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HUT 29
LOSES ITS IDENTITY
WHAT & Tamous victory
W for the Boys of lut 29.
The Yunks have bought "The Army Game.".
Bat, us usual, a flanker has been worked on the ranker. Tho Americans have only bought the iden.
Privales Bresslaw, Bass, and Ce, w probably be sidetracked. When the die goes out in the States, it will be Sergeant Bilk (Phit 5)ivers) who will wingle the laughs.
Obviously, if the Americans do not understand British humour now, they are determined to stive Ja miss. But hod "The Army Game" dise been produced i the Brst place by Silvers nut Co. you can het that there would have been some pressure
released 10 el
here, ^ British imitalion would heva been frowned on.
It is 100 much of a one-sided
Tale for my luste.
節
*
Not long ago, Alan Fowler fron Forest Gate was pianist fur 1orrae Desmond On the side 3 wrote songs-no fewer than 400 of them. Only nine wwe published,
Su Alan decided to become a singer unself to remedy the situation. Faplana have just issued his first EP, entitled These You've Never Heard," comprising four (1 his own rungs.
They changed his name, al course. The recording englätter renamed him Ai Saxon during
hat sessions.
1
The First Eleven
ON
THE
STREET WHERE YOU LIVE." Vic Damone, Philips. 12
2 "ALL 1 HAVE TO DO DREAM/ CLAUDETTE" Everly Brothers, London.
3" WHO'S SORRY NOW."
Carini Eritela, M-O-M.
1
4 "STAIRWAY
LOVE" Michel
day. Columben. És
5 ARMY
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1958. '
CYRIL
STAPLETON'S
COLUMN
THE CONTROVERSIAL
MR KENNAN
h
it was precisely flis possi-
standpoint of the
UNITED STATES military intervention in bility-the most important that Russia at the end of the First World could be imagined from the
Long term The next Day film has been War is condemned as a “failure of American future of both the Russian and alven the provisional title of
the American peoples and in- "Same And The Lobster," and statesmanship" in a now historical study deed of mankind generally-- actor
that was sacrificed to the sten- Jack Lemmon has been of the period by Mr George F. Kennan,
der and evanescent baubles of former American Ambassador to the Soviet the military intervention," Union.
booked to write a song for Dorls.
The MIs Brothers are dug in Britain this month for TV und Mr Kennan WAS
declared the personality and methods of concert appearances, If you pensiona non grata (unacceptable) President Woodrow Wilson. are old enough you will remem-by the Soviet Government after
"And here one knows not who he had made critical comments her them from the thiriles,
deserves the greater share of the dealt seriously with the sound blame the Brish
who never
Four Boys and a Guitar" to the West German press about was the original billing, and conditions in Moscow in October Heir vocally-produced Instru- 1952. mental noises were considered the last word in novelty. ΟΣ Holl
They inspired the formation of number of British group
Bard Bresslaw. Mlefiel Medwi, Mille Bass, tralie- FAOM HEM.V. 10
"TOM HARK. Ebay
and hit Zig Zag., Jive
Flatey. Coluintila
6 WITCH
FROM
DOCTOR." Bon Lang. HM.V. (7. ASTULIPS
AMSTERDAM." "YOU NEED
HANDS," Mas Bygraves. Decca, (5) 9 "BOOK
LOVE." OF Mudlarks. Columbia. - 10" DIG
MAN. Four Preps. Capitol (→)
11 A WONDERFUL
TIME UP THERE Pat House, London. (91
The Twelfth Man: TWILIGHT TIME. Plattera, Mercury 12,
IN CO-OPERATION WITH NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS
as
of
which used just the same effects with varying degrees of success, Now the "four boys" are ather portly-looking gentlemen middle age, Astonishingly for thin business, they have managed to keep pace with events. They even rode the rock sto-m with some succoSE.
Recent recordings have been devald of the old instrumental effects, but there is no doubt that the Mills Brothers will be greeted by many of us as old friends.
We may be confronted by the rare speelscle of the youngsters streering them ar newcomers and agreeing with the tastes of their Mums and Dads for change.
When Howard Keci arrived in Britain to film he pronounced "No singing."
for
and
מת
by
4
counter-arguments put up He was withdrawn following the American military author
their heads a Soviet demand to Washington tles but went over for his recall. More recently, as to extort Wilson's assent to an advocate of military disen- proposition he never fully un-
between East gagement
derstood or approved; or Wilson West in Europe, Mr Kennan himself, who by his secretive- has been claimed In Eastern ness, his tendency to paralyse Europe as a supporte of the the regular channels of inter Polish Rapockl plan
course by ignoring them. atom-fred zore.
und his unwillingness really to talk things out with- foreign govern- His study of United States mens in any normal way, made Intervention in Kussia in 1918 it possible for such misunder forms the accond volume, standings to arise and to cn- "Decision to Interuene,"
a dure." study series on Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1020 (published by Faber & Faber-509).
in
Mr Kennan'a judgment on the
episode is that "never surely in the history of American diplo- macy has so much been paid for so little
*
Mr Kenner pointed out that
with the withdrawal, In October 1918, of the American Ambassa- dor, Mr David Francis, from
though Keel does not sing in fore another American Am- nwch air-time Presley's the film, and the accompani-bassador would sel foot on ment is a strange gurgling and Soviel soil and another period of "Loving You“ album,
direct Soviet-American relatiers In the final reckoning, splashing,
colourful, Sinatra enme out with nearly a Under the shower, Keel gives--less
outwardly quarter of alle available out spontaneously and unaware more orderly, but burdened by time. Pat Boone was next with of the grinning crowd of extras this time with an even greater 1955 tuum dál. And the highly-and-technieland-who-gatherweight of condiciing commit Frank Sinatra hus been called boosted Elvis got considerably around to hear snatches of Keet mont on both sides would be
in the hottest thing
show less than a tenth.
hils from "Oklahoma"
ushered in." business. Here is why.
"Angle Get Your Gun." Here in the odd spot. Sinatra American disc Jockeys have compiled list of the most rarely gets into the Top Pops, played records fast year and
but he has colossal stamina.
given proof that Frankle Boy The fans go on buying his has demolished all opposition
records long after the latest Ht Sinatra's "All The Way" Parade favourite is forgotten. captured the 28 r.p.m. class.
and had four imes as muny pluss Rock."
28
Presley's
*Jailhouse
☆ ☆
and
Mr Kennan records that the side memoire informing the Allled governmenta of the American decision to intervene in Russla was drafted by Wilson "alone, on his own typewriter,"
Mr. Nichols opens
his snapshot album
by SANDY WILSON
Author of The Boy Friend. THE SWEET
AND
TWENTIES. By Bovertoy Nichols. Weidenfold and Nicolson. 21s.
re-
NOW that Fashion has come Glying judgment, Mr Kennan full cycle and the girls of concludes: "The reasons for this today, ' in their mack dresses, fallure of American statesman-strap shoes and ropes of beads, chip Iny, as the reader will have are almost indistinguishable train observed, in such things as the the floppers of 1925, it is not deficiencies of the American po- surprising that one of that dear Jical system from the stord-departed perlod's Brightest relations, the grievous distortion portune point of the conduct of foreign Young Men should feet it op-
to present his of vision brought to the demo miniscences of the 1920s. cratic society by any pclí- abandonment-as in World Wax The preface, which I found the Ito the hysteria of militancy:best part of the book, leads us the congenital shallowness, perhaps to expect a serious com- philosophicat and intellectual, ofparative study of two post-war the approach to world problems eras; but it turns out to be in that bubbled up from the the author's own words "only a fomentations of official Washing light-hearted collection of'smap- ton; and the pervasive dilettant shots," ism in the execution of Ameri- can polley.
In fact, reading it is like look- "How pleaning it would be ifing through a family album, Noet and Gertle and Adele and one were able to record, in con- which contains a lot of famular Cole and wasn't it fun? eluding this volume, taat these some too familiar-faces and
Well, it undoubtedly was, and delleleñcles had been left be- a few strange ones. There they a lot of this charming book is hind." Reuter,
ail are, in their party clothes great fun to read.
A SPLENDID PRESUMPTION
But less than a month after the last American civilians left THE Husain, "World War I came en end."
to
"With this development, the stated reasons for the presence
might previously have had."
comments.
P
AM
DEVERLEY NICHOLS Familiar faces-but no bad
The Sweet and Twenties carries one along very pleasantly In its nostalgic, slightly avun- cular way. But I honestly wish he had attempted, something There must be so many of us who would like to know.. what it was really like to be alive in those days..
more.
By tube!
MAN WHO PRE- folded in an exclling and highly SUMED By Byran Farwell readable narrative which inves-
tigates and reveals the develop- (Longmans, 255)
ment of this strange man and ERHAPS the most the driving force which urged
Maybe the Twenthes have been Yet the Keel voice in being | Bolshevik-held territory, i of American forces in Russla
han to uvercome the almost famous greeting in the insuperable heard regularly at Pinewood, would be another 15 years he lost what little validity language is "Dr Livingstone, beset his youth.
obstacles which overdone, and maybe too many of its celebrilles have written their memoirs. Certainly this I presume?" but compara-
Most readers will be particu-book is a necessary addition to "The United States gover- ment had then little to show attively little is known of the larly interested in the description the library of anyone who has a the end of the first year of the character and early life of of Stanley's preparations for the taste for that period, and I Soviel-American relationship, the man who uttered it.
Journey in search of Livingstone, personally never tire of reading but equally important are those about those horrifle, vulgar old for its efforts to cope with the
Born in North Wales in an age chapters dealing with his night-ladies who battled tirelessly with
other problems posed for it by the
to become top Russian Revolution," Me Kennen, when illegitimacy was only the ing on both sides in the Ameri-ench
first step towards a bleak and can Civil War and he "Joining, hostess, horrifying workhouse childhood, and then deserting, the Navy.
("And here," piped Emerald. the formative years of Henry Much less is known of the re- Morton Stanicy were scarred ception at home, the doubts cast (Cunard), "Is daring Allco von. came by: greater wounds of upon his veracity, the campaign Hofmannsthat, who with even cruelty, neglect and indifference of villflention against him, and be!") than most unfortunates had to his subgéquent vindication, the
But I would love to read just suffer and this biography by an later days in England following
knighthood and one book on that era whose American admirer presents the his marriage, journey to fame and fortune of entry into Parlament, and Mr writer did not seem to be slightly interest shamed of it. After all some- restless Forwell sustains successful and
throughout. Tho publishers, body must have thought cloche
hats were charming. And too, are to be congratulated on
don't think it's necessary unhappy, deter- the production and type.
assume any longer that we, in and intraspec- nature is un-
J. V. CATLIN our generation, imagine that our counterparts in the 1920s were just a lot of Charlesioning nincompoops, Or were they?
Mary Mudd, glamorous third
of The Mudlarks veea) trio, han a problem. She is in line for u rolo recording career, Should she change her name?
"The trouble is, none of the
seem right,"
Doris Day has crept in the suggested changes Two Sinatra ..P. headed the British Best Sellers with "A observes the vivacious Luton
the first warbler and another look Very Precious Love,"
and ndds shrewdly: next section fourth place. In aggregate, they time since she clicked in Britain "Anyway fame makes the name,
noi vice veran," gubbled up about 20 men as with "Que Sera."
VIGNETTES OF LIFE
IT'S EITHER FRECKLES AND
DATES OR
NO FRECKLES,
NO DATES. TAKE YOUR CHOICE.
Recounting the diplomacy which preceded the despatch of the American force to Archangel
states:
September 1918, Mr Kennan
"They were sent against the better judgment of their own Vovernment in deferenda, to the pressure of the Allies and the express wish of Fock" (Marshal Ferdinand Foch, French. Com mander of World War 1).
the Mr Kennan attributes American decision principally to
He concedes that this relation ship would in any case have
been dificult but maintains that the prospects WETO Tot entirely hopeless "If only be- cause this is a changing world, where people Influence" others and are influenced by them in unexpected ways and where things are constantly moving on. crealing new opportunities older ones lose their reality."
Low Tide
ns
this
character.
Wayward and mined, ruthless tive, Stanley's
the
By Harry Weinert
-(London Express Service).
1
10
LOST IN A DEASE FOREST.
"IS TRIS
BEACH PROTECTED T
7-13
DIDI OR DID I NOT TURN THE GAS OFF UNDER
THE STEW?
OH BOY! WHAT A
GORGEOUS TAN ?"
MS NO FUN FOR MOM.
-AND SLOW BURA.
BEAC
PATRO
Plot Not Preaching
THE RETURN OF ANSEL GIDAS By Frodorick Buechner. (Chotto Windus, 15.)
COON" after "By Love
Possessed," another novel appears that attempts to explain the cultured, civilised American in his own terms. For me Mr Buechener succeeds where Mr Cozzens failed. The | Return of Angel Gibbs is shorter, loss self-conscious than "By Love Possessed;" It is also subtler, wittier, and much better written..
The plot is concerned with Gibbs, a highly-gifted intelice-, tual, who has been invited to take a post in the President's cabinet and is rash enough to ap- pear on TV with his biter op- ponent, the archetypal middin- Westerner, Senator. Farwell, In a long dialogue, the ver batim account of the TV discus- sion, he finds himself, for private reasons, dellberately distorting his public face, only to realise that private Integrity is too often, incompatible with public engagement.
PLOT PRIORITY.
Mr Buechner, hommers' away at the thesis that no mortal values are absolute; that even ultimate good and evil arena changeable as the Arctic land- acope, but he does to within his novel, which is, thank Heaven, primarily concerned with tha Interpiny of characters and plot! These are not perfect, there are too many. coincidences, -Lõo minný vý people with a gift for oplæram, M but they are very good, " There ia also à fino allempt to expiali the almost inexplicable fusion of - Instinct, intellect and emotion which ́results · in action; ....... Me Buechner is a writer at-con- siderable skill,
—JAMES MITCHEL
No mil
Today
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
FROM THE BRINY DEER
WE ENVY
THE PEOPLE
WHO CAN
HOLD ON
TO THEIR
DIGNITY AND
A HOT DOG
AT THE
SAME
TIME.
IT'S ONLY FAIR TO ASSURE THE GIRLS WE AREN'T ALL STARING AT THEM - SOME OF US HAVE OTHER INTERESTS.
'COM, 1991 UT.GENERAL FEATURES
2017. TSWORTH KIAHTI EESERVED.