do not fold , spindle or mutilate is an american television film made for the 90-minute series abc movie of the week which broadcast it on november 9 , 1971 .

directed by ted post , it stars helen hayes , myrna loy , mildred natwick , sylvia sidney , john beradino and vince edwards , with the screenplay adapted by john d. f. black from a novel of the same name by doris miles disney .

do not fold , spindle or mutilate

do not fold , spindle or mutilate : d . disney : 9780821721544 : urltoken books
helen hayes & myrna loy in do not fold , spindle or . . .
1962 alexander galt : the stubborn idealist , 1962 ; the stage to three , 1964 ; do not fold , staple , spindle or mutilate , 1967 .
at the bottom of the bill , it said
do not fold , spindle , or mutilate ,
and jane , in her anger , did all three .
additional transactions on back of previous stub . unix is a registered trademark of at & t . do not fold , spindle or
lubar , steven . 1992 . “ ‘do not fold , spindle or mutilate’ : a cultural history of the punch card . ” journal of american culture 15 : 43–55 .
i created this piece i call ' chad city ' for an exhibit that runs from july 28 - september 17 , 2006 called
do not fold , bend , spindle or mutilate : computer punch card art .
do not fold , spindle or . . .
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do not fold , spindle or mutilate ( 1971 ) four elderly ladies with time on their hands create a fictional girl for a computer dating service and get involved with a psychopath . helen hayes , in her first tv movie , was emmy - nominated for her performance .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ feel free to steal , borrow , fold , spindle , mutilate any rule , advantage , etc i come up with it .
do not mutilate or spindle
is an episode of hawk starring burt reynolds , louise sorel , and john marley . houston worth , a religious fanatic , is the missing link between the murder of an office worker and the threatening telephone calls received by a young fashion model .
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it ' s a karneval tradition - and a parody of the aristocracy . they come from an african variety of pheasant - and are very expensive ! please do not fold , spindle or mutilate ! you will see lots of them at karneval festivities . . . the prinz wears 3 , a past prinz wears 1 , a past prinz who holds an elected office in the klub wears 2
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: when i was a child i formed the opinion that
spindle
in this context meant
roll up ( a piece of mail ) so as to fit into a small space
. then i read here that it means
stick on a spike
. but now i ' m wondering , why would you somebody
spike
an unopened envelope ? did people in old - fashioned offices really do that with unopened mail ? surely the instructions
do not fold , spindle , or mutilate
were for the person delivering the mail , not the person receiving it .
my recent efforts for crawlspace , the ceremony , and do not fold , spindle , or mutilate didn ' t seem to garner much attention or comment , perhaps because they are more obscure tv projects of goldsmith ' s . i ' m hoping that this infamous theatrical film will get people more excited ! i selected it to do next because the entire film was on youtube so i could continue to offer the film itself for people to follow along with my time index guide to the full score :
in my previous post i concentrated on the post - war era because it is the one with which we are most familiar , and in which the phrase
do not fold , spindle or mutilate
seared its way into our consciousness . actually punched cards were used late in the 19th century , and before ww 2 many government agencies used them . for a period of time all government checks were on punch cards .
: : : : : your phrase ,
folded , spindled and mutilated ,
is a reference to another phrase ,
do not fold , spindle or mutilate .
that , in turn , is a reminder of the
punched card
age . after world war ii one of the big inventions of the post - war period was the computer . and i do mean
big
invention , since the first computers were huge . their input and output of data relied on punched cards . large business quickly began to use computers for , among other things , billing . the bill you got in the mail would very likely be a punched card , which you were supposed to return with your check . you could not process the returned cards if they were damaged , so recipients were warned :
do not fold , spindle or mutilate .
on many desks sat a spindle , a needle - lie device pointing upward on which to impale pieces of paper with which you expected eventually to concern yourself .
and they do . oh , my heavens , do they do it often . sometimes , they make their paragraphs read this repetitiously several times per page .
a forerunner to both murder , she wrote and the golden girls , the 1971 tv - movie do not fold , spindle or mutilate stars helen hayes , sylvia sidney , mildred natwick , and myrna loy as ladies who not only lunch , but occupy their idle hours by pranking people , in the case of this film , by inventing a fictitious woman to enter into a computer dating service in order to find some voyeuristic fun in exposing and manipulating strange men’s emotions and desire .
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in response to joseph paul ' s negative comments . deciding whether or not the castle has doors and where is exactly what the gm must do when running it .
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after yesterday tackling a far superior goldsmith effort for crawlspace ( 1972 ) , i ' ve just completed another breakdown for a completely unreleased goldsmith score , this time 1971 ' s tv movie , do not fold , spindle , or mutilate . it has an interesting approach as 95 % of the scoring accompanies the mentally unhinged killer at the center of the story , much of that for his constant internal monologuing . for the most part , the music bows out when he is not directly involved ( onscreen , or hearing a phone ring as he is making a call ) . sort of a
jaws
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: : : : : as computer technology rapidly moved forward , with augmentation of memorary and miniaturization of components and other improvements , it became possible to input data directly through a keyboard and print it out on regular paper . thus , by the end of the ' 80s , there was generally no longer any need to say
do not fold , spindle or mutilate .
but millions of people had repeatedly read this injunction , almost invariably stated the same way like a religious incantation , and it was inevitable that whimsical and humor - minded inviduals would have fun with the words , declaring themselves , for instance , to have been folded , spindled and mutilated .
you will probably be happier if you do let go of that belief , unfortunately . and you’ll certainly be more likely to do well in any given writing competition .
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one after another , organizations added punch cards to their regular paper processes . the telephone company mailed a punch card along with the bill . department stores used them as price tags , having cashiers return them to data processing when items sold . utility company equipped service technicians with special clipboards that punched holes in their report cards . even the phrase printed on nearly every punch card – do not fold , spindle , or mutilate – had become a cultural phenomenon , influencing popular music and inspiring a movie , two books , and a murder mystery of the same title ( but otherwise , unrelated ) . one could hardly live a day in the mid - 1970’s without seeing at least one punch card .
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i am specifically talking about orcslayer in response to joseph paul ' s negative comments . deciding whether or not the castle has doors and where is exactly what the gm must do when running it .
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spindles ( from spinning ) have many forms and uses . stephen lubar describes their typical use thus : '
spindle
is the word that most confuses people today . spindling is an old filing system ; a clerk would have a spindle , an upright spike on his or her desk , and would impale each piece of paper on it as he or she finished with it . when the spindle was full , you ' d run a piece of string through the holes , tie up the bundle , and ship it off to the archives . ( the custom still survives in some restaurants ; the cashier spindles the bills as customers pay . ) '
i wish we could figure out a way to do that with automated attendants . . .
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kass : what type , i . e . subgenre , of mysteries do you write ? why does that subgenre appeal to you as a writer ? do you also prefer it as a reader ?
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kass : what type of mysteries do you write—cozies , traditional whodunnits , historical , etc . —and why does that subgenre appeal to you as a writer ? do you also prefer it as a reader ?
if the requested pages fit in a manila or priority mail envelope , it’s perfectly acceptable to fold a second one in half , stamp and address it , and tuck it in the submission package . but how does one handle this when using a box as a sase ?
, or salad or dessert ( meat will be provided by the tg hall ) . this was one of anni’s favorite things to participate in .
- randomly gives 0 , 1 or 2 stars ( or even 3 if the vehicle is a super ) when the player steals the vehicle .
as for preferences , since i ' m gonna do what i want with a boxed adventure , i ' m unconcerned about whether there are stats or not . i ' d prefer them focusing their time writing more plot than sidebars of stats .
stop glaring at me . it’s true : funny anecdotes do not always funny prose make . nor do hilarious real - life incidents . also , verbal anecdotes are seldom redolent with character development , if you catch my drift . caricature works beautifully there , but on the page , motivation becomes far more important . not to mention backdrop and context .
it is pretty good advice about comedy , though . be ruthless : if it isn’t funny on paper , it should go — yes , no matter how much it makes you laugh . or your best friend , or your spouse , or everyone around the water cooler at work . ( do offices even have water coolers anymore ? )
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kass : and now i want to do exactly that ! thanks so much for joining us today , leslie .
just so you know , writers of the real : that’s not what’s being asked here . the inquisition is not breaking out the thumbscrews , demanding a confession . not at a cocktail party , not at a writers’ conference , and certainly not when anyone that might conceivably be able to help you get your memoir published brings it up .
this is not , as the appellees ' brief seems to contend , a case about the wisdom , utility or rationality of the itar as a whole , or about the regulation of cryptographic products under the itar . this is a specific case about a specific regulatory decision . it is that decision , not some general policy , that must be viewed critically and evaluated against the applicable legal standard . the appellees ' argument is as if the facts in o ' brien had been that the selective service system permitted draft registrants to
fold , spindle and mutilate
their draft cards in protest against the vietnam war , but had drawn the line at using a match instead of scissors to express their anti - war sentiments . we submit that on these undisputed facts of this case , the asserted governmental interest does not justify the regulation . if the executive officials genuinely contend that this diskette poses such a different threat from that created by the dissemination of the book itself , let them prove that contention in a forum where it can be tested , not through judicial reliance on untested assertions of their counsel .
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while amusing real - life incidents often translate well directly to the visually - oriented worlds of film and tv , they do not always work equally well on the pages of a book .
it also tends to reward writers who take the time to learn the ropes . by selecting the contests that meet your current needs , rather than entering blindly or with an all - or - nothing attitude , you can greatly increase the probability that entering will do you good .
but all you need do to observe this revival in action is look at the bookshelves in your local shop or channel surf . witches , hauntings , and all things paranormal are back in fashion .
it’s also true , though , that any contest credential ( or , to a lesser extent , publication credit ) for a short piece or poem tends not to impress millicent the agency screener as much as than winning or publishing a longer piece . in general , the adulation is substantially greater for winners of categories rewarding entire books .
kass lamb ( on behalf of misterio press ) : we like to start with a “tell us about yourself” question . what two or three things do people need to know in order to understand who you are ?
, you ( the writer ) wish to leave such choices up to the gm which is a perfectly fine thing to do .
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not necessarily . if the narrative does not adequately convey what was humorous in that real - life incident , it’s going to fall flat on the page .
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so now i don’t know what to do . i think i could finish the proposal in another month or so — i have some vacation coming up — but if he’s lost interest , shouldn’t i be moving on ?
believe it or not , writers often do send quite definite messages about their attitudes at the querying stage . take , for instance , the querier who shrinks the query’s typeface in order to cram more information into a one - page letter . or the submitter who sends requested pages in a mailing format requiring a signature on the receiving end . or , sacre bleu , the rejected writer that sees fit to send an e - mail , demanding a complete explanation of a no .
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a few words about the virtues of continuity , or , so long , mr . b
there has to be something not just i but everyone can do to get this score on cd . i thought maybe yavar could show us the way , but i fear he doesn ' t know the way .
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my thoughts : i do like the idea on time based on distance to targets . if you can . i would suggest try not to make it only in one area of the map , spread it out . 😎
kass ( on behalf of misterio press ) : let’s start with a somewhat open - ended , “tell us about yourself” question . what two or three things do you feel people need to know in order to understand who you are ?
in our opening brief , we argued that the district judge erred in concluding that any of the questions raised were
political questions
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you said you enjoy doing research . what’s the oddest or most interesting thing you’ve ever researched ?
on a few words about the virtues of continuity , or , so long , mr . b
or 15 , or 50 , or whatever length the requesting agent / contest rules / submission guidelines indicated . which , from a professional reader’s perspective , is a pretty insulting assumption : honestly , someone who handles manuscripts for a living or has judged more than a single contest entry would have to be awfully unobservant to think that . no one who asks for 10 pages expects a ten - page scene ; they want to see if you can write . if an agent or contest wants to read an entire chapter or manuscript , it will ask for it point - blank .
trust me , that’s not something you want to find out after you’ve already printed out your submission — or when you are right on top of a deadline . if you’re in doubt about the internal size of a flattened - out box ( as they tend to be at the post office ) , fold it into box shape and try placing a standard sheet of paper flat on the bottom . if it doesn’t lie completely flat , choose a larger box .
: : : : : : i am interested in this use of the word ' spindle ' . if i understand you correctly , this device is what i would know as a ' spike ' . this side of the atlantic the spike was used not for items pending , but for those which were rejected ; specifically in the world of journalism : editors would impale substandard or otherwise unused copy on the spike - hence a story being ' spiked ' .
do bear in mind , though , that for either a query or submission packet , you want to have your pages arrive looking fresh and unbent . double - check that your manuscript will fit comfortably in its container in such a way that the pages are unlikely to wrinkle , crease , or — perish the thought ! — tear .
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realistically , publishing houses do not acquire books simply because someone went to the trouble to write them . nor , contrary to pervasive speculation amongst aspiring writers , will readers pick up a book simply because somebody happened to write it .
actually , in this instance , you should send only the first 50 pages even if they do not end in a period . even if the designated last page ends mid - sentence , stop there . when an agent or editor asks for a specific number of pages , send that number of pages — no more , no less .
so there’s another tip for those planning to give or conduct video interviews : don’t sit under a large , bug - attracting tree . or add nice , juicy chunks of fruit to your iced tea .
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kass lamb ( on behalf of misterio press ) : we like to start with a somewhat open - ended , “tell us about yourself” question . what two or three things do you feel people need to know in order to understand who you are ?
“typically when i study , do research , or write papers , i end up waiting until the last minute . this isn’t really a voluntary practice , i just can’t find the motivation to prioritize long term assignments until the deadline begins closing in . ”
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naturally , marketability is not the primary orientation of every writing contest that accepts book - length work ( or portions thereof ) , but it weighs heavily in the scoring more often than not . there’s a pretty good reason for that , too : it’s not unusual for the final judges of a contest to be the exact same agents and editors who appear at the attached conference .
oh , you wanted a long answer , too ? here goes : the norm of swift judgments means that it’s not reasonable to expect your work to be evaluated as a whole , at least not at first . if the opening of the manuscript or book proposal does not grab millicent , it’s safe to assume that she will not read on . so if you have limited revision time at your disposal , it’s smart strategy to concentrate on the first 50 pages of your manuscript — the usual initial request from an agent — or , in a pinch , the first 5 .
because books are not toasters . we don’t just buy one every few years . they are more like clothes . ( or for some of us , food ! ) we need a sustainable supply .
and half of you are once again rolling your eyes . “talk about the improbable made possible ! ” you hoot . “this could not possibly be common in contest entries or submissions to agencies ! ”
yes , even in otherwise well - written entries . and that’s over and above the problems any given entry might encounter by not being written in the contest’s preferred style , voice , or genre .
that , too , has serious implications for revision . it’s not at all difficult to picture a new york - based editor furiously scribbling in uncle charles’ margins . “which was it — the best of times or the worst of times ? it could hardly have been both ; it’s the author’s job to show us , not the reader’s job to guess . commit to one or the other ! ”
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angel’s reappearance from the hell dimension occurred four shows ago , and he’s been tangential to the episodic plots ever since . now , however , the wildly sought - after glove of myhnegon brings him indirectly into back into the fold and exposes his existence in sunnydale . in a read the rest of this entry »
lucy comes to visit knots landing to see her parents , valene and gary . lucy hopes that she will be happier with her parents , but due to past issues and lucy ' s lifestyle in dallas , things do not go quite as planned .
of course , we all expected her to do both : that’s what career writers do . but she seemed to feel that she had paid her dues , and now was entitled to coast . which would have made more sense , i’ve got to say , had her first book sold particularly well , or if the proposal for the next were anywhere near as strong as the first . i wish i could say that i believed she had put a quarter of the energy into it that she’s evidently focused upon serving me with ultimatums about how i need to do more for her .
and if you doubt that — and i sense that some of you do — please , for my sake , consider two more things . first , do you recall that irate author i talked about at the beginning of the post , the one that glanced at my feedback , raced to his computer , and shot off an e - mail in the first throes of injured ego ? he thought i was telling him to do the precise opposite of what i actually advised .
well , if the book honestly does contain elements that would render it less marketable , and those elements are not so critical to the story arc or nf argument that they did not trigger rejection all by themselves , this writer is probably right : it would be a good agent’s job to advise him how to maximize the book’s marketability . writers do , after all , seek out agents because of the latter’s expertise in selling books to publishing houses , right ?
; so all you need to do is look at what classes you want , and add up the numbers next to them . then use that number below .
but she did not have two years ; she had six months . and grace had , as acquiring editors of nonfiction so often do , asked for a few changes to the book’s proposed running order . as well as some minor tweaks to the voice .
and having written this blog post , i now feel better . not great , but better .
i see this as a minor convenience for the gm , not something that adventures desperately need .
well - meaning folks sometimes say , “well , look at what others are dealing with ? they have it much worse . ” sure one can usually find those whose life challenges are far worse than one’s own . but comparing one’s own pain to others is not mentally healthy , believe it or not .
like , say , diane . i think that grace was doing her a favor , actually : most memoir readers would be more critical than she of a memoir that got bogged down in mundanties . when is it better for a writer to hear a hard truth like that , do you think — early enough in the publication process that she can do something about it , or after the book comes out , in the online reviews ?
verbal anecdotes generally feature too little detail or context to be funny when reproduced as is onto the printed page .
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nor does sentence structure typically make or break an anecdote . summary statements can work just fine . indeed , it’s not unheard - of for every sentence of a perfectly marvelous anecdote to begin with the phrase i was…
i can change anything i like in a published adventure however it should not be the default position of the author or publisher that i must spend my hobby time filling in the holes they left in the adventure .
which is why it’s vital that you know up front : it’s not all that uncommon for publishers to expect their authors to pay for that copy aunt marge expects you to hand her , signed . yes , you can usually buy them at a substantial discount , but do be aware that any copies you buy that way will not count toward the book’s sales totals .
misaligned expectations , i’m afraid : dewey just didn’t understand what his role in their relationship would be , other than writing . because that was what he was prepared to do , he got antsy every time he didn’t have an assignment on his plate ; he didn’t have a constructive outlet for all of that nervous energy . so he focused it on prodding paulette into a job that she already knew perfectly well how to do — which , in turn , took up enough of her time and energy that she felt , not unreasonably , that his demands were making it harder for her to do that job .
the publication contract specified a not unusually short time in which to complete the manuscript : six months .
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we used to do that with plain old paper clips , randomly across the card . it always got you a phone call from whatever company you sent the card to .
but most aspiring writers and contest entrants don’t think of that , do they ? or so agents and editors surmise from the fact that surprisingly few humorous passages in submissions seem to reflect a serious attempt to convey a comic tone . why bother ? the situation is inherently funny , right ?
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“i’m at the point in my research where i have enough information to satisfy the requirements for this project . i now have to figure out which information is relevant and which is not , what information should go into the presentation ? do we pick information that just covers the surface of all of our research or do we choose to be more specific and go into depth on one topic ? i find all the information important and interesting , so how do i pick ? i’m going to look at the most reoccurring themes and terms . organize the content by those subjects and use that in the presentation . my reasoning behind this , is if this the more popular content among different sources than this must be what is more important . ”
i would also think twice about entering a piece that does not exhibit your best writing within the first couple of pages , regardless of whether it is a short piece or a long one . you’d be amazed at how many entries judges see that consist of perfectly adequate prose , but not writing that jumps off the page .
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classifications : how do various reports and organizations rate or rank the country in terms of internet freedom ? consult multiple sources for this information , for example : reporters without borders’ “enemies of the internet” and “countries under surveillance , ” freedom house’s “freedom on the net , ” opennet initiative , etc .
again , those are not necessarily the same thing , right ? most aspiring writers need to be reminded , i’ve noticed , what is good about their work . or even told what the selling points for their books are .
why especially ? well , what is funny in real life is often not amusing on the page , at least not to someone who was not privy to the actual event . there’s a reason , after all , that “you had to be there , i guess , ” is so commonly uttered by anecdotalists the world over : real - life funny often arises from mishaps , actions out of character , or events whose comic juxtapositions would be entirely lost upon a bystander who is not already intimately familiar with the players and their respective situations .
oh , dear . here comes another bubble . there’s a reason one so seldom hears this platitude falling from the lips of agents and editors at conferences anymore : it’s no longer true . good writing most emphatically does not always find a home — not at an agency , and certainly not at a publishing house .
a method which aims to relate a number of elements or ideas into a coherent system based on some general principles and capable of explaining relevant phenomena or observations . theorizing relies on techniques such as reasoning , abstract thinking , conceptualizing and defining . a theory may be implemented in the form of a model , or a model may give rise to formulating a theory .
not just writing that’s pretty good , or prose that you think might catch an agent’s eye . or the first 20 pages of a novel that starts to sing by page 62 . if the writing you’re planning to submit to a contest doesn’t bring a tear to your eye , cover you in goosebumps , and make you murmur fervent gratitude to the deity of your choice that you were privileged to write it , it does not belong in an entry .
an excellent question , jen : many , many aspiring writers worry that a simple manila envelope , or even the heavier - duty priority mail envelope favored by the us postal service , will not preserve their precious pages in pristine condition . especially , as is all too common , if those pages are crammed into an envelope or container too small to hold them comfortably , or that smashes the sase into them so hard that it leaves an indelible imprint in the paper .
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second , make a list of the people you give gifts to and which gifts you plan to buy / have bought / have ordered , etc . for each person . no need to stress over whether or not … read more
we characterized students’ journal pacing quality as excellent , good , fair , or poor . excellent pacing described journals with posts spread evenly throughout the project . good pacing described journals with posts occurring every week of the project , but with some posts closely grouped on consecutive days or even on the same day . fair pacing denoted journals with some posts closely grouped on consecutive days or the same days and some multi - day or week - long stretches with no posts . poor pacing referred to journals with posts primarily grouped on just a few consecutive days or the same days and no posts for long stretches of time .
not ones who do not already know the author personally , at any rate . and while i hate to raise any doubt in your mind about your aunt marge’s support of your writing aspirations , but don’t count on her being willing to buy your book when it is published . kith and kin have an understandable but nasty habit of expecting the author they love to provide them with free copies .
secondly , i do have a lot of other interests , from knitting to designing my dream house to singing in my church choir . when i was younger and fitter , i led a renaissance dance troupe for a couple of years . so i’m a nerd but not a narrow nerd .
translation : “but it made my friend / significant other / bus driver laugh out loud ! ” is not a reliable indicator of whether mehitabel the veteran contest judge or millicent the agency screener will find something funny on the manuscript page .
out comes the road map again : if there isn’t an arresting image , great twist , or lovely sentence on page 1 , even in a book - length entry , it’s probably not going to end up in the finalist pile .
taken together , these two accounts form quite a sad little story , do they not ? huey was lucky enough to find an agent ( and a millicent ) genuinely taken by his book concept — but he was not ready to take advantage of it . while montrose’s conclusion that huey just hadn’t done enough homework about how nonfiction is sold might not have been entirely correct , it’s hard to argue that the effect of the writer’s not having taken the necessary steps to learn how to write a book proposal amounted to the same thing , in practical terms . yet montrose did , by his lights , do all he could to help , and rather more than most would have done in this situation : being a good memoir agent , realized that proposal - writing is a professional skill , and thus not something even the most gifted memoirist is born knowing , so he provided his potential client with both encouragement and guidelines .
i hate to break it to you , but either way , an over - sender deliberately disregards a request for a specific number of pages . that’s not only difficult , from the recipient’s perspective ; that’s rude . not only does including the extra pages imply an expectation that the agent , millicent , or contest judge will make time to read them , but also — you might want to sit down for this one — a belief that the person requesting that number of pages just didn’t understand that not every manuscript will feature a section or chapter break at the bottom of page 10 .
so if that protagonist is too passive to ask relevant questions the reader wants to know , or not sufficiently nuanced in his worldview to be able to observe in useful detail , or too unpleasant to be good company for a few hundred pages , the reader may feel slightly cheated . yes , even if the plot is very exciting : would you want to go on a tour of a haunted house with a guide that steered you away from the dark corners , did not seem to know much about the house’s history , or declared every fifteen seconds that anyone who believed in ghosts was an idiot ?
5 . author bio , if one was requested . an author bio is a one - page ( double - spaced ) or half - page ( single - spaced ) plus photo account of the submitting writer’s professional credentials . typically , when an agent submits a manuscript or book proposal to editors , the author bio is tucked immediately at the end of the manuscript or sample chapter .
volunteers ( 15 or older ) guide children through the museum and answer questions . estimated service time is two hours a day .
; beginning between two and 2 : 30 or whenever you can get there ; there may be signs reserving our tables . this will give you time to order a drink and / or food and settle down with your friends before the great music starts ;
so , i would say that a complete restored score or a re - recording is among the holiest of my holy grails .
he reads the paper’s report and realizes the woman he killed did not fit the description of the classifieds ad .
with skin . sanitized for your protection . slightly higher west of the mississippi . employees and their families are not
pull down . call toll free number before digging . driver does not carry cash . some of the trademarks mentioned
surprised not to see a post on formatting occupying this space , campers ? you should be : for the past seven years , i have embraced the decline of the old year and the advent of the new as an opportunity to provide the members of the author ! author ! community with a solid explanation of something that new writers are simply expected to know how to do before they even consider approaching an agent . for some reason that defies human understanding , formatting a book manuscript or proposal as the pros do is implicitly regarded as piece of practical know - how the literature fairy bestows on talented writers at birth .
in your queries and pitches , stick to the information that millicent actually needs in order to decide whether to request pages . as submitting writers are all too prone to forget , publishing is a business , not an art form — agents and editors acquire books they believe are marketable , not just ones they believe are well - written . and as i have mentioned several hundred times before , they do not — contrary to the hope of most submitting writers — read the entire submission before making up their minds on either point .


tobacco road is a 1941 film directed by john ford starring charley grapewin , marjorie rambeau , gene tierney , william tracy dana andrews and ward bond .

it was based on the novel of the same name by erskine caldwell , but the plot was rewritten for the film .

tobacco road ( film )

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ford ' s screen version of ' tobacco road ' at roxy - - ' mr . and mrs . smith ' and marx brothers here
ford ' s screen version of ' tobacco road ' at roxy - - ' mr . and mrs . smith ' and marx brothers here - the new york times
with the headline : ford ' s screen version of ' tobacco road ' at roxy - - ' mr . and mrs . smith ' and marx brothers here .
bay 7 at american tobacco is catered and managed by the legendary angus barn .
the bravest , the boldest
an award - winning short film by columbia film alum moon molson .
big muddy is a short , live - action dramatic film for columbia university ' s graduate film school .
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formerly a tobacco warehouse , bay 7 is 10 , 000 square feet of flexible rental space for parties , networking , conferences , weddings and film production .
erskine caldwell’s tobacco road dramatizes a georgian sharecropper family made cruel and vile by debilitating poverty . nathaniel rich writes that it shows just how much the intellectual preoccupations of the ’20s were swept aside by the great depression .
from a ruined farm to the largest cigarette company in the world . read the american tobacco story .
the professor is producer perri nemiroff’s mfa thesis film at columbia university and will premiere in may 2013 at the columbia university film festival .
american tobacco historic district is home to many fine restaurants . from beer and burgers to braised fennel . . .
deep in rural georgia during the great depression , the once magnificent plantation homes of tobacco road have fallen into disrepair and become ramshackle ruins . the only people who live there now are the sharecroppers of the absentee land owners , too poor to move on .
in a list of the ten sporting events fans should make a point of seeing , thrillist named tobacco road sports café as a
must - hit spot
before a duke - unc game , recommending their fried catfish and sitting on their patio , which overlooks the durham bulls athletic park and the iconic left - field bull . metro magazine agreed , noting that tobacco road
serves more than your standard bar food .
the menu includes crab cakes , lettuce wraps , a cajun po ' boy , and more .
decades before the civil war , the actions of a brutal overseer spark the fire of revolution on a tobacco farm .
find your way around the american tobacco district , from the durham bulls to the our newest concert venue , the stack .
when ash invites his ex on a road trip to the florida keys , he doesn ' t mention that the vacation is actually a dangerous drug deal .
perri nemiroff is an aspiring filmmaker currently enrolled in columbia university ' s film mfa creative producing program . this project her her 8 - 12 minute first year film .
to book bay 7 at american tobacco , call angus barn , our exclusive managing agent , at ( 919 ) 787 - 3505 .
see what ' s happening in durham ' s american tobacco historic district . music , food , dpac , the durham bulls and more .
as a comedy , tobacco road is a modest failure ; as a tragedy , it’s an abject failure . and yet erskine caldwell’s novel , 80 years after its publication , remains a giddy , obscene joy . it as indelible as a freak show or car crash . nobody knew what to make of caldwell in 1932 , and nobody much talks about him now , but his legacy persists . he is a progenitor of what could be called the degenerate school of american fiction . descendents include writers like william s . burroughs , harry crews , katherine dunn , and barry gifford . tobacco road is crass and deranged and irreducibly american .
objects attack ! is a feature film shot on super8 black / white reversal film about lovey chambers - a passionate , yet incompetent woman suffering from a resistential crisis . oa ! is the 3rd feature film that rona mark ( alum 2000 ) has written directed and produced .
i am honored to be a judge of the animal film festival in grass valley , ca .
tobacco roa . . .
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right off , the answer is no - - and you who have entertained doubts that the screen version of
tobacco road ,
which john ford has made for twentieth century - fox , might somewhat resemble the stage play may rest assured that it does not . as a matter of fact , it barely resembles a believable slice of life , and just comes under the wire as an amusing but pointless film . view full article in timesmachine »
review listed the film ' s running time as 91 minutes , but this length is probably an error .
big muddy is a short , live - action dramatic film for columbia university ' s graduate film school . directed by jeff moneo ( mfa 2012 ) , and written and produced by brian paccione ( mfa 2012 ) .
* open roads * a short film by mimi jeffries about a father trying to find life beyond a diagnosis .
charlotte glynn ' s non thesis film . she ' s a current mfa candidate at columbia university studying directing .
the exit room is a narrative short film to be produced on location in brooklyn , new york . a futuristic adaptation of ambrose bierce’s an occurrence at owl creek bridge , the film explores one’s final moments of life and consciousness .
marcelo gomes : anatomy of a male ballet dancer is a documentary film about one of the great ballet dancers of our generation . mfa film alums david barba and james pellerito are shooting , directing and producing this project on four continents .
this may not be a movie , but it ' s a cool new business set up by film alum will harper .
a young army ranger on patrol in afghanistan faces the moment where everything changes . a columbia university mfa thesis short film .
what an odd movie , certainly the oddest in john ford ' s long filmography . while the original
tobacco road
( both the novel and the play ) was a potent drama about rural southerners living in abject poverty and ignorance , the studio in collaboration with the veteran director have transformed it into a goofy comedy , full of cartoonish characters and slapstick gags . everything is sanitized , even the deformities of some of the heroes have disappeared…
a film to be produced by 2nd year producing student emma wang and written and directed by columbia directing student filip k . kasperaszek
this list collects every film from the starting list that became they shoot pictures don ' t they ' s 1000 greatest films . this…
produced in association with charities in the usa , uk and india , a powerful short film about domestic violence , starring shabana azmi .
film inspired on a true story of child trafficking in the 80s in lima . película inspirada en una historia real de tráfico de niños .
a short film about a young girl who enlists her sister to do an off color intervention with her father to reconcile their dark past .
a dark comedy about taking risks both big and small , and the messy lines between art and life . a columbia university mfa thesis film .
help us bring our feature film to audiences ! written and directed by columbia film alum and adjunct prof nelson kim ( ' 07 ) , produced by geoff quan ( ' 08 ) , shot by ming kai leung ( ' 06 ) , and edited by brooke sebold ( ' 12 ) .
columbia university ' s mfa film program offers students the opportunity to study film at one of the world ' s great universities , with a faculty of working professionals esteemed in both hollywood and the independent film community . the programs are populated by the top students from around the world . our students thrive in an intense creative environment filled with hands - on experience , one - on - one faculty guidance , and the support of a community of talented peers .
we ' ve made the movie . now we need your help to launch it on the film festival circuit , into theaters , and onto dvd and vod !
the strange ones is premiering at the 2011 sundance film festival ! the only thing is . . . we need to finish it first . please help us !
in madeleine olnek ' s b - movie sci - fi film comedy 3 lesbian aliens come to earth to save their planet by visiting nycs gay dating scene .
watita is an 8 - 12 minute project directed by alonso llosa ( columbia film directing mfa ) and written and produced by gabe grossman ( columbia screenwriting mfa ) .
snowball is a short , live - action comedy / drama thesis film for columbia university ' s graduate film school . written and directed by mary gillen ( mfa 2012 ) , produced by katharine o ' brien ( mfa 2012 ) , and co - produced by ed blythe ( mfa 2010 , student emmy - winner , 2009 ) .
tobacco burn is justin liberman ' s ( 4th year directing ) & alvaro r . valente ( 4th year producing ) mfa thesis at columbia university . nicole delaney ( 2nd year producing ) & brian birch ( 3rd year producing ) are the co - producers .
) in the cast , they appeared only in a sequence that was cut from the film , in which
jeeter
requests help from his son
tom .
the
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i leave you with a particularly funny gag from the film , when jeeter discovers electric lighting and how much fun it is to turn on and off lamps . thanks for reading !
a short film by columbia mfa student , talibah newman , about a young girl who enlists her sister to do an off color intervention with her father to reconcile their dark past .
tobacco road is grim , but never tragic . caldwell’s characters lack the dignity of tragic figures—they are too cruel and hateful . the reversals they suffer are not surprising ; there is never any doubt that they will end in ruin , in large part because they begin in ruin and show no real desire to escape their fate . for the same reason the novel does not succeed as a comedy . it is funny , but in the way that a tasteless joke is funny : you shouldn’t be laughing , you don’t want to laugh , but you laugh until you’re sick . and when the laughter stops , you wonder whether you’re not so different from a wild animal either .
bears discover fire is a columbia university mfa thesis film directed by ben leonberg and produced by scott riehs . it ' s a story about fantastic natural phenomena and the very ordinary people who experience it .
upon its release , the film encountered very few censorship problems , apart from being banned entirely in australia for unspecified reasons , and was successful at the box office despite mixed reviews . a march 6 , 1941
first of all , let me say that i saw this movie for the first time when i was in paris . for those of you who have been following backlots for some time , you know that there are 2 classic movie theaters in paris , the action cinema rue christine , and the desperado ( which , oddly , was action écoles when i got there , and the desperado when i left . go figure–i’ve given up trying to understand anything that goes on in paris ) . obviously , i was constantly at one of them , and i saw some really fantastic movies on the big screen , as they were meant to be shown . tobacco road was at the rue christine , and i had never seen it before .
in order to avoid any pre - judgment of the film ' s screenplay , the studio decided to film on location at sherwood forest , ca , rather than in augusta , ga , as had been originally planned . the
poor farm
sequences were shot on location at encino , ca . marjorie rambeau was borrowed from m - g - m for the production . although a january 9 , 1941 studio billing sheet includes charles waldron (
the thesis film of columbia mfa directing student valerie bischoff about brothers ace and jim , who fight to salvage their broken relationship . when ace betrays jim coming together and reaching the starting line becomes the brother’s greatest challenge yet .
as for gene tierney , she was 20 years old when this film was made , and though her role as the shy ellie may lester was small , she was noticed for her beauty that seemed to be beyond her years .
director nisan dag ' s thesis film - when a man with a fish head finally escapes from his traveling freak show , he befriends a young girl and embarks on a journey to the mythical lake where he believes he was born .
by july 1940 , twentieth century - fox had intensified its efforts to acquire the screen rights and was concerned that a film based on the play would be banned in england , as the play had been . according to an august 18 , 1940
writer / director christina choe ( soa , 12 ) teams up with producers gerry kim & mayuran tiruchelvam ( soa 12 ) for her debut feature , nancy . a kickstarter staff pick & featured on sundance , filmmaker magazine , film independent , vimeo pages .
the strange ones is a short film about a man and a boy , traveling to an unknown destination , who sneak into a motel swimming pool for a brief respite . on the surface all seems normal , but nothing is what it seems to be . . .
is getting away to a big start in new england as a result of the wide open exploitation possibilities offered by the censorship situation here . all the new england censor boards passed the picture but , by contrast , the stage play was banned throughout this part of the country except in four cities . as a result , the exhibitors are capitalizing plenty on the chance to see the film version of the long - barred play .
according to the legal records , the film had grossed almost $ 1 , 900 , 000 by 1973 .
when a teenage girl reveals a secret society called the sisterhood of night , a small town is plunged into controversy as everyone ' s secrets are revealed . based on a story by steven millhauser , this feature film is written by marilyn fu and directed by caryn waechter .
columbia mfa film alumna mary gillen ( 2012 ) is directing all six epsiodes of the first season , in addition to writing and producing several episodes . fellow alumni involved in this project include ana lazarevic ( 2012 ) as assistant director and ed blythe ( 2010 ) as dp .
here you will find pieces on frequently seen classics and some lesser - known gems , as well as book reviews , festival coverage , and pieces on the history , theory and culture of film as it relates to the study of classic cinema . enjoy the site , and thanks for reading !
hearts and minds is an mfa thesis film written and directed by jesse gustafson ( 4th year screenwriting ) and produced by joshua cohen ( 3rd year creative producing ) . it is joshua ' s thesis and jesse ' s non - thesis . chris cole ( 2nd year creative producer ) is a co - producer
the actual book by erskine caldwell is truly disturbing . i’m not surprised that it was adapted so loosely into broad comedy , because any attempt to film the original story likely would have given the pca heart palpitations . from what i can tell ( i haven’t seen this movie–my memories of the book have always made me avoid it ) , the storyline of the film has very little to do with caldwell’s version . it’s actually really funny to me that the undeniably gorgeous gene tierney was cast as ellie may , because in the novel , that character has a cleft palate and is decidedly not gorgeous by any stretch of the imagination !
in this case , at least , the lesters are motivated by hunger . but greater indignities follow . dude marries a sexually voracious woman more than twice his age in order to drive her new automobile . when the couple goes into the bedroom to consummate their union , the rest of the lesters poke their heads through the doorway or drag a ladder up to the window and watch . jeeter tries to sleep with his daughter - in - law and , it is implied , his daughters . dude runs a black man off the road , killing him , and only regrets the damage done to the car . then he runs over his grandmother .
the lesters , at first glance , seem the ideal heroes of a depression - era novel . they are poor ; “dirt poor” is no exaggeration , for their land has been depleted by cotton farming and untilled for seven years . seventy - five years earlier , grandfather lester had owned a great tobacco plantation , but the property has long since been sold off to creditors . the lesters only remain on their small parcel thanks to the pity of its new owner . their house , which has never been painted , is sagging and rotted and porous . sections of ceiling fall away every time it rains .
charley grapewin , as jeeter lester , had me laughing all the way through the movie , as did many of the other supporting characters . a particular favorite recurring theme of mine is jeeter’s obsession with turnips . toward the beginning of the film there is a scuffle over a sack of turnips that is really very silly indeed . it is the at the height of randomness and zany surrealism , and that is my favorite kind of comedy .
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wanted to see a ' bad ' ford film ( because when it comes to my favourites i can get a little sick on their richness ) and gleaming from every scholar , from gallagher to mcbride , it seems like this one is the consensus pick . regardless if there are ford films that are just as bad or worse , i can see right off the bat why this is the picked on the most . not only because it sits slam dunk on what is arguably ford ' s best year , thus scuppering a home run , it is also heavily , and i mean heavily , features the most consistently maligned aspect of the multiplexity that is ford . by which i mean his soused ' irish ' humour . he can indulge in…
news item , the pca continued to evaluate the submitted screenplays . in late november 1940 , francis s . harmon , a pca official from the south , who had written extensively on religious matters , wrote a memo to breen outlining his concerns about the potential impact of the film ' s treatment of religion . harmon concluded :
most serious is the fact that the laughter in the theatres [ provoked by the extreme religiosity of the characters ] will give point to the charge that a hollywood ' filled with godless sophisticates , ' ' foreigners , ' and ' jews ' is capitalizing this opportunity to make fun of all religion and by disgusting moviegoers with this screen exposition of an admittedly superficial , highly emotionalized type of religion , is doing a disservice to all religion .
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jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
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anti - catholic and anti - cleric policies in the mexican state of tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state ' s last remaining priest .
a louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner - take - all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew , about to be hung for murder .
a polynesian sailor - - unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully - - is relentlessly persecuted by his island ' s martinet french governor .
john ford weaves three
judge priest
stories together to form a good - natured exploration of honour and small - town politics in the south around the turn of the century . judge william . . . see full summary »
in 1940 , the motley crew of the british tramp steamer ss glencairn prepares the ship for its perilous voyage from the west indies to baltimore and then to england .
the wartime romantic misadventures of captain flagg , commander of a company of us marines in 1918 france .
in 1898 , irish immigrant martin maher is hired as a civilian employee at west point where , during a 50 - year career , he rises to the rank of nco and instructor .
willie kluggs enters the service with hopes of going overseas , but his uncanny marksmanship keeps him at home as a shooting instructor . . . much to his embarrassment .
frank skeffington is an old irish - american political boss , running for re - election as mayor of a u . s . town for the last time .
when 3 outlaws on the run find a dying woman and her newborn baby in the desert they vow to save the child .
newlyweds gil and lana martin try to establish a farm in the mohawk valley but are menaced by indians and tories as the revolutionary war begins .
the story of dr . samuel mudd , who was imprisoned after innocently treating president lincoln ' s assassin in 1865 .
shiftless jeeter lester and his family of hillbilly stereotypes live in a rural backwater where their ancestors were once wealthy planters . their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank ' s plans to take over the land for more profitable farming ; subplots involve the affairs and marriages of son dude and daughter ellie may .
after eight years of sensational stage success . . . it ' s on the screen at last ! ( original print ad - all caps )
gene tierney and dana andrews get barely 5 minutes of screen time each . gene gets just half a dozen lines to speak
when the new car is tipped over , after being driven on dirt roads and through mud , the underside is spotless .
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a patriarch of a large rural southern clan are threatened to be thrown off their land .
this movie is great . last time i could watch it was when i was young . found it on comcast on demand . going to watch it there . it has never been there . . .
i would pay extra to get a copy of this movie . it shows what was going on before all the social welfare .
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on the screen at last ! the picture you ' ve waited eight years to see . . . picturized by the men who gave you
grapes of wrath
shiftless jeeter lester and his family of hillbilly stereotypes live in a rural backwater where their ancestors were once wealthy planters . their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank ' s plans to take over the land for more profitable farming .
this is the inversion of everything you expect a john ford movie to say about the nobility of the downtrodden , and it may be my new favorite ford of all . funniest thing i ' ve seen since terminus paradis , and the teen - chimp - from - hell that is dude lester is now one of my favorite performances of all time .
you remember what blake said about john milton being on team satan without realizing it ? that ' s this .
shiftless tenant farmer jeeter lester ( charley grapewin ) and his steadfast wife ada ( elizabeth patterson ) eke a living off the borrowed land and by selling firewood . the lesters take care of grandma ( zeffie tilbury ) and live with their slow - witted son dude ( william tracy ) and 23 - year - old daughter ellie may ( gene tierney ) , a real wildcat of a woman . the rest of their numerous children have all died or moved away . …
a hideous inversion of all that is fordian , the grapes of wrath remade as hateful , childish grotesquerie , a nasty indulgence of ford ' s worst tendencies , for once distilled into a picture rather than what it should have been , an eight day bender aboard the araner .
watched this for gene tierney , only for her to have about 5 lines and barely any scenes . a waste !
the lesters , a family of poor sharecroppers , are living for generations at the same piece of land in rural georgia . now , in the midst of the great depression , the bank is about to take over their parcel unless they find 100 dollars in two days to pay as rent .
straight up bummer that i didn ' t care for the story at all . tierney ' s the highlight , and grapewin is decent i suppose , but some of the other characters were annoying . it seemed like it tried to be another grapes of wrath but didn ' t even come close at all . my least favorite ford and i ' m a pretty darn big fan .
interesting portrayal of the poor and poverty stricken family when compared to much of the rest of ford ' s filmography . some funny moments , and very over the top segments within . the hymn segments with sister bessie were getting old by the end , and the scenes dominated by her and dude distracted from the more interesting story involving the parents .
john ford triumphantly does the unexpected and turns erskine calldwell ' s grim novel of the depression into a riotous comedy . viewed as an adaptation it ' s an obvious failure , so far does it stray from the source both in mood and plot , but on its own terms it ' s one of the most glorious oddities in cinema .
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the plot has to do with a poor family living on inherited land , and their struggles to stay afloat during tough economic times . the story was taken from a novel , but the plot of the novel was more about the dramas of the family , while this movie chooses to focus more on the comic relief .
i highly recommend this movie if you are looking for some good laughs . there is one scene , however , that shows the more somber side of the story , in which jeeter weeps over the loss of his land . it is very artfully done , and i would go so far as to say it’s done in a style very typical of john ford , in stark contrast to the rest of the lighthearted , fun movie .
i agree with brandie ! the book should be adapted into a ‘true’ screenplay and remade . i would certainly go see it if it wasn’t scrubbed of all of the interesting story points . i expected more from john ford ! although it’s fun with it’s comedic scenes it should have been made true to the novel . a nice review ! glad you’re celebrating the lovely tierney .
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a woman whom i consider to be one of the most beautiful to ever grace the screen , the magnificent gene tierney .
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a poor family in rural georgia struggles to make ends meet as the clan ' s father , jeeter lester ( charley grapewin ) , proudly refuses help at every turn . although the lesters have thrived on their land for generations , jeeter and his wife ( marjorie rambeau ) haven ' t prospered , and the outlook for the family is bleak . while many lester children have left the farm , the none - too - bright dude ( william tracy ) and the gorgeous ellie may ( gene tierney ) are still around to cause a fair share of drama .
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news items : several studios expressed interest in acquiring the rights to jack kirkland ' s play and erskine caldwell ' s novel , both of which were popular , but also very controversial . on december 5 , 1933 , the night after its new york city opening , the play was attended by a pca official , who reported ,
this play contains about everything which would make it very objectionable as a motion picture .
rko , which may have been the first studio to acquire an option on the properties , was discouraged by the pca from pursuing the project . according to a march 3 , 1940
news item , rko had intended to purchase the play for charles laughton , who was to play
jeeter .
in 1939 , republic was informed by pca official joseph i . breen :
the material , in our judgment , is definitely and specifically in violation of the production code and is , likewise , enormously dangerous from the standpoint of political censorship .
columbia was advised in march 1940 that the title
was on a list of banned titles because the play was
consistently considered unsuitable material .
warner bros . also was interested in the properties and entered into negotiations with kirkland , but apparently was discouraged by the pca ' s intimation that the title would not be available for use .
article , twentieth century - fox ' s purchase of the play ended
seven months of bidding for the property , in which rko was the chief competitor .
the article speculated that the studio ' s success with
influenced the hays office to sanction the purchase ,
and that it was
possible that henry hull , who created the role of jeeter lester on broadway , [ would ] be borrowed from [ m - g - m ] to play the role on the screen .
on october 13 , 1940 ,
stated that the picture was
slated for
fonda . the studio settled the acquisition on november 7 , 1940 , and agreed to pay kirkland $ 150 , 000 against a percentage of the gross receipts .
in discussing a november 6 , 1940 temporary script submitted by the studio , breen warned that
many religious folk throughout the nation may be offended by the religious aspects .
breen advised the studio to
secure the counsel of an intelligent protestant clergyman as to the likely reception of the picture , as now drafted , among church - going folks generally ,
and also cautioned against portraying the relationship between
lov
and
ellie may
as overtly sexual . while casting was in progress , which included testing fred stone for
one of the top roles ,
according to an october 1940
jeeter lester , the patriarch , has 12 surviving children . he doesn’t remember most of their names . all but two have left and never returned . since lester cannot afford to rent a mule or basic farming supplies , his main income comes from selling his daughters into marriage . he trades pearl , 12 , to a neighbor for some quilts , not quite a gallon of cylinder oil , and $ 7 .
jeeter lives with his wife , ada , who suffers from pellagra and spends her days daydreaming about buying a nice dress in which to be buried ; his mother , whom nobody talks to , except to tell her “to get out of the way , or to stop eating the bread and meat” ; a big stupid son , dude , 16 ; and a daughter , ellie may , 18 . the only reason ellie may hasn’t been married is because she has a gruesome harelip that makes her gums look like “a bleeding , painful wound . ” the family is slowly starving to death .
none of these characters would be caught dead in a novel by john steinbeck , carson mccullers , or eudora welty . the lesters are poor , but they have no dignity . they behave like wild animals . they steal from each other , beat each other , try to have sex with each other . they are violent , terminally stupid , and slothful to a pathological degree . jeeter is so lazy that when he trips , he stays on the ground for an hour before bothering to get back up .
the wanton crudeness of the lesters frustrated caldwell’s critics . was the novel a cry for social justice , or a nasty satire ? yes , conditions were bad in the rural south—but could they really be this bad ?
they’re almost interchangeable , because there is comedy in tragedy and tragedy in comedy . there’s very little distinction between the two ; you can’t have one without the other . . . you’ve got to be true to your material , and life itself is a series of both . they go right together .
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