The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-21

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 2I - One c. R. Reagan, who during the war served as director of the OWI's l6 milimeter division, made a speech the other day. Motion pictures" he said, will give the public a needed grasp of the world which will help prevent another war" Personally. I'm fed up with that sort of hooey.
 If I remember correctly we had a World War about 25 years ago. During the two decades that follow ed. the motion picture industry had every opportunity to produce movies that would give the public grasp of the world and help prevent wars" Only one picture of great serious portent was filmed along that line. That one picture was "All Quiet on the Western Front" Instead Of preventing, or helping to prevent, future wars, it contributed to a. wave of pacifism that merely served to help render the United States de- fenseless when World War II broke out.
 The movies now being made, des- pite all the lofty talk, are not de- signed to build understanding be- tween nations. They're designed, eX- actly as were pictures made before World War II, to earn big profits for their producers. That and nothing else. And if a producer has an op- portunity to fatten his crosses by filming stories which are sure to breed misunderstanding between the worlds peoples, you can bet your last nickel that such pictures will be filmed. As an industry, Hollywood has done nothing and is doing mo- thing, to use it's great medium for educational purposes.
 Idol Chatter: sonny Tuft' S sleepy appearances hides one of HollyWood's keenest wits Fin ancial ambition: To sell course of exercises that would build bodies like Betty Grable's The glam- our girl with a head on her shoul- ders" doesn't succeed any faster than the girl who has her head on producers shoulder Thumb nail sketch of Boris Karloff's career: From killer to ghost The ter rihle thing about Betty Hutton's reputation for ineXhaustable pep is teh necessity of living Up to it Add Hollywood hobbyhoremen: John Wayne, chess fanatic Didjuh know that Garbo collects hot" swing recordings? Won dering muse: Whats happened to Vic Mature - three weeks in civvies without a romance? People who doubt the possibility of perpet- ual motion have never watched Marie Macdonald talk.
 The Hollywood Parade: Daryl Zanuck, man of courage. MT. Zanuck has been known to carry his reck- less bravado to such an extreme that he installed dictaphones in the Hobbies of theaters in order to record the unbiased comments of critics who previeWed his pictures Bill Carter, pessimist. Despite the fact that his career is flourishing, MT Carter has protected his future by operating, simultaneously, a haoer- hdSAltlN y, lEdl NotebN OAAA~N s4+N' ' cosmetic factory Douglas Nor row, Lady Luck's step-child. Under contract to Selznick and MGM, suc- cessively, without ever being given a screen role, MT Morrow, finally managed debut at RKO, only to be accidentally kayoed in his first scene.
 Small Talk: MGMs Army Brat troupe, locationing in Salt Lake, re- ceived visit from Utah's governor, Henlet B. Mar, who was introduced, among others, to seven-year-o Butch Jenkins. What do you do?' asked Butch, with the directness usual to kids his age. I'm the gov ernor of Utah---I sorta run state af- fairs" answered His EXcellency. Where do you work?" persisted Master Jenkins. The governor point ed out the state capitol. Must not be much of a company Butch ob- served. "MGM studios are bigger than thatl" Uncomfortable statistics The highest-paid human actor in "Tarzan and the Leopard