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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
A Seat in
The woman feared by the stars
By DAVID LEWIN
QUELLA PARSONS, the I world's most BUCCCBsful pedlar of parish pump gossip, flow to London recently to have a holiday and get away from Hollywood and films and stars.
Mias Parsons writes 3,000 words a day soven daya
week about Hollywood and the 200,000-odd people live there and pretend
to bo
.
a whiff by what she says.
Her gossip column goes into 950 than papers and is read by more 20,000,000 people. Her pay for tell- in ing the world about Hollywood correspondingly high-£1,000 £1 week.
Louella Parsons is a largo woman with frizzy black hair, a wide grin, and a turned-down mouth. She has a soft volce, and hands, which dap about when she is "fixing things."
She stayed at the Savoy Hotel and was fixing a trip to Rome, a visit to Scandinavia, and a return journey to London to take a quick look at our studio and our stars..
With her was her husband, Dr Harry Martin, who didn't say much except: "I'm in business on my own account."
At 55 Louella Parsons has the re- putation of being the toughest and A columnist in the business
be woman with whom it pays to. friendly.
She talks lightly of all this power and says: "I don't really have horns, you know. Sometimes I do cranky with the stars. They neighbours of mine and
Eet
them when it is necessary. an not all that tough. Just a news- paper woman doing a job,"
But,
Arc spank
I
She started as a £1-a-week porter, tried scripts "which were so 30 bad I like to forget them," and years ago launched her column.
rc-
have made it up.
is
Gay
Louella Parsons thinks a quiet life
SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1948.
the Stalls
A FLIRTIVE LOOK-Ann Sheridan can say things with her eyes that we'll be wasting time putting into words. But one thing you can't tell from this photo- graph is that Miss Sheridan becomes a screen mother for the first time In "Good Sam,” In which she shares top honours with Gary Cooper.
Comedy and tragedy, drama and sociology, crime and adventure-there is something for everyone in these new world premieres in London
A PICTURE FOR EVERY TASTE
By H. H. WOLLENBERG
to
who
away from parents have ill-treated her, her conflict with society begins when she is unde- servedly sent to an approved school. It is a story with all the Ingredients and tension of a crime thriller; its
is of message, however,
more
Jean
☆ *
ARIETY is the keynote of running Miss Parsons reports on who
the films which have had cating with whom ("Rita Hayworth
hod and
Welles
dinner Orson
and their world premieres in together on Sunday night") advises on forthcoming marriages, London recently. They range ("Before long Gall Russell and Guy
from musical comedy Madison will marry:")
Of course, there are mistakes not Berious sociological study of the serious nature. Dramatic fiction is of juvenile delin- used to make audiences aware of the serious problems of juvenile delin- seriousThe
portrayal by only in fact but in grammar. Miss problems Parsons wrote a book, "The
quency. But whatever the sub-quency.
of the title role greatly helps Illiterate," and she hopes the title fect-matter of the film there to achieve this. This stor here character will not be taken too literally,
Miss Parsons has one great rival has been the same effort on the proves herself to be a in flame and power-58-year-old
the direction of David Macdonald, Hedda Hopper, who also runs an in- part of the producers to present actress of remarkable calibre under side Hollywood column. For years it as a decent, skilfully-made
CHARACTER STUDIES they have been fighting; now they piece of screencraft.
Another now film the essential There was, for instance, "Broken
studies is "Daybreak," a variation of film was rest," she said as I left her. "I've Journey," directed by Ken Annakin. quality of which lies in its character
The idea for this
born the eternal triangle. Compton Ben-
in nett got a million things to do."
when a Dakota aircraft crashed
of "Seventh Vell" fame is the year director, with Ann Todd again as his Portman the Swiss Alps more than a
Costarred with Eric the passengers were star. ago and
soine and Maxwell Reed, she once dramatically rescued after
.screen..actresses In this anxious days. The reactions of the proves herself one of the most in- crew and passengers to this unusúat-telligent tale of love and mur
tense, macabre plight provide the plot. There is an
der on a barge.
owner of The French Alm, "La Symphonie egocentric tener, played in the bit a public hangman and the
a small fleet of barges, leads a Pastorale," ended a successful three-prima donna fashion by Francis L.
some day run at the King's yesterday, and Sullivan; the boxer who hates the double ille. He picks up a
what tarnished girl and marrics her. the bill
Alled by ring (Andrew Crawford): a man in today will be
his frequent Andrews an iron lung (Grey Blake); the air- he has "Boomerang," with Dana
Queen's hostess (Phyllis Calvert) and the She has no idea that
business trips are really caused by and Jane Wyatt. At the
executioner. In his with navigator (James Donald). All the bis dulles there is "The Big Clock,"
under the in-. Charles Laughton, Ray Milland and players are excellent, including some
fluence of a bargehand young talent, Sonia Holm, Guy Rolto absence she comes Maureen O'Sullivan.
Reed). This leads to a violent and David Tomlinson, who steadily making their way in British
is a good idea-sometimes.
"I must
FILMS FOR THE
WEEK-END
on
The Lee is showing "Lured." with George Sanders and Lucille Ball, while the Central is puiting "King Kong" again. "Ramrod" is at
Cantor's the Alhambra, Eddie You Knew Susie" at the Danny Kaye's "Kid From Brook, ot the Star, "Relentless" al Oriental and "Brute Force" at Cathay.
the
the
jims.
DRIVEN TO CRIME
are
more
Eric Fortman, as
(Maxt
between the two men during which Fortman, the barge owner, is thrown overboard and believed killed, Port- man, the hangman, soon ands him- self in the position of having to hang "Good his sociological flm is
The woman com- murderer. The Time Girl." It concerns the tragic mits suicide. The background to circumstances under which a girl in this film is the Thames, with beauti-
how, aller ful driven to crime, and
sequences in the dusk on the river. The story has human interest. rchlism and humour.
TWO CUTIES-Film Comedienne Betty Hatton has a new Dream Girl-she's her daughter, Candice Briskin, seven weeks old, who poses in Hollywood for her first picture. The Briskins have another daughter, Linsay Diane, 20 months old.
Nino
D
Comedy la represented by two popular types of film: comedy with a musical touch, and the comedy- thriller. The former is "One Night. With You." directed by Terence Young;
carefree, inc
inconsequent Italian story which an Italian tenor, Martini,, was brought to London to play
the
feading part. His ne one
the assets of this film. of the Satirical fun is made of film produc- tion with Charles Goldner in the role of harassed producer.
Other amusing parts are played by Bonar Colleano and Stanley Holloway, the latter as a mute tramp mistaken for the tenor. Patricia Roc is Signor Martini's co-star, and provides the love interest.
voice
The
EDGAR WALLACE
Is
The
comedy-thriller Calendar."
•” based on the story by Edgar Wallace, and directed by Ar- thur. Crabtree, Told against a rec- ing background, it has some brilliant shots of horse races. It
concerns
the adventures of Captain Garry, the handsome owner, Lady Moille, the trainer who loves him, Lady Panni- ford who hero's horse winning the race which is the climax of the film. John McCallum, Grette Gynt and Sonia Holm are the stars, with a very capablo supporting cast.
Under the
titio
A thriller of a different kind egaln
be la "Counterblast," which will shown overseas under the "Shadow of Tomorrow." It takes us into the rather unsavoury realm of bacteriological warfare and tells of a scientist who works, in England Australian guise of an explorer.
The story
Is improbabic, but apart from this it is a strong yarn with plenty of thrills. Mervyn Johns lends his great art of inter- pretation to the main character. His counterpart. is Robert Beatty, and the film was directed by Paul L. Staln
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