Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-08-11 | Page 11 | Whiteman Seeks Good Story for His Coming Film

4 S ks- ks eman V Story f for r Jazz z King W Wants ts to t Portray Portray Por Por- tray Happenings in Lives of M Cat Cal NEA-An NEA entirely new world flew world will be revealed to movie moyle fans ot of this country and others when Universal completes Paul InuI new film as as yet untitled Musicians particularly Jy those who play in orchestras live In a world all their own declares Whit Whiteman man one one of Americans out out standing 1 don dont don't exactly Iio to explain It t buwe bu but we s to live apart from the tea rest of the world We even speak eak a it language all our own own The aver gC person listening to to-a to a couple of musicians mu mu- talking would riot not under under- understand understand stand more more- than half they say That Thatis is the thing I want to on Many people have hav told mo me that it It would bo be Impossible to make a successful film with an orchestra a as the enter center of the plot The only reason they say that I Is because they know anything about our pur world way ay we live f Therefore any number of human Interest interest Incidents tragedies laughs laugh ind even every day life pf an orchestra What other ele dc me merit t la is necessary for fora foz a picture Why even a child could coul weave them into a. a good story Ant And all them of them are things that the pub lie lic knows nothing about They se see a ar and haven haven't the tho slightest idea ho how we the our time I dont don't pretend to know anythIng production of motion pictures pic plc- tures But But- ButT 1 T do do- know the tho show b business iness know what people want And I see seea a script for a pie pic turo I knOw I-knOw know whether It make a good or bad 1 I want rant our film to be a good one Sp So far Universal has lias found con con- difficulty in In getting th the right story for and his hi orchestra chestra They had one script scrip shoot when the tho musicIans musician arrived In Hollywood several weeks week ao but It didn't satisfy and Carl Jr youthful youthful- boss bos of uthe huge studio readily agreed fact In Junior as he is ii called calle around the movie village never dl did JlKo likO the story but bit he ho didn't knOw exactly how to change it That was a e.- e. jOb for the scenario writers an and Junior a a scenario writer H He 18 Is an t executive Het Hp knows what wha he when wants wants when he ho sees sees' It It although although h he tell others how t to desired result However a new story is now flOW completion a story which Whiteman himself has h helped t to prepare good th the orchestra leader told me It Th really d the an spots fog some classy dassy music