The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-02-03

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time paint the portrait of as vile !
strumpet as has ever appeared in
/ fiction. But how different this pro-
duction is from "Juarez," for ex-
ample, a picture wherein the per-
sora al lives Of Carlotta and Maxi
MILAN and Juarez were combined
with the Mexican struggle for indie
pendence in a thrilling and beauti-
full whole. Gone With the Wind
accomplishes nothing so dramatic
ally satisfying,
Now that have seen this Holly
wood monster-piece, am inclined
to thick that critics, both black and
white, who praise it as the chef
d'oeuvre Of the screen, the perfect
picture. have only succumbed to
the hypnotic power Of Hollywood
] press agents How any critic worthy
of the name could fail to see the
shortcomings of this opus is a
mystery TO me.
that it is not epic in the valid mean
ing Of that term; that il could tell
its story in half the time it now
takes; and that, finally, it is of mirror
consequence
When Margaret Mitchell's novel
won the Pu'lir@S Prize critics VINO
could not be bought by the big in
terests dismissed it as a piece OF
| inferior writing although they con-
ceoed II told larry interesting
story. It's looseneSs OF construction
ellches, and nasty writing kept II
rom pelng 100 seriously cohslu-
ered by the discerning. But the DOOR
became oest-seller' and everybody
rom the chaFwoman to the Duchess
OF Aoerhathy deVoled time 70 read
irg ii, chiefly because OF Scarlet
o Hara ana Rhett Butler Inc INN
@erSion OF ms neSt-selIer throws
INTO slarlng prominence Inc made
quacies OF the book Itself fnese
'nadequacies may be described
This week am dropping Inc
customary euilorlal we ior the
sdNe ., poSSio,e sIea'ei s'i als'l.-
oi a. u'iGss ', NJ NV. go ~ ,-,as'
-, .e',e re, M, ,,5 'i,e o'ei p ''seN '''e
i'ii 'iie " M
The Detroit Times critic made the
statement last week when the pic
ture opened here to the effect tha'
only cranks and poseurs would trI
to find fault with 1t. AT the risk oil
pelng called ooth a crank ana
poseu ~, mus Say 1'i't HO'le W. w. 10
we iiiu - ny q go go. ply pie 'r ~
mus what pa'Ie,iSe We we edI, a,ID
se',e uo%ii 70 wa" i'ilet' DO ~
dIiu 'e1i 'et p!ay ii's a. I'M 49,, ~
losey' MoIiuei II .T ms - a.. :
-, ~ ~ C,ii ~ n 0'ie - AZ,
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1Oii,pi isi!'s ''.ps' VI VI. ~. - pl' ~
:, ou'1 80 III ny PI 80. w. oaIil ia
y Se.o''I "a nan 1.' s'., - a,,on
.S oodIie.. niae2 As'In Vi 49, 49,
-,, re- anu 80 -. -. -,
= ~ . us" Gv. SD VI '''''
'iie a'4e Vi IT.
A more we creature man scar
lett have never seen portrayed
5nd l am amused 10 thihK mat 'he
white southern arlstocratS VINO
make so much Oh me hover Oh "hi'e
~omanhood should ever nave put or
me hysierlcal oisplay tney ala over
Gone WIN inc Wlho al us Az
Ianta premier AGAIN perhaps Tue
power VI Suggestion
must ulSagree' hoWeVet' wv, MN
nose VINO wouIa ooyfo' inns lllnl.
FrahNly' 1t EeaiY isl IiIii'oi 'dii :
enough 10 De 700 Cohce,ne oVei
us 'ledl'l, I. u 'ue Ne - 49, :,
neilner better nor woIse 'i''I mn. ,r'a
Usually dgeoi ,,D , nC ~ ma ~. -.
%ooG proI i, oole " ~ .,. w.,
WInu loi'oMs '"e asse -, : -
eIue P'lit. VI ilio'' p'oisou ~ -,
l!'iiis' 9eqUVii'e sito '''s -
saves uVs-i'Ns ueV't,o" W ~ ~
"il'Ve 'uiHs' So 80 -
'ust"o' 'nliless' d'tei t'''e Mi'.l 'ii0 ~
DUN On iess ldVo'aole pd' w. rs -. -
truth 'he negro par III tle -
var ana Reconstruction I. Is mini =
'nIAeu' since 'ne svoIy any ~aS ~. :
primarily an dpolleosis VI Nv
s'sNe-''''e4''h a'4S'oS.'iN; We 9 -
.esS mere are Vivlu flashes snow 'i :
Reconstruction NEGROES s"agserInS
oru"kehly ana udncIns ~ 1T Wv.
streets OF A'laH'a' sporting oeroieS
ana cigars
In the war sequences the slaves
are shown as ignorant unresource-
full | noticed too that Negroes are
brought in for comic relief. Well.
you know the moguls Of Hollywood
md their theories of what the
American public wants to see. And
| suppose that Mammy's unflagging
loyalty to Scarlett and the Instance
Of a Negro rescuing Scarlet from