Show a WHO'S t. t NEWS THIS THISBy 1 WEEK By LEMUEL F F. F PARTON N NEW EW YORK Young YORK Young Sherman M. M F inherited about 10 and the money took wings wings- not around the night spots but in aviation enter enter- HeIr Pools His w which h I c h Money Brains have made him one of the main Aviation Profits one panjandrums of the plane designing and building in in- Just now the Civil Aeronautics authority certifies Mr Fairchilds Fairchild's new horsepower line in engine engine engine en en- gine which he says has more power pow pow- er for Its weight than any other For several years Mr Fairchild has been pioneering the line in engines engines en en- gines as against the radial type of foreign nations In 1936 he sold 20 of them to the Greek government which it was later reported found them highly satisfactory His engine engine engine en en- gine is about third one-third the size of ofa a radial engine Ills His father Cather the late George W. W Fairchild began his business career on 00 8 a week invented the dial telephone the computing computing ing scale and the adding machine ma ma- chine lie He wanted his son to become a junior executive of International Business Machines corporation The young man however er was interested mainly in cameras At 17 he had Invented invented invented in in- vented a revolutionary flashlight camera and at 21 a radial aerial camera He organized Fairchild Aerial Surveys and in 1924 carried through an air camera survey of New York with a six-mile six camera of his invention invention invention tion which was a pioneering exploit in that field By 1927 he had several I companies In the Fairchild Aviation corporation had Igor building building build build- I ing planes and soon unveiled the first cabin monoplane in the United States In Harvard at the start of the war he was rejected for military military military mili mili- tary service because of ph physical shortcomings later remedied in hi Arizona Intent on war duty of some kind he brought out an aerial camera for war use completed just before beCore the Armi Armi- stice He lie is typical of oC a number number number num num- ber of free Cree and adventurous self- self starters in Uncle Sams Sam's industrial al and technical establishment who can be rounded up In case of trouble trouble trouble-a a refutation of the totalitarian belief that only the step goose-step can yield efficiency SEVERAL EVERAL notable moving pictures pictures pictures pic pic- tures of recent appearance have achieved portraits rather than cari cari- They also have shown a trend away from M Moving Picture the thc star system Renaissance Is and a new reli- reli ance nce on coherent coherent erent on n Looming High form in m the picture PICture picture pic- pic pic PIC- ture as a whole Chastened by hard hardtimes hardtimes hardtimes times the the films are taking thought and adding cubits to their stature This bystander hears much talk of ofa a coming moving picture renaissance renais renais- sance not sance-not not in any splendiferous outbreak outbreak outbreak out out- break but in a n new infusion of creative creative creative cre cre- intelligence into the industry and a longer tether for the same In focus here Is Stagecoach opening in New hew York with generous generous gen gen- erous crous salutations by reviewers who note that with a star no-star cast a natural-born natural horse opera has been conjured into an excellent excellent ex ex- film by the deft artistry of oC John Ford director and Dudley Dudley Dudley Dud Dud- ley Nichols scenarist They also scored scored- Jointly In The Thc Hurricane and The Wormer Inform Worm er This film Is commended for its Us further trend toward simplicity simplicity simplicity sim sim- and artistic Integrity and away from overemphasis the traditional occupational disease of Hollywood on Hollywood on or of oft the lot Mr Ford born Scan Sean in Portland Maine 44 years ago thinks moving picture directors see too little of the world about them in proportion to what they record Renoir had the same idea insisting that if an artist observed intently enough and long enough enouch his line would be almost self self So Mr Ford stokes his pipe meditates meditates medi medi- t tates observes studies types speech dress mannerisms behavior behavior be be- havior regional and occupational traits and achieves tion Ills His older brother Francis was ahead of him at Hollywood as a serial star and director John Ford tagged along and soon bad had his brother working for him Before he be was 25 he had directed many westerns When ho he was 28 he lie directed The TheIron TheIron TheIron Iron Horse lie is an autocrat on the thc lot apt to throw the script awa away and Improvise business business business busi busi- ness and lines working usually In a frayed sports jacket and old dungarees He Dc sidesteps Hollywood parties and passes much of his shift off time on 00 his small yacht He lIe is big and bulky with thinning sandy hair and glasses e Consolidated News Fe Features Feature Service |