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...mused Marmaduke, "the epic peice would be wittled down to a few lines which dident even scan, and would be handed back to the noble poet with the embargo: 'Not for publication before 00.30 hours B.S.T. . . .' And the noble poet would probely give up poetry altogether and get a job writing hand-outs for the Ministry...
...American Romance (MGM) is a $3,000,000,151-minute, Technicolor "epic" of the U.S'. steel industry. Producer-Director King Vidor, one of Hollywood's abler craftsmen (The Big Parade, H.M. Pulham, Esq.) and most earnest innovators (Hallelujah, Our Daily Bread), took fire 18 years ago with the idea of filming a U.S. history in terms of steel. He eventually ignited Louis B. Mayer, too. But the resulting conflagration is a one-alarm blaze, at best...
However Tired. The Red Devils' commander was a character for an epic: tall, thickset, a cheery Scot, at 42 one of the British Army's youngest generals. General "Roy" Urquhart had been in hard spots before, as two awards of the Distinguished Service Order showed. His citation in Sicily had read: "Coolness under fire . . . clear brain however tired...
...Lamar Trotti's scenario are above average, but both dangerously approach the common flag-waving touch. It is the essentially accurate re-creation of history with successful balance of insight and showmanship that makes "Wilson" first-rate. It rests on its merits of candor and taste as a stirring epic of the United States...
Hollywood moved to protect its celluloid epics from the competition of epic news from Europe. Reported Variety last week: producers now add a clause to all contracts, permitting them to cancel the premiere of any super-picture, if peace breaks out in Europe as the picture is about to have a razzle-dazzle opening...