Propaganda Maestro
Canada’s film boss is dynamic, voluble, slightly incredible. Some people regard him as one of the best shows on earth June 1 1943 THELMA LECOCQ
Propaganda Maestro
Canada’s film boss is dynamic, voluble, slightly incredible. Some people regard him as one of the best shows on earth
THELMA LECOCQ
GIVEN a less scholarly background, John Grierson might have been a great success operating a one-man band. To this he would undoubtedly have added a three-ring circus and kept the whole thing going single-handed.
As it is, John Grierson is Commissioner of Canada’s National Film Board, a position he’s held for two years. Four months ago, the Film Board still on his back, he took over “one of Ottawa’s dangerous jobs” the general-managership of the Wartime Information Board. It is unlikely that Ottawa will offer John Grierson any more jobs at the moment, but if it did, he’d probably take them on.