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Evening star., 1952-06-14

7-year-old boy. This lad, played
by a complete acting novice, a
Navajo boy named Francis Kee
Teller, is a screen character to be
remembered after scores of more
bloodthirsty Indians have been
forgotten.
His story is set against the
dramatically lonely landscape of
the Navajo reservation in Arizona
and the camera has rarely been
put to more dramatic use than by
Producer Bartlett and Foster, as
his director. A more costly pro-
duction would have shot the Du-
pont film in color but it's absence
in Navajo" is only slightly to the
disadvantage of the film.
This is stark and simple story
that its being told and conven-
ional black and white photography
underscoreS its fascinating novelty.
x
While Navajo is Immediately
concerned with the case of Little
Son of the Hunter, its hero, it tells
a large and dramatic story of
tribal experience. It's mite of a
boy is the heir of a brave, proud
people.
AS the film opens, he is tending
the family's small sheep herd on
the eerie plateau of Northeast
Arizona. His small boy dream of
owning a horse and growing up to
be a great hunter in the tribal
tradition is interrupted by the
hootlng OF an owl. This, he is told
by a wise old medicine man, is an
evil omen and the family must
move with its flock to another, if
less perfect, grazing site.
The evil is not to be escaped
however. 1t follows the family
wherever it goes, including the
eerily beautiful Great Rock Cam
yon where the great Navajo ma
tlon once hid to escape the whites,
lived for three years, and finally
survived as a remnant.
All that Little Son of the Hunt
er loves and trusts is contained in
the small family unit, his mother.
two small sisters and the medicine
man. Yet, one by one, he loses
each OF these until he ends up an
unwilling captive in White Mans
school for Indian children.
Despite his tender years, how
ever, Little Son of the Hunter is
not a Navajo to submit to cap
tivity. He craftily devises an
escape which provides the picture
with its climax, the dramatic pur-
suit of a fiercely proud Indian lad
by two kindly intentioned school
masters who are no match for him
in the haunted land of his fathers.
X X X
Foster has written a basic script
for Navajo" that is as simple as
1t Is powerful. Its single weak
ness is an ending which has an
tmplauSibly noble ending which
not even the documentary honesty
of the rest of the film makes COM
pletely acceptable.
AS a search of the Navajo heart,
even one so young as Little Son of
the Hunters, the Dupont film is
far more absorbing than dozens of
more violent pictures have been.
1t makes clear why it was that the
f1ercely free Navajos could not be
overcome by overwhelming force
and how the peace they eventu-
ally made had so many elements
of honor.
There is documentary authen-
ITCHY in every foot of Navajo"
those which reveal the principles
Evening star., 1952-06-14
Hollywood Diary
They Talk of Millions
Again in Hollywood
BY SheiIoh Grohum-

Young r. ]. Wagner was there
dancing with Mrs. Gary Cooper;
Joe Schenck was guesting with
ISugar-King George Sanchez, and
Joe Pasternak was playing hearts
whit a very frilly Valentine
(Nancy).
They had a battle of the wet
backs yesterday at Paramount
with George Marshall squirting
Martin and Lewis from a water
pistol, and Dean and Jerry. not to
be outwetted, each gave him both
barrels.
Attorney Bentley Ryan is being
legal-tender to Pat Medina.
overheard this oldie at Hollywood
Park-'I finally broke even and ]
sure could use the money"
and Ed Wynn calls "calumnists'
people who let the chat out OF
the bag.
RKO has Vera Budnick on the
payroll to see Robert Newton
through Blackboard The Pirate -
Vera flew in yesterday to receive
81 900 a week. :. and to make 1t
worse, poor Bobby now has
asthma wheeling through his
black beard.
Benny Goodrich (Olivia de Hav-
Hands sprig) and Gloria Pima
(Ezio's small daughter) are the
talk of the nursery set.
The honeymoon has to be over
for Shelley Winters when hel
Gassman goeth to Mexico with
"sombrero." and she starteth "the
number" at 20th-Fox.
The person most injured at the
Sonia Henie grandstand crash
in Baltimore was her husbands
aunt, who was crippled for life
If Ava Gardner can't or won't
Lana Turner will play the nurse
to Bogart's doctor in Battle
Circus" although Lana screams
for a vacation following hel
Tribute To A Badman" with
Kirk Douglas.
Peter LORE, who never looked
healthier. is in town talking about
his Toulouse-Lautrec lead or
Broadway, with Ed Chodorov doc
toring the Pierre La Mure play
and Pierre insists that the
lady lead must be big. blonde
beautiful and brainy. He's de.
parted.
Lady Sylvia Gable had a last
minute change of heart and took
back her pinball machine before
it could be auctioned with the
rest Of her Clark Gable Memen-
toes.
Mario LAMA will co-star with
Deanna Durbin in the "Vagabond
King! The excited. delighted
Mario gave me the news himself
when I visited him on the BE
icause You're Mine" set. 1--WE make
it Immediately I finish thi'
picture" the jubilant LAMA tolc
me. Look at this photograph o1
Deanna. Doesn't she look ter.
Irific!" She does. So does Mario
slim again.
Shelley Winters has to get thu
consent of Vittorio Gassman'!
wife before her Italian dreamboat
, can come up with a legal Las Vega!
divorce. Her studio wants Shelley
back February /. 1.-THE 15th," sh,
, said, before taking off.
Dorothy MCGUIRE has to choose
between starring with Spencer
Tracy in plymouth Adventure
and going of with her husband
John Swope, to Italy in the spring
Metro wants her. But so does hel
husband. Interesting to see whs
wins.
(ReleaSed BY NANA)
Evening star., 1952-06-14

NAVAJO" Lippert picture, produced
by Hall Bartlett. directed by Norman
Foster. narration written by Foster. spoken
by Sammy Ogg. At the Dupont
THE CAST.
Son Of the Hunter Francis Kee Teller
Grey Singer John Mitchell
Mother Mrs. Teller
Ute Guide -.. ----B Billy Draper
Indian School Counsel - Hall Bartlett
Evening star., 1952-06-14
Murder for Jean
HOLLYWOOD

Jean Simmons will have the
feminine lead in Murder" a mys-
terry melodrama by Chester Frs
kline, at RKO Radio.
Filming will start directly after
the completion of Beautiful But
Dangerous" in which Miss Sim
mons currently is co-starring with
Robert Mitchum at RKO.
Evening star., 1952-06-14

w bdIlltIt, uHtCltQ Dy NORMAN
Foster. narration written by Foster, spoken
by Sammy osgj THE At dhsrl tas Dupont
Son of the Hunter Francis Kee Teller
Mother ,----------------M Mrs. Teller
indian School counsel----HaiI Bartlett
of the tribal religion as much as
those which are concerned with
the exciting chase with which the
film ends.
| The great merit of Navajo" is
the genius of it's producer and di-
rector for telling their story pic
torially. Foster has provided q
dramatic narrative, one which is
effectively recited by Sammy Ogg,
but Navajo" rests it's case prin-
cipally upon the visual element.
1t finds endless excitement in the
high Arizona landscape where even
the modern Navajo talks with the
stars, in the arid eXpanseS of the
reservation, and in the great cam
yon where Little Son, like his an
jcestors, makes himself the master
of his own fate.
X X X \
SATURDAY SUMMARY: Mrs.
Indrani Rahman miss India) and
one of her native lands most IA
nous dancers will give an in
formal recital here Monday aft
ernoon at Washington Interna-
tional Center An invited audi
ence will see her perform the
Bharat Natyam, classical dance of
India, under the auspices of the
Indian Embassy here. Gun
ton-Temple Players will present
Ladies in Retirement" at the hall
of the church, Sixteenth and New
ton streets, in two performances,
June 26 and 81 ;. Tickets will be
on sale at the door. -. THE Snow
Queen" first production of the
Arlington Children's Theater, will
be presented in the Lubber Run
park amphitheater June 19 at $3.50
pm. The dance-drama will
open the series of summer out
door entertainment offered by the
Arlington County Department of
Recreation In event of rain,
the performance will move indoors
to the auditorium of the Kate
Waller Barrett School.
Evening star., 1952-06-14
The Passing Show
Navajo Tells Absorbing ale
Of Indian Life at Dupont
The Passing Show
By Joy Cormody

Navajo which opened at the Dupont Theaer today low
budget obeat screenplay that is full of fascinating drama.
1t is the work of pair of gifted unconventional film makers
Hall Bartlett and Norman Foster. 1t Indian full
absorbing distinctions chief
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15

The span of days terminated by the birthdays of
those two great Americans, Abraham Lincolns
on Feb. IL and George WashngtonS on Feb. z has
been designated Anericanism Week. This is
healthy week in more ways than one.
During this time all Americans have been asked
to direct their attention TO the fundamentals upon
which our greatness nation has been built, upon
the bases of our democratic way of life and upon
the history which made possible and the contin-
uing safeguards that necessary TO preserve
the sacred rights of the individual to whose protec
tion 30 many of our fellow Americans have dedi-
Gated their lives.
There is an unlimited supply of food for thought
during these ten days Liberty the individual, free
enterprise religious freedom and democracy
Speeches will be made exhorting Americans to think
about these blessings Of ours and to cherish them
Much will be said concerning our Founding Faith
ers and their principles which made this nation.
Wen be asked to harken to their words, to meas
ure our times against theirs, TO correct our sights
and bearings, and 10 rededicate ourselves to walk
in their footsteps TO ensure the continuance OF these
blessings which mean much to us.
These speeches and exhortations good things.
One man. however, who has message for us all,
will not be able to speak the radio and televi-
sion networks next week. We would like to bring
you now part of his speech;
"0ur progress in degeneracy appears TO me TO
be pretty rapid AS a nation we began by declaring
that all men are created equal We practically
read IL all men are created equal except Negroes
When the Know-Nothings get control, ii will read
'al men are created equal, except negroes and
foreigners and Catholics
when il comes to this shall prefer emgratng
10 some country where they make no pretense of
loving lberty--to Russia for instance, where des-
potism be taken pure, without the base alloy
of hypocracy."
These are certainly words for our times Their
author will be making personal appearances next
week though, because he's been dead for 81 years.
He was Abraham Lincoln
When thinking Of our American way of life, and
the attacks which il is now underdong, il might be
we'll TO recall some other words of A. Lincoln
that great American patriot who said:
IF destruction be our lot We must ourselves
be It's author and finisher. AS nation of freemen
we must live through all times or die--by sui
eide"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15

Christians. How could this be? Are Christians not
followers of Christ Whose great commandment was
one of love? And for that matter, how anyone
who processes to believe in God feel that he serves
that God by failing in charity to of His other
children? Brotherhood Week just won't make sense
unless it helps men to acknowledge their Heavenly
Father, and their resulting obligation, under Him.
to love one another as brothers. There can be no
other lasting motive for brothery love except we be
members of one family, with God as our Father.
Brotherhood will be just as universal is the
Acknowledgement of and belief in God He is the
source of love Unless men turn back to God there
will be no basis for brotherly love, and no lasting
success for Brotherhood Week.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15
Queen Elizabeth
and History

II is with sentiments of sympathy and OF admir-
alton that the world looks to the Queen of Eng
land. Sympathy upon the sudden and unexpected
death of her much respected father, and admiration
for her own good character queen and woman.
II is rather disturbing however, to note that no
less person than Winston Churchill makes refer
ence to the new queen destined to be the second
good Queen BeSs" Now it is about time that the
myth about the first Queen Elizabeth be dropped.
She was not the good queen. Nor is she to be cred
tied with anything startling worthwhile, What OF
Importance was done as the result Of her will or
intelligence? Is there anything in Europe or Eng
land of which we can now say, This was done by
Queen Elizabeth?"
II must be remembered that it during her
reign that the Catholic Faith then held by the great
majority of her subjects in England, was literally
uprooted and destroyed under the direction of Will
lam Cecil and his cohorts The story of that persecu
ton has its counterpart today in the crushing of the
Church by the Communists in many nations. Cecil
stamped out the Mass, and, like the Communists
of 1852, gathered the younger generation OF re-
Iuctant people under the banner of thought to-
ward religion. The result was to be expected.
Oh yes the predecessor of the first Queen
Elizabeth was smeared by these same historians as
Bloody Mary" Her short reign is still referred to
as the Marian Reaction" One cannot help but won
der whether or not the Reds Of day studied the
history of Ezabeth's time to up with their
constant attacks upon all opponents as "reactionar-
les"
The new Queen Elizabeth will truly be good
Queen Bess" If she succeeds in leading her country
back to its religious glory and consequent peace OF
another era She will hardly do ii the head of two
Churches.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15
Temptations:
A Good Thing?

In the rather lengthy portion of the letter to the
Corinthians that is read to this Sunday, ST. Paul,
in passing, answers question that is often asked
today Many people wonder just why God per
mits them to be tempted along certain line.
People are frequently heard to say, 'H only !
didn't have to worry about this particular sin, I'd be
alright, / can cope pretty well with all the rest,
but this one special temptation just seems to dog
me to death. / can't understand tive prayed
so often for God to remove it from me-" And on.
St. Paul tells us that he was bothered with just
such temptation and that he had asked God on
three separate occasions to remove it from him.
And each time he received the answer: No,
God would not remove it. MY grace is sufficient
for thee, for strength is made perfect in weak
ness"
The Holy Ghost let st. Paul know that there was
a good reason for not removing this "thorn in his
side" he called it. 1t there to keep ST. Paul
humble, to let him remember just how weak he was,
lest having nothing to worry about in the spiritual
life he became proud and lose his soul
How did st. Paul take this gentle rebuff? Did 1t
sadden him, make him want to give up, or fearful
of the future? Not at allt made him happy, for he
says, "Glsdly therefore, will glory in my infrmi
ties that the strength of Christ may be made man
ifest in me"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15
WASHINGTON LETTER

The great, overtowering strug-
gle going on in the world today
is basically a contest between
believers in God and the forces
of anti-God.
This may come as surprise
to some people, but it is a hard
rock fact that comes out of the
testimony of witnesses who in re-
cent months have testified here
before Congressional inquiries.
Never before has the Free World
had available so much authentic
information regarding the real
character of communism. All of
it, sooner or later, points to the
fact that Marxism is Goddess and
bent on the destruction Of all re-
ligion.
Men and women who admit
having been members of the
Communist Party have come for
ward to talk about their expert
ences. Agents of the FBI, in in
creasing numbers, report what
they learned in undercover work
in the midst of the Reds. More
and more people escape from
eastern Europe to tell what life
is like behind the Iron Curtain.
In a number of cases such wit
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15
WASHINGTON LETTER
The Battle: Cody as Goddess

If this is the true nature of
today's great Struggle-the most
titanic in the history of the
world-how is the Free World
to conduct its campaign? It must
take whatever precautionary
measures it can, but former COM
munists warn that name-caIling
and even some kinds of laws are
of no avail against zealots reh-
giously dedicated to an irTeli-
giouS cause.
II would certainly seem pru-
dent to become less and less like
this mortal enemy. That is, we
should become less agnostic, less
atheistic, less irreligious. 1t GER
tainly looks like we are not try
ing to win If we become like the
enemy-anti-God. Perhaps that
is the best explanation of how
men who have not known God,
or who have forsaken Him, can
complacently play the communist
game, while denying to be men,
bers of the Communist Party.
If they can see nothing wrong
in opposing God, they are I'M
able to see anything wrong in
the wiies of communism.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15
The Basis for
Brotherhood

Probably there is nothing which brings to-
gether quicker than common suffering. This was
evident time after time during the last war. People
OF high degree and low found themselves enjoying
one anothers company in bomb shelters all around
the wartorn world Wherever disaster affcts the
human family there can be found the evidence that
the members of that family are brothers under their
Heavenly Father
The shame for all Of us in this consideration is
that too many of have to be brought together by
suffering. Until then we stand on our pride, pro-
claim rights and demand attention if not service
from our brothers This same pattern is being fol-
lowed by nations In their deliberations for the com
mon effort against the common evil.
Brotherhood Week might we'll be an occasion
for all to rededcate themselves to their Christian
duty of charity This above all is The time for unity
against threatening evil. Repeatedly the Holy
Father has asked that all religious peoples join in
the battle against Red brutality and war His has
been an inspiring leadership in this regard But here
again there are those who would continue to re-
member their own personal prides and prejudices
Of greater significance than the need TO mil
lions from the enslavement of atheistic power.
Almighty God made no exceptions when He told
as to love our neighbor. And His Divine Son even
went 80 far as 10 forgive sinner during His own
death struggle which was caused by sin When
thought is given to It, it something of puzzle
that there is need for Brotherhood Week among
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15

nesses have been asked how a
man of intelligence, and some
times of high position, could be
led to embrace communism. The
essence of their answers is that
communism is sort of dedica-
ton Tin this case dedication to
drastically and quickly changing
the world), and men and women
embrace it as a sort of religion
IA materialistic religion. Marx
ism denies the existence, or the
need for, God, and so its adher-
ents are religiously dedicated to
roofing God out of the hearts and
minds of men. 1t is part of
their mission to change the
world.
Irreligion is not the only mark
of communism. 1t is the most
important mark, however. Com
munism could not be Marxism
if it were not atheistic. Some of
the former communists date
their break with "the party"
from the time they could no
longer deny the existence of
their souls, or the fact that there
had to be a Supreme Being, q
Creator for the universe.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15

subject of capitalism. The two
books, unlike their authors, have
very little If anything in COM
mon.
The first, Capitalism in Amer
lea: A Classless Society" by
Frederick Martin Stern, argues
in effect that capitalism Amer
ican style is the necessary frame
work for a classless society,
meaning social progress with
equal opportunity, freedom and
dignity for all. The second, cap
italism and Socialism on Trial."
by Fritz Sternberg, argues that
capitalism, even in the United
States, will hardly survive the
twentieth century" because of
what he regards as its inherent
inability, in the abserce of i'm
perialism, to provide an ade-
quate market for the products of
industry or, to put 1t in other
words, its inability to guarantee
continuous employment with a
progressive standard of living.
Neither Without Faults
Both books are deserving of
careful study - for different rea-
sons and by different groups of
people. The former is required
reading for those Europeans
their name Is legion--who mis-
understand capitalism and UNI
derestimate its virtues; the lat
ter, for those Americans-their
name is also legion-who tend
to blink at the weaknesses of
American capitalism and over
estimate its virtues. The one 1t
an diversified pamphlet written
by an intelligent non-academic
capitalist (Mr. Stern) for the edu-
cation of socialists: the other is
a veritabie tome complete with
statistical charts and graphs,
written by an intelligent academ-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15
Is The Catholic
Church MtOIerdnt?

upon Gods Word being accept
ed without change, but the occa-
sional instances in which indi-
vidual Catholics have used force
to gain acceptance have never
been pleasing to the Church. No
person is to be forced to accept
God or Gods word, so the Church
is clearly tolerant in teaching
kindness and patience to those
who have beliefs other than our
own.
@. Are the prayers after Lou
Mass really for Russia?
In 1884 Pope Leo XIII intro
duced the prayers which the
priest and people say after Low
Mass. and Blessed Plus X added
the invocations to the Sacred
Heart. In 1880, Pope Plus XI or
dered them to be offered up for
the restoration of religious peace
and freedom to our afflicted
brethren in Russia.
@. What should you do If
something you did quite fetc
years ago, aohich you are almost
certain is not as sin, bothers you
later in life? Could this be d
temptation from the devil?
A. The sacrament of Penance
forgiveS all sins which are sub
mitted to the priest and for
which we are truly sorry, includ-
ing some that we may have for
gotten to mention. Assuming that
you have received the sacra-
ment since the act to which you
refer happened and that you did
not consider it a sin at the time
and withhold it you can be GER
tain that the power of Christ in
that sacrament has removed the
sin if it should be sin. General
Iy, however, we discover sins in
our childhood or youth, which
we did not recognize as such at
the time. We cannot take away
the true absolution of such sins
because we see the malice of
them now, and we should simply
breathe a prayer of thanksgiving
for the mercy of God who does
not consider an act as sin
which we committed without suf-
ficient knowledge. At rare inter-
walls during life a Catholic should
make general confession in
which he may mention predom-
inant sins in his past and such
troublesome acts of his youth,
but usually such disturbing
thoughts are from the devil, cal
culated to disturb the peace OF
soul which should flow from Pen
ance and q Christian life.