Detroit evening times., 1945-09-15
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EDITORS NOTE Holly
wood Is one Of the FIRST five
industries IN the United States.
The war has taught IL many
lessons and pointed 10 fields of
expansion which Justify its
inclusion in ms staff cores
pondent Bob ConSIdineS srti-
cies on reconverSion and post
war American trsde-)
BY BOB CoNSIDINE
HOLLYWOOD Sept. II GNS)
1t was not the Birth OF a
Nation" or talkies or technicolor
which marked the coming Of age
OF the American motion picture
busineS 1t was this past war
The war brought TO Hollywood
new and thoughtful appreciation
of its world Importance. 1t did
much TO train the bcst-schooled
army in history. II developed film
courses in Russian 10 teach the
Soviets how 10 operate lend-lease
equipment, VTSUat instructions IN
Chinese Ia show the simplest
coolic how 10 repair trucks. II
brought tho true gospel OF Amer
lea 10 liberated lands and to
millions who believed we were
decadent enemies.
SENSE OF REALISM
Today, II sees itself as the most
articulate protec tor of world
peace 1t sees itself revolutionizing
~. s. education, and bringing
Harvard 10 the schools Of Hicks
vile" Today. there is sense of
sober realism in Hollywood which
has heretofore been conf n c d
mainly 10 its business Offices
II believes it will sell more than
matters Of the spirit however II
believes II will be the No. l sales
man of l.. S. goods abroad.
THE state department must
appreciate our new position In
the world" Daryl Zanuck, an
articulate spokesman for the
industry. told this writer today.
"To do our job I'm the inter
national field. our film products
must he as welcome in foreign
countries as their products are
welcome i'm ours. We must have
an end To the freezing Of our
funds abroad. tn the heavy CEN
sorship which drove us out Of
many countries, and tO the
limiting of the quantity of films
we can send overseas.
URGES PROTECTION
Zanuck continued:
We proved during the war
that we can get along without q
world market.
But can a world that has set
us up as a hoped--for ideal get
along without US? TIM not
simply pounding for American
propaganda abroad hut we hap
pen to be the only people who
know how to make universal
motion picture. Well continue
To make them, clubbing In the
language Of countries where
they'll he shown. We worked
hard to achieve this know-how
and I think we should protect
II through our state depart
mcnt."
Jack l. Warner sees a drop-off
in war pictures but no all-out
return TO pure entertainment
films.
FREEDOM AND FACT
Warner. who just returned from
Europe was struck by the de-
vastation that came upon those
countries which did not, could not
or would not see the truth. We
will try to make the screen live a
life full in freedom and fact,
matching the freedom of the press
and of thought We must reflect
honestly the preservation Of peace,
economic stability, full employ
ment, t,-And the stamping out OF
I intolerance "
Most OF the main studios plan
to make school films. The indus
/ try believes that the recent ap-
preparation by the Virginia Legs
iature of Sl,00000 for school
films is the beginning of both
state and federal interest in tho
future Of education and Holly
woods contribution 10 It,
(Sundsy-The industrial out
look for southern California;