Evening star., 1946-01-23

"1t's not my chin" the visitor re-
piled angrily, stumbling over what
felt like a dead Eskimo.
The pair staggered on, picking up
a new bruise with every step.
/ y X y y
Here 1t is the guide suddenly
remarked.
/ And there, for fact, it was.
The visitor looked up There above
him was the most brilliantly blue
sky he had ever seen, lighted by
whole series of glittering suns.
Il never saw sky as brilliant as
that before" he said with an infiec-
ton half contemptuous, half tinged
with admiration.
Certainly not" the guide said.
| The real sky, even at its best, isn't
good enough. Not photogenic. We
paint our own. Sure its phoney, and
all that, but if nature lets you
down, what is one to do?"
The visitor suggested maybe 1t
would be the more honest thing just
to have q sky that looked like the
skies people saw outside of movie
theaters.
1T wouldn't do" the guide said.
People wouldn't believe. It,"
A voice that sounded louder than
the Angel Gabriel's trumpet ever
will beloved Quiet" through a
loud speaker and a hush settled
over the area. II mean QUIET"
Gabriels stand-in beloved again
with result, this time, that Gabriel
himself could envy.
The next Is minutes was occupied
with the rehearsal Of scene to an
obbligato of acid comments on the
part OF the director.
Hes a -, isn't he" the
visitor whispered.
QUIET" beloved the man again.
"ShSsh,y said the guide.
When the rehearsal finally was
finished and the director was be-
ginning to repeat himself, the sky
was turned of.
Must make a man feel like Zeus
or Jupiter, TO be able to turn of
suns like that" the visitor said.
"You don't understand" the guide
countered. you see all this is Can
ada. 1t takes lot OF electricity to
light this much Of Canada. Now
about it's being Canada-those trees
are actually Canadian trees which
We brought down here just for this
picture. I know you want to ask us
why we didn't go there Well to be
frank, we couldn't find just what we
wanted"
You mean Canada was not
enough like Canada" the visitor
interrupted.
"You got chip on your shoulder, .
the guide said. You're just trying
to make it tough"
mot as tough as you are making
it for Canada" the visitor remarked
How would you like to be Canada
and told you weren't good enough
to be yourself? 1t reminds me Of a
critic who once criticized Jose
Iturbis acting in movie in which
the pianist was playing character
named Jose Iturbi. just don't think
1t is possible to give a bad imitation
OF yourself when you are Jose Iturbi
playing Jose Iturbi or Canada play
ing Canada"
Maybe you don't, but the public
does" the guide cut in. Now, you
take that horizon. It's got flexibil-
ity-you know, flexibility. The
director can do anything he wants
to with 1t. He can cloud it up, or
uncloud it, whip a snow storm out
of 1t. or anything else. That's the
real thing"
That's Just what 1t isn't" the
visitor said. ITS the phoney thing
With all due respect to the so-and-
so who bawls out his actors like that
that's no horizon at all. That is lust
q hunk Of cardboard with paint on
1t. could knock that horizon flat
on its face with my fist"
IT'S what the public wants" the
guide dissented. 1.-THE real thing
would look incredible. No one
would believe It,"
Il
The visitor went away then, COM
pletely unconvinced. He lived hap
PLY thereafter for several years in
q wonderful state Of nonconviction
Then one day, he ran into a flock