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"DISSATISFIED - ALWAYS DISSATISFIED! IT'S MY OPINION YOU
DON'T WANT TO BE TAKEN FOR A RIDE AT ALL?".
PUTTING THE CAR BEFORE THE ENGINE
Media Ciprakt. De arrangement with tudi za ta
Madame Leclerc steps into the limelight
T
Today Mme. La Maréchalo is
led, "I have threat trouble," "But I never smoke now," ho
Paris. Latire was a great general, but famed with wrinkles and thin, Leclerc. And boclore determined lips. In the old days THE eyes of Paris, have co was
was warmly regarded by his his dangling cigaretto 'was hita been focused on a tall, men.
trademark. alim, dark woman in a beautifully tailored black back at the family place, the sult and n amall, smart Chateau of Tallly on the Somme, black hat. She is Madame after taking part in the cere-
His pay as chlof policeman in La Marechale Leclerc, widow monics marking the eighth-ann-France was £130 a month. His versary of the Liberation of of France's
retirement pension is half that. most popular Parls. People noted her quiet So he supplements it by work- war hero.
elegance, her calm self-control, General Leclerc, who en- arcughout the moving Mass for. ing es crime adviser to a Paris tered Paris on Liberation her husband in the Cathedral or defective magazine.
Notre Dame when she sot pro-, Day in 1944 at the head of minently near the altar beside which
f
the 2nd Armoured Division, an empty arm-chair, on was killed in an air crash in lay a great meat of flowers, Algeria in November 1947. It was on account of his wife Recently an official decree that the general, was published conferring on was Count Philippe him the posthumous honour de Hauterloque
whose Humo
I
doing everything humanly pos
"Superintendent Sebelle is
sible to trace the murderer," yo raid. "Like him, 1 am certain that the alter is a local man.. But the people of that region
of Murskål of France. when he escaped PARIS NEWSLETTER
from prison to join Free French
It was the people who forced the
that
From EVELYN IRONS issue. Public clamour in London, called
1 the by broke out when the title of Mar. himself
French surname are peculiarly dour and obu Shal war bestowed on the dend unremarkable
Leclere. She of
stayed De Latire de Tassigny. Du
German-occupied France and The feared she might be victimis.
ed.
RANK is the name
DAVID LEWIN profiles
a man behind the screen
"Mr Bank," said Jean and pulled out a pack of cards lo Simmona, "is such a homely play gin-rummy..
His working office reflects the man,"
man's style. For his headquarters "Mr Rank," said Trevor he bought 38, South Streel, A Howard, "is absolutely mansion, for around £60,000, and had it furnished with deep charming--and I still think good manners count."
"Mr Rank" said James Mason, "is, the worst thing that has happened to the British film industry."
M
carpets, antique furniture, tap-
estries, and bowls of lilies. is elder brother James looked R over and said: "Arthur, this isn't the sort of office you were brought up in."
carnation in his buttonhole, was tough, ruthless, and a glutton for work. His background: ac
There is the real power and, in wrfing about Mr Rank, Alan Wood misses its significance and ends his book too soon.
For John Davis, the account- ant and theatro man, has stuck to cinemas to make money.
That may be the Aral inistake
in
Now she keeps that ordinary name which her husband made famous,
Like her husband. Mme. Lo», clere comes of the old French nobility, was born Therese de Gargan. Married in 1925, now, in her into 40's, she has six- children,
WDS
The younger of the two girls, Benedicte, is a teen-age school- girl. The eldest бол
Licut. Henri Leclerc,
taken prisoner in the war in Indo- of the Rank Organisation. While China last January. His mother Hollywood producers are now has had no word from him aince. Jinppy to sell off their cinemas (TV s slashing audiences) Mr
She lives quietly at Tallly with Duvis has cut file production. her other children, foturning
Hollywood film men say: "V will redure by half the number of cinemes which can stay open but If we go on making nims He was in Odeon we can always stay in business and make money showing them on TV,
Today, although the name on the South Sirect door is the J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Davis
He drinks only lime juice and, countancy. ginger ale. He had something Theatres and Rank; rapidly pro K JOSEPH stronger once when he was ill moted him. ·
ARTHUR RANK and "lived on brandy for a fort- himself massages night." It saved his life but "I the side of his didn't acquire a taste for it," cheek with a large hand at
Socially he is often shy. A few all this and explains: "I months before the end of the war didn't know anything about he was taken to lunch to see producing films. I only took Lord Beaverbrook. it on because there was no body else to do the job."
CRISIS
When
Alan Wood does not look into
to
allumte..
"Most of them are Com- munials. Those who can help the police are afraid to talk. There must be many of them who know the gun that killed the Drummonds. But they deny it: Those giving ovidence will not tell all they know.
"It is a most
almcult district
and a most difficult crime,"
Sebellle, now superintendent of the Marsellies, mobile police, was an inspector under "Belin at the Paris Surete.
Belin has sent 17 murderers to the guillotine, Most cele- brated was Landrut, the French blue-beard, whom he arrested soon after the 1914-18 war.
NO ANGELS
occasionally her Imposing third floor flat in the dignified Avenue Kleber business brings her to Paris.
when official NEWSNAPS-An old church In the Paris suburbs dis- plays the, notice Those wor
are not neces- shipping here sarily angels, so take care of your handbags and cameras,”
Madame La Marechate has on enormous daily mailbag which she deals with herself. She is
the president of
organisation which cares for France's war widows, and also works for the welfare of the men of her hus band's second armoured divi
THE DETECTIVE
*
'
A 'convicted thief who mole a cheque book, spent, the..money on a picture by French Grtist Marie Lourencin
Health.
have meat
authorities assured Parisians" that from animals suffering from the severe foot and mouth epidemic that has affected many thous
harmful to humans.
closed the picture-making is the man with the real power. MR Bank and Mr Davis have slon.
Her hobbles-music and books. The Davis aliitude is this: vide kept the cinemas. "All businesses are fundamen- British television affects their She is no feminist, believes that The engineers, cinema audiences in the way it a woman's place is in the back- The lunch
"an awful tally the same. Was
technicians, and creative artists has in America they will, have ground. failure" Lord Beaverbrook
another, equally severe, crisis on and charming plying look after the product. The
ne aç- zestful In learning about the job his guest with food and drink countant co-ordinates the whole their hands. Mr Rank's companies lost and trying one conversational on sound lines." Davis has the
gambit after another." But Rank next office to Rank. He is always that future. He apologises for £6,000,000 in four and a half stuck to his tectotal mixture and on hand to prompt his chief at the Rank group's past mistakes, JUST returned to Paris after ands of cattle in France, is not
conferences, He Issues daily a
a lightning visit to the scene years and by last year Mr sald tie.
stream of memos to his staff-
When his friends in the City of the Drummond murder is Rank
sharp notes always to the point. warned Ranic about-going into France's most famous detective, films he said cheerfully after-ex-Superintendent Jean Belin,
has formerly of the National Securi-: *Davis brought in his own men wards: "Everything that A Davis nominee runs the Bank come to me has been my
own ty police in Paris. film distribution set-up. Another fault."" Davis man is in charge of all theatres.
was shedding his stars, his producers, his studios, and his picture- making programmes, Every- thing except his cinemas.
PUZZLED
H
more at ease with balance sheets than books.
The result was a 'successful
A producer tried explaining
ppt to reduce a 1948 bank the story of The Dynasts and loan and overdraft of more than £13,000,000- Bgure which noticed Rank was puzzled, “Of The other flim men still speak of with course, sir, you know
Dyausts-the mixed awe and admiration,
famous poetic drama by Thomas Hardy?" Now, just at the time when Mr Rank himself is leaving the "Who" sild Rank, "is. Thomas close-running detail of his Hardy? I must ask Nell [his organisation to someone else, wife] about this. She is the full-length profile of the York-
shire flour and films man opplars literary member of the family, today by Australian Journalist She never told me about Hordy." Alan Wood,
SAD SMILE
WHAT
of Hank-the man? He is
63 years old, 6ft. fall, with beaky note, dark hair brushed straight back; a man who talks slowly, has an enormous memory,
So what of Rank-and bis
methods? His "brass"-his own word--took him into-films to
Mr Rank is very honest.
He is a tough, 60-year-old Burgundian with a face deeply
Following a series of attacks on taxi-drivers, the men's union. „have....... demanded the right to carry arms and the suppression of gangster films.
Glittering chandeliers light up the mounting troubles.
BUT NO
OUR H. the
more day
new
weeks to must the produce religious pictures. Then | 4 people of Kenya wait in, 1935 he helped to make a feature film-Turn of the Tide," before they have a
Governor-Sir Evelyn Bar- a prophetic title.
ing-although the appoint- Was announced on
The critics like the picture-ment the cinemas were
■
SIR EVELYN
WORLD AT YOUR ELBOW No. 2 KENYA
brings you, from Nairobi in Kenya,
news of growing discontent over
delays in tackling urgent problems..........
and occasionally will make a wry ing it. Rank v slow in book April 10, and the colony is by JOHN REDFERN
joke with a 'sad.smile.
business full-time to beat the in a troubled condition.
He went into Bour first because men who that was the family business. "At film. 18 I was only tought to sweep floors and carry flour," he says. He still walks as though a sack of flour were' on his, shoulders.
Of course he had money-but how much? A friend tried to ask once was it £10,000,000? 117 127 or 137 Sald Rank: "I'm not superstitious.".
Не is a religious
man--a Sunday
had not played ts
1
4
备
The Governor run a stall"or" "20. African 'servants, plus half a dozen Europeans; stenographer, chief clerk, switchboard 'opera- tor, head gardener, transport
and superintendent,
house- keeper.
Most of these hüpe to remain when the Barings do come. Two "other" "offiutat the ADC, and the private secretary-sually
takes over.
expect-to-go-when-a-nEWS-MAN-
་
Their inst Governor, Sir
Recalling that, the Kenya recently. Each chandeller con Philip Mitchell, left at the end In ten years he was owning of Jano--and à fortnight later African Union says: "Stay home, tains 2,300 large crystals on a
000 cinemas, -six
Sir Evelyn is linked with more than
was telling a London audience Sir Evelyn," and accuses him of frame six feet in diameter. studios, and around 60 stars,
famous bankers, and he Is that it was "unspeakable. non- appeasing South Africa.
African servants did this job, reputed here to be rich, ao The Runk business was worth sense to suggest that
everybody else wishes detaching each crystal, washing there are hopes that parties' at £50,000,000 It was bought for Africa was seething with African at least to 800 Sir Evelyn with soap and water. They Government. House will be on a
at grip with the altuation were busy for two days, here. Government people here say it is normal to have
East
an outlay calculated at around unrest. No, East Africa was £1,700,000. Ho could afford to
seething with energy and grow- walt while his rivals crashed of ing enlightenment, he said.
died.-
flour to raise the money."
THE CRASH
Bus
contains 110
one
more lavish scale.
In Bechuanaland not This house, home of the African attchded when Sir He lives well-at Reigate he
a palaver after a 24-roomed house with hav
To most problems Rank had a Very well, but the police are three to four and a half months Barings for the next five years, Evelyn called
banishment rooms; most of the
of Seretse and delay in handing over. swimming pool and tennis courts, simple answer: Write a cheque, dally arresting criminals
them large. The wine-coloured Khama. But on Sunday nighis he will Said Gabriel Pascal, his most ex-adherents of Mau Mau, the. "Sometimes the outgoing kneel before an
dining room), ist electric are
Here the' traffic in the other malcing his own toast to avoid pensive producer (£1,278,000, on terrorist anti-European organisa- Governor la still on leave pend- carpet in the
"Cassar and Cleopatra"): "HO
70ft. by 33ft. There are 18 way. There will be a rush to Ing retirement. Thore aro giving extra work to his staff on car always sell a few bugs of tion; 547 such arrests in the last questions of new staff. Govern spacious bedrooms for married, see the long-awaited Oft. 2in. the Salbath.
seven days in one province, And
sometimes has to couples. Diplomatically this is stranger. When he finally gets *'599" chra
amid the "999" cars loaded with pistols ment House
the Clapham Junction of Afrien, himself
and the curfew posters, plenty and scatter shotguns patrol this be done up," say officials. dawn. capital from dunk to
Non-Government, typer snarl
Sir Evelyn's health has been of engagements awalt his ap Curfew clamps down 100,000 that the times are not normal, Africans nightly in three distant One local citizen says: In 27 tricky since, a severe tropical proval
years I have never known auch less way back, and he has to Top of the list: an agricultural
be careful. But swimming is show. a thing."
permitted, and now plans are. Acting as Governor is Mr being made for a swimming Government House. Henry Potter, who is Kenya's pool at Chief Secretary, and will revert That would cost probably £7,- to that office when at last the 000 and sanction would have to Barings reach there, Mr Potter be obtained for the expenditure. is at present in Mombasa, where the Governor has a house with the seven bedrooms.
Methodist who teaches school and finds that "the child- ren keep asking me to get alm stars autographs,"
Firm ?
T the rate his producers spent reserves. At other week-thas he will be
at, even the Rank money down on his 12,000-acre estate at went fast. Many of their films Sutton Scotncyhooting the is were outstanding and built Bri- better at pheasants than par- tish ploture prestige. But Hank tridges) or playing golf (handicap þelloved in giving them every- 7) or cards-puffing and blowing thing they wanted and costa MIND, there is some question in mock amazement over his band and being delighted when rocketed. The patron with too hare whether the hand of
much, môncy had spolled the Sir Evelyn will be firm enough, he wins half a crown. (His Lop
artists. stake: 01. 100 nt bridge)
on He was the "man Ife will play cards ot oda When the crash came and he spot" whom Mr Gordon Walker. timer. A gaggle of his top cut his picture programmes.from when Socialist Minister, used to
Naturally there is no sign of
By the ton
NOVERNMENT
HOUSE
IN LONDON ́Sir Epelyn vald: "I am düờn Kenya' on Septem- ber 29, and leave London by air on the 28th. I can say nothing about any delay. The dates are plore which have been arranged."
"I am looking forward very much to going out. Although
executives aww hien off by train more than 40 flims a year to buttress his own highly criticised rush or urgency, at Government stands in 60 acres of lawns, I have never entirely recovered
on the outskirts of
Nairobi.
But
the Protce-
three beautiful
ence. In the corner of his first about 20, Rank turned to one handling of the Seretse Khama House
park landa, and flower gardens. class compartment the big mon man for guidance and help: affair in Bochuunaland.
From the gardens, in the Gov- from an illness which I had in opened his imposing briefenio John Davis."
Bir Evelyn was then High
I can report that the canment House Besson, as much India many years ago, I am now
chandeliers in as one ton of flowers is used reasonably fit.” 40-year-old “.... John Commissioner for
-{London Express Service), (Nodder and: Davis," "with the smile and the torates of Southern Afrion. 'the ballroom have been cleaned for decoration in one woek.
•Hank"
Stoughton, 208.),
Dapper,