Evening star., 1950-09-17
Kramer Still Hungry
After Triple Feast
Maker of Three Triumphant Films
Yeorninq for Other Tales to Tell
By jay Cormody

Stanley Kramer came back to Washington last week. three
years after going Hollywood
become surprisingly independent producer
Over couple OF days of talk and cups OF coffee
he the chapa hungry soteer looking for to
spin public hungry for something different
the mark Kramer had him that week three
ago. after of the "The Champion"
and films which made Kramer the talk
country and the object of Hoywoods most aeng offers
big studios.
He Prefers to Remain Independent
pathological fear of losing his independence in
the 37year up major
panes simply likes be his free to
"f mistake" he is to make pictures his The
Kramer method of making pictures lightning fast at less than
half the of the usual Hollywood big picture available to
the majors is to Kramer Kramer himself is not available
but without prejudice competitive moviemakes
This he thought to bea small independenwhen he
Hollywood after his stretch the Army Signal Corps
thinks He has nothing against bigness just that he
feels much more intense about smalness
Sure of Story Sense Not Treatment
Are confident yourself after three such successful
this correspondent asked Kramer
That's big question: said IT don't know
think this safer judgment of story
might treat handle whatever
you call story, who to couldn't murder it?
Not I've been right lucky something SO far Or say IL
this the public apparently agrees with me to date on what
tell in the of stories and the want to tell them
1T makes feel good and guess you could call that con-
hdent. in way" u - .un... ,.--, . -
special of triumphant films the latter does
try what the public wants Instead he settles for
wants and hopes the public will agree with him. So far
kramer never knows where story Men," his
latest chance 1t brave simple and
dramatic story of parapegcs with spinal injuries which
paralysis Other producers would not touch with their
bitterest money. had make it. fascinated
him from the moment he ran across t-by accident
Poir BIundered Into "The Men"
Douglas (hs star in The Champion) and went out to
Birmingham Veterans Hospital night he I'VE to
20 to the tuberculosis BY wandered into the
paraplegics people living fully with halfdead
bodes stories bumped
into. The got into it, the liked it, and the less
chance making of it."
did not make "The Men because it inspationa1
about life He thinks the timing of its
reease-wth Korea unhappy but he could not have
than Besides this also is life
believes like to know about 1.-THE
"the is bearing out his conviction.
writer who using movie but day
typewriter committed to message" films
tainment medium stimulate people the
them what is with that added value?
Why Be a Producer? He'll Tell You
KramerS first searching out OF
Hollywood is that so people understand what movie
ducer is
"You says you have not cleared that and
of time used to think wanted
than anything else in the world Not
producer He is the in charge. He
He selects the story the
the treatment of the story He the
the smallest detail of the storytelling
to
power complex that makes intelligent man
producer All writer's and all other creative humans
way ideas They to work them out
themselves That is why want to be
ducer working ideas. way"
"And they should fop?" suggested.
guy responsible Kramer said unhesiatingy
And who is to wont?" he added
So far that is what the record