John Macadam's Column
THE FRENCH CALL IT SWIMMING...
It was disappointing, in the course of a day or two's swellered chasing along the Cote d'Azur, to find ourselves unable to produce much in the way of sport for your en tertainment.
That greatest-ever test of man and machine, the eycling Tour de France by-passed the area by too great
it a distance, allowing us only to follow vicariously through the excellent and large local newspapers which
day cheerfully churn out as many as 30 columns a France's real national sport,
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We searc the remaining lentirely under water except for columns for a sign of tenuis, the ttle gadget at the back of None. Nur of golf, nor boxing, his head, which was obviously
pret this for breathing. nor wrestling. We
before 3 f1*{' - phenomenon found friend.
"Surely there is some spari that people here indulge la?"
He grinned and jerked his thumb
the promenade
benches- towards
vast "Swimming."
across
the
Someone declared that they the caught sh this way with spear in hand and eyes search- ing the bottom for Bats; but not in our me there.
THE
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1951.
CAMBOLS
IGN'T HE WONDERFUL -HE'S MY DREAM MAN
CINEMA
by Barry APREE
ROH WELL IF THATS HOW I THE LIKES MEN UNGEON'T BOTHER TO CHÁVEJ
LIGEORGE
HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE OF YOUR CONGES YOU DON'T GET ANY, BREAKFAST UNTIL YOU SHAVE
RACING
OLIVIER FANS
FANS ARE FOR A SHOCK
PAUL DEHN Reports On Sons Of Satan In IN
Satin Plus-Fours
THE wealth of Eastern | purent
THE
for
Says
HAROLD CONWAY
Do
of late? It you recognise thepriate publicity
And I don't sup- cavesdropping man in the picture-this could be..
pase young Miss Taylor's en tie-less. poging Admission The other
"No. anday helped: bedraggled tramp on
haven't belilnd, or (b)
read Ivanhoe; but I have read for this castellnted
conveniently American side-walk?
the script." Take 'n ran-throwing ropes sound,
There was one other sporting Retivity which has
withe
material contained in through. All Oriental outside-woebegone,
walls are either (a) buttressen vague but which we were un- Even at that, isn't swim lucky enough to see played only The Prince Who Was A for skulking ming as swimfting. All you duon vaenni corner lots. This is at
bowls off as form of apparently is to take much of your normal clothing heavy metal bowls as a broadminded gendarmerie size of a grapefruit. will permit and then sit on the sand.
Occasionally you might splash in the water for a monent or two, or paddle around in a kind of aquatic bicycle or even toss a ball about.
But if there was any swim- ming going on it must have been mostly under-water.
YELLOW GADGET
There was one earnest youth who did attract attention as he made his way to the, waterside In trunks and carrying a siderable amount of parapher nalle under both arms.
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He first pulled a skull-cap of his head and adjusted at the bacle a yellow gadget about a foot long. Next he fixed a mass sive pair of goggles and a pair" of frogmen's rubber feel.
This accomplished. He picked up a very palpable spear
and
pinyed
THEY THROW
about the
my A
enables me, Thief with week, to publish a few
(lom
front excerpts
treatise forthcoming Filmgoer's Guide To The Orient. (All examples quoted from the film).
The baste principle of the game is the same
as hi
bowls to remove your oppon ent from a good position and take up one yourself.
Some
the ployers est
curate with
LANGUAGE: Never address an Oriental by his or her pro- we per name, but use some gen- watched were uncannily nu | feel substitute-phrase (
their throwing-Thou Son of Sainn").
And they throw, not bowl and the always precede this phrase by way some of them could impart the interjection "O." tremendous spin and pick out
Examples: Tu a man Orien- one bowl
tal: 0 Parrel-Mouth." O i
Tu
Call-Eyes." "O my
from the pack was in doc Davis tradition.
One of the highlights of the trip was to stroll
the Oriental: 03 10
Moon of Morocco. terrace of
the spleis- one of diferous Cannes hotels to be greated by a commanding figure fin a brightly flowered beach shirt, shorts and sandals. This was Solomons in all his glory
Juelt, holidaying
with 211 wife, still has to go through lots of the motions that made him a
look. right:
INTERIOR DECORATION:
Thats contain 100ms All Oriental
for (a) poten-e is our own Roags either
Sir Laurence tates to bang on and summeu
dan. Olivier in the the guard with, or (b)
Jual scene seuses to sidle up to and oc- cuslanally dab ol All baths From his Holly- all wood film, are of the bottom of, and
the top of, steps.
*Carrie." beds are at
Female:: *This ig the FASHION NOTES: Skirts are divided for falling picture Olivier with apart, when constantly lying made down in. Male: Soldiers wen!
Jennifer Jones Resstion tools, satin pluss-four
a ten-towel and a hat like
coffee pot. wrapped round a
CURRENCY: Gold. Flung Crescent madly about in dwars, TIME:
Vague. Reckoned solely ind
FOOD: Monatinous. Consists entirely of coffer (brewed
the soldiers lats?).
woman
Always introduce a clichn with the words "It is written." This, my Occidental one, stops it sounding like a cliche.
Examples: Not "Sering is be Bering" but "It is written that greing is brileping"
Extrelse.
Translute into
moons.
It's
As for the pleture self, the te sumelenily explains story. The prince, whe became a thief, is played dashingly by Mr Tony Curtis; the thief, who
by Miss Piper Lauric.
set out to sea. As soon as he i pretty tired man in the Tarp! Oriental: (a) Go away. (An- became a princess, perlly
found depth he shot off almost
Argentinians Requested. To
Robinson era.
American interests are anaw ing at the Cockell-Maxim pro- position, and it is telephone, telephone, all the time-even in Paradise.
swer: "Take
yourself with nat"); (b) Tomorrow we leave **Tomor- for Cairo, (Answer:
You require me to write row we depart unto Cairo"); reasoned criticism of this de-
(e) Yes, (Answer: "Aye"). licious nonsense? O sons
and ARCHITECTURE: All Orlen- daughters of importunacy, --(London Express Service) tal inside-walls are trans- IS WRITTEN.
Show 'Culture Sugar Ray's Ghost May Yet
Buenos Aires, July 31, Walter Muller, British referee knocked unconsciou: when attacked by spectators after 11 match here vu Saturday; last night lodged a complaint to the Argen- tine Football Association.
The Association, which has several British referees. on con- tract, is considering complaints of similar attacks matic on them iwo week- during the previous ends.
Muller was attacked after a match in which the home team was beaten by two goals to one. He had a tooth broken.
On July 15 the police's tear- Kas squads dispersed hundreds
Haunt Gwrych Castle
Says W. CAPÈL KIRBY
IT
Randolph Turpin is back at the centuries-old Gwrych Castle quarters where __be_trained_for_ his staggering world championship victory over Sugar Ray Robinson.
His host and business manager at the castle is Hr Leslie Salts, Birkenhend- burn artist, chorister and antiquary.
As becoming a showman, Mr Salts is a publicist. Imagine, then, how he must have felt when he had to surround the champion's camp with
wall of
secrecy.
fl
"This was necessary," Mr Salts told me, "because vital information about Randolph's revised punching methods was getting back to Sugar Ray at Windsor. We are taking no chances in the future."
the
In
of soccer fans threatening Muller
match at at the end of a Huracan Stadium here.
The trouble began on that oc- casion when he disallowed a goal by the home team, whlen lost by two goals to one. The follow- Ing Saturday the Buenos Aires police appealed to soccer fans to show more "culture" at matches. -Reuter.
Contracts Signed
For Title Fights
New York, July 31.
"I should say Randy cleans his teeth at least half a dozen timan a day," Mr. Salts
And by the beady-cyed wink fit glven me by Randy's favourite the parrut as I walked down castle ramp, that goes for him. too.
told
me.
NO FOOD FADS
homes care for the teeth as No. 1 - nf thousands
physical throughout the country people sential towards
of ness. are displaying photographs themselves taken with Ran
money dolph Turpin. There's in, of course, but the A
the and print rake-off isn't
of
ho- prime purpose
this photographed-with- Randolph- Turpin business. There's more to it than that. It spelis psy- chology factor vital in
Inds success.
the
Our world champlon has no food fads or fancles. He cuts simple foods, and, in fact, has similar dishes to
Here's the explanation given makers who visit the
By getting him among
the
for two title fights were signed holidaymakers and posing with in their offices today.
Lighthea
In
+ It was
Still. I call it a shame to whisk the beautiful and intel- of Fontuine out ligent Miss sight like that-right into her Fortress is Elstree fortress.
this the right word, too, for Ivanhoe castle; they are plan-
ing, hear, to bar
visitor,
years go the name of Andre Charlot
was
the
for the picture's duration.
DR CHARLOT Twenty-five
to conjure with in West End theatre. As a revue
producer, he biggest rival..
Was
Cochron's
us his co-star for a salary of
eme £40,000.
use.. In the new Bing Crosby ful way of passing the time Am, which opened in the Weat while his wife, Vivien Leigh End recently, Andre Charlot was earning similar money on GA this month makes Streeter" in rival feeling appearance
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audio
When London sees the Bl
tire autumn Olivier fatis re in for a shock.
With
#1
thorough-going learned from merican accent his friend Spencer Tracy, Olivier transformed himself in- to a middle-aged business-man who falls in love with a young rl-and ends up as a hobo. Fine. I'm all for transforma- tion-shocks where our leading stor-manager is concerned
those and I don't just mean false nuses. It is good to see Olivier refusing to submerge.
iz acting personality in Laurence. the courtly and
ourted-knight,
Sir
How-apart from his salary did Olivier like acting *meone else, after being
wa master
for en long?
for
his
elcomed it after five years of
irecting myse f" he says. new it would be good for me"
o have a change.
Olivier was obstinate about *TE thing only, Knowing Hollywood's weakness for titles, he stipulated in his contract be hal the "Sir" is not to
used in any of the film's bill- ing.
噱
THE LEAD AT 18 Good Luck to 18-year-old Susan--Stephen off to Sicily-
r.d the Bret film part of her' "areer, Most girls have to
art of the bottoin
pid-
In
op
French doctor.
SUSAN STEPHEN
lures; not to Miss Stephen → she has the leading role
He has only one sentence to rosite Eric Portman in "speak; his name is not credit- Excellency.
ed on the cast is I doubt if Last March he was still any of the stars he helped to student at a dramație school. Some would even recognise She played just une week in a him.
Yet Charlot is quite content. play at Kew before being pick-
home for this film. Her roe: the He has made his Governor's daughter, who had Hollywood; gels these ooked after him since herona little parts to play; and
to yo longer expects mother died when she was a child.
name on the bills even in Susan's real-life father is an all type. Charlot has always ngineer and a widower. She been a philosopher. has kept house for him since her early teens,
Ryder Cup Team MISSING PERSONS BUREAU
Selected
nt
London, July 31. Eight players were named by to me by Me Suits. Dynamite served in the No. 3 restaurant, the Professional Golfers Asso- Turpia is a quiet chop, bo
once the private lounge where ciation to-day to represent Bri his the loved by all the staff for
Countess
Dundonald of
States tain against the United simple tastes, friendliness and walled the return of her hus in the Ryder Cup match unassuming demeanour, which band, hero of Ladysmith
Pinehurst, North Carolina, un has not changed a scrap since the South African War.
November 2 and 4. For the first time in the hishe landed the world crown. tory of the New York State
Incidentally, Randolph is the
They are Ken Bousefield. Athlette Commission, contracts
smallest cater in the camp. Frud Daly, Max Faulkner, Jack them he developed crowd con-
think Hargreaves. Arthur Lees, John Armchair critics who
Panton, Dal Rees and Charles the Worldsclousness. This, with the pub- Turpin's. advisers have acted
Word. Boxing | lic work-outs
and
sparring unwisely to allow him to cross Al'anlle to defend his Champion, will defend his title bouts which he treated as the the
Two more players will be thing--as his
the sparring newly-won title need have no named immediately after Bob Murphy, of San real against Diego.
while Kid partners will readily
and California.
testify-fears. It is well known, #match play championship at Gavilan,
fan not lost upon the Turpins, that Hoylake In September, the World Welter- complete with trumpet weight Boxing Champion, fahts fares and the rest, all helped when America loses a
world
Henry Cotton, captain of the le create the big 'night atmo- championship in any sport no Billy Graham, of New York.
1047 team, can qualify in this sphere.
effort is spared to regain it. way. He has stated he will 'Ze Neither contract provided for
Turpin
available if chosen. Is a self-disciplina- In
years to
who come, a return bout.
rion. Most trainers have dif- know, the castle towers may
Only Panton, the Maxim
Murphy with culty in getting their charges be haunted by the ghost champion, and Hargreaves are
the morning. Sugar Ray Robinson, with his new to Ryder Cup Golf. incet n 15-round match at out of bed in
In
his uphead tucked underneath Square Garden, New Turpin, however, is first Medison
and out doing deep breathing arm, for as one of the
Amerlea has won six stoff 22, while York, on August
on the ramparts | Latd:
Britain two In the eight matches Gaylian and Graham will meet exercises
"Randolph will most surely played since the contest over the same distance in the overlooking the Irish Sea.
Ho is aslo a disciple of per-mock his block off when they instituted in 1927. Britain's last Kome arca on August
sonal hygiene, with particular meet again,"
success was in 1933-Reuter. Reuter,
and
20.-
VISIT THE CAVES
MIND
HEAD
E CAVES
Scottish
and
Was
no party, for No Orchids. Aliss Fonlaine? It would seem nci.
For Robert Taylor, just ør- rived in London to Alm Ivan- học, a welcoming porly all right-and everything which went with it.
OCCD-
ree his
London Exprons Servicel
TARZAN
SPAT
WAS AT
Lex Barker almost started warfare when in Africa filming Sol Lesser's "Tarzan's Peril But where were his
For RKO Radio leading Indies, Joan Fonlathe
A "ALI
chief of the Masal tribe and Elizabeth Taylor?
on Burker who, infuriated, ready hard at work; much 100 pat Busy
for parties." say MGM, was about to unloose a round- their employers, with a certain house right when the picture's embarrassment,
technical adviser grabbed his Perhaps MGM think their i arm and hastily explained that pair of medieval' heroines have it's an old Masal custom to spit been getting some inappro.on visitors to denote friend-
Star Trainer
of the
the wife Playing Provost (Barry Jones) in Belty Box's fast-moving comedy thriller "Appointment With
liness.
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