Evening star., 1944-10-15
Those Film Story Prices
By Jay Carmo odv


man our acquaintance who knows his way around the
treasury department OF Of the largest movie
his bfoca on the future OF movie writing the other afternoon for
audience of two highly interested humans make writing
their profession lI
he said will be return what might be called
prices for the stories Hollywood buys stories broad
meaning plays musicals novels comic
whatever"
He named no authors or book titles but one gathered that
could referring the $soooo
rights to John steinbecks Moon Is Down. an unsuccessful
play although reputed
been paid for Junior Miss"
Those prices may high but our man would not
fabulous Hollywood
the fabulous has been stretched greater dimensions than
elsewhere.
Income Also Larger.
GAS matter Of fact he said ey not been Of line
with prices Remember the movies been drawing
constantly larger attendance through Of the Sheer
logic kind that praciced in HOLLYWOOD dictated that
could The logic will indicate that in the future
shall less The realistic thing to do to that
attendance probably will drop"
aspect thinking making
big deals the moment thought exercise
degree unnecessary
movies and other developments around the conerhe did not
precisely where the locadhe thinks oversoked
library shelves the movie studios would the height OF
folly.
AS to public taste he went on to say no
will be- The sensational beser Of today the hit play may
fit the pubic preference the minute the world gets
of the emotonalism the special economics
least don't know" he said, land think that is the
wisest acknowledgment could make at the moment
used to be critic and has always been able
to talk them in something OF athey fashion, had another
thought in his mind
Through past he has made due note Of their
enthusiasm evolution Of the writer into the director
profoundly that this enthusiasm stems
comraderie the feeling Of writer for
although the be engaged in entirely different fields
Admiration IS Natural
natural admiration, of course" he "and
souny based certain extent After ALL people like Frank
Capra Casey Ben Hecht Billy Wilder
contributed considerably to the artistic
commercial merit of pictures in the past several
"I can glee development
been hailed"
understanding he thought perhaps went bit deeper
standpoint of the producing studio however
might have its eventual drawbacks" he said.
realize that the writer who adds production
Of inde
pendent producer operating of within the facilities Of the
impossible that studio having too many
might degree of Independence
baassing Suppose for instance that their pictures became
gh that they decided make
If wanted to take it on the artistic
basis they made much money that they did not care
to work like demons only to large income taxes.
Could Create Problem.
attitude could be mighty hard studios which
obligation deliver certain number Of feature pictures
year."
scientific revolution momentary possible
iyeevon in the of the movieshe studio thought
the jeopardy facing Hollywood greater than that
which coronts other industries He has the notion that Is
carefully along those lines contemporary
possible and prepared other unit in today economic
sep participate in whatever Developments come