ARTIE
"I don't know- sort of
believe in hull . . .”
A British
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY JUNE --1950.
CYRIL STAPLETON'S
Column
Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN
by Walter
对
Buster? The Name Is Now Liberace
IBERACE has, a secret: The simpering show. man of the piano was not always known до elegantly as Mr Liberace.
Crossword Puzzle
13.
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15
18
ACROSS
3 Smashes (8).
8 Weaken (8).
I Stopped (8).
11 Delayed (8).
12 Equine palt (4)
13 Hinder (B).
18 Ventured (8).
19 Harvest (4),
22 Guin ascendancy (8).
24 Servant (8),
20 Negligent (6).
20 Saves property (8).
YESTERDAY'S
25
DOWN
1 Bedeck (3),
2 Muterial (D).
3 Began (7).
Flock
(4).
5 Fastened (4).
Complete (8).
7 Sober (8)
Allude to (5).
14 Claw (5).
15 Withdraws (7).
18 Scratches (6).
17 Gateway (8).
20 Custom (5).
21 Banquet (8).
23. Prima-donna (4
CROSSWORD-Across 3 Thrushed,
28
Ratio, 8 Pigments, 10 Maiden, 13 Streets, 15 Mule, 17 Attired. 18 Invoice, 20 Seat. 21 Tenants, 26 Resist, 27 Universe, Dirge, 29 Steeples. Down: Trims, 2 Stair, 3 Toper, 4 Army, 5 Honour, & Dashed, 9 Intact, 1 Atone, 12 Depot, 14 Steers, 15 Midas, 10 Tests, 19 Issues, 19 Valise, 22 Needs
Strew, 25 Deep.
23 Nite,
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Today he does not talk about the time when he was rather differently known as... Buster Keyes. For act then he used to do an around the supper clubs of America.
no
I thought of that name
which Buster,
evokes memories of romance and flickering candles, when 1 listened to Liberace's now long-playing record "An Evening with Liberace."
1f you
listen to It
and think of him as Buster then you might agree with me that the man is only ย mediocre pianist, In fact, if he came to me for a job us Buster Keyes I wouldn't swop him for either Dennis Wilson or Bill McGuffle, But if he comes as Liberace I would probably have to pay him £6,000 a week.
sales look at this, Ruby Murray sitting on a stage clapping their had a big hit in "Sotty. Boftly," hands and singing songs. They which sold nearly half a million' don't even have words for the records.
rongs, just syllables,"
SLIM SELLS MORE
Д
DAVID WHITFIELD and
similar salo with his "Everywhere." But when Slim
Whitman
"Rose recorded Marlo" you bought 710,000 copies of that.
Mesra, B. and A tried to imagine what this instrument- Iess, wordless, orchestra: would de to their film. They were not very optimistic but they let Phil hove-his own way.
The results you can judge for yourself If you listen to the sound track of the March Hare The British writer of "Softly, on Oriole records. Billy Cotton Softly' is Paddy Roberts, a six has also recorded the wordless foot ex-bomber pilot, His other title song on Deces. It rounda numbers include "Three like a hit to me, Galleons" and "Pickin' Chicken." What does he say about the ohances cd the crashing Into big amateur music sales?
Just this: "You can't be a song writer and an accountant or something at the same time.
ran
for
Su you see the amateur is not In fact, usually good enough, bandleader Lou Pronger, who
the *Write a tune A 1,000" competition at the Bonnersmith Palais, lelis me the song "Crusing Down the River" was the only hit out of 73,852 entries.
A music publisher friend of mine says: "Amateur or pro- fessional, I perfer to publish a British song, Why? Because I don't have to split my profits with anyone else, and therefore I can make three or four times
LOOK, NO CHANCE
I'VE been getting letters from ull the amateur would-be Cole Porters ac- cusing me of being-among other things one of the Morons of Tin Pan Alley. All because I said that the song- So don't forget Tin Pan Alley writing efforts of most of Is not against British song these amateurs are childish,
you and your muste- *So publishing friends won't give British song-writers a chance," They're say the letter-writers,
wrong
fessionals
Il is not the pro-
don't who
γίνο
us much,"
writers. It is you, the record Виста, who seem to prefer American-und sometimes I'm horrified at your taste.
LOOK, NO WORDS
FTER Philip Gree, the man
British songs a chance it is the A who writes more fim music
public...
I have done some checking on the rợp, ben records during the past year awarding points for them i
to the period of their stay in the top tên.
Ten points for a No. 1; nine points for No. 2 and so on down,
than any other British com- poser, had read the script of a film which was to be shot in Ireland, he turned to the pro- ducer and said, "What this im Boede for background music is a Gob Band."
The two produits, BHT,
And during the year it toughly A
works out like this: American blankly. They, thought Pollu numbers get 50 percent of the 1: wee Kit Found the bende placings-and British get 41 "I'm not mad," cald Pig
Gob Band Is Eomething they percent,
have
on the west coast of Ireland. There are no ristru-
ments, just six or seven people
So you see which songs record buyers prefer. And on actual
VIGNETTES OF LIFE.
"G'MORNING!" SHE CHIRPS GAYLY EXPECTING HER BREAKFAST WHEN SHE
ROLLS OUT OF BED AT ELEVEN A.M.
"HEY/ WHEN
DO WE EAT?
THE NEPHEW WHO GIVES
THE VELVET RUGS THE WET WINER
„BATHING SUIT TREATMENT,
CARL'S BACK
ARL "Blue Surde Shock"
PERKINS has just come qui of hospital. His ear collided with a truck while he was on
his way to appear on the Perry Como television show.
URA DOWN
THIS WAY PEA ELIT SALE BARGAINS
How To Best-sell
26,000,000 Books
E never failed for a. plot.....he never let his readers down.
It is more than 80 Nut Gould since
years died,
The truck driver was killed, leaving 180 racing romances Carl escaped with alight that had sold 25,000,000. injuries to the spine.
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He is now back in circulation And he still sells spectacu For this week the larly. ruid hopes that his "Blue Suede
is that further Shoes are going to walk him news to the top of the British Hit million of his books came Parade It is in tho Top into print. How many living Twoty again this week,
THE TOP TEN
DONNIE Hilton's "No Other Love" still heads the Hit Panade, But away from top place there are big changes.
I "NO OTHER LOVE.” Tonale
Hilton (H.M.V.)
2 "LOST JOHN/STEWBALL"
Lonnie Donegan (Nixa)
3 "I'LL DE HOME,"
Boone. (London)
4 "A TEAR FELL." Teresa
Brewer (Vogue-Coral)
It
is
ULDE NAT GOULD
A STROKE OF LUCK!
By NANCY SPAIN
"
a: word.
in
strive to
Gontran de Poncins.
Father" was Monsieur the Vicomte, the
last of the French dindies,
Ho always dressed according ....... to the weather, If it was a grey day Father wore grey. Ho had 24
grey othe
outate ranging through Therringtones anct pia
stripe to small checks,
authors, I wonder, have achieved a record like this? One of the now batch is a
Blący called line, never, rewrols marvellous QUEEN OF THE TURF (John never fouched a typewriter. He
born
in Manchester Long, 18.). Why will it sell?
Because
It is a good story. No
061, died
aged 02, leaving other book published this week £7,797. has a. story as good as
He once wrote a novel in 14 this. Listen, while I tell you.
days. His list bot was on New- is all about a dastardly cad-haven II in 1890 when the horse at. 7-1. So Nat Gould Against Paul Cralk (Wrong) Won
beautiful
Sybil Romney gave up gambling.. Said he: His dressing room was. 2011.
are my
by 20ft. and two of the walls novels" (Right) // Pauli wronged her "My bets
were sold clothes. But only How right he was. And how Pat mother and pushed a man who
clothes for thai.
particular befriended her under a bus: So right the public are who lap up
season. this lovely wholesome alun,
"Ho she is determined to foil him.
had trunicfuls HIS BEST BET
Sald Gould: "The public are elsewhere."
..If You
Father ordered a dozen ritw E aims to lame Damask, the generous,
Durty hope, by hiring a please them they will ever stick sults each year, a dozen pairs ere loyal to of shoes to go with them. Those local poacher to stretch a length to you...
were the days when meri wore the the backbone, .01 chain acrosNG · one of
A pity that some of our more top hats. Father had dozens. A PEOPLE OF gallop.
who proudly man did nothing else *but Winifred Atwell
All comes right in the end, precious writers Damask elso wins the Oaks and remark that they write only to polish them for him, using a
pleare themselves don't take a velvet cushion. the Ascot Gold Cup and s
As Father sald; "Elegance becomes Augen of the Turf, look at Nat. Gould's wonderful
Hea
not being conspicuous in Paul record. poncher
murtiers
OLD CHARTREUSE Showinces" is for fops. owner, marries
have too much...
When Father wrote a lofteråt, The I can never have too, had to be perfect. piraso obviously being affected too many strawberries, ar too paper had to be very thiets, the
pen had to scratch a little. try: so many borses round about. much cream, or asparagus.
But is
He liked to hear himself write, there a moment "I'm sure I loved you from the
When
Father went riding "when" charming” whiting cloyst Rotneni I saw yonia."..
Consider FATHER SETS THE
·PACE: (Gollancz, 138 d.) by
5 "HEARTBREAK HOTEL."
Elvis Presley (H.M.V.)
€ "POOR
PARIS." (Deren)
7 "MY SEPTEMBER LOVE"
David Whitfield (Decea)
urme HAPPY WHISTLER Dan Robertson: (Capitol)
30 "SAINTS ROCK AND ROLL." Bill Haley Comets (Brunswick)
Summer Visitors
WELL, WELL /;
SAME
OLD
PLACE!
HE
The
siz ayah her turn ofAN one
Dear
Like Nat Gould, Shakespeare he never blotted a
BY HARRY
charm?
WEINERT
"IT'S A JOY TO SIT DOWN AT ATABLE WHERE ANYTHING GOES AND, YOU CAN DUNK
WITHOUT EVERYONE STARING
AT. YOU?"
THE VISITOR WHO. ARRIVES WITH A LOAD
OF NEW LUGGAGE AND NOTICES THAT EVERYTHING IS JUSTV THE SAME SAME OLD WALLPAPER SAME OLD RUGS, SAME OLD CHAIRS, SAME OLD EVERYTHING.
COPA, 1915 MY GENERÁL FEATURES COAP, IM WORLD RIGHTS RESERVED.
JUST LIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY
FILLING HER CASE
WITH HIS CIGARETTES JUSTUKE ONE OF HIS OWN DAUGHTERS!”
„POP SAYS -- KIAI- HE BORROW-A“. BOTTLE-OF-YOU- KNOW-WHAT-- AND A COUPLE OF BOTTLES OF CLUB-SODA-SOM VISITORS.
ROPPED
*THEY
JUST
CANT
SEE
ASH
(and horses were the passion of his grooni, his life)
Wentical
pinks: one
picked three
for Father, one for William, one for the mare's headband.
This
exquialte- Father was .... diflcult to live with, His wife
wasn't allowed to ride a bicycle (bicycles were for postmeny
Fathor's friends were just as who there
surprising..
Wak
For example
the Vicomte de V.
made his woodcocks a greater
delicacy
the table by
injecting them as soon as he
shot
Them
with di
evringe full of old
Father fell when France In the Second
sergeant: commandeGred.......
chateau and Father's
A
heart
broke. He died full adding for a special vest and a special hair cream that had been left in Paris with the German
FANTASTIC oldu STRAIGH-T __AND... TWARBOW PATH (Methuen,
12. Gd.) In Honor Tracy's thirdə book. In it she is poking trung
at the Irish Litigation, which
Irish
is a much a part of the Irish way of Life as the Hospitality ad The
Charm
A sad English tuholar agrees t
the
to write an article on Quant Irish Customs because"-", Jaumalist who thould do this is drunk. He sees some nuns
ing borifires on Midsummer's Eve.
Но writes about
this?
nasisted by the local lawyer and
So the local canon assisted by
the same brings ulagainst the howspaper and
and tho.
viitor, And the unfortunate A good old litigious time is had by one and all AES Fantasy though you may think it, it reads terribly like The Good Old Irish Truth to me
DRIVE IN GEN
BUT I must say I am also
D
getting very fond of those brasti, cosy American real fe stories that read so much," mero Caslly than most faction,
The latest la GRAND. MOTEL William and Miharde. Breat (Rich and
by
which tells
Rick Force
E64) McCabe
•MIST=w[IO====tired Hollywood where they ckn't well scripts go to manage a motel, CA motel. Is a drive in hotel for motorists, accel
# This Cons, de, owned by
Maymo
Boatwright
characters, both Mayura hans doodle
of
and high-holed dioca, Pert Just a drunk,
Rick and Kid hate is all f
roully food of Mayme abel
THE GUESTS BRING GOL AND DRESSING-UP TOG: #ORGET THEIR LA