THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1958,
PEOPLE
in the news
Julie Andrews, star-of "My Fair Lady," shown as she loft London with hor flance, Tony Walton, for a holiday in Italy.--Contral Press Photo.
NURSE,
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The Showman With The Magic Touch
Bernard Delfont, London's "Mr Light Entertain- ment", has again set tongues wagging ex- citedly in British show business.
The
40-yeur-old
com.
remains Rusciun- then, Delfont born impresario has just parailvely independent today, published the list of sturs for backing IT.V. variety bills, the annual Royal Variety Show bringing the world's top stars to at the London Coliseum on London and often paying them November 3-the Brst he has more than £1,000- week, been asked to arrange.
And ho has started by dropping such Jong-term in- stitutions ns the Crazy Gang. who have appeared in the Royal show for 15 years..
True to form the ptar- building showman who climbed from the buck streets to fame, bus given new talent a chance.
He says; 'n always creal- Ing. It's more thun a business, It's a dedication."
But he has not always been successful. There was the time when be brought Churles Laughton, Charles Boyer, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and
Agnes Moorchoad to Britain-and then found he could not book them Into the West End. "I lost
£12,000," he says.
and as energetic as ever. Work Delfont today is serious, shy,
A Weekly China Mail Feature
A World Without Sun
He Plays By Night
THE
from RONALD SINGLETON
sun has gone out of seven-year-old Rickey Alden's life. In the daytime he is a prisoner
of darkness in his shuttered, insulated home. Only
at night is he allowed to go out and play. For Rickey is allergic to sunshine and daylight.
He is so sensitive to the ultra- high fever, λ rash, and violet rays of sunshine, that to pneumonin. go outside in daylight would make him dangerously lu.
For two years he has slopt in daytime and studied and played after sunset,
Hickey, a bright, intelligent brown-haired, very pale boy, us the only son of a psychiatrist.
He lives in the fashionable Twin Penks district of San Francisco — in the State where sunshine is glorified more than
nywhere else in the world,
He was put to bed, and the Illness vanished as swiftly as it had appeared. He woni out playing in the sunshine, And the Lever and pticumonia returned,
He recovered, went out again and back came the illness. Doctors held conference after conference, They warned Rickey's parents that it would be fatal to allow lim out ka daylight.
the weather
the
While his young friends aro
Whatever playing in the Californian sun- sun's ultra-violet rays ate palson shine Rickey is sealed up in his for Rickey.. They pierce even home-a home with all windows for foggiest of days. "blacked out" by plastic boards,
He looks ut holiday advertise-
is his hobby, his all-consuming ments in colour: bronzed bathers assion, He l married toon Hawalinn beaches; cowboys former actress Carole Lynne, rounding up herds in Texas in He looks at Mexican and is the father of three the sun. children (Susan, Jennifer und picture books of straw-latted That is no idle boast, For David), but flads little time for nutives Tolling in the noon-day handsome, oft. Bernard Delfont, horne fe Most of the time, sun. once an entertuinier idmself, has he in rushing off to the suided unknowns like Max Continent, to America, ur round Bygraves, Norman Wisdam, the British provinces. Frankle Vaughan, Horry He genuinely loves light Secombe and Winifred Atwell entertainment, and because
was once £111 artist himself, understands the People works with. This his brought him great popularity, and some- times gives him the edge in the competition for top contracts.
on the road in stardom.
Great Showman
Today Delfont ir one ef Britain's grenteat showman, an
19, SAVES MAN presario with prophetic mingic
FROM 70 FT DROP
19-YEAR-OLD nurse scrambled up a fire escape in driving rain to save a man from falling 70 ft. to death. Brian Elsbury, 21-year-old father of two children, was working on the roof of a nurses' hostel when he slipped.
He grabbed the edge
went over. For three
Ds he As the
soaked her minules dresing-gown and nightdress
his selections. In Britain this week, his name appears on 14 showbills, tive of them in Lontton.
He can pay thousands to ling the best American entertainers
Britain, and to foster young lend on the British stage. He
can enter a £200,000 deal with
eate magnate Charles Forte to
convert London's huge Hippo- drome intes dine-and-dance resturant,
怎么
Bernard Delfont was born
His Jamily emigrated
to Britain when he was very young, and settled in Mile End Road, in London's East End.
he hung over a concrete path. Nurse Eames stretched over the Barnet Winogradsky in Russin Then his shouts for help were edge and grabbed him. hoard by Nurse Margaret Eunes Then she shouted to him to in 1909. resting aftor a night's duty at a let go and pulled him towards Bournemouth hospital
her on to the flat roof as he fell, The olher day, 24 hours later, She climbed oul her Mr Elsbury, of Shelbourne Road, window, rambled up the dre urnemouth, handed Nuree escape and a ladder to a flat root Eames a 11b box of chocolates below the man. He was dangling and said: "Thanks for too far out to drop on to ẤN,
my life."
27
of
saving
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So, with this realisation, the Alden household has changed Its way of living.
And Rickey's day begins at sundown,
Zoo visit
And he dreams of the sun, Neighbours co-operate by "I dream of turning on the sending their children to play acts in the sun and lying in with Rickey at night on a rota the sun, and getting a sunburn, system. and taking anupshotsot Mom hand Daddie in the sun, and
must of all, playing baseball in the sun," he said.
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He is convinced that British people want British Mors—a} demand created by television, And he says: "This is the time to develop and encourage them."
P.C. Margaret
Resigns
To Look After
Her Man
His future became cleur Lo has when, one day, he won a Charleston championship. Fle teamed up with two brothers (known better today ns T. V executives and theatre ugents | Lew and Lestic Grade) là en A
£11-a-week dancing net. AB "The Delfont Brothers", they toured Britain with moderate success, once lopping the bill at the London Coliseum.
"People" Special Middlesbrough, England. 29-year-old Middle- sbrough Policewoman, Margaret Groy, has ro- force the signed from rather than be sacked be- cause of her boy friend.
His mother says Bernurd was always a restless boy", From She cald she had been warned tluncing, he turned to a theatri-by the Chief Constable,
Mr
eal agency and found he could | Ralph Davidson, that she would cash in putting on small be sucked after it became known touring shows. His Jung first she was ascoelating with a young appeared in the West End ay & moan with a court conviction. manager when he re-opened the St Martin's Theatre in 1042 withi "Jam Today",
Miss Gray joined the Middles- rough Force in February.
She told reporters that while on duty in May she met & man
"Jam Today" did not make much jam, but dark-haired Del- font was not so easily discour-and they became friendly, oged. He turned his attention to Americon stars and, with considerable financial backing was inrgdly instrumental in bringing about the tremendous boom in show business just after. the war,
The Big Time
He gave London among the best America could offer. Sophie
She added: "When it became known I was seeing him, I was shown his Police record card, which revealed that he had been
convicted on a charge grie- vous bodily harm.
"I was advised to drop the association.
"I did stop seeing him for four days, but I realised then that I loved him and that he was
Tucker, Hongy.. Carmichael, more to me than my career as [Chloo Marx, Laurel and Hardy,
and the Ink Spots.
Now Dellent slepped into the really Big Time. He became co-director with the late Jack Buchanan of the Garrick at Theatre, managing director the Saville and the Wimbledon, and of theatres at Llandudno and
as Hull, He bought a
pf
seven-your
a Policewoman.
"I don't think he is of the have criminal type or I would given him up. I hope to marry him if he goes straight,"
The man, an ex-boxer, said: "I think tho world of Margaret and want to marry her.
It was my fiets that got me into trouble before but now I am working and I have not been in trouble for two years."
Murgaret's room-mate,
lease on the London Casino and, showing considerable courage, set nut to fight the London Palladium monopoly by putting year-old Shella Figg, has on star variety. Opposition was resigned from the force.
Mis Plez sold she had derce and unrelenting. Dalfont told she was unsuitable suddenly barred from him.
She added:
14 He makes a living off the found that acts he wanted were Policewoman.
land (7).
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Warning
But the reality of Rickey's world is sunless.
Until the age of five he was
The children, in Twin Peaks are delighted.
means a night out-some- times to floodlit baseball gamea, And once it meant a night out in San Francisco Zoo.
The zoo's director had been lecturing to women's meeting. Afterwards his alceve WOR plucked by a nervous woman,..
a normal boy. Then, suddenly Fuckey's mother. and mysteriously he developed a
When Birds Were Almost
People
London.
Birds that gave loud welf whistles and song "All the nice girls love a sailor" 60 upset the residents of Esher Park Avenue, select Landon suburban rond, that residents
action have taken
against
their owner.
Evidence was given in the local court yesterday that in the summer an aviary of exotic colourful but noisy birds roused the neighbourhood
around four or five o'clock in the morning.
She said to him;" “My Hitle boy is allergic to daylight.... Is it possible........do you think ....what would it cost,...to let him
the 200 after hours?"
So that night the 200 was: opened ut midnight-five hours after the pubile closing time-
and throw of just for Rickey his triends.
They tramped round It for an hour and a half.
While his father and doctora confer almost daily, Rickey has his lessons at here in a room bright wilḥ safa Alectric light,
'Good fun'
The doctors say: There is no prescription we can give Rokey, except always keep him in a scaled house between And Rupset.
sunrise
Ilokey Bees no tragedy in this. "It is good fun to play in the moonlight," he said.
"But i dream of the sun whea ¡ sleep."
The whistles and screeching noises could be hean nearly all day while one blad end- lessly
oldtime anng the musical comedy song, it waB alleged.
A witness believed on Indian mynah bird was the main culprit.
Hearing of a summons against the owner for keeping birds which caused
FOOTNOTE: A British Medical Association spokesman said: This allergy to the day- light rays a very rare, but other cases have been known. They- usually occur in 'strong sun- light' countries, although there have been a Iew CASCE In Britain.
comes from
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yet been found."
Student Guides Big Success
In Austrian Capital
Vieruna.
Students are a great success as tourist guides in
Vienna.
The system is to be extender 21 to cover the whole of Apstip
also
The Vienna service, founded been four years ago by a student organlation, provides guides and other personnel which "Other Police-vidtone might require during But this opposition only spur-wanum did not like the clothes their stay in the Austrian capi- rod him on. By 1047, he had I wore and objected to me going tal. 19 Taldog it can get a punter five shows on the road, including out with different boys.
"Born Yesterday" and "Noose"
fo on this, maybe (7).
17 Ma dn my Ittle
heavenly shit! (5).
to hot water! (0),
21 Before long (4).
It a businessman wants to ex- port his goods to Austria a senior University student will introduce him to the right con- tacts.
interest in ite work. bod
The service reports that many tourist agencies have shown an Bookings have even been made pext year. "It seems that a girl cannot
This summer 1,200 foreign As an agent, he had in his stable have a career
Among special services pro- in the Police Charlie Force if she is interested in boyed by about 450 students, who potaries hired by the bour and
tourists were individually guld vided
foreign language 22 It runs around a room (4). Richard Teuber and
Kunz. 23 Not the opposition (4)..
and clothes/
of 100,000 a baby allling service. Then he had a brainwavo, He The Chief Constable said "It carried TURBDAY'S CROSSWORD.-Apr - 1 Chitp, 4 Tramps, would bring the Foller Borgere i lage ben two young ladies chillings (about £1,400). ₫ R.A.-dish, 10 Prawn, 12 Hasten, 14 Sextant, 17 Vere, 10 to the West End-that je," an have rosigned from the Force.
One young Viennese graduato "The indenta pre specially leavca doon for Venezuela to General, 20 Dil-Emme, 22 Alas, 29 Ambling, 27 Dinner,; 29 Anglicised version. Three weeks "I have no comment to mRNA ON Prise, 30 Regal-e, 31 Resort, 32 Stern. Downs Corks, 2 Index, after the opening, Delfont had the reasons they have alven be ined to answer a variety of take up a well-peld post arrang-
Pasha, 5 Rapt, 6 Menner, 7 B-and-af, 19 Hangman, 11 RS- | mape thougnds to invest.
Can I consider this is a pro- questions about the history, od for him by a visitor whom he yeal, 18 Steamer, 15 Evil (rey:), 16 Thesis, 18 Rain, 20 Dam- Although his Interests have by domestle matter within the pretilecture and scopamle struci met during the summer---People
branched out wicker still since! Force." sury 21 Ladies, 24 Brews, pi frala, aš grown, 29 Nisar,
Mire of Vienzia,
total
Actress Ann Todd is seen leaving her Kensing- ton home with her dog Whiskey (above) for Brigh- ton Court where she was to face boys accused of robbing her of £5 and assaulting her on the Brighton Promenade when she took the dog out for a midnight walk recently.
Right: Miss Todd wears dark glasses to cover the 'black eye and has sticking plastor over cuts which had to be stitched as A result of the incident,
A Baby Girl That Died In The Bath
Cardiff. Mrs Lilian Maria Cumberbatch
· Pagë ·8
Absent-Minded Prime Minister
Wellington.
New Zealand's 70-year-old Prime
Walter Minister, Mr that Nash, has 1. multitudo ot
of Cyntwell Crescent, Cardiff, told the Cardiff Court
she put her two sons Eugene, official engagements but always 3, and Vivian, 2, in the bath finds time to
At in unofficial at either end with their sister functions even during the Yvonne, 9 months, between them.
busiest day.
She then went downstairs for their pyjamas which she had forgotten. The noise from the bathroom stopped after a few minutes, and when she called out she got no reply. She ran up to the bathroom and found Yvonne lying on her back between the boys with her head under water.
There denied that
a was Mrs Cumberbatch
Prime she had left the children to whispers the
Recently, executives at a manufacturing company's dance in Wellington were pleased-- but surprised when he arrived alone and unannounced.
They asked Mr Nash did.
him to speak. H19 subject: Now Zealand football and Its value as a sport. Halfway through somebody sensed
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pause.
In
Minister
go downstairs and make a was told that he was address- jelly.
ing a company function-not a A verdict of accidental death local football club's ball in a was recorded.--People Special. nearby hall-People Special.
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