Evening star., 1939-03-19

sick and tired of looking at pictures
every day and we're glad to leave.
They said that they were well
treated and Many Guns offered his
30-pound gain in weight as proof.
After seeing all the stars and
geniuses, Big Beaver said that the
thing that impressed them most in
Hollywood was the palm trees. Most
of the IL are elderly and refuse
to call the palms by the white
mans title; they named them after
a fellow back home who never pulled
his whiskers out. This interest was
a little disturbing to the Fox press
agents vino had been rebuffed when
they volunteered to get the chiefs,
Tyrone Powers. autograph. When
Mad Plume, Yellow Kidney, Little
Blaze, Iron Breast and all the rest
embarked for Montana. the studio
heaved sigh of relief, for the
engagement had not been marred
by single appendectomy. It seems
that the height OF savage delight
is provided by three weeks in bed
with excellent food after an op-
Grafton. Big Beaver assured Fox
that his warriors were all honorable
men and would not resort to phony
symptoms, although the Indian ex-
pert with the troupe said that 1t
was common on the reservation.
The only real difficulty was en-
countered when Old Persons father
in-law died back home. Old Person,
as mark of mourning, refused
to work. and all the reasoning and
argument in the world failed to
change his attitude, because, as Big
Beaver explained. he is a member
of the conservative school, Evil
IDENTIFY in his tribe, respect for a
dear one who passes away is limited
to an abstinence from labor, for
when Chief Many Treaties, an old
timer around Hollywood. threw a
party for the distinguished visitors,
Old Person attended and ate and
drank soda pop with the rest.
A decade ago Robert Sisk wrote
magazine piece effectively view
ing the mad transition of films from
silence to sound. A former news
paperman and then press agent
for the Theater Guild, he had no
technical knowledge of movie-mak-
ing. But from long distance study
of Hollywood he predicted that
sound would never be used properly
by the screen. Since those days he
has become an R-K-O producer
c"The Informer," THE Last Out
law" "The Plough and the Stars')
and he still says that the medium
has never utilized its voice properly.
Determined to apply the theory
he expounded 10 years ago, he has
assigned THE Great Seizer" to
Clarence Young to write and is
guiding its construction. It is to be
Western of the more strenuous
school. and a nominal budget of
SITS, 900 has been established. Sisk
hopes to make of the effort "a NOV
ing picture with sound" which
means that its visual division will
be emphasized and yap-yap held
to a minimum. The average action
drama contains a minimum of 1880
speeches; Sisk and Young are de-
termined that not more than 300
dialogue passages shall grace The
Great Seizer." A preponderance of
the footage will be shot without a
microphone, although later a sound
track with a symphonic score will
be added. Sisk says that the pic
ture in no way will be freak, but
that to the screens first principles
will be added necessary articulating.
While in nowise such a drastic ex-
pertinent, John Ford's "Stagecoach"
avoided excessive talk. In that
there was 1,500 feet of film in which
but six lines of dialogue were spoken.