THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE
1957.
SHOW BUSINESS learns about the importance of being Awful
Mr. DOUGLAS SEEKS A WILD,
انويل
DEBORAN KERR: Ther be disappointed. ...
"I
WILD WOMAN
66 AM looking," observed Kirk Dougins, I left him still looking for "for a wild Viking woman. Whom bin wild Viking woman. When do you suggest?"
last seen he was heading in the direction of 1 told Mr Douglas that wild Viking women employment mange,
lho neatest had been missing from the London scene for some years. But I know an angry Norwegian Old Faithful
waitress in Westminster,
"1
od, commanding £50,000 year-old Boyd, "They're all curious thing," she said
"Not much," confessed 82. handy with their armoury. The I've only been a success kita liked me 'cos I wasn't too appeared in! From Het rough, and always ended spirity. Yet I'm just the with the horse instead of the fore,...you know- girl...."
material.
· bea: 19 that boy mtly wonton instead of
reald
The
only
IN SHORT ANTHONY
PERKINS-bril-
lidhi young actor of Friend-
ly Persuasion end Fear Strikes Out and the white hope of Hollywood newcomers is well known for his Father 111- epiventiona) alllær,
So much so that when invited · to a party the other night his
girl friend warned' film:
"It's formal, darling-wear sócia"
Otto pro-
BALD. HEADED Preminger who guced St. Joan-explaining to a Ing career friend why he gave up his act-
there just isn't toom
"I abandoned acting because Yul Brynners..
for two
DEBRA PAGET- the youthful and zeatrul
Storlet owns
*
the fishlest саг
In Hollywood...a puce-coloured Cadillac studded stones,
with coloured
"No," said Mr Douglas, guardedly. hardly think she'd do." He looked harassed.
IMMEDIATELY follow- Intriguing "fmagine here we are off to Norway to Colour ("Why didn't they give ing the Trooping the Alm The Vikings, in which I've sunk all my the Dook a real steedstead of
THE, item that money, and no wild Viking woman,"
a't Be Misled (2) intrigues mo En He ran a head through his hair, dejectedly. William Boyd invited me round
that hung-head
crittur?") biography of Ernest Borgnine
THE news that a color- The other day she returned to "It sounds a big project?" 1 said.
"When he inct his wif
ed belor. Hatry Belafonte, the ear park to to his hotel.
And that "Tremendous," said
Rhoda, ale was working love to a white actress, souvenir
hunters had Even
prised Douglas. "You know-we've, with
people not equipped Pharmack, it's Mate, Fire Fontaine, in the film ver- an e100 worth of the stones; got a small army up there. must know that Mr Boyd is the
phone-topping outfits Class.
Alee Waugh's Inland in "What can I do?" she moaned, And fleet of ships. We actor who
Asun bas been could probably attack one long Cassidy.
Immortalled Hopa- Don't Be Misled (have had an advance her:
widely "What can I do?"
Having seen the ear 1 con fell of the smaller countries with some greece...
RODERICK MANN
"Do you get paid a lot in your pictures?" I naked
None of your business" Bald Douglas pleasantly, "But I'll tell you this: now I'm producing my own pictures I can rarely afford to hire myself. Apart from thaf, ns n producer I can't stand myself as an actor, too temperamental,"
Three years ago French-born Anne Burdenis married him in Las Vegas promising to take him as her "awful wed- ding husband,”
Since that time Douglas has capitalized on his awfulness.
"I'm always taking a beating in my flims," be groaned. "In Lust for Life," I cut my ear off now there's a part you can't play more than once and In The Vikings get an eye gouged out.
That should be awful enough for anyborly."
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Wearing a dark-blue business suit and a head of snow-white
bair "I got that at an early ope sittin' in damp churches"), reinxed in a chair and told me:
не
Ten years ago I was ou my knees with 20 cents in my porket. That was after buy- ing up all my old Hoppy flins,
(1) Leave it at home. (2) Sell it.
ACTRESS Diann Barry- mere-who couldn't get a Job anywhere on the stage year 880-19 snowed.
under with offers since the publication Too Much, Too Soon.
That much-discussed njat the flim-which is to be privately shown in Lahden tell you this:-
Tea and Sympathy whered next month and I
weck.
106) are NO dramatic love- Mr Belafonte between I didn't see il
but I talk to a star: Deborah Ke Miss Fohlähe.
She is, 1 noed hardly tell jelafonte himself agrees, "It's LAZI actress of sensitivity!
about nothing. The fusg Then I released them on Tú quality almost as rare i Hab interest is only implied. We of her notorious autoblography,
wood as the Great Irish Elk, nd together and her lips are What did she think of T That's #15 for Es i the piny banned in London Whis nim-which is adapted the Lord Chamberlain?
and became a millionaire," I asked Mr Boyd what he thought of other TV cowboy heroes.. Matt Dillon, Wyatt Earp arki Co.
FOOTNOTE: In
case
of
have. It seems, been ted hly up the garden path by "I'm afraid," she said, ducer Darryl Zanuck
The lesson
for unsuccessful British actresses is obvious.
Write a book.
But first learn to drink.
t
I HAVE glad news for all admirera
of Judy Gar
are in progress
to London in
to
sing at
Tottenham
a great many people will would go so far as to say hoping to see me rip open at far from appearing to be Edith Summerskilt should decide the end
Dr blouse as the character docd love with Miss Fontaine, Mr land. to apply-I should point out they'll be disappointed. I tre trying to interest her in a to bring her of the play, velafonte Icoks more ns if he Negotiations that the wild Viking woman do it,"
ust be Norwegian by birth
tcuum-cleaner. without doub At that, I'm not too sure she'd Dominion, the most sought-after actresave bought it,
Road.
not by adoption.
Miss Kerr,
The glamorous Miss
Kerr is determined
H Hollywood
TAVING spent years in trying to prove that she had a figure and having succeeded in doing so-Deborah Kerr is now trying to do the very, opposite. She has accepted
to be ugly
wouldn't do it.
"I can assure you," he bet the one thing I hat Intention of doing is to be Trappist monk. I don't thi wife would like the idea, this particular ambition. I have never really ente be glad if you would ma quite clear to film product I am still avcilable as an that I am still living in feld and that I do not to take up residence monastery. Trappist or This, of course, is quite un- wise." true. Unicas the make-up de- Mr Guinness has an eng partment do a very thorough job tion of how this extrac of deglamorsing Mis Kerr, story about him get aro there is a considerable dunger has recently been havit that, even in the most unbecom- ing dresses, she will cutshine Miss Hayworth,
a role that might finish the to become beautiful in the film, That would enreer of a lesser, actress. ruin the story. I'm determined She is going to play the lo be as ugly as sin." plain, gawky, flat-chested. "In that case," I said, "they sex-starved spinster in the will have to use simost as much Alm of Terence Rattigan's make-up on you as they did on Separate Tables,
Frankenstein."
In the theatre this role was WHO WILL SUFFER? played by Margaret Leighton; but alle also played
"No," she said, "all they will. ginmorous model in the second need to do is leave off the
the
of the two stories which made make-up." up the evening's
programme.
This,
EQ to speak, balanced things out.
THE CONTRAST
In the film version, the two stories run paralles and the glamour girl will be played by So perhaps it is really Rita Fita Ilayworth. So Miss Kerr who is running the bigger risk, runs the obvious risk of dis- playing herself throughout the STRANGE MESSAGE catre Alm in the most unal- tractive light while Miss Hay-E the-tac
men of
show-
worth will be dolled up to klil. busincas have btch sending
It is not the tind of situation out a strange message these lasi many actresses would tolerate few days. It has been received But Miss Kerr is looking for and deciphered by húmerous wand to it.
people in Wardour Street, and She told me:
it reached the late this week. It "I am terribly keen to play this part, I want Gulness was giving up acting was to the effect that Alec to look moosey and plala, It will Klve me a chance to d
Trappist monk. some character acting which is
what I
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to becottie
Iirst heard this story from 4
I really love doing. When producer who had been thinking
you become accepted as a star of asking Mr Guinness to play are continually having to a part in his new flin, but was sell the same personality on the not going to do so now, because screen, and that can get to be he had been reliably informed boring. Now I shall be able to that My Guinhess's departure do some acting and that out for a monastery was imminent. weighs all the disadvantages of looking unattractive."!
NO CONCESSIONS
I suggested that, ns some times happens in films,
Though Mr Gulnaris always unpratictable-gait des- pite the fact that he has some- times been realive about im mies-I thought
His
September
DEBORAH KERR Unattractiveness hós cértalo ̋odrantogen.
the Court
hade
a Trappist monk. Ob- sume I shall not look 80 on the lously someone has been screen-I am a little younger avesdropping. And misinterpret than that."
On the other hand, Mr NOTHING BARRED. Guinness assured me that was absolutely
true he would all out to become that sometimes In fact, Mr Scofield is going much despised animal a film
LIMELIGHT bromas Wiseman
ALEC GUINNESS "I'm ect taking up resil
Monattery."
there becoming a monk was a sofhe- col about
thal cussions with Sir Mic might be a final scene showing what dragic course of action. Daphne'
making d
out Everi for him
the plain girl blossoming Into a beauty with the awakeh- ing of lave.
Miss Kerr was horrified at the suggestion "If they wanted me
JOHNNY HAZARD'
I YELLER LOUD ENOUGH TO WAKE THE DEAD, AND STILL NOT: A ONG WILL PUT HIS FOOT OUT THE DOOR! THEY'RE REAL SCARED OF SOMETHING / GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY 1110
du Mauri Scapegoat, in which History. He and S posed to play nise thought that the char
be more interesting
So I theiled him on this sub jeet over lunch. He had heard the story,
LIS-TENE E COME IN PRÁCIÓVA BER, MY BUN IS DISCARDEDI COME OUT. I NEED KÜLPIL
make a film of The Loved One which is all about a Holly- wood cemetery.
He said: "I have alrendy received a letter Cerilig me fuil co-operation from a body known as the National Selected Morticians Inc."
SECOND BID THA brilliant stage actor Paul Scofield is making record attempt at a fim career. He has been cast opposite Vir- ginie McKerina In another of
hooo stories
British about heroism called Carve Her Name With Pridg
Mr Scofield's» first assault the Alm studios was when
mar
"If necessary," be said, "I shall even pose for publicity, pictures in fight trousers. and fool though sitting on horses, if anyone is tunes of the.
to went such pic-
"I slut enjoy becoming a glamour boy, but if that's what they want me to be. I shall do whatever I am asked to, If you go into films I don't think you can afford to be superior about that sort of thing you've got to play along."
·SPANISH ́LESSÓNS
NNE BAXTER he just re-
Q
A turned from Biming in Spain where, of course, she met handsome bullighter, Andonto Ordonez, who spent a good deal of time in her company.
But, unlike a certain other on actress
with d partiality
for
he matadors Miss Barier did not appeared in That Lady wearing receive any love pocins
a grey beard and a whole range him, nor any bull's ears 13
of wrinkles...
"Ever since then," said Mr
from
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tribute to her beauty.
Miss Baxter told me:
"My
I'm afraid I
of Scofield, "I have been asked to rothalle life is very much dis
pidy gentlemen of between 80 entangled
and 90 with drey boards and made use of the bullighter to wrkkles. Now I am going to
play myself the way I actual practise my Spanish," ly look. I don't think I have all
e that many wrinkles. And I ar
By Frank Robbing.
Her Spanish is
good,
now quite
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