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Ronald Colman's

Colman's Oscar

Probably only once in the act- The good taste, und integrity | 1′′hava;to put up with Dorothy ing career of any man or woman which mark every fenture, make Lamour, too. 1'find'the boys more

role IL

which

cornes heaven-sent.

Most people think a movie pro- ducer who changes the title of his pleture, six or eight times be tore he gets, it out must be either (1) mentally unstable, or (2) consulting a ouija board.

But Harry Sherman, the indus try's new and unchallenged cham- plon ute-changer, says its isn't

10.

"Lots of factors enter into tilling a picture besides just how a name sounds or how it will look on a marquee." Sherman said.

By Patricia Clary

"You have to consider whether it's been used, or whether St sounds like one that's been used, and whether the audience, can pronounce it."

Sherman's new Enterprise re- lease la "Four Faces West," which tarted life as "Pasb.por Aqul." That was eight changes ago,

The movie is based on a book titled 'Faso por Aqui about a famous cliff on an early-day trail in New Mexico on Which the Conquistadores scratched those words," Sherman said.

Hard to Pronounce **Nearly

every westerner, knows what it means, but my friends convinced me that other people wouldn't know and wouldn't go for it. And besides, they don't know how to pronounced it.

"Take a young fellow who's going to treat his girl to a movie. Maybe he wants to see 'Paso por Aqu but, he doesn't want her to find out he can't pronounce it. "Or maybe the girl has read

Puso

the axis. and wants, to see por Aqul, but she decides simpler to tell him. My Sacrifice."

„So, the title was

Then

seems it obviously the work of people than make up for the presence of This Way They eat to

I am certain that every netor in Hollywood with any pretén- slong to merit must be Kreen

with envy of Ronald Cotmail for his Academy Award winning Job

Universal In

International's afronia, "A Double life,"

To take a Shakespearion dra- ma and comblue it with a similar plot in a modern setting, might easily haye bren 怎 tollure, though the tragedy of thello and Dredemeno, who "loved not wisely that too well," will never loses poignancy.

The screen

classic

By Marjorie Beckingsale

who understand the best tradi- tions of film entertainment."

the

dual-roles-of-Anthony John-and

Colman simply picks up: Otaette In his capabile

hands and gives them everything.

His scenes In the excerpts from othello are as thrilling as

the seyyences when us Tony he realises his coming madness anil cannot combat it.

Signe Hasso as Tóny, z torine“ wife and co-star must have wel-

the wife

comed her role as much as Col- the R

man did. She makes Brita on in-

is the richer ~*~Druble" "Life, in which story of Othello brifiantly interwoven with life story of a great actor whose mind gives way under the stress of feeling that_no.. Isilving the

portrays.

roles, he

telligent, charming, and poised conditioned by her growing fear woman, whose love for Tony is of his unstable min

Be mind

Quite apart from knowing that the starring role of Anthony work of newcome Shelley Win I was highly impressed by, the John won this year's Academy ters as the waitress whose cass Award for Ronald Colfan, I would not have missed the nim virtue costs her her life at th for world

hands of Tony when, he finally goes insane. Such -performances by newcomers are rare. **

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Authors Ruth Gordon and Gor- son Kauln and director George Cukor have given us zumethin old in plots wrapped so skilfully with something new that it rates

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Judging from recent: Allms_and_ most prospective ones, it up- peers that Hollywood has been joft the job of keeping the comedy flag flying.

France, of course, can provide the most subtle humour, but we don't get much chance to sec. 1

more's the pity.

So we cross our fingers....and hope that America will remem- ber that, people like to laugh, even when the comedy suggesta a bulldozer at work and not the Glick of a rapier.

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CROSSFIRE

Passed

That title became the gas of the week. Everybody, around town: was drawling "They. Passed THIBA 'Way." Sherman switched toNew Mexico;">Apr 11

That was aswell ÷title" he said. "My afternéys; however, thought K.was so good they were sure I must have been used be

fore for a son or a book "or something.

Back Again. So it went back to "They Pass- od "This "Way,”

Then it became "Four Faces Weat

that souided tou

But

much the an old time picture toked "Three: Facer Fast

Next change was to."Wanted." And finally we hope it

went

Back to "Four Faces charged

Sometimes dites" Are because they're

marquees long for the SHOT! Happy Life of Francis Macoriber became "The Macomber Affair", for that reason. Sometimes producers think they're dull. Samuel Goldwyn changed "The Bishop's Wife" to "Cary and the Bishop's Wife The Sin of Harold Diddiebock becane "Mad Wetl nesday after-a Diddleback showed up.

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Bond,

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Cilic film based.

on Balher Me- Cracken's play, "No Medals, which is a tribute to the fortitude of British housewives, in coping with the dimculties of postwar When movie producers start life. talking about an "expedmen- title role and Derek will be leam- Ursula, Janns, plays ¦ the tal flim now. It seems apparent od with Joan Hopkins, the charm- LEE "Blauche. Fury." With that they are putting their ing, blonde who made her screen

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The first of these so-called real merit.

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