Evening star., 1947-11-16
Genius Writes a Book
Grierson, Most Expert Film Maker, Makes
ANALYSIS of Movies
By Joy Cormody

would forgive the movies for batting their
traps Turner Rita Hayworh Clark Gable and Tyrone
Power IT, after the audience caught It's attention Wa called
occasionally to something else
something might them possibly
the works of John Grierson.
Far too few people varying degrees
register ANYTHING at all at the mention Of Grersons name That
that he had vastly
than the Of mentioned
and several dozen others equally In
approximation sothe mentioned have
certainly affected by Grson That Is to Of course
that their work bears his mark in some degree.
is
WE'LL today to concise it,
revolutionary
the slightest repdaton
those whose chilled by the sound revou
tionay thing Gon would overthrow the avaciou
bana instrument potentially powerful
for good as the motion picture camera.
Is
book, profit . host Of
thoughtful social scientists Of
would like little mental
probably will than the last eats
guilt general
public designation that Griersons
mother might well she it in book store
rerson Documentary reads three words exceeded IN
deadlness only by sunrise"
shockngly title nevertheless reasonably
thoughtful find exciting illuminating and downright
fascinating reading the movies than in o6e Hollywood columns
and 25o4 current and back numbers Of fan magazines
The hatterng comparison Grierson-migh well be
applied equal number Of hasy columns Of Journalistic motion
oson primarily educator who began movie critic and
factu Aim paradoxcaly TO read
despite bad writer the latter
This because he is acutey
percee student Of the screen and bent upon one
informative about It,
While he anayng the potentially the most orceful
medium communication writes Of 1t with the personal touch
critic might He human being
talking about other human beings all OF wo happen 10 WORKING
jealous of the prestige Of
apparently conscious Of his place IN It,
again in the literary he is amazingly artu IN
the trick Of being personally impersonaL
An Analys Of Laughton
commenting the of Charles Laughton
In 1.-THE Beachcomber" he
for brilliant fellow, but like
British films He will not mind therefore
the caegories The trouble with
different things He
ambition King He speaks rhetoric
almost unique actors He 1s moreover
dangerously good upsetng his capacity for tagging
exaggeraing fe behind the back OF MS director
No played the blind side Of the referee
more knowingly equally various being
good at comedy slapsck and have deadly
mixture Of virtues"
others OF the glamour set
which the an
world wide audience But they reflect the
and show the degree to which gets down
70 detail in words he takes picture apart
Words Chaplin.
sample: After ascribng Chapns descent from
the batteries Of his critics
Messianic recognition, Gerson says
and in his technical statement ne
has no either his public himself
He is funny briance should inspire only
dispit Chaplin failed bring forward his creative powers IN
these modern He is out Of date"
"Crson sound like dull oook out IL
offers lively worthwhile information the movies than
ANYTHING have lately most likely
Harcor the publishers might DO something about
that