When a St. Louis theatre manager fortnight ago revived the cinema's most eloquent preachment against war, All Quiet on the Western Front, that nine-year-old picture played to packed houses. Last week Universal, producers of All Quiet and of Author Erich Maria Remarque's equally tragic sequel, The Road Back, announced plans to reissue both films. To All Quiet will be added a new commentary, fore & aft, and some of the 3,000 feet snipped from the film after it left the hands of Director Lewis Milestone. Universal will also restore to The Road Back controversial footage on Nazi rearmament which was eliminated...
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