. TRIALS OF A REPORTER Artie Leonard, our ver}’ much engaged Reporter: Mr. Jones, when did you get man, still does not seem to be weakening. back from your vacation? It won’t be long now, Artie. Mr. Jones: Last week. Lester Leiberman, our very efficient Reporter: Did you have a good time? Postmaster General, is spending his vaca- Air. Jones: Fine time. tion at Coney Island. He certainly picked Reporter: AAdiat did you do? himself a popular place. Air. Jones: Plaj^ed golf—tennis. Reporter: What else? NEWS'! NEWS! HOT NEWS Air. Jones: Slept—swam—ate. Reporter: Didn't anything unusual hap- Our own little Owen AIcClave, Pep-O- Grams reporter, has become engaged to a pen ? Air. are cute little girl by the name of Helen Cor- Jones: Say, what you anyhow'? reporter for rigan. We wish him all the success and A Pep-O-Grams? happiness in the world, before he starts on And thus ended the beginning of a beau- his great voyage in the sea of matrimony. tiful story. Pa lie Nine DOROTHY BLATCHFORD MARRIES SALES STATISTICAL NOTES Witnessed l)y many friends and relatives, Our impiiring reporter has discovered Miss Dorothy Blatchford, Secretary to Air. that cupid is on Pauline Hick's trail, and L. L. Edw'ards of the Publix Advertising rumor lias it that she will be married in Dept., became the wife of Mr. Harry A. September. Phdlips at the ’Little Church Around' the Adelaide Donahue returned from lier va- Corner," high noon, Monday- July 1st. cation minus her tonsils. She says that Afiss "l-'eg" Ala- she is now in tip-top shape. honey, also id the On July 23rd, Eileen Eady celebrated her Publix Advertising sixth year with Paramount. Dept., was Alaid of Anna Stumpf, head of the File Depart- Honor. ment returned from her vacation greatly

Inmiediately fol- refreshed. Although she did not plan ti.) lowing the cere- go away at all, it seems that the Catskills mony a luncheon attracted her for a week. was served to the Two new arrivals on the twelfth floor bridal party and bridge are Sedvia Ackerman and Alary

relatives : after Smith. which the bride Dorothy Mansfield is finding it iiretty and groom depart- difficult to keep that strict eighteen day ed for J e r s e y ’ s diet she is on. .All that can be heard from well-known water her is "Lamb chojis and a little pineapple, resort, Atlantic please." City, wliere tliey If conditions now in existence continue, stayed a few days. we will surely have a human skeleton in

I hey later wended their way by motor to the Sales Statiscal Department. Eloise Bris- Alontreal, where tliey spent the remaining tol, more or less of a diligent sort, still days of the all-glorious honeymoon trip. persists in doing without her lunch, in Air. Phillips is a Construction Engineer order to catch up witli that emuinous and is connected with the Tierner Con- amount of work wdiich has seemed to pile struction Co. up on her. d'he newly-married couple have rented an Aliss Pearl Greene has been transferred apartment in Huntington, L. I., and will to the Publicity Department where she is remain there until their new house (in the now secretary to' Air. Wingart. We wish same town) is completed. her all sorts of success in her new job. Dorothy has returned to her desk and Each morning as he goes into the wash- will no doubt remain with the organiza- room, Mortimer Cohn gazes earnestly at tion indefinitely; or at least until the new his upper lip. The first few times were home beckons her constant supervision. unrewarded, but after the 2nd week of this Our best wishes and congratulations! scrutinizing, his diligent efforts were suc- PUBLIX BOOKING cessful, yes, he could notice a faint trace of growth. With this encouragement Mort- Our slieik is gone Eddie Berger has been — imer would look in the mirror each morning transferred to Aloines booker. Des as Im- and noon to better record the progress. agine what a will there! wow Ed be We And now after a month he can now brag fear many hearts are going to beat in vain of a growth of 26 with a new addition each —however, we still have Syd Ellison. i day. If Mortimer lives long enough we are Did Paramount ever know that it had a all sure that his efforts will not be in vain, "LON CHANEY” in its midst? This man but then the question will be, shall I wax is none other than our own Vic Campbell it? If so, shall I curve it up or down? who not only can go into all sorts of con- We will all be glad to answer these ques- tortions but can make faces that scare his tions if he succeeds, till then we wish him own children. luck. Barbara Cohen has returned from her vacation in Boston and only wishes she ELEVENTH FLOOR, PLEASE could live it over. Oh yes, there is a reason and a very good one too. Alary Levine has just returned from a George Haupert of the curly locks is in ciuiet vacation, so she says, but jiulging Cliicago and he reports that so far he from the sparkle in her eyes and the gay it hasn't one bullet wound to show—ma 3'l)e he look about her these days, we presume will before he returns—don't give up wasn’t so cpiiet. George. — Alatilda Newman is counted among the

N T I C E ! missing due to vacation. We cannot yet Lest our readers fail to notice the two report the results of this young lady’s va- new names in the roster of Pep-O-Grams cati. n as vve have 7iot seen her counten- reporters, we record right here and now ance but one look at that and wc will have the fact that Jeannette Mendelson, secretary the truth. to Mr. Boris Morros, and Edith Moses, of Don't wee]) girls, you’ll always find Ro- the Stenographic Department, are fully land Alader at the Long Island Studio if matriculated members of the staff. you miss him too much around the Home And now, by Heck, watch this here ol’ Office, and besides he leaves a prett}' nice magazine step! and able substitute in Joe Colligan. .

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T\\ <) PEPSTEHS ASSUME NEW DUTIES

Alemliers of the Pep Club will certainly be glad to hear of the advancement of two F’epsters who have been promoted to more important positions in the Corporation. jimmy Cowan has been appointed General Alanager of the Long Island Studio by Mr. Lasky. Mr. Cowan, who came from the Production Department of Puldix Theatres where he had charge of producing the Puhlix stage units, has had an envialde career in the theatre of twenty vears’ duration. During his connection with the stage, he handled such stars as Harry Lauder and Annette Kellernian, and .J. H. « A\ was associated in the ])roduction and management of a score of successful [)lays and vaudeville acts.

"In i\lr. Cowan we have secured one of the jjest ju'actical production minds in the show business to head our deiiartment at the Eastern Studio,’ said i\Ir. I.ask} “lie knows both the commercial and artistic side of the theatre, having been a manager and producer. He is the new type of showman required in the motion picture industry now that sound plays such a vital part in it.”

Mr. Laskv has also announced another well deserved

promotion- -that of John J. hdngerlin to Executive Mana- ger of the Long Island Studio.

Mr. Fingerlin is well remembered by the Pej) Club, of

which he is still a member, and to say that we wish him

all success in his new duties is superlluous.

Mr. Hiller limes takes Mr. Fingerlin’s ])lace in the llome fdffice Production Department.

ATTENTION!! ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENTS

I want t4» aâin impress the lH»ys <»!' the Text Mat. rial for Semeuters A. B, and C, se\eral Aee<»iiiit in;^' l)c*partiiieiits t<» e4»ii- each 7.00 sider taking' the l*aee higher Aeeoiiiitaiiey eaiirse. Making a total per Semester of $77.00 paid in advance, tuition is subject to I*araiii4»iint is very sinxious t4» inspire When discount, making a total net yon t4» Kr4‘<(ter responsil»ilitu^s and j<»)»s, 5% tuition text material ami y4»ii e<*an iH»t possilily invest your charge for and time aiKl saîn^s any better then to se- of $73.50 eiire a i»raetieal« as well as the4»retieal Tuition for Semesters D, E, F, G, and H, training wliieh a eourse like the i*aee In- each $75.00 stitute oilers. Text material for Semesters D. E, F, G, and H, each 10.00 I t<»ok this eourse years aK4». and foniul it worth ninny I put times over what Making a total per semester of $85.00 int<» it. When paid in installments, the total charge The EveninK School classes of the Pace & Pace of $85. is payable $41. upon enroll- Institute are formed on announced dates from ment, and the balance in two install- Augûst 1st to November 15th, and from January ments of $22. each. 2nd to June 15th, each year. The ( liairmnn of the K

! . sive knowledge of the music business, as instance, the one who' decides solely on

’ well, having been associated with a number motoring, has met with contentions that of music publishing concerns prior to his are not unusual; traffic, bad roads, flat tires, connection with Paramount. road stands, hot dogs, soda pop, more Eddie’s many friends at Home Office traffic, motor trouble, road stands, etc.

! view his departure with mingled feelings Then comes night, pitching the tent, slum- of pleasure and regret—pleasure for his ber, lightning, thunder, the deluge, and as

. Avell-deserved promotion, regret because the poets say, “Came the dawn.” Two

, they will miss his smiling presence. weeks continuous motoring, post cards to our friends in the City—“Wish you were STOP PRESS!—LATE SPECIAL with us, etc.”—at last home again. Tired UGAST’S SARDI-IAN SENDOFF out but had a great time. Then, there’s the individual who takes By ASSOCIATED MESS the real old fashioned vacation. Camping Prefacing a lecturette on what a young beside a babbling brook in the mountains. man going to Paris should know, a lunch- Solitude, mosquitoes, animals in the night, eon was tendered to Edward Ugast by his the shot, a grunt of pain, the light, cow Home Office friends on Wednesday, July dead, paying for the deed. Shaving the 24th. The event was staged at Sardi’s, and beard. The Hickville local. Home again. as nearly as our reporters, drunk on Anti- And then we know of tlie beach vaca- ' paste, can recall, there were present the tionist. Sand, blue water, white caps, sun- : Messrs. Ugast, Seidelman, J. Sussman, Gey- burn, sleepless nights, rescuing the maid- er, Trotta, McLoughlin, Nadel, Deane, en from drowning, “My Hero,” “this is my I Weltner, Lesser, Cohen, Gartner, Fernan- address,” “I'll see you this winter.” Home dez, Pass, Novat and Gluck. again. Just when indigestion was deciding it I “Be ever so humble there’s no place

I whether or not to set in, Jerry Sussman, like home.” remaining seated, announced himself as the appointee of an unnamed toastmaster. This I FOREIGN DEPARTMENT NEWS unnamed person happened to be Sammy The latest reports of our globe trotting Cohen, whose only saving grace for his ac- BALLOON:

: tion rested in the fact that he treated the Received at our Foreign Department guests to an exposition of all of the ; wise- from Rose “E.” cracks which were mossy before they (the Since then, it has been to CHINA and i guests) first saw the light of day. GERMANY. he did call However, upon Mr. Seidel- Then it decided to make a domestic man to say something about Eddie, and tour, and visited MINNEAPOLIS EX- the assistant manager of the Foreign De- CHANGE. partment gave a very concise reason for Lo ! and behold! we have received word Eddie’s going to Europe, as well as paying from Miss Celia Jones that she found the him a couple of very neat compliments. on the j BALLOON LONDON BRIDGE, The gathering broke in I up good order, LONDON, ENGLAND, and has returned ' but Mr. Sardi has not yet reported his it to its owner. Rose “E”! How about it cutlery losses. Rose,?? ! — — ”

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after six months there, was chosen by Mr. AD ADS Haley to help him at the 8th floor Information Desk and has been employed in this capacity Doris Me 3'er has some puriile ear-rings. for the last year and a half. Forney Wyly has just returned from his \'acation. John Hewlett has just left on his. Some day this young specimen of manhood He promised to send everybody some sugar- will be missed on the 8th floor where he is cane from his home in Conyers, Ga. Lton’t known as being an ardent worker, always send any boll weevils John. willing to do a favor for someone and an in the rudiments of his job— A1 Adams has a new car. It is an Oak- apt student land roadster. (Adv.) for it is only a matter of time when the musical world will claim him as one of its Pearl Green has been welcomed into the own. family in room 1255, as secretary to Earl Wingart. This makes it official Pearl—welcome ! And continued success to )’ou Bob Moriarty has quit "bumming” Camels. Now it’s Luckies he’s bumming. (Adv.)

Nancy Carroll’s younger sister came in to see Tess Klausner for some stills of the new- star the other day. Aliss Carroll has the large blue eyes and the red hair of her famous sister—and just like Nancy, she isn’t a bit "high-hat.” She li\es here in Gotham.

Since Adelaide Miller has moved out to the other end of the twelfth floor, her former colleagues of that bee-hive of human industry, Room 1255, see her but seldom. We do busy these days w-e know it. not guess she’s — The National Cash Register Co., took this photo of a portion of Mr. Walter Mac- LAWRENCE IN HOME OFFICE intosh’s department but it seemed to us prominent Maurice Lawrence, who formerly repre- that the girls were much more confiscated the sented the Publix Music Department on the than the machines, so we here. West Coast, has returned to the Home picture to reproduce Office, where he will continue to supervise Close observers will note that “there is music activities on the Coast, and, in addi- nothing wrong with this picture” inasmuch tion, will handle all screen cueing. as Mac’s customary cigar (six cents) is to be seen in his right hand. Of course, there PARAMOUNT YOUTH are more girls in this busy department, but A COMING ARTIST unfortunately the cash register people forgot to photograph that half of the room. A young man in his teens and perhaps des- tined some da3 ' to become equally as famous as Paderew-ski and other talented pianists is EXCHANGE ACCOUNTING Richard Wielogorsky, who helps Mr. Haley at the 8th floor Information desk. Arthur Dunne head of the Exchange ac- department, is once again at his desk At the age of nine, Richard first started counting after spending a pleasant and restful vaca- taking lessons from his sister, who si)ecializes tion at Beacon Beach, N. J. Henry Gray did in teaching the piano. But being onl 3- a kid, f well pinch-hitting for Mr. Dunne during the lure of outdoor activities was more ap- ver 3 his absence. I)ealing than the study of music. .So well did It’s pretty evident that Miriam Isaacs spent he take to baseball that he once thought he deal of her vacation around the golf would pursue the national game as a means a good links beaches. What, with that lovely coat of livelihood. and of tan and the energetic way in which she Now, at the age of seventeen years, Richard goes about her work it is easy to tell that she has practically forgotten about the grip base- had a pleasant vacation. ball had on him and has turned his attention to music and especially to the study of the piano. For the last year Richard has been taking lessons from an eminent musician RUDY’S RIVAL practicing three to three and a half hours a femmes I crave all put me off day. The With sundr 3q curt abuses this — Such great strides have been made by With everything from "You go plumb young musician that friends have marveled at To dinner date e.xcuses. his playing, many being of the belief that he

is a born artist or has been taking lessons for I wonder now if it can be a considerable number of years. That I’m too tough and surly? Richard got his first start in the Paramount Perhaps I need a megaphone, organization in the Mailing department and A crooning voice, hair (curly). 'treated for the members of the Paramount Pep Club, Incor- porated. Published by and for them monthly: this issue being number Eleven of Volume Five, and its date of publication, September Third, Nine- teen Hundred and Twenty-nine.

CONTENTS NOMINEES FOR NEXT YEAR, H

GROUP INSURANCE PLAN ::

SUCCEEDS, EUGENE ZUKOR ft K‘> ADDRESSES AUGUST MEETING, 2

CLUB ELECTION TO BE HELD :: SEPTEMBER 24, INAUGURAL H DINNER AT HOTEL ASTOR ON OCTOBER 17, PEPSTERS H TO RECEIVE COPY OF ADOLPH | ZUKOR BIOGRAPHY, “FILM i UP AGAIN” AND -AND -AND- H !

/'('£re T tvo PEP-O-GRAMS The Spirit of the organizations of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and Publix Theatres Corporation. Edited by William Noonan Associate editors: Henry Gray, Leonard B. Daly Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Repertorial Committee: Henry Gray (Chairman), Charles Aln- wick, Henry Behr, Al. Brenia, James Brown, Clara Capozzi, Martin Carroll, Norma Davis, Charles Eich, Richard Engel, John Gentile, Marion Herbert, Esther Jablow, Claude Keator, Maxine Kessler, Leo Lalanne. Herbert Lizt, Owen McClave, Jeannette Mendelson, Edith Moses, Ray L. Pratt, Charles Reilly, Albert J, Sicignano, Tess Sternberger.

P*P -0-Grams is published by and for the members of the Faramount-Fep Club on the first of every tnonth at the Faramount Building, N eiv York City. Volume 5, Number 11 September 3, 1929 EDITORIALS

LEADERSHIP NEXT ISSUE W^ith a trusting faith in the kind-hearted- On another page of this issue, we have ness of our fellow humans, ww fondly en- extended the Cluh’s official welcome to tertain the hope that along towards the John S. Carlile, recently apjiointed head — third of October not more than fifty per- of Paramount’s new Radio Department, — sons will enquire as to the reasons for Pep- In addition, the announcement of the 0-(jrams tardiness. Paramount- Puhlix radio hour has been duly We would like to have it understood in chronicled. adw'ince that if the next issue does not ap- Roth of these events are significant in pear until the fifth, sixth, or fifteenth, we themselves, but a fact of far greater im- are still not late. That’s our story and how j portance lies beneath the surface. we stick to it d'hose Pepsters who were tvith the com- Of course, we realize that serious con- pany ten years, or even six or eight years sequences—very serious indeed—may result if it is of its ago, coidd not have foreseen the rise of the to the Club deprived Voice talking picture, the marvelous ad\ance of until the Inaugural Dinner, such must be the case. radio, and its closer approach to the moving picture industry. In the meantime, as we have suggested on another page, another li’P contribution repeat, such a gift of prophetic wis- W^e wouldn’t do us any harm. dom w'as granted to no one, but something almost as good was given those early WELL DONE Pepsters, and that was an unbounded con- To commend the work of some of our fidence in the ability of the leaders of this fellow publicists—ahem—invariably gives corporation. Pep-O-Orams a great deal of pleasure. In spite of epoch-making revolutions The special Paramount-Publix edition of wdthin the industy—tremendous changes Variety called forth our unrestrained ad- Avhich have caused the downfall of many miration. As far as we can learn, VIessrs. and the sudden emergence of new rivals. A. M. Botsford and Ben Serkowdeh were Paramount has consistently maintained its responsible for most of it, rvith the able position at the very top. assistance of the Art Department. The creation of the new Radio Depart- Of course, its effect on the trade must ment, as an outgrowth of the affiliation of have been exceedingly valuable, but we are the Columbia Broadcasting System, is just sure that the thrill of pride which it gave another of those instances where our com- every Paramounteer and Publixeer w’ho pany has been able to retain its leadership, read it was worth much more than all the regardless of new difficulties which arise. labor involved. Page Three

EDWARD A. BROWN FOR PRESIDENT

Ihe Nominating Committee appointed by President Frawley consisting of Palmer Stilson, Louis Phillips, Leon Saveli, Agnes Mengel and Ida Wolf have designated the following candidates to be voted upon at the annual election, Tuesday, Septeniher 24: President. .EDWARD A. BROWN Vice-President. .FRED METZLER Spcrf^tnw ALDYTHE REICHENBACH Treasurer. .. .ELMER R. SHORT

Board of Governors (six)

G. B. J. Frawley Theodore C. Young Joseph F. Sweeney Joseph A. Phillipson ELMER R. SHORT Helen W. Swayne FRED METZLER FOR TREASURER Jeannette Mendelson FOR VICE-PRESIDENT

ALDYTHE REICHENBACH FOR SECRETARY

GILBERT B. J. JEANNETTE THEODORE C. JOSEPH F. HELEN W. JOSEPH A. FRAWLEY MENDELSON YOUNG SWEENEY SWAYNE PHILLIPSON Page Four INSURANCE PLAN PASSED An exceedingly pleasant surprise was handed the assembled Pep- sters at the August meeting when Dr. Emanuel Stern announced that enough signatures had been secured to make the Pep Club Group Insurance effective.

Every club member wEo has signed the necessarv paper is now insured for $1 ()()() at the rate of fifteen cents a week. In this connection, it might be stated that either the small white slip which was passed out late in 1928 or the pink form which was distributed at the last meeting will be effective. As Dr. Stern explained, this insurance became operative on Monday, August 12. Payments on the plan will be made in the following manner: From the salary period ending August 24, thirtv cents will be deduct- ed; which covers the two weeks preceding that date. Thereafter, sixty cents will be subtracted from the first salary period of every month.

EUGENE ZUKOR, CLUB'S FIRST PRESI- DENT, ADDRESSES PEPSTERS

Eu.eene Zukor, the first President of the Paramount Pep Cluh and Assistant Treasurer of the Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, was the feature speaker at the Pep Club meeting- held Tuesday, August 13th.

iNIr. Zukor took for his topic, “Specialization” and declared

it was necessary to specialize in the position you now have if you hoped to obtain success. To cite examples, iNfr. Zukor mentioned a stenographer—saying that she would never advance herself to be a secretary unless she strived to do things well, M-as accurate and neat in her work, had a pleasing personality and could be de- pended upon. The ‘mechanical’ stenographer, one who just did things by force of habit and didn't have much interest in her work, could never hope to advance. And in the case of the office boy— if his appearance was untidy, such as un- hrushed hair, soiled collar and necktie out of place, with an independent attitude towards his su])eriors, he would never he anything else but an office f)Oy. But the l)oy who presented a tidy' appearance, was well-mannered, walked briskly and took instructions from his superiors, was certain to advance. Mr. Zukor further stated that the Accounting Department was one of the most important departments in the organization and that it was absolutely necessary to relv on this department to keep accounts straight. Here again the ‘mechanical’ employee cannot hope for much success, but the ones who can visualize their work, understand what they are doing and why, are a credit to the department and will surely meet with success. To make this statement moye emphatic, the speaker said, “For a qualified employee of this department, there is no end of possibilities.” iMr. Zukor also impressed upon his listeners that they should try to do their work satisfactorily, no matter what their tasks, and further asserted that an isola- it’s the kind of work y'ou do and not where you do it. ted desk doesn’t count ; In his closing remark, Mr, Zukor said that there were more good openings left a germ of than people to fill them and sincerely hoped that his message had thought. Page Five

ENGLISH CLASSES INAUGURAL DINNER Aliss Helen W. Swayne, Chairman of the Educational Committee, announces that a President G. B. Frawley informs J. course in the Miller System of Correct English us that big plans are in the works for will be started on Tuesday, October 1st, in the inaugural dinner which will be held the eleventh floor well. this year on Thursday, October 17th, in In addition, a free demonstration lesson will the Hotel Astor. be given on Tuesdajp September 24th. All Bill Alacllvain, chairman of the en- club members are invited to attend this dem- tertainment committee, is already begin- onstration lesson. ning to arrange various festivities, at A special rate of $10.00 has been secured. which Bill is no mean hand. In fact, This is payable $5.00 on October 1st and $5.00 just to rest U]i in preparation for his b}'' October 22nd. arduous task. Bill recently took a much The course consists of fifteen lessons once needed vacation. With all the pep which a week on Tuesday nights in the eleventh floor he accumulated, the Club can be certain well. that entertainment galore will be fur- For those catch U]) nished. who wish to on their English this course will be in\'aluable and it needs no explanations to impress upon every- THE PASSING SHOW body the absolute necessity for good English, whether at home or at business. As an added inducement, the Educational Vacation time is rapidly coming to an end Committee has secured, free to Pepsters, the and it will soon be something to look Iiack at new five-part text book which is sold liy mail .... Did you notice all the dark brown com- for $5.00. plexions? .... Tess Klausner is one person who certainly holds her tan .... You can’t A PROMOTION tell whether she’s just come back from her \-acation or not .... And of course you’ve Ralph A. Kohn, treasurer of Paramount, heard about Alvin . Adams’ new roadster . . . recently announced that A. Michel, who Who hasn’t? .... He’s promised most every- J. for the last ten years has been general auditor one a ride but no one seems to be getting it of the company, had been promoted to an . . . . Sammy Cohen, that ever-popular for- assistant treasurer of the corporation. eigner, spent his 2 weeks at the Naponoch In making this appointment, Air. Kohn Country ... .And we’re telling you from what stated : “The promotion of Mr. Michel was in we heard, Sammy’s wife had better not find keeping with the long established polic}^ of out what kind of a time he had .... Did you promoting to executive positions, when oppor- ever see anyone depressed? .... If you haven’t tunities arise, men in the ranks of the company here’s your chance .... You just watch Linda who have shown their ability and their loyalty Salsberger .... W’hjp she met so many nice to it.” boys on her vacation she just can't wait ’til On l)ehalf of your fellow clul> members, Labor Day when she expects to return.... Air. Michel, congratulations. Back on the job ... . That’s Gertrude Wie- thake .... popular member of the foreign Publicity Department .... After a 2 weeks’ 'WELL, WELL! jaunt with her husband in their new Ford Lest anyone is not aware of it, have a roadster .... Just leave it to Gert to have a we regular song bird in the eleventh floor well. good time .... Where, oh where .... is that September morn. That’s what Charlie You can hear that melodious voice singing all daj^ long. talent should not Gartner is wondering .... He is thinking Such go of buying a new overcoat to wear during unobserved. Pnhlix does not know what it his \'acation is missing liy not ha\-ing this party on its

circuit. Three guesses who it is ! PUBLIX MAINTENANCE DEPT. Have you ever heard of Elmer Short on the phone—he never talks above a whisper. Any- A number of things were said about the how we hope his friend Bob got to Far Rock- Maintenance Department in the last issue, away with no train trouble or bad weather. among which was the fact that the personnel \'\'e wonder if Henrietta Betchuk is training is increasing and changing considerably, and for a Marathon Race. She certainly is getting now Air. M. J. Mullin, Director of Alainten- plentjf of practice running back and forth. ance, has been promoted to manage a whole circuit of theatres. We want to take this opportunity to congratulate him and express our regret at losing so able an associate. How- ever, we know that our loss is somebody else’s gain.

Mr. J. H. Elder, who has been Field Repre- sentative of the IMaintenance Department for some years, is to succeed Mr. Mullin. We are happy to have Mr. Elder in our midst. Page Six

ZUKOR BIOGRAPHY GIVEN TO PEPSTERS

Many Pepsters were agreeably surprised to learn that they are to receive a copy of Wdll Irwin’s “The House That Shadows Built” from Mr. Adolph Zukor.

M iss H elen W. Swayne, Chairman of the Educational Committee made all the arrangements and Mr. Zukor graciously consented to personally autograph those books which are to be given to members who have been in the employ of the corporation ten vears bv the first of Mav,

1929 .

In addition, all Pepsters who have been with the company two years will receive a copy of the book.

I'o say that this token of iVIr. Zukor's regard for employees is appreciated by members of the Pep Club is superfluous. We know that those fortunate ones who receive these books will treasure them as one of their proudest possessions.

BY-LAWS AMENDED

L’pon the motion of Air. |. [. WildbcrK Chairman of the Rules Committee,

it is ])ropose(l that Article I, Section I-A of the By-Laws having to do with meetings he amended so as to read as follows:

.Article I, Section I-.\—The regular monthly meeting of the Club shall be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 12 noon, and the October meeting .shall be known as the .'Annual Meeting.

In accordance with Article 7 of the By-Laws, this motion will be voted upon at the Club’s next regular meeting.

I VO WELL KNOWN MEMBERS MARRIED Previously, "Labor Day" meant only a holiday to Frances Sadlicr and Joe W^alsli. — Rut Labor Day 1929 will be a great event for them, celel)rated to the tunes of the "Wedding March." Last month, when Frances left the organization, her numerous friends and co- workers presented her with a heautiful set of silver. Both Frances and Joe are charter members of the Pep Club and it will also be remembered that Joe has served as Treas- urer and later as Vice-President of the Club and has always been an indefatigable worker for the club welfare. 'fhe best wishes of all club members go forth to them for their future happiness. Page Seven GENERAL BOOKS WELCOME Alice returned from a I I Dolan has two

I Elmer Short, chairman of the mem- f weeks’ vacation at Atlantic City. She looks

I bership committee, reports that the | better than ever and states she had a swell the latest additions to complaint being that the I following are | time; the only two

I the roster of the Pep Club; | weeks went so fast. Rose Facter, who was substituting for f FEMALE I Dell Miller, has now become a permanent I Beck, Lillian | fixture in the General Books Department. I Cohen, Anna | is under the supervision of “Smiling Elkies, Belle I She I Dick” Murray. I Gallagher, Marion I Herbert, Frances Percy Lockwood, all browned and full of I | Vim; Vinegar, and Vitality, is now near his I Horowitz, Mildred | I pal Joe Wood, after spending two weeks va- Kaiser, Lulu | cation at all the beaches around New York I Lateiner, Jeanne D. | City. I Meehan, Mary L. | The Gold Dust twins, V. G. and Joe, are ! Pode, Sonya | Reitman, both back with us again after spending a I Rose | two weeks’ vacation at Durham, ’waj^ up in j MALE I Catskills. attraction I Bernstein, Abraham the Must be some | there, as it’s the second summer at Durham I Bokser, Jack | for them. I Cicero, John | Jimmy Hubka tried to cross the United I Dolan, Frank | States but he ran short of time so he re- I Fisher, John R. | turned from the Middle West just in time 1 Fuchs, John M. | to report to work. I Grebert, George | Joseph Alacsalka, a First Lieutenant, Com- I Greenberg, Morris | pany H, Seventh Regiment, has returned I Hansen, K. K. I 1 Marsh, Herbert i from Camp and looks more armj^fied than Miller, ever. I Dell | Martin Rosenfeld has returned from a I Nodell, Aaron | tour of Europe and warns all other Euro- I Riepert, W. S. | pean travelers to beware of Italian prices. I Schneberger, John | Siegel, B. I Simon I Tierney, Charles E. SALES STATISTICAL NOTES I I Recently Mollie Cohen brought in some French chocolates she made herself and A. J. BALABAN COMES TO NEW YORK TO MANAGE PUBLIX which were distributed around the office. It PRODUCTION seems she will make a good wife for somebody. A. J, Balaban has arrived in New York to assume charge of Piiblix’s production ac- The Inquiring Reporter finds that we tivities. He will be in charge of all audi- have a heroine in the Sales Statistical De- tions; the individual producers and all department, which is none other than Ger- partments bearing on the production of trude Ginsberg. She recently saved a bather Publix units, master of ceremonies, music from drowning at Coney Island. for Publix theatres, etc. We welcome back Jean Cadger after an Mr. Balaban accepted the Publix post here enjoyable vacation at West Cornwall, Conn. only after many overtures had been made to She is in the pink of condition and just rar- him by President Sam Katz. ing to go. Mr. Balaban, member of Balaban & Katz, Being of a quiet type we find it a hard has always made his headquarters in Chica- proposition to get any information concern- go and practically supervised production of ing Mary Lipple. We note, however, that stage shows for the Chicago B. & K. houses, she recently celebrated her fourth year with frequently making special trips to Nev/ York Paramount. to obtain talent. It is quite evident, from the manner in As a result, he comes East with the per- which Polly Mahoney is behaving since her sonal acquaintanceship of most of the lead- vacation, that she met the “Lovliest Boy” ing agents and artists’ representatives, all each day. Maybe that’s why she cuts out of whom are reported “sold” on him and little paper boy dolls. his methods. SIXTH FLOOR A Tongue Twister The writer wonders how Fred Weber of If a Hottentot tot taught a Hottentot tot the printing division received the black to talk ere the tot could totter, ought the and blue mark under his eye. His excuse is Hottentot tot be taught to say aught or that he received it playing baseball. One ex- naught or what aught not to be taught be cuse is as bad as another. taught her? If to hoot and toot a Hottentot From the looks of things, that Printing tot be taught by a Hottentot Tutor, should Division is a shieks’ department. Anyone at the Tutor get hot if the Hottentot tot hoot the opening night of “The Dance of Life” and toot at the Hottentot tot tutor? must have noticed Harold Joffe. : Page Eight EXCHANGE ACCOUNTING Alary Spitzer of the Exchange Accounting Department started her 13th year in the In the manner of Arthur Bris- employment of Paramount Famous Lasky bane and Bruce Barton, we have Corp., by going on her vacation which she always subscribed to the maxim spent at Atlantic City. Alary started here that industry and willing en- August 1, 1917. We hope she will stay with us as many more years and enjoy con- deavor are eventually rewarded. tinued happiness and good liealth. With only a natural desire to Henry Gray, Associate Editor and Chair- see our thoughts justified, man of Reporters for Pep-O-Grams left we Saturday, Aug. 17, 1929, on his well needed gaze fondly upon the case of Ed- vacation which he will spend resting. Can die Brown, nominee for president. you imagine Henry resting? To prove our point, we print here- During Calvin Coolidge’s administra- with his record of service to the tion as President of the United States, we 1921- 1922- find that one of our Paramounteers, Dick Pep Club 1923- Carroll, was Special Policeman at the Capi- 1924-1921-1922 Chairman Annual Reception tol. On many occasions he had the pleasure 1926- 1922 Treasurer of being body-guard to the President. 1927- 1928- 1923 Treasurer NEWS FROM THE EIGHTH FLOOR 1924 Treasurer ANNEX 1925 Chairman Finance Committee 1927 Board of Governors Who is this girl that Benny Schreiher al- 1928 Board of (jovernors ways calls, "Hello Tin>”? The whole Alusic 1929 A'ice-President Department before long will he able to com- entitled—"Hello Tiny.” pose a song And if such a long term of ac- Rudolf Weiss of the Accounting Depart- tivity in the Club’s behalf does ment (Publix Music and Production Corp.), is back from his vacation, very much rested not deserve fitting recognition, plus a good coat of tan—Oh well! he only may we never have another of has fifty weeks more till he gets his next these thoughts again. vacation, and time goes by rapidly in his department. Miss Alary Aleeham had a wonderful va- climate is high and cation in Canada. The JOHN S. CARLILE HEADS NEW dry up there, so they saj'; hut, nevertheless, Aliss Aleeham gained ten whole pounds. RADIO DEPARTMENT Paging Eric Sandberg—Does everyone John S. Carlile, formerly of station know him? If not, just listen to a person has l)een ap- talk, and if he says “Aint you”—why that’s \\T)R in Newark, N. J.. your boy friend “Sandy.” Gee! Girls, he pointed head of Paramount’s newly cre- sure is cute, has nice golden wavy hair and ated Radio Department. This department those eyes of baby blue. Remember the is the outgrowth of the recent purchase old saying, “The early bird catches the worm,” so hurry and try to catch this baby. of a half interest in the Columlha Broad- Aliss Turkisher just returned from a casting company by Paramount. Exten- splendid vacation at Buffalo. Everything sive plans for the company’s radio activi- was Okay but the bank account— that looks ties are now Ireing formulated and will be down and out. this department. Extra! Extra! a big airplane ride to Bos- handled by new ton with Leo P. Lalanne as pilot. Does Air. Carlile has been at station WOR anyone want to join him for he sure hates to for the past year handling program and guess he’s afraid to say “Hel- go alone. We production work and is thoroughly fami- lo, St. Peter,” but anyway we all hope he liar with all phases of radio broadcasting. has a wonderful time on his vaaction. A rumor going around that Air. Arnstein He has been guest announcer for the Co- does not like fat girls. We all wonder why, lumbia System on several occasions and but he just won’t tell. There sure are some has written a number of programs for nice pleasingly plump ones strolling by, presentation over the air. and we bet he’ll fall for one yet. de- We haven’t seen Anne Dwyer, of the Pro- Headcjuarters for the new radio jection Department, in Pep-O-Grams for partment will be in the Paramount Bldg. such a long long time that we thought we would put it in to let her know she’s not forgotten. We bet that Henry Falk of the Music Li- have his secretary back from Our little sugar (Rose White) is out brary is glad to vacation. Being an accomplished musi- roughing it in some swell hotel in Jersey. her They sent her away with loads of candy and cian does not make one an efficient typist, perfect so Henry, glazed fruits, and we expect to see her come but then, practice makes — trying. Better luck next time. back at least fifteen pounds heavier. keep on Page Nine

ALL OVER PUBLIX If your car will run a few miles and then PLEASE! PLEASE! suddenly stop and then repeat this operation Along towards the rear end of this several times, one might think the spark little volume, we have finally worked plugs are out of kilter or else the gas isn’t up enough courage to enter an editor- flowing properly. Such was the experience ial plea for contributions for the Anni- of Mr. Haley on his homeward trip through versary issue, which makes its bashful the New England states. After various appearance at the Inaugural Dinner on stops at garages, one mechanic was clever October 17th. enough to notice that the gas cap didn’t We realize, of course, that readers have an air hole in it and that was the of all publications similar to Pep-O- cause of all their trouble. It seems—one Grams have become quite hardened rainy night, after having lost their gasoline to these moans for material—in fact, tank cap, it was necessary to park the car before we were placed in this situa- outside and for fear of rain getting into the tion, we were accustomed to view the tank they transferred the radiator cap to requests of editors with something the gas tank. Which all goes to prove that akin to amusement. “If they were edi- a little pin hole in the proper place will tors, why didn’t they edit, instead of make a whale of a difference. calling loudly for help?’’ But, as the years pile themselves on The Poster Dept, loses and gains one our shoulders (three months if you in- over the week-end, which is another way sist upon being so precise), our atti- of sa3dng that Miss Zetta Rohart, Secretary tude becomes more and more tolerant. to Jerry Novat left the employ of the Para- Now we entertain a certain sympathy, mount organization and Miss Hilda Jacobs, or still better, a brotherly love for formerly of the Stenographic Dept., is now those editors for whom we formerly the new Secretary. felt only contempt. ’Tis said that Bill Hecht made much To bring this needless philosophiz- whoopee during his vacation at Big Indian ing to a point—WE WANT CON- which is located somewhere in the Cats- TRIBUTIONS! From anybody, ev- kill Mts. At any rate. Rill has a nice coat erybody, about anything; Publication, of tan and seems to be fit for anc’thing of course, is not absolutely guaran- that may come his way. teed, but, ladies and gentlemen, the Mr. Stoddard, Publix’ Personnel head and chances look extremely good his Secretary" Miss Chock are now occu- PUBLIX BOOKING DEPARTMENT pt'ing the office vacated by Ralph Stitt, J. Friedman wants to get fat! Tlie C. Furman and Miss Mahoney who have Jeanne is offering a barlrcd moved to the Rialto Theatre. Booking Department wire bracelet to the one who submits t’ne Alice Deegan of the Filing Dept., has best "get fat quick’’ diet for her. been seen lately sporting a new hair ar- Joe Weinstein certainly looks like “what rangement. Yes, that’s right — one ear the well dressed young man will wear’’ showing and the other half hidden from with his new black and white shoes and view. She surely looks natty. And now those vivid ties. bo3^s that 3’ou are interested thus far, it Texas is well represented since Blanche has been said that Miss Deegan is on the Bray’s two lirothers, Cla3'ton and Lewis, lookout for a red-headed Western cowboy; have joined our midst. It is rumored that so if 3'ou have the necessary qualifications, Lewis is endowed with a very pleasing just step to and introduce yourselves. voice; perhaps we may be able to per- suade him to sing at some future Pep Club entertainment. BUDGETINGS Joel Golden is spending his vacation see- Eileen Donohue, just back from a vacation ing ball games and can’t wait until the and looking more charming than ever, if World Series is at hand. that is possible, had plenty to tell us about Dave Samuelson, the favorite of the the scenic beauties of Cape Cod. However, ladies, and of one in particular for generous ; why shouldn’t she have had a good time? action recentCv performed, ma3' be seen Wasn’t her Arthur with her? sporting a fraternity guard which was presented to him b3" his fellow brothers. A most miserable time was had b3' Irv- ing Singer during the first week of his LAND VERSUS WATER vacation. Oh, the reason; well, Irving en- The Choo Choo trains are plenty good counters difficult3' in finding an oppo- much enough for Bertha Davis of the Stenograph- nent worthy of his steel. And Singer with- ic Department after her horrible experience out his tennis is like a ship without a sail. er, route to Totem Lodge, Averil Park, New In the’ “Dance of Life’’ Harvey Howell York, by boat. Never again, says Bertha, remarks that horse-back riding is a thing who, with her sister, spent an enjoyable to “be cultivated and Seymour Shultz heart- vacation at Totem Lodge, going swimming, ily agrees with him as is evidenced b3' the horseback riding and other outdoor sports, fact that he’s been eating off a shelf for the returning full of pep, with a good coating of last three days. tan. — — Page Ten /WAVVWW^V'AVW^.V.'W.VLSV.VgWWVWVW./'JV.WWA^’W^AV.'W FILM UP AGAIN i IJW.^^^^W^^WWA^V^l^V^.1AnAVWiPA^V^WWWWWA^VWV^VVWVW

IT 7" ALTER HLTSTON, looking much The Sun is a sheet that’s cramped for time V\ bronzed and very much less than his age, I^ike all the daily p.m.’s. was a visitor at the Home Office recently. He And so each day a lotta Sunday features had just returned from the \\ est Coast where cram it he completed the role —in “The \'irginian” And give us delirium tremens. which calls for a smile “when you say that word— smile!” But the smile we got in Room 1255 was The Mirror’s a blatt that’s a wow: from a different quarter. A discussion We’ll recite all its virtues and how! arose concerning the authorship of “riie It’s speedily done—Walt W'inchell, the Virginian.” One of those gents who knows Broadwav' Barker everything asserte

j compensations—for it was along about punch every minute! the seventh floor that we found a scrap There’s Cooper the hero, we’re telling you, of paper. On it were scribbled, in faul- voice will fe- ty long-hand, six quatrains. LTpon close kirro, that boy’s talking make perusal they seented to be half free males rejoice from Canton, Ohio, to Cape or Words- verse and lialf Longfellow Cod and Cairo! There’s Huston, the villain, had been writ- worth. Apparently they an actor so thrillin’ he kept us a-shiver from man just be- ten by a cynical newspaper jaw-bone to liver! fore he perishe

PURPLE PASSION WVWv-vWWWWVWWWWVWTWWVTOWWWWWWWWWWWV or PARAMOUNT RADIO HOUR THE RETIRING REPORTER CFie of the “big moments” vve have been eagerly anticipating is A Pep-O-Grains reporter, out to get the now^ near at hand. facts, stepped into a vacant elevator at the i2th floor the other day. Before the yV series of nation-wide radio operator had closed the door for the down- Itroadcasts over the Columbia ward trip, the reporter queried, "If you broadcasting System will be in- persons were asked to name the ten ideal augurated by Paramount on Sat- for any given trip up or down in this car, urday night, September accord- whom would you designate and why?” 21, ing to an announcement by Mr. “Aw, don’t go gettin’ my name in the Adolph Zukor. papers, now," pleaded the usually brisk and assertive operator. The hour will he known as the d'he reporter assured him that he should Paramount-Publix hour, and all the be nameless here. varied resources of our great organization will be “All right,” he said, ‘T'll tell you—hut amusement first sui>pose you give me your name. In utilized in fashioning the finest case this gets into the papers I’ll want to tadio etitertaiiniient possible. Out- know who is responsible.” standing stars of the stage, screen

"My name is Henry Gray,” said the re- and radio will he i)resented. Talent porter, squinting his eyes and tugging at for the hour will be recruited from best his bristling mustachios in the Henry the motion picture stars at the tw-o Gray guise he could muster. Paramount studios and from the

“Oh-h I see!” ejaculated the surprised and musical features appearing in Puh- awe-struck ups-and-downs man, “sure. I’ll lix Theatres throughout the coun- to tell you my ten ideal pas- be pleased try. sengers, Mr. Gray. They are Jeannette Men- delson. Rita Robinson, Irene Sullivan, Mary Following the initial hour, which will Spitzer, Pearl De Grau, Anna Horenstein he carried over the Columbia chain of ‘Pete’ Peterson, Esther Jablow, Maxine forty-seven stations, this Paramount- Kessler and Marie Dunn.” Ptdrli-x radio entertainment will he a regular weekly feature, being Irroadcast “Thanks,” said the reporter, “now tell me c\ery Saturday night between the hours why you chose those girls.” of ten and eleven. Eastern daylight saving time, from the Columliia Broadcast- "Because,” said the downs-aml-ups man, ing headquarters in New York. "because they always yell out their floor number before my car reaches it.’’ “Ill emharking on another phase of enterfainnient the piiblie through The car stopped. for radio lec shall be guided by the s'anie “First floor,” announced the vertical high qualify that prevails in Paramount motorman. pictures and on the stage in our Publi.v theatres,” said Mr. Zukor. H'e made “Sorry, I wanted the second,” announced a. .Uudy radio a long time to the reporter and the flight was on. of for be sure that ivhcn zve did go on the air zoe zvould do so in a manner that zvould be beneficial not only to the radio public, but also to the thousands of motion picture theatres throughout the coun- PEP CLUB try. “As a result of our research in the broadcasting field the Paramount Fa- mous Lasky Corporation recently ELECTION acquired. ai half interest in the Columbia Broadcasting System. Then zve began a definite zvorking arrangement betzvecn SEPTEMBER 24 the tzuo companies to bring radio, stage and screen together on. a basis that zvill assure the public of best features of amusement in these three great forms of VOTE! entertainment. The Paramonnt-Publi.v hour is the first step in this arrangement.” ! ? !

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PUBLIXITIES TWO GOOD MEN In Room 1255 — that bee-hive of human ACCOUNTING DEPT. activity—there are two new Pepsters. Their names are Rowan (Speed Boy) Aliller and From all reports, I’ernie Solomonick Goland (Hot Lips) Zirin. These greatly enjoyed his vacation at Liberty, N. admirable' gents are Pepsters of the first order, say we, especially Y. In fact, it was such a great success since they assisted A E ED to line up copv for that Bernie is returning there for a Labor this edition of PEP-O-GRAAIS. Day W eek End. Air. Zirin is one of Air. Earl Wingart’s Handsome A1 Brenia, the sheik of the staff of hustling public relations men and General Ledger Dept., was mournfully Air. Aliller is one of the A1 Adams (or Press missed by some of the effeminate hearts Book) tribe. Air. during his two weeks vacation in Connecti- Zirin is a Columbia alumnus. But he j got all of that cut. knocked out of him when he j took his first job with the Syracuse Larry O’Neill heartily recommends the (N. A'.) Post-Standard. He then gravitated to an- swimming at Long Beach, L. I. where he other post—the Cincinnati Post of Cincin- remained during his vacation. nati, O-H-ten (as Air. Charles Alack calls it m \\ hy Bring Jeanne Briggs describes Block Island, That C'p. ) Well, ^ to go R. L, as one of the seven won

FORE WORD

'Fhis Anniversary Issue of Pep-O-Granis marks the end of the old regime and the beginning of the new. It is a written record of achievements made, and a prophecy of the good works to come.

In the one case—an historical narrative; in the other—an oracle of the future. In both, a transcription of the aspirations, joys, and desires of a congenial association and most important of all —a medium to promote that spirit of friendly understanding which is Paramount. PEP- 0-GRAMS The Spirit of the organizations of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and Puhlix Theatres Corporation. Edited by William Noonan Associate editors: Henry Gray, Leonard B. Daly Art Editors: Ray Fremantle, Saul Schiavone Official Photographer: Lewis F. Nathan Keportoi-ial Committee: Henry Gray (Chairman). Henry Behr, -'ll. Brenia, James Brown, Clara Capozzi, Martin Cai-roll. Xorma l)avi.s. Charles Eich, Ilichard Engel. John Gentile. Marion Herbert, E.sther Jablow, Claude Keator, Maxine Kessler, Leo Lalanne.’ Heiljert Lizt, Owen McClave. Jeannette Mendelson. Edith Moses, Charles Ileilly, Albert .1. Sicignano, Tess Sternberger.

Pep-O-Grams is published by and for the members of the Paramount-Pep Club on the first of every month at the Paramount Building, New York City. Volume 5, Number 12 October 17 1929 THE FUTURE

In the twelve month period which has e.xecutive and assistant, so the success of the elapsed since the last Inaugural Dinner, it outgoing Administration is a tribute to the has been the happt" lot of the members of constructive zeal of the retiring officers, the Paramount Pep Club to occupy ringside headed by Ct. B. J. Fraw ley, as well as to seats at the transformation of one of the the suiKrlative co-operation of the members world’s largest industries. themsehes. 'That development which we in Para- To carry the analogy a bit further—we labeled Show- mount have “The New peer into the future and experience no mis- World” has created problems and condi- givings in predicting that the Corporation entirely settled. tions which arc still not will not for one moment slacken the breath- owever, w-e have also seen our parent H taking pace which it is now- .setting—that leadership in companies maintain their events of the past year are but a forerunner business every phase of the motion picture of still greater and more momentous things —production, distribution, and exliibition. to come. And, once again, the Paramount the premier posi- T'his firm grasp upon Pep Club will assume its customary share tion has been held only because of the abil- in these undertakings. ity of our executives and the loyalty and To presume that our Club will be any willing endeavor of their subordinates. less active than the parent organizations is Needless to say, members of the Club—as unthinkable. Again we tempt Fate to the indi\’iduals—have aided the Corporation in extent of a prediction that the new Ad- its determination to remain at the top of ministration, under the able leadership of the heap. But even more than that, the Edward A. Brow n, and w ith the loyal sup- Club— as an organization—has also passed port of e\'eryone, will go hand in hand through a banner year in its history. In the same manner that the continued with the coiripany in reaching new heights pre-eminence of Paramount and Publix is of seiA'ice to the ideals which have been due to the whole-soided effort of both conceived so splendidly in the past.

B E () U E S T

With something of relief, mingled with Fhe iiersonnel of the next staff is not yet a slight pang of regret, the present editorial know-n. However, no matter who they board of Pep-O-Grams makes its adieu may be, w e can conceive of no greater bless- along with the outgoing administration. ing than to bequeath them the same hearty adventure upon the uncharted A short support, the same w-hole-souled spirit of seas of journalism has supplied a thrill w-illing assistance w’hich has been the real which was greatly enhanced by the superb motive pow-er behind Pep-O-Grams since co-operation of as fine a group of peppy w’orkers as ever graced a metropolitan daily. its inception.

p E p o grams PAGE TWO BROWN ELECTED PRESIDENT

September 24 witnessed the ninth annual election of the raramount I’ep C'luh. The Ticket designated by the Nominating Committee was swept into office by a tremendous majority of votes. Edward A. Brown, I’resident, heads the new administration, with Fred L. Aletzler for Vice-President, Aldythe Reichenbach for Secretary, and h'lmer R. Short for Treasurer.

'I'he Nominating Committee consisting of Palmer H. Stilson, Loiii> Phillips, Leon M. Saveli, Agnes Mengel, and Ida Wolf reported their findings early in September. The approval of the Club was immediately heard throughout the building, testifying to the popularity of the committee’s choice. New members of the Board of Governors who were elected to office include G. B. J. Frawley, Theodore C. Young, Joseph Sweenej', Joseph A. Philipson, Jeannette Mendelson,

and Helen W. Swayne. They take the places of J. P. McLoughlin, Arthur J. Dunne, William kfcllvain, Joseph R. Wood, Mi'^s Rebekah Shuman, and Mrs. Chalmers S. I'raw, whose terms expire this year. The following members will also be on the Board of Governors during the new administration, inasmuch as their terms do not e.xpire until 1930: Vincent Trotta, Sam Dembow, Jr., Lou S. Diamoml, Alice Blunt, and Sara, Lyons. Mr. Eugene J. Zukor, who is- now Honorary Chairman of the Hoard of Governors, will continue to occupy that place of distinction.

SPIRITED TALK BY S. R. KENT THRILLS MEMBERS AT SEPTEMBER MEETING

'I'he last of a scries of talks by Paramount Air. Kent reminded his attentive listeners and Publi.x e.xccutives was consummated when that he could look back to the time before S. R. Kent, General klanager the compan}- was in the financial position it of Paramount Famous Lasky is in today, before we had our offices in the Corporation spoke to I’e]) Club beautiful Paramount building, to the time w'hen members at the regular we had greater difficulties to overcome, to monlhl}^ meeting held Tuesda}' the time wffien the only thing that put us September 10, 1929. over the to[> was the spirit of loyalty. Rather than talk about “Dis- Mr. Kent emphasized that the Paramount tribution,” he preferred to S])irit is one of the biggest assets of the com- voice his remarks about some- pany and must be felt by individuals as em- thing that has Iteen \cry dear ployees of Paramount, and it would be impos- to him for many many years. sible to bring any new employee into this com- And that was the building up pan\’ without having them feel that there was of Paramount si>irit and morale, something a little different in Paramount than of loyalt)', of a sense of obli- any company they had ever worked for. gation, that would go down through the years as a trade Air. Kent further stated, “We call it morale, mark of ser\ice b.v employees which is a very nccessar}- thing, and morale in to their company. business is no different than morale in the Continuing, Mr. Kent said, Arm\' or morale in a footliall team. Build “In the type of Imsiness we morale and you Iniild the spirit which will are in, it is ver\' hard to make make men go out and do the tmusual thing entirely the best ])ictures e\cry year, but if we hare for love of companv' and their fel- the best spirit and manpower, and the best low employees.” s|hrit of loyalty, we can get the best results. Paramount spirit has done a great deal to- While doing that and getting fine residts for ward making happy working conditions, con- the comi)any, we have also been able to be of tinued Air. Kent. And it has made the execu- a great deal of service to ourselves in our tives think more of the employees and ways work. 1 recall the time when we brought into and means of helping them. It is responsible oit]- ctimpany hundreds of ranmg men who for this Group Insurance Plan which so had never been in the business before, as we recently went into effect. were greath' in need of manpower. Today Bringing this inspiiring talk to a close. Air. there are dozens of them holding positions of Kent said, “Alost of the members of the Pep responsiljility all over the world and making Club have hcen here for years and will be the grade.” here for years to come, and they have no more “Paramount sjjirit has developed into some- important thing to do than keep this Para- thing real. It is exemplified in your Pep Club mount spirit alive so employees who come into work, sucb as helping the sick and need\', your this institution in the next ten or twenty spirit of helpfulness to others around you, years will enjoy what w-as started ten or etc.” twelve years ago.” PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE THREE PROPOSED CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION CLUB INSURANCE

Amendment to Constitution Article VIII Each Club Member participating in The committee (Xominating Committee) the Insurance Plan should have now shall nominate one or more candidates for received his or her policy. each vacance^ and the committee is authorized Please examine your policy and to receive recommendations regarding the make sure your name and the partic- qualifications of any person for office. Upon ulars regarding your beneficiary are the written petition of seventy-five or more correct in all details. members any person may he nominated for Any changes necessary, and all in- office provided that the petition be filed quiries referring to this subject should with the Xominating Committee within be addressed to three weeks after the names of the nominees P. Me Loughlin, selected by the committee have been posted, J. and the names of the additional nominees Office Manager shall be posted b}' the committee as soon as filed. Amendment to By-Laws Article II Sectionb The names of all candidates chosen by the Nominating Committee or by written petition of the Club members shall be Tlie New Administration printed on this Ballot, alphabetically, in the follotving order; President Vice-President Edward A. Brown Treasurer Secretary President Board of Governors Fred L. Metzler (a) Men Vice-President (b) Women And only such canclidates as shall have Aldythe Reichenbach with the been duly nominated in accordance Secretary provisions hereinbefore set forth, shall be eligible to be voted for. Elmer R. Short Treasurer BOUND VOLUMES Several people have inquired as to the possibility of securing bound volumes of Board of Governors Pep-O-Grams which would contain copies Eugene Zukor of all issues publi.-hed during the past J. twelve months. Honorary Chairman We hasten to inform the world that such momentoes of the year's association can Terms Expire 1930 be made available to a limited number only. Application should be made before Octo- Vincent Trotta ber 19. And it may be cruel, but we must escorted In- insist that this application be Sam Dembow, Jr. two one dollar bills or one two dollar bill or eight quarters to cover the cost of bind- Lou S. Diamond ing. Alice Blunt Sara Lyons PEP-O-GRAMS Terms Expire 1931

G. B. J. Frawley OPPORTUNE Theodore C. Young TAKES THIS | TY TO WISH THE INCOM- Joseph Sweeney | Joseph A. Philipson ING ADMINISTRATION | Jeannette Mendelson A MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR Helen W. Swayne |

PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FOUR The NeH^ Administration ^

*1-4-, Elected September 10*10 p

HONOKARY CHAIRMAN fRi:SII)i:NT EUGENE J. ZUKOR EDWARD A. RROWN

TREASURER SECRETARY ELMER SHORT ALDYTHE REICHENBACH VICE-PRESIDENT FRED L. METZLER

Sam Demhow, Jr. Vincent Trotta Helen W. Swayne Lon S. Diamond G. B . J . Frawley

Joseph Sweeney Sara Lyons Then. S. Young Jos. A. Phiilipson Alice Blunt Jeannette Mendelson PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FIVE —

Several weeks before publication date, we planned

to ask various members for an article for the Anni-

versary Issue of Pep-O-Grams.

Now if there is anything which is more dreaded

than such a request, we have yet to hear of it.

Men who formerly met us openly and exchanged

affable greetings developed a peculiar forgetfulness

which caused them to remember something or other

and suddenly turn in their tracks when we approached.

In spite of the fact that Dr. Stern reported no increase

in eye troubles, it seemed to us that an astounding

number of people around the Home Office were having u Xx.4-^ visual difficulties—no matter how close we came, they 4^* just couldn’t seem to see us. tt TT So we decided to astonish everybody with a display

of magnanimous liberality. A program was mapped- it a contribution would be asked, but one of only ten

words. We felt that this would give us, in a nut-shell, the same idea which would ordinarily take more time

to write in a longer article. W4

Consequently, here and there throughout this book XX u will be found choice “telegrams” of wit, wisdom, and ^44*4 n *’•’44*4 4*4*J* wishes from people We all know. Some are humorous, JwJ* 4^*4 some serious, some are sincere hopes for the Club’s continued prosperity. *J»-4.4 ti 44*4 4^ We gladly accept them all in the spirit in which * 44j4 they are given—a spirit which is ever willing to lend «{44^4 a helping hand to a Fellow-Paramounteer. ^4 tt «|44*4 4^4 tt

4*4^4 ^•-4^ 4^4^ ^•-^4 ttt PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE SIX THE HISTORY

OF THE PARAMOUNT PEP CLUB

FOR THE YEAR

1928-1929 1

3 I ] 1 ;,TT: I llifTTT I ] I I [ ! ! - M 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 inTTTTni^ i 'i Resolutions—

Presented at the Annual Meeting, Octol)er 8tli, 1929, by Mr. J- J. \^ ildberg and unanimously adopted by the members of the Paramount Pep Club. succeeded '^'cLuB^^INcI'; as TREASURER of the PARAMOUNT PEP

'^“fficient!;;‘‘now^ther\Tore™be^"‘”'^ «"

‘'''L''hL’'iwen:‘^nd%n1hit ‘he -rvices m^^eT '*eep appreciation; and be it further RESOLVED: that a copy of th^rresoluti^n h also that a copy of th s resolutio.rr„‘S insert he“rese‘nLdT“hf^. "-eceeded '''"pEP®CLU^‘mC.“'"a.fd‘‘''''’"^ as" SECRETARY of the PARAMOUNT

'^"emcient!;;“now^h':refo:r"h:'it‘’'"^" her work

'""efficienU;;''™th»efoVe'"he^^ his work

^‘^he'i.L®uiven-‘and fn^fhts^m^^'^ '^«‘ef“> ‘er the services ^’‘Peesses its deep appreciation; and resolved! that a conv of thT be it further that a copy of this resolution. suYably"^c‘l•ibedfV "p'ieLnL'd "t^h^^^

'^"gOv’^EKNORS oT\t“ PARAMOuA%Ep"cLUriN^^ -^nd '^”emcienu;;‘t1v"^he‘;ef.mrb:'it“'*‘''^ his work grateful hls*^ uiven-‘an'’d' for the services ^ this manner, expresses its deep appreciation; RESOIVED- fh»t and be it further “ ‘h*® resolution be Yi '“‘’I ?! spread upon the minutes of the Club and and also that a copy of this resolution^, suUably inscribed, be presented to him.

'^"ov''ElfNORS of- the PArTmOuYnT^ PeI-*^ CL^ P^rfov,ned '^”effiYiYntt;;‘'nX%h'YrVoVe?beSt'‘'”'‘' his work ^‘"'‘••ely grateful hls^^uiVen?* for the services manner, expresses its deep appreciation; RFS01 VFlV. ihoi 0^0 ‘^r and be it further that a copy of this re^so”utionY s'!IiTably“"n.scObed!“be “pTe'^entcd"Jo" hhm

'';“oVElfNORS-oY'’tt" ‘h* board OF ''“effiOenD;;‘'™th^"efYYe'^be^^“ her woik the paramount PEP CLUB, INC., is sincerely grateful for the services “"'* J^anner, expresses its deep appreciation; and be it further RFSni VFii^'Yt"rthat a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Club and also that a copy of this resolution, suitably inscribed, be presented to her. * N: tit H: Reh'-kah Shuman has been .succeeded as a MEMBER of the BOARD OF GOVERNORS of the PARAMOUNT PEP CLUB, INC.; and "^BBRPAS, during her term of office she gave her services freely, and performed her work etticienriy; now therefore, be it RESOLVED: that the PARAMOUNT PEP CLUB, INC., is sincerely grateful for the services ‘hj® manner, expresses its deep appreciation, and be it further KESULVED:Bieani that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Club and also that a copy of this resolution, suitably inscribed, be presented to her. * * * * -4: ^ •‘‘*®^P'' R- Wood has been succeeded as a MEMBER of the BOARD OF GOVERNORS of the PARAMOUNT PEP CLUB, INC.; and ‘‘“''"B his term of office, he gave his services freely, and performed his work emciently; now therefore, be it RESOLVED: that the PARAMOUNT PEP CLUB, INC., is sincerely grateful for the services expresses its deep appreciation: and be it further that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Club and also that a copy of this resolution, suitably inscribed, be presented to him. (i. 15. .), P^rawley J. P. McLoiiglilin President Chairman of Board Rose Eidelsherg- Secretary

PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE EIGHT ADMINISTRATION

GILBERT B. J. FRAWLEY PRESIDENT

MARTIN COLES ROSE EIDELSBERG TREASURER SECRETARY

EDWARD A. BROWN VICE-PRESIDENT

anJ Rcbckah Shuman Chalmers S. Traw BOARD Of GOVeRNORS —

Sam Dembow, Jr.

J. P. McLouphlin Vincent Trotta Chairman Vice Chairman Eugene J. Ziikor Honorary Chairman

Jos. R. Wood Arthur J . Dunne

XUce Sara Lyons William Mcllvain PEP-O-GRAMS PAQE NINE IN RETROSPECT—

An occasional pause during a period of sustained activity does little harm in this busy world and really acts as a stimulant to further effort.

To this end, members of the Paramount Pep Club might well hesitate a second to survey the record of the past year. To call this resting on our laurels is absurd; a sensible inventory of recent accomplishments presages more to follow.

The year 1928-1929 will always stand forth brilliantly in the history of the Club. So many events, so many innovations, so many benefits were enjoyed that the out-going Administration must have impressed itself indelibly upon the minds of all.

Perhaps the greatest single achievement was the promotion of Group Insurance. No words of praise for the retiring officers who brought this to a successful conclusion, as well as for Dr. Stern, who was largely instrumental in rendering it effective, can fully express the Club’s appreciation of this great step.

The add resses of the executives of the corporation at the monthly meetings were of inestimable value in promoting that spirit of friendly understanding which so distinguishes Paramount from other large business enterprises of equal size.

The affairs so well planned and ably run by an alert Entertain- ment Committee—the Ball, the two dances, the outing, this ver\' dinner— all bespeak a leadership which has set a high standard for following Administrations to match.

An exceedingly active Educational Committee provided many advantages for the members of the Club, while other committees carried out their duties in a manner which reflects credit upon the entire organization.

All in all, we have witnessed one of the most glorious years in the history of the Club—a year which is twice blessed in that it not only brought pleasure and happiness to the members but also that it will serve as an inspiration to this peppy Clan of Good Fellows in their never ceasing endeavor to better themselves, the Club, and Paramount.

PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE TEN —!

t*> Pep Club Members: >J* t How rapidly the year rolled by 4» It does not seem a year ago since we all met here together on just such an occasion as this. At this time there was unfolded to you the proposed plans of the incoming administration, after which you all were imbued with the greatest hopes and expectations. W hether or not they have lieen realized, is for you alone to judge. ' However, you all have been very patient, and whatever has been accomplished is jjast history, and on the Club records. W ithout the good counsel, co-ojiera- tion, and sui)port of Messrs. Adolph t Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, Sydney R. Kent, Sam Katz, Elek John Ludvigh, Ralph Kohn, EmU E. Shauer, and our own Eugene J. Zukor, all of whom gave un- stintingly of their time, (often when it could least be spared) very little, indeed, could have been done. To them I extend, not only my humble, sincere gratitude and very deep t appreciation, but also that of the entire membership of the Club, for their heartfelt interest, and the very interesting and instructive messages which 4 they so generously gave, personally, at our meetings during the past year. They created an impression which shall long bej remembered. To the Board of Governors; Mr. Eugene J. Zukor, Honorary Chairman, Misses Alice Blunt, Sara Lyons, Rebekah Shuman and Mrs. Chalmers S.

Traw; Messrs. Sam Dembow, Lou S. Diamond, Arthur J. Dunne, William Mcllvain, J. P. McLoughlin, Vincent Trotta and Joe Wood, I am deeply indebted for their kind and just consideration of the numerous matters laid before them. To Mr. Edw. A. Brown, Vice-President, ]\Ir. Marion Coles, Treasurer % and Miss Rose Eidelsberg, Secretary, I am extremely grateful for the assistance which they gave me so willingly during my administration. Mr. i Brown, especially, for his conducting the meetings, and handling the affairs Ju. of the Club so; well, during niy absence. X To thd c&mmitt6e' Chaitmen, for their untiring efforts to make each affair under their superVisJon, a tremendous success. To' Mr. Theodore C. Young of the Athletic Committee, Mr, Harry A. Nadel of the Co-operative Buying Committee, Miss Helen W. Swayne of the Educational Committee, $ Mr. William- Mcllvain of the Entertainment Committee, Mr. J. E. McDer- A t mott of the Finance Committee, Mr. Elmer R. Short of the Membership Committee, Mr. Charles E. McCarthy of the Publicity Committee, Mr. Henry

Gray, Chairman of the Reporting Committee, Mr. J. J. Wildberg of the Rules Committee, Mr. Fred Metzler of the Thrift] Committee, Dr. Emanuel Stern of the Welfare Committee and Mr. Dan O’Neill of thd Bulletin Com- mittee; I wish to extend my sincere appreciation. To Messrs. Albert Deane and William Noonan, Editors of Pep-O- i Grams, who labored into the late hO.Ufs of the night onfmany occasions, so X as to publish on time, your monthly magazine, I am also thankful. To the entire Pep Club Membership, without whose loyalty, enthusiasm i and generous support, I would not have been able to do a single thing, I wish to express my eternal gratitude. In conclusion, it is my sincere wish all of the Club Members will continue to give, not only as they have in the past, but to an even larger degree, *> their whole hearted sympathetic support to our new President, Mr. Edward A. Brown, and his officers during their tenure of office. Faithfully yours. t t. I

j#' AAA-fr^M^* A-AAA AAA A AA J* J* i*AAA-« PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE ELEVEN Roll of Honor

Past Officers, Members of the Board of Governors

Paramount Pep Club

OFFICERS

Year President Vice-President

1921-1922 Eugene J. Zukor Oscar .A. Morgan 1922-1923 Eugene J. Zukor Melville .A. Shauer 1923-1924 Melville .A. Shauer Harry .A. Nadel

1924-1925 Harry .1 . Nadel Palmer Hall Stilson 1925-1926 Palmer Hall Stilson Eincent Trotta 1926-1927 Joseph P. McLoughlin Joseph .A. Walsh 1927-192S Eincent T rotta Joseph Sveeney

192S-1929 Gilbert B. J. FravAey Edvard .1 . Brovn

Year Treasurer Secretary

1921-1922 Edvard .A. Brovn Belle Goldstein 1922-1923 Edvard .A. Brovn Bert Wiener 1923-1924 Edvard .A. Brovn Emma Peters 1924-1925 Joseph .A. lEalsh Evelyn O’Connell 1925-1926 .Arthur J. Dunne Sally C. McLoughlin 1926-1927 .Axel R. Svenson Helen Strauss 1927-1928 .A rthur Leonard Catherine Kent 1928-1929 Marion Coles Rose Eidelsberg BOARD OF GOVERNORS

1922-1923 1923-1924 1924-1925

Richard If'. Saunders* Harry C. IEy lie* Harry C. Wylie* Harry C. fEylie*^

Gilbert B. J. Fraiuley Gilbert B. J. Fra

Marie White'\ Melville A . Shauer Elizabeth SumrnerlynX Florence McGovern

1926-1927 1927-1928

Eugene J. Zukor* Eugene J. Zukor* Eugene J. Zukor* Eugene J. Zukor** Melville A. Shauer Joseph R. ll'ood Joseph P. McLoughlin Joseph P. McLoughlin* Harry A. Nadel Irene Scott Joseph R. Jf'ood Eincent Trotta Glendon Allvine Belle Goldstein Palmer Hall Stilson Sam Dembovo, Jr. Fred. L. Metzler Palmer //. Stilson .Arthur Dunne .Arthur J. Dunne A gnes F. Mengel Sadie Spitzer Chalmers S. Travj Lou S. Diamond Irene Scott Chalmers S. Traw IlAlliarn Mcllvain William Mcllvain Glendon Allvine^' Rebekah Shuman .Alice Blunt Harry A. Nadel Sadie Spitzer Sara Lyons

Edvsard A . Brovin Belle Goldstein Chalmers S. Trav .Arthur J. DunneX Edvard .A. Brovn Rebekah Shuman Joseph R. Wood

• Elected fill vacancy. •* = t Resigned. Chairman of Board X to Honorary Chairman

PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE TWELVE i lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllilllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllillll^^ 1 1 Roster of Past Committee Chairmen 1 Paramount Pep Club

Year Book and Year Athletic Co-Operative Buying 1 Boll Program 1 George M. Spidell 1921-1922 Gerald E. Akers ( m \ .Ignes F. Mengel = 1922-1923 Georcje M. Spidell Charles L. Gartner Harry A. Nadel 1923-1924 Gcorcjc M. Spidell William S. Mcllvain Bert ll’iener M Claude B. Keator \ 3 1 1924-1925 Georye M . Spidell Thomas ITalsh ( Charles L. Gartner Hattie Schlansky M 1925-1926 Harry A. Nadel Robert J. Powers j p \ Alice R. Blunt a 1926-1927 Joseph Douyhney Joseph Sweeney Bessie Golds mith Ray Pratt\ A lice Blunt']' 3 1927-1928 David Cassidy \ \ \ Raymond V. Keenan^ \ Joseph Philipson'5- David Cassidy 3 1922-1929 ) Theodore C. Young Harry A. Nadel Flavin \ Harold 1 M Year Entertainment Finance Membership M 1921-1922 Paul L. Morejan Norman Collycr william Sussman m 1922-1923 Eric C. Norrincjton Henry S. Jacobs Arthur J. Dunne

( Jerome Novat 1923-1924 Palmer H. Stilson Jack Roper 1 1 Joseph R. Wood = 1924-1925 Joseph P. McLouahlin Edward A. Brown Henry P. Gray M 1925-1926 Joseph R. IFood Axel R. Swenson ITalter Mackintosh m 1926-1927 William J. O’Connell ITalter Mackintosh Percy Lockwood Joseph Phdipson']' = 1927-1928 Lou S. Diamond Joseph ITalsh \ 1 U’illiam Goldstein'^ \ J. E. McDermott^ 1928-1929 J. E. McDermott Elmer R. Short 1 \ William Mcllvain m Year Publication Thrift Welfare M 1921-1922 Charles E. McCarthy Robert C. Montgomery Sara Lyons 1922-1923 Glendon Allvine Robert C. Montgomery P'lorence McGovern = 1923-1924 Charles L. Gartner Robert C. Montgomery TesAronstarnm M 1924-1925 Morton li. Blumenstock Robert C. Montgomery Irene Sullivan M 1925-1926 Jay M. Shreck Robert C. Montgomery Dr. Emanuel Stern m 1926-1927 Maurice Henle, Alvin Robert C. Montgomery Dr. Emanuel Stern Adams, Tom IValsh = Albert Deane 1927-1928 Albert Deane ITalter B. Cokell Dr. Emanuel Stern Albert Deane'\ 1 1928-1929 Fred L. Metzler Dr. Emanuel Stern 1 William Noonan 1

3 Year Annual Recept on Rules Bulletin 1 = 1921-1922 Edward A. Brown a 1922-1923 Eric C. Norrinatc)n 1923-1924 Palmer 11. Stilson M 1924-1925 Joseph P. McLouahlin Jack Roper Scott Lett 1925-1926 Joseph R. Wood Jack Roper William Pass M 1926-1927 irilliam J. O’Connell Elmer Short IT. T. Scully M 1927-1928 Lou S. Diamond Leon Saveli Francis Finanj { Charles A Inwick^ 1 1928-1929 J.E. McDermott J. J. Wildberg 1 Daniel J. O’Neill s 1 Year Librarian Educational = 1922-1923 Arthur Haupert 1923-1924 1924-1925 Henry Spie ejel 1925-1926 1926-1927 Irene F. Scott = 1927-1928 Irene F. Scott M 1928-1929 Helen IT. Swayne

Resigned Appointed to fill vacanc^p M i* 1

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Vital Messages

from Adolph Zukor Honorary President

and Our Honorary

Vice - Presidents

THE WORDS OF THE VICE-PRESIDENTS:

On this anniversary of the As the years go by, the A signilicant occasion for i)irth of the Paramount Pep work of your organization Club, may I express to all my gains in importance. You mutual pride upon the part

I are the friends, my co-workers, the embodiment of the of the individual member, as appreciation of the production ! Paramount spirit — a spirit jtliat has made our department of Paramount company well as the company, presents something more than just a Famous Lasky for the loyalty d)ig' business organization. itself on this anniversary of and comradeship displayed by Your endeavors along educa- the Paramount “Pep Club.” the Clan of Good Fellows in tional and welfare lines are the months gone by. to be commended especially Today the company you and and your assistance to your I am proud to be one of fellow workers in creating I work for—the company that I you; proud to liave such utarmonious working conditions has brought works for you and me—holds friends in the organization. extreme satisfaction to all of us in undisputed in all Paramount. leadership As this is written, I am branches of the amusement packing my griijs for a trip Be assured that this work is appreciated by the officers and east to personally convey the industry by virtue of its executives of the company; to greetings from the east and I them the Paramount-Pep Club loyal, friendly, intelligent and west coast studios of Para- !is one of the real assets of mount, this corporation. energetic personnel.

JESSE L. LASKY I SIDNEY R. KENT SAM KATZ

PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FOURTEEN —

MR. ZUKOR SAYS:

The progress of the Paramount-Pep Club is a source of great pride to me and it is with a real sense of pleasure that I extend greetings to the members on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of their organization.

Only the loyalty and sincere comradeship of the employees of this company could make possible the successful record of your Club. These years of service to your fellow members and to your company must give every one of you as much satisfaction as it does the officials of this corporation. This is a record to be proud of and it speaks eloquently for the ideals of the Club and the good work of its officers and members.

The spirit engendered in the Paramount-Pep Club is the spirit of Paramount. Your help and your loyalty have made it easier for Paramount to progress and to reach its present position in the motion picture industry. At the same time, through fair-dealing, friendliness and loyalty, you have aided materially the welfare of all the employees of this company.

It makes me very happy to have the privilege of again wishing every member of the Club another year of happiness and prosperity in behalf of the Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation.

When the Paramount Pep Reputation, for which we all I have a great many times crave in- spoken of the profoundly good Club was first formed and set whether we be an dividual or a corporation, is influence which the Para- forth the purposes of its or- one of man’s greatest assets. mount Pep Club has had on the world-wide organization ganization in its constitution, A corporation must be just as jealous of the esteem in which of Paramount. This Club, many it thoug'ht would serve others hold it as must an in- founded upon a bedrock of integrity, sincerity, and en- only as a passing fad. To- dividual. The officers of your inspired the Company have long realized thusiasm, has day, having attained those ob- formation of similar clubs, on this and have used their every jects—the promotion of fel- a smaller scale, in all parts effort for the good name of of the world. lowship — the encouragement your Company. They believe of educational You members, through your advancement that their efforts have been own efforts and through the the development of activities fairly successful, but with that guidance of your officers, have to serve mutual welfare and belief they always have the founded and fashioned a Club of which you can be stimulate loyalty to Para- realization that your organi- deeply zation has played a major part and heartily proud. Your ef- mount,—it is not only an forts and interests will be in the effort and it is their integral part of the institu- solely responsible for seeing hope that you will continue to that it continues to flourish tion, it is in fact its very soul do in the future as you have as an inspiration for all the and spirit. done in the past. world. ELEK JOHN I-UDVIGH RALPH A. KOHN EMIL E. SHARE R

PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FIFTEEN SPECIAL DISPATCH FROM THE STOREHOUSE

The storehouse girls will be girls and lovely girls at that. Every member has idiosynchra- sies but it is those things which make them the more interesting.

For instance, Aliss Betty Sobel, a pleasing female wdth tresses^ red and wavy, is at present immersed in the successful execution of an eighteen day diet. She weighs herself every day to measure the results of her laborious efforts. All the other girls have decided to make a collection 'and buy Betty a “collapsible scale” so she can carry if in her purse and make use of it every time she feels an increasing ounce of avoirdupois. Incidentally, Betty ought to cut down on her healthv laughter, for that may be the source of her excess pound- PUBLIX POETRY age, nicht w'alir, Betty? With greatest intentions into the Well I did _ We must credit the Misses Min Blitzer and walk Mildred Goldstein for their show' of inventive To listen to everyone's favorite talk. genius. Instead of having real romeos, these And consequently to Pep-O-Grams write. two modern flappers buy their own diamond These famous quotations forever to indite. rings and display them to the outside would I chanced on Miss Soskel, ambition at its as gifts from fictitious affinities. Their success height, in this practice lies in the fact that they have Said she “Gee, did I get the giggles last !” the “looks.” It is truthfully said that looks night and bravado can go a long way in fooling I stood there a moment, fixing my pearls. all of the people most of the time. A great When up piped Miss Betchuk, "Oh! I'm here, question arises—“What are they going to do girls.” with all those rings?” I acknowledge her presence, and then with Miss Ann Jacobowitz. our ever efficient a start switchboard operator, is launching upon an My senses are wakened by Miss Schiffman's entirely new phase of telephonic work. With “Hello, sweetheart.” the introduction of feels a new hoard. Anna I retrace my footsteps and am ready to as though she has a share in the Bell Tele- skidoo phone Co., herself. Why. wdth all those red Whence comes Miss Sunshine's “I'll be sore lights and yellow' lights, it is a w'onder that at you.” she doesn't feel like a controller on Whalen's Signal traffic squad. I then walk along as though nothing else Hail to Blanche Unger, the girl whose mattered I “All faith in advice is always eagerly sought. For isn't When suddenly hear my she a formidable rival of such authorities women is shattered” on personal matters as Beatrice Fairfax and Turning around to see who'd say this without Doris Blake? That is. as far as our opinion any shame goes. I recog'nize a young man, Mr. Rothman by name. Bertha Kassica, has never yet failed to be ready to leave at 5:05. In her hurry to catch I ask Mr. Nelson whether the above is really

her homebound train, she rushes out with true. I a scarcely audible goodbye, and leaves a He stands there a moment and says “Veil. faint aroma of a sw'eet-scented powder in I'll tell you.” her wake. We have yet to find a person Satisfied with this information and ready to w'hose manner of w'alking is like Miss Kas- yield. sica's. It is her fast pace that has discour- I'm urged on to laughter by Mrs. Sadye In- aged many an interested man's attempt at nerfield. flirtation. "Well I'll be a monkey's uncle, I'm gettin' And here's to Rae Eisner, the popular sec- as fat as a house” retary to Mr. Hynes, who spends most of Gurgles she as she pats herself—the well her leisure time in quiet deliberation, “Shall satisfied spouse. I or shall I not resume my 18 Day diet?” Thinking I'm through, I start putting on Sherlock Holmes has disclosed the facts. It my hat was a tempting “hot-dog stand” that was the But Mr. Richardson says “If I were you 1 ruination of Miss Eisner's first attempt at wouldn't do that.” imitation of the Hollywood stars. Better the I then approach Mr. Eugene Weber, luck next time. Rae. On the subject of marriage, vows he “Marry? Let it not be said that we dwell on the Me? Never!” girls to the exclusion of the boys. A modern And talking of people eager for work to do genius has been discovered in our midst. .loe Miss Horowitz says “Are you busy—May I Levaca is the lad. According to many of his help you?” possessor interested listeners, he is the proud Much as I'd like to, I haven't much time. of an enviable singing voice. We hope to To continue this funny old hobby of mine. day. hear more of him some I know you are curious to know who writes Another famous Beau Brummel is Harry about you, Kassell. A few days ago, Harry was seen .So keep right on wondering for you'll never totin' a full grown moustache on his “upper guess who. lip.” Somehow. Harry looked different a few days thereafter. Further observation disclosed great news. His moustache was gone. NOVAT RETURNS Horrors! The girls were terribly shaken. Jerry Novat, Manager of the How long a time it will take before we girls become accustomed to the “w'hiskerless Poster Art Department, went to Harry” is a matter of deep concern. Texarkana, Arkansas, for a va- With the advent of a new system at the cation and to visit his brother. the temporary absence of storehouse, due to there was stricken Mr. Hynes, our respected manager, Mr. Car- While he roll is occupying:.Mr. Hynes' chair. The tech- with appendicitis and had to un- nique with which Marty executes the -official dergo an operation. Fine vacation! We’re business transactions is worthy of infinite glad to report has fully recovered and praise. Jerry his accustomed Despite these vagaries and small eccentri- is now back on the job with cities. it is these things which serve as a pep. In fact, he says the prospect of the bond to weld us together into one strong inaugural dinner made him get well all the and staid companionship, flexible yet un- breakable. quicker. pep-o-grams PAGE SIXTEEN When the delegation waited upon me, I recall old Joe Doakes, back in the I feared the worst. Delegations always de- home town, who never worked a day in his press me. Usually they want money. Why life. He made a living betting smart guys they want it is seldom made clear. Tlrey in the corner cigar store that they couldn’t spend all your time telling you that they name the last five vice presidents of the want it, and how much they want. You country correctly. begin thinking about excuses for not hav- Frankly, the proposition had me puzzled. ing any and forget to ask them why they If they had asked me to sing the leading it. it find want They get and you never role in the “Cape Cod Follies,’’ the matter out. It’s terrible. would have been simple. I could refuse This one didn’t mention money. I’er- flatly and that would have been r.hat. But haps that’s why they caught me off my to Irecome vice president of the Pep club? guard. I was deeply engrossed in an in- “Is it necessary?’’, I asked them. volved consideration of personal taxes, high “We’d rather not go into that now,’’ they living costs and other items which we replied. comptrollers laughingly call amortization “I suppose statistics. I expected to mortify the dele- someone has to be vice pres- gation with these. ident?’’, I said, brightly. “Well, it’s Then I heard something about vice pres- customary,” was the sad re- ident. They wanted me to run for vice joinder. president. I never wanted any job badly “Rudy Valee wouldn’t do?’’ enough to run for it. I’m not a runner, “No, it looks like you are our only choice. anyhow. Besides, the vice president’s post We did have a Mr. Hemingway lined up, isn’t so much. He has to wait for somebody but somebody poisoned him. We can’t af- to die or resign to become anyone. And ford to take any more chances.’’ after he gets to be president, there’s nothing At this point my mind became a blatdr. left to be. Where’s the percentage? The rest, fellow citizens, is history.

STENOGRAPHIC GRAPHICS pour victims in the Steno Department who have to listen to his crooning. Miss Korenstein is one of the most envied persons in the organization today. She Who is this mother-in-law that Joe Egan spent her vacation in Hollywood, and was always talks about. Can it be that—but no, entertained by some of the most promi- it can’t be, so we will all have to keep nent stars, some of whom were Lois Wilson, on wondering. Warner Baxter, Esther Ralston, Bebe Dan- Sally Hechtlinger, the little jazz queen of iels and a score of others. And last but the Steno Department, has suffered a nerv- not least, she took an airplane trip with ous breakdown. Hurry, Sally and get well Wallace Beery, and then went swimming because we all miss you. in his pool. private swimming Harold Joffe had a spat with his girl one What has happened to Jeanne Olishan- day, and ever since, he comes in with a sky? She sits at her desk her face full of bag of molasses kisses every lunch hour. smiles and when you talk to her she has Edith Moses thought she put one over that far away look in her eyes. Can it on the Steno Department. Well, here’s one be that she is in love? on her. As much as she says she hates I wonder whether Miss Sullivan was ever Rudy Valee, she has a deep longing for an understudy to Flo Ziegfeld. If she hasn’t him in her heart. Heigho ho!—Haw-haw. been, she is missing her vocation, because she sure knows how to pick some pretty girls, if you can go by the ones she has EUGENE ZUKOR SAILS picked for the Steno Department. Of course Mr. Eugene Zukor sailed recently for a she has one on Flo because the ones she six weeks’ visit to England and France, picks are more than just pretty, they have where he will look over Paramount’s the- brains. atre operations on the Continent. While Fred Weber has one aim in life and that in England, Mr. Zukor will investigate the is to sing over the radio. Won’t someone company’s new house now under construc- help him realize his ambition, and help us tion at Manchester.

p E p - o - GRAMS PAGE SEVENTEEN JOHN NATHAN ARRIVES SPECIAL BROADCAST I g John B. Nathan, special representative, who has been acting branch manager in Ladeez and Geniilmen of my unseen Pub- Guatemala in the absence of R. A. Loomis, lix Audience—allow me to bring to your arrived in New York the early part of notice a small department, situated in an August. As noted in a previous issue, Mr. inconspicuous corner of the Eleventh Floor Loomis, after a five months’ leave of ab- Well, which, up to the present time has sence, during which he made a trip around been neglectfully left unnoticed. Deserving the world, has reassumed his duties of as it is, this department will now be put branch manager, leaving Johnny free to re- in the limelight. turn to Home Office to await his next At its head we have the able Mr. F. J. assignment. Ewald. Ladeez and Genulmen, thru Mr. Johnny gave us a graphic account of the tact- Ewald’s conscientious leadership and inauguration of sound pictures at the Cap- fulness, he has insured in his department itol Theatre, Guatemala City, with Para- co-operation and teamwork which are the mount’s “AVolf Song.” You will find the main factors in reaching the goal of success. details of this event on another page of this his able assist- Close at his heels we have issue. It is sufficient here to say that it ant, Mr. Theodore Nelson. Nothing more was an impressive success, and we congrat- need be said than that Mr. Nelson follows ulate Johnny for his showmanship handling in the footsteps of the worthy Mr. Ewald. of a difficult job. No picture is complete without a touch of humor. We have that too. In the form of Jllllllllllllllllllliillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilll a sweet piece of femininity, with laughing eyes and smiling lips, always bubbling over Congratulations for past season and with mirth, we have Mrs. Sadye Gartner best wishes for new year. found Innerfield. Mrs. Innerfield, I have —W alter W anger out, has been married about three years, but v/ho woulda thunk it. She still retains I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIillllllllllll schoolgirl complexion and happy out- her ] BRIDGE RULES FOR KIBITZERS look. is also necessary in a good Sophistication Bid high, your partner may have a good have picture. None can outdo us, for we hand. with us Mrs. Rosalind Schiffman Kirsch, When you have a poor hand, signal im- our newlywed. mediately by saying, “Who the heck dealt For character specimen we have Mr. this?” Wohl, the Calvin Coolidge type. He rarely says anything, but I guess when he does, Claim all the honors you may get away with. it is worthwhile listening to. In Mr. Rothman, I find the critic and If you get a poor partner, keep score observer. One must Ire deserving to pass yourself, you’ve got to have some advan- under his critical eye. tage. bureau. We also have an information Lead from your own hand or dummy, as Have you any question that is difficult to convenient. answer? Try’ Mr. Murray McGregor Rich- Trump your partner’s ace and clinch the ardson; he usually can find a good solu- trick. tion in his cranium to whatever may trouble your mind. If your partner doubles a one bid, pass and glad he has such a good hand. And last, but not least, am I. I am only be the stenographer and whatnot, but without Redouble on general principles—confi- me—without me—without me this article dence is a great thing, even without tricks. would not be here. Alwaj's ask what the trump is two or broadcast, I hope vou have enjoyed this three times during the game; this refreshes this is STATION ERY signing off, Jeanne everybody’s memory. Lateiner announcing. Good-bye, Ladeez and If nobody bids, bid against your partner, Genulmen. you must keep interest in the game at FATHER, O FATHER any cost. Third hand plays low. Mr. D. Clark’s office Bill Sussman of John Always ask your partner why he didn’t which is now approx- is the father of a boy return your lead. This will remind him four months old. We are quite imately to lead it next time. the entire organization is well sure that When you are out of a suit re-arrange with this fact, by now. Bill says acquainted your cards, this tells the world you are his is already beginning to be as good baby out of it. his father. looking as If two cards are turned up in a dealing, lllllllllllllllllllllillllllllillllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIII and you have a rotten hand, it’s a mis-deal. More Power to Parainouiit’s Sinews After the third round, lay your hand on Its “Pep Clubs.'’ the table and claim the rest of the tricks. —Herman Webber You may not have them; but it’s much to all the cards showing. llilllllllllllllllillillllllllllillllllllllllilllllllillllll easier play with PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE EIGHTEEN — COLUMBIA BROADCASTS TO PARAMOUNT

By WILLIAM S. PALEY (President—Columbia Broadcasting System)

It gives me great pleasure to express the greetings of the personnel of the Columbia Broadcast- ing System to our associates of the Paramount- Famous-Lasky Corporation.

The importance of the friendly spirit of cooperation between employer and employe as fostered by the Paramount Pep Club cannot be overestimated. We of the Columbia Broadcasting System extend our congratulations on the splendid work you are doing. We are facing an era of unprecedented growth of importance in the entertainment field and a close and happy alliance between the personnels of Paramount and Columbia will be of invaluable assistance in placing this combine in its deserved position at the head of the entire industry.

MAINTENANCE MOOS PURELY PERSONAL Earl Long spent most of his vacation Wedding bells in the Maintenance De- visiting the theatres in the New England partment. Charles Tierney has taken unto district. Nothing like combining business himself a wife. We notice that he has with pleasure. become very serious since that event. Jack Chalman hadn’t been in New York Miss Katz transferred from the Jean was more than two or three days before we Stenographic Department, taking Miss had steam heat in the office. Jack is the Helen Fine’s- place. newest addition to Lem Stewart’s advertis- what the big gang does around Wonder nig department, having recently arrived Mr. Gluck’s desk every night. Heard some- from Dallas, Tex. Whether the offices were one say “Sound” is causing all the noise. made purposely warmer for this Southern- Watch C. C. Mac Pike wrestling we — arrival isn’t exactly known but most every mean with maintenance budgets. one appreciated the ‘steam’ on these bleak Mr. O’Keefe believes he can become J. September days. a connoisseur of men’s furnishings by ex- Harriet amining the window displays at the National Ask Leiman who said “Au revoir’’ Shirt Shops. to her the other day, and see her' blush. The department has gone from brunette? Selig Liese is the proud papa of a baby boy. to blondes. We don’t want to mention any names but we mean Miss Margaret Holm. Wonder why Phil Boutelje is curtailing What next? his moustache. Was he told to budget F. S. Willert and H. D. Behr have been same? Rubey Cowan is writing some lyrics discussing methods of making cooling plants about it. run without cost. Jean Schwenger gets weighed each day off join Jim Norris is taking a night to and says she is determined to keep her the boys on October I7th. girlish figure. Reggie Hallow can very well laugh at Jean’s efforts, as she and Anne Pun My Word! Soloman can indulge in oodles of sweets and Margaret ("Where the hell is it?”) Rus- never fear the dread of avoirdupois. sell, premier danseuse of the Holman-Tiller The efforts of Irving Rapper, the Movie- Girls unit, hid this one in the files the other tone Director for Publix, have not been in day. Lillian (“Frank, where are the vain as future releases will disclose. papers?”) Ferulo fished it out and submitted it for Pep-lication IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilllll Why do they call that new Hebrew col- “Paramount Pep” stimulates lege “Yashiva?”

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The Paramount Studio Club extends sincere congratulations to the Paramount Pep Club on its accomplishments during the past year. The organization in the west keeps an alert eye on the organization in the

east, and it does so with constant admiration. The Paramount Pep Club has earned all the laurels

now being heaped upon it. FRANK E. GARBUTT President, Paramount Studio Club

To the Paramount Pep The Paramount Pep The west coast sends its best wishes to the Par- Clult, the Studio Cluh on Club has fostered loyalty, amount Pep Club for an- the west coast extends a goodfellowship and optim- other year of success hand of congratulation for ism with the Paramount equal to that of 1928-29. The spirit of cooperation its consistent and energet- and Puhlix organization, ic work in building up the and friendliness of this or- ap- tradition of absolute co- and deserves hearty ganization in the east, has operation with the organ- plause for its excellent been a source of encour- that makes "the agement to the Paramount ization progress. best shows in town.” Studio Club in the west. HARRY STRITE LILLIAN FRANK W. P. WHITE Vice-President Secretary Treasurer ON THE TWELFTH FLOOR TAGGING IT RIGHT j

Jerry Novat, in bed with appendicitis Adelaide Aliller, Mr. Charles E. Mc- (hell! hell!) in Texarkana, Texas, sends this Carthy’s pretty blonde secretary, has taken one to plants. She brought a little plant to keep in the office. However, with much tender "A Kibitzer is a guy who hires a doctor care, it is growing so rapidly, it may out- to take his appendi.x out, and lo, and be- grow the office. hold, the medico finds two of them!” Did you know four out of six in Miss De Peg Fewer’s definition of a Kibitzer is Grau's Department are excellent dress- himho who eats all the sugar lumps "A makers, namely. Pearl De Grau, Anna Hor- while waiting for the waiter to arrive. enstein, Helen Gilesmen and Augusta Peter- Fate Cannot Harm Him son. Listen in, folks, to John Gentile of the prepare yourself Reporter: “How did you Sales Statistical Department. He’s leader Arctic expedition?” for the hardships of an of a jazz orchestra and they play over the Explorer; “I rode all over New England in radio quite often. Hats off to Johnny. In- a rumble seat.” Life. cidentally, he plays the cornet in the orches- ^ >{C 5}C tra. What has become of the old-fashioned bar- Sylvia Blaustein, Mr. S. R. Kent’s secre- ber who said he was “a professor of the ton- tary, is vacationing now. Lillian Hirsch, also sorial art ?”—Atchinson Globe. He is now of Mr. Kent’s office, is taking Sylvia’s place. practising as a beautician . —Arkansas Gazette. Peggy Eichler, Mr. Hammell’s secretary is getting quite thin these days. The cause Illillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll for this, we believe, is that she is in love. Just a brief word to congratulate the new Pardon us, however, if we are wrong. officers of the Paramount Pep Cluh. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIII I am sure the coming year under the guidance of Mr. Brown will weld the association Protect your dependents—Join the ever and bring forth many closer than Cluh Group Life Insurance Plan. pleasant surprises. George J. Schaefer —Emanuel Stern, M. D.

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AS SEEN BY ART DIRECTOR VINCENT TROTTA AND HIS ASSISTANTS: MESSRS. STROBED, DUBLIN AND SMALL

PEP-O. GRAMS PAGE TWENTY-ONE SNOOPS FROM THE SALES lllillllllll!l)lllillllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllllllllllllll STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT Ten words are too few to express iny feelings for the Paraniount-Pep Vacation time for Pauline Hicks turned Club. —Charles E. McCarthy to be Wedding time. She has returned Illllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll from her vacation with her name changed to Mrs. Irving. A PUBLIX LUNCHEON filling the post left vacant Jean Cadger is Someone said that Friday the 13th was by Mae Strup, who has been advanced to unluckj'—but it wasn’t Irene Lipman Jacobs a higher position. Also, Sylvia Ackerman who said it. For on that day Irene was have been advanced and Anne Reynolds given a farewell luncheon at the Nanking the contract from the file department to Royal Restaurant, by her many friends and department. co-workers and was presented with an ap- Arthur Weissman and Molly Cohn may propriate gift for her new home. they say, but, ha’e just be friends as we Maxine Kessler was the “Master of Cer- our dou’ts. emonies,” and presented the gift to Irene, Dorothy Mansfield, evidently believes the and wished her continued good health, axiom, “Opportunity knocks but once.” She wealth and happiness in behalf of all. everything spon- has taken advantage of Among those present were: Marie Turner, sored by the Educational Committee— first, Ruth Johnson, Ella Sunshine, Maxine Kess- class and now she will the comptometry ler, Sadye Innerfield, Cecelia Diver, Jeannette English under the tutel- attempt to conquer Finnegan, Hannah Kasten, Lillian Soskel, age of Miss Rose Mary Frank. Mildred 'Tormey, Zelda Pyne, Delle Isko- All The Sales Statistical Department ex- witz, Irene Montagne, Martha Miller, Dora tend their heartfelt sympathy to Loretta Lipschitz, Henri Betchuk, Mae Corkery and Sinnott. She has been in mourning since Jeanne Lateiner. Rudy Valee went to California. Cheer up, Loretta, you can see him in pictures now. extend our congratulations and good wishes The File Department welcomed two new for his continued members, Susie Schisano and Dorothy success. Did ever Eisenberg. you notice Irene Sweeney waiting Have you noticed Helen Wawzycki’s new outside the building? We have our doubts as to whether it is a he or a she. Greta Garbo bob? Now one at a time boys. We have noticed that Eileen Eady and Evidently a few of the members of the Rose Boyle take a trip to Jersey City, quite Paramount Pep Club recognized in John frequently. They might be visiting a girl Gentile of the Sales Statistical Department, friend, as they stoutly maintain. certain admirable qualities which would We no longer hear the melodious croon- the make him desirable as an officer of | ings of Agathe Channing’s glee club at in, Club, for when the returns had come lunch hour—Agathe saj's it is not exactly it’ was discovered that he had to his credit too cold to sing but she would rather have the enormous sum of twelve votes for vice- a more appreciative audience. president. His opponent, however, went over Emily LHlman and Dorothy Silver! simply the mark by just a few more votes. cannot agree on an eating place, therefore Never mind John-—better luck next time. we have decidetl to let the Pepsters vote Gertrude Ginsberg says the dinner is go- on it. Emily insists that Chinaland is better ing to be an assured success—she will than the Automat. is attend it. Eleanor Yagel certainly the reporter’s The girls of the Sales Statistical Depart- nemesis— if every one were so quiet—alas, ment tendered a farewell dinner at China- poor Pep-O-Grams. land, on August 30, 1929 to May Weissberg Fred certainly is a fine name, just ask and Rae Jacobs, both of whom resigned Anna Stumpf. from Paramount to continue their studies Since a certain dark and handsome boy at college. resigned from his position we have noticed Adelaide Donahue says it is too bad A1 that Victoria Stolfi, Ruth Teller and Mary Smith is not running for President of the Smith always have a forlorn look about Pep Club. If he were, she would inaugurate them. a soap box campaign in his behalf. Eloise Bristol insists that she is a man Mary Lipple thinks life is getting very hater—but we believe that the wiles of a dull because Richard Dix does not visit handsome elevator operator proved to be the Office any more, but Joe Di Mare dis- too much for her. agrees with her, he thinks the dullness is Males! Beware if you find occasion to due to the absence of Nancy Carroll. pass the contract department. Garnett Hall A sad look seems to dominate the features has her weather eye peeled. of Molly Bregman these days. We all agree We all know that Scotch people usually have sandy hair. can no mistaken it is a hard decision to make whether or There be not to let one’s hair grow. identity in the case of Helen Swayne. She George Stanger, formerly of Mr. Dunne’s spent her vacation at Massapequa, and Department, has been transferred to^ Mr. didn’t send anyone a postal card—maybe Scott Lett’s Department, in Publix. We all she didn’t want us to know where she was. PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE TWENTY-TWO — HOW TO GET INTO THE MOVIES BY RUSSELL HOLMAN

A pleasant spoken young man answering to the name of Noonan asked me several months ago to write something for this issue of Pep-O-Grams. I laughingly said, “All right.” I thought to myself, “Of course he will forget all about it, young men of today being what

they are.” !

But Noonan, as it turned out, was different. Noonan followed up. Noonan had the same stuff in! him that drove the early pioneers to< plunge ahead against drought and mountains and hostile Indians and punctures—the spirit that made this great country what it is today! (Cheers) Noonan wore a path to my desk. Morning, noonan, night. “Where is that copy for Pep-O-Grams, you four flusher,” Noonan would demand politely every morning. Every mail brought a thinly veiled threat from Noonan. Between mails there would be mysterious ’phone calls, “Begorra and where in hivvin’s name is that storry for Pip-0- Grams?” a voice would thunder. Five minutes later another voice would scream over the wire, “No storee—no tickee for suppee.” And another, “What’s the mat’ with that beega bool you write for theesa Pep-O-Grams?” But the astute ears of Mrs. Margaret Russell, my secretary, penetrated the clever disguise. “It’s Noonan—all of them are Noonan. He knows all dialects,” she whispered hoarsely. And a pall of impending doom settled over Room 1255B.

“Noonan!” I gasped, and, I am told, my voice cpiiwered. “Can nothing be done about Noonan?” I was at my rope’s end; so I threw the cigar away. "There is,” said Miss Kussell firmly, "one thing- that can be done.” "Name it,” I cried, “and the riches of ancient Babylon—not to speak of that new typewriter Joe McLaughlin promised you last December—are yours.” "Write the story for him,” she answered in calm, clear, bell-like tones. "Saved!” I shouted with joy, like Sarah Lyons discovering the missing reel in Release No. 3476S shipped to Sioux Palls on June 13, 1922. “But what shall I write about?” "The thing that most movie people write about is- how to get into! the movies,” reported Miss R., after calling a two-houp conference of the inmates- of the eleventh floor well. “It’s old but standard, like Childs’ beans.” “Eureka! Excelsior!” And similar expressions of relief, I stated, in my excitement Imitating William Austin, a Paramount featured player. So you can see I was very much excited Indeed. That was two months ago. For two months I devoted myself exclusively to thinking! about my subject. How does one get into the movies? I asked all of the officers of the company. I questioned Charles E. McCarthy, A. M. Botsford,| Jimmie Cowan, W. B. Frank, Film Daily Year Book, back flies of Pep-O-Grams and Women’s Year. In vain. Finally I asked the very tall usher in the West Point uniform who does the ballyhoo out in front of the Paramount Theatre, "How does one get into the movies.” / "Right up there to the box office, sir,” he’ replied promptly with a sweeping- bow and nine rahs. "Thirty-five cents up until one o’clock. The stage show starts in five minutes. Pay your money, grab your ticket and quick as a', wink you WILL BE IN] THE MOVIES!” “Thank you,” said I swooning. “Thank! YOU.” saidj he. “Publix' service—and how!” With that he tore off his false whiskers and waxed Eddie Brown-like moustache with a Clive Brook-like flourish It was Noonan! NOTE: Mr. Jlolman, ace advertising manager, director of thunderous newspaper campaigns, intrepid leader of the embattled forces of super-heterodyne ink-slbigers, has committed a very serious tactical blunder in attacking) an adversary in his' own bailiwick. Maybe we did pester the life out of .him, maybe, we did sleep in his office one night just to be sure we caught him in the morning—'maybe wd, did all these things including the Scandinavian; nevertheless we .still have the last word, by Heck. If we so desired, we could hint that Mr. Holman, was at. his wits end for material; we might even suggest that he was driven to write about us by sheer desperation. But such an a.spersiori' is beneath us. In fact, wo would not even mention it. Anyway, it’s all the fault of our worthy predecessor, Albert Deane, who taught us his own version of the pre-war Oof Oof accent which he found so effective in stalking the elusive contribution.

I I fillip JOHN D. CLARK SENDS GREETINGS I |

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I regret very much that I am not in very close touch with, the' Pep Club, but I know it by reputation and I have seen it grow from a small organization on Fifth Avenue into the tremendous organization of employees that it is today, and I believe that not only do the individual members benefit by belonging to the Club but at the same time it has fostered the spirit of cooperation, loyalty and enthusiasm, which in itself is of tremendous] benefit not only to each individual member but also to the company. I wish the organization long life and continued success. JOHN D. CLARK PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE TWENTY-THREE — PARAMOUNT STARS SEND THEIR PERSONAL GREETINGS TO THE CLAN OF GOOD FELLOWS!

AUDIT NOTES missed being McGovern’s unlucky number. The following saying emanated from Bill Cards have been received from Johnnie Goldstein “I am a natural golfer and have Mahan who is visiting Colorado Springs. been told so by one of our oldest golfers.” He reports that all is not water in the We wonder by natural if Bill means a flock “Springs.” of elevens. “Go West, young man” must have been We understand Fred Morhardt’s putter the call that prompted A. R. Toussaint to performed miracles against his long hitting pack his household effects in the covered opponent L. McKechenneny in their usual moving van and migrate to Arlington, New close match on Sunday, October 6th. Jersey. Sometimes we wish our “typing trio,” Harry Wright seems to have a peculiar Mrs. Honig, Miss Waxelbaum, and Miss fancy for furniture displays these days Finnegan would play a more pleasing tune Possibly an aftermath of what the young on their three machines. man’s fancy turned to last Spring. Wanted: one of those high standing desks A LETTER OF THANKS to go with C. D. Valentine’s eye shade. September 26th, 1929 A. C. Taylor seems to be very quiet Dear Co-Workers: about that trip to Canada. It was indeed a pleasant surprise, when Anyone wishes to have a parking who having been invited by the girls of the Pay- ticket fixed, see Vorrnbaum. J. roll Department to dinner and the theatre, I We hear that Jim Speer is hitting ’em far found the beautiful mirror and lamp from and wide. The question is how wide? my fellow-workers of Publix and Famous.

What is this about J. McDermott taking Please accept my thanks and sincere ap- J. McGovern over in an eighteen hole golf preciation. match to the tune of fourteen strokes. Just Mrs. Edmund Abele. PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE TWENTY-FOUR — ?

IMPRESSIONS OF LOS ANGELES iiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiisiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii By Jay Jay Greetings and Best Wishes on Your Eighth Anniversary of Good Fel- The inevitable question: Have you seen our new City Hall? lowship. Frank Meyer The Angelenos who insist that all pic- — ture people are parasites. IIIMIIIIIIIIIIIillllllllllllllllllllllMlllllllllllllllllll The picture people who insist that only the films changed Seventh Street from a FOREIGN FUN cow-path to a Great White Way. The Iowa emigres who refer to them- The Foreign Traffic Department now selves as natives. boasts their own 100% Talkie, entitled The real natives—a very small number “Yarp” (Yes), starring Lillian Beck, their who have all the charm of the legendary latest importation from Minneapolis. Californian, and never refer to themselves Congratulations to Bill Fass, who has as anything. become the happy Daddy of “Triplets,” Sunshine: the hot violet-white sunshine which arrived on the anniversary of his of summer; the warm golden sunshine of . Wedding Day. Good for you. Bill!?! spring and autumn; the bright cold sun- It’s a long trek from old “Virginny” to shine of winter. New York, but we are glad that Everet vast city at night, lying under the The Grengel made the trip and is now' one of Hollywood hills like a new firmament of us. golden stars. We wonder who or what there is in the Hollywood: a country town in which the mere mention of the Title Department, County Fair never closes. which causes A1 .Stefanic to blush rad- Beverly: a suburb of serene elegance iantly? Incidentally Miss Gruet is a wel- place is allegedly a pic- where every show come addition to tliat Department. ture person’s estate —and most of them are really the homes of retired bankers and Harold Sugarman has been heard singing manufacturers. “Ochi Chornya”—meaning “Dark Eyes” in Russian, quite often. First nights: amazing exhibitions of mob wonder who’s the little lady with credulity and mob psychology which have We the “Ochi Chornya.” no parallel elsewhere since Armistice Day. Hollywood’s wild parties—a Freudian Attention! Gertrude Wiethake, Kay Mc- myth of the corn-belt. Keon, Mildred Meltzer, and Mildred Cher- eskin, you know anything about the Santa Monica on a summer Sunday: ten —Do pairs of gloves hanging out to dry miles of public bath, ten thousand motor 3 — cars, ten times ten thousand people, ten We would like to know what happens million dollars’ worth of Aladdin’s palaces. when a certain young man takes off his The small-town, fifty-year-old railway sta- glass'es when he is out with our dark-eyed tion, where more celebrities entrain and de- Linda? train than at any other depot this side of What the well dressed Colonial Apartment Grand Central. should wear by Mildred Chereskin. The huge cafeteria for the multitude hear that McClave went to and the delicatessen in the same building We Owen Freehold for that late vacation, and came which sells gallons of imported caviar at back all merry and bright as behooves a twenty dollars a pound. happy bridegroom. The general ten o’clock bedtime—and the all-night restaurants on Hollywood Boule- We welcome our latest Apprentice Traffic vard. Manager, Aaron Pines. The red-headed manicurist who goes to We hear that Paula Greenwald, our bud- work in a Rolls-Royce. ding short story writer, is now studying Lily going to in her Ford. Damita work photography, mostly negatives. The marvellous roads, engineered like highways of Imperial Rome, ranging “Blue eyes why are you bright.” mountain and desert and far lonely valleys. The above is the latest song dedicated to The curfew and the Fundamentalist cit- Belle Jones. izenry—and the roaring Monte Carlo just across the border. IIIIIMIIIIIIISIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIMII A DEFINITION “Paramount’s Pep Club Supplies Paramount: superior to all others, Constructive Inspiration That Pub- lix Also Feels.” supreme, highest in rank, chief. —Sam Demboiv, Jr. —H. M. Goetz

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P E P - O - GRAMS PACE T'WENTY-FrVE A PERPETUAL RECORD OE THE ADDRESSES DELIVER- : ED BEFORE THE PARAMOUNT PEP CLUB BY THE MAJOR EXECUTIVES OF THE CORPORATION.

Mr. Adolph Zukor, addressing the January meeting, had just returned from what was virtually the most vitally important visit he ever had paid to Holly- wood, and his words, reflected not cmly the impressiveness of this visit, but also the significance of the Paramount Pep Club’s influence throughout the organization. The Greatest Paramounteer of Them All used a few powerfully chosen words to em- phasize the array of tasks which lay ahead of our organiza-

tion and it was then his proud pleasure to state that the ; Paramount organization could not face these tasks with

ec|uanimity were it not for the fact of having the Para- mount Pep Club membership contribute its vital quota of tireless energy to the stern work to be done. Not only does he have such unbounded faith in the Pepsters, but he knows this to be the case with every one of the Company’s executives and he certainly found it to be the case during ;

A«ioii»ii Zukor his visit to the West Coast. brought A dramatic insight into the marvelous new phase of activity which has given by Mr. sound into the motion picture industry in place of silence was industry,’’ said Mr. Jesse L. Lasky at the December meeting. “The motion picture the photoplay was Lasky, “is passing into its greatest development since the day only witnessing invented, and all of you members of this organization are not it. This great the making of new film history, but are actually participating in dialogue to all of our film phase of which I speak is the adding of sound and product in a fashion which has committed us to a program of almost one hundred percent sound and dialogue

pictures.’’ Recognizing the imperfection of the first all-talking pictures, Mr. Lasky said, “It is true that this

sentiment is abroad—it is true that we in the Pioduc- tion Department know it—and it is true that this feeling has been brought about by a wave of inferior product, as well as by the presence in sound pictures of scratching, background noises and imperfect reproductions. But, just as science and mechanics eliminated the flickering which in the early days of the film threatened to wreck the film industry before it had even got started, so these same forces are rapidly turning the talking picture into an instrument of sound and vocal reproduction as near perfect as is humanly possible.’’ PEP-O-GRAMS page twenty-six EXECUTIVES ADDRESSES—CONTINUED

Mr. S. R. Kent, speaking at the Septeml^er meeting, remarked about something that has been very dear to him for many, many years. And that was the building up of Paramount spirit and morale, of loyalty, of a sense of obligation, that would go down through the years as a trade mark of service by employees to their company. Mr. Kent said, “In the type of business we are in, it is very hard to make the best pictures every year, but if w'e have the best spirit and manpower, and the best spirit of loyalty, we can get the best results. While doing that and getting hue results for the company, we have also been alile to be of a great deal of service to ourselves in our work.” Mr. Kent also emphasized that the Paramount spirit was one of the biggest assets of the company and could not help S. R.Keiit but being! felt by individuals as employees of Paramount, and it would be impossible to bring any new employee into this company without having them feel that there was something a little different in Paramount than any company they had ever worked for.

Mr. Sam Katz at the March meeting spoke on “What Publix represents in the make-up of the Paramount Com- pany.” He stated that it was! essentially a service organ - ization, serving 600 odd theatres throughout 28 states, in which the company has a financial or an operating interest. “Publix,” stated Mr. Katz, “serves the needs of large theatre chains throughout the country while endeavoring to retain the experience and the mature judgment of the founders of these chains.” “The first aim of Publix,” he said, “is to establish theatre operation on a fjasis of quality comparable to the standing that Paramount has acquired in production and distribution, to take theatre operation Sam Katz out of the slovenly, careless manner previously noticeable in many spots and to bring to the remotest parts of the country ideal operations of which the townspeople and Paramount-Publix might be proud.”

Ml. Ralph Kohn, the speaker at the July meeting explained the inter-workings of the Treasurer’s Department and stated' that there were two main functions the ; co- ordination between the financial and other departments, and the service the financial department rendered to the public in the way of financial statements. He further stated that the records of the company must reflect every tiansaction and for example explained how the record of sO picture is kept from its inception when the moving picture rights are^ secured, through the work in the studio and until the finished picture has played its last theatre Ralph A. Koiin engagement. PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN EXECUTIVES ADDRESSES—CONTINUED

Mr. Pllek John Ludvigh l:)rought a lively, diverting and informative address to the members at the April meeting. “When you bring your legal problems to us,” said iMr. Ludvigh, “you should remember that your Legal Depart- ment does not render decisions, but merely gives opinions. It is for judges, juries and courts of law to hand down final decisions.” Another highlight of the -informative side of his address was his insistence that when a problem is brought before the Legal Department, it be set forth with the full facts, and that these facts be uncolored by personal beliefs. Abbreviated or distorted facts are more hindrance than help in the' settling of the problem and it ; was his hope that the Legal staff would be given fullest consideration along these' lines.

Eiek .1. Luiivish Mr. E. E. Shaucr was ‘billed’ as ‘the Generalissimo of

the Foreign Legion', but it seemed to him that the G-initialled word was too high a distinction for one who preferred modesty and the undeviating fidelity of his Legionnaires to a word which implied as much as that one did. He spoke at the June meeting and told, for instance, of the inspiring manner in which the aims and ideals of the Paramount Pep Club have been perpetuated in other lands. Mr. Shauer delved partially into the subject of the operation of film theatres abroad and gave his listeners some idea of the terrific handicaps under which the Foreign Legion labors in this respect. The colossal problem of what the talking picture means to the Foreign Department was alscj made a chapter in Mr. Shauer’s address, and the listeners were amazed at the equanimity with which the Legion- naires are meeting the seeming physical impossibility of supplying the world with talking pictures. Mr. Eugene Zukor, addressing the members at the Emil E. Shauer August meeting took for his topic, “Specialization” and declared it was necessary to specialize in, the position you now have if you hoped to obtain success. Mr. Zukor cited a few examples in which the aggressive and thorough worker had stepped over others who were satisfied to go along in their regular routine manner without preparing thernselves for something better. The ‘mechanical’ employee cannot hope for much success, but the ones who can visualize their work, understand what they are doing and why, are a credit to the department and will surely meet with success. To make this statement more emphatic, the speaker said, “For a qualified employee of this company, there is no end of possibilities.” Mr. Zukor also impressed upon his listeners that they should try to do their work satisfactorily, no matter what their tasks, and further asserted that an isolated desk doesn’t count; it’s the kind of work you do

Euj^eiie J. Zuk4»r and not where you do it. PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT — ——— —— —

'i FILM UP AGAIN

TORCH SONG turning pages of music with teeth, eating I miss your caresses, schnitzel with both hands. Intro new song Your moonlit tresses, “My Sweetie’s Feet Go Tweety-Tweet” be- Your arms entwined in mine. lieved plug for Par flicker. I miss your kisses Pews slow to fill after intermish, due to I miss is And more heavy liiz in pop and fizz racket upstairs. talk divine. Your love so Hennie Gray away to slow start in single. I miss your parties Sells song, “I’m A Long Island Way From At dear old Sardi’s Home,” with help of percussion. No Caruso. I miss all the beer and the wine. I miss your bleck looks Jimmie Clark and his Wild African An- I misslaid my check-books imals got over big. Had to —elephants and But you’re still that dear old hippos. yes-girl of muh-i-i-ine! Russ Hoi man in pansy impersonations clicked heavy and nearly stopped show with NEKIT TROOT novelty recitation “That Piccolo Player is A Se.xophone Artist Now.” Rated better Room 1255, that bee-hive of human in- than next to closingj dustry, affords a laugh occasionally. Tess Klausner, the keeper of the stills, is the little Closing strongest act on bill. Get up and gel who affords the guffaws in this incident. runs, train-catchers and wife-beaters held The bee-hive was behaving itself, and each in their seats. Some slayed in the aisles. worker was sitting quietly at his (lesk when Combo deuce comics and three ferns in line the air was pierced suddenly by the tele- for the class. Comics billed as Wyly and phonic crescendo voice of La Klausner Wingart. Pulled everything in the book. “Lissen, Miss Watson, have you got the Blue lines oked. House panicked by close shorts on Dennis King, yet?” harmony song “Some Dime I Think You As the firsti round of laughter subsided a Have No Cents.” Should carry over three wise-cracking voice was heard to say more weeks. Gels billed as Ferulo, Klaus- “Hey, Tessie, ask her about the dirty old ner and Simpson. Doing hot pep-steps. union suit on General Grant.” Gave three chorus repeats on wow close harmony torch number, “I May Not Back You Up, But I You, Still.” Full Only a few days later an anonymous Love group scorched up boards with riot finish. visitor left a note on Miss Klausner’s Should desk which read get easy bookings big time. Hottest stuff since B. O. became the name of a red soap. Hold still for “Saturday Night, Kid.” Strong for second dajo Biz above Par. TALKOMEDY Ethel (“Thar’s gold in ’em ar stills”) Simpson offers this one, which she says she RIMED REVUE REVIEW overheard on the radio A couple of old cup custard designers This one is in, like Original Sin? were sitting in a creep-joint one night in The tag on it’s “Sweetie” September, weeping into their October beer. And daggone! It’s meaty! "I went over to the Globe to see Great It tops every riot Gabbo, last night,” piped E.x;hibit A. Of Filmdom. Go buy it. "Zatso,” zatsoed Exhibit B, “well, I You’ll wiggle your toes off. wouldn’t pay a jit to see that dizzy Swedish You’ll laugh all your clothes off. girl.” With Miss Nancy Carroll A LA VARIETY As “Sweetie” you’ll wear all Annual Pep Club Banquet (Astor; one- Your paws out, sending applause out. night stand). This is no turk. In the money Those wild college “Whoops!” with eight big turns. Lige Frawley clicking Those “Boop-boopa-doops” regular laughs as m. c. Tops "Virginia That Helen Kane croons neath the moon Judge” for gags. They throw you right into a swoon! Class act in two-spot, Jimmie Brown heading unit show. Bows natural, no beg- You can sock me and slam me ging- If the song “Alma Mammy” Trey is favorite in this house, old time Ain’t packed with more roars minstrel-men, Bots and Dillie in sap cracks Than Woolworth’s got stores! and nifties. Wow finish, Bots doing head- stand spin, Dillie accompanying with unique Yep, “Sweetie” isl in, like Original Sin, merry-berry. It bids you “Hey! hey! Four-spot, unbilled fern pianist, doing “What the hell, let’s be gay!” Yankee Doodle on key-board with feet. —Len Daly PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE TWENTY-NiME — — —

WE PRESENT—OUR REPORTERS

A dapper, man, a hurry man, a thoughtful man and merry; An action man, a square and “girls had best beware” man; A strong man, a silent man, from dear old County Derry— That’s Henry Gray himself, man — the Reportorial Chairman. The Carrolls are a splendid tribe There's Nancy and there’s Earl; And there’s that pertinacious scribe. Oui' Martin, he’s a pearl!

He’s here and thei'e, he’s everywhere He’s under your chair, he’s in the air! Her charming voice brings more of joy His time is golden, there’s none to spare Than that of wren or mavis. He’s all for the news, is Henry Behr. She sings her song and thralls each boy Does wnnsome Norma Davis.

Here is a lad -who speaks and writes With never a crass “I seen yez.” Most other men will say “I can’t,” Would that we all had appetites W^hen faced wuth -work. They strike an For Engli.sh like A1 Brenia’s. Injured pose and quit the job But little Charles says “Eich can.”

They sought a good reporter A scribe who writes on any angle They hunted all over this town. Of the news is Richard Engle. They found one a rip-snorter — He’s solved each journalistic tangle, His name is Jimmie Brown! And his favorite cigar’s a Royal Bengal.

An editor’s job would be a cinch He said, “Some sing, some sell, some weave His every day’d be rosy. But here, by Gad's the bent I’ll If all the "scoops” would do their work Follow”—pulled a pencil from his sleeve Like Clara (“Speed”) Capozzi. And straightway wrote "John Gentile.” PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE THIRTY ! —

Have you ever seen Pep news She knows her book from A to Z She knows her lemon sherbet With that comical twist? She knows her old apostrophe Then you know, sure enough Does scribbling- Marion Herbert. It’s by young Herbert Lizt,

“I'm very fond of skits and plays, They’re in debt to McToolish “I simply feast on tableaux, And he’s reason to rave. “I also like to sit and gaze. But there’s no one so foolish At me,” said Esther Jablow. That he’s Owen McClave.

A worker to be sure, His work is known from pole to pole A Pepster, you can bet. From Bronxville to eauator She craves no sinecure His writings have that thing called “soul” Does Mendelson, Jeannette. He’s Keator m’am. Claude Keator.

She goes to the mat with each little problem. The city ends its day of toil She tussles with woe — and boy, what a And New York dozes. wrestler But she prefers the midnight oil. She never lets difficult posers defeat her Does Edith Moses. She gets news or makes it, does Miss Maxine Kessler.

Charles Reilly hits the mark. Albert J. Sicignano! Knows more tricks than Barnum How that boy can play the piano! Always ready for a lark. He was born in Anno And looks like William Parnum. Domine Nineteen-hundred and — how do I know ? (Contimied on page 47) PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE THIRTY-ONE M —

I COMMITTEE REPORTS

ATHLETIC this sport, however, was so small that it was dropped. Theodore C. Young, Chairman TRACK — Mr. Jack Davis was appointed >leiiibers: J, J. IJoiiK'liiiey, ^laxiiie Kessler, Vice-Chairman of the Committee in charge E

ments were made to continue the cut-rate complishments. j tickets to the Park Central Swimming Pool. In addition to this, cut-rate tickets were secured for the two outdoor Cascade Pools EDUCATIONAL one in Manhattan and one in the Bronx. Helen W. Swayne, Chairman TENNIS Mr. Norman Collyer was appoint- — .Vlilytlu* Ileiclieiibach, ed Vice-Chairman of the Committee in charge Jleiiilier.s: .Jeannette of this activity. A great number of mem- Jleiulelson. I’aliner II. Stil.«i»n, AV. .1. I’ineau, .John Harry, Agnes .Meiigel. bers responded, seventy-one in all. and considerable study was given to the subject We, of the Educational of this sport and a plan was worked out but Committee, are happy to the Board of Governors at the time, could report to you our activi- not see its way clear to carry out the recom- ties during the fiscal year mendations from a financial standpoint. ending October 1st, 1929. Therefore, nothing' was done. COHI'TOMETRY SCHOOL GOLF—Mr. C. A. Beute was appointed Vice- Arrangements were Chairman of the Committee in charge of this made with Pelt and Tar- activity. Thirty members answered the ques- rant, maufacturers of the tionnaire indicating an interest in golf. The Comptometer, whereby .. the Pepsters Committee endeavored to arrange with metro- . were given politan golf clubs so that Pep Club members an eight weeks’ course ^ in could play over week-ends. However, it was Comptometry (without impossible to do this, altho arrangements cost to either the Club or were made so that members could have play- Company), here at the ed during the week. Because of the pressure Paramount Building, 11th Floor Well. During of business this found to be impossible. that time, beginners in the subject were was taught the A number of times during the year, arrange rudiments of the Comptometer and how to perform all operations addition, ments were foi' several of the Pep — made multiplication, subtraction Club members to play at the Winged Foot and division. Golf Club. The sessions started Tuesday. January Sth, BASKETBALL — Mr. Ray Pratt was ap- 1929 and continued through Thursday, Feb- pointed Vice-Chairman of the Committee in ruary 28th, 1929. Due to the great number of of course, charge of this activity, The interest in this Pepsters desirous taking this it was necessary to have classes nights sport, however, was so small that it was two dropped. a week, namely, Tuesday and Thursday. BASEBALIj— r. Martin Hodge, Jr., was Felt and Tarrant offered four prizes, two to appointed Vice-Chairman of the Committee each class, to those receiving the highest in charge of this activity. The interest in ratings in proficiency and attendance, as PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE THIRTY-TWO ; ; ij- read what yoer committees have been DOING EOR YOU DURING THE PAST YEAR.

an incentive toward better work. Althougli ENTERTAINMENT approximately 100 entered the classes originally, the finish of the Course found about William S. Mcllvain, Chairman 35 Pepsters, nine of whom received over 100% Sleiiiliers! .lo.sepli R. Woim!, A’ice-CImii-iiDiin in the final examination of which number Cliri.s A. Rente, .leaiinette Ilendelsoii, I.iRian four l^epsters were iirize winners. Steven.s, Clill Lewis, Sam Frey, Hart Kelley, Then, advanced classes were held at the Ann Le Viniiess, Sam Rheiner. termination of the Beginnei-s’ classes, and attracted a large number of experienced Report of the Enter- they tainment Committee operators. covering ClI/rURIi the period WKKillT tXASSKS from October 18, 1928, to (For girl.*i only* October 17, 1929, is as The Weight Culture Institute Inc., spe- follows; cializing in simple but scientific weight re- Last year's Inaugural duction, offered to Pepsters, through the Edu- Dinner was iield at the cational Committee, their Course at half price Hotel Astor on Octoljer to groups of ten or more Members. 18. A dinner for approx- A few of the F^air Sex took advantage of imately eight hundred this offer and were greatlv benefitted. people was provided, THE m.STHIIUITIOlV OF COPIES OF followed by a dance “THE HOCSE THAT SHAHOWS HCH/r.”. with entertainment by several outstanding stage stars. The thought occurred to us that if coi)ies of the biography of Mr. Zukor, our Leader, On December 28. an afternoon dance was given on the twenty-sixth floor could be distributed to the Pepsters, it would of the Para- Building. be a very fine way to increase “I’aramount mount Music was furnished by his Patriotism” and to “meet” our Chief Execu- Jimmie Caruso and Orchestra, and enter- l)y professional tive. tainment talent. A Spring Dance was given at the Pennsyl- With this thought in mind, we wrote to vania tiotel on the evening of April 23. 1 929. Mr. Zukor, and he graciously consented to We secui'ed the sei'vices of the same orches- personally autograph those books which have tra which we had previously employed, and been distributed to members who had been as well, were able to secuie several liigh in the employ of the Corporation ten years class entertainers. by the first of May, 1929. The Annual Outing was lield on Satuiday, In addition, all Pepsters who had been June 15, 1929, at Roton Point, Connecticut. with the Comi)any two years by the first The Steamer. City of Keansburg was cliart- of May, 1929, have received a copy of the ered for the day. Approximately eight hun- book. dred people attended the Outing. H CLLETIXS The plans for the Inaugural Dinnei- and Through bulletins posted regularly on the Dance to be held at the Astor Hotel on Thurs- various Bulletin Boards and the medium of day, October 17, 1929 ai'e well under way Pep-O-Grams, the Committee kept the mem- and it looks at tlie present time as if it bers of the Pep Club informed as to the latest would be vei'y well attended. courses, special rates and the other advan- 111! closing I wish to express my great ap- tageous opportunities which presented them- preciation of the assistance rendered me by selves from time to time. the entire Committee, and the wonderful co- This was met with quite a gratifying re- operation of yourself and Mr. Brown. sponse from many members who took advantage of the books of reference and data of FINANCE like nature which we held in our files. John E. McDermott, Chairman ENGLISH CLxVSSES S. Tr;iw, .1. We have sponsored for this Pall. Classes in Members: Homer R. McGovern, F. E. English, to be conducted by Miss Rose Mary R. Murray, E. Hinehey. Frank of the Miller System of Coi-rect The Finance Committee English. lias closely supervised all Receipts and Disburse- A free demonstration lesson was given ments. The books kept September 24th, 1929, in the “’Well” on the by our Treasurer were 11th floor. audited at various periods This Course offered to Pepsters, by the during tlie fiscal year and Miller System of Correct English, consists were found to lie in very of 15 lessons, given once a week, on Tuesday good sliape. Our Commit- nights in the 11th l-’toor Well, at the special tee also were glad to help rate of $10.00. This was payable $5.00 on in handling and record- October 1st, and $5.00 by November 5th, 1929, ing the sale of tickets for and includes FREE TO PEI’STERS, the new our successful Movie Ball five part text book, which is sold bv mail which was held on F''ebru- for $5.00. ary 9th, 1929. Because of the enthusiasm It is a pleasure to report that a goodly and conscientious care given to all details by our popular number of members have taken advantage Treasurer. of this offer and the classes Marion Coles, our work was made started Tuesday. a great pleasure and October 1st, 1929. we feel honored in liaving had the opportunity to serve the past The final arrangements have been made administration which accomplished so much and the details comijleted, as we turn our for the Pep Club members. duties over to the new Committee coming into office in October, 1929. CONCLUSION MEMBERSHIP We should like to take this opportunity Elmer R. Short, Chairman to express our appreciation to the Club Mem- Membcr.s: Richard Rciinctt, A'icc-CIiairmnii bers for their splendid co-operation and sup- llcrt Adler, P. H. .Stilisoii, William Lawrence, port in assisting us to carry out our projects. F- C- Coope, AVilliam Heclil, Flo Miin.son, Wc also wish to extend our thanks to Law- Philip Rrown, I.sabel Mahoney, Ray Ei.siier, rence Bailey and his subordinates for their George Oestreicher, Frank Schreiber, illax aid and co-operation throughout the dura- Klein. tion of the Comptometry Classes. {Continued on /inye 34) PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE THIRTY-THREE I COMMITTEE REPORTS |

The Membership Com- RULES mittee begs to report its Wildberg, Chairman activities during the past John J. year. Members: Leon Saveli, Arthur Israel, Jr., At the time of the new Shirley AV. Oldak. administration there were I take pleasure in sub- enrolled about 7S0 mem- mitting a summary report bers. and during the year dropped of the work of the Rules 120 of those were Committee for the past club from the rolls either or year. through resignation One amendment to the discontinuance of mem- by-laws was proposed, bership. However, your up seconded, and adopted committee reports that the time of meet- 212 new whereby to date they have enrolled about ings was changed from 5 applications for 50 or 75 members and have p. m.. to the noon hour. members who will be eligible to be voted on This puts This change has worked during the next month or two. out wonderfully well as the the roster of the club up to about 950 mem- splendid attendance at our bers. noon meetings plus the eager co-operation of Your Committee lent co-operation to the our executives in addressing the club at them Entertainment Committee and the Athletic has proven. the constitution Committee. It also rendered assistance in A proposed amendment to is, present, under advisement, the proposed with the recent group insurance. at connection change being- in the manner of elections. pieasure to serve It has indeed been a This will be reported on at the next meeting. under your leadersliip. and we wish to thank The committee also handled the recent club you for your advice and cooperation which elections. I wish to thank Mr. Saveli, Mr. at all times enabled us to perform our duties. Israel and Miss Oldak who served on the Rules Committee and Mr. Richard Bennett and Mr. Jack Pindat, all of whom gave generously of their time in order to further the best interests of the club. THRIFT In closing this report, I want to take the Fred L. Metzler, Chairman opportunity as a club member to express my personal thanks to you for the manner in I,. J. Ludwig Members: Hiissell Holman, which you handled the club in all of its The activities of the various, phases. It has been a source of ex- Thrift Committee for the treme pleasure to help out in such an able past year were limited be- administration. cause of the proposed plan announced some time ago to sell Paramount stock to WELFARE employees. It appears that the com- Dr. Emanuel Stern, Chairman pletion of this plan will be Members: Irene Sullivan, Fred L. Metzler. realized under the adminis- The Welfare Committee tration of incoming officers Pep Club. of the Paramount Pep Club of the Paramount has functioned in its usual Recommendations were manner. made to Pep Club Members of this plan as and when Of necessity, its work to take advantage must be more or less con- it liecame a certainty. fidential, but we feel quite Thruout the year the Thrift Committee justified in saying that we recommendations to the “W elfare have been able to accom- also made plish a good deal for in- Committee for the assistance of various em- obliga- dividual members of the ployees in meeting certain financial Club. to tions. Other recommendations were made employees for short term investments with a view of later participating in the Paramount stock plan. EMIL E. SHAUER COMES BACK „ t i F. L. Metzler. FROM EUROPE Emil E. Shauer, general manager of the PUBLICITY foreign department, and Mrs. Shauer arrived in New York today after an extended Charles E. McCarthy, Chairman vacation in Europe. With them was Rob- Mcinber.s: Leon J. IJainberger, A. M. ert Rosenthal of Basel, Switzerland, Para- tortl, Russell Holman. mount distributor for that territory, who You have requested a will spend several weeks in the United report from me as Chair- States studying the latest developments man of the Publicity Com- mittee of the Paramount in sound pictures. for the year now Pep Club llllillillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillMIIIIIIIIIIIIIII drawing to a close. The Committee had several meetings, and by We are all sculptors. Honesty, thor- a variety of means kept the name and activities of oughness, loyalty are good tools. the Paramount Pep Club before the members and —A. J. MicheV’ the public throughout the year. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE THIRTY-FOUP PEP CLUB FORMED VINCENT TROTTA'S IN CHATTANOOGA

About two months ago, the employees of the Publix Tivoli Theatre, Chattanooga, Tenn., under the guidance of District Man- ager J. A. Koerpel and managers F. F. Smith, Tivoli; Paul Slrort, Rialto; J. L. Cartwright, State and Ed Shauf, Bonita, formed a social club and named it Publix Pep Club. At meetings of the club, various operations of Publix theatres throughout the country are discussed by departmental heads. Projectionists lecture on sound and the use of the various signals that control volume. Tills is especially beneficial to the service department as it enables its members to come in closer contact with the actual problems that confront the projectionist. Inasmuch as all ushers are potential managers, this contact aids them immeasurably in acquiring the fundamentals of theatre management. The various managers give inspirational talks concerning the many phases of theatre operation.

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A party was given by Irene Scott’s crew. Reason—Mary Levine’s departure to get married. Mary’s friends will probably be surprised to know that she will reside in Boston in the winter and Paris in the summer. Here’s a chance, folks, those of you who plan to visit Europe ne.xt summer, to add another address to your list of “Amer- icans in Paris.” We, who know her, certainly shall miss her, as to know her was to love her.

Syd Newman is back in our midst again from the Long Island Studio, and it’s certainly “Swell” to see her back. She is now in Mr. Bill Powers’ office.

J. Albert Hirsch, associate editor of PUB- LIX OPINION is going to Europe and will be replaced by Ned E. Williams, well known newspaperman. Mr. W. R. Hecht was so engrossed in supervising the ballot casting, that he fell asleep and had to be awakened by Dan O’Neill, who also supervised.

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By EUGENE J. ZUKOR

One of my most poignant regrets as I boarded the “Olympic” late last month ton this business visit to Europe was the fact that I would miss the October Inaugural Dinner and the installation of the new officers. But as neither time, tide nor the expansion of our Paramount organization stand still for no man, I will, on the evening of October 17th, be present in person one side of the Atlantic Ocean while my heart and my thoughts will be on the other side. This fact is at once symbolical not only of the growth of Paramount and Publix, but also of the growth of the Paramount-Pep Club, which is itself the human interest symbol of the sentimental side of both those organizations. There was a time at the beginning of the Club’s history, where the movements of an individual could influence the Club’s policies and routine events, just as there was a time in the early Eug-ene Zukor days of Paramount, when the absence or the presence of one in- 1921-22 dividual could make all the difference in the world. But times have changed; both the Organization of the Company and the Organization of the Club have moved forward with giant strides. Neither has lost those priceless attributes of humanness and sentiment which have been their very foundation stones; neither has faltered in a steady progression to greater and finer things and both have grown to national and international proportions. It is with this allusion that I pay my humble tribute to' the Paramount Pep Club as it stands today, and to those men and women’ in its ranks who have participated in its upbuilding since thati first memorable year of its inception. You have a great Club—the finest of its kind in the world—and my regret at not being present at the 1929 Inaugural Dinner is something which can never adequateh' be put into words. By MELVILLE A. SHAUER In this big world we usually' look to the future for progress. But all progress to be secure must be tinctured and tempered with the foundations of the past. The outer structure must change to keep pace. Often the very walls of the past must be uprooted and changed to the finer and better te.xture of the new order of things. The Pep Club organization of five' y'ears ago would not be adequate today. But the spirit that went into that organization is what made its growth possible, and sent it surging^ ahead to new and increasing triumphs. And so, as one of your past presidents I would like to renew the

tribute 1 paid during my term to the courage and sincerity of the Pepsters who carried the banner way back in the old days. That hosts of them are still marching forward with us into THE NEW SHOW WORLD is evidence delu.xe of the solidarity of Mel. A. Shauer Paramount; and proof conclusive that Pep Club’s ideals are the right 1923-24 ideals; and gilt edged security that! all Pepsters are headed for new joys and new glories and new expressions of the old devotion.

By HARRY A. NADEL

My congratulations to President Frawley on an outstanding Pep Club year. Greetings to the President-elect, Eddie Brown. And how different he is from all his predecessors. A president with a mustache! The first three presidents boasted of having become fathers of sons, while in office. Stilson’s partiality to sus- penders was recognized with the presentation to him of a deluxe pair, on his retirement from office. McLoughlin brought to the high office of President his genius for moving—from 5th Avenue to the Paramount Building. Trotta is the happy father of four or

is it five young Trottas. Judge Frawley and conventions are synonymous. But, Eddie with his beautiful little waxed mustache. What Harrv A. Nadel him. very best wishes to you, Ed. 1924-25 a glorious future lies before My PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE THIRTY-S:X READ THE WORDS OF OUR FORMER LEADERS- AND PRESENT GUIDES

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ By PALMER H. STILSON The PARAMOUNT PEP CLUB should be defined as one of the most important departments in the Company’s service. Un- doubtedly Corporation officials consider it as such. Its departmental functions inculcate loyalty, love of work, assistance and cooperation, education of our associates, social intercourse and welfare. Who can say that these accomplishments are not of the most far reaching aid to our Corporation and treasured\ as such? A competent stranger in need of employment approaches our gatO and the club personnel at once places the new associate at ease and assists him or her to more readily assimilate our methods and thereby render creditable service in daily tasks. The period of probation passed, the new employee is honored with full membership with its many advantages, insurance protection, raided activities., fraternal feeling and friendship. P. H. Stlison Pause and reflect on the manner in which all past club officials 1925-26 and chairmen have welded corporation and club policies; to the undisputed good of all. Scan the company personnel and note how the club reflects its spirit in the rank and file of our manpower and womankind. Yes, verily the club is a department of great worth. The corporation’s work and future has not been betrayed, whereas, to the glory of us all, the landmarks and ideals of PARAMOUNT are in definite process of perpetuation.

By JOSEPH P. McLOUGHLlN On the eve of the inauguration of a new administration my hat is off to Mr. Frawley and his officers for instituting the most constructive measure yet made effective by the Club. The Group Insurance was truly a step in the right direction and much credit is due Ur. Stern and Mr. Frawley for the accomplishment.

Our new President is bringing into office the experience gained through eight years of active interest in club affairs. We have every reason to feel confident that his administration will carry the Club to even greater achievement. Financially, there is much encouragement in the e.xpectation JO^^EPH Me IflUOHLIR that Eddie will do as well with) the cash of the Club as he does with the cash of the Company. 1926-27 By VINCENT TROTTA When an editor enters an office at least a dozen times (being part of the tribulation of editorship) each time pleading for a Past President, of the Club, it is pretty nearly certain that he is not kidding about the message. So, since the last pleading I have raked my files for a message to the members of the Club, and all I am prompted to say is to have them read over my Inaugural Address which is on file at any morgue: also note the second paragraph of Washington’s farewell to his troops; the third line of the sixthi paragraph of the Constitution of the United States; the last paragraph of Abraham Lincoln’s speech at Gettysberg; the fourth stanza of Dante’s "Paradise Lost”; Bryan’s appeal to reason at Dayton, Tennessee; and Mussolini’s famous eulogy on Rome’si Seventh Hill. Add to the above one part Pep, two parts Vim, three parts Zip Vincent Trotta 1927-28 and Vhgor and you will have everything that there is to say to the members for the Inaugural issue. Furthermore, I would advise the Toastmaster at the banquet, whoever he may be, that should he be in need of an address he could begin where ex-Toastmaster Botsford left off at the last Inaugural Banquet, and for his text refer to Film Daily’s article of Septem- ber 25th, 1929; “Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Trotta of Flushing, L. I., are happy these days over birth of another son.” For further information be it known, that the babe was born on September 21st (the date of his mother’s birthday) his name lieing Raymond Trotta. Mother and father, in particular, are doing well. PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE THIRTY-SEVEN THE PARAMOUNT TOWER SOME VIEWS EROM THE LOETY PEAK WHICH DOMINATES THE CROSS ROADS OF THE WORLD

Of course, most members of the Pej) Club have visited the luxuri- ously furnished Observation Tower on top of this beautiful Imilding which dominates the Cross-roads of the World.

However, just to recall the beautiful panorama to your minds we publish herewith two views made by Lew Nathan, Paramount Pho- tographer.

Lnfurtunately, s])ace forbids that we should reproduce all of i\Ir. Nathan’s scenes, which include the entire horizon. They are all as good as these two, and it was a difficult task to decide, which ones to reproduce. It is our belief that these photos have never l)een printed before, which is quite a surprise, in view of the fact that their surpassing clarity gives one such an e.xcellent picture of the vicinity. At any rate, Pei)-( )-Grams claims the homm of being the first to

Ijookin^' Nc^rth-West PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE THIRTY-EIGHT make use of his work. Looking North, one can see the lofty tow- ers of the new Hudson River Bridge — the longest suspension bridge in the world—being erected. Over towards New Jersey, the mead- ows, protected by the lofty Palisades and the buildings of the Hudson waterfront towns, seem to stretch for miles. Even the sky- scrapers of Newark and the Orange Moun- tains beyond, are visible on clear days. To the South, the ol)server can see distinctly the Statue of Liberty guarding the New York Harbor, as well as the northern part of Staten Island. IT the East, one sees the busy waters of the East River, backed by the Iniildings of Brooklyn and Queens. Hell Gate Bridge is easily discovered, and part of the Long Island

Sound beyond it. Both wings of the Observation Tower are eciuipped with large telescopes which greatly increase the range of vision. Comfortable 'I’lie interior chairs are provided, as well as writing desks where visitors may send post cards to their friends. Members of the Pep Club are entitled to free admission to the Tower. If you have not yet visited it, you should do so immediately, and to those who have already been there, we suggest another trip, because the sky line of New York seems to change every day.

Looking North-East PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE THIRTY-NINE •t* A J* .t* %*A. **A. A AAAAAAAAA *> VV%V %* *!r V V %VV I YE OLDE PEP-O-GRAM ALMANACK

Warning— this Almanack is published a last see the light. Brooklyn Paramount 3'ear late, but it is a great compliment to will open this day. the genius of the compiler of this clear- Nov. 25 Rita Robinson, comely little visioned document that practically every — gel from Tuxedo Park, wdll be that way item includetl in it has come true. The about a certain gown in a certain window. original treatise was written over a year Window wdll be on West 59th St. Rita ago but was only found a week before pub- will be on tenter-hooks until Santa “b’ings lication of this issue of Pep-O-Grams. me ’at cute ickle down fwom de cute ickle found it one Thursday last Henry Gray winnow.” week while bending over to adjust his Brighton supporter while riding a Brighton Nov 26—This is the day to plant green and Sea Beach commuter. corn. In charred oak barrels.

Oct. 1 —Jim Speer will find a Bismarck Dec. 11 —Jesse L. Lasky will tell Pep cigar band next week while standing on the Club meeting plenty this day. kerb waiting for his wife to get through for Dec. 14 Joe McLaughlin will be elected the daj' in Alacy's. — Chairman of the Board of Governors cum Oct. 16—Time to plant banana trees for laude. A^incent Trotta will be elected vice scenery in them Jim Clark 24-sheets on the chairman, cum over to my house to dinner, “Four Feathers” in the spring. try an’ get in.

Oct. 18—G. B. J. (Judge for yourself or Dec. 24— Helen Swayne will receive pneu- “who cares ’bout dat?”) Frawley will be matic knockwurst, by air mail. inducted as president of the Paramount Pep Dec. 25 —Christmas Day. Rita Robinson Club at a dinner this evening. Venus three will get the “down” from “Tandy Tlaus.” points W'est. Dec. 29—Pep Club party on 26th floor. Oct. 19 Armand Toussaint will receive — Alarie Dunn will be present. Party will be the Order of the Chicken a la King if he a jazz-mad panic-riot. is patient and gives the waiter a break. Dec. 31 — Alarie Dunn will adopt Holly- Oct. 21 .All committees of the Paramount — wood diet. Pep Club will be duly appernted — with sound. Jan. 1 —Resolutions in Lhiited States. Same thing, spelled with a “v” in Alexico 22 price of artichokes will he Oct. —The and Central America. raised one cent per choke. Jan. 3—Whalen will wax powerful—mus- 25 .\mos Botsford will be elected Oct. — taches. chairman of the Entertainment Committee, will express regrets; Russ Holman will he Jan. 8— President Adolph Zukor wdll de- elected, will e.xpress comparative regrets; liver momentous talk to Pep Club at its meeting this day. J. E. McDermott will be elected, wdll ex- superlative regrets. William Mcllvam press Jan. 24—Larry Flynn will have appendix wdll elected chairman of entertainment be removed. Passenger agents of all railroads take aholt. committee. Will will send up prayers for recovery. Oct. 25— Air. and Mrs. Len Cushing will Jan. 25 B. & O. Railroad will make one announce a blessed event. — bottled appendix part of permanent exhibit Oct. 26— Alariners take heed. It is fixin’ in Mt. Royal station, Baltimore. fer a blow. Rosoff’s will dust off and re- varnish all wdndow' trout and goldfish. Jan. 28— Helen Kane will dust off old elephant-huntin’ hat in preparation to going 27 will call Eddie Oct. —Bernie Brooks to Ppramourr ^,-.'1 T/iri) Eddie Hollander. Hollander “Air. Shea.” Feb. 3 Len Daly will join Russ Holman Oct. 28— Bernie Brooks wdll walk to the — battalion of Press Book sector. New York E.xchange under forced draft, gear in the mid-riff. having damaged Feb. 9— Park Avenue will be shaken by temblors of jealousy this day. Paramount Oct. 31 —A. J. Alichel and Mrs. Alichel will sail for Yurp. Pep Club wdll stage annual Paramount Ball at Astor Ball Room. Helen Kane will get 13 Club meeting wdll be Nov. — First Pep Len Daly that way about her. held under President Frawley. This is the time to set late fall hens. Alarch 5—Sam Katz will deliver famous speech to Pep Club, earning nick-name Nov. 16—Red Cross drive begins. Ed- "The Publix Servant.” w'ard A. Brown, ex-president in charge, will break all records. Alarch 7—Budget Bowling Team, com- Nov. 24—Brooklyn, N. Y., bereft since the prising Joe Doughney and Teddy Lemm will demise of Henry Ward Beecher, wdll at be victors in company tournament. PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FORTY —

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March 10—Katherine Kent will work on July 9—Ralph Kohn, purser than whom figures this day. One of them will be her there is none purser, will say words of gol- own. den wisdom at Pep meeting today. April 5—Jerry Novat will order vegetab'e July 16—Knox Haddow will escort dele- dinner with jerked moss sandwich on whole gation of girls from Cincinnati E.xchange wheat bread at Childs this noon, to prove through offices of the Paramount Building. he is appendicitis-conscious. Will survive ordeal and cat-calls. 9 April — Elek J. Lndvigh secretary of July 17—Walt McIntosh will purchase ten Paramount Company will vociferate rous- cent cigar, beating former record by four ing address before Pep Club. cents. 23 A-pril —Pep Club will stage shenanigan July 29— Only two more days left in at Hotel Pennsylvania, Bill Macllvain will- which to set out them cokey-nut trees for ing. scenery in them there Jim Clark 24-sheets on "Byrd in the .'Antarctic, or. How Wide May 1 —Signed photograph of Rudy Val- Can a Penguin Grin?” lee will be offered by prominent member — of Pep-O-Grams staff to girl who writes Aug. 1 "The House That Shadows best original reason in 50 words, why she Built,” will be presented to Pep Club mem- should get the prize. bers. May 2—Shortly after nine a. m. of this Aug. 13—Eugene Zukor will be the prin- day Sara Sultner will receive signed Photo cii)al speaker at the regular meeting of the of Le Grand Trouper, M. Vallee. Pep Club this day. May 2—Few minutes later 50,000 girls Aug. 13—Announcement will be made by will apply to Dr. Stern for cure for the President Frawley this day that group in- blues. surance for Pep Club members will become effective. May 16— Cliff Lewis will hear the one about the Indian and his tent. Will repeat Sept. 21 —Pep Club members, at their it to 12 other fellows, moving most of them homes, will tune in their radios this night tol laughter. for the first Paramount Radio Hour over the Columbia network. May 27—Melvin Shauer will return this 23— will day from South America. All-talking, all- Sept. 'Fhe stars portend a blessed laughing, all-thrills. event for a well-known art director. Sept. 24—The Pep Club will elect its en- June 6—Henry Gray, big strong, silent tire ticket, headed by E. A. Brown, candi- All-American tackle will have successfully date for president, this day. tackled Salvation Army drive and will have shattered all existing records for donations Sept. 26— J. Cicero will hire bodyguard. before this day is done. Purpose: protection from love-sick females.

June 11 — Foreign Legionnaires E. C. Sept. 29.—Sara Lyons, dashing from of- Shauer, Mel Shauer and G. C. Graham will fice to projection room, will stumble for spill a lot of inside dope about interesting the first time in history. things overseas at this day’s meeting of the Pep Club. Oct. 1 —Edna Grady will break down and weep. Cold spell will interfere with sun- June 15—Roton Point, Conn., will lay tan treatment. down its rakes and hoes this day; being host to the Pep Club, a gang of folks from Oct. 5—Sammy Cohen will fail to make the city. effective wisecrack. Will be sent home by Dr. Stern. June 17—A1 Deane, dean of 43d and Broadway house organ editors, will an- Oct. 10—Jack Roper will become Ameri- nounce retirement from active editorship of can. citizen this day. Pep-O-Grams this bitter cold day. Oct. 11 —Arthur Dunne will give inter- June 21 — Convention at which matters of view predicting that the country will go to great celluloid import will be discussed, will the dogs. open in Atlantic City, N. J. Oct. 15 —Judge Frawley will adopt meagre June 23—Vincent Trotta, artist of parts diet. Surplus of steaks will be reported by (human) will suffer localized astigmatism New York butchers. condition in the tibia this day. Oct. 17—Hotel Astor will be invaded by July 4—Holiday. This day will be favor- joyous gang from some nearby building able under Scorpion to declare indepen- maybe one of them there motion picture dence— if wife is away. outfits. PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FORTY-ONE ! — — ! PEEKS AT THE PEPPY DISCOVERED

PURCHASERS For years we have Iieen trying to find out why Zelda Pyne of the Publix Account- Let us see what the Purchasing Depart- ing Department had left ment is doing these days. try to the sunny shores of her crowd them all in the best we can. We’ll native home in St. Thom- start off with as, Virgin Islands, which we have always pictured iMr. Nadel, who received a half-way decent as the land of romances, break by getting two weeks vacation, which to spend all her time in he surely did need. the cold environments of New York. Our spy- Let us put a bug in your ear about Miss ing reporters, who know iMengel. Don’t ever try to kid her about no discomfitures, have discovered the secret buying paper or any kind of stationery be- of her happiness in living up North. We cause it will be just too bad. have learned that “Trappers” are located Mr. Cicero (pardon the mister) —he is in the cold regions amid the ice and snow. not a bad looking chap and he has ,a per- It may be cold up here but Zelda’s smile fect figure. Wdiy doesn’t he give some of can alw'ays be relied upon to melt the cold- the girls a break? est icebergs.

We suppose you have heard of Larry llllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIII Flynn. If not then you haven’t done any traveling. Well, here’s the job he has One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Comes in the morning, opens his mail Eight Nine Ten. (pardon me, the boy opens it), he looks it —J. A. Clark over, then goes out to play golf and they call him the Transportation Manager. Not niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii bad. PUBLIX BOOKING DEPARTMENT Bessie Goldmith sure has personality, but she can’t eat that, so she has to work. Joel Golden is now in Des Moines assisting Ed. Berger. This is Joel’s first trip Alice Blunt lives home now after being out of New York, which all goes to prove at Long Beach all summer, but Eddie that one doesn’t have to “join the Navy doesn’t mind traveling. and see the world,”—join Publix instead. Anna Riley doesn’t like to be told she This also applies to Joe Weinstein, “Joe looks nice in blue. It’s getting so she can’t the well dressed man” who is now on big take a joke. business in Charlotte. Mr. Lockwood, the new member of the Much planning is going on about the great event of the 5’^ear DINNER. Purchasing Department is a very nice fel- THE low, but Oh! That pipe! What table are you sitting at? Want to sit at mine? Can I be at that table? These We don’t know much about Miss Blum, exclamations can be heard at the least only that she comes from Pittsburgh and e.xcuse. that is nothing to brag about. Vincent Doherty, formerly of Mr. Fraw- Harold, Larry Flynn’s assistant, is think- ley’s department, has joined the Publix ranks ing of getting himself a ticket for the mad as assistant to Mr. Victor Campbell. Victor house. Remember, Harold, don’t get a is now in charge of Jack Pindat’s depart- round trip. ment as well as his own.

Johnny Guilfoyle spent his vacation in Barbara Cohen, Air. Hinchy’s secretary, Troy looking for a good old-fashioned girl, has deserted us to go to California, which but no old-fashioned girl would trust him. is not such a bad place. However, everyone was sorry to see Barbara leave as she JllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII was very well liked. WOULD NOT A CAMP SITE BE Jeanne Friedman, the vampire of the department, has been up to her old tricks A GOOD CLUB INVESTMENT? again. That young lady has been to a show every night for the past two weeks, -r. ./. PINEAU lllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMI Not Nearly “PEP” IS WHAT MAKES YOUR A small boy came home and told his father CLUB AND PUBLIX, PARA- he was now second in his class, the top being occupied by a girl. jMOUNT. CONGRATULATIONS “But, surely, John,” said the father, “you’re —BORIS MORROS not going to be beaten by a mere girl.” “VX'ell, you see, father,” replied John, “girls iiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiM are not nearly so mere as they used to be.” PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FORTY-TWO : — A RECORD MESSAGE By MELVILLE A. SHAUER

(Note: This message was spoken in Paris at four o’clock in the afternoon of Septem- ber 3rd by Melville A. Shauer, a past president of the Paramount Pep Club. At one minute past four o’clock he heard a message played back to him on a special record and one minute later the record itself was speeding to Cherbourg to come across the Atlantic on one of the record breaking trips of the Bremen. In Mr. Shauer’s own words this is one of the fastest messages of its kind ever to cross the Atlantic.)

Being too busy to write I am sending this message to you on the small record measuring three inches in diameter. As a past president of the I'aramount Pep Club, you know my feelings and sentiments on such an occasion as this. I am for the Paramount Pep Club and its members now and always.

(Another note: The message was heard in the Paramount Building at the Crossroads of the World at 5:10 P.M. on Tuesday, September 10th.)

REAL ESTATE RAMBLERS THEY’RE GROWING LONGER

Fred V. Greene, Jr., has a great liking for Anonymous corn on the cob and with corn now in season Where are the legs of yesteryear. he is frequent!}' heard requesting the waiter for the “oldest ear of corn you have.” The stout legs and slim; Whether or not this is bad for digestion re- The brave display on a windy day. mains for Doc Stern to enlighten us. How- That filled us with vigor and vim? ever, for the present, the “oldest ear of corn” reigns supreme as the “dainty morsel” for Mr. Greene. Where are the knees we used to cheer. “Thar’s gold in them thar hills,” cried the The bowed ones and the knocked; aged prospector. “Yes, and how do you like The neat array and the slender spray, my gold teeth,” said Gertie Vollmer as she The parade that thrilled and shocked? showed the inquiring reporter the newest addition. Under the gauze and the net, Now that “Wally” Leppanen is one of the Awaiting the judgment glim. “married men,” Real Estate has very few the stout; single male members left. At present we are Fashion has hidden wondering who will be next.” Fashion has buried the slim. ‘Dick’ Engel adores the wholesome type of kings laugh and gloat. girl. Is that why you lunch in the Times And fashion Restaurant, Dick? While Fannie Hurst weeps wdth woe. The following poem is dedicated to a cer- The courting beau will no longer know tain party in Real Estate What makes his sweetheart float. The Golfer iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis When your stance is right and the ball you smite I was not at last year’s Inauguration Flies down the fairways far, simply because And you’re out to win, and you won’t give Dinner in —Albert Deane Until you’ve made it in Par. The last hole done, and your game is won My hat’s off to a group of good To the club house in spirits reveling fellows. It’s a seventy-two and with your old clubs too. —Earl Wingart

Oh, boy ! Ain’t it a grand and glorious feeling. IlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllillllllllM PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FORTY-THREE —

PARAMOUNT AROUND THE WORLD IS WITH US ' TO-NIGHT I

THE PEPSTERS OF AUSTRALIA ENGLISH PARAMOUNTEERS PRES- SEND A COO-EE ENT IN SPIRIT A Message from the Paramount Club Mem- bers in Great Britain to the Pepsters SIX- at the It is brought in person by JAMES A. 1929 Inaugural Dinner. SMITH, Secretary-Treasurer of the Austra- Transmitted by O. V. TRAGGARDH lian Paramount Organization at present visiting Home Office. It is not so much the fact that the same ocean which beats right up to the foot of Forty-Fourth Street also beats up the Linked by the common bond of having Thames almost to our London office; it is had our Paramount-Pep Club founded the not so much the fact that one may take hold same year as your grand fellowship organi- of a telephone and for a not inconsiderable zation came into being, we literally do a sum of money call you folks in New York; kangaroo hop in Sipringing to the invitation it is not so much these and many other to greet you in this fashion on the occasion things as it is the fact that we Paramoun- of the installation of your new officers. teers of the London Head Office feel that are We know, as past experience has so meri- we bound to you by a sentiment as en- toriously proven, that the choices' of your during as the ocean, as intangible as the air nominating committee have been wise and and as pleasant as the sunshine which we commendable, and that for the forthcoming are reputed (erroneously, we might add) to year you will have an administration which see so little of over here. will prove to be diligent, progressive and 'Idle mere fact that we do not carry the ‘Pep’ in our visionary. We know that this administration word Club’s name by no means implies that are lacking in this priceless will be faced with all of the problems which we come with a swiftly growing organization; commodity. Perhaps it is because we have that ‘Paramount’ and ‘Pep’ are and just as surely we know that the new assumed that refrained officers you have elected will prove them- synonymous we have from selves equal to the task of having the Para- doing so. At all events we have it, and it mount-Pep Club keep pace by pace and step sustains us* in the multitudinous details of our of presenting pictures by step with that great unit of unified en- tasks Paramount to a vast and appreciative populace. deavor in which are incorporated the great names and reputations of Paramount and We have alw’ays gone on record in appre- Publix. ciation of the inspiration which we have received from you and your Club. But merely Across ten thousand miles of space we going on record in cold words of type is not send this message to you in the keeping of the finest form of appreciation. We believe one of our most beloved Paramounteers. that the best appreciation of inspiration is that he is going to have a mar- We know in actual translation of inspiration into ac- velous time during his American visit in the tion. So henceforth, in our activities and interests, and we know, more Company’s our accomplishments you will see the actual surely than words could possibly tell, that guaranteed worth of all of the goodness through his eyes and his voice we are going which we see in the aims, deals and senti- to you all even better than we have know ments of the Paramount-Pep Club at the done in the past. Crossroads of the World. —The Paramount-Pep Club of And this evening we are right across there Sydney, Australia. with vou all in spirit. iiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiii If It’s a Paramount Picture It’s the JOHN HAMMELL WRITES: World’s Best Show! —J. H. Seidelman As the present administration draws to a IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIII close, the Club can look back with pride REMEMBER THIS ALWAYS to the achievements which have been accomplished through the tireless efforts and cap- He Who Misses the Best Is a Loser able abilities of its esteemed officers during Whether He Knows It or Not. the past year. —David J. Chatkin Paramount is ever climbing to newer and IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII mightier successes. The spirit and loyalty HEAR YE, HEAR YE—Have you heard manifested by the Paramount Club mem- the news! Laura Schauder of the Tele- bers is in a large way responsible. Keep phone Exchange is mighty proud to be up your efforts, boys and girls, and ever keep called “Auntie” Laura, for a bouncing baby in mind that you are part of that vast or- girl has arrived in the family and will be ganization on which the sun never sets called Marguerite. We don’t blame you, PARAMOUNT. Laura, for being so happy. PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FORTY-FOUR — iiiiiiiiiiiiiMigiigiisiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigiiiiiiissiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;: SERVICE MANUAL or HOW TO PRODUCE PICTURES EOR THE EOREIGN MARKET By O. R. Geyer Manager Foreign Publicity and Advertising

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Sometime ago, through the columns of That the worst possible social form for this priceless medium for the storage and an international proflucer is to show the na- dispensation of PEP, this writer offered tionals of other countries in a ridiculous and some gratuitous advice to those who would undignified light. like service in the distribution end of the That Chile and a number of other coun- Foreign Department. It seems likely that tries want nothing that smacks of commu- there may be some Pepsters who would pre- nism and revolution. fer producing pictures for foreign distribu- That Russia turns thumbs down on pic- tion, hence the writer takes the liberty to tures depicting the gay and satisfactory life offer a manual for the consideration of these of the capitalistic class. would-be foreign producers. The line, of And South America wants pictures of big course, will form at the right, and it isi re- business and high society drama. quested that you avoid pushing and catch- That errors in spelling and grammar in as-catch-can tactics. titles will often receive more than a frown For your guidance we give herewith a few from the censor of foreign language coun- simple rules and regulations which will entries. able you to escape the pitfalls of those who Villains who speak a foreign language or look though they had emigrated re- fail to take into consideration not only the who as thirty-seven famous languages which Para- cently are dangerous in the extreme. mount now speaks but also the equally om- Baseball and prohibition aren’t understood nipresent thirty-seven varieties of censors: and in some countries the latter type of story just about plumbs the depth of una- Please remember that vailability. Picturesi depicting royalty cannot be re- And elsewhere the flapper story is held leased in Japan. highly dangerous to the morals of tlie young That pictures which make light of the and innocent. exalted position of royalty are persona non “We won the war” pictures will win the grata in England and other monarchial blue ticket from many censors. countries. The use of foreign titles and genuine That Sweden is averse to torrid love names are often productive of damage suits, scenes, crime and anything that might stain provided they get by the censor. the youthful mind. Revolutions, political upheavals and dis- That, on the other hand, some of the Latin respect towards government and police offi- countries want the love-stuff only a flapper cials do not build good will for the industry. could love. There, in brief, is about the whole story. Down in Australia you mustn’t show You have your list of “Don’ts” and now it is guns, knives, clubs and other criminally possible to look around for the “can do” known instruments in action and that the type of story. The woods-, or filing cabinets, love action must be soft and langorous and are full of this type. And they are so easy not too peppy. to produce! Simple, isn’t it? Don’t men- That India and the Dutch East Indies fre- tion it! Glad to have been of assistance to quently reject pictures in which there is you in breaking into the foreign field. Per- shown conflict between races. liaps as a little gratuity for this freely of- That comedy chases in which burlesque fered advice from a “Kibitzer” you might cops receive the worSt of it are none too include his name on the list for each and popular in many countries. every “first night.” PRODUCTION HEADS GREET THE CLUB

By B. P. SCHULBERG By JAMES R. COWAN (General Manager of West-Coast Production) (General manager of production. Leadership in any field of commercial ac- Long Island Studio) tivity can be attained—and maintained—on- In this New Show World era, new per- ly through organization. The dominant po- sonalities are of vital importance. sition of Paramount and Publix in the field The Long Island studio points with pride of motion picture production, distribution to the part it has played during the past and exhibition has been achieved in a large year in supplying Paramount with new measure by the wonderful spirit of our far- favorites. (Continued on page 52) {Continued on page 52) PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FORTY-FIVE ! — 1 ! — !

FIFTH FLOOR PHILOSOPHY IIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll “Neither Rain, Heat, nor Gloom of It seems that a certain young man of the —” Film Rental decided he might like to do Night can stay —Trotta

some fishing one Sunday. Becoming more I9IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII and more obsessed with the idea, this lad made extensive preparations for the event HERE AND THERE IN PUBLIX and on the Saturday night preceding the gala day, he was in readiness—BUT—sad to The Publix Accounting Dep’t was more relate, an extremely unfortunate situation than glad to see Walter Stokes at his desk arose with the result that the would-be after 2 weeks absence. He was greatly fisherman arrived too late Sunday A. M. to missed while away on account of illness. do any fishing. At least that’s his story and We have a finished handball athlete in our he seems to be intent on sticking to it. Mo- midst, namely Scott Lett, head of the Sta- ral might be—"Early bird catches the fish!” tistical Dep’t. Will you accept any chal- What with this one and that one contem- lenges, Scott? plating marriage, the Film Rental Unit is Rose Kirsch moved recently and is now an uncomfortable place for the remaining residing in Tudor City. Living near the of- bachelors who are desperatel}' trying to fice must have its advantages, eh. Rose? maintain their exclusive independence de- Mary Turner has a weakness for Italian spite terrific odds. The latest one to take weddings and we all wonder why. the fatal plunge is little Ida Levine, darling A new hobby is in effect as Winnie Wynn of the Film Rental. Ida seems happy, too of Mr. Glidden’s Dep’t. is acquiring toys

That's what weakens us ! from the 5 & 10c store and decorating her Helen Seesholtz, the Philadelphian Prin- desk with them. cess, threatens seriously to inflict severe Ted DeBoer and Co-workers of the Ac- bodily injury on one Larry Fischer if he crual Dep’t. now boast two new members does not desist in his attacks on her home namely Messrs. Rhino and Siegel. town. "Always belittlin’’ says Helen. Bernie Solomonick is becoming quite a personage lately. First he raises a mus- By the way, speaking of Larry, it might tache and now is smoking cigarettes in the not he inopportune to mention that the office. He’ll smoke cigars when he strikes youth has developed a mania for imitating oil he states. screen celebrities. The other night, he re- Has anyone seen Isabelle (Toots) Fores- galed the crowd with a terrifying portrayal man in her red hat and coat? Also the of Lon Chaney in his most gruesome char- "Wolf” (Grey Fo,x) around her throat is acterizations. Larry has one of those plas- past the biting stage. tic faces, if you get what we mean— We wonder how the old hermits Stanley Lillian Beecham, the lightning comptome- and Zaiumit, manage to while away the dreary trist, (is that the word?) hails from Brook- evenings. lyn and makes no bones about shouting it Lady Luck smiled at Gulotti and he won from the housetops. That’s NEWS! the baseball pool. Cigar money—eh! Wal- Little Alfred Hertz startled the Film Ren- ter Rosenberg hugged a horseshoe and al- tal Unit the other day when he made his most won low. Touch break, Walter. appearance wearing a snappy pearl gray hat Of course Mr. Keller has a brother in and a pair of gloves— Fashion Note. Of Philadelphia, but we wonder if it is brother- course, he wore a suit and ly love alone that draws him there so often. Joe Hahn has been named the “White Ed McGrane, a quiet young fellow, states mentioned in the Flame of the Bron.x.” But then—Joe never that he had never been did have any trouble in stamping his person- Pep-O-Grams. Eventually—Why not now? is out a ality on any locality in which he happened George Sheppard at present on business trip but hope that he will be back lO' spend any time— for the big affair. Since Charlie Eich moved ’way out in the sticks, it is becoming increasingly difficult iinigiiiiiEiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii for him to get home nights—We might add, maliciously, maybe, but truthfully, that we In Afghanistan, Beluchistan, Hon- do not think it is the distance that is re- duras, and Sumatra they pronounce sponsible for this condition— it Shah-vahl-yeay. —O. R. Geyer Burke, Film Rental’s little personal- Mae lllilllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMI ity girl, has announced her intention of joining a table at Inaugural Dinner, filled that Football and Ethel are synonymous. exclusively with girls. Maybe Mae will re- Just ask her about Yale’s schedule— pent at the last minute and give the male of We have it from authentic sources that the species a break. Ida Diekmeyer has fallen in love and deeplj'. George Rogers, since his migration to the It is no passing fancy this time. You see, wilds of Long Island, has been kept quite Ida has always been more or less on the busy on his new home. Oh yes, he is one of verge of falling and now she has—and those 5:15 commuters about which you HOW! We can’t tell you his name, but we have read so much. can tell you that he is connected with the Ethel Langdon of the Payroll Unit is now Rivoli Theatre. Leave it to Ida to keep it in her glory. Why? Surely you must know in the “family.”

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REPORTERS |i CHANGE ACCOUNTING Continued iv DEPARTMENT After several hours of hard labor taking off an old set of cushioned typewriter keys which had glued themselves to the keys, ye gallant reporter, with the aid of that hack- woodsman, Fred Schrader, will attempt to fill some space in this great annual issue. We have found out from Aunt Mary Spitzer that her sister Sadie, well known throughout the Pep Club as a former mem- the Little Tess Sternberger ber of the Board of Governors, was Sat on a muffet, shouting a gay “Hey, hey! ’ proud mother of a bouncing baby girl last down When along came a spider and sat month. beside ’er Finish this one your own way. Our new office boy, Kenneth Lawson, is a hustler, and a bright future is predicted for him. Collegians Paul Broderick and Vincent Dougherty have left the department, with Paul made Chief Accountant of the Boston Exchange and Vincent transferred to the Publix Booking Department. We must have our Collegians, so we wish to welcome into They make up a wreath in Heaven the department John Torpy from Fordham And sent it down here beneath University and Ray Pippitt of the Univer- Where it wears a shoe size seven And they called her Rosie Reith. sity of Kansas. Our sheik, Richard Carroll, is wondering how he can invite a young lady to lunch with a dollar bill of the new small size variety. It is great to see Arthur Dunne walking with his old time brisk stride. At one time we thought that he had what the baseball players term a “Charley Horse.” Margaret Banzer and Anne Berliner are two of the most enthusiastic rooters for the A great man for the girls is he. Daily News comic section. Enough to make youi’ blood boil; wondering if our young golf ad- Just as long as it’s a she We are Okay by Johnny Guilfoyle. dict, Meriam Isaacs is making any headway in bringing in a small score. Since Fred Schrader has returned from his vacation the telephone keeps ringing for him every day. We hear that he made a number of conquests. We guess we had better close shop before our sweet little stenographer, Nora Haran, comes in and throws us out of her seat as she is the busiest one in the department and hates to be prevented from working. He’ll cut capers and clown Till you’ll think he’s insane But who’d ever frown in Florida and insfists it is not as hot down At Leo Lalanne? there as it has been in New York. has been seen hob- iiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinin! Mr. Jack Partington bling around with a cane these days. He Why ten words when everything sez a golf ball hit his leg. worthwhile is covered in one? Miss Ann Solomon has been wearing a lot and since she re- —Dick Blumenthal of tan clothes recently turned from her vacation, it is difficult to tell iiiiiiiiiiiiigiiiisiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!]]] which is the clothes and which is Ann—they blend beautifully. THE NINTH’S INNING Miss Jean Schwenger vacationed at Club Vacation time being nearly over—we still Arcady. have a few reports to make regarding the llllllllllllllllllllllllllliilllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIII 9th floor Annex. Miss Harriet Leiman added a few pounds Always, let us give Adolph Zukor during her sojourn in the mountains. ' an even break! Miss Mendelson toured Canada Jeanette —Benj. H. Serkoivich —and liked it! Mr. K. K. Hansen will spend his vacation llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll PAGEPEP-O-GRAMSFORTY-SEVEN OVERHEARD REFERRING TO OUR FILES Bert Adler—‘‘Gentlemen prefer blondes, but I prefer brunettes.” (Anyway Bert, we ad- Publix Filing Department boasts of two mire your taste.) new members, Genevieve Tromba and Anne Jaek IJok.ser— ‘‘Hello who? That’s cousin — my P'arrell. Welcome to our Pep Club, girls. on the wire Nice kid." (Ever hear that before ?) Paging Marian Herbert, our charming red Iv. lli'iuliniii —”I haven't read a good book in headed Pe[’ girl! fourteen years.” She has a small picture in Mae t'orkery—“When I complete the course of him her purse. of Miller System of Correct English.” She has a large picture of him on her vanity (Whom are you -going to show up?) table. Cecelia liiver— “It's too bad the Film Rental Department moved to the fifth fioor.” He calls her in the morning—

I We’re sorry too.) Pie takes her to lunch Jeanette Finnegan —“As soon as I become a member of the Pep Club.” (What will you And— they sec each other seven nights a do. Jean?) iveek. Nick Hernnkind—“When I enter the room my boy (three months old) recognizes me im- Oh, Herbie aint it a grand and glorious mediately, and says ‘Daddy’.” feeling. Itelle I.skowit*— “If I can’t have my lunch Don’t you just love that with ‘Honey,’ I won’t eat.” (“Honey” is school-marm look Hannah Kasten’s— nick-name.) that Pearl Schnur can give in those new' Kiitli Johnson “It really isn’t stylish to be glasses. slim.” (That’s why we’re dieting to get plump—don't tell anyone.) Gee it sure is tough on poor Margie Stolfi. Maxine Kessler—“Spare Life.” “It’s my Yen see it’s this way—when a flapper like Henry Gray’s fault that I wrote this column.” Marge has three boy friends she just can’t Joe Lewandos—“The last golf tournament make up her mind whether it’s going to be held at etc. etc.” (Golf is Joe’s middle name.) Sal, Joe or Michael. Zelda Pyne— “I’ll never forget that trip to Katherine Murphy has just returned from Atlantic City.” (Neither will we, Zelda.) Bermuda and oh boy, you should hear the Lillian Soskel— “Guess I’ll have to go on that eighteen day diet.” stories she can tell about the moonlight Mildred Stohie—“You’re color-blind.” My hair nights down there. is not auburn.” Long Island has become very thickly pop- Mildred Toriney— “That was some sale.” (Why do you tell us when they’re all sold ulated since Helen Mayer became one of out?) its most ardent commuters. Al Webb—“Now that Winter is approaching. I’ll sure miss the Lake.” Alice Deegan, she of the swanky new hair comb, has suddenly developed a soft GUS GRIST SUCCUMBS IN FIRST spot in her heart for someone. Come on ROUND Al— tell us who the sheik is that has made After watching several of the recent you forget all about the big red haired tournaments at Forest Hills and weary of cowboy. waiting for a challenge from some Para- A lot of boys in the Pep( Club have re- mounteer, Gus Grist was encouraged to cently found out that they need medical enter a round-robin tournament in his The reason is that Miriam Opfer- home town—Mount Vernon, N. Y. attention. become a trained Gus was just unlucky enough to be man has left our employ to matched, against one of the cleverest entries nurse. in the tournament and failed to survive the first round. However, Gus had the satisfaction of making his opponent play the If there’s a steamer going there third set in order to win honors the scores ; 6 we’ll get it there. being 4—6, —0, 0—6. The elimination of Gus from this tourna- —Palmer Hall Stilson ment made it an excellent talking topic for several of his friends who kidded and jibed him unmercifully. Knowing their remarks SAYS— were all in good faith, Gus let them have PEPSTER FINGERLIN their way and knew within the confines of The Long Island studio and the Para- his own self that he could give his torment- mount Pep Club celebrate joint birthdays ors a sound thrashing on anybody’s tennis to at this time. Both have every reason court. be proud of the past year, and the studio to the IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII extends its heartiest congratulations success- “Tongues of Film” should be Para- club. May 1929-30 be an even more mount’s First Great International ful season for both. production. JOHN W. FINGERLIN —George W'eltner Executive Manager, Studio llllllllllllillllllllMllfllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Long Island PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FORTY-EIGHT ROSTER

OF MEMBERS ^iiiniiiiiiiiiiiiMNinpiniinuniitiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiniiittiiitiiiiiiiniHttniMiiiiiiniiiiviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitnir{iiiiiiiiiiiMiiit(i(iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiitiiiii>iiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiuiiitiiiiiiiiiii(iiiiiiiii[iiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii(tiiti: ROLL OF MEMBERS

as of the Annual Meeting, October 8, 1929

= Abend, Helen Cherry, Wilfred C. Ettinger, Eva Hall, Garnet 2 = Ackennan. Slyvia Chock, Sylvia Ewald. W. J. Hallow, Regina = = Adams, Allan Cicero. John Fabrizio, Raymond Halperin, I. M. = = Adams. Alvin Clark. James A. Facter, Rose Hamilton. Chas. C. 2 H Adler, Burt Clark, John D. Falge, Francis Hanimell, John A. = = Alexander. Clarence W. Clark, Wm. J. Falk. Henry Hanna, Mark = = Alpert, Ida Clausen, Carl H. Fannon, Robert J. Hanneman, Walter A, = = Alterman, Isidore Cleary. Josephine T. Fass, William Uanneman. William J. = = Anderson. Henry Coakley. Catherine Faulkner, Trevor Hansen. K. K. = = Arlidge. Roberta Cochrane. Tom B. Fay, Mrs. Alice Hapnawoich. Olga 2 = Arnold. Robert \V. Coelho, Arthur Fay, Edgar H, Haran, Nora = = Arnstein. Arnolld Cohan. Gertrude Feld. Milton Harding. August A. 2 = Aronstanim, Allidred Cohan. Pldllp Fernandez. Luis E. Hartman, Gustave J, = = Atwell. Inness D. Cohen. Anna Ferraro. Alfred Haupert, Arthur E. - = Bailey. Ellen Cohen, Barbara Ferro, Then. R. Haupert. George H. e = Baker. Mamie K. Cohen. Beatrice Fetner, Gertrude Hawthorne. Chas. E. 2 s Baker. Vivian Cohen, Irving Fewer. Margaret Hayman. Celia 2 = Ballance, Harry G. Cohen. Mollie Fields, Maxine Hendley. Paul = = Balmer, Ena Cohen. Philip Finan, Francis J. Hecht, David A. = = Bamberger, Leon Cohen. Ruth Fingerlin. John. W. Hecht. William R. 2 = Bannon. J. T. Cohen, Samuel Finley, Jean Helt, Henry P. = = Banzer, Mrs. Margaret Cohen, Sidney Finn. Dorothy A. Herbert, Francis = = Barr, J. E. Cohn. Mortimer Finnegan. R. Emelda Herbert. Marion D. = H Bartone, Jno. A. Cokell, Walter Finston. Joseph Herrnkind, Nicholas R. = = Barry, John F. Finston, Nathanial Hertz, Alfred E E Basch, William Colligan. J. J. Fischer. Lawrence Hichtlinger. Sally 2 = Bauerle, Charles Collyer, Norman Fisher. J. R. Hicks, Pauline G. = = Beachara, Lillian Coombs. Adelaide L. Pitzgibbons. J. J. Hinchey, Edward E. = = Beadle, Dorothy Flynn. Florence Ilirsch. Lillian B. 2 = Beck. Lillian Cooper. Sylvia Flynn, Lawrence P. Hock. Evelyn = = Behr, Henry D. Coughran, Edward F. Foresman. Isobelle Hocky, Milton = = Bell, Arthur Coughran, Edward M. Forster. Dorothy M. Hodge, Martin H.. Jr. 2 E Belluci. John Corkery. May Fowler, Geraldine S. Hollander, Edgar 2 = Bender. Madeline Pox. Beatrice Hollander, Harry L. = = Bennett. Edna Frank, Edward Hollis. Albert C. 2 s Bennett, Richard Frantz. Carroll H. Holman. Russell 2 = Berant. Sylvia Crahill. R. E. Frawley. Gilbert B. J. Hopkins. J. J. = s Berg. Gertrude Craig, Arthur L. Fredericks, Vivian Holden, Roy = s Berger. Edward K. Frey. Samuel Horenstein, Anna = = Berger. Eva Freedman. Sarah A. Horowitz. Eva = = Berliner, Anna A. Freemantle. Raymond P. Hubka, James J. = = Bernstein, Abraham Friedl, John Hughes. M. C. 2 = Bernstein, Gladys M. Cunningham, (’atherine V. Friedman, Jean Hynes, Daniel F. 5 = Berwald, Arthur M. Cuthbertson, Harry B. Friedman, Lena lacone. Charles = s Betchuk, Henrietta Cushing. Leonard J. Frizzell. Eileen Ide, Shirley 2 E Beute. Christopher A. Daly. Leonard B. Frommer. Maurice J. Isaaca. Miriam L. 5 = Beyea. Ernway L. Fronder, Joseph Isacowitz. Belle = = Bjornsen, Eva Pruecht. Henry C. Israel. Arthur. Jr. = 5 Blake, Leroy Fuchs. John M. Jablow, Esther 2 = Blakely. Frank H. Furman. J. C. Jackson, Maude A. = = Blaustein. Sylvia DeBarge, Herbert Furman. Leroy Jacob. Estelle 2 = Bleman. Milton DeBoer. Theophilus Futterman. Mollie R. Jacobowitz, Anna = = Blitzer, Minnie Gabriel. Gus Jacobs. Ruth = = Bloom. Anne Deegan. Alice M. Gallagher. Marion Jacobs, Saul 2 = Blumberg. David Garrison. Helen Jaffe. Gertrude = = ^lumenthal. Richard M. Gashel. Frances S. Jaffe, Harold = = Blunt. Alice R. Gebbia, Agnes V. Janz, Katherine M. 2 = Bokser, Jack Geerts. Viola. J. .lehle. Frederick = = Booth. Florence Geiskop, Ludovic Johnson, Marion E. h = Borodkin. Maurice Gentile. John J. Johnson. Ruth K. e = Botsford, A. M. Geyer, Orel R. Johnsson. Albert E. s = Bottleman. Sam D. Ghersan. Anna W. Johnston. Charles R. 2 s Boutelji, Phil Giambalvo. Leonard Jones, Belle = = Boyle, Alice C. Gibbons, Miles F. Jones. Edwin F. s = Boyle. Blanche Diver, Cecelia E. Gilman. Anne Jones. Mary L. 2 2 Boyle. Rose Gilsenan. Helen Jones. Thomas X. = i Brady. Marty M. Ginsberg, Gertrude Jorgenson. Walborg M. = = Brasher, Ralph E. Dolan Alice Glidden. Hubert W. Joseph, Dorothy 2 = Bray, Clayton Gluck. Matthew Joseph, Freda = = Bregman, Mollie Donnhoe. Adolaide M. Gluck. Morris Judd, Alvah D. = = Brenia. Alexander Donohue. Eileen Goldberg. Helen Kaem, Bello 2 E Brennen. Louise M. Goldberg. Henry I. Kaiser. Edith = 2 Bressler, George Goldsmith. Bessie Kaiser. Lulu = = Briggs. Jeanne Dougherty. Vincent W. Goldsmith. Lillian Kaplan. Brina 2 E Brigham. J. K. Doughney. Joseph J. Goldstein. Belle Kaplan, Frieda = = Bristol. Eloise Goldstein, Florence Karp, J. H. 5 = Broderick. Paul Golldstein. Mildred Karcarich. Matilda 2 = Brooks. Bernard P. Goldstein. Rose M. Kass. Matilda 2 E Brown. Alice Goodman. Abraham Kassel. Harry = = Brown. Chauncey Gowthorpe. Mantague F. Kassica, Bertha = E Brown. Edward A. Grady. Edna, A. Kasten, Hannah 2 E Brown. James L. Graham. Anna R. Kates, George N. = = Brown, Philip Durnin, John Cray, Henry P. Katz, Jean = E Brust, Sue Graziano. Frank Katz. Sam 2 E Buchanan, B. B. Eady. Eileen C. Green. Pearl J. Kaufman. Helene = 2 Bulitta. H. G. Eastlack. William Greenbart. Selma Keator, Claude B. = = Cadger, Jean M. Greenberg, Harold Keenan, Raymond. V. = = Caldwell. Ella Greenberg, Morris Keilson, Meyer = = Callan, Helen Greenblatt. Mildred Keller. Stanley A. = 2 Cambria. Frank Greene. Fred Kelly, .\lice I. 2 E Campbell. Victor S. Greenwald. Paula H. Kelley. Burt = 2 Campo, Theodore A. Egan. Joseph P. Grist. Augustus S. Kent. Catherine A. = = Capnzzi, Clara E. Grossman. Lilllian H. Kent. Lawrence R. = = Carolan, ^^a^i0 Eichler. Margaret T. Grossman, Pauline A. Kent. Sidney R. 3 2 Carroll. Martin E. Guilfoyle. John Keough. Austin C. = = Carroll. Richard T. Guilfoyle. Robert J. Kessler, Harry = = Carson. Albert Gulotti. Joseph C. Kessler. Maxine 2 E Cassidy. David A. Hacker. Sadye Kirsch, Rose J. 3 2 Cavanaugh. George Haddow. G. Knox Kirsch, Rosalind K. = = Chalman. Jack Hagen. Katherine Kirschbaum, Kathereine = 2 Channing, Agathe Engel. Richard G. Hagen. Eleanor Kittleson. Lillian = 2 Chatkin. David Hahn. Jos. J. Klausner. Tess = = Chereskin. Mildred Ericsson. Eric H. Haley. Edwin Klein, Helen e

PEP-O. GRAMS PAGE FIFTY mmimiiiiiiiMi imiiimmmimiiimiMmimiiimimmMmimmiiiiiiimimmmiiiMmMmiimiMmimuitimiiminmiiiiimitimiiii immimimmmmmmmi imiiiiiimum iiiMiiimiiimiimiiii ROLL OF MEMBERS

hum as of the Annual Meeting, Octolier 8, 1929

= Klein. Max A. Meltzer, Mildred Press, Morris Solomon. Anne | Solomonick, Bernard i Koenigsberg, Sylvia Mendelson, Jeannette Primi, John i = = Kohn. Ralph A. Mengel, Agnes F. Province, Humbert Souhaini, David Sparta, Harold = I Kolankowsky, Stephen Metzler, Fred L. Ptacnik, Anthony Koone, Ernestine Meyer, Doris Pyne, Zelda Sparti, Joseph = 1 J- = = Korenstein, Lenora Meyer. Frank Pynes. Aaron Speer, James Spiegel, Harry i 1 Kornrein, Shirley Michel, A. J. Quackenbush, A. Spiro, Laura = = Kozich, Otto Mikels, Ruth Quis, Peggy Spitzer, Mary = i Kramer, Mildred Miller, Adelaide Radigan, Elizabeth Krashinsky. Meyer Miller, Dell Radin. Esther Sobel, Ruth = I = = Kraus. Helen Miller, Mrs. Lillian Raibourn, Paul A. Soskel, Lillian Stanger, George i 1 Kravitz. Riiea Miller. Martha M. Rapper, Irving Stanley. Robert P. = = Kreider. Dorothy .1. Miller, Maude K. Raskin. Prances R. = = Krippendorf, L. H. Miner, Catherine Redmond. Marge Stefanick. Albert = Kuttner. Claire Mineill, Vincente Reichenhach. Aldyth Steinbaum, Beatrice 1mini = Kyllo. Anna Mirell, Rose Reilly. Charles J. Steinhilber. Elsie i Sterling. W. P. i i Lalanne, Leo P. Mitlehner, Emilie C. Reilly. James B. Stern, Dr. Emanuel = 1 Langdon. Ethel K. Mohrhardt, Fred Reinhardt, George S. Sternberger, Tess = i Lasky. .Tesse L. Molly, Lillian E. Reitman. Rose = Lateiner, .leanne Moloney. Dorothy Reynohls, Ann Stevens. Lillian = Stewart. Lemuel L. = 1 Lawles. Irene Monson, Florence V. Rhelner, Samuel Stilson, Palmer H. = 1 Lawlor, George W. Montaigne, Irene Richard, Albert J. i Lawrence, Maurice Montgomery. Robert C. Richanlson. Murray N. S. Stitt, Ralph 1 = = Lawrence, William H, Moran, Fred A, Riepert, Walter S. Stobbi, Alfred Stobbi, Mildred E 1 Leavy, Gertrude Morgenstein, Leo Riley. Anna Stoeffler. Adolph = 1 Lebit, Sam Moriarity, Robert C Riley, Winifred I. = s Lebofsky, Beatrice Morris, James H. Roberts. Edward Stokes. Walter L. Stolfl, = = Leddy, Mark .1. Morros, Boris Robinson. Henrietta M. Marguerite = i Lee, Ed L. Moses, Edith Robinson, James Stolfl, Victoria = Lelman, Harriet Mouquin, AI Rogers. Allen Straunch. Gertrude L. = Strauss, Helen M. 1 Leinm, Theodore Mullen. Martin J. Rogers. George D. | = Leonard, Arthur J. Murphy, Kathryn L. Rogers. Randolph Strobel. Charles i = Leppanen, Walter Murphy. Richard F. Roper, John Strup, Mae L. = it Stryjeski, John i Leroy. Fred Nadel. Harry A. Rosenberg, Walter D, | = Lett. Scott L. Nadell, Aaron Rosenfeld. Martin Stubbs. Jane 1 = = Levaca. Henry Nagle, Edward W. Rosensteln. Gertrude Sturnpf, Anna W. = Levaca, .Joseph Nathan, John B. A. Sugarman, Harold | mi Ross. Charles = Levien, Ada Nathan, Lewis F. Roth Marion Sullivan, Edgar 1 = Levine, Alma Natvig, Andreas S. Rudnick, Lillian M. Sullivan, Irene i = Levine, Ida Netter, L. D. Ruskin, Edith Sullivan, John F. | mm i Levine. Mary S. Newman, Mary Russell. Margaret J. Sullivan. John V. = Sullivan, Katherine C. 1 Levine, Miriam Newman, Matilda Sail, Willltm i Sullivan. William = 1 LeViness, Ann .1. Newman. Sydelle Sallinger, Mortimer 1 Levy, Lucille Niinkin, William Salzberger. Edith Sultrier, Sara = Sureda. John V. = 1 Lewandos. Jos. A. Noonan, William F. Salzberger, Linda i Lewis. Adeline H. Notarius, Louis Salsbury, Henry L. Sussman, Jerome P. = 1 Lewis, Cliff F. Novak. Arthur Samuclson, David Sussman, David = Sussman, William = 1 Lewis, Myron H. Novak. Harry Sarfaty, Rose D. Swarts, Louis E. = 1 Lieberman, Lester Novat, Jerome Savarese. TjouIs J. 1 Liese, Selig Novotny. Anton Saveli, Leon M. Swayne, Helen W. = = Lindeberg. Eleanor C. Oates. Joseph Schahacker. Charles W. Sweeney, Irene 1 = = Linker. Barbara O'Connell, Evelyn Schaefer, George J. Sweeney. Joseph P. = i Lipman, Ida O’Conneli. Miriam Schauder. Loretta Swenson, Axel R. = Lipple, Joseph R. O’ConnelL Richard F. Sehellhorn, Edward Talbot, Irving i = = Lipple, Mary M. O’Connell, William J. Srheuer, Elizabeth Tan, K. T. i Lipschutz, Dorothy O’Connor. Edward Schiavone, Paul Tarjan. Victoria = = =mm Lizt, Herbert O'Connor, Helen Schmertz, Charles B. Taylor. Albert C. Taylor, 1 Lopkowicz, Ferdinand A. O’Connor, Margaret Schneberger, John Fred = I Lockwood, Percy Oestreicher, George Schneider. Lewis E. Teitelbaum, Golde = i Long, Earl W. Oldak, Shirley Srhnur. Pearl Teller, Ruth = Tliompson, R. 1 Long, Kenneth F. Olishansky, Jeanne Schrader. Frederick W. Mabel | = Lorber, Herman J. Oman, May H. Schreiher, Tiernan. Florence M. | i Ludvigh. Elek John O’Neill. Daniel J. Schreiber, Frank Tierney, Charles E. i Tighe, Loretta V. = 1 Ludwig, Lester J. O’Neill, Mae H. Schreiher. Theoflore i Lyons. Sarah O'Neill, Lawrence Schroeder. Lambert A. Tinston. Thomas 1 i ^âcllvain. William Opdyke, Mildred Schur, George Traw, Mrs. Chalmers S. = Homer S. 1 MacIntyre, Robert OiT, James Schwartz. Belle Traw, i 1 MacKean. Sidney II. Oscard, Paul Schwartz. Fannie Treitel, Eleanor B. i = MaePine, Carol C. Oswald, C. L. Schvvenger, Jean Trinka, Mary = Tugancler. Harry mm1 McCabe. Frank Ottentant. Beatrice C. Scott. Irene P. i = McCarthy, Charles E. Paidle, Helen Scully. William V. Tureckie, Felicia | = McClave. Owen J. Palange, Alice F. Seeholtz. Helen Tnrmey, Mildred M. | = McCormick, Helen C. Palmer, Samuel P. Secal. Benjamin Toussaint. Armand R. = = McDermott, John E. Papajeik. .John II. Tmtta, Vincent mm Soidelman, Joseph | i McEvoy, J. F. PapD, Daniel Serkowich. Beniamin H. Turkisher, Giska I 1 McGovern. James B. Park, William C. Shannon. Thomas 0. Turner, Marie A. i = McGrane. Edward F. Parker. Joseph V. Shapiro. Mildred Ugast, Edward = 1 McGrath. Bernard J. Parrow, Cyril Shart, Ruth Unger, Blanche = E McGuire. Frank F. Partington, J. A. Shauer, Emil E. Valentine. Cyril D. = H McKechennay, Leo M. Pasternack. Patricia R. Shauer, Melville A. VanMeel, Emile = I McKeon, Kitty Paul, Edward Shayon, Sam Vargas, Martha i i McLean, Dorothy Peres, John L. Shenker. Philip Velde. Donalil = mil 1 McLoughlin, Barbara Perkins, Evan Shenherd, George C. A^’entre, Prank | ni Verdirame, Daniel = i McLoughlin. Joseph P. Perry a n . Ma rga ret Short. Elmer R. i McLoughlin. Sally C. Peters, Agnes V. Showers. Rita Viggiano, X’mberta i = 1 Mackintosh. Walter Peters, Mrs. Emma Shultz, Seymour Vitola, Carmine i Macsalka. Joseph L. Petersen, Augusta Shuman, Rebekah Aôllmer, Gertrude | = Mader. Roland P. Phillips, Louis Sicignano. Albert J. A’’ornbaum, John A. i = Mahan. John B. Phillipson. Joseph A, Siegel. Simon Aôss. Alexander = i Mahoney, Isabel A. Pike. Philip Siegler, Anita AA’aite, Stanley B. = = Mahoney, Margaret A. Pillot, Leo Silver, Sadie AA'alsh, Joseph A. = Pindat, John L. Dorothy Walton. Sally i 1 Mahoney, Mary Silver! , I Malmund, Annette Pineau, Wilfred J. Simon, Gussie Waltz. Helen = E Mansfield. Dorothy Planck, George E. Simnnis, Edgar M. AA’anger. Walter F. = = Markovits, Helen Plunkett. Joseph I, Simpson. Morris H. Wawzycki. Helen i I Marsh. Herbert Pode, Sonia Singer. Irving. AA’axelbaum, Minnie = E Martin, A. F. Porr, Walter Singerman. Sophie Way. Kendall = = 1 Marx, Ruth Potter, Harry S. Sinnott. Loretta AA'ebb, Albert S. = Mayer, Arthur L. Powell, Charles J, Small. Fred W. VA’eber. Eugene A. = = Mayer, Helen R. Powers, Robert Smith, Eleanor Weber. Fred = E Meehan, Mary Powers. William T. Smith. F. 5 = Meltzer, Irene Press, Amy H. Snyder. Sada R. Voyit'inued on page 53 i miimimiii^

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We wonder if someone bequeathed a for- eal friendship is the test of sincerity Ida tune to R AIpcrt. Ruth Mickels. She’s been displaying costly new dresses every day, and we’re very member of the Pep Club is a link of getting curious. Give us the dope, Ruth. E the wonderful Paramount-Publix Organiza- Talk about j-our pretty blondes. Take a tion M. C. Hughes. peep at Flo Liljequist. the Publix Analysis

mbition—without it you are lost Evelyn M. representative of the type men leave home A O’Connell. for. We assure you complete satisfaction. Here’s a break for Publix Booking Alan- I oyalty—A Paramount-Publix byword— I be- agers. Aliss Gussie Simon, lieve in it T. C. Young. Song & Dance Girl of this department is free at this particular time to consider proposals on the Publi.x Circuit. Opportunity knocks but arnestness' in tackling daily problems is half E the battle M. Cotter. once. Another future star is ]\Iiss Anne Burns er\ing one’s employer loyally means success of the same department who will prove to S —Elizabeth Doliin. be another operatic development. We feel ^he watch word is efficiency and attention to highly honored with her addition to our details Theo. Schreiner. department. Cecelia Haimen’s associates have another Always co-operate and success will follow for their ll'illiani Lawrence. reason impatience concerning the annual dinner. They wish to determine Take your time and do the job right Edivin whether Cecelia can substitute her claims F. Jones. about the boy friend. Her description of him is to arouse unrestrainable Cvery person’s aim should be to do his work enough an ^ just a little better than anyone else could emotion in any feminine heart. do it Fred V. Greene, Jr. Adelaide Coombs’ new hobby of walking to work for her newly acquired schoolgirl complexion. Hannah Kaston absoluteh^ insists on be- ATTENTION, MR. DOUGHNEY! ing called “Honey.” Very congenial of her, Is there going to be an inter-departmental but we wonder what will happen when she bowling league this year? When looking meets a serious boy? around for applicants, please have in mind wonder how Winnie Winston is en- the names of Earl Long, George Planck and We joying her vacation. Kenneth Long. Yes, these men will represent the Publi.x Advertising Department Belle Iscawitz a new member of Mr. Joe and true to tradition, they will see that their Plunkett’s “Elliott Fischers” has quickly department is graded at or near the top. found her way into our hearts. Sweet girl. Belle. Mildred Stobbi being a modern American PRODUCTION HEADS GREET CLUB girl has taken unto herself a new hobby that of collecting French perfume. (Continued) Rodney Bush, after a sojourn among the By B. P. Schulherg newly acquired Publix theatres in the middle West had only been back a few days flung organizations. For the furtherance when one of the theatre managers ‘out of this spirit, the Paramount Pep Club de- there’ telegraphs him in care of the Expedi- serves the commendation of every man and tion Department. This young manager woman in the Paramount and Publix fold. evidently has the opinion that Rodney’s job is one long trip after another. Teddy Ferro, after his trip to Paris this By Janies R. Cowan summer, has never seemed to have gotten back his old pep and vitality. It’s a good Because of this studio’s proximity to the thing Ted didn’t spend more than a week Broadway stage, the plant has served as a in the gay French city. testing ground for new talent and the con- necting door between the stage and screen iiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii through which have passed such new film personalities as Jeanne Eagels, Charles Rug- Whatever you think about Paris, it gles, Helen Morgan, Dennis King, Lillian is not true. Roth, Walter Huston, Claudette Colbert, —Eddie Ugast Helen Kane, the Four Marx Brothers, and many others. lllllllllllllllllilillllllilllillllllllllllllllllllllllllilt PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FIFTY-TWO — TYPE SKETCH MEET THE FOLKS (Being an Impression of Male Pep Club Pepsters : Plere is Earl Wingart, re- Members in the Composite) cently appointed head of Paramount’s Imt has never lie lives in New Jersey, Publicity Department. Earl visited Hoboken. He’s heard the town is no stranger to many Par- vodvil comics. mentioned though—by amounteers, inasmuch as he produced by the He goes to movies was formerly connected onlv losing battle with opposition after a with the Long Island his sweetie. He makes nasty cracks about Studio. However, this is them while seated in the theatre. his first experience work- thinks his department is the back- He ing in the Home Office. bone outfit of the entire I’aramount or- It is the liusiness of Mr. ganization. Wingart and his assistants to tell the He knows that Aldine may also be the world all about Paramount Stars and of works in the for- name a man who their pictures. Consequently when you eign department. see a publicity stunt getting attention is jealous of Rudy X'allee. He has He from the theatre-going public, you can told a number of people he likes Rudy’s be sure that Earl and his bunch of as- brother, Lehigh. sistants have been on the job. He alwa -s says "Yes, that looks okay” 3 Welcome to the Club, Mr. Wingart when the barber holds up a mirror to we feel certain you will like your sur- e.xhibit the completed hair-cut. But in- roundings in the Home Office. wardly he thinks it is terrible. However, he gives the barber the usual 20 cent tip, ROLL OF MEMBERS fearing that a lesser emolument might (Continued) show him up as a piker. Wedisler, Dorothy Willert, Frederick S. He thinks there ought to be more pic- WegodsUy. Isidore Winston. Helen Weiber, Fred Winters, Evelyn tures like "The Love Parade.” The Weiderhorn. Ben Witraore, Chas. D. Weinbi Rose N. Woernle, Pauline E. adjective “swell” is the most significant Weinberg. Sophie M. Wolfe, Ida einstein, Joseph Woll. Elsie M. descriptive word in his \ocabulary. Weiss. Raula Woll. Morri.s Weiss, Rudolph Woofl, Joseph R. His stock retort is “Cli ^"eah!” It mav Weissma.o. Arthur Woods. Kathleen Weissman, Frieda Wright. Harold convey indignation, smi'uise, alarm, ap- Welsh. B. Miriam Wriglit. Harry J. Weltner, George Wynn. Marguerite K. prehension, a])proval. disgust, sarcasm or Whalen. Elizabeth C. Yagel, Eleanor White, Lucille Young, Theodore C. jierplexity. It is followed, during an Wliite. Rose B. Zaminit, Joseph Whiting. Sanford P. Zrenner. E. C. argument, with, “Well, get a load of this, Wiethake, (Jerlrude Zukor, Adolph Wildberg. .1 J. Zukor, Eugene .7. then.” He eats breakfast in Walgreen’s at moving picture but doesn’t wdiethiu' 8 :45 eveiy week-day morning, dining uj:*- know on one doughnut, devoured with the aid to write it first as a novel and then sell of a fork, and one cup of coffee. The the picture rights, or whether to launch twenty or more nickels and dimes which boldly into the dialog script for film production direct. the counter man has craftil}^ placed in — full view on the shelf fails to force him He knows a little bit of Greek— “Ti tip. fact the audacity Ranis?” “Poli Kala” of Italian “Buon’ to cough up a In ; — of the gag hardens his pocket nerve. Giorno,” “Gratia”: of Spanish “No se For lunch he doesn’t like lioiled cod-fish permit fumar aqui.” “Habla Vd. la lengua with fried onions, soda and a sandwich, Espagnole?” Yiddish — “Lundsmann,” Schrafft’s, Childs’, rolls “Schnozzle” German — or with caraway ; “Gotterdamme- like Rosoff’s, rung” Latin — humida seeds on them. But he does : “Nox caelo

boiled salmon with Hollandaise sauce, praecipitat ; suadentque cadentia sidera on the Irish— The Japanese Tea room North somnos” ; “Bhouchalon Bwee,”— side of 47th Street just east of Sixth “MacMorna Sleidh” ; United States “Ja Avenue, Eddie Hollander, cauliflower au go t’ the opening? Swell fillum, oughta gratin, at Bristol Hotel do big biz slayed ’em it’s oke for mutton chops the ; the ; grill, tooth-pick privileges after leaving heavy dough.” the table, Jerry Novat’s puns and A1 He likes to go to Jimmie’s on pay- .\dam’s squawks to the waiters. day evening. He has concocted a swell plot for a Pie wrote this piece. PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FIFTY-THREE ! NOT TOGETHER!

A WEST COAST But, usher these seats aren’t together. MESSAGE Xo ma’am they’re not together. But By M. C. LB:VEE my husband got them together. . . Eancy not having seats together. Kxcciiti\c -Manager, Paramount's M'est Coast Studios They’re not together.

Charlie. . . now, is I am a newcomer in the Para- where he? Charlie, mount organization, but I have these seats aren’t together. lieard about Paramount pep and Aren’t together? Why aren’t they to- Paramount spirit constantly in the gether ? past. Because you didn’t get them together. May I take this opportunity to Imagine that hox office man giving us extend to you my greetings and seats that aren’t together. hopes that I will be with Paramount Why aren’t these seats together, usher? for man)- years to come and that They’re not together, sir, that’s all. someday I may be personally ac- Charlie, you march right out and tell quainted with each and every mem- that box-office man we want seats ber of the Clan of Good Eellows. to- .gether. Don't lose that pep. vou of the Pep Club Maybe he hasn’t seats together. Of course he has seats together. It’s ridiculous. Imagine not having seats to- Publix Inquiring Reporter Finds: gether. I don’t think there are anymore seats That Estelle Jacobs is reputed for her together, dear? most peculiar sneeze. Well, we’ll get them together. You That Tnnis Atwell has a reputation for in- fallihleness. get those seats together or get your l)ack. letting* That Charlie lacona never spoke of his money Fancy you them numerous love affairs until he met Nina, give you seats that weren’t together. and that he has never been the same ever What’s that? You didn’t pay for them. since. You had a pass. Don’t you ever speak That Jeanne Briggs has the sweetest dis- to me again position. That Larry O’Neill is contemplating mar- HEALTH INDICATOR riage but is in no hurry about it. It seems to our way of thinking that the That Martha Aliller has force of a mag- Stenographic Department, under the able netic attraction. managership of Lenora Korenstcin, is one That Philip Shenker is rapidly becoming of the handiest indicators of the healthi- a finished dancer. ness of the Home Office organization. That Elsie Steinhilber’s Wednesda}- night When this staff is at full strength, it means dates appear to have a tinge of cupidity. that there arc practicalh- no absentees the ranks of the stenographers That -VI Brenia is credited with the most among telephone calls from the feminine sex. throughout the building's many offices. But when it is depleted {and it has been reduced to one member), then it means llllllllllllllllllllligillllllllllllllllllllllllDIMIIIIil! that from all quarters have come calls for stenographers to replace, temporarily, these Pioneers Possessing PEP Plus Per- away ill. formance Positively Put PAR-4- MDUlVT Preeminent Permanently. EXPOSED! Just as an excuse in in- —L. J. Cushing sert Bob Vloriarity's pic- iiiiDinnisgniniiingiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinisniisiiiinii ture, we hasten to remove the cloak of anonymity ipngiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiigjiiiii from the “Type Sketch" which is printed on page In Guatemala’s jungles my Pep fifty-one.. Club card conciliated murderous As a member of Russ Indians. Holman’s staff of pugna- —John B. Nathan cious press sheet pushers. Bob is a perpetual por- illlllllllll!lllll9i3llllill!IIIIIISIII]lllllllll9llllllli3] trayal of Paramount Pep.

p E p - o GRAMS PAGE FIFTY-FOUR — SCRAPS FROM THE FOREIGN TYPE SKETCH LEGION (Being an Impression of Female Members in the Composite) By Pro Bono Paramount She's an awfully nice ,?irl —Imt she The Tenth floor of the Paramount Build- commutes. ing is truly assuming a foreign atmosphere She loves to come to work to swa|) these (lays due to the grand influx of for- — eign artists either seeking work from, or being stories with her girl friends on the engaged by, the Foreign Production Department events of the night before. lectures on the jungles of .... Between She eats lunch at Schrafft’s because the Guatemala and dissertations on the Panama portions are so small it gives her plenty Canal, John B. Nathan is having a grand time interviewing the blondes from Czecho- of time to "shop around,” bringing back slovakia and the brunettes from Nicaragua die “swellest” step-ins and the “cutest"

. . . . R. M. Dick Blumenthal’s return from gloves. Paris is pretty nearly the biggest event since She dotes on candy in the middle of Lindbergh came back from the same city .... But as yet Dick has not met the the afternoon liecause it makes her so

United States Ambassador to Mexico . . . . pojnilar with the boys when she passes are on the subject of the City While we it anumd. “Oh. I always give it away.” on the Seine we ought to mention the fact “Who said I was stingy?” “He’s a swell that Eddie Ugast has secured one of the snuggest little apartments in Paris as his fella. You never gave me anything.” home while on the Continent. Its location She’s a hard worker, rushes through is not being broadcast .... George Weltner her work so she can spend the balance returned some weeks ago from a fishing of the afternoon visiting her friends in trip to Canada. Golf was interspersed on an attractive ninehole course. Ananias would other offices. In this instance she’s known have been twice as renowned but for the as “a pain in the neck.” fact that golf was not played in his day . . . . She learns everybody’s job because it’s Never in all history has sunburn been more very intellectual to have something else popular than during Nineteen Twenty-nine. The two foreign Jerrys— Goldsmith and to talk about. •Sussman—are dark disciples of the new cult She reads everything and is never at of sun-worship . . . . O. R. Geyer has been a loss for comment when someone men- congratulations for his receiving a stack of tions Ben Hecht, James Oliver Curwood forceful delineations of the size and scope or of the foreign department in his articles in James Branch Cabek She likes her the Paramount-Pulrlix issue of “Variety” novels realistic like her moving pictures

. . . true to the foreign . J. H. Seidelman, John Gilbert and “The Bridge of San department’s aims of penetrating into little- Luis Key.” “It’s so sweet, I thought 1 known countries, betook himself off into the was going to die kissed woods of New Hampshire for a vacation when he her.” when September seemed all set to be the She is a voracious theatre patron—one Foreign Legion’s greatest month to date show a night and supper at Childs. But

. . . . And of course there was a grand roll- she has to leave early to catch the last up to greet the Foreign Legion’s Leader train. when the stout ship Aquitania brought Mr. Too bad she commutes. and Mrs. Shauer back from Europe several She isn’t married but—well you never weeks ago. can tell. The telephone rings three or four times daily and keeps everybody in 9th FLOOR REAR an uproar. “That must be for me.” Jack Partington has just returned from a “Well it’s about time you called.” “Give vacation in Bermuda and from the way he has “raved” over the land of the Onions, me a ring tonight and I’ll let you know.” it must be SOME PLACE! She eats onions—just before she goes Samuel Shayon of Mr. Dembow’s office, to bed. has a birthday falling on October 17th, the She objects to elevator operators night of our Installation Dinner. This will who also be celebrated by birthday anniversaries can’t remember at what floor she gets by A1 Stobbi of the Music Department, and off. Rav Whelan of Mr. Shannon’s staff. . She takes frequent vacations and Mr. I. M. Halperin was seen with a cane wonders if everybody has missed her —why ? ? ? ? i\Ir. K. K. Hansen shaved himself the while she was away. other day and as a result is sporting a She knows everything that’s happen- deep gash. ing in the entire organization so prob- Marion Roth is certainly losing weight. ably knows who wrote this. Do tell the rest of us, Marion, as you seem to be able to get results without the 18 She really is a nice girl, even if she day diet. How do you do it? does commute. PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FIFTY-FIVE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

As a parting editorial gesture, we wish to extend our thanks and deepest appreciation to certain members of the Pep Club, who have been largely instrumental in preparing this Anni\ersary Issue of Pep-O-Grams.

We realize, of course, that this tribute should really be placed at the very front of the magazine, but we think it a sort of poetic justice that it shoidd be placed here, inasmuch as we would have been unable to reach this last page of the book without their assistance.

AVe present herewith, Henrt' Gray, dean of our peppy bunch of reporters. Henry has taken quite a bit of good-natured kidding in this volume, but we want everybody to understand that when it comes toi gathering news, there is no one in the organization ndto can hold a candle to him. I'hanks, Henry—the enemy was seen and conquered.

Ru.ssell Holman’s gift to the girls of the Pep Club—that’s what we call Len Daly, but aside from being so pleasant and congenial

to have around, Len is the gentleman who supplied the comic relief for Pep-()-( jramsi during the last six months. (Df course everybod\ knows that Len is guilty of that last blast of super-dynamic humor entitled, “Film L p Again,’’ but many other little comical squibs have come from Len's rapid-fire typewriter. I'hank you too, Len.

Of course, our Reportorial Staff deserves more than a word of mention. We hope they won’t take those little ditties on Page .F) too seriously, because we really appreciate the efforts they made. And where would Pep-O-Grams be without the Art Department? . jfk WA know that \"incent Trotta often felt like throwing us out of his window, and he would have been entirely justified in doing so. However, \ inc managed to retain his self-control, and at the same time, came through for us in a noble fashion. His assistants, Miss Lillian Stevens, George Dublin, Charles A, Ross, Saul Schiavone, and Charles Strobel, spent a good deal of precious time working on designs and lay-outs for the magazine. ^Ve think they did an excellent job, and we want them to know that the Club, as well as the staff, appreciates their work. Len Daly And here we have Lew Nathan, wizard of the lens and one of the best photographers in the business. Most of the pictures used in Pep-O-Grams are l.ew’s work. We have all been urged at various times to “co-operate,’’ but Lew needed it’s ou, Nathan no such ad\ ice— his middle name. I'hank \ Mr. ; we will not bother you any more now—that’s iqi to the next editor. John Cicero—one of Frank Meyer’s assistants— for help in ordering myriads of cuts really ought to have his picture in here, but he’s so bashful he cvould not give us one. John is another one of those n ho coidd have thrown us out of the window without raising e\en a lifted eyebrow from M r. (Lover Whalen. Verdict: justifiable homicide. Hut he didn’t, and n e appreciate that almost as much as the trouble he took to see that the Club got really good cuts.

Lew Nathan PEP-O-GRAMS PAGE FIFTY-SIX

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