Evening star., 1944-02-27
The Cream of the Crop
BY JAY CARMODY,


BY JAY CARMoDY.
lights again over the world but they
VIII come brightly Hollywood boulevard Hollywood
Thursday night Every excited the nvaabe
attitude with which every attends this sansest
ings which, by Its right is the gathering
Academy Of Motion Picture Arts Sciences
Jest couple of rbad pioneers science family
masked Of the motion picture the academy
an institution Of profound seriousness the life
community Its ever-increasng roster
night OF the of the finest devices for making
and breaking hearts created the Like
bitterly fought senior election"
one night he contemplated the emotional among
gathered for the meeting
The cyncm frequently inspires efforts
forecast the voting 900 persons profess
sionay industry ballots of the
and the effort Of assumption
largest voting strength employe roster the one
major the academy prizes It bandy
ignores the presumption that neither coercion loyalty
he sits down to mediate upon tho
years highest artistic expressions the facets
Ing movies.
Such Circumstances
1t Is Diverting to Guess.
Much wholesome simple guess way
the ballot will fall each based mans among
the several nominees in the categories.
That this commentator who might be inter-
ested the attitude with which the list
picture nominations He predicts in the rather
in which sometimes walk limbs these
times that The Song of Bernadette will be this
with Watch the Rhine" and Madame Curie"
If it does work damaged
Not the probably
gotten by Friday when the winners announced
However eventuates when the vote is tailed this department
stands Paul Lukas the best actor of the
ormance of the tomened ntiNaA
Warner Bros-Wach on the Rhine" brilliant
and deeply moving potrat German gave
thing Of deeper dimensions than Humphrey
In Casablanca or those of ary Cooper in FOR whom the Re
Tolls Walter Pidgeon Madame Mickey
The Human Comedy The restraint of the latter
in contrast to his previous mperonaons easily the
startling acting last prize
the best not the most surprising portrait
Carson Not Flawless,
But Still She Was Best.
having Bernadette "The Song
laons of Hollywoods year His
own choice is Miss Greer Carson as Nine Mari. ere char
acterization that and human noble
which fawed only by Miss Grson tendency to bear
at intervals when lighter quieter touch would seemed
more in order Miss Garsons performance not strike Holly
woods 1000 voters equally strong in which they
for Miss Fontaine her Constant
portrait Jean Arthur for her elhn of comedy in The More
Tolls"
who made Pablo such telling character Bells"
diminuve for it, supporting would prove
enormously popular with movegoe The applies to Kana
Paxnou the Greek actress who gave Pillar equal stature in the
Hemingway story which, for all its prominence the
academy list
Humanity in Comedy"
Wreath Mr.
years best piece of direction this reviewer could hope
the acadeys choice might Clarence William
saroyans The Human Comedy" simple humanity
picture which managed through
overpoWerg saccharn must certainly have been the work of
Mr. Brown As SUCH gives him the call Michael Czs work
"Casablanca" Lubsch
George Stevens in THE More the Merrier."
If had not prevailed him to write postscript
designed allow the picture to end Bette Davis instead of its
hero played by Mr. Lukas Dase Haet would win this Depart
ment his screenplay
Rhine Since Mr. Hame did succumb to this established Holly
wood tradition he loses the bow which instead to this esab
hed Hollywood tradition he loses the bow which instead
Nunnay johnson for his freshly adult adaptation of Holy
Marmony of the most aru and searching pieces
writing of several
Among prize authorship
of the original screenpay this departments choice lies
Noel Cowards In Which We Serve Dudley Nichols
Air Force Both were superb pieces Of creaveness but Mr.
Nichols loses to Mr. Coward by the smallest margins the
ground that his of journalistic than dramatic
writing Te thesis will not be defended against challenger
the age of years and 10 months)
In the final category the best original motion picture
distinct from original screenpay) the academy will conform
to this departments Standard by naming he More the Mee
excellent piece of comedy writing but fired other
producers with the notion that this time
occasional piece of light -heartedness
Now to how those 1900 Hollywood voters
Friday.