Evening star., 1951-04-01
Dron1o News and Reviews
Sometimes the People
ruly Are Interesting
AS, for Example, When Its Giefgud at Noon,
And Red Shoes Producer at Dinner Session
By Joy cormody


1t spite of the cliche that workers
electrified by the interesting people they meet They
live actually tket of bores exactly like every else from
The precise truth is meets just
interesting humans to keep him from rushing on TO see doctor
about wonder drug for his latest death wish
Sometimes these redeeming personalities come IN punches
which number exceeding one but not necessarily as high
as three
Distinguished Por in One Doy
the last in which pair Of such distn-
ged entertainers John Giegud and Eeric were
in with and dinner the night with the
the more pleasant for it.
I From day like that will the memory Of MI.
0ielgud saying:
"A man does good believe in and what
with life can have the joy Of few good friends
and the sight Of the flowers blooming in spring
And Pressbuger. Hungarianborn maker Of such Eng
h aim hits Stairway to Heaven" 7 Know Where I'm Go
ing" Red Shoes" and Tales Of Hoffman:
81" man has good taste believes in it and does not
he will always nd great many delighted TO snare
No two entertainment have amply proved
simple which they have brought much Of
for either of these it to what the public wants in the way
amusement diversion etc. when it much easier to produce
what they would like the public to have.
us Rore They Come Together
types these most unlikely to be met single day Of
any ones lhe
Mr. Pressbmger is familiar to Washington
be in comparison with Is
unconventional in his productive Mr. dielgud Both
share the wonderful conviction that audiences are sick
sheer the heaer and have the taste to
be delighted by play imaginative The Iadys Not for
Burning" film spectacular and coloul RED Shoes
'Tales Of Hoffman"
imagination of beings has been horrided by
the that desperate for the sight and
Of something delightful" Mr. Pressburger I'VE try
delight simply possible with color and exciting story
and movement is the great challenge Of
to there beautiful realities well
ugly In the world"
matter Of showing the beautiful merely to conceal
ugly of e he but to insist that they exist
in the time and place
Latest Work More Loyish, Costs Less
ales Hoffman," coproducer with Michael Powell feels
much imaginative work than ed Shoes combines
lively forms music drama and dance and in the
blending these Designer Helm Heckroth turned loose to
OF frivolous yellow" for playful which he did,
passionate purple for dramatic which he also did,
straint was imposed upon him.
The drawings brought here by Mr.. Pressbrger
and designer suggest that the latest work
fantacay costly since Technicoor rescued the
screen from its drabness.
Pressburger adding eff worth mentioning think
mentioned often connection with the
duction of films The only movie money In which the public
could possibly interested that which it spends at the box
Office and for which is entitled to the fullest possible return
Geography Of Popularity Surprising
coproducer "Tales of Hoffman" makes pretense
Of knowing what the ultimate return OF his hm projects
will be- He makes likes the
exact predictions he has learned is
unpredictabe business, film making.
Where proportonatey would you expect Red Shoes to
have been most popular9" he asks the interviewer
n the larger cities where ballet is popular" the other
gests
I'm Japan" Mr. Pressburger explains. why
] don't know. I'm delighted that it is so"
"And where would POPULAR" Press
burger went
His companion was cages this time. said nothing
"In England" the producer said.
"These details however, the excitement of making
films you believe your right
without trying out the geography of peoples
ment with you."
That excitement that later