The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-10
Will CenSOrS Bar
Workers Historical
Movie From U. S.
By ESTHER LOWELL
Federated Press)

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NEW YORK-(FP) ~ Are Ameri-
can workers to see the film which has
won Douglas Fairbanks highest
praise2 Repeatedly since the movie |
star saw PotemlCin in Berlin ne has |
declared the picture "the greatest ev-
er made" Berlin audiences are see
ing modified version Of the original
playing in Russia. London and other
English cities will not see il at all
because Of the censor. American cit
les may suffer the same fate.
New York journalists who saw the
film in a showing arranged by Am
taorg Trading Corp, holder Of Amer
lean rights Of the film, and the Film
Arts Guild, were enthusiastic, but did
not put their opinions into print Ia
help batter down the censorship.
Potemltin is "A page from history
graphically and beautifully presented.
The armed cruiser Prince Potemkin
lay off Odessa when the 1905 revolu-
ton was attempted in Russia against
the car. The sailors heard of the
stirring ashore and rebelled against
their harsh officers, bad conditions
and particularly the maggoty meat
which the ships doctor passed as fit
] food. When the officers ordered the
shooting down Of disconnected ones,
one sailor cried out to the firing squad
not To- shoot their brothers and the
fight was on. The sailors seized the
ship from their officers and threw
them overheard along with the wOrmy
meat. They elected a committee Of
26 tc take charge.
b ut the sailor VIII o had cried
Brothers" had been shot dead by
the chief officer before the latter
was seized. The sailors body was
taken ashore at night-one Of the
finest pieces Of Photographic artis-
try in the Finland left on the fish
ermen's dock with. an explanatory
note pinned TO his breast. All day
long lines Of workers, men and wo-
men, filed down the seemingly end
less steps and out the breaI6water Ia
view the body. When the Cossacks
came and all night there was firing
In the town. Workers were shot
down in Geld blood-helpless mother,
and children. When the sailors OF
Potemkin heard Of it they turned
their guns against the palaces on tn,
hill top and bombarded them unit
there was quiet among the sharp
shooters and Ccssacks.
Officers from the ship had man
aged to swim ashore, however, ano
summoned the rest of the Admiral
fleet. POtemlSin turned It's nose sea
ward and when within range sig
nailed for the sailors on the othel
ships TO join them. In fear the flee
officers ordered their ships to right
about. The film ends suddenly will
the sailors shouting "Hurrah" TO on,
another from ship to ship and onl!
the final caption gives brief indica
E ton Of the historical end Of the in
cident. The caption says that Potem
b gin was finally interned in a Ruman
ian port.
What happened in history was tina
Odessa fell into the hands Of the arm,
and the sailors could no longer ge
food from ashore They steamed to
Rumanian port and were refused aiC
They went back TO Theodosia, a Rus
sian port, and commanded food wit
their guns but when a group Of tn
sailors tried to seize three coal barge
for much needed fuel they were she
down. The ship returned TO Rumani
: and through Christian Rakovsly, no.
> ambassador from Soviet Russia {
France, who was then in Rumania, tn
70 sailors negotiated the turning over {
the ship TO Rumanian government.
f. That is the story Of the film an
that Is history, but whether it is a,
ceptable history TO the censors {
movies in the United States remain
to be SEEN AS for It's being a wer
of art, censors seem TO know nothin
2. Of art in their choice Of what the An
erican film public may see. Poten
kin is a thrilling working class pictul
II of historical value as we'll as artist
~ value and American workers shou
= demand that they not be deprived
this film made by Sov-Kino, the Ru
sian movie trust.