Attempts at compromise were ultimately rebuffed, and so the actors all had to join Equity, and he had to pay $1,000 to join the stage directors organization.
George Sidney, who directed dozens of movie musicals when the genre was at its peak and presided over the directors organization in Hollywood for 16 years, died on Sunday at his home here.
Created eight years ago by John Clinton Eisner, the company's producing director, this organization nurtures venturesome new work for the theater.
Muscular Dystrophy Assn Robert Ross, Pres & CEO Victor Wright, Treasurer John Tognino, Board Mbr John Walsh, Asst Director Field Organization Jerry Lewis, Natl Chairman.
Dr. William T. Mallon, director of organization and management studies at the Association of American Medical Colleges, compared the merger movement to medical alchemy.
According to Eduardo Méndez, El Sistema's executive director, the organization is as much a social as a musical one and it emphasizes having fun.
After several restructuring efforts and directors, the organization laid down an official constitution during the 1937-1938 school year.
With 3,000 members, a staff of nine and a 19-member board of directors, the organization has an operating budget of almost half a million dollars.
