How to Deal With a Noisy Neighbour

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 49, 26 February 1941, Page 2

How to Deal With a Noisy Neighbour

PRODUCERS OF “LIFE WITH HENRY” SOLVE DIFICULTY (Mayfair: Coming on Friday.) - As tne screen’s Aldrich family takes its Sunday afternoon siesta on the front porch in Paramount’s “Life With Henry,’ ’ there is background music that wasn’t called for in the script—all because of a disgruntled South Pasadena resident. A neighbour of the Buford Grave* household, who lent their shingled dwelling at 2014. Edgewood Drive to Paramount’s producer-director Ted ftoed for picture purposes, was alone in not liking the picture company intruding on the neighbourhood’s peac and quiet. With everyone else among the res. dents, it was a field day. Householder of all ages thronged the sidelines tc watch Jackie Cooper, Leila Ernst, Eddio Bracken, Hedda Hopper, Fred Niblo and other players go through their paces on and around the Graves’ porch swing, behind the wistaria vine. But the lone disgruntled neighbout could not be cajoled into co-operating. He played his radio, loudly. The radio programme included music and other material to which the studio was not entitled to copyright. But they got around that when they came t© score the picture. They put in some a‘ mosphcric background music ju enough louder than the neighbour I radio to blank it out. It is the same thing, on a emalle scale, as nations are doing to one a* ot her these dp vs with their propagar broadcasts.