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SUNDAY, JULY 2, 1933 BOOK ana SCREEN NEWS ~>OOSSIP EG About | New 800k5..... The first of ‘the Autumn cata logues arrived _last weex, It's Henry Holt’s fall list, and is a lit tle bit larger than that publisher’s previous ones, although it is still rather small, and decidedly selec tive. Featuring 'the fiction rec- tion (amd the] ‘whole list, for that matter) is the fourth volume of Romain Rolland’s "The Soul En chanted.” Quite a few Athenians are familiar with the‘ first three volumes of this work :‘ “Annette and Syl vie,” “Summer,"\ and “Mother and Son,” and they will be interested in this new book which the pub lishers say pre- - g Y ; xv'-* ~ - - Jack Flatau sents a 4 new development of An nette Riviere's fortunes and those of her son Mark. *“As their story is told, there rises with increas ing vividness a clear vision of that disillusioned epoch—with jts youth violent, bitter, disabused of lying jdealism—with its financial adven turers, successful, gorged, but still greedy. In the midst of the out break of vice and suffering, the story of Annette and, Mark as sumes a peculiar beauty of poig nancy,” they say. Other volumes in the fiction sec tion of the catalogue include Ed win Granberry’s “High Water,” which has reen announced for quite a while but hasn’t come out vet; then there are a distinguished bunch of reprints a $3.50 edition of “Jean-Christophe:” by Romain Rolland—which is really a reduc tion in price of the $5.00 one-vol ume edition; “Democracy” by Henry Adams; “Joseph Vance” by William De Morgan,” and “Colas Breugnon, Burgundian” by Romain Rolland, all three bound uniform lyv and sold for $1 Non-fiction titles include a new book by Karel Capek, “Dashenka’”, the story of a dog; “The Pre-Raphaelite Comedy"” by Francis Bickley; “Morals and Religion” by Henri Bergson; ‘“Re miniscences of D. H. Lawrence” by John Middleton Murray; the Har old Thorne “Contract Bridge Om nibus”, and@ ' *“Jonathan Swift and His Mimes' by Stephen Gwynn, K. T. Knoblock, author of “Take Up The Bodies,” which Harper's recently published, has returned to New Orleans with Mrs. Knoblock after two years in Europe, to set tle down in the Vieux Carre in what was the blacksmith shop of the house known as “Madame John's Legaey'” said to be the sec ond oldest house in New Orleans. Knoblock ig a former newspaper man, and has worked in St. Louis. Memphis, St. Paul, Houston, Chi cago and. New Orleans. Roark Bradford is one of his Neéw Orleans intimates, His previous books are “There’s Been Murder Done” and “Murder in the Mind” both of which have been translated into French, He says: “My idea of thrillers is that too many of them ‘emphasize the mystery side at the expinse of character, probabilities notivation, writing and everything else; long experience as a police reporter has taugh* me that crime is not a tea party.” i Here's some more of those Ella Winter notes: “Well, anyway, I'd been imbibing the problems of American political life as seen through a muck-raker's eye—mak ing all the theoretical problems 1 had heen taught in political science very real--and' after two years of that felt well-prepared when 1 came to America. But I was as tonished at the richness and vari-j ety and experimentalism I found here. We wen¢ to California, had a month in Hollywood where we learned that they want to make the movies they want to make. William de Mille and hosts of other directors were making box officc stuff” because the movie czars thought that was what the public wanted, but secretly they vearned to make others. And then there were ranch parties at Fre mont Older's house, and the prune blossoms of the Santa Clara Val ley, and Carmel, the mosy beautiful £pot of any I have seen on earth. Jeffers, the Carmel poet, exagger ates none of itg beauty.” Then there’s a short paragraph t-lling how.she decided to go to Russia on Sherwood Eddy's party. Then, she says: “About the book. I had heard a lot about Russia from many visitors-—Bullitt and Steffens and the Bertrand Russells and H. G. Wells and later in this country 11_“»:11 Albgft RBys Williams, M. La- Follette, Lwifi Bryant, Max East- Man and his Russian wife, Eliena Krylenko, and Dr. Ralph Reynolds N San Francisco. So I though 1 had some sort of a picture before 1 Went there, But the first ten min utes, standing on the balcony of the Hotel Metropole in Mosccow and looking ‘out on the city and ‘he people hurrying down the Streets and crowding the trams— i‘;“'. Peasants and working people fllling the sidewalks in the chief “Quare of the capital—l knew here Was an experience no book, no vis -10 no account had been able to but over for me. The year after My first trip to Russia I was dis (ussing with Louls Fischer the P(;ll;&p:::hhg"” wfli‘n: about has written @ book on Love in WATERFRONT STORY COMES HERE R S iR R R SRRI B SR SRR 800 s SRE R SRR b BRI R B OO B < e iB < B SN Bs e bt i - 3N e R T S R SRR R T T RRt S }. 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Three is a newsrecl and a comedy extra. i Beautiful Ka7 Francis s the star on Wednesday’s pro i gram and George Brent is with her this time. “The Keyhole” is the title of the picture and it abound in <omedy and ro ! mance, l There's “Big doin’s” slated for "I‘hursday and Friday and Satur day, too . One of the most preten tious stage units to grace the palace stage will be presented on there three days when Jake Burke offers his “Lovely. Girl” revue em bracinging twenty (count ’em) ! talented performances. A splendid commedienne in Jolly “Bebe’” Jol ly, one of the finest young xylo phonists in “Turk” Mcßee, the Dlue Streak Orchestra (and they play like a blue Streak too) and a lovely ensemble of girls . . it's a swell show , . .. , and thats not all for you’ll also see Den Lyon, Claudette Colbert and Ernest Tor rence in one of the most dramatic picturizations of the year in *1 Cover the Waterfront.”. This pic ture has caused a furore wherever it has played. The two attractions combines at no advance in prices make this one of the biggest bar- Sinclair Presents Fox; Grain Race “UPTON SINCLAIR PRESENTS WILLIAM FOX" — Published by Upton Sinclair, Los Angeles. 377 pages. $3.00. Reviewed by B. C. Lumpkin, The story of William Fox makes one think of a man who is oppos ing the progress of a steam roller. Foot by foot he is slowly but steadily pushed back until he is finally crushed against. the wall. But in this case, The Fox, as Sin clair dubs him, was quick enough right at the last to jump out from in front of the roller just as it was about to crush him against the wall—and by so doing saved some $15,000,000 in cash. Before he attracted the attention of the men running the roller he had quite a few more millions. The Fox businesses were built from the proverbial shoe-string into a gigantic enterprise before Big Business (Wall Street) realiz ed that it was a gold mine. Im mediately thereupon began the ef forts of Big Business to take con trol of the Fox businesses. The Fox fought and fought—and won temporary victories. Then would come a reverse and he had lost the ground temporarily gained and a chunk of new ground as well. Foot by foot, back he went. William Fox must have a bril liant brain to single-handedly stave off defeat as long as he did, yet at times in the book he seems to be decidedly chumpish. When he knew that Big Business was hard at his heels he had little enough sense to enter into a verbal agree ment, without witnesses, with a Big Business man, in a deal in volving millions. And he seemed surprised when the Big Business man declared he had never heard of the deal at all. When Henry Ford's Dearborn independent was carrying on its campagin against Jewry, Fox sent word to Ford that he would in struct his Fox Newsreel camera men to snap pictures of every Ford automobile in a wreck they saw. He explained that after a o A Soviet Russia’ That was the be ginning. I went to Russia again to be with the people and see how they lived. I tried to write it down as I saw it” “Red Virtue” (Har IR S R S IR ARSI e 2 4 A o L, SR S T U A B, g e R R w ba ; % L g g T2y 5 o G ) i B ; k. 2 B BB e YR ia P e B SN 4 Ty ‘?figfl:‘-:‘?%;1:-':::2.:;:5:5:521"- R R pu Wi PR e i b P R sty R s e S o R B e i}, R G SRR R fe: R R T R R B R S SR s R L P B o Sy BB R B A REE pa R s 7 B e R . R S R ARy S, SR B R 4@:-,‘:;‘-:3125. R B B o e S RR R e PO - i b e D e s L S :3'll'-' B BB s g s Bes men SR B s B L R e R R s B R E B S 5 BB o SRR s R e : QR Sty R S .':2:3'3:5:;:-:5:-.-::::$:1:1.~ A RB s s b 3 ;:5:5;:;:3:{:5:}:5:5:{5:2:5:?5:4 R R b e R e S . B R R . ‘W'fii:fi?:fl:“: B ‘/‘:C..%f' gains available today. And, oh yes, Mickey Mouse is scheduled, too! On Saturday the “Lovely Girl” revue is still with us, but with a complete change of en tertainment. Argumenting the “in the flesh” talent is the mgest unusual picture of the year, ‘“Zoo ‘ln Budapest,” with Gene Raymond and (Loretta Young. You've doubtless seen . many strange settings used ~ for various pictures, but this one strikes a novel note indeed. You’ll lind love in the strangest " of settings, in a place where anything can happpen-and us ually does. Two comedies, also, Raldolph Scott plays at the Strand Monday and Tuesday in “Sunset Pass”. Wednesday Pat O’Brien is in “Laughter in Hell”; Thursday and Friday Elissa Landi is to be seen in “Warrior- Hus band,” a comedy and Saturday Rex Bell, Ciara’s hubby, will be back in “Crashing Broadway”, Betty Boop will also be along Sat urday. few weeks of seeing numerous Ford accidents, the public would unconsciously become fixed in the idea that Fords were dangerous and would quit buying them. Ford saw the danger of Fox’s threat and called off the campaign. Later, however, when Fox need ed money sorely to carry on his fight against: Wall street, he ap proached Ford (as a fellow suffer er at the hands of Wall street) for a loan. But Ford had not forgof ten that here was the man who headed Fox Newsreel and the loan was not even discussed. Wall street foMowed the sam2 plan with Fox as it dows with many other businesses. It loaned Fox many millions to expand and promised many millions more. It loaned these additional millions for further expansion and then ti® first loans fell due. Fox was in formed they must be met at once. He did not have the money and suddenly he feund that all banks were closed to him. Banks which had never hesitated to lend him money, turned him down now flatiy: The word had been passed out from The Street that the kill ing was near and that the banks must keep their fingers out of the pot. It seems that when a Big Business group spots a likely look ing victim, he becomes their's, so far as other Big Business firms helping the victim. The victim might just as well be tagged *“Froperty of Slo-and-Co. ' Hands o 2 The book is an interesting one and will make you admire William Fox for his brain and fighting spirit. There are places where you may feel a lump in vour throat as vou wateh the futile fight of the little Fox. And there are times when you wanrt to yell to Fox: “Look out behind you!” And there are times when you wish you could kick him in the pants. Besides, it's a terrible struggle to work up a lot of tears for a fel low who escaped with only $15,- 000,000 cash. “GRAIN RICE” by Alan Villiers; New York: Charles Scribner's vwa&»f*;‘fi%’f "*t;g« e THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA Sterchi’s Manager Goes to Markets For Fall Buying C. H. Harms, local manager of Sterchi's Athens store, left by automobile yesterday for Chicago, here he will buy a complete new stock of merchandise from vthe World's Fair displays of the Chi cago furniture market. Before leaving, Mr. Harms told a Banner-Herald reporter that unprecedented good business, stim tlated hy an aggressive and well planned advertizing campaign during the past month, convineced him thai a larger and more varied stock was nceessary for seérving Athens and her trade territory. Additional salesmen have re cently jioned Sterchi's staff as warranted by their increase in business. Mr. Harms predicts a continued increase, and has deter mined to be amply prepared for it with the most. complete stock of home furnishings in this part of the state. . 'Athens Youths Will - Attend Presbyterian { o * Meeting at Toccoa | Fifteen members of the Young | Peoples’ conierence of the Cen | tral Presbyterian church will leave Athens Monday morning for Toccoa. as delegates from the | church to attend the Young Peo ples’ conference to be held at Dr. R. A. Forrest’s school in Teeccoa, July 3 through 7. Miss Edith Hodgson, Bible teacher at the | church will make the trip with them. They will make the trip in cars this year. ¢ Among the delegates are KEdna Burns, Graham Daniel Margaret Furqueron, Dorothy Fields, Ruby Guest, Harriet Hodgson, Raymond Mitehell, Martha Payne, Elizabeth Rast, J. D. Storey, John Wier, Jimmy Williams, and Jane Weath erly. E In nearly every successful cam paign against the Indians, the whites had friendly Indians as guides and scouts, or the redmeén were too clever for them other wise. Non-shatterable .glass in wind shields and windows of all passen ger cars sold in New York will be compulsory after Jan. 1, 1935, one finds a book which combines the touch of authenticity with the touch of literature—with the touch of nature, “Grain Race” is just such a book. Mr. Villiers has sailed in four- masters, he is fainiliar with sailing vessels, and he knows the sca. His books (there are three others: ‘“Whaling in the Frozen South,” lv“Falmouth for Orders,” and “By Way of Cape Horn”) are the stories of actual occurences, and !into them he has woven the ro mance and freshness of the sea. Simple and unaffected, he writes .of things he knows and has lived— the result is a startlingly fresh and exciting narrative. The Parma is a sailing vessel with which Villiers and Captain de Cloux set out to deliver grain from Australia to England. There were twenty ships delivering grain, and cach ship was trying to make the passage in the shortest time. That's where the title comes from: “Grain Race,” and although the race was n't a race in the ordinary sense of |the word—with a starting pistol |and that sort of thing—it had all \the thrills of one. With Mr. Vil ]liers’s simple and strong style, the |reader finds himself carried away with the book. If you're read Conrad and have n't had a little tingling in your spine, if you're read ‘“Moby Dick” and thought it was dry, you prob ably won’'t like “Grain Race”. If you like the sea, if you like those books, if vou like thrills you'll find “Grain Race” one of the best books of the sort you've ever come across The author hasg a knack of char acter portraiture which is realistic jand terse. In one paragraph he can present a person fully and lucidly: “So there he is,” he writes of Captain de Cloux, “this quiet spoken dec¢pwater mariner of to ‘day. He built up the fortunes of 'the Erikson Line in a short tfen I_\um's; now, at lox’ly-(-igh[, he is setting out, maybe, to build up a 'line for himself—either that, or to smell Cape Horp once symore and then to stay ashore, lle is not sure himself, "happy only to be here. He stands by the weather shrouds of the jigger mast, in the hail look ,ing now a fit into the wind, now to heaven at the blackclouds scur rying there, now along the length of the big ship, watching her go. An old sou’wester covers his head, ancient black oilskin coat flaps about his thighs. Happy little boy in his on sailing-boiit at seven, books, Captain de Cloux, accord teen, second mate at eighteen, chief mate at twenty, master mariner of barque!, barquentines, tugboats, fouar - masted barques, ships, there he stands cut in the bitter cold. 1 see him now, immo~l bile, .erect there as 1L _Rer were part of the ship: and that, indeel he is. 1 “fe is her bruin)” | Then there are descriptions O(J the sea, of the boat, which are! stirring and moving. And there; are illustrations — photographs which are interesting, striking and ‘beautiful. # ’ And, incidentally, if you like rea; books, Captain de Cloux accord-) ing to Villiers, thinks a lot of books by Conrad, David Bone, and SR et w R B P~ FU Qe R NEERVGRE fRT e P (. | ,‘i}i»‘*-:\* )y R T b’ S e 4§ B E \\\ \ 7 | ‘é/ o \ ey & \l‘ .. , , Winners Leave Athens Augus? 4! MICHAEL’S & Until August 12! . OFFERS YOU TWO FREE TICKETS =BBTo " R = ' the WORLD’S FAIR EVERYBODY CAN ENTER! THE RULES ARE SIMPLE! YOU MAY BE THE WINNER! 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