WHAT'S NEW ON THE SCREEN Hollywood's ‘Red Pony’ bears no resemblance to Steinbeck’s THE. PARK THEATER last week previewed The Red Pony. The caption said the story was by John Steinbeck: But Hollywood has done it again; changing names of characters for no reason I could see; dropping some characters out; glamorizing the gnarled old Billy into Robert Mitchum; the grey-haired mother into © red-haired Myrna Loy; changing her husband fiom a rancher to a stranger who is trying to become a rancher; and in general giving _it®the Grade A treatment. Any Similarity to any person or per- sons in meaaen story is pure- ly coincidental, believe me. Much care was lavished on the sets, the technicolor is beautiful, the cast uniformly good in what they have to do, especially Grandpa, played excellently by Louis .Calherm, and Peter Miles as Tom (Jody in the book) who are the only characters left es- sentially intact. The picture does ereate a mood and I believe children will enjoy it; but it is not Steinbeck’s famous story. * * *~ ..Monsieur Vincent makes you hate poverty, disease and war ‘even more than before, if pos- sible, and all the dreadful things that go with them. It is a pro- duction marked with care and skill in backgrounds, costumes, make-up: and the excellence of its cast. ‘ : There is no denying that St. Vin- cent de Paul was a wonderful humanitarian and truly lived up te his highest beliefs, but one ~ wonders how such a man could be so blind to the causes of all the hateful squalor and misery of the 17th century. Towards the end ‘of the picture, Monsier Vincent, when helping a Presents paper “Canadian Imperialist Deve- lopment” is the title of the paper to,be presented by Elgin Ruddell' this Friday evening at the opening ‘session of the Book Fair and _ Literature Institute here. man, who is unconscious from hunger, into his carriage, bitterly .remarks: “There will always be hunger”. 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FIRST CLASS CARPENTER Cabinets, remodelling, new homes, city or country, M. _Vaselanak, 360 Chatham Street, Steveston, Phone: Steveston 108-Y, © - burnt, or disagree and point out that therte will not always be hunger; some- day there will be an end to it. At least, if there is hunger, all will be hungry, and food won’t be thrown into the rivers or hoarded to keep the prices up, thus creating a surfeit for a few and a scarcity for the many. Too, Monsier Vincent speaking’ to his followers, charges them to love the poor and understand that: “Only love will help the poor forgive you the bread you give them.” Naturally. Charity is, one of the ugliest words in any langu- age. Nowhere do you find any suggestion that anything is wrong with the system under which the people live; rather Monsien Vin- cent is concerned when those who have so much are so unfeeling and selfish that they won't’ give ‘even a little. In other words, this picture says to give a little, and God will be in his heaven, all will be well with the world. A picture such as this is harm- ful and ‘dangerous, because it promulgates the acceptance of poverty and contentment with one’s lot, especially the poor and , ‘ downtrodden; instead of exhort- ing the people to recognize their vole in history and move forward towards a social. system which will guarantee to every person the right to work, the right to complete medical care, the right to leisure and culture, and the right to retire in old age, free pf worry and with security. Most of the world’s ills will have dis- appeared when the word “chari- ty” falls into disuse. : The makers of Monsier Vincent may not have planned the picture in this manner, but nevertheless in the final analysis it is an apo- logy of this rotten®system and a bolster to it. * * * JOHN MILLS’ production. of H. G. Wells’ The History of Mr. Polly starring himself, is a good. British picture; which means that the backgrounds of the turn of the century are completely au- thentic, and the characters are presented with unfailing honesty by an excellent cast. Mr. Polly is the ‘little man’ who doesn’t fit into the accepted pattern, even to his name, who finally has the courage to revolt and run away from the hateful life which has trapped him. It is only when he ceases to appease and turns and fights that he suc- ceeds in building a new life. The picture doesn’t attempt to present the economic and politi- cal reasons behind it all, but nevertheless it is a good picture and well worth seeing for itself, Next to Castle Hotel 752 Granville MA. 8711 A. Smith, Mer. Dance, Clinton Hall— Dance every Modern and 2605 East Pender. Saturday night. Old - time. Viking’s Orchestra. Hall is available for rent HAstings 3277. MEETINGS Swedish-Finnish Workers’ Club meets last Friday every month at 7.30 p.m., in Clinton Hall. gr ; INFORMATION WANTED— Fisherman feared drowned. : Please notify W. Austin, 2167 i Be : Dundas, Vancouver, Phone HA. 4 A b 1 4440-L, anyone knowing the | UNION DRIVERS whereabouts of Wm. Heup and boat “Trade Wind.” Last seen _ HA. 0334 at Klaskish, West Coast Van- , couver Island. Fully 24-Hour E Insured Service PATRONIZE 811 E. Hastings Vancouver J OUR ADVERTISERS ; EAST END > ZOR’ Speakers at Book Fair A feature of the Book Fair and Literature Institute which opens in Pender Auditorium here this Friday, November 18, and concludes Sunday, will be the discussicn on a number of - papers to be presented. Alf Dewhurst (upper right) will read a paper on “Labor’s Tasks for 1950” at the Sunday afternoon session and Nigel Morgan (upper left) will speak on “Canada’s Foreign Policy” at the Friday evening session. Other papers to be dis- cussed at the Sunday afternoon session will be presented by Sid Zlotnik (lower right)~on “The Growth of Monopoly in B.C.” and Hal Griffin (lower left) on “New Trends in, Canadian Cultuiral Development.” on “The Trial of the Twelve.” given Saturday evening will be a skit, On Saturday afternoon, Tom McEwan will speak Highlights of the concert to be “A Streetcar Named. . Undesirable,” written by Hal Griffin and presented by Vancouver Theater of Action, and a showing of the Soviet film, Spring Song. GUIDE TO GOOD READING | An important textbook for students of Marxism “POLITICAL ECONOMY thus teaches that pea marches against capitalism and with communism; it teaches that ‘all roads lead to communism. It “forms the very foundation of the world outlook | of Marxism, which enables men to understand the world and to know how to set in it, which enables men to live and fight as men for the freedom of mankind everywhere from poverty, oppression, and war.” : These quotations are from the last page of Political Economy, by John Eaton, a masterful new book which is the result of a two-year study by British Marx- ist economists, _although John Eaton wuote the entire text. The book fills a long-felt need by teachers and students of po- litical economy, covering the whole range of the subject, in- cluding the origins of capital- ism, the development of com- modity production, the theory of crises, imperialism, the general crisis of capitalism, and social- ism. It is a notable accomplishment in itself for such a brief book to deal so succinctly with the whole range of political economy. But an even greater contribution is the approach taken ‘to the sub- ject, Political economy here _ is brought to life by developing its laws through the history and de- velopment of British capitalism and the British working class. Few concepts are left to a gen- eralized treatment. Rather, they are filled in with experience. That the book is developed in terms primarily of British ex- perience also makes valuable aid in the study of Karl Marx’ Capital, which also’ drew on British history. It would be better, of, course, for Canadian students, if the subject were presented in terms of our own experience, for it. would enhance the value of a ~ book which, in this reviewer’s opinion, is the finest textbook on political published in guage. Like all textbooks, meant to be more than aid to the study of the subject, but it is an invaluable aid. Not only does it expound the laws of po- litical economy, but in brief form it also takes’ up capitalist’ and Social-Democratic theories, ¢x- plains them and refutes them. This book should receive wide the English lan- circulation and study among: stu- dents of Marxism, : PACIFIC TRIBUNE — NOVEMBER 18, 1949 — PAGE 10 it. an in-| economy thus far: it) is notis