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Show Italian Tieup Brings Worry To Hal Raoch By HHFII.AH ORAHAM 'Copyright. IK.17. for The Telegram) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 1 Hal Roach, famed manufacturer of comedy com-edy two-reelera (with an antique Jewelry business on tha aide), la wondering whether he haa bitten off a larger picture deal than ha can chew with hia new film tleup with Benito Muuoiini. Not from anything any-thing he told your correspondent It waa the way he aaid It. "One fartion of Hollywood erltl-cLaea erltl-cLaea me for the formation of R. A M (Roach Muaaollnli." he told meafter hia return here with II dure'a youngest aon. Viltono his houaa guru end pupil "They blame Demontsration i Am ANurxris, Oct i i.tv The American visit of Vlttorle Muaaolini, aon of II dure, waa threatened with difficulties today. Clarence Mine, noted net re alnger, dlarloeed that a movement waa under way among I.oe An-grlea An-grlea negroee to etage a demon-etratlon demon-etratlon at the Hal Roach atudloa In fulvey tty agalnat the presence, pres-ence, of young Muaaolini, wha came here te study film production. produc-tion. The demonstration, plana for which are to be formulated at a meeting Monday night, would he In sympathy with Halle Hrlaaale, Italian-conquered emperor of Ethiopia. me for an affiliation with the man they consider responsible for Europe's Eu-rope's threatened war condition They blame me for making pictures with Italian government money. They are wrong on both count. "II dure is a pacifist. Why, two of his sons -the apple of hla eyes-are eyes-are aviators. A war might send them to their deaths, and he's hardly likely to do that " (Mr. Roach omitted omit-ted mention of Ethiopia. "Besides, he has a reconstruction program that will last 12 yeara. He wouldn't want to Interrupt that for a war, would he? "The six-mllllon-dollar capital for R A M rime from Italian bankers -and not the government. I havel some of my own money in It. but I Mussolini haa not contributed a! cent. The dictator's entry Into picture-making picture-making was i as pi red, according to Roach, by his dissatisfaction with the Italian product. "He told me," said Hal. "that Italy had always been first In art and music. Our partnership makes it possible to supply the Italian people with pictures up to the Hollywood standard. It burns him up that Italy lags behind America In this new medium. Film are Mussolini's only relaxation. He works until 12 every night and then aees a picture to quiet his nerves for sleep. "R. A. M. plana to produce 13 picture pic-ture In the next three years, out of which four only will be for world distribution. The other eight -for Italians only; tha first will be the opera 'Rtgoletto'are small productions produc-tions budgeted at $40,000 apiece. "We will use Italian atari exclusively. exclu-sively. Roach continued, "but I hope to persuade several Hollywoad technicians and cameramen to join the new company. I shall divide my own time between my studio in Hollywood and Rome. I go there again In October for four weeka. H ! Round-faced Vittorio Mussolini la' the nominal president of R. A. M. i "until he gets the hang of the bust-! nesa; then he'll be given mora real power. |