Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues))

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(Above) General view of the Olympic Stadium with events in progress before record-breaking crowds. (Right) "Boy" Charlton, famous Australian swimmer, in Harold Lloyd's pool. That's a newspaper man with Harold. We are proud to print Harold Lloyd's impressions of the Olympics. The photographs in this feature are by Hollywood Newspictures, Scott-Brinn, Paramount, Fox and M-G-M MODERN SCREEN'S OLYMPIC ALBUM By HAROLD LLOYD IT is, perhaps, a far cry from athletics to motion pictures, yet the tenth revival of the Olympic Games, recently concluded in Los Angeles, provided the greatest scenario that has been written in the last dcc9.dc It was a "scenario" which had everything a dramatist could write into a story — drama, romance, pathos, comedy, feats of superhuman endurance, skill — all of which, blended into a motion picture story, would make the greatest picture the screen has ever seen. Frankly, I was carried away by the superb spirit of these great games, by the fairness of competitors and spectators. There was a feeling of intense national pride every time the Stars and Stripes was carried to the mast The Olympics were the greatest show Hollywood has seen in ages 51