Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-22 | Page 15 | 'All Quiet on Western Front' Goes to Film without [Illegible]

1 UT T All Quiet on Western Front Goes to Films Without c. c Human Appeal Truth and Color of Fa War Val Book to Be Translated to Scree I. I 9 HOLLYWOOD IOL Y Cal Aug 31 a NEA NEA NEA-Al AL last motion pJ tu audIen es are are to be handed a a true version ot of th World war war war-a. a human huma n narrative of ot tho man inan In the trench This is the the conclusion l n drawn from the ement mado made by Carl Jr that Universal nl will soon start production on All AJl Quiet On th W Western Front a a. human story storO from the soldiers soldier's side of the thew w war vir written by y Erich M Maria Marla rl Re ABe marque a young German who wallowed wal vat vat- lowed in In- Inthe tho the mire on the western front while scarcely more than a n schoolboy s such ch a story Universal has hasa a chance a to give ghe tho the public tho best pl of tim the war war yet et brought to the s 8 screen r reen It has possibilities Or of ot surpassing o oven en The Tho Big BH Par Parade tJ the tho o forerunner of 0 p film war var stories and and- What Price Gl Glory Ij Both of t those os pictures were worth anybody's time and money to see see bUt but the they emphasized drama rather rathe than thereal the I r real al story of the great struggle In n addition All AU Quiet On the Western Front will be made mado with with- dJ dialog lol Jo loland and sound f v vWe We Ve are well aware of or the difficulty i culty confronting us in transferring story to tim tio screen declares young Laemmle who vho will I supervise its ita production It Jt lacka lacks lack a plot and in fact tact l lacks almost everything that has nas been considered essential in a n motion picture But it Jt has In great quantities that which ev c every ry lY picture needs needs human appeal truth and color I 1 am determined that the story shall shan not be e b butchered by picture ue technicians rebuilt and reconstructed recon recOn- until nUJ It loses all an of oC ItS Us original nal m merit I t plan to mako moko the tho picture pic plc picture ture what the book is is th the greatest human narrative e of the World war var Yet it must be bo a complete picture e noU not merely a a. series eres of pol f 3 One thing I in favor avor of ot tin th success is Js that Maxwell A Ais is now engaged In Jn adapting tho the screen creen Anderson wh Laurence Stallings was c coat coal au What Price c Glory ranks ranks' of ot the most Important of ot A Ar playwrights J t i Anderson It seems fully what a a. terrific Job AM MI of ot the tho human appe appeal J no now tory story must remain and It r ro roin 1 in any way be lessened by th th stor story which wi will be woven n the incidents set forth by th the The book itself is Js simply a a tive Uve but it tells a a. far more moro p story than any anY anY- Imagination create Proof of ot this Is is' t lh book h has s proved a tren end in all nations which were In the war It has been the book might have been a 0 soldier f of C r any nr na nation on It will Ill be Interesting Interesting to co 10 closely Universal carries carries' present plans for tor this they make It it a h L human sto stoman stor stoman man in the trenches trenches trenches-or or come subordinate to th the thep pI p love lovo theme theine All Au Quiet t Western stern Fr If made r jig stand fo for years as the grea great war tUni films s. s It If It it Isn't t. t will It-will another r picture cause One On ne thing that will so son and Universal officials t tto to to- U their pres present nt plans Is la th have hav nothing to gain b by from them As dramatic As I Wh The Tho Big Biff Parade Parado and Glory gave full measure I more could be ask asked d or Sias Si- Si give condit of ot as as' a no they th y actually existed at attha the uncolored by an any scenario imagination it HI help in Uon tion picture hl history torY