Modern Screen (Jul-Dec 1945)

Page scan 000550 from Modern Screen

Record Details:

Title:
Modern Screen
Date:
Jul-Dec 1945
Publisher:
Dunellen, N.J. : Syndicate Pub. Co
Volume:
Modern screen
Leaf #:
000550
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 04, 2024
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Nat, the bartender (Howard da Silva), is sympathetic, though skeptical, as Don Birnam (Ray Milland) vows to swear off alcohol, return to his loyal fiancee, and write o novel about his experiences. Dannie fylee/iend' ■ It took courage to picturize "The Lost Weekend," because in the novel from which the picture takes its title, most of the action takes place within a man's burning brain. "The Lost Weekend" is the story, compressed into three fearful days, of an alcoholic and his immemorial struggle to slay the fiery dragon of drink. The author of the novel told his story by pushing through the portals of the mind of Don Birnam, and interpreting from the inner reaches of his consciousness some of the processes of the confirmed alcoholic. Obviously, the camera is a heavier medium than the point of a pen. The picture must tell the story of Don Birnam's struggle to save himself, by way of plot and action. Seldom has the discrepancy between the written word and its pictorial equivalent been more sharply defined than in this picture. In the book, words slip into crevices too small for the camera to enter. Words describe aspects and nuances of the human mind that are too (Continued on page 8)