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ENTERTAINMENT The Real Secret of SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE " 'mi jttf iii? Why Can't the Movie Be More Like the Book? A best-seJJing novelist Jearns the answer from some Hollywood experts including an uncannily dever Marion Brando By EUGENE BURDICK Coavtfcef of "Tta Ugly American" and "FaH-Saf" NO ONE is certain when Hollywood got the idea of making movies out of books. Whenever it was, it started one of the most persistent nonviolent wars of modern times. Literary warriors as powerful as Hemingway and Faulkner have sal lied forth to Hollywood armed with sound books and high enthusiasm and emerged from the fray with shaking nerves and palsied hands. Early in the movie negotiations for the sale of our book, The Ugly American, William Lederer and I were approached by a character who epitomized the classic idea of a Hollywood movie studio's front-office representative. He wore Italian silk suits, white-on-white shirts, and a Dunhill cigar in his mouth. He drank martinis of imported English gin. He swore vilely, but he called Lederer and me "darling." He looked like a hood from central casting. He was perfect. He held a copy of The Ugly American in his hand. "I haven't read it," he said around the cigar. "Somebody else does that But 'they' like It a little." Then, sensing he had gone too far, he hefted the book again. J'Now remember, lover boys, if we buy it, we got one rule: forget art, we're in the entertainment business." We didn't sell to his front office, but I always liked his frankness. Not that we considered The Ugly American high art; we had written it in (Continued on page 8) Advice on how to be happily mar tied was never so freely available as it is today. Marriage problems are openly discussed in newspaper columns and on the radio. Marriage advice is available from the man next door, who speaks from experience . . . and from the psychologist, whose views come from study and research. There is no topic . . . from etiquette to fidelity ... on which advice and counsel are not avail able. Yet with all this marriage edu cation, the modern divorce rate continues at an appalling high! This condition obviously is not due to ignorance of the so-called "facts of life." It cannot be at tributed to economic problems, for good times have been repeat edly marked by a high divorce rate. Nor can it be blamed on the excuse of personal "incompati bility," which so often appears in divorce petitions. These and other practical prob lems undoubtedly contribute to marriage conflicts. But the basic, fundamental cause of marriage failures goes deeper. It is the fail ure of many people to realize the true meaning of marriage ... to recognize that it is a life-long union of a man and a woman . . . to see that its main purpose is the begetting and rearing of children. In Catholic eyes, marriage is, first of all, a contract which ... as with all contracts . . . must be governed by justice. A purely sentimental and physical attrac tion between a man and a woman, which is not permeated by a sense of duty to each other and to God, is not the love upon which endur ing homes are built. But the Catholic Church teaches that marriage must be what God meant it to be . . . and He made it not only a contract but a Sacra ment. When the marriage of a man and a woman is a Sacrament, they receive title to all the divine helps necessary to overcome the disap pointments and difficulties of domestic life. They are thus better able to overcome personality dif ferences . . . better able to deal justly with each other . . . better able to understand the many prac tical problems of living together. Marriage is not a strictly private affair. It is the concern of the whole community. It is the special concern of the Church, which is charged with safeguarding this Sacrament. That is why the Catho lic Church strives to impress the true nature of marriage upon all who hear its voice. Whether you are already mar ried... or just thinking about it . . . you will be helped by a pam phlet we will send you explaining the true nature of marriage and the blessings that come from a proper understanding of the mar ried state. Write for free copy. Nobody will call on you. Ask for Pamphlet No. FM-19. KNIGHTS OF COtUMtUl J IEUGIOUS INFORMATION IUIIAU J47J Sooth Ommi. St. Ub It, MU. ) titba-t "Th. SMI Stem Of IxnuM I CITY- SUPREME COUNCIL KIUGHTS of COLUItlBUS RELIGIOUS INFORMATION BUREAU 47J SOUTH Q A N D ST. 10UIS li, MISSOUII HS ... - . ... "s MENTAL ILLNESS IS NO LONGER HOPELESS! Today thousands of mentally kick people are recovering. Now we can face with courage and hope the laik of saving not thousands, but hundreds of thousands; not just torn of the victims of mental illncaa hut . toctatlo aatl its program Family ffwklw, jm I, IKS MM
