FilmIndia (1946)

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F I L M I X D 1 A July, 194 "TRRznn leopard uiomnn" JOHNNY WEISSMULLER • TMv Hulking fieautu" OF THE JUNGLE BREAKING BOX-OFFICE RECORDS THROUGHOUT INDIA WRITE US DIRECT RKO RADIO PICTURES LTD. P. O. BOX 733 — BOMBAY I. or Our physical distributors EMPIRE TALKIE DISTRIBUTORS CALCUTTA — BOMBAY — LAHORE — MADRAS 12 same audience cheered Mr. Jinnah till some wen hoarse, while a minority in the audience hooted him down. Such exhibitions do not at all affect our grea public leaders like Azad and Jinnah whose popularity and importance are certainly not built on such emo tional outbursts by the masses. But thsse demonstra tions contribute only to prove the hysteric intoleranc of our people and incidently their very bad manners. A cinema theatre is not a place to demonstrab one's political passions. We have plenty of opei parks to do that without forgetting the sands a Ghowpatty. Such demonstrations often lead to communal disturbances and in many a theatre serious brawl between the opposing sections take place. Durinj such shameful exhibitions soda water bottles ar< thrown about and theatre property is destroyed witl impunity. The good people in the audience are oftei seriously injured and further film shows are stopped This type of behaviour, specially for student taking education, does not provide a good certificab for those who wish to qualify themselves as free citi zens in Free India. It is high time that our students reach somi maturity in behaviour to enable us to identify then as the future pillars of our nation. Till they do sq their present behaviour must be called just caddish; TREASURE THE INNOCENCE! The other day we had a good old friend of our telling us proudly how his little daughter of 8 hat given a fine performance in a motion picture and hov the producers had offered her another picture con tract. Little did this well-educated yet doting fathei realize that in permitting his innocent child of eigh to flirt with the profession of acting, he had takei the first step towards the spiritual manslaughter o his beloved daughter. The screen does claim a few super-gifted child ren like Margaret O'Brien. Jackie Jenkins and Connie Marshall, rare types born for the jobs and found in i million, but the hundreds of small mediocrities wh< are towed about by their parents from studio to stu dio are perhaps the most neurotic pack of brats ii the world, precocious, overwise, with affected man nerisms and without a trace of innocence which i: the natural attribute of every child. The other day Ken Murray, the well-knowr stage comedian and a veteran in his game, insistec in his divorce suit, while giving custody of his twej sons to his wife that the boys shall not be permit-) ted to become' actors. "I have seen too many kids in show business"! told Murray to the judge, "They are precocious ami spoiled and don't lead a natural childhood." And Murray should know. lie has been too Ion J behind the footlights. Murray's words should bcl written across the walls of every home where some] doting parents are spinning rosy dreams of forcim their children into the star racket. Nothing will