⠀ THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 18;=-1989)
Roderick Mann
SHOW BUSINESS-
IN AMERICA
JOANNA THINKS IT OVER
The siri so the beach-apart from beling lovely to look
at and delightful to: know-is also so rich she rustias, lar name is Joanna MoCormack, shu's 24, and xho has succended delrem Sazy Parker na America's highest-paid model-- making as much as 2500 a week. Now thow did you guess 7) -Hollywood le after her. Trailing Ber 82,560 mink carelessly, she says: “1 won't any Xen niiam I think I can make a (snacess of 11.” She will, the pundits prophesy."
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"Wyler didn't
care a 4 GTA
about my money"
My million-dollar feud-by Peck
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would be unthinkable to leave the colourful Hollywood scene without reporting on one of its more enlivening aspects: the Feud,
for years like the bliter one between Olivia de Havilland and her sister Joan Fontaine, others, like the recent one
between Frank Sinatra and
almost anyone out here will do anything for a million dollars, this is being more beastly than you might at first 'suppose.) Mr Peck, whom I visited in
Big
"We were making The Country together," he said. was one of the stars and co producer. Wyler WDE the director, and also had an
Sammy Davis Jr., last only for his large Beverly Hills houfe, Interest in the film. a month or so.
The latest pair to reach for each others' throats are "Mr Gregory Peck, the distinguished
the distinguished director.
was more communicative.
Wearing a shirt, sandals and tiny pair of blue-striped
By
He gazed moodily through Boys: "You Icara ΣΠΟΤΟ the wide windows to the garden wätching a professional like slopuig way behind the house, Cary Grant drinking‘a cup of Wyler threw more than a tcà than by spending six million dollars away on The months with the Mothod boys". Btp Countru by shooting hundreds of thousands of feet of unnecessary Alm," he said.
"In the end we cut 55 minutes
Having watched the shambles of performances given on Broad- way by Method advocates Rod Steiger in Rashomon and Kim
out of the alm-35 minutes- Stanley. In A Touch of the Port,
and It was still half an hour I couldn't agree more.
too long. I tell you, that film
was a nightmare experience for Thoughts to
me. And a costly one, And
that's why Mr Wyler and I are bring back
Do longer friends.”
FOOTNOTE: When I told Mr
Peck I was leaving. Hollywood the next day he said. coming to Europe soon. 1 uke wonderful if you're an orange," It there. California ů only
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EASY STYLE
on the plane
MIJANOU BARDOT—g Later of Brigitte-writing in a Holly- wood paper: 'Belgitte is still the same friendly" girl. When she comes, home to. 113 sho always klases everybody mama, papa, me, the maid, the dog, thỏ, milkman,..."
of Hollywood as plich-dork bars, actor, and Mr William Wyler, ously, mixed me a drink at his it became quite apparent that Petticoat-in which he siary watching her own pictures
For feuds are as much a part
over exposed starlets, intoxi- cated actors, and Cadillac con- vertibles.
FOR YEARS
So much so that columnist Walter Witchell devotes space each week to listing the names of those who should never be invited to "the sume parties.
This section of his column, I am told, is devoured avidly by all hostesses anxious to nvold bloodshed on their white wall- to-wall carpeting.
Theirs is a good fead, a 100- octane, 18-carat feud, laced with hate and almost certainly permanent. For money is involved.
'MY MONEY'
shorts, he received me courte- "Well, soon after we'd started Private bar and talked about the he just wasn't caring a damn
about the money. tow.
producer I cared an awful lot some of it was my money,
"I've been in this business for sixteen years," he said, #and Tve madé 28 pictures-30 -Because these two were once I know something" about It, the best of friends, I took the Most of the bigger stars are trouble to look
into into this now going particular battle before depart ing.
Mr Wyler, when questioned, was not to be drawn. "I will only say,"
he Baid, Not having Edana Romney to "that I wouldn't direct Peck consult, some of the feuds go on ́ again for a million dollars." (As
HE
production themselves the Revolt of the Robots, they call it here--and li
is because of this that I had my row with Wyler."
He leaned his fine brown frame against the side of tho bar and looked at me..
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"We had violent arguments every night. I would worry myself sick over the budget al night, and during the day try actor to respond to 08. an Wyler's direction.
"It was an impossible, situa- Hơn. Long before the flim' wa finished we'd stopped talking to each other altogether,”
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You can't afford to
E said: "I'll talk to Mombasa in the steam-room." Secretaries parted like the Red Sea
We plunged into the carpet et
the deep end, descended the
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DORIA DAY-talking about
"Have you ever torn up,
said,
都道
I drove out at night to Universal Studios to seo a private run-through of Cary Gmat's new comedy Operation with Tony Curlis,
That boy," Grant before leaving for Europe, gulag to prove a really fine light. comedian. I like his easy style,
shot of yoursell you didn't liket Woll-imagine watching yourself, up on A Bacaan monik wanting to do exactly, the-seine thing.
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Mr Curls, I report, returns betwe the compliment. He has barə- worshipped Grant for years,.
A VOICE from a darkened. studied his voice and manner-
corner of the Polo Lounge. In my isms to a degree where he can
hotel: do an extraordinary take-off because he's so terribly chang
"I'm divorcing hima of Granimas in Some Like It able. A month ago I adored HOL
him. Now I can't stand the Curtis-who is now much sight of him.... sought-after
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be
in Hollywood
by THOMAS race WISEMAN
a mouse in a rat race
grand staircase (you do not just Parade) anti a £2,000,000 Viking Allen is the only man I have
go down staircase ke thai),
and Irving Allen, who is a flm Gags, The Long ships, ready for mogul come what may, said: "It production in Yugoslavia,
There is no immediate danger somebody sends me a literate script you know what I do with that the steam will be cut
A story is told which may or may not be true of how Irving Allen became a producer,
cut jobs-which he does on a lavish scale paying a young scriptwriter £800, a week and a publicity man £78 a week.
To be able to do that you've got to appeal to the masses,” he Bald "It's Bo use making f I say I can't afford that intelligent Alms. There aren't
the cinemas,
"I can't make a cheap picture," met who states it so unequiva-
sald Allen "An actor comes into cally and without the suspicion
my once, he looks around and of å blush,
He went to RKO and sold: immediately doubles his pries. "Sure," he said. "I'd love to "I've bought a book called The It's a'vicious circle, What can have the critics write glowing Red Beret which I want to film. I do?
Anance mel" one of the survivon, Allen reviews about my pletures. I'm Will you
They Is qualified to talk about what it - human I like praise but I read the book and said they takes to
survive
In show, don't want it at the price of would finance him if he could sort of money the word would go enough intelligent people to all business.
This is a vicious dog cats and going to see my pictures, sign up a big star for the main
"Bee what happens when you part.
it? I throw it in the wastepaper off in the steam-roor
As
basket, that's what I do with it."
On the next floor a secṛe- tary wald breathlessly: Frankovich is calling you, Me Allen
quarters of Warwick Films.
Boy genius
Classical
around and that can ruin you.
· Bo I have to pay up and smille. "Put him in the steam-room," business and don't let anyone, try and get artistic. I employed
Money doesn't mean any-·** Bud Allen, We continued tell you different," he said one of these gunlug boys to
thing-to-me-It's just that you've" relentlessly downwards, past me inter in his office, which is direct Fire Down Below, it cost
He then went to Alan Ladd got to have 1-so I've got to go
In pursuance of this convio- innumerable all paintings of the size of a hallroom and cottus £900,000 and though we had posing horses untlį we came to tains two globes once the pro- Mitchura and Hayworth in it and said: "I've bought a book making films that make big tion Allen has just made a film the miniature Turkish bath in perty of Captain Cool.
we'll lose a million bucks on it, called The Red Beret and I've money. That's my only con about a rock 'n' roll singer, Idle
got a deal with RKO, Will you
sideration."
on. Farade, though in his own the basement of the mansion in
These Alien likes to spin as he "We'._got away from our star in the film?" And · Alany
If you ask him would he go four-storey house in Begent's South Audley Street the head cellmates the grosses of the films' ection formula and I made the Ladd said yes, if he had the
and: see his own - films from Park (with a televisión set on all round the world.
inistake of letting my gealus book and a deal he was pre- choice he repites, “No 1. euch Boor) the muafe, you will There are three telephones on boy get out of line. I can't pared to make the fim.
wouldn't." I've got more taste hear
Sibelka Berbu his dosk which is the size of a allord to do that. We've got big'
Whereupon so the story goes than that. Does Barbara Hutton Beethoven, not Presley,
· swimming-pool and there are overhendur.”
Wool- He has a box at the Royal Mr Allen acquired the film buy her jewellery "at pictures of horses ail- round the With a start of 26 which rights of the book which be worth's? Edsten, I love artistic Festival Hall, goes regularly to walls and leather-bound books includes a company secretary had bought a few days earlier, things-used be a boy gentus, the Old Vic, and paintings by on horse-breeding in the book who used to be at the Bank of : for 12ải đồ, át a bookstall a myselfast even got myself an Heapir, Degas and Utrillo“ hang shelves,
Koglaban round the clock "When I went to sign my Codari! claufteurs, a private cinema 1,000,000-dollar contrant It stands resplendent on the governe and attend the Elyses.
His sons have a French"}" No messages
done up in red leather and RKO,sid Allen, I wore a mantel towing a little, cenenise because the Talher Turkish bath, to maintain :: Mr 200-dollar sult, a 40-dollar shirt, cannot help fewing.. Allen's Loverheads are
a 50 dolar hat and an 1800-For two years after I got bellovo, finalringing them up voice that is aiderable. Mombara, Allon said, in Cubby Brankovich, not casctly & Brate of a row, as is a rat race," he said,
to dollar, watch and I had' exactly that Oscar" said Allen, “E WII) Allen who believer- dek the,
No danger
"This I wanted you to see said the only mogul who can claim to have sweated-out the crisis in the fim business in his privato Turkish bath. Reclining on the couch, he spoke to his partner,
MAIESTO
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to be tough, You can't be on my "The art of surviving in this ad directed a picture collecty top without everybody aking business is never to let on Climbing the Matterhorn that's a swipe at you and trying to whether you've got 80 million in the Library of Congress soglay shock you down,, and if I'm not, bucks or 50 cents; With me: and they had.Articles about me. tough, 1 Boy Tagoing to have nebody cold ever tell; Kinkways in the highbrow magsarm Tay my dcking best out/
750 lived he anti-however, mada 1 thg 1 war, a gheula, But Whi
bl-Ingval),
A couple of years ago it was but could not be described and you can't afford to be a walkinda the studio because 1 there was no profit in being, akmen Tumouraci that his company caressing either, make dims mouse in a rat race, so I hope un't have the bus fare.uZA Warwick, was going out of to appeal to the lowest common Brasiniens after losing a lot of denominator. That's why I'm kmoney on two films, Fire Down still in business while the arly Below and High Flight,
crafty boys are not. But Allen survived which inh, don't want to make art The Alm business is the supreme and I don't want to know Fadhlavament,
prophy is mal začlly backute it, you do when you sight to bat blend to
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