Evening star., 1948-03-07
PiCture-MakerS at Work
"A Double Life and Black Narcissus'
Support Sound Thesis
By Jay Cormody

The best minds In Hollywood keep saying that the movies will
really their they developed
fessonal type known the "picture-maker"
This phrase of which calls for definition Outsiders
every anything to do with the
of movies pcuremakers Hollywood draws much
When it uses the label 1t has in mind creative
the diverse functions OF picture producing
vsuaze who is expert IN writing directing
production editing cutting in fact everything except acting and
possibly peddng completed work to the local exhibitors
Higher Quality ,
When this type developed the movies will
have which quality Will be beyond queson When
all will be better movies
couple specimens Of just what screenpays
"A Double Life the other BLACK Narcisss Both are
films intelligent experty made and entertaining In tne
basic popular entertainment They
productions under the complete Of their creators from the
moment conception until the finished film was packed Tor snip
that way never had cnance 10
Therefore Double BLACK Narcissus" are picture
makers screenpays perfect what Hollywood means
is the work Of Carson Kann ana Eutn ooroon w
are husband perhaps the two most makers
of the country True on the creo clae
producer of the film which stars Ronald Co "
lesser the creative job entirely to the others
It's Been Tried Many Times
tried scores OF times 10 40 WhAt
the Kanns bring brilliantly in "A Double Lie !hat 70 zap
tue perfectly whole fascinating atmosphere OF @ %
xna what strange dramatic business 1t ana explain soe
thing of It's hold upon It's ganorous Nct'ns
gives Coman the role of lifetime and he turns
into the years performance even should 1t miss It's
expected Academy Award projecting him from the
background authors know minuy the screen scrp captures
all the Everybody gets into the act IN
"A Double Life not merely the producer set designer
director press agent the stage hands and the usners
The heater impa their sharp
sense of Anthony John ideal
human than great and there
slightly ridiculous about his rantngs and
post1ngs Actually excessive imagination to see IN MIN
saircal slight personality that when Otheo
poured self epies the low nm OF his
being
attending Life" permitted laugh
impersonated by Coman The Kanns
appreciate Of his being snatched from
sakespeares second most tragic
amused of all that Actor John finds soace and
the pretty blond waitress in the
theater district spaghetti joint.
Authors Last Word.
There was authority tell them that while this was
truth that its utterance would weak
in authority and they knew tnat
nothing that this the way to give e
picture lacking in so many OF its klnd
They kind Hollywood mostly dreams
So Powell Eeric Pressbger who made BLACK
distributing label that refreshngly different ex
Arthur Rank production The credits however say
and written by Powell and Pressbuger
their conception OF how to make this
narratng spiritual of Pro
They alone took the responsibility for rans
oddens mystical melodama into cenuod Ihey
intelligence making the film say precisely what
bluntness that not permitted 10 those
who are only partially picture makers.
exhibits of do not the completely
against method dividing production RESPONSE
sound evidence for specang
might lead the to dramatic