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This section is Ihe monopuly of "JUDAS" and he writes what he likes and about things which he likes. The views expressed here are not necessarily ours, but still they carry weight because they are written by a man who knows his job.
HULLO ! ALEX SHAW !
Alexander Shaw was appointed as an expert on the Film Advisory Board on the 22nd October 1940. Seven imont'ns have passed since then but not one picture of his, I beg your pardon — a documentary to put it in his own words — has yet come out.
Alex Shaw has himself drawn over Rs. 13 000/during the time and the Board must have spent over Rs. 1,25 000 on the organization and the production. And yet we seem to have been denied the pleasure of seeing fcven one film produced by this expert.
A useful friend tells us that two shorts called "The Sappers And Miners" and "The Cavalry of The Cloudi;" are, sort of, ready but either they are too bad to be released or they are not yet quite ready.
What ever is the truth behind the scenes, one wDuld like to know whether those films will be released before ithe end of the war.
If the activities of the Film Advisory Board are
intended to contribute to our war effort, isn't it neces'sary that these short films should be produced quickly land released as quickly, one after another, to make our
country more war minded? Or are they waiting for the [war to come to India and time the release of the first
Shaw film with the explosion of the first bomb near the
Metro Cinema?
Alex Shaw doesn't seem to be much of an expert I to have been in the country for seven months and not nave done anything yet. Or is th s Shaw's appointment !also made as Douglas Reed of "The Times" describes in his book, "Disgiace Abounding."
"In Enrjlcnd under derr.ocracy, you do not put experts in charge of your njo-'rs, but dlstribiLte your favours amonj vicn of a small cJasr, withotit especial qualificaticn for the post they rcceiiie. This is the misuse of democracy in the in'erest of a class, the betrayal r-f democracy, and it is the cause of our looes, past, prevent and to come. The cithusia^^m, the energy and the ability are there, but you do not use Ihevi. you delude and mis^ise them?"
We only hope, purely in our own interests, that Alex Shaw does not turn out to be an "expert" from this class.
THE HOT-HOUSE EROS
The other day I went to see "Virginia", a Technicolor production of Paramount at the Eros Theatre in Bombay. But I didn't enjoy the show though the Paramount Publicity Manager had told me that it was a swell picture.
The reason of my not enjoying the picture may have been my preoccupation with my 'kerchief with which I was fanning myself to keep cool. Didn't some one tell me once that the Eros was a lovely theatre and one can enjoy his entertainment there perfectly? Well, that man was a liar. The Eros is evidently a grand theatre to look at but even in its Rs. 1|8| seats you caii'L be free from the sweltering heat of the city.
In "Laheri Jeevan", Harischandra and Husna Banu feature together for the first time. It is a Bharat picture release.
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