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From a pasty, undistinguished Sinclair Lewis novel, Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer has taken a title, a handful of characters, and a setting. Right about there the Hollywood adaptation of "Cass Timberlane" leaves Mr. Lewis and trundles its own merry way down the ancient trail where boy meets girl meets problem meets inevitable happy ending...
With the completion of the Lamont Library next year, commuters may find their day-time study hours more pleasant, but they will still be enmeshed in the red-tape of late release hours for books they need. A special card for far-travelling Metro-riders would only reverse the problem, the Dudleyites disappearing with scarce texts early in the day. But a library in the Center itself, especially adapted to the needs of the members, would cure many a local round shoulder. And you can get awfully sick of reading catalogues...
Seldom has Hollywood been so frightened about its future. In a panicky wave of economy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had cut its payroll 40%-wiping out one entire echelon of executives. Columbia Pictures had fired 25% of its employees, and RKO's Gower Street studio had been dark for ten days. This week the entire industry was shooting only 25 pictures. Even though the first of the year is always a low point, this was not quite half as many pictures as were under way at the same time last year...
...atmosphere of fear was heaviest around the box office. Most of the cinemoguls were scared stiff by what they thought was the average moviegoer's indignation over Communism in Hollywood, as spotlighted by Parnell Thomas' committee. In Hollywood there was fear of further movie retrenchments; last week Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer slashed its payroll by 40% and other studios were firing hundreds of carpenters, electricians and eyebrow-pencilers...
...Metro's object, as stated in cards handed out to London moviegoers, was to present the love story of Schumann's life within the framework of his music and that of his contemporaries. The love story is a mess; the framework, a huge success...