Evening star., 1933-04-17
Out Where the Movie, Beaias
Hollywood Notes and Cinema PersonsJpAsas
By Mollie Merrick

air. This Is quite in accord With War-
ner Brothers program. They make
pictures at a furious pace throughout
the year and then shut down each IL
months for three months period dur
ing which time there Is not a single
camera turning on the lot. The Warn
erS go of to Europe to recover from a
strenuous nine months. The small en-
ployes go into period of borrow and
privation; the larger employees get a
weL-earned rest and the return to work
Is heralded joyously by all classes. each
LOT dlnerent reason, as you can see.
II this general shutdown occurs. it
will leave the Warner Brothers with
most Of the pictures for exhibitors
during the coming months They have
l9 ready to go. Therefore other stu
dios-notably MG-M are against
this procedure since they have not
got sufflcient products ready to carry
them through an enforced vacation.
and left. Sam Goldwyn and United
Artists will pay back all the voluntary
cuts taken by employees during the past
five weeks. Radio will pay back as
of April 6 and M-G-M as of next
Monday This leaves Warmers, who
are distributing over some items-Fox
and Paramount, whose reports have
not come in from the East Coast-Co-
lumbaa, which has announced restora-
tion OF full pay some time since-and
some smaller studios to be adjusted
Work has been dilatory under this
regime, it is said by producers, with
creative artists giving but a sluggish
portion of the vim they put into efforts
in pre-cut times.
There is no doubt, however, that sal
ary slashes on new arrangements will
prevail and that contracts will only
be drawn with a small group Of big
office stars.
To-day We Live" is the name M-G-M
has given William Faulkners war
story, Men Must Fight" which has
Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper, Fran
chot Tone and Robert Young. all in its
cast. with Roscoe Karns and Louise
Closer Hale carrying the humor
Magnificent air and water sequences
will make the picture popular, since
some Of this work under Howard Hawks
direction is very masterfully done. Joan
Crawford gives one of her best per-
formances, although the Faulkner dia-
logue is a handicap to the emotional
march OF the story Pronouns are
clipped out Of the conversations of the
brother, sister and fiance until one gets
the impression that a trio of African
savages are trying to make themselves
understood. 1t possibly read well in
the Faulkner novel but it is not so hot
orally.
1t is the screen public's first glimpse
Of Franchot Tone. a young man who
combines the gift Of being a sirgularly
fine actor with that of having rare SYM
pathetic quality and (how I hate that
word whimsical but it's inescapable)
a whimsical appeal for women. This
quality will mean more in story where
the adaptors haven't taken so much
'whimsy' on their own shoulders. It's
difficult to face death continually with
"cheerio and a chin-chin." Never
theless. think you'll like this picture
In spite of its flaws.
Mae West says: Now that beer has
come in, girls with nv type figure will
get break" From the box-office re-
ceipts I can't see where girls with Mae
Vests type Of figure have had any diff
ficulty in pre-beer days.
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