MENUHIN AND FILMS
“Abyss No Scenario Writer Can Bridge”
Jji refusing an offer of 500,000 dollars for Yehudi Menuhin to appear in a film at Hollywood, his father, Mr. Mosche Menuhin, explained the reason. “There is an abyss between Yehudi’s genius and the very commercial talent that serves Hollywood,” lie wrote, in his reply to the Paramount Corpora-
tion. “The languages, the very alphabets, are different. In fact, I dared not read your story to Yehudi. I dared not risk losing with one strange foreign move the confidence and respect of my son—Yehudi, the artist, the musician, the idealist, who plays inspired compositions, interpreting the voice of humanity, of mystery, of philosophy, of poetry, of beauty through the world of music. Between his art aud interests and your field of entertainment, there is an abyss no talented writer of scenario can bridge.”
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 285, 29 August 1935, Page 6
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