Evening star., 1950-10-08
C|iches Are Masked
In Foreign Films
Walls of MoIopogo' Shows Camera Tricl
Thot Hollywood Too Rarely Uses
By Joy Cormody


So much has been said in Hollywood
egn nns that the only apparent mentioning
M to start column.
Moreover mentioning the subject always deliberate
attempt to stir emotions that better left asleep focused
upon momentous issue of which many
Try he to avoid them. however there weeks
which man cannot avoid bloodng this subject finding
himself driven share his medtaons enough
to come within their range
Such week is the past one which brought the Italian film
The Walls of Maapaga" sceenplay
Jean Cabin and Miranda great foreign
ably be judged to Il. midway between these "Srombol
talented satirist of whom Hollywood has might in
deed something with The Walls Maapaga" ideal
heads to spinning has dozen shots of Cabin looking do
sitting forlorny the attic of bombed
Cabin. the outcas.. more in fight!
This a all right others. the
Of the leggy little girl running from danger through the streets
Of Genoa.
their Richard wdmarks sickly
Hollywood melodrama Joan Crawford heartbroken
soodby to another man who turned out to be heel
Why hen do enthusiasts for foreign films accept the one
they Hollywood clche the ratio Of
something like 10 and that there between the views
Cabin his cigarette and the high fence This probably is
factor in the preference between the foreign and domestic
production noeed might become familiar with
and tired ohe sight of the child in the lonely omnous street
as with Crawford's sad farewells
Nevertheless there 1t than this Rene Clement who
Malapaga' has made his cches less visible
by buryng them IN the PHOTOGRAPHIC realism OF his fm HIS
the trteness of the incident sua
relationships of his script He has absorbed his audience
happens his creatures be the only thing
could them that setting does not have the
something happened
merely because this with these players IN this type OF
dm
It the best of all possible making hlm
look considerably better than and it just as available
film makers those in Genoa Paris or any other
foreign sounding place.
Goyety to Get British Comedy Import
What with John Geguds "The Lady's Not for Burning" "
Christopher London hit Aldous Huxeys Giaconda Smile
Peter Pam Brides Daphne Laureoa and few
Others Broadway fairly overfowng this with English
drama imports.
Washington heaergoers will have journey to
they will the trend
In promising instance this month
will be Theaer Guilds second play of the
Relapse Danger" Sir John Vanbrughs Resora
which fortnight here october 23 The
Guild which sharp peeled for London
productions made of when it turned out to be the
the 1948 England also made note
pleasant ruth that of the Of Relapse due
presence Of Cyril Ritcard and Maude Elliott They
playing the Theater Guilds production
which will be making its prior Broadway stand at the Gayey
The Trend Perhops Is Toword Comedy
The fact is following the
the Gayet is set for month of comedy Broadway
for in which the accent will be hearedness
street house tomorrow night comedy
theess it is John Patrick Hay
playwright Of moods and in the he Curious
Savage" it is the comedy ss.s
role he has coined for Cst of eccentric
elderly of wealth suddenly decides
she unable to do in her youth
The family which views all this with CONSERVATION played
Marta Lndn Brandon Peters, Hugh Reilly Campbell
Others The Crcus Savage" is directed Genvile
young Engishman branc Broadway
several