Evening star., 1948-05-16
ALI This Attention
Hollywood's Stories Begin Too Excitedly to
Justify Their Quiet findings
By Joy Cormody


industry certainly wish
industry that makes machine tools
then only in decoous items in the
machine tool which the
respect by keeping Its nose to its own gndstones
The week just ending in which the movies must nave
regretted their fair for publicity.
opened picture The Iron Curtain and found itself In the
middle of front-page riot.
And in
emerging the Roman holiday echoes Of Lana
Turner's wedding and counting itself fortunate
away England threated all again.
Topping wose went
report impoitely.
At Lake Arrowhead beautiful Hedy Lamar was resting up m
magazine for having made
what Hedy deems derogatory reference to the LAMAR nose
pretenouy Especially having astar casD and the
Nugens among the writer credits
the Nueent that
that the Nations foremost picture critic
York and that reviewers will forgive
Hollywood for having taken him away.
About the only thing missing movie head
ground learned from gange
movies
Perhaps = New Formula.
average such weeks that
annually, might need of overhauling Nothing
revolutionary although that Of the cnemas fayoe WORDS
but something standard practice in Journalism
might the principal Characteristic
stories. characteristics.
Almost any outsider provide que
namely about Hollywood stories
their spectacular openings the second that they almost never have
endings
perhaps three "The
will simmered down another melodrama doing
rather well the box Office in metropolitan centers but far less
popular villages than the latest Western from
Republic dramatic contrast between this and the
opening the picture will neither be recognized
mentioned the cinemas departments Their jobs to
them from drifting to quiet end
fourth Topping concerned
should hard dispose of studio departments
it, really intent studio agent should be
able to divert the press the more civilized part OF it at least with the
statement:
anybody, why in Heavens
should want to see herr"
Something that blunt might well work
Nugent
AS for Miss LAMAR her nose and Look magazine sound
should that that controversy should
be ended quietly and politely
quiet persistent is by
beyond happy ending When Mr. Nusent left the Times in New
York Hollywood writer he stabbed with
which show
In the parlance, he sold out" to Hollywood.
vicious injustice of this estimate outraged who
writer extraordinary
standards and gifts who in his function critic had established
himself authority the defects movie writing With
review he wrote he exposed himself to the challenge of Hollywood
Why don't out and do better?
the challenge accepted it with full
Of the probable He liked the neither for his
family himself f-a .'
We had dinner with Nugent night arrival in
Hollywood the next he to to his studio goth
neither confident
He honorable writing embarked exciting
adventure In which he knew the odds against him.
all about Of selling OUT but his
clearer than those bandng about the
dinner that night ended with agreement At the
his contract time. he would write letter summing up
At the of two the contract Nugent
studio writing job However, the letter
summngup only nne writing achieve 1t ended
"Td do 1t again"
expressed indicates here another
Hollywood whose beginning
decent ending to attract the attention it deserves
Hollywood should do something about that