The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-26
wY DAN THOMAS

8X DAN THOMAS
 MIA Service 0tafI Correspondent
 Hollywood-CeciI D. DeMiIle, & Holiywood's principal apostle of elaborate spectaclen, finally has come through with another great j picture. "The Crusades" com 2 pares very fayorably with his ''King of Kings" and "The Ten I Commandments" two of the most I successful productions in cinema 1 history. Containing the religious back ground which DeMille is so adept at dramatizing, 1t is the most Z spectacular fighting film this writer has ever seen.
 spurred on by religious fevor and DeMille's flashing tongue the Crusaders put on a war that could take place only on the screen. What fighting! Wars that I history tells us lasted for years, ] concentrated into a few thousand J feet of filmi
 And every bit of the fighting done in hand-to-hand combats with only the primitive 18th cen- tury weapons-blazing oil, wooden Il battle towers for scaling walls broadswords, and bows and ar- rows.
 This picture will please those who like excitement. Thrills and mob activity abount in nearly every scene. Seldom does 1t lapse into the sentimentality of love scenes between Loretta Young and Henry Wilcoxon. Their affec- tionate moments can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
 Yet after the preview over- heard woman remark, "DeMille is a menace to all women. His heroes make love 50 romantically they make us conscious of what we're missing.
 Designed as a part of Holly woods campaign against double features, the picture should have a noticeable effect upon this cus- tom. It's good enor-h to draw customers alone and its running time of two hours and ten min- utes is too long to permit adding a second feature.
 Some Choice Chiscling
 A few weeks ago 8 studio ex- Ltive received a letter from . New York man advising him that a friend of the writer was coming to Hollywood and asking permission for him and another couple to visit the studio.
 The exec sent back @ letter that would admit the man and his party. But the New Workers friend turned out to be a chiseler in sheep's clothing. When he ar rived his party consisted of 42 persons, loaded in two buses.
 Studio attaches didn't know what to do. No party of that size ever had been admitted. But the mau had a letter signed by the executive, who was out of town.
 So there was nothing to do but admit the party, show them the sights, and give them lunch. And the bill for the AZ lunches went to the exec.
 Modesty Forbids
 Movie studios still are feeling the iron hand of censorship from the Will Hays office. Fifteen stills from Hands Across the Table" showing Fred MacMurray sans trousers were rejected by this office as being improper. And now there's a possibility that this entire sequence will have to be taken out of the picture. ,,
 
 Faster and Funnier
 Those of you who like the Fred Astaire- Ginger Rogers combination really have a treat coming. "Top Hat" their third picture together. And it's the best yet. Not only is their dancing terrific-Ginger i'm proves with each new film-but it has enchanting settings. And there's a strong laugh-filled story that's just as important as the mu- sica1 numbers.
 Edward Everett Horton is an Invaluable asset to the comedy. of course. But Fred and Ginger do their part. They're becoming a