Because of the temper of the times, Hollywood is devoting its energy to [escapist themes-with more than custom mary vigour. Even Frank Capra and Robert Riskin, the two great champions of celluloid social significance, have deserted their cause, and their text picture will be a mystery comedy against a small-town setting. This [yern was decided upon when their negotiations with Frank Lloyd for the rights to "The Flying Yorkshireman' fell through after they had offered him $44.000 for the property "The Flying Yorkshireman" provides a case history of what can happen in Hollywood. After it was published in a magazine. Knight sold the screen rights to Earl Carroll for $1,000. Carroll, deciding that a night club would pay better than producing a film, sold it to Berz-Allenberg for 000. Sidney Skolsky, who thought would be more fun to be a producer a columnist, bought it for $7.500. end when he changed his mind he sold the yarn to Eddie Center for $15 000. Cantor subsequently became a "Forty Little Mothers" and sold Jed Harris and Lewis Milestone an option for $3000. They reconsidered and Cantor sacrificed it to Lloyd fo 8.000: net profit, $6.000. Capra and Riskin went so far as to get Irving Berlin to write a theme song, "If You Believe," but Lloyd rejected $44,000 offer. Lloyd has now placed t on his Universal schedule with the france that Eh ughton will
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