The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-24

aQml0lSLrACIOu. AS LuC ASdBNS grew it's nuttiness developed apace until at this writing 1t now re- sembles something gone altogeth- CT cuckoo. In the development Of it's mania to prevent MT. Roose- velts reelection the League went through some strange phases. It loaned encouragement and mon- ey to organizations with high faluting aliases like "The Septinels of the Republic, "Thc Minute Mem, "The American Farmers Independence Council, and "The Southern Committee to Uphold the Constitution. It kicked Tn to help finance Gov. Talmadge's convention of Grass Rooters. But these were only mild evidences of lunacy. Now it has been dis closed that the League took the shortest known cut to complete destruction. It went into the mo- ton picture business through The sentinels of the Republic.
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 Some scenario genius whose identity has yet to be made known turned out a super colossal, super gigantic, super-overwhelming manuscript with the alluring title "The Amateur Fire Brigade" Neither has 1t been made public what stars from the Hollywood heavens blazed in the cast, who wrote the music and lyrics, and who staged the dances. Perhaps the truth about these intriguing details will never be known. Any way the picture was shot by the Sentinels and exhibited privately at the Palm Beach palace of 8 snow -dodging New York plutocrat. The audience was made up Of prominent 'ex-democrats, corpo- ration lawyers, public utilities magnateS, and Roosevelt public enemies Numbers l to 55. The pre-view was riot and knocked the pre-viewers for row of bon fires. However, like all newcom- CTS to the show business, the back CTS of "The Amateur Fire Brigade" having decided the film would be a sensational knockout imme- diately decided also that it needed a little factoring.
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 It must not be inferred that the doctor had to be called in be- cause the masterpiece was in danger of being put on the black list by the Legion of Decency. But some of the scenes caricaturmg the President had to be toned down." Knowing the feelings or the Sentinels towards MT. Roose- welt and the love the pre-vieWers entertain for him, the caricatures must have been pretty raw to de- mand dimunition in tone. All the foregoing is simply by way Of background. Last month the Sem tinels of the Republic having made the picture out of their own heads opened negotiati tions through lawyer to get the du- Pont Liberty League to finance It. Whether the financing would in- clude distribution of the film as well as reimbursement or the cost of hts production is not clear. But said the lawyer, whatever It included should be easy for the League IbecaWe that organization had collected million dollars Tn eight months for purposes much less profit promising than 8 super colossal, super-gigantic, super overwhelming talking picture epic like "Th& Amateur Fire Brigade" The Tigers Tail
 Perhaps l should not have writ ten that the duPont Liberty League had gone into motion pie ture busiraess and because of that fact was iI3 the final stage of mad ness which is the fore-runner Of total destruction. cannot find out from the evidence whether the League has paid for the mak- ing of the film or is being coaxed to do so. It is not even certain whether the production costs are going to be paid at all. It would not be the first time in film his- tory that an epic was made Ion the cufI". But one thing is cer- tain and that is. the Sentinels of