“An achievement that reflects its native soil”

The third chapter focuses on several French-language musical films, known as opérettes filmées (filmed operettas), that were produced by American and German companies and intended for French audiences. Because French production was slow to adopt sound film technology, many French personnel (directors, composers, and actors) worked on their first sound films through these international contexts. The films analyzed in this chapter—Chacun sa chance, Le Chemin du paradis, and Il est charmant—drew influence from a range of stage genres from different national traditions, and attempted to negotiate theatrical and cinematic aesthetics. Furthermore, in the opérettes filmées, filmmakers attempted to bring an element of fantasy back to cinema that many feared the realism of spoken dialogue had displaced. This chapter reveals how the genre made an important contribution to a broader critical acceptance of sound film in France.

Attitudes of employers to the mentally ill

Patients often ask psychiatrists for advice on how to answer questions about their health, when seeking employment. They fear not being employed if they declare that they have suffered from a mental illness. The attitudes of personnel directors of 200 randomly chosen public limited companies were measured. This confirmed significant reluctance, stigma and ignorance about employing and believing the mentally ill. Employers decided whether to employ someone by considering the fob description, the standard of previous work, whether the applicant was receiving treatment, previous time off sick, and the particular illness suffered. Those with depression were more likely to be employed than those with schizophrenia or alcoholism. The largest companies were significantly more likely to employ patients and were less likely to seek dismissal than the smallest. Employers would welcome more information about mental ill health. Potential employees should approach large firms and seek treatment.

Training Priorities for a Diverse Work Force

Individuals from diverse cultural, ethnic, and racial backgrounds are entering the work force at a rapid pace and in record numbers. These individuals will bring different values, languages, skills, attitudes, communication styles, and a host of other job-relevant factors to the workplace. Subsequently, organizations will be afforded the opportunity to implement training programs designed to extract productivity-enhancing synergies from these differences. In addition to assessing the preparedness of organizations to effectively manage a work force that is rapidly becoming more diverse, this article identifies some training programs that are perceived by personnel directors to be priorities for a diverse work force.

American Missionary Candidates—Out of these Worlds

American mission personnel directors, in evaluating candidates who seek appointment for cross-cultural work, find that typical missionary candidates are enculturated with American values that hamper those appointed for missionary service. Six scholars of American culture are cited to identify some of the adverse traits which become part of the candidates' mentality which may limit success in service.