George Glass

==Publicity stunts==

==Publicity stunts==

To promote ''[[So Ends Our Night]]'', Glass arranged for a member of the cast, Gerta Rozan, to stage a protest outside of the offices of film’s producers, [[David L. Loew]] and [[Albert Lewin]].{{cite news |last=Heffernan |first=Harold |date=1952-10-27 |title=Anne Baxter Puffs Cigar, Fans Puff in Confusion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-times-anne-baxter-smoking-a-cigar/36381419/ |url-access=limited |work=Valley Times |pages=6 |access-date=2026-04-19}}{{cite magazine |last=Hopper |first=Hedda |author-link=Hedda Hopper |date= July 1945 |title= Hot Copy! |url=https://archive.org/details/Modern-Screen-1945-07-Vol-31-No-2/page/106/mode/2up?q=%22George+Glass%22 |magazine= Modern Screen |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=107 |access-date=2026-04-19}}{{cite book |last=Newquist|first=Roy |date=1972 |title=A Special Kind of Magic | location=New York |publisher=Pyramid Books |pages=49–50|isbn=0-515-02767-7}} Rozan claimed to be upset that her big scene had been cut out of the film, and while carrying a [[Picketing|picket sign]] reading “DON’T SEE ‘SO ENDS OUR NIGHT’ – LOEW-LEWIN UNFAIR TO GERTA ROZAN,” she told the press that she would take off an article of clothing each day until her demand for its reinstatement was met. After successively removing her blouse, skirt, and slip, by the third or fourth day (sources differ) she was left wearing only a black bra and panties, at which point a representative of the production company (variously reported as Kramer, Loew and Lewin, or Glass himself) rushed out of the building, covered Rozan with a coat, and escorted her in where negotiations ensued and her request was granted.{{cite news |last=Othman |first=Frederick C. |date=1940-11-28 |title=Strip-Picket Triumphs in Strike for 'Girl's Rights' |url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=IPT19401128.1.9&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |work=Indianapolis Times |pages=9 |access-date=2026-04-19}}{{cite news |last=Harrison |first=Paul |date=1940-12-08 |title=Hollywood's Fads, Fancies and Foibles |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=IVP19401208.1.6&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- |work=Indianapolis Times |volume=4 |issue=52 |pages=6|access-date=2026-04-19}}{{cite magazine |date= 1940-12-14 |title= This Week in Hollywood |url=https://archive.org/details/movie-and-radio-guide-1940-12-20/page/n7/mode/2up?q=rozan |magazine= Movie-Radio Guide |volume=10 |issue=10 |pages=7 |access-date=2026-04-19}} The “strip picket” story and accompanying photographs{{cite web |url=https://oakinaugust.neocities.org/gerta/ |title=Gerta Rozan's 'Strip Picket' |access-date=2026-04-19}} were widely reported in newspapers for the duration of the event,{{cite book |last=Coniam|first=Matthew |date=2015 |title=The Annotated Marx Brothers | location=Jefferson, NC |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |pages=225 |isbn=978-0-7864-9705-8}} and ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine described it as the “best all-round [[publicity stunt]] of the season.”{{cite magazine |date= 1940-12-09 |title= People |url=https://time.com/archive/6764381/people-dec-9-1940/ |magazine= Time |volume=XXXVI |issue=24 |access-date=2026-04-19}}

To promote ''[[So Ends Our Night]]'', Glass arranged for a member of the cast, Gerta Rozan, to stage a protest outside of the offices of film’s producers, [[David L. Loew]] and [[Albert Lewin]].{{cite news |last=Heffernan |first=Harold |date=1952-10-27 |title=Anne Baxter Puffs Cigar, Fans Puff in Confusion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-times-anne-baxter-smoking-a-cigar/36381419/ |url-access=limited |work=Valley Times |pages=6 |access-date=2026-04-19}}{{cite magazine |last=Hopper |first=Hedda |author-link=Hedda Hopper |date= July 1945 |title= Hot Copy! |url=https://archive.org/details/Modern-Screen-1945-07-Vol-31-No-2/page/106/mode/2up?q=%22George+Glass%22 |magazine= Modern Screen |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=107 |access-date=2026-04-19}}{{cite book |last=Newquist|first=Roy |date=1972 |title=A Special Kind of Magic | location=New York |publisher=Pyramid Books |pages=49–50|isbn=0-515-02767-7}} Rozan claimed to be upset that her big scene had been cut out of the film, and while carrying a [[Picketing|picket sign]] reading “DON’T SEE ‘SO ENDS OUR NIGHT’ – LOEW-LEWIN UNFAIR TO GERTA ROZAN,” she told the press that she would take off an article of clothing each day until her demand for its reinstatement was met. After successively removing her blouse, skirt, and slip, by the third or fourth day (sources differ) she was left wearing only a black bra and panties, at which point a representative of the production company (variously reported as Kramer, Loew and Lewin, or Glass himself) rushed out of the building, covered Rozan with a coat, and escorted her in where negotiations ensued and her request was granted.{{cite news |last=Othman |first=Frederick C. |date=1940-11-28 |title=Strip-Picket Triumphs in Strike for 'Girl's Rights' |url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=IPT19401128.1.9&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |work=Indianapolis Times |pages=9 |access-date=2026-04-19}}{{cite news |last=Harrison |first=Paul |date=1940-12-08 |title=Hollywood's Fads, Fancies and Foibles |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=IVP19401208.1.6&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- |work=Indianapolis Times |volume=4 |issue=52 |pages=6|access-date=2026-04-19}}{{cite magazine |date= 1940-12-14 |title= This Week in Hollywood |url=https://archive.org/details/movie-and-radio-guide-1940-12-20/page/n7/mode/2up?q=rozan |magazine= Movie-Radio Guide |volume=10 |issue=10 |pages=7 |access-date=2026-04-19}} The “strip picket” story and accompanying photographs{{cite web |url=https://oakinaugust.neocities.org/gerta/ |title=Gerta Rozan's 'Strip Picket' |access-date=2026-04-19}} were widely reported in newspapers for the duration of the event,{{cite book |last=Coniam|first=Matthew |date=2015 |title=The Annotated Marx Brothers | location=Jefferson, NC |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |pages=225 |isbn=978-0-7864-9705-8}} and ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine described it as the “best all-round [[publicity stunt]] of the season.”{{cite magazine |date= 1940-12-09 |title= People |url=https://time.com/archive/6764381/people-dec-9-1940/ |magazine= Time |volume=XXXVI |issue=24 |pages=44 |access-date=2026-04-19}}

==Quotations==

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