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Sudden Deaths In Hollywood
By HOWARD C. HEYN
UDDEN death. It strikes Colombo was killed in 1934 by the Hollywood's great in aceltental discharge of a civil war ways as dramatic and cap-and-ball pistol he was examin-
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The roster of its victims ex- tends from early days of silent pictures. Carole Landis, Lupo Velez, Carole Lombard, Tom Mix, Thelma Todd and William Desmond Taylor are only a few. They dled of accident, Buicke or murder.
A pair of scissors in 1934 ended the life of actor Lou Tellegen, one of the screen's great lovers and once the husband of opera singer Geral- himself five times in the cheat be dine Earrar. Police said he stabbed cause he believed his fame had fact- ed., Karl Dane, another actor, who had slipped into obscurity, died of
bullet in the brain in 1934. Then there was the "Red Sails In the Sunset" suicide of film hero 1030. The allent John Bowers in
unsuccessful picture stor, after an comeback attempt, rented a
Foll bent at Santa Monies for his final voyage. The boat was found, empty, off the coast. Later Bower's body was washed ashore,
The crumpled body of beauti- ful Miss Landis, 29, was found by the British actor, Rex Harri- son, on her bathroom floor on July 5. Authorities said she wrote a suicide note and then took an overdose of sleeping Exhaustive investigation followed In 1924 of producer tablets. Her friends blamed the death
party domestle unhappiness and finan. Thomas Ince aftern gay
aboard his yacht, but authorities cial difficulties. But her fourth concluded that natural causes were husband, W. Horace Schmid responsible. lapp, whom she had sued for divorce, said she had no money problem.
LUPE VELEZ
Most celebrated, perhaps, of Molly- wood deaths was the murder of Director William Desmond
Taylor in 1022, with nis automatic pistol. Taylor had been engaged to Mury Miles Minter. A score of film per- sonnlitles were questioned, unavail- The manner of her death re-ingly. This, ilke the Thelma Todd called that of Lupe Velez, death, is still listed in police files of stormy little Mexican actress, unsolved cases.-Assoclated Press.. whose romance-studied career raised her from shopgirl to fame in films. A lethal dose of sleeping compound took her life, and that of her unborn child, in December 1944.
Showman Earl Carroll, glamorous Bery Wallace and Venita Varden, former wife of Jack Dakle, died. with 40 others, when a passenger planc crashed at Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. Victims of another air crash, In Nevada in 1042, includ- ed Carole Lombard, wife of Clark Gable.
Comedian Herman Bing ended his life with a bullet last year. Writer John Monk Saunders ("The Dawn Patrol") hanged himself in 8 Florida beach cottage three months after his divorce from netress Fay Wray in 1940.
Tom Mix, greatest of the cowboy actors, was killed in October, 1940, when his car went out of control in Arizona. Another cowboy star, Charles (Buck) Jones, died in 1842 from burns sustained in a night club are that took more than 400 other lives.
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IIENIE may look out of place in a bathing suit Instead of her lee spangles, but she is just as fetching. The Ice skating star keeps in training in the Hummer months by rigorous swimming schedule. Here she in seen on vacation at Las Vegas, Nevada.
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MANY AWARDS FOR
BRITISH FILMS
By H. H. WOLLENBERG
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"Polio-diagnosia a silver medal to
the and Management." a film on treatment of influential paralysis which was produced by the Crown Film Unit.
Mention of these specialised films nfeld which has always
THE remarkable 11st of awards to THE
the British flims at the ninth International Film Festival held re-
out cently at Venice showed how standing is the tulent Britain's cinema can draw in almost which all aspects of flim production-net- ing, script writing, directing and de- Ima
been a British "spectulity"—that of signing. And the fact that awards gained which included five documentary. major ones were won in compell tion with the picked nims of nearly every Alm producing country, will be an inspiration to her film makers,
At the same time as the Venice Festival, Edinburgh was becoming the "Capital of Documen- tory" through holding there on the Edinburgh Film Guide's initiative, of the second international festival of documentary films as part of the International Festival of Music and Drama.
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It was no surprise that Sir Lau- Bostonrence Oliver's "Hamlet" was voted the best film of 1948 and awarded the Grand Prix. But the films suc- cesses did not end there. Jean Sim-
Every afternoon and evening the mons as Ophelia won the award for Scotland's capital. No more
Olms of 24 nations were shown in the best performance by an actress, The mysterious death of Thelma and another award went to a Alm prehensive world view of documen Todd rocked Hollywood in 1935. for the best photography (Desmondary achievement could be imagined. counter-attractions, ull Apparently the
carbon Dickinson). This extraordinary film Despite the victim of
the Alm performances were fully monoxide poisoning, the beautiful has been or is being admired In
attended, often to overflowing- blondie actress was found at the many countries.
proof that documentary like enter- wheel of her car in a garage on
tainment film can attract, large au the Ocean Front. Sorrie circum
diences and catch the interest and stances Indicated murder, but
imagination of the public. motive has ever been established.
no
Also apparently without motive Was the suicide in 1932 of film executive Paul Bern, husband of Jean Harlow. Two months after their marriage, Bern's nude body was found in the dressing room of his rustic home, a bullet in his head and a revolver in his hand.
The prize for the best script and | dialogue was
awarded to Graham Greene and Carol Reed for their film "Fallen Idol." Carol Reed,
who directed "Odd Man Out," has of course already won world renown. The award for the best art direction also went to n. Briton, John Bryan, for his work on "Oliver Twist."
It is a sign of healthiness
and variety in the British Alm enter- prise that, apart from these major awards for standard length enter- |ininment films, awards were won for
One of Hollywood's most tragic specialised work. Gold medals went to a scientific Alm, "Atomic Physics," deaths was that of Russ Colombo at and to a children's film, "The Secret the crest of his career ay film Tunnel," produced by F. A. Hoare octor and night club singer. and directed by Dill Hammond, and
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THE coloured film of the Olymple Games, "XXVth OLYMPIAD, THE GLORY OF SPORT" (showing
at the Queen's and Lee Theatres), will disappoint those who have seen Leni Riefenstahl's technically superb story of the 1938 Games in Berlin,
But she took two years to make her alm. This one has been com- pleted in less than a month. It is two hours 10 minutes
too long and, often, painstaking.
In reporting the rowing events at Henley the. producer, Castleton Knight, is superb. There is a long shot of the course that is breath- takingly lovely.
And the camera's view of the shells and crews cutting through the still blue waters of the Thames is beautiful.
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I give you Richards, in fact, as a symbol of his country. It will Warm your hoort to see him com- plete hla weary, arduous task.
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