Silver Screen (Nov 1938-Apr 1939)

82 Silver Screen for November 1938 'TC^^^'^A A Movie Fan's Crossword Puzzle By Charlotte Herbert IN Bing Crosby's latest picture, he qualified as an actor. Perhaps the reason was that the screen character he was playing came nearer to his own life. (He had to sing and he bought a race horse). Anyway, the evening with Bing was a very pleasant one. You no doubt had the sai*e experience. * * * The problem for the director in one of Bing's pictures— in tact in any singer's picture—is to get the song in and yet to maintain ihe swing and forward march ("rhythmic flow ") of the story. The clever brains of the studios have thought of everything. One good stunt was in Lily Pons' first picture, "I Dream Too Much," when she was on a carousel with the camera following her around. She remained in the center of the screen, but the crowd whirled past— a perfect scheme. "In Congress Dances" Lilian Harvey rode in an open barouche through cheering crowds of friends and sang. Thus maintaining song and motion. Nelson Eddy, in "Rosalie," sang a serenade and the girls all came to the windows, a pleasant plan that again prevented the song from breaking the story in two. Few of you fans realize how hard the picture makers strive to reach artistic levels. The double page scene from "Sweethearts" in this issue shows how the movement of the dancers, behind the principals, keeps the story rushing along. * * * Leaving the problems of picture making to those so competent to solve them, let us marvel once again at the wonder of screen entertainment— and w!e mean "Boys' Town." You probably have already been one of an audience, as we were, to be swept away from Xozv and today's shoddy incidents, to the place in Nebraska where a good man found good all about him. If not, you must see this picture. We came out of the theatre, after seeing it, with wet eyes but no sadness. No harrowing make-believe had moved us to tears. Instead we were filled with pleasant pride. We were proud that great men perfected the moving picture apparatus, that great writers have shared their gifts with the talented actors and we were glad that we are connected with the great art of the screen, even though our activities are on the very edge of the fringe of the great industrv. Our forgotten beliefs were all brightly glowing, for the picture had made us happily certain that everywhere it is shown, people, millions of them, will be in that same mood. Because of this picture, ai*l the unequalled spiritual power of Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, faith in charity and in kindness will blaze up again across the world. That evening no panhandler begged of us in vain. but. through the magic of our gratitude to him, our gifts seemed to go to Father Flanagan of Bovs' Town. 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