James Mason Not
Immune
To Shyness
By ROBERT ROBINSON
TR JAMES MASON has the air of a man doing MR
chess problems in his head. Finger to lip, eyes set at infinity, his mien is contemplative. He has a very round head and an aggressive mouth.
My face wald Mr Mason, peters. Whae I myself would deep in thiaght, "falls rather he, to have been musical- naterally ale a reowl when it conicety.
in dolas; nothing in particular, People may therefore tend to think that I mm Are a foul temper.
"And sometimes when for ene rent or other I am III at cpp - prople think I am annyed,
"I have, in Bel, a rather even dis: olion"
He rates d, as though b lila mind's eye he row a chess bomi
"I have always heen by About personal publienty, Publicity, 1 And, is n bit of an einbarrassment to the individual concerned, though very neces-
But he raid, ruminalive 31:31, "1 don't fool myself—I'm Muck the way 1 nm."
A
He said he not purely craftsman's satisfaction out of film acting. He said he didn't know how it could be anything rise.
A LIVING
"Acting Pot the ugo-indaling! thing in movies that it is In the theatre, The theatre is ke me great intoxicant. It is as if you are God,
"I ara not—If you will pardon he expression - dedicated actor. It is just that it is con-
to make of a rent
ving it a feld 1 lke. Aland
sury the Bim he may be working on" (in Us case, Ivan Foxwell's "A Touch Cetky"),
PONDERING
"Yes," said Mr Mason, Inck- ing at 1514 Apposite wall s though it bore an illustration of Thalsen's Gambit, "I am not in mune to shyness,"
The slow manner, the protter. In eye, was a surprise.
I hatt pol, perhaps, expected him a storm in and smash ne the Kanekes with a walking-stick, but I had looked
GAVOT
for hercents of a sort.
"I went for rather write or dizel.
But once you have be- come a successful actor, how do you mark the switch"
uld be Foxtinci some acters "rather posterous com- anions." And tie spore of The Method as only one Beck in
Be of reting."
1
He
through
He said, "Poculbly have found helog a film stør mismanagement on my part I
on my pri-
an encrunchiment to it, I can't. I have also felt yney. Some people seem able to Incommoded by being typec **Ther is something in my character that
"But," sakt Mr Muson seems lo inalte That sort of situation plausible his chuss-master's
brooding
with
In ins. But not all seters are rile, “it is ridiculous to com happy in the fold that fields Plein too bitterly about being a them their best harvest,
A state.
"Look comedians. Some turn out to be miserable, driven fellows who long to be straight
"I have so little to complain about that I feel almost guilty."
He touched wood
Friell
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1959,
CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE NOVEL THAT HAS SOARED TO THE TOP
NO LOVE
FOR JOHNNIE
★ Once again the life of John career seemed at an end, Ite Byrne, Labour MP for would rebuild his private life. Marshfield
£ turmoil. He would divorce Alice, who Elected chairman of a group of had left him, and marry rebel MPx, he was absent from Pauline. She had sent him the House at a critical moment, memage to meet her at Euston. Instead of leading an attack on When he arrived on the plat- the Socialist Prime Minister, he form, full of foreboding, he saw was making love to Pauline her luggage being stowed on a West, Next day his political train.
<<XHAT is it Pauline? What has happened?" "I'm going away," she said, and the flatness of her tone revived his fear.
You're coming back,
"Has someone died?
aren't you?"
"Never," she said fiercely. "I'm never coming back,” Ho could not find words in the blankness which faced him.
She was calmer now and Even as ho spoke he know ho spoke eirarly, carefully, arileu was not carrying conviction, inting every syllable.
"I want you to understand, and he suddenly understood Johnnie. It's not because of that they did not trust him. yesterday." She rested her hand on his arm and he could feel
I
the nervous grip of her fingers,
don't regret yesterday, never shall,"
"I
"Then what?"
" almost too hard to say. It's not that you are 10, 1150 much older than I am. Physical- ly, 1 mean. Of courte thinking of the
771
difference in
our ages, You're 42 and I'm 20. But belleve me, Johnnie, it's not your few grey hairs I wor ry abou. I want to have a home And children, and before all that there must be a husband." Byrne Interrupted. "Before come here I thought all Tal Brough." he laughed harshly "whs going to divorce Allee We were going to were going to take my hat and
it into a home." make paused. Then: "There could be Children."
marry
We
"But you didn't think about them. They've got to be the things you want most. Besides, theve's more
to than that.
What i really want is a lie shared and built around some thing And, you see, I couldn't share your lie."
Finished
I'm up to "Why? Bechust
pulitics? Don't the neck in worry, I'm through with politics, or, to be pedantically accurate, politics have faished with me."
"No, that's not it. I'm sorry but we get back to age again, If our being together were to be compiele, I'd have to know things and see things as you do. And I can't. It's no use."
"So you are running away." "Yes, I am
running away
.
innie, and I love you and I want you. I shall be miserable for a while and then I' live
pain,"
No hope
NO
there was
sumcode less
Rejected-and his world crumbles
This is it. Byrne thought. He "Gel
with
Ted," 12, felt tense and, suddenly, alert, grumbled one of the stolid, like a boxer coming out of his pipe-smoking members. "Don'i corner at the ring of the bell. make a meal of It,"
Collins
& our
"My point of order is this," Collins said. I gave you notice that we wanted to discuss yltal matter concerning Member, We can do it now or thinking it would be beller to we can wait. But to my way of get on with it."
There was a growl of "Hear-
Byrne knew hopc. With honest he could have deployed hundred tricks of debate. Bot the language debate can con- vince only the dishonest. There Is no way, of fighting those who hears." can are a simple truth.
"It's time
to go now," he sold atly.
"you'd better get into the carriage."
"Goodbye, Johnnie," Paulin stretched out a hand, not for a forsal handshake, but in a last reaching
toward him. pathetically like a child,
out
Incidents
Now, Byrne though
I'd beller make a move.
He stood up.
"I agree with Ted. 1 don't know what you want to discuss. But whatever it is lei's suspend When he got home in his the normal procedure and got empty flat at Sviss Cottage, en with it." Buruë found a
from message
He sat down. One up iɔ him. Charlie Drake, chairman of the They could not now accuse him Marshfield Constituency Labour of sheltering behind the rules. Partin "Come to the
monthly Collins started to speak. "Mr mecting tomorrow. There's Chairman,
comrades, I don't trouble. Some of the lede are particularly enjoy the tusk gunning for you.'
which lies before me," Well, perhaps he had
Liar, Byme thought. You're neglecting his constituency. On enjoying every
pompous, self- the way there by train lie de teperiant minute of cided to attend more regularly. fe relicarsed a speech to disarm their criticism as he waited for the meeting to begin.]
баст
Charlie Drake banged his gavel on the table. "We'd better moke a start," he said,
Ted Collins jumped to his feet in the far back corner,
man.
"Point of order Mr Chair-
It has been brought to my notice that our Member haz recently been involved m n series of incidents in the House of Commons which do no credit to him, and amount to a direct betrayal of the cause for which we all worked so unselfishly at the recent elesien."
Celling combled on for a few mcze minutes.
by WILFRED FIENBURGH
"He has let' democracy down. But even as ho opcke he knew He has let us down, I wish to he was not carrying conviction, move a motion of no ecnildenes and ha suddenly understood in our Member of Parliament, that they did not trust him. A Mr Jcha Roderick Byme."
wave of despa'r almost sub- He sat down abruptly.
merged him. "I've lost, ho [Other accusations piled up thought, and be arddenly felt against Byme. He ought to faint. I'm beaten. spend more time here, said the
TO
"Vete." someone shouted.
woman who seconded the He pulled out a feeble perora- motion, He had falled
flon, sat down and drank deeply answer letters from another from the water-glass, member complaining about a leaking roof. He has got too big for his boats; declared local alderman. "Why does Mrs Byrne never come to are us?" a woman member wanted to know The time came for Byrne to defend himself.]
Pledges
a
Charlie Drake looked round auxiously. Those favour of the vote of no confidence,"
The fainting wealmness almost engulfed him now. A light, cluster of hands shot up from the group around Collins. Thẹn slowly und
other reluctantly hands were raised to join them. Charlie Drake counted slowly thirty-one,
"What is the basis for this "One, two tock?" he asked ramionately, thirty two, thirty-three.
the Prime Against," "That I talked to scenes, to get him to change his Hyrno tried to see the facts Five dellat hand were lifted. Minister and tried, behind the
beneath them, but grey-Green mind en Maran?
clouds were finaleg between his eyes and the meeting, ́Ho clenched his teeth and hung cr
was put off by the interjection. He wandered from his roles.
"What I want to say, lz this This so-called Socialist Governt-
"Because I sought loyally and ment la embarking on a plan to privately to use my influence, use British troops, our lads, lads instead of
pubilely from Marshfeld perhaps, in a borrasing the Party in the wicked imperialistic adventure House of Commons before In the Middle East."
the whole country?
Revenge
ст-
"And I can say this, knowing that i can trust you
not 10
divulge , that the Prime Minister gave ene rm pledges
the This was
cluc, Byrne
Durances which were understood suddenly
that and Renfrew was Behind the attack. satisfactory, as time will show. Renfrew, through his grapevine, The PM took me fully into his I cannot divulge their nature. briefed Collins. was taking revenge.
had
واط
Renfrew malicious confidence."
If troops were sent to Masrun Cellins dron.ed on about the he could always claim that the PM had deceived him, gono story of the Masran Oasis.
back on his pledges and let him down. It might work.
Ho
UP
"The ran we sent to West- inster to safeguard democracy betrayed the workers UE "Now I come to the charge Masran." He said. "When I lay that I and my wife have ignored in his hands lo stop the rot he
the constituency, Lot ne tell stayed his hand. He ran along you this. During the past year to the Primo Minister. He have addressed 92 public crawlock at his feel.
gave incelinga
und down the way.
country as my contribution to "He let down his comrades in unarating the Tories i lave the House, because when the lectured 1s week-end schools ay t' came to tackle the Prime part of the Party's educational Minister, before the eyes of the drive," whole country, our Member was Elding and skulking away comewhere.
Glibly he invented the figures as he went along. He had learned that it was always more "I say this, ecmrades, we can effective to be presiBS, it in have no confidence in a man curate, than to generalise who is not prepared to sland provided of course, that no one up for his principles.. We cannot was in a position to check your Eut our trust in a turncoat. Lgures.
Collapse
1.
He wanted to say something, to promise to behave himself. He wanted to humble himself like a contrite amali boy, But ho eculd not. The room was swing- ing from side to side.
He stumbled out of the reem, etovn the
the passage to kvatory and closed the door be- hind him. Then his knees collapsed. He slid down the whitewashed wall and fell crumpled on to the floor.
This was when
your budy took over When you could stand no more 1 released you for a while. The whole world. ambitions, Pauline, his wife the whole world from Westminster to Marshacid had rejected him, Ho lay still for a long minute, his eyes close to the lavatory pedestal, face pressed into the dust of the concrete floor. He wes shivering,
--
I don't want to get up. I'm- finished. But he pulled himself upright. Dusted his jacket and trousers,
It's no good. The world is still out there waiting and it's got to be faced,
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home from abroad Yu
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This daily red rose and photo of Delin were by her bed alde throughout her liness. This week Dolin, carrying a largo
POCKET CARTOON
by OSBERT LANCASTER
HAIL VAN ROBBERY!
"I always find that so com forting--it invariably meant there's no really serious
newt.!!
London Express Betrica
rose every day
the ashes - back slazeng
scattered, as the will stipulated, for Mrs Stevens, and she lived reveal himself as a man who
over Monte Carlo harbour.
en the income from this fund during the Ister years of her
Mrs Stevens's money came fe. from a fist fund. As a result
passessions to Dolin,
she lett Hitle but a few personat Last word
She had in fact made a present to hlin four years ago of Lily Langtry's pink and white villa in Monte Carlo.
I report an unseemly quarrel between two aristocratic, elder- ly ladies in an elegant Paris hotel.
Woto very breeches.""
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to
Shortly afterwarde he asked This will be in additiori
salaries it cut for his few suitcases to be for their prliamentary badly
warded to him at a Continental they are MPs, or their bon- Leidress outside France. Ho spent sidèmble pensións if they are the past year in Brussels, ex-MPs, Switzerland and Italy, brooding over developments in France.
The result in this and many other spheres of political life is
Mr Arltotic Onassis found himself unable to accept an in- vitation to dine with
Prince Gradic Ruiter and Princess
Recently he returned to Paris, 1o create a kind of bureaucralle rocently,
was He has explained to friends that aristocracy earning salaries for to mark the birthday of Prince lie was disturbed by the possi- above those offered in privato Rainier's son and heir Prince ble consequences of General do Albert.
Gaulle's return to power.
The
dinner
After her first husband's death she remarried in 1930 to The quarrel was between 70-
French:nan much younger year-old Countess Morin Urgent business, Mr Onassis Now he is convinced that his than herscit. She married again Camargo and the Princess explained, called him to Paris fears were unfounded. He has for a third time to a youthful Sixthe de Bourbon Parme, who that evening. Three days taler thereby given..a one-man vote American in 1942 but this is a Rochefoucauld.
. Mr Onassis returned to Monte. of confidence in General de marriage, too, was dissolved.
Carlo to act · as host to air Gaulle. The countess is a Cuban who Wlaston Churchlil for lunch on
Despite the subsequent owns. Jorga sugar plantations, board his yacht the Christina. In the money
marriages Mrs Stevens con- tinued to bear her est hus bar's nainu.
Looked young
No chances
Hifa.
Art battle
Paris is going to make a very determined bid to dislodge Len- don as the leading capital for ort sales.
She married into the Spanish aristocracy.
Her Income Auctuates accord- Ing to the state of the sugar crop in Cuba, and varies be- How cautious the rich can be de Gaulle's Ideas of national London Instead of here." tween £1,000 and £2,000 a day, over pollitcal developments is grandeur apply to their pay-
The French Intend either to reduce drastically, or abolish the 20 per cent tax an sales. French politicians have which the chief reason why. learned with relief that General so many art sales are held in
best shown by the behaviour of Over lunch the launched
countess Mr Paul Getty, richest of the oil packets. an attack on French aristocracy. They were,
the men, over the past year.
according to her, phonies who
their titles.
She was a tomillar figure in the stately lobby of the Holet de Paris in Monte Carlo where
Not only has the pay of MPs she lived, and looked muef
been increased it now stands younger than her years. She
week-but word clothes suitable for a much
had either usurped or invented ★ QUOTE: Former Prime at about £80 younger woman..
Minister M. Bidault great many newly-created aniž coming She had enormous blue eyes
This was too much for the "France is the victim of two highly-paid posts are
way under the their and her curly white hair was princess,
out conflicting theories. One is regime. who stalked tinted blue.
angrily, making this splendid that the history of Franco With her first husband, she remark: "I refuse to pay for ended with the French re founded Museum In Ohio, which now pride."
the great Toledo your hosplitality with myvolution, the other that it
the French re began with volution.”
ratea high among the art gal- leries of the world.
They founded the muscam by
raising
VIS sums of money
among rich Americans. Later
QUOTE: French political pundir Raymonde Aaron
At the time of last year's Colonel Grivas's final in politiest unheaval in France, he the museum started a feuiat tund sult to the British® to left Paris for Brussels,
new
Talks on the subject' are now going on between the Miniliter of Fluance, M. Pinay, and the Minister for Cultura, novelist Andre Malraux,
INCIDENTAL INTELLI- GENCE: A slight resem- blanco which I bear to M, Niarchos resulted in my For example, a special con- stitutional council has been est being mistaken for him up. Serving on it are a number, when I arrived at the salm of of MPs, ox-MPs, two former Lady Kent's pictures at the Presidents of the Republic, and Gallery Charpentier tfilm distinguished civil servants. For
brisker gua
their services. On this council week. Bidding they will be paid roughly £100 noticeably
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