The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
FLASHES and
CLOSE-UPS
By LENS

At the Embassy
TWO cats put on a boxing match
to a finish in San Francisco.
Ritzy pooches parade in Vienna
The Gettle kidnapers are finger
printed Mary Pickford states that
she loves everybody, upon her re-
turn to Toronto, her hometown.
Roosevelt's mother says she thinks
Whistler's Mother" is a lovely
painting" Balbo, Mussolini's whis-
kered errand-boy, watches an auto
race in Africa.
THE invisible commentator informs
us that the kidnapers of the Ro-
bles baby deserve death for tortur-
ing this little girl" The launching
Of the gigantic new plane carrier,
Ranger" is intended to remind us
that the Roosevelt administration is
leaving no stone unturned in prepa-
ration for a new round Of slaughter.
Senator Robinson tells US that he
does not like crafty European poll
| tlclars.
A AMERICAN Ambassador Grew
IA tells a Japanese audience that
between that country and the U. S.
everything is hotsy-totsy. Then
| there's the perennial stuff about
Emperor Hirohito reviewing his SOL
diers. A few synthetic shots of the
Olympic Nantucket disaster IN
which all the excitement is
drummed up by the commentator
and not a word spoken about the
tragedy of seven seamen killed in
the collision. (The captains of the
respective ships usually do all the
canera-hugging in these clips E.
AND yes, some supposedly ill-dis-
n posed lizards have come to the
Bronx Zoo. The Almighty cooper
ates in putting the New Deal" in
to practice by running the crops by
means of a drought and hail the
size of grapes. Dollfusss fascist
Constitution" is hailed by the
voice from beyond as "Austria's
New Deal" and the first contingent
Of bonus nlarchers arriving in
Washington are slyly ridiculed and
said to be led by agitators." you'll
recognize Sol Harper and other
leaders of the fighting Workers Elk
Servicemen's League.
THERE are two short subjects at
l the Embassy this week, one of
which I advise you to see. 1t is one
Of Fitzpatrick's Traveltalks, and
differs radically from all previous
Fitztalks in that this one is about
Leningrad, the second largest city
Of the First Workers Republic. The
running comment is remarkably
sympathetic and friendly despite a
crack or two like The Russian peo-
pie have an Unborn love for art and
beauty that not even q revolution
could destroy q y" Discounting
Fitzpatricks incurable penchant for
romanticizing every place he COM
ments upon in color postcard way
which simply doesn't fit when
you're discussing the Soviet Union,
he is Enthusiastically friendly and in
telligent in this one, which evoked
prolonged applause from a Broad
way audience. Goodlife's choice of
camera material is rather superb
cial, but that, too, should be for
given. I got rather thrilled by
huge full-screen portrait of Lenin
appearing on a Broadway screen
and I know you'll feel that way
about it, too.
n SUPPOSE the Embassy manage
l ment thought they'd counteract
this film with a piece Of tripe that
Immediately follows it called See
ing the United States; Georgia"
Who said anything about chain
gangs lynchings and inquisitional
treatment for militant workers in
that stated It's all historical spots,
beautiful landscapes, progress, hap
piness for the singing Negroes in
the cotton-f1elds. all ending in the
singing of My Country It's of
THIS last one got many audible
1 yaWns and little applause from
an elderly bald-headed gentleman
in the back with wing-collar and
a handled cane.