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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, April 10, 1962

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I the stars and stripes tuesday writes off writers to Mech direct to Hollywood Cap every in body s got views on what s Cong with the movies. And some of the views make sense such new those of director Edward Dmytryk. Scown wilting is poor says Dmytryk Tho has spent 40 of his63 year la the business because too cd Teeg first rate writers prefer to be twi a rat  drank main talks that a writer can t act in own script. Of it Lovely because he i too much in love with his own words. Direction to a special Talent ithe ability to make a thousand decisions at once. After All my years in the business i am just Inow beginning to feel Traat z know what i m doing a a  Dmytryk said in recent years there has be a big trend to make directors put of writer How does v writer know any thing about making a movie forbears hit Job was finished the Day the picture started shooting. Good writers by nature Are introverted writing to really a form of escape he believes. Directors on the other hand Arete take charge boys of the Busi Ness extroverts All he said Dmytryk gives another fault  movies and most critics will say amen to this studio Are too timid about changing successful casting of stare he was the director who cast Dick Powell in Tough melodrama such As murder my Sweet no one could see Powell As any thing but Ruby Keeler s song and dance partner before this Dmytryk recalls Powell has since be come a multimillionaire. Dmytryk added studios always give the argument that the Public will Only pay to a Mieir favor Tesin certain Type of role for instance Afonce Toom at the top. Every script uttered Laurence har vey had blk playing a Heel in walk on inca wild Side i fought and fought to cast him As the warm heroic Texas farm boy. And look what the picture is doing atthe Box office. It s Columbia s top grosser at the moment some other Dmytryk choices which have paid off at the Box office include casting Dean Martin after Hlf split with Jerry Lewis a a leading Man in the Young Lions and putting Maxmillia Schell in1 the same picture. Salt Dmytryk Schell could t even say two words in English when 1 put Himin the Young Lions As a nazi officer but he was such a Good actor that he could deliver words he did t understand with exactly the right  then Dmytryk got offbeat script called Saint a Story about youth in medieval wanted to become Athan anything else. In it writs of crazy Tares he became a Meala Saint in spite of Dmytryk. When t Readi said no one but a i play this the studio was crazy but i a d him because i was picture for Little Money. Then Stanle while came out with Nuremberg and Oscar nomination As ump yer. The ame Guy who hardest to keep Meschell in the reluctant berates me for not Leto a studio  Karl Maiden if wait of the in town but year he rail Tak a big Cut by to join new Fork stage repertory Cox Naoy. The jul a suited with Eli Kazan in oaf Anthonjo Mandosa the actor with hip on his shoulder the of a do inf Board no longer is an Ang Yyoung Man. Neither is he an angry Middle aged Man nor a bad tempered of Goat Success has mellowed the truculent new yorker who came to hol t kill tire. Pre pared for that eventuality Tony adopted a attitude of superiority and Natl Jet which enraged the the result was temperamental on both sides including by Williams voum5 a Tom a of vacs Hullop Phr tmi5 was Ive scuffles with press photographers. It was t Long before Franciosa was As popular in the movie Colonia Khrushchev at a John Birch  his outward Attl Tud Tony was blessed with actin Talent and a thick skin. His Tena City finally paid off with top role sin successful pictures. Once a Felt secure in his work his attitude changed quickly. I just seem to be angry with other people Tony explained Dur ing a Steak lunch in his Beverly Hills Home. Actually i was frustrated about my acting  had a combined idealistic and unrealistic attitude. I Felt i could cover up my deficiencies in acting by starring in profound  Way the audience would be to preoccupied by the Atory they would t pay any attention to  it not often an actor admit such things except perhaps to his analyst but Tony possesses amazing Candor. I was just old dins myself he admits  theory was that if one of my pictures did t live up to Ray expectations then it did t deserve to make Money at the Box office because it was t Good  unrealistic can you get now i  
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