HONOR

. . . Mr.
: November
Tafima Review a la Fourth Grade
OMAHA—When John Koffend, World-
Herald film critic, went to the Brandeis
Theatre to review "The Miracle of Our
Lady of Fatima" he found every seat, and
then some, already occupied by children.
Many parochial schools had been dismissed,
Koffend wrote in his review, so
that classes could see a moving story of
simple and majestic faith in a little Portuguese
village.
"Under the circumstances it seemed wisest
to let a pair of lucky seat-holders review the
fUm."
So Koffend collared two fourth-graders
from St. Cecilia's school—Richard Brown and
Dennis Wilwerding, both 9. Following is the
review
Dennis: Well, in the beginning
Dick: I'll tell that part. They were all
tending sheep, she and her two cousins, and
lightning struck. Then they all went up to
this bush and there they saw this lady. It
was the Lady of Fatima.
DES MOINES
TXyilUam C. McGraw stopped over on his way
home from a Chicago meeting. In addition
to visiting friends, in particular A. H.
Blank and Nate Sandler, McGraw was guest
at a special Variety Club luncheon held at
the Standard club . . Oliver Patrick, the new
.
salesman for U-I, comes from Jefferson,
Iowa. A few years ago he was associated with
RKO in Sioux Falls, S. D. . . . Leon Mendelson
returned to his desk at Warners after
attending a meeting in Kansas City.
Allied Artists boasts a new telefax machine
—the second on the Row. Western Union
telegrams may now come directly to the exchange
and be sent out in the same manner
Dennis: Fatima is this town. I think in
Europe.
Dick: There was a lot of other stuff and
then the miracle. The miracle was the sun
was out. then it started to rain and the
sun went back. Then it came out again and
came very close to the world and turned
all kinds of colors
Dennis: Yes and this boy was crippled.
She said it would take a year to cure him
but when the sun came down he thi-ew his
crutches away.
Dick : The miracle was the best part. It
sort of scared me. I cheered when the miracle
happened.
Dennis: No, the most thrilling part was
when the girl—I think Lucile (Lucia) was
her name—was put in jail. Nobody believed
she saw the Lady. Then all those people
came and said the rosary, even the prisoners.
You very doubtly ever see something like that.
Dick: It was the best picture I ever saw.
Dennis: It was a very religious picture.
and Mrs. Myi'on Blank entertained at
a cacktail party preceeding the Junior league
charity ball last Saturday night . . . Lou Levy
promises that this year's prizes at the Variety
Club party December 8 at the Jewish Community
Center will be better and more numerous
than ever before. Don't fail to be
present and help to contribute to a better
Christmas for some needy child!
Several Filmrowers have taken advantage of
the fine weather and spent weekends and days
off hunting. Eli Garbett, Iowa United, had no
trouble at all in getting the limit . . . The
Paramount Christmas party will be held December
17. Employes will go out for dinner
and then return to the office for a party and
gift exchange.
Virginia Murphy, Columbia stenographer.
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Legion Slap at Chaplin
Termed Smug Bigotry
From Central Edition
CHICAGO—The American Legion's attempt
to punish Charlie Chaplin before he
has been found guilty of breaking any laws
rates as smug bigotry in the opinion of
Sydney J. Harris, columnist in the Chicago
Daily News.
"What has happened to the old Anglo-
Saxon idea that a man is considered innocent
until he has been proven guilty?" Harris
asks. "Exactly the opposite viewpoint seems
to prevail in many quarters today.
"I am thinking of the case of Charlie
Chaplin. A few weeks ago, the American
Legion asked United Artists to withhold release
of Chaplin's new picture. 'Limelight,'
until the Department of Justice had completed
its investigation of the comedian.
Why should a man be penalized before he
has been found guilty of anythmg? Withholding
the picture would be a severe financial
blow—but, more than that, it would
be as un-American an act as any Chaplin
could be accused of.
"Public antagonism toward him, so far
as I can- judge, is based on three things:
he has supported left-wing movements, he
has had difficulty in regulating his sex life,
and he has never become a citizen. Now,
unless he has clearly broken any laws, for
which he may be rightfully punished, all
of this is his own business. Neither the American
Legion, nor anybody else, can make
more than a private condemnation of his
attitudes and activities.
"Opinion in England has been amazed and :
outraged over the Chaplin incident. At the
recent premiere of his film, the personal
ovation was greater than the one given to
Princess Margaret. The London correspondent
of the Daily News wrote: 'To Britons
[
of every political view, ranging from left ,
other example of the witch-hunt in the
United States."
"It has never been illegal to have leftwing
sympathies, repugnant though some
may find them: it has never been obligatory
to become an American citizen, so long
as you pay taxes here: and Chaplin's marital
entanglements are depressingly common
in the theatrical environment.
,
"We may not like him, a,s a man; but there I
is no need for us to like him. Tlic smug
bigotry of self-appointed guardians of
'Americiuiism' is a greater threat to the sense
of justice our republic was founded on than
a thousand Chaplins."
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