The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-23
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The Workers Film and Photo
League and the Anti-Imperialist
League have prepared the follow
ing leafet to be distributed during
the showing of Thunder Over
Mexico" The Daily Worker in pub
fishing this leafiet incidentally gives
| its opinion on the claims made in an
advertisement of the Rialto Theatre
offering elsewhere on this page.-Ed.
Thunder Over Mexico" Lies
Mexico is NOT q natural paradise
where happy people live in peace and
plenty!
Mexico is NOT the idyllic picture of
beauty and charm as it has been
described by the sponsors of this
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Mexico is NOT merely the colorful
land of the exotic magueys and ma
jestic Magyar temples In Mexico the
masses are oppressed, exploited and
degraded by military dictatorship
whose record of cold-blooded MUIR
ders and ruthless repression ranks
with that of Machado, depoSed Gu
ban tyrant
The startling beauty of the Mexi-
can land Is undeniable, and the So
Wet caneraman, Eduard Tisse, has
| succeeded in capturing that beauty in
every single and unforgettable foot
of this film.
But the Mexican peasants are be-
ing driven off this picturesque land
by force of arms! Murder bands
calling themselves the "Liga de
Defensa Social" hired by the Wall
Street controlled Gales Rodriguez
government of landowners, plumber
and exterminate the poems wher-
ever they offer resistance to fore
IDLE eviction from the land.
About these deeds there is nothing
either particularly Charming" or
beautiful" No more SO than the as
sassination of labor leaders and sup
preston of the trade unions. No more
SO than the wholesale exile of hun
dreds of intellectuals, workers and
peasants to the dreaded Mexican
Devils Island" Islas Marias.
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perpetrators of these deeds and glor-
flies their existencel How? BY sing
ing the praises of what it calls 1.-THE
New Mexico" BY showing the peas
antry upifted and civilized" by the
present regime. BY asking us to be-
lieve that this mythical New Mexi-
co" is primarily concerned with the
welfare of the Mexican peoplel
That is why we say that "Thun-
der Over Mexico" lies.
No barrage of ballyhoo and pub
licity can convince us that a direc-
tor responsible for the greatest films
ever made dealing with the struggles
of the Soviet masses for emancipation
from ezarist oppression and tyranny
CPotemkin," "Ten Days" Strike"
"Old and New'D, could have turned
out nlonstrous distortion of reality
that is the present version of what
was once entitled "Que Viva Mexi-
col" Thunder Over Mexico" was not
edited by Eisenstein, but by Holly
wood "montage masters" who COM
pletely distorted Eisenstein's original
conception of a film that was intend
ed to satirize rather than glorify the
present reactionary Mexican regime.
We call upon all movie-goers to
demand the withdrawal Of this film
and the restitution of the original
negative to Eisenstein.
Let your protest be heard wherever
the film is exhibited!
Send in your protest to stop the
distribution of the film
The releasers of Thunder Over
Mexico" in their advance publicity
express the pious hope that their film
might be appreciated by what they
call the gum chewing" movie going
audience.
We call upon you, the gum Chew
ing" audience, to, show your appreci-
alton of Thunder Over Mexico by
forcing this film off the screen.
Send protests Immediately to the
Distributor, Sol Lesser, Radio City
Building, New York City.
Send protests to Arthur Mayer.
Manager, Rialto Theatre, Times So.
New York City.