Evening star., 1947-03-02
Open the Door, Cupid
Hollywood Also Sticks to It's Theme, That
Marriage Is Great Jest
BY Jay Cormody


Next to Its devotion to the theme OF Hollywood
is dote about For other
the Cupid fact that
movie makers not merely stick the subject but to precisely the
treatment of it,
The treatment and subject are both display currently an
item tagged The Perfect Of perfect which must
feel it is being strangled.
dmay ducted this particular and
dozens like it not derived from possible threat marriage
Everybody with enterprise
that Hoywoods personal attitudes and practices ia the
field matony may be terrifying in their social example Certainly
pictures Marriage example,
moral delinquency On the contrary all 1t does
spectator with the problem escaping its boredom and
leaving him wondering that Hollywood remains obsessed with the
theme with which it deals.
stage Had Its Era Of the Same
trouble with pictures like Te Perfect Marriage" the
that with bread which has been several years out the
The legitimate eater used to have an identical xaton Every
year Frederick Lonsdae wrote play about maony
And three four imiators Lonsdas
sophistication wrote other the same subject
Eventually legitimate producers wseor went broke which
powerful otvaionand both Lonsda and his
imitators subsided
began look however Mr. Lcnsdale came
back with one more lest about love
II bore the weary title Another Love story playwright
wishing he could break himself of the habit As things
turned out he did not have to-
going to Another Love story Mr.
Hollywood up aggressvey where he left or
ntaton that movie makers have begun to dlsst
the theme although nearly This evident
that picture Of the now cast from
TOP to bottom expensive performers merely but
oun to the smallest character bit present specimen
example mpersonated by zasu Pitts who still funny
though her fee picture not as high as was
few years ago.
Extended on Marques.
deduction to be made from much in
appeal freshness whatever
atoned Tor by players with luser
absurdy suy object to Hoywoods adoption of
favoe jest those who have experienced
marriage that be wonderfully
lives the collateral relatives Of
of its natural comedy of the most
unforgettab usually result taking
a larger than Hollywood disposed take
specific Marriage" by virtue title
invitation with the loveable British film
Vacation From Marriage The latter seemed
this mornings milk supposed to be and truly and
deeply that quality which movegoers like above all
others, to life.
Small Marriages Have Comedy.
dealt Hollywood marital small
marriage the nupa relationship of little definitely
thing they profoundly
honest and everybodyi Vacation Marriage
inexpensive thing with only the glitter that Robert
could provide against the simplest backgrounds surprisingly
the most discussed
There have been such from the England
but Hollywood remains unimpreed by
which audiences take them to their hearts
such pictures take audiences to the box
Actually Hollywood to have forgotten the
jsts the subject of marriage That the hean
wondrousy popular oly Matrmony Starring Monty wooey
Fields 1t missed few of the year. and
while Hollywood the feeling something
worth following
But Hollywood forgot.