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Show I I War to Halt Garbo's 1 'Prestige9 Play Studios Clamp Ban on Costly Films By PAUL HARRISON KT.K gervtoe Btaff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD Trying to determine deter-mine what kind and quality of pictures pic-tures will be en your entertainment entertain-ment menu as a result of the war is almost as baffling a Job as trying try-ing to follow the war Itself by listening lis-tening to the radio. About the only certainty Is that there'll be no more "prestige" pictures pic-tures on the extravagant order of "Marie Antoinette" or "Conquest" Incidentally, Greta Garbo's recent asslgnmsnt as "Madame Curie" has been shslved by Metro because she always has been a prestige star In this country and genuinely popu-lar popu-lar abroad. Several other costly plans have been set aslds on various lots, yet Cecil DeMille's "Northwest Mounted Police," now being east, is announced as his most expensive expen-sive production. And Warners have put a record budget, for them, of 12,100.000 on "The Sea Hawk." which will have Errol Flynn and a (400,000 Indoor ocean. Any militaristic picture from any period Is counted as a sure alt these days from "John Paul Jones" to the Philippine Insurrection, Insurrec-tion, and there'll be 'a lot of them: The Warner brothers, foremost Nazi-baiters before European hostilities hos-tilities began, now have done a right-about with the announcement announce-ment that they'll make no more pictures jvhich might embarrass ths United States government In its neutrality stand. At the same time, an Independent producer, Ben JudelL has begun a film of hate called "Hitler Beast of Berlin." Ber-lin." Universal Is reissuing "All Quiet In the Western Front" and Is restoring re-storing deleted scenes to its 1937 remake of "Ths Road Back." In this Utter picture there will be a prophetic representation of Adolf Hitler. Most of the studios figure that the revlous World war is a fair enough subject for blood-letting-unobjectionable from the standpoint stand-point of neutrality because It's history, yet modern enough in alignment and method to thrill the customers. Metro's "Thunder Afloat" and RKO's "Nurse Edith Cavell" prove the point Warners have Just begun a pretentious production pro-duction of "The Fighting 69th." So far there is no Indication of a relaxing of movie morality censorship, cen-sorship, but it Is anticipated. Most producers expect a new cycle of musicals this winter, but they're reluctant to take the first plunge, because tune, and gal shows cost a lot of money. "Broadway Melody" Mel-ody" Is the only revue type musical mu-sical now In preparation. Hollywood's Jittery uncertainty Is wholly financial, but the symptoms symp-toms and prescriptions are mostly contradictory. Grata Garbo . , . caught in an ultra modern pose. Incidentally, her recent assignment at Madam Curia has been shslved by studio. ' |