Jewish Year in Hollywood Brings New Films of Community Interest
By HERBERT G. LUFT
based on the life of F.D.R., also I star was chosen for the taxing Michel Ray, is directing, with
dramatized by him for the ' part. Irving Rapper, who held Ray Danton portraying the part
HOLLYWOOD — Among the Broadway stage.
the reins on "The Brave One," of Noel Airman, the renegade
motion pictures completed dur-
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the award-winning movie with from Judaism.
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ing the past year, none will
Another Jewish boy made
rank higher in our interest than movie headlines during the
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"I Accuse," produced by Holly- past year. He is Kirk Doug-
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wood's Sam Zimbalist in MGM's las, who 10 years ago zoomed
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doubling as director and star.
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Nicholas Halasz' novel "Captain dering refugee seeking a
Dreyfus" once more brings to homeland in "The Juggler,"
the screen the most publicized a warrior returning from the
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court case in modern history
battle of Troy in "Ulysses," a
the New Year
which ended in the conquest of man of painful memories in
truth over injustice.
"Act of Love," the crazed
There have been several film Vincent Van Gogh in "Lust
versions of the Dreyfus case for Life."
before. In pre-Hitler Germany,
Two years ago, Douglas form-
• Fritz Kortner portrayed the ed, in addition, his own produc-
Jewish captain;
tion company, "Bryna," naming
in another movie
it after his mother. He has
made in England
since made several medium-
Sir Cedric Hard-
budget films of no consequence,
Our llth. Year 1946 — 1957
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turning his attention to more
In the current version, discerning projects.
During the past eight months
neither Ferrer nor Viveca Lind-
fors, who is Lucie Dreyfus, his of 1957, Douglas completed two
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wife, are actually Jewish. starring roles in multi-million
Emlyn Williams, a playwright dollar features produced by his
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of note and author of "Night own company.
Early in spring, he went to
Must Fall" and "The Corn is
Green," portrays another author Munich, Germany,_ to shoot
"Paths of Glory," from the
—Emile Zola.
Only Anton Walbrook, him- Humphrey Cobb novel of 1935
self an escapee from Nazi op- which was made into a Broad-
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role of the viciously anti- conscience of man.
Douglas portrays a French
Semitic Count Esterhazy.
This weekend,
During the past year an era colonel in World War I, a non-
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drive carefully in
came
to an end at Metro- conformist who takes his place
a car that has
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the army morale that these
a free examination of lights, for almost 40 years with Loew's, soldiers
die, innocent or guilty.
tires, battery and other "hot Inc., the firm that controls
MGM, resigned from his post This is precisely the same
spots."
Remember — any of these as president, and shortly after- philosophy advanced by the
wards, Dore Schary, vice pres- French General Staff in the
things is easily replaced. A life
ident in charge of production, Dreyfus case many years before.
is not.
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dismissed by the 'hew
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The last year saw the release
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Year to the
Schary has set up his own of Cecil B. DeMille's broad epic
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independent production firm — "The Ten Commandments,"
but outside the Metro orbit. He which broke all records in re-
plans to make a motion picture search, technical skill, artistic
talent and money spent to make
it a tribute to the People of
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The picture will be shot in
Europe and the Holy land
with Hollywood producers
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Hornblow, Jr., sharing
credits. Gina Lollobrigida
doubles as Queen of Sheba
and co-producer of the epic
yarn, with King Vidor direct-
ing.
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Currently in productiOn is
another movie of interest to
Jewish audiences, "Marjorie
Morningstar," based on the
Herman Wouk novel. The pic-
ture was planned for almost
two years, but time and again
producer Milton Sperling had
to postpone the starting date
for lack of a leading lady.
Finally, Natalie Wood, a non-
Jewish gal and former child
To insure secrecy in the pro-
duction of "The Beast of Buda-
pest," Archie Mayo for the first
time in his 41 years as a pro-
ducer and director has ordered
his sets closed.
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"A merry heart is a good
medicine."--Prov. 17:22