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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, July 6, 1959

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 06, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It i i " ,., Page 16 the stars and stripes monday july 6, 1959 film censorship eased in Anatomy of murder by Harold Heffernan North american newspaper alliances plywood preview ing Anatomy of a murder most Hollywood old timers could t help flipping the Calendar Back a few years for comparisons in modes and morals. It was in 1934,. At the Peak of the Industry s worst censorship Otto Preminger crisis that Joseph i. Breen was drafted to help formulate what be came known As the morals code and thereafter supervised its enforcement for nearly 20 years. Following Breen s resignation and retirement however a mighty relaxation move was inaugurated among financially suffering major studios and independents and a less Adamant successor bowed to their demands. So even in the face of localized protects and temporary bannings t h e m is scenes and dialogue once considered taboo began creeping into Hollywood  reach an astonishing Peak of wide penetration in the new movie from Otto Preminger a producer director who through such past efforts As Carmen Jones the Moon is Blue and the Man with the Golden Arm has become a Veteran in censorship warfare. Courtroom epic a courtroom murder trial epic Anatomy of a murder dwells for its entire two hours of running time on a subject never touched in movies before and one. Seldom Dis cussed aloud except in police quarters. All the Stark details of a rape Are Here placed boldly be fore the audience and with no Lack of essential sidelights. After the show a Veteran Mem Ber of the code s administrative Board recalled the rumpus that raged in official Industry circles in 1937 when David o. Selznick at tempted to sneak in such a then terrifying epithet As Damn in the closing scene of gone with the  there it will be recalled Clark Gable told Vivien Leigh that he did t give a Damn where she went. Weeks of bitter debate went on before a frightened code Board finally consented to use of this shocker then listened apprehensively for the Public s reaction. In Anatomy the word gets fre quent usage but stacks up As extremely anaemic in vying with much saltier passages. First film in year and a half raft of a people to play cop � we   a tit by Joe Finnigan George raft Harrison to Star in new play new York a Britain sex Harrison last seen in Broadway As professor Hig Giris in Myn fair lady has agreed to play the part of a French Gen eral next season in Jean Anouilh s a hurl Uberle the scatter brain. The role is that of a general living an embittered retirement in a Small town. He does not like the Way things Are going in France and he starts a ludicrous plot with some friends to take Over and re form the country. This latter Day Quixote How Ever becomes disillusioned when the conspiracy Falls apart. Irene Selznick and Kermit Bloomgarden have joined forces to produce the comedy in Decem Ber. Goldwyn believes pay television a certainty by North american newspaper alliances Hollywood pay television is real and right at our elbows declares Samuel Goldwyn Long an ardent crusader for the elective form of air presentation. Doodles by Roger Price   a   a m i to to it Cait f. � of j end to 1 atoms avoiding atom " " bum this scientific Doodle suggested by my  and colleague or kit Zenger was part of a pack age Deal which also included a joke that or. Kit Zenger insisted i had to print if i was going to use his drop dle. The joke which Del kit Zenger says he Viaje up out Rofu his own head goes like this jus for discovered something that s smaller than the atom. This year s Bikini bathing  personally i can t understand Why or. Kit Zenger wants to bother making  ton d.c., when he exhibited his latest invention d Flavoured pan make up for Ham or kit Zenger is the Ofcar of the Patent office. A. His opinion is backed by practically every major producer in Holly Wood. The feeling is current along the movie front that the Federal communications commission s recent go ahead Signaller sectional trial runs of various coir in Box meth ods including the simple direct Channel broadcasts will be activated by. Year s end or shortly thereafter Joseph s. Wright president of Zenith radio corp., Pioneer developers of the phone vision sys tem believes that the outstanding Factor contributing to the poor Overall showing of the to Industry in Public apathy about programming. He Points out that networks Are limited in what they can present by what advertisers can afford to pay. He predicts that eventually subscription to will bring such top Quality entertainment As my fair lady while it is fresh and new in wide screen color and even in three dimensions. And it will come into the living room at a Price for the entire family no greater than a single admission to a first run movie House. I m simply waiting to get my Price said Goldwyn. Pay to is right around the Corner and i feel that these subjects if Given such a setting could command a far higher profit for me than Selling them to the commercialized  out our Way by Williams like father like son Send him to get his son then j. Have to so and 6et him so Iwon t have to be Wash ing wishes atni6ht but a Pip you Ever notice How Cool an sooth in it is Down alon6 a Creek just about Sun pow ? 50rt.of a soft velvety hush a peaceful sort of Calm a twitter ing birth soft Ripple of water the us 6o5h, re funny Vou notice thin65/ a on True  maw Hollywood up George l raft for years one of the screen s toughest hoodlums is get Ting one of his rare shots at a policeman s role. I was killed in most of my 104 pictures whenever i. Played a gang Ster George said. But when i was a cop i usually was allowed to  recently came Back from Mexico where he was playing an Fri agent in Jet Over the at lactic being filmed in the latin american country. The last time i played a cop s part was about two years ago George said As he worked Over a Large plate of roast beef for dinner. Roles axe same actually i think the role of a cop and a gangster Are about the same in a picture he claimed. You can t use too much expression in either role. Of course As a cop you can t be As Tough he explained. You have to be More  raft who has never seen him self on the screen was critical of actors who die slowly when they re gunned  always wanted to die Quick he said. A used to ask the directors Why they wanted so much dialogue when i was  d say just shoot me i la yell it hurts then die in a hurry he  s role in Jet is his second picture in recent months after a year and a half without making any. And he s got two More Pic Tures in the works for his come  worked for 25 years he said. I could t do enough work. Then All of a Sidden i m out of action for awhile. I was never so bad an actor that i had to go off the screen that Quick he lamented. "during., the time i was not working in pictures some roles were offered to me but i turned them Down. I m 63 but i still did t Watt t to play somebody s father he said. Crossword by Eugene Sheffer 27 30 36 23 20 52 28 21 w. 50" 53 29 horizontal 1. Temporary craze. 4. Hot general 9. Male sheep 12. 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