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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1950
At the Flicks By Bill Stratton
Editor's note: Because attending movie theaters seems to be a popular form of entertainment for most University students, the U.D.K. will begin printing a critic's column. It is hoped that such a feature will be useful to you as readers and movie-goers.
"The Bicycle Thief" Patee Theater
One of the few movies to exceed its publicity, De Sica's "The Bicycle Thief" is a tense adventure of hope and despair.
To bring the film closer to the people, Vittorio De Sica cast inexperienced players in the lead roles of this Italian production. Taking place in post-war Rome, the plot tells of unemployed worker named Antonio, who is offered a job as bill poster. He must have a bicycle for the job. Maria, his wife, pawns their bed sheets to get Antonio's old bicycle out of hock. As he puts up his first poster, the bicycle is stolen. Knowing that he can not make a living without it, Antonio and his son, Bruno, spend the following day searching for the bicycle. Their hunt takes them through street markets, a charity mission, and a brothel.
Though it is filmed in battered and poverty stricken Rome, "The Bicycle Thief" displays a realism seldom found in moving pictures.
"Young Man With A Horn' Javhawker Theater
For those who would like to hear a good trumpet and see Kirk Douglas repeat his emotional explosion from "Champion," "Young Man With A Horn" will provide them with an hour and a half of entertainment. However, if anyone is looking for a movie with a sensible plot, this one is not recommended. The rather inane story begins with Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas) as a boy ardently desiring to become a musician. He meets a trumpetman Art Hazzard (Juano Hernandez) and takes a liking to the horn. Rick Martin studies under Art, and in time becomes a better player than his teacher. Ignoring Art's advice to settle down to a businessman's life, Rick takes a job with a "soft music" dance band in New York. There he meets singer Jo Jordan (Doris Day) and pianist Smoke Willoughby (Hoagy Carmichael).
When he elects to play music as he "feels" it, he is fired. Smoke leaves with him. Following a tour of the honky-tonks, music-loving Rick meets Jo Jordan again. She introduces him to moody, magnetic Amy North (Lauren Bacall). Amy and Rick marry. Their strange life causes Rick to neglect his friends and his music until Art Hazzard dies. To top Rick's ill fortune, his marriage is broken. The movie reaches its supposed climax when Martin tries to play a note on his horn that "nobody has ever hit before." He fails, and the following scene is a replica of "Champion," with Rick screwing his face into pitiful expressions, bursting into tears, and finally stamping on his trusty trumpet. From then on, he hits the skids and so does the movie.
"That Midnight Kiss"
Granada Theater
A comprehensive musical score distinguishes "That Midnight Kiss," an M-G-M Technicolor release, starring Kathryn Grayson, Jose Iturbi, and Ethel Barrymore, and introducing Mario Lanza.
Abigail Barrett (Ethel Barrymore) launches the musical career of her granddaughter, Prudence (Kathryn Grayson), by founding an opera company with the help of Jose Iturbi. While tolerating the unwanted attentions of the opera's star, Signo Betelli (Thomas Gomez). Prudence falls in love with truck driver Johnny Donnetti (Mario Lanza). By an odd coincidence, Johnny turns out to be another Caruso and obtains a part in the opera with the help of Prudence. At this point, the plot becomes annoyingly complicated. Betelli quits the company. Prudence scorns Johnny upon discovering he's engaged. Johnny finds he's not in love with his fiancee, but feels honor-bound to marry her. Meanwhile Iturbi tries to obtain a replacement.
REV. REUBEN TORREY
Dr. Reuben A. Torrey, Jr., field administrator of the restoration fund of the Presbyterian church in China, will speak to Westminster fellowship Presbyterian student group following supper at 5:30 p. m. Sunday in Westminster house, 1221 Oread.
In 1813 Dr. Torrey first went to China where he conducted evangelistic services and directed and taught classes of volunteer lay leaders. He served as secretary of the Presbyterian board of Foreign Missions Home Base department in St. Louis from 1927 to 1929. He and his family then returned to China.
After the Pearl Harbor attack, Dr. Torrey, his wife, and youngest son were Japanese war prisoners until their repatriation in 1942. Dr. Torrey then served in the Furlough fellowship of the service until 1944.
Dr. Torrey was invited by the Chinese government to return to China to serve as one of a small group of special officers representing the Chinese government with the American forces. He was appointed the chief American liaison officer of the War Area Service corps, which assisted American forces in China.
The Chinese government awarded Dr. Torrey the Cloud and Banner, the second highest military decoration offered.
Middle West Offers Best Chances
The Middle West offers the best possibilities for seniors graduating from the School of Fine Arts, Ray Ottinger, instructor in design, said recently.
"At the present, the backbone of the advertising business is in the midwest because of the shortage of jobs in the East," said MZ. Ottinger
The biggest demand at the present for commercial artists is for figure illustrators and fashion illustrators with layout men and good letterers close behind. In February there were seven potential employers looking for applicants and of these, three were searching for figure illustrators, he said.
During the fall semester there were three graduates in commercial art. Two of these are employed and the third hasn't been contacted. This spring there will be the largest graduating class in the history of the school. For some of the graduates the outlook is not so favorable. Advertising jobs do not open up as readily in the summer as they do in the fall and winter.
"The best openings in the advertising field for commercial artists are in display studios." Ottinger said. Retail advertising also offers good chances especially for women. The main branch of this field where graduates are finding employment is in display work in department stores. The possibilities in agencies for beginners are not too good.
The commercial art field is not overcrowded and an able artist can be reasonably sure of obtaining a job. There are several people in commercial art but the competition
Historical Geology Class Will Take Field Trip
Dr. C. G. Laliker, professor of geology, and 70 students enrolled in his historical geology class will leave today on a three-day field trip to the St. Francis mountains in southeastern Missouri.
The group will travel by chartered bus and will return Sunday. Sedimentary strata and fossils will be studied.
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in the field keeps employers on the lookout for better men all the time, Ottinger said. This competition is so tough, however, that the beginner must plan on working sixteen hours a day where other people are only working eight.
Although the job possibilities in the East are slim, the employers there seem to prefer midwesterners to fill any vacancies. They seem to feel that people from the midwest are more inclined to have their feet on the ground and are coming back there just to work.
In the fall semester, K.U. conducted a survey of the job possibilities in this region. They sent out questionnaires to art departments, studios, and agencies in eight states. They found that the average salary for beginners ran from $45 to $50 a week. They also found that these employers were willing to take beginners without experience. If the beginners showed promise the employer would give them substantive praise within one fine. In Kansas City starts employees at $50 a week but promises they will be earning $100 a week within a year.
In a 1949 national survey, it was found that the ripest field for commercial artists was in Seattle with Dallas and Houston close behind. In these places there always seems to be a demand for artists.
Kitchen Appliances Shown To KU Dames
A demonstration of electrical appliances was given for the K.U.Dames Wednesday night. Mrs. Julia M. Springer, customer service representative for the Kansas Power and Light company, showed a stove, dishwasher, automatic washing machine and other kitchen appliances to about 25 members of the club.
The club will have a bridge party on Wednesday, May 10, and will elect officers at a meeting Wednesday, May 17.
The 200-bed hospital at Poplar Bluff, Missouri, will be finished in July.
The biggest complaint of prospective employers is that students don't seem to know how to write a letter of application. The employers seem to feel that if a man or woman can't write a letter of application that they will be unable to write good copy.
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