Word: film
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Show Business" [TIME, Jan. 19]: The Boy with the Green Hair was only temporarily postponed . . . and the film starts production Feb. 9. . . It is my belief that the so-called atmosphere of fear exists only in the minds of those who wish us to believe there is an atmosphere of fear. I am convinced that progressive picturemakers, such as Darryl Zanuck and Samuel Goldwyn, will continue to [combine] what they believe to be good picturemaking with courage and a point of view. . . . Here at RKO we are continuing to plan pictures that we hope will be good films and still...
...letter of Spyros P. Skouras, president, 20th Century-Fox Film Corp., is most amazing [TIME, Jan. 19]. He has seen fit to publish the fact that his company will meet with self-appointed censors who, without any vestige of constitutional authority, shall determine what you and I shall view on the screen...
...aware of the achievements of our nation in industrial output . . . she must surely realize that a tired people . . . could scarcely perform such feats." The Daily Mirror was avuncular: "Miss Young . . . has a kind heart. . . . The contrast between Hollywood opulence and our own modest state may have made the film star ultrasensitive...
...that is supposed to be unrehearsed. Berlin's music does not always shine so brilliantly as one would expect, but there's plenty of it, and it includes some excellent tunes. Best is the memorable "We Joined the Navy," which is perhaps replayed one time too many during the film...
Aside from the dubious point that today's musicals lack the talent that is provided by a Berlin or an Astaire, the main superiority of a film like "Follow the Fleet" is that it lacks the horrible brassiness of modern musicals. It is inexpressibly delightful to sit in a theater without the constant danger of having a big-name band jump up and down noisily. Here the commercial Jazz is present but not overpowering, and the picture wends its pleasant way without mishap. A perhaps interesting note: Betty Grable is in the billing, but it was impossible to find...