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Polaris, v. 1, issue 2, March 1940

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POLARIS     11

circles is that Ray Cummings once was sec'y to Edison. MGM is filming "Edison the Man". Therefore, there has been considerable conjecture as to whether the sec'y would have a part in the pic, & hence someone portray Ray! However, I just checkt on that today with Leow's publicity dept & sad to say Leo's flackery reports the film only concerns Edison's early manhood, in his days of poverty bfor he coud aford a sec'y!
What she may have meant by it I could not undertake to interpret but MARLENE DIETRICH, autografing at the preview of her new picture, as she signed her name on a copy of my colaboration with Catherine L Moore in the 39 Dec Weird exclaimed: "Nymph of Darkness--O, that's wonderful!" As Morojo is my witness, these were the Blond Venus' enigmatic words about Nyusa, the invisible Venusian girl.
Kweeriosity: There is a Katharine Leslie Moore whose novel "The Peacock Feather" was made into a movie!
"Peace on Earth" is a Things-to-Come-l ike technicolor cartoon, wherein mankind at last blows itself to bits in the War of Armageddon, leaving the animals to inherit the earth. The story, briefly: Several little squirrels, singing "Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men" at Xmastime, pause to wonder what "men" are. They never have seen one. So they ask their Grandpop, who remembers men--most uncomplimentarily. "They wuz th' orneriest, dagnabbest, downright cussedest critters!" & fearsome to behold: great khaki-clad creatures with vitreous eyes, snouts that extended into their stomachs--altogether, quite like Carnell's famous co-creation of "The Man from Earth" on the back-cover of the Science-Fiction assn's organ New Worlds last Aug. These hate-saturated homo-saps allowd their sectional scraps to encircle the globe til in one terrificlimax they succeeded in blasting themselves to scraps. & the squirrels replaced the nuts... Dr Daugherty, Director of the Los Angeles Science Fictioneers, has seen "POE" no less'n 8 times to date. It is indeed a lovely lesson--!
Don't go rong on "Dawter of Kong": It's an orientale & not a sequel to the "Son".
Similarly, I have reason to believe "Men Without Souls" is a prison pic & not a story of synthesism, zombiism, or such subjects as title would suggest to the fantasy fan. Veddy shoddy!
On the other hand, "First Love" (please bear with me, pal, I'm not going to give U a dissertation on Deanna Durbin!) is the name of a prehistoric picture to be filmed in France. & the French have a von Stroheimer titled "Prisoner of Heaven" which sounds like it's along our line, n'est-ce pas?
Twas recently learnd the Russians once made a version of the fantasticlassic "Thief of Bagdad".
An immortalityarn is on the lists for production on the Paramount log, "The Man in Half-Moon St", story of a centenarian scientist who must kill to insure the supply of glands he must have for eternalife.
Antigravityarn "The Earl of Hell" (bk noen to all stf bibliofiles) is in the hands of an Eastern agent with a view to marketing it to the movies.
Well, that's about all. See U next Bank Nite!

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POLARIS 11 circles is that Ray Cummings once was sec'y to Edison. MGM is filming "Edison the Man". Therefore, there has been considerable conjecture as to whether the sec'y would have a part in the pic, & hence someone portray Ray! However, I just checkt on that today with Leow's publicity dept & sad to say Leo's flackery reports the film only concerns Edison's early manhood, in his days of poverty bfor he coud aford a sec'y! What she may have meant by it I could not undertake to interpret but MARLENE DIETRICH, autografing at the preview of her new picture, as she signed her name on a copy of my colaboration with Catherine L Moore in the 39 Dec Weird exclaimed: "Nymph of Darkness--O, that's wonderful!" As Morojo is my witness, these were the Blond Venus' enigmatic words about Nyusa, the invisible Venusian girl. Kweeriosity: There is a Katharine Leslie Moore whose novel "The Peacock Feather" was made into a movie! "Peace on Earth" is a Things-to-Come-l ike technicolor cartoon, wherein mankind at last blows itself to bits in the War of Armageddon, leaving the animals to inherit the earth. The story, briefly: Several little squirrels, singing "Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men" at Xmastime, pause to wonder what "men" are. They never have seen one. So they ask their Grandpop, who remembers men--most uncomplimentarily. "They wuz th' orneriest, dagnabbest, downright cussedest critters!" & fearsome to behold: great khaki-clad creatures with vitreous eyes, snouts that extended into their stomachs--altogether, quite like Carnell's famous co-creation of "The Man from Earth" on the back-cover of the Science-Fiction assn's organ New Worlds last Aug. These hate-saturated homo-saps allowd their sectional scraps to encircle the globe til in one terrificlimax they succeeded in blasting themselves to scraps. & the squirrels replaced the nuts... Dr Daugherty, Director of the Los Angeles Science Fictioneers, has seen "POE" no less'n 8 times to date. It is indeed a lovely lesson--! Don't go rong on "Dawter of Kong": It's an orientale & not a sequel to the "Son". Similarly, I have reason to believe "Men Without Souls" is a prison pic & not a story of synthesism, zombiism, or such subjects as title would suggest to the fantasy fan. Veddy shoddy! On the other hand, "First Love" (please bear with me, pal, I'm not going to give U a dissertation on Deanna Durbin!) is the name of a prehistoric picture to be filmed in France. & the French have a von Stroheimer titled "Prisoner of Heaven" which sounds like it's along our line, n'est-ce pas? Twas recently learnd the Russians once made a version of the fantasticlassic "Thief of Bagdad". An immortalityarn is on the lists for production on the Paramount log, "The Man in Half-Moon St", story of a centenarian scientist who must kill to insure the supply of glands he must have for eternalife. Antigravityarn "The Earl of Hell" (bk noen to all stf bibliofiles) is in the hands of an Eastern agent with a view to marketing it to the movies. Well, that's about all. See U next Bank Nite!