Evening star., 1943-02-13

1hlte blCIle Figs ana the Wolf,
with plea for buying War bonds.
Der Fuehrer's Face" walt Dis
ney-RKO), burlesque irony about
Donald Duck as slave laborer in
the Nazi realm. a powerful cartoon
editorial with lashing comedy; ex-
ceptionally good.
The Blitz Wolf" Metro, anoth-
er wartime variant on Three Pigs
and the Wolf" fable, with the wolf
as Hitler and the wise pig as the
one who fortified his land against
attack.
North African Film Story.
Lowell Mellet's division in the
Office of War Information is pre-
pairing to release four Technicolor
reels on the invasion of North Africa.
These pictures were taken by Sig
nal Corps crews under the direction
of Col. Darby F. Zanuck, cover the
arrival of the troops, their fighting
and eventual taking of the North
African base. The present working
title of the shorts is "On the North
African Front"
theaters which care to run them
will pay no rentals. In the rough
cutting Mr.. Mellett says it stacks
up as sensational war celluloid.
Believe me-" he says, its the best
thing, ever made; better than any,
thing we have done and better than
anything done by the Germans, be-
cause it's all true"
On Troop Movements.
Troop Train" the story of how
the Army Transportation Corps car
ries out an operation when the chief
of the ground force decides to trans
fer one armored division by rail
from X to Y somewhere In the
United States, is told in the ONCE
of War Information film short now
nationally released. At present many
such divisions are being moved to
new camps, to troop ships bound for
the battlefronts OF the world.
This is war of movement. Our
new army must not only be mobile
on the highways but also on the
rails. Troop Train" pictures the
problems the Army has in moving
heavy equipment; how the troops
must be taken care of while in tran
sit. Flat cars. pullman and baggage
cars are assembled Tracks are
cleared from the nerve center of our
entire transportation system in
Washington. Formerly there were
trained specialists to load and un-
load these cars but today ambulance,
jeep, motor cycle and truck drivers
are taught to load and unload,
block up and tie down their own
equipment onto the fat cars.
In World War I the man Travelled
by day coach, baggage and even box
car, but in this war they travel in
tourists pullmans" While en- route
soldiers sleep two to a lower and
one to an upper Trains are often
stopped during the day to let the
soldiers out for organized exercise,
and, il it's warm enough, for
shower under a railroad water tank.
Since their destination Is kept
secret until an hour before arrival.
the troops spend a great deal of
their travelling time drawing maps
and trying to figure out where they
are. The film will be distributed by
the War Activities Committee of
the Motion Picture Industry.
Mr.. Kelley Says Au Revoir.
This is the hail and farewell col
umn of your correspondent. Jay
Carmody is back from the wars. pre-
pared to carry on. Warming his
chair for the duration was a pleas
ant experience, and contact with
the living theater enjoyable. We
take up editorial duties elsewhere
on The Star, and this short valedic-
tory closes with deep salute to all
of those who helped fill this space, |
made the drama editors task little
easier.