HOMAS WISEMAN
Limelight
THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1961.
Sherek looks back: to the days when husbands
always behaved like gentlemen
Alus. It so happened Arniy
MR SHEREE,r whose fame until re- bays and dives. 1 392
HENRY SHEREK, the massively propor- made out to be in some of those cently was dependent on having presented the came from Salford, and he was plays of T. S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas, has achieved fresh celebrity in the past few weeks.
Walking through
tl West, N
End, in which at present no Henry Sherek production hap-don, which sprawls on a velvet stam in his study, he assured pens to be playing, his sonsive
me that London was becoming gourmet's nostrils caught an unas decadent as Berlin in pleasant sincli of uccess Thirties, and this would be the
Aumber emanating from a
end of the British Empire. theatres.
of
This was too much for Mr Sherek's easily outraged sen- sites and bitshing dark red on teekalf of his misguides fel-
'CORRUPT'
thu
"It isn't," he said, "that I am rupting the youth of England,
$1 excellent chap, und Mr
Sherek had visited his home and it wasn't a bit like A
Shelagh Delaney play,
'DISGUSTING'
Mr Sherek sald te hat a
"ordin great affection for the ary chap," but when he saw him heing Interviewed on television and blatantly admitting that he spent £10 10s a week on wo- men and trick it was just let
gusting.
"The trouble is," he said,
HOLLYWOOD star-grooming no langor follows the old familiar pattern. Miss Dolores Hart, having been launched as a sexy co-ed in Where the Boys Are, went on to play St. Claire in a film about St. Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan Order
DOLORES IS DETERMINED TO BE DIFFERENT
of Monks. Now, sho is in London making a thriller called, The Inspector. I congratulate Miss Hart on having managed to avoid the kind of typo- casting that used to be the bone of new young actresses,
But he had found a play casualness entailed, but when I Snow's met Mr Crosby in London the based on Sir Charles The Affairs with which he had other day I discovered that his fallen in love, and he was going success had como as effortlessly present it an a clean play in as one had always supposed. the stronghold of Alth.
He relaxed in a deep arm- He did not claim that the chair, not bothering to concent plays he presented were always his lack of a toupee, and Lalked but he had never done a "dirty," play, and never would, and he would never glorify home sexuality on the stage.
He would gout presenting respectable plays by T. 5. Ellot or Noel Coward
low-countrymen, he took the op worried about these plays cor "thes are enemiraged in their devoid of Immoral relationships, casually about his casual life.
portunity fit a luncheon at the Itegent Street Association 作 Ipunch a virulent altack against
1th in the theatre." He attacked the ford Chaur- berinin fur
plays permitting "about policis *
tomo- sexuals" to go on in the theatre, and though he would not name The actual plays which had vo aroused his ire, it is clear that he was referring to Fings Ain't Wol They Used T"Be and other of the Royal Court and Theatre Worksin
which productions have been revitalising the Lon- dou singe
IP's corrupt already, What 'n sie aliude worried about are the parents these ms and plays," who are at to London for a pleasant evening in the theatre and are subjected to lewdness
and with.
"What is going on in the theatre is merely a symplum of the general decline in moral standards. I have travelled
by all
Mr Shprek wanted to make it quite clear that he was not Prude and that he had had a Tew dings in his time. But he had always been discreet,
Some pouple might call his attitude hypocritical, but what all was Wrong with hypocrisy
Hypocrisy was what had made Britain great.
over the world, but the things I see going on in Hyde Park make me feel ashamed for England.. Calro, in my
array days, was never like this.
DECLINE
didn't care what people
as they
Then, straightening his West- Dragoons lie, he went minster down to dine at his favourite restaurant, he can do himself 10
"Nu, can't say I've ever war- re about anything much, What's the point? Always have been like that. My father was like that,
"I'm not retired, but 1 only make Alms if I want to now, There's no other reason for me to work. I don't need the money. I'd rather go fishing than make which, fortunately, same routine im. without subjecting "It's dimeult to east me these the corrupting days because of my age. Can't influence of passing through still play the love-intercst unless Hyde Park.
It's a very special sort of fim.
DIFFICULT
frightens the horses of HAGE...
"When this Country Was great, in the days of Queen
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As have known Mr Sherek for many years and have always found
Victoria, & tuband, who was him an agreeable
gentleman, would in of fur suphisticated fellowe I was pre-
week-end in Paris, and he had pared to belleve that his rajolly ginal true. But he wouldn't İzad been somewhant exagerated.
But when I visited his at his lie around in Hyde Park
patronise thy plays." But in Arlington Bonse, where be lives within a 1ft-ride of his Invourite restaurant. Mr Sherek was sticking to his guns.
After telling me a risque juke about the Epstein nude, Aban
I have consider-
ed what WDS best for Britain. Regardless of my political futuro 1 had to protest in the strongest pos- sible terms
Mr Sherek assured me that he was a man of the world and he had been around he had even beer. to Salford, and found that it wasn't a bit like it was
WHY
Sherck. He had been so dis-
tressed by the decline in whe TN 11. worried world, Mr moral standards of the West Enel that
had seriously Bing Crosby remains the supreme dispenser of casual, relaxed charm, and casual, relaxed songa.
thought of quitting the theatre and retiring to his plantation in Africa, "where the animals behave with more sense of de- rency than the youth of tein."
I ATTACKED
MACMILLAN
Was
Aservative it
h lifelong Con by
luctance that I felt
with the greatest re-
bound to make the strongest protest against the madness of Britain seeking entry into the Common Market and to
ANTHONY
FELL M.P.
guessed that America Was say what I did about determined that at all costs we the Prime Minister,
I have no regrets. I have al- ways believed that the nation is Infinitely more important than its leaders,
Perhaps the fact that I was brought up in
New Zealand made me feel more strongly than some of my colleagues.
du
My wife
Surope, even at the expense
•
Brl-
More important than all this Is my abiding faith that Britain's future lies, not in an adventure into Europe, but In the expansion of the resources of the Cummonwealth.
This I firmly belleve is the only genuinely stable force for world peace that exists today.
Our decision to ask to join the Treaty of Rome eun only mean one of two things:--
Elther the Government knowa in advance that we will fail to
get the necessary modifications
should commit ourselves to to the Treaty to protect the of British Commonwealth, home the British Commonwealth, agriculture, and our EFTA whose trade the US would not agreements: be loth to flieh from us.
Or It is determined 10 Significantly we have just got sign the Rome Treaty, come a loon of £700 million from the what may. International
Monetary Fund. Mr Macmillan did a tremen- i say significantly because the dous job in pulling the Tory igrant of the loon was Party together after Sir Anthony apparently not announced until Eden's Cabinet ran out on him after the Cabinet had agreed to at the time of Suez.
seck admissions into the Markel. But he then became the advo-
It may be that we are only calc
of the Summit, which Hoing through the mallons if onder in failure.
I considered for a long time negotiation, to satisfy the U.S. Later he accelerated the:dis- what was te bes! thing to
This to me is an adject denial ruption of Africa by his "wind for Britain shuntid the ut our responsibility to the of change speech in Cape Prime Minister announce, as he Commonwealth which can only Town, helping to bring about did, that we are to seek entry be harmed by such an exercise. the breakaway from the Com-
monwealth of South Afrien.
Into the Common Markel.
The only people I consulted were my wife June, and 21-year- old daughter. Patriciu. Their complete support, quile regard- Jess
of personal risk to family, helped me to this serious decision.
Bankruptcy
the If we are
really going into
I believe-
I had always wondered how much effort such
gargantuan
RIGHT PART
"I've made a lot of money, sure. And I always enjoyed that --wouldn't be honest to say 1 didn't. But whatever stories Bob Hope spreads about me, he's got more money thon I have Su has Jaines Stewart. He must be the richest nim actor in the
business.
"I'm stl interested in making Alms if I get a good role, but I
PICTURE BY MICHAEL 'WARD
don't always get the parts. There was that part I wanted In The Rainmaker, but Durt Lancaster got it. There's another part Just lost to Gregory Peck. The producer probably thought he'd be better in it, and bu's probably right.
"Yeah, Td like to do some serious acting it somebody gave ine the chance. I'd do an audi-
on, anything, sure. I always was ambitious, wanted to make something of myself. Well, that. happened, I guess. It was mostly luck.
"Maybe if I hadn't got my success 30 easy d have been more worried. But everything Just fell into my lap.
"The people who look after my. Anances tell me that next year 1 could afford to quit the busi ness and
my sil keep up standard of living from the Interest on my investments. I 1 don't find any interesting alms to do t' just play golf, go fishin'."
Is in London to Mr Crosby make a new "Road" film, Road To Hongkong, with Bob Hope and Joan Collins.
"This time," he said, "Hope doesn't get the girl and I don't, either, which inust be a sign that we're getting old."
He shrugged. "I don't worry about that, either."
-London Express Servics),
-Can't get smoking
IT is not just that
cigarette smoking will be so expensive. For your vices you can al- ways find money.
And yet when I heard that a paaket of 20 will cost 4s. Od. something made me leap into a taxi and drive to a psychiatrist, This psychiatrist is also a hypnotherapist. He puts you lo sleep and switches you * smoking by suggestion.
"Well, that is the theory of
he said. "Bul it."
do you honestly want to give it up?"
Three types
It a cigarette and anid,
want
away.
off my
by
Peter Chambers
the psychiatrist went on
tell mt he gets three types
$1
mind
life a misery trying to stop, went to a hypnotherapist three years ngo, He Wos switched off Instantly in four sessions.
the
But why go to a hypnotist? Mark Twain said. "Giving up. kmcking is easy. I've done it to often." That is the answer. But addicts like myself need help.
I wish my session with The light smokers who psychiatrist had been mere help- want to give it up. (2) The ful I sat there in his oak- heavy smokers who would like panelled consulting-room, smok- to be cured, but it could be ink furiously, and I told him: dangerous because of the side- "I am trapped. You see, I am effects. (3) Other patients — In a nicotinio trance and I love
to throw these things mainly women who say, it
But I am a compulsive "Doctor, doctor, I can't give up The psychiatrist told me he
smoker-up to 60 a day,
smoking and I have come to
"It's bad for your health," you to prove it is Impossible." said the psychluielst,
It is not impossible. A friend But of mine, a smoker who made his
This I knew already.
COME-TO-MIAMI DRIVE
IN BRITAIN
With free fish and chips ́
BR
New York.
:
smoked his last eigarette In 1940. In that year I was still getting dizzy smoking a Gold; Flake with the boys in #
sur- reptitious corner of the school. playground,
He could not get me into a hypnotic trance. The checkered rug felt cosy over my feet as.
I lay on the couch,
"Undo your tle,"
"Relax.
Не
sold,
I have this pen with
a white spot on it, and I want you to concentrate on the white spol.
I tried, I really did, t lay there wanting to be hypnotised and waiting for those magle Svengal! words: ."You won't Rinoke any more, will you? You don't flee cigaretica. You hale them."
But I would not go under. I Just lay there, listening to hla persuasive volce. "You're drift- ing into sleep now. Your eyelids are heavy and you want to, sleep,"
I did not want to sleep a bit.
RIGHTON, Bournemouth and Blackpool will I was dying for a cigarette. And soon have a rival-Miami, More than any-after ten minutes taiking the where else in the United States, the Florida city psychiatrist said: "You ate not ency Etibleet, You pro. is working at attracting European tourists 38 kresling me and it may be part of President Kennedy's call for more visitors because you really do not want
to give up smoking," from overseas.
And I do, and I do, and 1 3o.
The
Danger
for
"We've done a lot of surveys, and we feel pur eliy would be Miami is planning a special particularly attractive to Bri-
hypnosis Now, faced with great econo
cure" advertising campaign pointing fon," said a spokesman of the out that low price accommoda- smoking the Market then it must spell mic diculties, he seeks to marry Miami Tourist Bureau.
can bo dangero for Britain the end of hor the fereconcilablas, the Belllahi
llun (a luxury hotels and motels because it may have side-effects. Why do I feel so strongly a Commonwealth association, the Commonwealth and Europe, in-
lle added that representativos can be had for sine months of You may become compulsive
ro: the year.
eater or an alcoholle. of our agriculturo alead of appealing to the faith, to Europa to gauge to risk my political future by bankruptcy on all-out attack on the Prime and horticulture, and a severe vitality and loyalty of the ordin-days in Miant had received their what the resort feel will be ita paychiatrist, "I think we ought actions to the prospects of holl Among specigi vervlons for "In your copo, sald the. Milatter?
blow to some of our partners Inary British people.
Succoss In I have watched the British EFTA.
Europe is most enthusiastic response "No. 1 foreign visitors will be: to put you on tranquillisera Government. caroering,
not round Can anything be more stupid impossible. Failure apells di-England and Scolland
Hoast beef and Yorkshire while you get adjusted to A Belilah Prime asleg to the Commonwealth Europe, apparently seaching for than for
"Seventy-eight per cent of pudding, dinners · And, teg and | smoking. a goose that lays golden cage. Minister to enter much historie and to the people of these people stopped at random ex crumpete in the afternoon.
I left, lighting a cigarette.. I From the outset I feared the and dangerous negotiations islanda.
pressed real interest. In coming. Alcmailed editiong of British am going back today at 9:30 am Somebody had to say theep over," the spakerman said. effect of this preoccupation with when the Government hing given
slowapapers, delivered
to sea if he can put it over on me, and convinop int, En my
"those little white tubes; Lonton Express Kargica).
Europe upon the Commonwealth. maximum publicity to Britain's
When the Prime Minister economle weakness? visited President. Kennedy' and.. In illese matters, if one must returnod to hot
the negutiste. at all, then it ejüst Commun Market campaign, I be from strength.
up
With
huishia of the vast majority of organlagtions and other travel Sin and, ohli sta sorv hypnotte, icep, that do shina. I bellove they are" lin....... “And will the kind of chactor: Ereskraal in bed.
orijinary, British people.
*‡'am: not sorry it way me.
*** (Londen Begrees fervies),
concessions Jigs coming in fórve: fig free medie, to anyoçoiprodue- ' heed they stressed that money would: mga british pasáporti
! ba na, parilöulär proķign”
TRT URCHINJA TRO
Don
"Excuse mi, 1 wonder if I could Rosalbiy Borrow your-programmat!!
* I was in the bath when i got invited
to this come as you ara” party."
"11's the people next door-they think he should go and study in Pärls."
~d say, what lovely material,"
"It's an experimental
colour sumergi,"
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