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By STEPHEN WATTS

FIRST it was, the Italians with their

"Open City" and "To Live in Peace." Now it is the Germans, with their first film fruit of defeat, "The Murderers are Amonget Us."

British films took on their new au-1 thority, grew to their new stature, in the bad days of the war.

American films sank to their most stagnant level in the triumplinni days of war boom.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1948.

WE CAN'T TOUCH OLIVIER'

says SPENCER

TRACY

By DAVID LEWIN

LONDON.

NPENCER TRACY never had any odd notions about acting-and nover talked quaintly about "wrapping yourself in a part." He was always the sincere "tough guy," with enough rugged humanity for two.

And when Tracy arrived in London on May 27, he did not put on the usual Hollywood act about "how nice it was to be here."

At 48, with 25 years in pictures behind him, this square-built man with grey hair that is almost white, prominent chin and cheekbones, could afford to say: "I've come to work. My new picture 'Edward, My Son,' should take 10 or 12 weeks to make. If they can get it over in eight weeks I'll be glad. The iden is to get in and out fast. There should be no hanging around." His co-star, Deborah Kerr, sailed in with him in the Queen Mary,

Tracy spoke quickly when ho discussed this film. But his brick-red forehead-red from the aun-creased into the familiar worried frown | when I asked him about acting

—and his approach to it.

There Is

No

Monopoly In

physical resources? And conversely? Temperament

Ceftainly this first German post- war fim, made amid the ruins of Berlin, is the most powerful, artistic and emotional drama brought to the screen by any country in recent years.

Inevitably it is a drama founded

By PATRICIA CLARY COME of the most temperamental of movie stars are the four- legged ones,

Like the human stars, the animal

a

He scratched his wrist with stubby paw. When he spoke there was the Tracy trick of tongueing tho teeth and pushing out the lower lip. "You should know all about act- ing." he said. "Britain has that side of the business sewn up. In America we have no actors to touch Olivier, Richardson, and Donat. Olivier is way out in front of anything we can produce.

"That is the tragedy of Hollywood. We are out of touch with the theatre no real actors now. and we have Our young boys lack theatre train-

in disillusion. A doctor (Ernst actors sometimes seem to sense that Flacher), guilt-haunted and despair- the Ume has come for them to showing." ing, sees no point in saving indivi-how important they are.

He drinks his nights "And like a lot of stars I could dual lives.

thie pick they usually away in one of the grotesque cabarets mention, which tinkle away obscenely in the most inconvenient time to go tem--and yet he never appears to be a

Bays Gene Autry. "My peramental," horse Champion, for instance, pleked 1 tima when about 300 fans were standing around."

dead heart of the city.

Ponderous Force He is ultimately rescued by a girl (Hildegard Knet) who comes back from a concentration camp seeking only "to live, to work, to help."

If it and automobile to see the cowboy

Never Appears A Prig Tracy has the knack of sounding true and real, natural but aggressive prig. Tracy is aware of it, but dis- misses it as an instinct for the stage, and adds hastily that he never really had to struggle to get on.

He swanned his way through seven years of American repertory, and lived down the description, "the worst actor in the world."

"They

No

10 act,

naver

Champ Turned on the tempera- ment when the unit was making "A Little Spanish Town" In the Arizona If you are wondering suspiciously desert near Tucson. The tempera what the Germans are trying to put ture was 135, and even the rattle-called Tracy that because his success over, note that evil in the film is snakes were sweating.

has always been that he never ap- represented by ordinary, cupep-

on

Arizonans get used to the heat,

pears to

strives for effect. 300 of them tic, prosperous little German business however, and about man and Indulgent father, the Nazi Journeyed out on foot, horse, bicycle said, it really want to know" he lo just that try no tricks. of yesterday (and tomorrow paid) who cannot under

understand why star put hla beautiful stallion

profile. No great lover act. I could never get by with things like he should be blamed now for a mere through his paces.)

that. I just project myself as I am incident of the past-when he "A posse was chasing us, and ordered the shooting of a few hun- was supposed to make Champ lle plain, trying to be honest. dred women and

one down behind a large bouldera guy who likes reading and an old Christmas Eve on the Eastern Front. Autry explained. "Ordinarily, this man's game of tennis. I leave the

frills to the

youngsters," The style has the ponderous force trick is a cinch. Champ will le

He has made nearly 40 films since and sombre beauty of the old pre-down immediately on cuo.

1930, and

"No matter what Hitler German cinema,

Says:

I have been bad in anyone says, about 30 of them. The fault has been my own."

children

"But

Maybe The Heat The acting is soberly excellent,

that day he was feeling and the terrible reality of the back-temperamental-maybe the heat had ground adds a nightmarish shock to something to do with it and when the dramatle, effect.

I gave him the cue he refused to perform."

Whatever they do next, the Ger- mans have come back from 15 well- deserved years as olnema outcasts with a film that will shake you.

Since a trainer must always fol- low through on a trick with an animal, Autry kept on eueing Champ until he lay down, even

She Went Far To though the shot was ruined.

Learn Of Rib

The cameras started over again, and still Champ wouldn't lie down,

** was terribly upset about having all those people see him misbehave this way." Autry said, "and I took time out to explain to them why I had to make Champ go through with the trick even though he didn't want to."

When Loretta Young was on loca tion In Oregon for RKO Radio's "Tall, Dark Stranger," she had fun carrying on sign-language conversa- tions with an Indlan actor named Big Willow whom she was told Then Autry mopped his brow and could speak no English.

went at it again.

In England later for the Command An hour later, with everybody Performance sho met a well- but Champ exhausted, Autry and groomed American

who seemed the director, Frank McDonald, de- It was vaguely familiar.

Big clded they couldn't afford to try any Willow, no Indian at all but an longer. They Oregon sportsman named Everett

100 camera Paget who is noted for his practical yards up the hill to a jokes. He was in England visiting boulder and let Champ bide relatives.

ling up—United Press.

moved the

IN "IF YOU KNEW SUSIE"

I am

Tracy smiled, aluck out his jaw and walked away. There was some- guy" who knew when he was bad. thing jaunty in the stride of "a nice

She gives

up £7,500 -to ACT

LONDON.

ROSAMUND JOHN is tired

of the accent on glamour in bigger films. They wanted her to be stand-seen around the night clubs and pose for pictures, maybe show a little leg. But that wasn't her idea of acting.

When girls have legs like those of lovely Loraine Galo (left) and Beja Arlen, why o "new look" The girls aro Juni two of many Canter who appear in "If You Knew Basle," which co-stars Edilo

and Joan Davis, and is on at the King's Theatre today.

So she has thrown up her con- tract with Rank-one of tho Arst

British stars to do to. It has cost her £7,500-six months' salary.

Rosamund John, star of "When The Bough Breaks" and For Danger," will stay on the stage "Green and make pictures Independently.

GARBO comes here this

Gummer

to make her first British picture. It will be the story of George Sand, the 19th-century French authoress, and companion of Chopin. Present idea is that it should be filmed both here and in France.

RAPIDLY becoming the biggest

name in British pleturės: Jack Warner. Film men say his father of the screen, families. In "Easy" Money" and "Holiday Camp" lo greater than the glamour stars'.

HOLLYWOOD'S Intest story: War-

ners bought the screen play of "Act of Violence" for £400. They sold it to Mark Hellinger for £18- 780. When Hollinger died estate sold it to M-G-M. for £28,- 750,

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in July.

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