The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-30
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BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER
Good Evening.

'No School" signal. And boy what flock of telephone calls were received at The Democrat ofce Kids couldn't believe it. Mothers doubted it. Usually the school thortes waited until waistdeep before touch ing off the blasts With the transportation system shot this morning. hundreds of youngsters would have been forced to remain at home worrying about being marked absent delayed to spoil the day. A cheer in fact lot of them for Dr. Gmartn in ending the speculation and worry about school sessions He decided early. He acted promptly. He hit the bell of popularity Now doctor explain the whistles to the high school stu dents and tell them there is always school for them and everything will be okay.
 "The Bells of St. Marys are echoing throughout the tnseled movie word and this broad wind-swept land of From experienced critics the word the picture of will be ranked among the best of 194546, by the best artistry of performance and presenta ton and from the boxoffce receipts. Remember Going My Way?" It 1945s outstanding picture and millions of persons of all creeds including thousands of Waterbur ans felt the warmth of its charm and influence Now the question arises does the public get what likes and wants in film entertainment does take what Hollywood moguls give them take-tor-leave-t basis? "The Bells of St. Marys" stand as one the greatest test pictures of all times. It conflicts with the brain trust of Hollywood The question is Will survive and merit public approval? Appropos of which read the following It is of original article by William H. Mooring in (NCWC) and. appeared in the Catholic Digest It is most enghtenng:
 "Hoywoods of religious pictures, started in wartime when suffering humanity sought solace by the reaffmaton in God has broken upon the sands of
 Hoywoods focus upon faith fixed by profit, not by any desire to propagate the Gospel Now, grouping through diverse international currents the movie mogus grasp at assortment of escapis ideas.
 Only movie, Leo Carey's 'The Bells of St. Marys" which RKO plans to release between Thanksgv ing and Christmas deals with the religious life
 MGM has abandoned "The Church of the Good Thief" proposed biography of Father Ambrose Hyand Catholic Chaplain at Dannemora prlson Plans have been reard ed to film Archbishop Spelman's Risen Soldier Cecil B. DeMle has pushed aside his hafwritten Queen of Queens"
 Warner Brothers have now forgotten about filming The Miracle RKOs young producer Frank Rose is post poning plans to make four million dollar super out of Lloyd C. Douglas "The Robe" David O. Selznck post pones filming Father Edward Murphys The Scarlet Lily until he and J. Arthur Rank English producer begin artIIo dupf1O in 9J0 grid Bergman cast to play Mary Magdaene otherwise occupied for at least another year.
 Let us face it. Hollywood producers expect millions to forget religion civilization is safe again" They suspect people will become increasingly interested in ies reecting postwar political experiments and painting pretty pictures of human panacea for our warsck word
 Reveres of reporter sloshing through slush: "This is way to make a livng-no way at all Everyone else is nice and and dry. Still wouldn't actly want to be stuck in factory office bank Editors have it lucky. All they do is put few words the stories dig and sweat and suffer And they think they got it tough Wonder if any of them will quit get job editor. Naw they'll never to Florida for the winter Hard to realize people just 1000 miles away are lying under nice warm sun and going swimming Nice to have money I've just got to stop foong around and write that play Tonight would be good time to start it. But ant-gotta go bowling And tomorrow night I've gotta play cards and I'm going to be busy Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights. Wel I'll just make up my mind and start it Tuesday night The plot will be getting cold if don't get to it Boy, the more think about the more think it ought to click
 
 be interesting. All the terat going out there Fun to have ranch house up in the mountains and a horse and just watch the rest of the crazy world go by. Trouble with most people is they don't know how to enjoy life Have imagination and can't visualize anything but the old ru Wishfu thinkers-thas what they The stuff that really makes the old world is imagination plus just little totiveness Really isn't hard. Of course when really buckle down this play I'm going to miss the old bunch. Working evenings it will take two months That playwright down in Green wch Village few years ago said rewriting what really makes play. Maybe it will take three months Come to think of it he worked his almost year. By that time wouldn't have any friends Most of em forget you in week. But still friends don't put dollars in your pocket get you to Arizona Aw, we'll got week to think it Ooh I've got chill Better get cup of coffee Maybe Bill will be in there Must find if he's going to play poker next Tuesday, Oh that's the night going to start the play. Oh well, got week to think it over'
 LISTENING TO LOHENGRIN. .Lohengrin is long opera and is heavy music for the average person. that is to say the average who is not a musician All this being convinced that radio has much to educate the general pubc muscaly when your age listened to four hours of Wagner music at the Monday night gala opening of grand opera at the Metropolitan in New York City. At the start they lis tened to the hghghts and kept tuned in to hear about the folks arriving in ermne and mink occupy the boxes and partee Then they became curious to visualize what the principals in the opera like through their vocal work. The musical dialogue held their attention tmes bored at other times Not the tone deaf however, of the splendid quality of the voice of Helen