DAVID LEWIN closes down his Hollywood Close-up
TALENT? IT'S NOT ENOUGH
T takes
more than
talent to survive in Hollywood. It needs more than talent for Holly- wood to survive in the fleres struggle of world entertain- ment.
Just to be talented is not by itself a sure guarantee of success. There are othur leasons to be learned as well.
It helps, for instance, to be seen by the right peoplu at the right time in a local night club.
miy
One evening during stay in Hollywood as singer opened in cabaret.
Her name meant nothing to me. She was pleasant, but hardly another Dinah Shore.
to
Yet the top brass in Hollywood turned out to cheer. I asked someone explain. He looked shocked and said: "It wouldn't da not to be seen here. This is practically a command per- formance for our studio.
"Don't you see, she is the daughter of a top man here.
★ Five words
IT is equally important
tu
know which agent is married to tito sister of an executive pro- duct....or which producer is related to a studio chief.
I am not saying that pat- ronage and nepotism count more talent. In the recent economy euls even some sons-in- law were dismissed.
While. I was in Hollywood veteran director Mervyn LeRoy, whose credits range from
"Quo Vadis,"
"Little Caesar to wrote a book
with the first five words of this article as its title, Mr LeRoy wants to make it clar that relatives ilo net always aid a career in pictures.
He makes but quite a con- vincing case that the best way into films is through the em ployoos entrance after
a letter asking having written
for a job.
And he adds that never orice
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1953.
¡AVISO!!!
"PANTALONES
DULIGATORIO!)
BIKINIS FORBIDDIN
FULL-DRESS SWIMSUITS
ONLY
ty and
"If your swimsuit HAS come off in the water. Vera, you'll probably have to stay in until Spain has a change of Government."
NOTE · The dentieman marked with a cross is wondering if this is supposed to be funny,
London Express Service
No. 3 IN. THE LIFE STORY OF
ALEXANDER (JAMES)
THE GREAT
The gay Scot-he wore plus-fours and white spats
THE
by GEORGE ALLISON
Former Arsenal manager
more I look back upon the life of Alexander (James)
did he get any help from his the Great, the more 1 think
cousin, who happened to be of the might-have-been. Jesse Lasky, one of the eariy picture pioneers, or from his first wife Doris, daughter of one of the famous Wainer brothers, ★ Talent
We all know he lived for football, and
amone
countless thousands, cherish the happiest memories of
MR LEROY, in fact, has shown his spell-binding skill and
Marat
deal of talent in artistry.
handling tiles like "The Wizard
of Oz"
"Fugitive from i But he was a strange and
addition
strates that in
Chain Gang." But he demi-lovable mixture, n-law-unto- understands the Hollywood mind himself. He always saw the
and attitude to shecess.
In his book he writes:
"The
Mona Lisa is one of the greatest.
plelures the world has ever
funny side of life.
The only occasions
known, but more people have through the years that
tainment."
-Puzzle-for- two.
made to do some charitable act.
I I recall two little instances
scen Lana Turner. My answer have seen him showing which were told to me of his to that is: People want enter-signs of disappointment and spontaneous generosity, Luck helps. Again and again depression were those when They may be only pieces of In Hollywood I heard the phrase te found himself physically straw, but they reveal the "AL you need is one lucky unfit and unable to don his break."
Film history shows tury number of lucky breaks, from Lana Turner, who was
dis- covered in a drug-store (so local legend says), to Marilyn Monroe, whose picture once adorned calendar.
Just before I left Hollywood
long shorts and play.
I REMEMBER—
HE never complained nor
way the wind of his big- heartedness was ever blow- ing.
One day he and joined a queue at an ground station.
la front was
an old
by promising our goalkeeper a full set of golf clubs If no gon
The was let through.
clubs
duly cumg plong.
In recent years, James has renacted hiviiluable service coaching Arsenal playcon, young and old.
I talked to Jimmy Logie, one of Alex's keenest disciples. Here
Logic's tribute. "I owe more inan I can tell to Alex. He Was a wonderful tutor and simply made you play!
"He gave me a lot of his time, and I tried hard to mca- sure up to his teaching. When 1 td well he encouraged me, ut, when you failed to please. hum, could he give you a fell- ing off!
"He was a hard taskmaster, but you know he was right. We will all miss him, and the tang, which always amazed me as his finess right up to the moment when his illucss took him to hospital."
HAPPY
out-
COME people may soy he had a friend the "happy-go-lucky".
Under- look on life. Maybe he did,
and we liked him all the bet ler for it. Soon after his third lody child was born a friend asked mourned a financial loss, struggling to get coppers-out-of him why he had called the boy I found the good luck story Goodness knows he had his her bag. She was obviously Andrew. happening again.
Alex quickly An 18-year-old girl, Mary ups-and-downs, out, he never flustered, and
going.
Alex's reply was: "We call- Murphy, was serving behind the disclosed the "downs." His lady?" She told him and he cd him 'Andy' after his Uncle counter of a shop. Someone ebullient spirits and his turned ta the booking clerk, Jock'." from a studio saw her, had her cheerful outlook
the life paid tixpence for on photographed, and now she has
asked: "Where are you
ticket
it to the dear
He found it so dimcult to be
a contract. Soon they will dis-made him a good companion and, handing
old soul, suld smitingly: terjous.
cover Kshc hos ung talent always,
Hollywood itself survives not
He was generous and ever
never know the good things
merely by talent but also with ready to Help. We will
the aid of Д smooth, solid machine.
"Pleasant journey, lady."
"COME WITH 'ME'
אר
12 is on record that once when Preston North End were
in special training at Matlock, Cup tie, consterna- prior to Tina reigned in the principal
Even today, when British, he did, nor the sacrifices he ON another occasion he was, promenade of the town.
French, and Italian producers are fighting for a place in the world film sun, Hollywood can bent them all with the subjccl it knows best.
★ Slump
These
THE musicals of Gene Kelly.... the dramas of Darryl Zanuck....
..the spectacles of Sam ("Mogambo") Zimbalis!, men and· others like George Stevens ("A Place In The Sun") and
old Cecil B. De. Mille know exactly what can be done with Aim and work devotedly to
0
attain the maximum effect.
Then the machine takes over and sells those pictures more effcolively and often more ruih- fessly than the machine of any other country. I
have
been question asked most frequently since my return is: "Con Hollywood tinue in spite of the slump?"
The
con
I answer Yes. Hollywood will
always go on making films but
and
the cinemas may find that more more of them in the future are shown in people's
TV.acio.
homes on
It will dake more than latent
or television to beat Hollywood.
POCKET CARTOON
by OSBERT LANCASTER
going to a match in which he was playing. Outslile the ployers entrance he found two Hittle boya waiting with awe to look on their heroes.
"What
The
cause-u weird-looking little fellow. People looked and giggled and wondered,
HIS SPATS
are you doing. boys?"
asked Alex.). "Look- Ing at the players, sir." "What about the match, are PICTURE
you going to see it?"
"We'd
for yourself A dapper young man, wearing
ike to, sir, but we can't pay fours. white spats over a pair. a bowler fat, a suit of plus-
the money."
of patent-leather shoes, canary-
"All right, came with me" coloured gloves, and an unroll- and Alex marched the boys cd umbrella. Yes, it was the along to the entrance and paid irrepressible Alex startling the etal inhabitants of this famous health resort in order to win a' bct from one of his colleagues.
to get then in.
As the boys went through the turnstiles, Alex's douse of humour, as always, revealed
That was one of his ways of
itself. To the youngsters ho keeping the thoughts of his said: "Have you over heard of anxious playmates from the the Scotsman who opened his serious job ahead of them,
math few out?". purse and
Among his many qualities
"No, sir." stammereti the was a knowledge of psychology.
boys, "and it isn't true;"
་་་་
Alex was a 100 percent club, man. He lived for Atsenal.
Once,, prior to the last" war,
he got the boys on their toes about, a forthcoming Cup tia
His relf-confidence made him fully alive to the fears and worries of his less experienced- colleagues.
NEXT SATURDAY: ALEX'S: LIFE OUTSIDE FOOTBALL
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