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Praise ' Duffy's Tavern'
By FRED QUINCY
SUBJECT: Paul Harvey, news commentator, week nights, sta
tion WENR, 10 P.M. Every inflection and impressive pause used
by this gentleman makes it clear what Paul Harvey thinks of Paul
,v- - - f Harvey, viz., that he is the mouth
i ’ of wisdom plus artistic delivery.
| TpS|!» 1 | What is the truth? I get the
Sp'vws,, y-iSEy-v impression he reads his stuff di
rect from releases of the National
S®® - Association of Manufacturers and
■f/-"/ HP tRH the American Bankers Associa
iF/wST H tion, overlaid with thick slices of
ham. This fellow obviously thinks
%T*vß he’s some punkins, and he manip
ulates his resonant voice and dra
matic P auses t 0 P ut over tlie
f- . jjl , J[J| It nauseated me to hear him
MAI drool schmaltz over the death of
■BgHjfe, ’ l Stiiwell because Harvey would
Pt?* : ■ never reveal the fact that Stil
t « '"‘•well broke with Chiang Kai-shek
Duffy’s diva is pretty Mary becauge the latter , ay down on
Meaae * he job of fighting the Japanese.
Harvey would smother that kind of a fact under a blanket of sonor
ous, vicious, hammy, ignorant conceit.
# * •
WE WILL NOW turn to something pleasant, namely Duffy’s
Tavern, which I think is one of the funniest shows on the air. Its
humor depends on character rather than tortured gags, the laughs
are a lot more genuine, the humor a lot more original. It’s true that
Archie’s manhandling of words is a kind of gag, but it’s a part of
his character, and it comes out without being thrown at you with
a series of phony buildups.
One of the nice things about it is the character of Eddie,
the Negro who works around the Tavern. Eddie is no Jim
Crow menial, set up to be laughed at. He’s presented as a
sharp guy, who dishes out the laughs with the best of them.
He’s treated like everybody else on the show.
The last broadcast I heard had Martha Raye as guest, and they
made the most of it. In fact, they got a little ribald on the subtle
side, which is almost shocking coming from the radio but very
funny.
* * *
TO SHOW that he’s on his toes, Archie says about one of the
characters “On top o’ that, I understand he’s got the cyanide con
cession at Nuremberg.” I don’t know who writes the show, but who
ever he (they) is (are), he’s (they’ve) got a real sense of humor. I
don’t want to sign off on this show without tossing valentines at
Finnegan and Miss Duffy too. Wednesdays, 8 P.M., over WMAQ.
I tried Dr. Christian, Wednesdays at 7:30 P.M. over WBBM.
The scripts for this show are selected yearly in public competi
tion, according to specifications. If the one of October 16th
was’a sample, the specifications are gruesome. It was called
“Out of the Fog”, but it never did.
A situation not worth bothering about made the subject for
a solution of no importance, with Dr. Christian unravelling the
deal a la radio-homely wisdom, which is the same as castor oil.
Obviously the program gets the scripts it looks for, which is usual
in radio.
• * *
I’VE HAD a dare thrown in my teeth by the Circulation Manager
of this paper, and of course anybody that will take a dare will write
soap opera. I'm told that the other columnists of the Star are drum
ming up beaucoup Star subs among their followers and devoted
readers and that if I don’t have enough d. r.’s of my own to beat
the other columnists on subs, then I’m a radio gag man. This I
can’t stand, so for heaven’s sake, send in those subs in behalf of
this column.
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Rad Hoim*ron, WCFL, p, m.
Symphonic Hou*. WIND. 8:15 p. m.
Music Law. WCFL 18:15 P- «.
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Music That Uw. WILL, 10:18 a. m.
Eternal Light, WMAQ. 11:38 a. m.
Philharmonic. WBBM. 2:88 p. ■».
N. B. C. Symphony, WMAQ. 4 p. m.
Your Right Ta Say H, WCN, « p. m.
Exploring The Unknown, WCN, I p. m.
Wax Museum. WENR, 18:tS p. m.
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Stwht TorM Election Toth, WMAQ, I:IS
and H:M p. m.
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Boaten Symphony, WENR, Turn., 8:18 p.m.
Bob Hope, WMAQ, 8 p. m.
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Duffy’. Town. WMAQ. !«.«.
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Henry Morgan, WENR, 8:18 p. m.
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Burn. A Alien, WMAQ, 7:18 p. n.
FRIDAY
Stud. Ter Ice I Election Talk, WMAQ
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Burl lv«, WCN, 7 p. m.
Durante A Moore, WBBM, 1:38 p. m.
Mystery Theater, WMAQ, 8 p. m.
Meet The Press, WCN, (Jt p. m.
Columbia Workshop, WBBM, M:IS p. m.
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Heilman's 'The Searching Wind'
socks appeasement of fascism
By MARJORIE MILTON
IT IS a happy occasion when
the reviewer is confronted with
a movie that can be described in
superlatives. Lillian Heilman’s
“The Searching Wind,” now be
ing shown at the United Artists
Theater, is such a movie.
Recounting the tragic story of
aggression and appeasement
from the rise of Italian fascism
in 1922 to -the conclusion of World
War 11, this film is a blasting
indictment of confused liberalism.
Robert Young is splendid as
the high-minded, fuzzy-thinking
young American diplomat who
becomes his nation’s most trust
ed ambassador and “observer.”
Throughout the years, he wit
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RECOMMENDED—LOOP
The Searching Wind
Notorious
- Henry V
Anna & the King of Siam
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Blockade (revival)
The Last Chance (revival)
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nesses the growth of fascism,
from Mussolini’s march on Rome
(made possible by the support of
Italy’s "best people”) to the bit
ter betrayal of Munich.
• • *
FACED with the incontroverti
ble object lessons of Italy, Spain
and Munich, Mr. Young continues
the self-deception that each act
of appeasement will be the last
and that "things cannot be as
bad as all that.”
This is a brilliant portrait of
the “impartial observer” whose
"objective reports” always see
the merit of both sides of any
issue. It is a forceful illustration
I that such passivity can be an ac
tive force against progress and
that to be “impartial” is actually
to take sides with reaction.
The diplomat attempts to jus
tify his actions by the rationaliza
tion that they will save his son
from fighting a war. As the
wealthy girl who marries him,
.Ann Richards turns in an excel
lent portrayal of a woman whose
friends are made among the
Cliveden set and the “first fam
ilies” of Europe.
* * *
SYLVIA SIDNEY is very fine
in her role of a courageous, clear
thinking newspaper woman, be
loved by the diplomat, but
estranged from him by the sharp
differences in their evaluation of
events and forces.
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Sylvia Sidney and Robert Young In a scene from “The Search
ing Wind.”
Some of the movie’s most In
cisive moments come in the
scenes in which screen newcomer
Douglas Dick, as the wounded
soldier son .assesses the failures
of his parents and their genera
tion, and warns them of “the
tough time ahead.” As the news
paper publisher who understands
the issues but gives up the fight,
Dudley Digges gives his usual
splendid performance.
This movie has been writen,
produced and acted with honesty,
clarity and power. This reviewer
wishes that it might be left at
that. But too many questions are
raised by its presentation at this
time.
• * 4>
MISS HELLMAN, one of the
ablest and clearest dramatists of
our time, has written a powerful
indictment of appeasement of the
fascist forces. But moviegoers,
incited by current propaganda,
may see in this movie a false
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analogy between the appease
ment of Hitler and the present
cries of demagogues that we are
"appeasing” Russia.
This question leads directly to
another. Is there one historical
moment in which a great play
may serve a great purpose and
another moment in which it may
be put to an opposite use? One
cannot ask of Miss Heilman that
she should have foreseen the
trend of events since the war’s
end. At that time, the message
of “The Searching Wind” would,
I think, have been quite clear.
Now, I believe, it can be distort
ed to serve the ends of reaction
ary forces and put to a purpose
which Miss Heilman herself could
only find deeply distressing.
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