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Lasky, Great in Industry
And in Hearts of Friends!
HOLLYWt.H.)l> Aiiuum lilt iouliUi-.v> tilbul^•^
pttnl t.i JrvM- lui>ky. pioneer motion picture
producer who died of ii lieurt nttack
January 13. perhaps the one rntlnK most
attention in the film colony was the euloity
dttuen-d lit the funenU by Soniuel O EiiRel,
idcnt of the Screen Producers OuUd. who
.1
-Thttt Jr-v.e lM>k.\ was one of the founders
of the motion pii-ture Industry Ls well known
10 ever>-one Thul he helped build It Into a
treat Industry Is equally well known. In
whatever histories of thLs lndustr>- that have
been written or will be written, the name of
Jesse Lasky and his monumental achievements
in It will slilne throuKhout ume, for
In the beKinnlnit' there was Jesse Lasky.
"But Jesse will be remembered for more
than havliiR been a isreat figure In the motion
picture industry. He will lie remembered as
a lovable and fine human being. He wUl be
missed by oil of us to whom he gave encouragement,
advice and assistance from his
abundant and generous heart.
"We mourn the passing of our colleague
and fnend. but we are grateful that he loved
and walked among us— taller somehow than
any of us. but never looking down on anyone"
'Kwai' Is
Not Eligible
For Screenplay Award
HOLLYA\'C>OD— Although The Bridge on
the River Kwai" will be eligible for an Oscar
nomination, it will not be eligible for a
icreenplay award In the annual awards of
the screen writers branch of the Writers
Oulld of America West. WGAW confirmed
Its ten-year rule regarding eligibility, point-
-.• out that "Kwai" was made by a British
ixiny 'Horizon Pictures" over which the
guild had no voice in establishing credit. The
rule does not apply to pictures made abroad
by American companies, because the contracts
are executed here. Also Ineligible Is
"Rising of the Moon." written by the screen
writers' President Frank Nugent, since the
film was lensed by a foreign company.
"Kwai" Producer Sam Spiegel, queried as
to the Identity of the writer or writers who
actually