Evening star., 1947-02-23
Love and Uranium
Movie.Makers' Belief in Former Equals
Bomb.Builders' Faith in Latter
By Joy Cormody

The arcuate people, critics branch, have
creenpy qualities of compulsve in
teres which sound track which films the
But almost to articuae there has
demurrer the productions use of certain basic elements of
Hollywood fiction formula the most notable one OF which
love story employed describe this attenuation of
spectacular history have been such severe ones as
SILLY" and extreme expression, "imbecihc
They've It Before
Motion picture producers eaoused to this harsh
dpraie group has adept at adopting the defense
things Nor has learned so
sound defense passive resistance which has way
making the attacker feel suddenly that he ou or In extreme
instances, fool
So far Mayer which
wise studio and conception Of the rc
full surely will continue to be the studios position
upon ndpuabe evidence that only rarely the pape
flies With respect to making MOVIES MGM taxes
position that, like mother, it knows best ,
What knows in connection Beginning the End or
Mt least what and to movie what
uranium conviction that score Is as rxed ano
posve elements will tolerate ssion IN It's ncton Du never % aes
the former alone for It's basic fear OF announcer KIM oi o
reaction place at movie theater box Offices
Its the latter great not greater tha
newborn concern with the latter
Add a Dash of Romance
Therefore its dealings with chain reaction 1t
will always the theory that those VINO
cannot will find something recognizable and
familiar in the latter. . ., .,.
This has been times in the movies previous
dealings scientific and other subjects No one minded even wn
creating impression III many
child chdke minds that Don Aecne lnventeo tne
This impression considerably heisneneo os iao
vaudeville clowns who are consenta oohVouS Oh ho" M
Joke good bad carry 80
telephone ana here propdoy de
o of minds who going get their most vVo impression
of 1t as the thing wrecked the wartime marriage OF ION
and Beverly presumption sounds fantastic nut ta m
fantastic sort of and by WHICH m re-
sponsbe dictated ..-,-
That any intelligent might be deceived by the
trivial actually udicrous the running trough te
first movie is incredible
On small allowance made for the fact that
not movegoe intelligent The fcona Matt Cochran played
by Drake screenplay most emphasized character He de-
veloped wfu young scientist whose work on tne
bomb his pretty wife but ne always
KEY figure dealing with the development OF the weapon
Oppeneer Groves Bush and scores OF Others
he takes indispensable the without Wno
the whole project might well have ended in failure
It Looks Mats Bomb.
When standing in front of the most letha snarng
looking instrument being brought into existence
he charge assembly He is the last to leave the plat
form at first Is set OF out on lnla
he the puts together the later dropped IN
This contrangy rksome fiction woven into ne
documentary pattern carries conviction ha say
Orson Weles broadcast which confused an
added only slightly to tn uo-
sequent sophistication . .rn-
The strength paradoxcay weakens the merit Of THE
Beginning the End
in the final it is least ahead of
game and one in position to predict the winner.
Certainly Hollywood the conception Of love is lament
lacking in dimension.