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COMMUNISM IN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY 23 August 141943. This Is the Army.By Irving Berlin. September4.1943.. Watch ou the Rhine.By Lillian Hellman. Ociober 23.13.-- Princes O'Herke.By Normun Krasna. Januars 1 1914.- Dstination Tokyo. By Bteve Fisher. Miay 6.10 The Adrenture of Miarkwain. By Alan LeMay and Harold MSberman. December 80, 194. Hollywood Canteen. By Delmer.Daves. February 17.1945 Objective Burna. By Alvah Bessie. Aprll i, 185. God Is My Co-Pilot. By Col Robert Lee Scott, Jr. September 1.1045---. Prlde of the Marines.By Roger Butterfeld. March 30.19G- Soratoga Trunk..By Edna-Ferber. Angust17.146.- Two Guys From MilwaukeeBy CharlesHoffnan.aud I.A.LDiamone. [Motion Picture News, March 28, 1918] Mt FOUR YEaRs IN GERManY (My Four Years in Germany, Inc.-10 reels) Reviewed by Peter Milne Ambassador James W. Gerard's widely read book, My Four Years in Germany, relating his experiences as representative of tbe Uuited States Gorernment in the flm form by Charles ALogue, who prepared a scenario, and by williamr Nigh, who directed. Last Sunday night at the Knickerbocker Theater when the flm received its premiere presentation, there was hardly a minute when the house did not ring witb applause that turned into cheers. All the wily liplomaey with which the bends of the Gernan Nation sought to deceive the lnited States througl its representative.all the atrocitieswitnessed by Mr.Gerard,such ns the mistreatinent of the English prisoners, the deportation MA . of helpless Belgian women, perpetrated without regard for any sense of inter- national law-these und a large assortment of vlews of Allied troops on the march make cnpital seeing for the man who goes into the theater ready to have his emotions stirred against the common enemy. While tbere is no personal story interwoven with the facts, these in themselves are fully dramatic enough to make the 10 reels pass tirelessly. There is no stone left unturned to arouse the audieuce to a sense thtat the German manner of conducting war is synonymous with barbarism. One witnesses the heartrending sight of belpless prisoners shot down before German fring squads because "there will be less mouths to feed, of English and Rnsslan soldlers pluced in the same pens togetber so that the fornser contract diseses common among the latter, and feeding of the prlsoners as dogs. All of which Mr.Gerard was an eyewitness-and more-is utilized to spread the propaganda. Tbe sense of humor of the director Is oftimes obvious. It was, indeed, a praise- wortby sense when it came to the production. One long line of actual horrors and of German intrigue would be rather fatiguing without some relief. This is introduced in the way of an element of burlesque on the German Ensperor, the Crown Prince. and the other war lords of Germany. These touches registered every tlue during tbe initial showing. and they are the kind that will be appre clated by any audience The scenes of real troops with which the dlm is crowded are well woven into the matter picturized from Mr. Gerard's book, and usually to more rousing effect than if they had merely been shown by themselves. When the Kaiser laughs at his enemies it makes one feel pretty fue when these same enemles are shown pre- paring for battle with a vengeance. Halbert Brown,a nan wbo might be mistakea for Mr. Gerard by his best friend, Impersonates him in the picture. He makes an inpressive and dignified Agure of the American diplomat. Mr. Gerard himself cannot complain-at least he didn't in bis speech last Sunday night. Louls Dean presented a good make-up as the Kaiser and bad he been inbued with some sense of the autocratic maJesty of the part, his characterization night have been perfect. Fred Hern and Percyjtanding. respectivels.playing Minister Von Jagow and Secretary Zimmerman succeeded in bringing out the cunning German diplomacy In reallstic style. Riddell as von