FILM NAMED AFTER AMERICAN SUBMARINE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 2 April 1938, Page 4

FILM NAMED AFTER AMERICAN SUBMARINE

Hollywood has been twitted in fun for constantly changing titles of pictures after they have gone into production, but there is one change with which no critic can find fault. It is the change from “Submarine 262” to “Submarine D-l” for a romantic drama made by Warner Bros, at the San Diego Naval Base. The picture will be screening in New Zealand shortly. The original title had no particular significance except that the “262” was used because there is no submarine so numbered. However, with permission and full co-operation of the United States Navy, an active and commissioned submarine was used in the piclure, and it is officially designated as the “D-l” with supplementary name of “The Dolphin.” Since it would almost require an Act of Congress to effect the change of ! name on a warship, and it would be 1 contrary to all Articles of War to per- ' rnit even the temporary hanging of a I sign, No. 262, on one of Uncle Sam’s , undersea craft, it seemed much more j simple merely to change the title of j the picture to fit the actual name of I the submarine on which many scenes were filmed. So long as the navy did j !, ot object. Warner Bros, executives wm-e quite certain that the public would not.