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Wavelength, v. 1, issue 3, Fall 1941
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10 don't have complete say on the stories. On the other hand, I can re-ject what I choose, unless it's accepted without my seeing it. It hap-pened with "The Genius Bureau" and, of course, "Rescue From Venus" had been taken before the 2nd Quarterly was on the stands. I did have a free hand ( completely ) in the short stories due to the rush. I hope Mr. Silberkleit likes these tales, because, if he does, it may mean less interference from above. Not that he dictates to me, but, you must remember that he's the one who's going to lose money if the mag-azine does not sell. And he's the one who's been putting out pulp pub-lications for much longer than some fans can remember. So he's not go-ing to make an r[a]dical chan[g]es in his fiction until he's reason[a]bly sure that readers will go for it; improvements, oke. And I think there have been improvements; there will be mo[r]e to come. Which leads up to the question: what role can you fans play in mak-ing "Future Fiction" and "The Quarterly" nearer to your heart's de-sire. There's only one thing; write letters. Write [underlined] regularly and get your friends to write. And don't pull punches. If you find something you think is good, say so and why; if you find something you don't say is okay, do likewise. And don't be afraid to lambast me, either. ( Un-less you're a writer, of course. Although you shouldn't be hesitant over then because I can take it. ) My policy? Simple. To get out a magazine that Mr. Silbertkleit and I can both agree is damned good and which will be acclaimed as such both by the fan letters and the sales reports. Cheerie all? [line break] ----:------:----- [title and author name centered] FANTIFILM FOCUS Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. [section underlined] doctor jekyll and mister hyde In the third screen version of the Robert Louis Sevenson classic we see the angelic Dr. Jekyll turn into the satanic Mr. Hyde under our own eyes. Not satisfied with this technical miracle, M-G-M likewise caused the good actor Spencer Tracy to turn, under one's very eyes, into a ham. When Mr. Tracy is impersonating the doctor, he manages to give the impression that he is hoping the boys at Boy's Town will forgive him for what he is about to do. When he assumes the terrible leer, oversize teeth and rusty-gate vo-ice of Hyde, he conducts himself, incredible [a]s it seems, like the silk-hatted squire in a melodrama of 1[8]97 vintage, 1887 being the year in which the events depicted are supposed to have taken place. As Jekyll he pays halfhearted court to Lana Turner, surprisingly de-mure in Victorian attire. His wooing indeed, is so utterly [unreadable] flop that the girl ( miracle No. 4 ) is won in the end by Ian Hunter, holder of the world's record for being jilted. Even so, Mr. Hunter is obliged to shoot his rival stone dead in order to score his pale triumph. As Hyde, Mr. Tracy pursues a not-so-proud beauty ( Ingrid Bergman ) who passes a third miracle by translating her swedish accent into cockney. Having caught her, he sets her up in a gilded caage, plies her with champ[a]gne and fiendish caresses, puts her to mental torture, beats her with a cane something frightful, smears her pretty face with grapes and eventually strangles her. These goings on, intended to terrify and shock the audience, fail
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10 don't have complete say on the stories. On the other hand, I can re-ject what I choose, unless it's accepted without my seeing it. It hap-pened with "The Genius Bureau" and, of course, "Rescue From Venus" had been taken before the 2nd Quarterly was on the stands. I did have a free hand ( completely ) in the short stories due to the rush. I hope Mr. Silberkleit likes these tales, because, if he does, it may mean less interference from above. Not that he dictates to me, but, you must remember that he's the one who's going to lose money if the mag-azine does not sell. And he's the one who's been putting out pulp pub-lications for much longer than some fans can remember. So he's not go-ing to make an r[a]dical chan[g]es in his fiction until he's reason[a]bly sure that readers will go for it; improvements, oke. And I think there have been improvements; there will be mo[r]e to come. Which leads up to the question: what role can you fans play in mak-ing "Future Fiction" and "The Quarterly" nearer to your heart's de-sire. There's only one thing; write letters. Write [underlined] regularly and get your friends to write. And don't pull punches. If you find something you think is good, say so and why; if you find something you don't say is okay, do likewise. And don't be afraid to lambast me, either. ( Un-less you're a writer, of course. Although you shouldn't be hesitant over then because I can take it. ) My policy? Simple. To get out a magazine that Mr. Silbertkleit and I can both agree is damned good and which will be acclaimed as such both by the fan letters and the sales reports. Cheerie all? [line break] ----:------:----- [title and author name centered] FANTIFILM FOCUS Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. [section underlined] doctor jekyll and mister hyde In the third screen version of the Robert Louis Sevenson classic we see the angelic Dr. Jekyll turn into the satanic Mr. Hyde under our own eyes. Not satisfied with this technical miracle, M-G-M likewise caused the good actor Spencer Tracy to turn, under one's very eyes, into a ham. When Mr. Tracy is impersonating the doctor, he manages to give the impression that he is hoping the boys at Boy's Town will forgive him for what he is about to do. When he assumes the terrible leer, oversize teeth and rusty-gate vo-ice of Hyde, he conducts himself, incredible [a]s it seems, like the silk-hatted squire in a melodrama of 1[8]97 vintage, 1887 being the year in which the events depicted are supposed to have taken place. As Jekyll he pays halfhearted court to Lana Turner, surprisingly de-mure in Victorian attire. His wooing indeed, is so utterly [unreadable] flop that the girl ( miracle No. 4 ) is won in the end by Ian Hunter, holder of the world's record for being jilted. Even so, Mr. Hunter is obliged to shoot his rival stone dead in order to score his pale triumph. As Hyde, Mr. Tracy pursues a not-so-proud beauty ( Ingrid Bergman ) who passes a third miracle by translating her swedish accent into cockney. Having caught her, he sets her up in a gilded caage, plies her with champ[a]gne and fiendish caresses, puts her to mental torture, beats her with a cane something frightful, smears her pretty face with grapes and eventually strangles her. These goings on, intended to terrify and shock the audience, fail
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