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IN THE
NEWS
'Call Me Mongol Boy'
YUL BRYNNER BRINGS
EXPERIENCE INTO
NEW POST WITH UN
By RICHARD BERRY
malerptions and newer deu He has been King of Siam, Rameses 11 and Solo-
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Two facts are certain, He spent his first seven years in had China where his father substantial silver
lead mining interests,
classed as "the hottest thig since Valentina."
and
Since then Brynner has run an electric razor over his skull
year.
Big Success
Brothers Karamazov," "The Journey," "The Sound and the Fury," and "Solomon and Shebin"--a remarkable record for a man who was a supporting nelor only ten years ago,
And it ever Yul Brynner de- eldes to abandon his billiard- ball "hair-style," he has plenty of prisonal eccentrickles as am- munition for the publicists,
fie steeps only four or five hours a night and during the day he has the Earlern trick of being able to fall asleep at will standing up. He is also the enly actor I know who uses a do-it-yourself oxygen kit when he feels tired a habit he picked 10 when 4 strenuous dance number In "The King And I left him breathless fer the next scome.
1le chers
admits no photogra- or
to reporters
bla h.me. maintaining that his private life is strictly private. Marcover. be HAN been the married for 15 years to
Vir. girl (ex-actress same Finia Gilmore) and has 12-year-old son Rocky who dors NOT want to become a Alm star.
Then his gipsy grandmother twice a week, every week of the tank him from Peking to Park, brgati his sheny Already his work lus frat where he
"After a broadcast business at the age of 13. play-
with whole camp near
the guitar
Brynner also has one unusual I made a
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launched But if a Kimmick
tr
the and 350 troupe in night clubs.
him
stardom, Salzburg
proud, habby which he will be able to was closed
regularly artistle Brynner has the consola- pursue
during his families were rehearted," he says.
He recalls "I would see a But Brynner regards that an
tion of knowing that only ability world tour in the New Year For oth young fellow and his girl at a just the beginning.
Since his He collects tutographs of Heads has kept him there. recent tour of Eumpem camps able" and then play some art big success he has starred of late with the signatures
melody. Th
portage stamps. Central in this World Refugee Year, he remantle xipsy
the girl's resistance in such das as "The Ten Con ever was horrified to ind
the up the midmenis," "Anastasia." "The Press. WIRE vildren had all been netted, the bigger born there and had learned to young fellow would give me."
ak mixed lungnage which Their w PANS could t understand,
11
a camp mooper
Personal Experience
Flying Trapeze
Next, the young man from Siberia was a trapeze artist for abit three years with the Cirque d'Hiver in clebrated
#r Jeft after
being Paris.
ricusly injured in a fall, but il talks nostalgically of the Yul Brynner's special interest "exhilarating experience of fly- in refugens springs partly forming through the air,"
personal
Now he layst
"I can't spend enough time on this work I shall knogic and beller until
mething is done,"
In experieners
theval's
belonging to any one country.
Brynner was born Yul Khan
St Elizabeth,
At 17. Brynner worked as A
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.BY. THE · WAY.
by Beachcomber
الجنة
A Fine Introduction To The
Classics
Of course, there is no reason or all why you should love poetry, and perhaps less reason why you should like the classics, but I give it as my opinion that you are that much poorer for hav- ing no contact with the gems of literature. Tho moro TO when you got such
□ person as Gilbert Higher writing on six of the greatest Latin poets whom he includes in his "Poots in a Landscope." (Penguin 6/-).
Professor lighet is a formid- able Latin scholar, and doubt- less, knowing his public well, not be pleased if he would found this review "bering kis if "Profes- academic title. But sor" is associated in your mind with some
withdrawn recluse
to revise from life it is time your theories.
Just a skim through Highe!'s book will teach you that a man the very who dips deeply into
civilisation wellsprings of our knows more of life than the must blase person would And possible. For poetry is the very stuff of life. Taking the poets part of the title, Highet's ports are the six greatest in Latin classics; and the landscape is that part of Italy from which they originated, for they descended on Rome, just as a provincial artist heads for Lon- don these days.
LOVED ROME
left
his way, neverthe-
Catullus came from Verona, but he weat to Rome. Vergi THE post offices are to her latest fim must be worry-
came from a village near Man- !! number of siers who have telephones in six ing
not colours,"
be recognised ir tua, and he made his way to the what would different
about they appeared in anything but Imperial City. Propertius
he loved nome you Crumbling
of using a bathing slips. The first straw Perugin, but
more than Perugia. Then Horace GLASS chuldhood. Then, he so many lifeguard on the Riviera during magins the fun
mouthpiece striped
in the in the wind is the report that
who lived right down south as of Salome A Wiće selection of, refugees today, he knew Inno- the summer
his way M.C.C. to pay
colours with A red, the oven vella
he could be BarishsanceNKOTION and Rift Eness and The feeling of not through the winter
be far from Rome iter famous as an ap-
dance, are to white, and blue receiver.
born, made skirts. And the Piloefts,
coals and prentice with
is only the first seven I hope this French repertory company.
X harpy in a seductionless, to the Capital, scarlet and gold any a small towa Then, with practical experience step towards
will draw] languidly FOR SALE
on the land of Sakhulin, of all aspects of the theater, postal anders sky blue blotting seene,
into the coast of Siberia. Ilis father
let to the United States in paper, and stanus with yellow "I'm just going to stin I have a vision something uncomfortable." DIRECTIONS ut was a Mongolian-born, turn-
1941 hoping to establish him-elf and green gum.
of Gothie telephone kisles with
-Landon Express Service). late Jucket for Shiyagikau Consed Swiss. His mother was a as a leading director.
Jane windows, and free hun pened af einds per cypy. Oulan-Rumanian gipsy who died giving
America showed JIL abinet C. st. Past
burth to Vul,
Interest in the husky, flery-eyed "jected from a hygienic slot for WILL FORMS, Power of Anony Many legends have grown up Siberian who could speak Mon- every trunk call made, while a Forms Tenancy Agrieuseul Fornaroun Brynner
golian, Japanese, Chitiese, Him-mechanical On a ". . M. Pust
Hollywood days, but the stergerian. French and English. He weather report, SHARE TRANSFER
early rents S . M. }'est.
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He says Country with a tenth-rate re-
pertory company.
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His prospects improved when CUTATISTICS being my hobby. he was spotted by musical star D I cannot resist a quotation Mary Martin who put him on from Livespoc) paper. "Nine kroadway with her in "Lute: dogs kept by a pheasant on the Song." But when Brynner South China coast have cought come to London in "Lute Seng" more than 20,000 rats in eight the show ran for only two years. When wecks. Another play in which peasant-shooting
the Chinese
sekson cpens,
he appeared, "Dark Eyes," also some porting printer will closed after a fortnight.
Artistic Ideas
Back the United States.
in
Brynner directed television plays
in New York and was frequently
probably pot the phecsent by
mistake, much to the hilarity of the surviving rats.
And so on
i
THE gallon of cll which, turned sacked by sponsors and execu- nut to be three parts water lives who disagreed with his indicates that someone had artistle ideas. "I always had been pouring water on a troubled to do things oil company. enough arrogance my own way," he says.
Brynner still likes 10 do One thing and another things his own way. But to-
gift- given
day it is the executives who A DAIRY was fined the other have to leave when they dis-day for selling a bottle of agree with him. He made his milk with a feld-mouse in it. first Hollywood film in 1940 35 The culprits should have
gangster in "Port of New pleaded that it was York" and has remained a top scheme, arouse being box-office star since his shaven-away with every bottle of milk. headed debut in "The King And Any rid scilor coutd have I."
testined that it is easier to put the field-mouse in a bottle than the model of a ship, milk or no milk.
When Brynner 100 leading role of the King of Siam, Hollywood issued thou- sands of posters showing bls | What next? unusual head
above words: "What makes this man ir 1332 news that irresistible to women?"
the
Babs Bardot
Tad vul on some clothes in
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id. Shivering, (4) 18. Rebels (2) 19 Timber (4)
20. Garden resident (3)
21. Hung (9)
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Yesterday's mention
-(London Express Service).
Then there
was the soldier poet, Tibullus who went from Pedum to the Rome of Caesar Augustus to and his destiny.
Ovid, every schoolboy's friend and foe, went from Sulmona to Rome, and was happy.
WONDERLAND TIME AGAIN — Picture of a fascinated Frincess Priyant, the daughter of Raja Ratna Gopal of Ceylon watches enthralled with her friend the antics of a rlant elephant, worked by, Atrings, and installed in a London alore to keep the children happy while their parents do the Christmas shopping.
Are
We Receiving
Messages From
Other Planets?
By DELOS SMITH
New York, Dec. 1. Two American scientists feel that we earthmen should be listening for signals from the stars. They say that creatures on some planet thou- sands of billions of miles away may be bombarding cosmic space with "anyone- around-besides-us?" messages.
Dr Cluseppe Coccini and more likely to have planeta upon cocieties. Phltip Morrison of Cornell Uni- which there could be versity reasoned that there if only to get a sense of the should be other intelligent direction from which messages Gilbert Highet's love of the creatures besides us somewhere could be coming.
wery classics is evident in
These else in the vast cosmos. other creatures could reason the brings line of his prose. He
conclude same way and couldn't be alonc in
not only the classical back- with vivid to life ground
descriptions of the warming Italian Écene, but the book is picntifully Interspersed with portrails taken with his Own camera.
universe.
Within 15 light years of they earth, (00 trillion miles, that is,) the are seven stars which have a luminosity and life-time com-
"entirely con-
And they might have both the parable to our sun, the scientists adding that their curiosity and the technology to reminded, try to prove it. This technology reasoning was would Involve powering and sistent with all we now know."
directing intelligible messages UPI. over distances measurable only
Translations there are, very good they serred to me, no pedantic preciseness which dries a thing up, but the living spirit of an age of glory, of enquiring mind, and question-nology is incapable of covering ing attitude is brought out la Hghel's translations of select.
in light years on the off-chance
that they'd be picked up.
One light year is approximate- ly 6 trilion miles. Earth's tech-
poems,
A very fue book, a fine in- troduction to the classics, and for those who already know them, a lively addition to their bookshelves,J.L,
BIBLE THOUGIFT
FOR TODAY
Will ye contend with God;---- Job 13:5.
Multitudes do. No one can im- puse conditions on the infinite. We must lake the universe as it is. Maybe if we understood more we would be more reconciled to the ways of the infinite.
Press-Radio Bible Service,
Inc Cincinnati, Ohio.
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