Evening star., 1950-01-29
Gotten o|ks on Art,
Plays, Taxes, Critics
Actor Denies 'Legit' Is Indifferent
To Influence of Its Audiences
By Joy Cormody


Joseph Petersburg va Washington New
Hollywood and elsewhere is of distinction.
For distinction he luncheon armed Not armed
with gun but with argument and brmmns social zest His
idea OF good meal for critic is that the latter should eat hts
words the critic refuses the satisfaction know
ing that he made energetic try.
Take that column the other day about Vaughn Mon
roe the begins conversation that dropped
than ago in the Stork Club
you two must have plotting
questions call creative journalism?
Well how about creating little destructive journalism? I'm
supporting actor little theater.
And played critic. in Citizen Kane remember"
About Monroe" Mr. Coten's companion reminded him.
Besides It's
about both of he back to the subject ou worked
to that chestnut about what's with the
theater ingrown older you are-you
True people the thater spend most of their time
newpapermen
say keeps people, life
whatever like to call living"
Mr. Cotton paused to dilute the cracked ice in his glass with
something the waitress had brought He mostened his tongue
with stuff trick he learned playing the critic in Citizen
Kane" then resumed
you implied legitimate dumb. aoof
Remember The Philadelphia story9 If you've forgotten was
National here for week before in New York
it was play with message implied upper
bad people thought that the lower classes all
right together.
about chain Journalism say like Henry Lces and other sgni
cant things.
Then Came Boys Of Yale.
We'll that's the rehearsed it. thinking the author must
know talking opening night
citizens of Connec
cut the orchestra messed completely They took for
and laughed their heads off So played for comedy
night and had hit We tried the
thing Boston and later here playing for seriousness night
and the next for comedy.
the comedy nights the audience loved it, the Others It
apathetic into New York with comedy hit that
lasted imply that the theater
the feel OF audience. Bah"
Gotten the Clark Cifords party for
Barkley his Florida International
picture THE Third Man." at liberty who de-
termined to enjoy it as long he make it last.
"Gives chance to around thinking I'm thinking,
Gotten
thinking about?
things like social change and what
has happened the of and artists who made
inches for themselves in history
But Where Are the Patrons?
Ever think of the old type art paon he asks "A most inter-
subject century types
Kahn the Chicago insult? You
left? And neither Europe.
"Why Well nobody is that rich Understand
this is bad Fact Is think it is good But taxes have
being they may million
being broke This which they
used to endow build eaers orchestas and
Maybe things
part culture dispensed deserving
State support
people with those good minds think
about things like ths Or they already doing it while have
simply overlooked it in the papers?"
There Always Is Orson.
impossible in period longer than 10 minutes with
avoid the subject Orson Weles They used be
Wees movies,
good friends Gotten who just back from EopeEngland
Italy not Sobo-ran into his old several
times.
got problem" Gotten "a kind Of old problem.
day infant prodigy eater and asked
about night In Venice How long, joe does
getting his come -uppance?"
said, sadly, that he couldn't