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The Science Fiction Fan, v. 4, issue 5, whole no. 41, December 1939
Page 20
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20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FAN drumming cast aside the snakes which he had in each hand and head towards us. U shrank back closer to my father in terror of the sight expecting the worst any moment until I noticed he had his eyes on my Science Fiction League Button. Then as he drew nearer I saw him reach into his small buckskin pouch hanging from his loin cloth and withdraw a small piece of faded blue cardboard which he held up in front of me a aa childish grin covered his face. I was amazed, relieved and greatly shocked to see there in his hands in large bold letters: CHIEF YOUNG EAGLE is a Member in good standing of the SCIENCE FICTION LEAGUE ***************** I ACCUSE, subtitled "That they May Live", is a French0made scientifantasy film which U might miss, as your reviewer almost did, because of its prosaic title. Picture is a potent plea for Peace, showing, in 73 unforgettable minutes how a veteran-scientist of the First War fulfills his vow to his dead comrades to make the Next War Impossible. With his ambition about to be accomplished he comes to realize that this world is rapidly forgetting the last terrible tragedy & war-clouds once again are surcharged with lethal lightening. He temporarily goes insane and when he regains his mind it is to find his formula for the invulnerable steel-glass that was to make was impossible has been manufactured under his name to bring to his people "a preponderance of power". And all Europe is again in arms, the black flame of Bellum about to burst into its deadly bloom once more. The Inventor Victor Frances (star of the Camille Flammarion scientifilm "Fin du Monde" or "End of the World") speeds to Verdun where he invokes the dead who have been betrayed to arise and avert this catastrophe. And the dead-portrayed by les Gueles Cassees, the Mutilated Veterans of the Last War -- rise! Your hair may rise, too, during the 13 climactic minutes of this definitely recommended film.FJA
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20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FAN drumming cast aside the snakes which he had in each hand and head towards us. U shrank back closer to my father in terror of the sight expecting the worst any moment until I noticed he had his eyes on my Science Fiction League Button. Then as he drew nearer I saw him reach into his small buckskin pouch hanging from his loin cloth and withdraw a small piece of faded blue cardboard which he held up in front of me a aa childish grin covered his face. I was amazed, relieved and greatly shocked to see there in his hands in large bold letters: CHIEF YOUNG EAGLE is a Member in good standing of the SCIENCE FICTION LEAGUE ***************** I ACCUSE, subtitled "That they May Live", is a French0made scientifantasy film which U might miss, as your reviewer almost did, because of its prosaic title. Picture is a potent plea for Peace, showing, in 73 unforgettable minutes how a veteran-scientist of the First War fulfills his vow to his dead comrades to make the Next War Impossible. With his ambition about to be accomplished he comes to realize that this world is rapidly forgetting the last terrible tragedy & war-clouds once again are surcharged with lethal lightening. He temporarily goes insane and when he regains his mind it is to find his formula for the invulnerable steel-glass that was to make was impossible has been manufactured under his name to bring to his people "a preponderance of power". And all Europe is again in arms, the black flame of Bellum about to burst into its deadly bloom once more. The Inventor Victor Frances (star of the Camille Flammarion scientifilm "Fin du Monde" or "End of the World") speeds to Verdun where he invokes the dead who have been betrayed to arise and avert this catastrophe. And the dead-portrayed by les Gueles Cassees, the Mutilated Veterans of the Last War -- rise! Your hair may rise, too, during the 13 climactic minutes of this definitely recommended film.FJA
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