Evening star., 1951-01-21
Suppose Hollywood
Adop pied Repriso|s
Its Use of Sanctions Against Its Critics
Would Cut off Some Special Films
By Jay Cormody

There item in the last week about Bridgeport
Conn., getting officially sick and tired Of New Workers using its
name as a term of derision
Beyond Manhattan evythngs Bridgeport is the phrase
which the spirited Connecticut community took exception did
declare well might in the opinion Of
those whose memories back Sparta and Athens but 1t
geed that Manhattan would do well to keep its proud
mouth shut.
incident itself containing nspia
ton for Hollywood There the real whipping city of this
tion with United States ambassador here Eric
Johnston might least suggest the application artistic sanctions
Maybe Alexandria Would Learn Coution
Alexandria cast slur and Hollywoods reprsa
could off least all movies worth seeing
policy considered Washington instead of
the National Capital three rather
chow current works the Great Books lst but they
invitngly seeable in their special
of these Holywoods first at the most duably de-
ghtfu of all tales of romantic Cyrano de Bergerac
the classic Scaamouch Edmond Rosand Jose Ferrr gives
than magnificent performance, the kind of acting that
ton Frrer understands his dramatic man his bravado his fero
pride incompatible workmanship his feeling that
the word is even more powerful than his sword
Hero's Troeedy Ployed With Dosh
He also pceives and for movegos the undercurren
tragedy that Cyranos gotesque Disagreement
which made the odds against him insuperable.
AS Crano Ferer an actor having wonderful time stabbng
blade whitening words that
manhood be heroic spite Of deformty Actually prob
ably this all back the 1640-1655 but is
pleasant this the way and that Cyrano helped
The energy behind this production of the first cinema cyrano
is that Of Stanley Kramer It's weaknesses those which have
been the strength of Kramers other
sound belief that the finest of films be made economically
his earlier surely confirmed that tenet
of Kramers doctrine Nevertheless it probably
crano de Bergerac would have been helped by Tecncoor
lavish production would be virtually impossible of
course background elaborate vivid for such
hero this Even Enroll Flynn always has washbucked
coorful settings which, think of it, have given
onic notion about letting his hero speak for
himself instead of making it costume setting matter
Kroner Skipped Message This Time
Another piquant thought of Kramers production of Cyrano
is that could discovered kee work to that
entertainment well for pictures with
a independents Hollywood
Bridgeport Kramer admirably rugged
of the current pictures which getting eevison
off the floor and Of the house English produc-
Looking at the world they live n its
producers Boung observed that talk
the atom bomb but that visb doing anything
about it.
Boultings they made movie about it. Moreover.
Seven to Noon the seasons most
exciting film It tells the of shy suddenly insane little
English steals atom bomb and threatens to blow
ouawed The picture does
splendid capsulng specswde terror of what
o things the hands of a maniac.
All London from the cabinet down to Pfccadly street.
walker involved in this dramatically real film play OF what
might happen which to be
constantly imagining these days.
Temerty of BouItnes Paying OFF
having temeriy make atom bomb picture, the
Boung found London desperately
anxious play part have created the part
of nearly else desperate anxiety to see it.
The of close any one ever will care to
come to the whole subject
third of the weeks cinema specials is The Next Voice
Hear" departure Eliminating by of the
Schary executive head of Mayer 1t reflects his
inspiration to the voice of God the divine energy
neghbory love- in comparatively simple human affairs
it less than the successful experiment under
taken by original thinker in movemakng it s nevertheless
appealing departure the normal fatness of film and
other fiction