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HERBERT LOM JACQUES SERNAS
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SHIRLEY
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or
SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1950.
PEA SENT IN THE STALLS
TEMPLE
By Evelyn Webber QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA BECOMES AN
BUSINESS WOMAN
Hoot's Back
Shirley Temple, once the in her life her own boss. Hollywood'n one of cinema's No 1 box office nt- And
NICHAND astute business EDMUND
GIB traction, has no intention of most
SON-you know him better is Cowboy
"HOOT" GIBBON 19 letting her' carcer, suffer women.
Saya the: "I got my release riding again. For years way Hollywood's any of the disasters that
te from my DAVID SELZNICK back Durbin befell Deanna
contract-under which die Kot roolin'-loolinest cowboy, draw Judy Garland.
3.000 dollars. (£1071) a week ing a salary of 14,000 dollars -"because he 'formed me out £8,000) a week. to other producern. And they put me in bad Bims." Like her most recent: "A Kles for Corliss." she has put "Am I going to france my first time on films? Goodness, na!"
At 22, after that her Alm already finished, become-for the
many said career was
TOUGH
ON
Now he is helping along his new popularity by buying up his old films for sale to TV
networks.
DRACULA
Bem (Dracula) Lugosi, famed for years for his movie and stage portrayals of a human vampire preylig upon the blood of fair ladies, looks horrified as Red Cross Nurse Henrietta Roger tests his hemoglobin at the New York Donor Centre of the R. C. Blood Programme,
oa story of unforget-SHOW TALK
table human courages
THE
BIG
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Colour by TECHNICOLOR
LonMcCALLISTER Peggy AnnGARNER ·
Preston FOSTER
with Forrest TUCKER · Skip HOMEIER
Produced By Wittian MOSS Dured by PL HARLTON
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Film Record of The Whihuntido Red Show in Berlin. French Commando Action Against Red Rebels in Indo-China
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EDWARD ARNOLD
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In Technicator. sbed by Paramount Films
Has there
By HAROLD CONWAY
And hia "1700!" Gibson badges, suits, guns, and equip ment sell to American children and adults-ar if they were Lollipops.
Salt Tests TYRONE POWER and com- pany are now on their way to London to Roberts," salty-scripted Broad- way success.
appear
נאי le
But first there will be BOVETAI
reaction to the American slang.
"Choochoo Girl”
days of try-outs to feat British
ROSE MURPHY, hard-breath- inn Negro Linger known the "Cheeches" girl, will arrive in England soon.
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With her: her husband, mix cheechee boards (treasured pleces of wood on which plonist- singer Rose beats staccato time
with her foot), even
new evening dresses, two trunks and
rre suitcases.
They will pay her £550 n week for four weeks to sing in her tiny, high-pitched volce in a London club. "But about 10 percent of everything I carn vil be claimed by your to: collectors."
Rope sinks on Broadway with her eyes tight shut, ..her tongue sticking out of her saucily mouth and she substitutes much of the written lyrles with the word "chrect re" er something that sounds like rr."
Doubtless London will hear again "I can't give you anything! but love"-the song with which RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH introduced her to British
listenera.
A gift for Attenborough: "I'm buying him the best hand- painted tie in New York."
Afterthoughts
EZIO PINZA, a middle-ager! opera singer. who in being wined and dined in Hollywood while making a film with LANA TURNER, lived there unnoticed three years before he lett for big Broadway to become. success in "South Paclic.". SARATI CHURCHILL, Hollywood to make a picture s one of the freshest characters the town has seen in years. Ste frankly admis: "I should have bern
ihe American screen much earlier-If they had invited me."..
scen on
Writers on the WARNER lot have been told they must work from 9 am to 6 nm. daily, plus a half-day Saturdays, in future. "And no writer mov stav whe cannot finish a script in eight
RIPC-
"Hasty
weeks." BANALD DOUGALL, who wrote Heart," said that in these cir- cumstances he did not want to stay. Request granted...
-(London Express Service)
been a musical Lana Turner
better than "Top
Welcome to that Fred studios are
Hat"?
making long-terni company hasten chivalrously to the defence
of
Astaire-Ginger Rogers musi- plans for the occasion.
What about the West End Leighton--and themselves.
cal,
wants a boy
ODA
M-G-M. where Lana works. seems to be the stork's favourite Esther Williams, June studio. Allyson and Cyd Charlen Expecting.
With very few exceptions it was formed-in great secret, #But she can come back to me January.
i think up ways and means of
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Larn Tomer and her hushand. Margaret Bob Topping, want boy They Aldest their first baby by premi- that she ture birth, but doctors feel they So far because I suggested "Top Hat," now theatre managements?
coming
"The can avoid reitition of this, of oul
bahu co-ordinated effort is was brightening some of Lon many
they seem to be Cocktail Party" to sit idle for Lana already has
Cheryl Christine, by her first don's suburban screens concerned.
marriage. planless-with one notable ex- some weeks-muybe. again.
ception.
"We would have been willing' That But how depressing it
exception is a small
the to let Miss Leighton slay on in her contract can be, too. What progress committee, formed under have Hollywood musicals regis of the Arts Council-with the play, despite
her go after Now working in a film 677 mude in 16 years? (British Sir Bronson Albery as chairman with us," say the film folk.
"I have to let and Sir Laurence Olivier atmong musicals have not even be its members.
this week because of a previour Ezio Pinza, Lana doesn't expect baby 111 the end of The committee is meetings arrangement," protests Sherek. her xun seriously.)
any time the likes in another
about rumours asked Marriage two really organising -such as "On the Town,'
have already play-I
and Evelyn Keyes
Sydney Festival productions her." seen recently-the art of worthy
Chaplin are not being taken ncreen musical comedy has Possibly at Olivier's working HQ,
What was the previous ar-lightly by their friends. Evelyn has not been sliding steadily down the St. James's Theatre.
But this is a plan for one rangement"? Irene Worth, who says that the subject
be is theatre only. I suggest that all acted "The Cocktail Party lead been discussed between Sydney hill. And "Top lat,"
when It was first and herself, but that so finely
agreed all its old-fashioned comedy the other West
to go over "wonderful company."
when met the get together now and plan a produced,
The two first situations, shows up
1951 season which will genuinely for the Broadway production on
she could studying "Othello" in a theatre At the rate of decline.
represent the British stage.
one condition-that coine back and join the London effort. They play tennis
home of Charlie Chaplin and it HASSAN AGAIN
cast.
is understood that they Dean la
"I don't want to risk being both have parts in his Meanwhile, Basil
entirely new pro marooned in America." declared picture on which work should planning an duction for next year of "Hassan" this actress. Miss Worth, I may start at the beginning of next |
probably the finest English mention, is an American. play of our time.
for
We have had plenty of slick and costly efficiency since then But where is the atmosphere of her enchantment which those
0:20 OT
End managers
year.
may
next
Fred-and-Ginger confections of the thirties radiated?
Ginger Rogers herself will be
As a preliminary, Dean flew 30 next month. She is sulla brilliant comedienne, but con-
nut for Pretoria, to produce the Paris straight centrates оп nowadays. Who has succeeded play for Marda Vanne's South her in the provision of song. African National Theatre. Later Inla year he is to direct a Ira 16
Cacti on aro and-dance enchantment?
television verslon-which should|
(ROXY There Golden Salamander only remember years I can
Introduces Campf.") BROADWAY) &
Sands of Iwo Jima (LEE) one oasis in the barren scene. provide TV's most controversial Rita Hayworth in "Cover Girl" effort yet.
James Elroy Flecker died at Arthur Rank's new French star, Anouk, opposite Trevor Howard. And for Mics Hayworth, like Ginger, time has marched on.
in
Week-End Screen Fare
the
the age of 31, eight years be-Trevor is an archaeologist who is still drawing crowds ande fore his "poetic-proso" play was' Vera-Ellen? She La coming first staged by Mr Dean
the late along nicely; perhaps we must 1923--wi pin our hopes on her. But tala Ainley in the title-role. renewed night of Ginger Rogers can” ot her
Ellen. has
most dazzling
|has started.
are
the
I make another. suggestion; that hush-hush committes
a screen
starts on its third work today. is sent to Tunisia to collect some
for hit may be worthy of note that. a score or more semi-documen- Henry valuable knick-knacks
Into Ras-London museum. He rang and tarles on the late war havo no! success in marked A high-water some
interfere. This achieved the same British must inmultihl business and period achievement in
Tunizian landscapes and Anou- the public is not wrong all the shows how far even little Vera theatre and Dellus's incidental turns a cameraman's holiday on Hongkong. Lincoln agreed that
that composer to go. Nobody else music made
a thriller. time. known to a wide public for the iriant close-ups into
The thrills, though, are on the
The Wizard of Oz (QUEEN'S of first time.
& ALHAMBRA) gives the 40- No wonder that some
clow alde.
year-olds a chance to acquaint Hollywood's stor are expres-
Yes Sir, That's My Baby their children with the type nt. sing anxiety about this move to
They let revive their old Alms.
as Britain's (KING'S) in techales our and literature (I only in
Over-ex- version) that excited them at now faced by competition, consider "Hassan“
of young was Christmas when they were not only with young newcomer main dramatic contribution to exploits the already
And lavite ploited subject --but with their own former the 1951 Ferlival
Sir Ralph Richardson to pair veterans, their wives and their young. The kids, though, may
through
convinced nolog
fully come AWOY screen faces as well.
off with Vivien Leigh, and Sirhebles
Mar taborious process of catching up that the Almir Age has pro- These stars are prepared to Laurence Olivier with and fight the up and garet Leighton in the meet
chief on papa's education when duced more exciting charac- time he started earning his ter such as Superman and coming youngsters on their own roles
Mighty Mouse. Cyclones and There arts, I believe, would living. ground. But they consider it is hitting below the belt for their be interested-for a nited
Donald O'Connor and Gloria Straw Men don't compare. 1s employers to remind the public Festival season,
Carmen (CATHAY) of past glories which have faded generation of playgoers would De Flaven are the young couple
Chatics Coburn something
Ini and unique
and Christian Jaqu. what is fairly light and pleasant British theatrical art
entertainment. Muffed again Don't diamits it for the fact that and Jimmy to introduce * Kathryn Grayson an opportunity new theme song that could be Durante are not in the cart. Henry entitled "When There's, Cectum · Aim: Shurek and the Borda-film första manuais (nuala kan
a little
I bear
HUSH-HUSH
accounts of
muzical
and provincial Festival planning
for next your, when Britain la
supposed to be going on show
to the world, Ryan the
and a
*MIXED DRINKS?
Theatrical
manager
new
the
д
adds to French film with Viviane Ro-
manco
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