Word: filming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Liberal Union lawyers discussed the current HLU Film Series litigation with the University Theater management yesterday but further details of the meeting were not announced, Roy F. Gootenburg '49 said last night...
...Italian film, "Tragic Hunt," is in the best tradition of recent importations from that country in its simplicity of plot, its relaxed realism, and its superior acting. It is not, however, precisely what the Kenmore management would have you believe a New York critic called it--"The best Italian film to reach this country." It can not stand up to "Open City" or "To Live in Peace," for example, as consistently successful cinema art. Still, there are some very fine moments of melodrama in "Tragic Hunt," that rate it well with the earlier films and make its director...
...think that its main fault lies in the plot. Perhaps a more accurate statement would be that its main fault lies in the interpretation given its plot by this or, I believe, any non-Italian-speaking spectator. Some crucial situations in the film seemed incredible and several episodes were confusing to follow; when shown in its native country this would undoubtedly not be so. (There is a paradox in this--the half-a-dozen great Italian post-war films imported to America have had a larger audience here than in Italy. Since they have all dealt with the agonies...
...group agreed to donate the entire proceeds of its next Film Series performance if it is larger than $100. The production, "Ivan the Terrible," will be shown on Tuesday...
...deal was as timely as it was big; Selznick's studio and releasing organization were at a standstill. He was planning a European junket to get his fingers into a couple of British film productions. Insiders said that he was just waiting until his heavy investment came rolling back from his latest, long-delayed production, Portrait of Jennie. Meanwhile, though he lacks the kind of ready cash that he needs to make his kind of picture (Gone With the Wind, Duel in the Sun), he would have some pocket money...