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HE'S A MR SALTS...

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1951.

The Man Who Handles The Six-Figure Business Of

The

Nut-Brown Knuckles

By GEORGE WHITING

A six-figure business, Its sole assets a set of nut-brown knuckles, opened its books the night that Randolph Turpin knocked Sugar Ray Robinson off his world championship perch just over a month ago.

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SEAT IN 110). STALLS

Eight Years Of Faith Were Put Into The Grooming Of Faith

Faith Domergue,

one of declares,

If Howard Hughes is wearing Hughes, who is unhurried in a very pleased expression these the screen's most feminine such matters, spent two years days it will be because,

thinks American in filming. “Vendeția" and did star-maker, he has done it again stars, women are aquandering not offer it to the public until as he did with two other dis-

picture, "Where Danger Lives," and Jane Russell. their moat priceless birth-she had completed her second coveries of his Jean Harlow

Now the 28-year-old head of the corporation will be waving those knuckles in the United States on a little job for the firm-s return 6ght with Sugar Ray that | right-femininity. will bring "Licker" Turpin and his associates an immediate return of £40,000 from purse-money and film rights.

of

the will jingle to

tune £100,000 in the next six months,

Rose Cohen, queen of International Boxing Club's New York box-office, has told a friend

am

Faith was only 15 and had a lisp when Howard Hughes placed her under contract. He worried not at all about the lisp because he knew that could be cured. All he saw was the feminine charm that he knew even- tually would make her a great screen star.

And that is, quite literally, and others have chartered aero-cheeked, smooth, berpectacled. over and not the half of it. You will be planes to get them within cheer fortyish leaned guilty of no exaggeration if you ing distance of the Leamington whispered to me that, from then estimate that the Turpin till Flyer at the New York Polo on, he would be responsible for

new world Grounds on Sepimber 12. Mem the

champion's of the Queen Elizabeth "exploitation" bers

I the social club, congratulating them-

afraid I did not pay selves on the circumstance of enough attention to the Informa time and tide, are saving up for tion. Which was very remiss

for the whisperer

man of whom the sporting world

Now, eight years after he going to hear quite a lot before first.saw Faith Domergue, the Turpin Tale is ended..

Star-maker Hughes is en- Meet 41-year-old Leslie Salts-joying the benefits of his who began os a commercial ori

foresight." at Liverpool at 5s a student weel: who ran an advertising agency"

Fo profitably that he

of

ine that Turpin v. Robinson bunches of tickets. may easily revive the riotous tays of the million-dollar "gate"

unknown since Joe Louis was

£10 10. SEATS

Sun-tanned socialites in the

In his prime. Bleck bookings, South of France have bought to the value of £200,000 are upwards of 000 ringside saps already taken up.

at £10 10s, a lime from Jack Britons will be there by the Solomons-the British promoter hundred. West End clubmen who, having launched Turpin as professional and given him his

LESLIE SALTS

A courteous man, a cute man.

I

Speaking of femininity. Faith Domergue looks smaller than she

world chance is now with him/Dialed as a director of 14 com really is, though her physical

ancie old

whose products he

up

a1

in the role of guide, pliilósopher

who cleaned and artful

front a holiday ven Ras Prince Monolulu will Morecambe;

car? Even

who bought bo there. That pleturesque pseudo-historie castle on 'he selector of horse-flesh burst into North Wales coast and turnest 11

West End restaurant the other into a

gcod enough money day to announce that he was spinner to enable the boss and spending £150 on a transallantle

his vivacious brunet'e wife to trip to the Turpin' corne

spend their winters abroad.

And Turpin himself? Many things have been happening 10 the sepia, warrior from Hanworth

Road, Warwick, since those

chocolate muscles of his mode an ex-champion of Robinson.

requests

A courteous man, a cute man, and the man who now shapes the "exploitation" of Randolph Turpin.

The

champion's boxing carcer remains in the hands of George And I do not nenn cheering Middleton, the .quiet

Io crowds, the flash of camera buibs, Leamington

grocer who has backslaps, mayoral managed Turpin's affairs since autograph booka by he left the amateurs five years to open ngo. Middleton FOYS whom horticultural shows, or even ex- Turpin shall fight, and for how hibition bouls at £200 a go.

a go much. That kind of stuff is linsel to the new Turpin, the picture on the box, the "front."

the

THE WHISPER Two hours after Turpin had beaten the ego out of Robinson, a dozen of us sat down with the new champion to a celebration supper at a London hotel, and

י

Outside of boxing, however, the collection of cash from the middleweight championship of the

has become the world "esponsibility of a council

himself, four-Turgin

cidest brother Dick manager Middle- ton. and Leslie Salts.

This is the team that went into action the moment referee Eugene Henderson pointed his

dimensions are small. She is five feet six inches tall and weighs 110 pounds beautifully distributed.·

She has raven hair, expressivo brown eyes and a luscious com- plexion that needs no make-up, except lipstick, for pictures. Her eyelashes are so heavy and long that they must be curled to keep them from hiding her eyes.

TAKEB A DIM VIEW Falth takes a dim view of the

femininity.

way many. women hide their

"They cut their hair too short," Faith says, "and hida their feminine oppent in ugly men's apparel like loose-fitting sweat-shirts and blue jeans. I know this is a fad with teen- age girls but I hope they soon | outgrow it.

"I think that a girl, or woman,

do

she everything should possibly can to accent her ns- tural feminine appeal and make herself more alluring."

my neighbourma tall man, pink-nencil at Turpini as the conqueror of her hair long. When sho

Knockout Specialists Are Jack Gardner's Sparring Partners

Really big spar-mates for heavyweights are a rare and dwindling species, but John Simpson, manager of Jack Gardner, is taking no chances of our champion!

af Robinson. From then on, if you wanted Turnin to open your *alent work, it was "See Mr Salte"

THE TURPIN TIE Business was brisk from the start, Down at Gwrych Casile,

trained and whence he returned, they took on 30 extra staff to cope with the crowds.

at Abergele where Turpin had

Part of Faith's plan for her personal femininity is the wear- accompanied her husband, Hugo Brazil when he went Fregonese,

to Argentina

and

FAITH DOMERGUE

WANTED! THE

SIX BEST BRITISH FILMS

By PETER CATTLE:

there to Were you able to select "She's a star of rage, and make several motion pletures, the ingredients for: a. Fes- scream." she was impressed by the way tival week of British. films, People who couldn't profess the South American women

productions would to be dismayed, by the August planned their apparel to catch which

Six films unic Holiday weather were you choose?

the cinema managers. Up of these

needed - one for each day went the cinema prices, but of the week.

down "canfe the rain. Result: "Phenomenal business" despite

mon's eyes.

She

tricks including the wearing of of earrings and the carrying ornamental fans. Faith usually selects sold colours for her

I 'pose the question with the increases. Time alone will clothes, which are simple in cut more than academic intell

terest, for in recent months

One of them, a mathematics student, was roped in

in to take and design of the pete' corner.

Richard

being short of practice partners for the defence of his new Endtrippers-heŞ-İ ·LANGUOROUS AND SULTRY {more than 600 cinemas inure") Attenborough joins the

European title against the German giant, Hein Ten Hoff, in either Berlin or Dortmund, on September 23.

Even at this early date he has booked the services

tween

laken with the cash. Be-

Those who have

seen Faith

all parts of the country have champion--for spells of posing with mum

describe her with such adjec- been running these weeks of and and the kids, Turpin went off tives as exotic, languorous and nostalgia.

the on a 3,000-mile trip to take mari sultry. Many say she is

exhibitions-same

most Birie ly business, others to keep fath with old pals.

in

of the biggest gymnasium "targets" in the country- Eddle Vann, Shoeburyness, holder of the British knock-out record (12 seconds) and Frank Bell, the York- Randolph Turpin

2 shire games-master, who put paid so summarily to Tommy Farr.

With Ball for long-range | himself. He now lives with his

and

ever-wife and son in a sizeable mons. punching, Improving Vann supplying the sion in Hamburg. "Inside stuff," champion Jack Mercedes, and he lords it over a will not lack adequate prepara-prosperous hotel at a place called lon for the reputedly heavy Sasel, onslaughts of the Bf. 8in. Tea

Holl.

the

bouls,

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He drives Bcquipment

BUSY, DON

riches life.

("Morning Depart- Navy-again for his part-in.

he, comes "above water”—from "The Gift Horse Tals time submarine to destroyer. Others Ju "Gift Horse" are Trevor In Home Instances, I am told. Howard, Robert Stack to

and beautiful newcomer

have been asked to Sonny Tufts Hollywood since Hedy Lamarr patrons

ballot for the Alms they would Arst made her appearance.

and such like to see again, No other star has ever been"

Lavourites 05 "Henry kept under wraps

as long as "Hamlet," "The Red Faith Domergue was, That's

-

because Howard Hughes had a and the earlier. Anna Neagle-Well Trained

he

Laken off the

she shelf to be whirled through the Voices Are A

1 projectors again..

LEFT OUT OF IT

and comprehensive Michael Wilding frivolities have plan to prepare her for the been regularly stardom that know would win,-

Hughes did not consider her ready for acting until after she

**(pensar years in studying So far, the West End of voice,

diction and dramatic London, heart of the Festival, lessons and haa Anished the has been left out of this one- equivalent of a high school week Jamboree of good things. education under private instruc- Too many new filme to show spare time for a week of old-timers" is the excuse,

10

There's

new

an onswer

to that

Prerequisite

Says IDA LUPINO

Ida Lupino, one of Holly- wood's few feminine direc- tors, advises all movie hope- fuls to arrive with well trained voices. As director of Filmakers" "Hard, Fast| and Beautiful," she sought newcomers who could use their voices. It was a hard search.

It took her a full, year, with the help of Dialogue Coach Bob Paris, to get rid of her lisp. une, of course, but I hesitate to To keep her from putting her be rude when enjoying the tongue between her teeth when hospitality of Jack

Davies's she pronounced the letter "S".

us Just

say it does. space. Let Paris put a toothpick behind not always follow that good

her and made her eyeteeth

Alm is better than a good hours read aloud for, many

old one,

the every day.

I feel it is a pity that Star-moking

highly West End has not had a week specialised businci in Holly-

Explaining (or even a month) during Fes-

why sha cast new-val year

of one-n-night | Carlton Young, well-established comer is subjected to the minis-

British Films That_Well Al-radio personality, and Edward Reimers, radio and TV 'an- stations of an army of make-up men, hair styllets and dress de- Ways Remember,

I, for one, would love to see nouncer, in important roles to. pigners. She may emerge with

Soon you will be able to wear tie ar D Randolph Turpin shirt or buy vour girl friend · a scarf, with picture on it. Randolph Turpin's Teen-agers will be elling you 'hat

must fashionable the

sports has Randolph signature emblazoned across it. If

you are of the Inquiring type, you will be able, little later, to rend the book While our Heavyweight Cham-

of Randolph Turpin's eng-le- Now 32, seven years older than plon gots in trim for Ten Hoff. has the stable mate Don Cockell, Gardner, the German

Stage, screen and radio agents tutor - partner - kind of background that spells Gardner's

raising their ante tion. toughness and trouble for any-companion since Jack first quit ave been

almost daily in n Tran'le to under-the amateurs three усага ако, one foolish enough

years ago endeavour to join the band- will be preparing himself for estimate him.

IMPRESSIVE RECORD what must surely be the most only to find that the Turpin Team, for the time haine He began boxing us a railway- complicated and Intensive big at any rate, have their own ideas man amateur In Oldenburg 14 night arrangements of all time.

became German In London on September 25, about commercial entertainment years ago,

Turpin turned film star within champion with a list of 130 con- Cockell hopes to fight for the

cruiserweight Alite a few days of whipoing SugaTM quests, won all but one of his 21 Wort the winner of the forth-Ray. Up in Warwickshire, and

lative

and against

Bob with his 15-year-old nephew Maxim it with Panzer coming

a

Joey batile in New York. Murphy

Dick's non-playing the part of division in Russia,

they As a post-war professional, It According to BBB of C edlet, the schoolboy Randolph, took Ten Hoff only eighs fights: Don must then defend his British have been shooting scenes of the wond. The promising

champion's to lick the cream of Germany's championship against Croydon'a new

cuff-or-he Turpin himself other heavyweights, and he was Albert Finch by October 27, and cuffed youth.

European durable enough to stay 10 rounds his

ainst has in turn been made up or a crown against with Jeracy Joe Walcott, current

Gerinany's

Rux by the builder's labourer, a groom and Conny possessor of the world tle end of November. How long is a Royal Navy cook-each of them the colour of her hair changed "Romne Express again, and support Claire Trevor and Sally

since a British boxer was asked real life role from pre-Robinson the shape of her eyebrows that delightful performance by Forrest, Miss

Lupino anys: Calthrop in "Tadio. (American version).

personalities. Taken all round, Herr Tento battle for

looking entirely the late Donald the separate days,

altered, and

at "Blackmail," one. of the have. well for

of the championships

world,

unlike the beauty which Hoff has done pretty

equipment. - THE CIGARETTE END and Great Britain within. Europe

tracted the attention of talent earliest British talkie thrillers. thoirce training an a part of the space of two months?

scouts,

And "Sunshine Sude" newcomers in Hollywood, don't The half-hour I doubt it the I-know-where-

Almir com--

at all know how to "Atlantic." "Evergreen" "voices, a prerequisite of

ow to use their of drama- I'm-going Cockell is worrying pleted. Soon It will be accorded

NOT A HAIR, PLUCKED Joint premierce in Britain

day the 13th" and "Rookery

the the expression

tle" , of about the historical aspect

World-wide.

"When casting a new picture, tho situation.

Such was not the case with Nook" arid Thark" from But, shrewd and the USA.

Falth Damergue. When He early Tom Walls Ralph Lynn want: new faces. Where: elso businessman that fe he will distribution

gured money, really big money, ward Hughes, turned her over rtable......

to And them but amang radio at not be under-csilmating the cash is just round the comer for to his styling experts be in-

potential of this crowded engage-Turpin. With tack of new

And what about any of the performers with years" : of ex- structed them to determine only silk-shirts Brat

aat of talls, how best her beauty could be warly Cicely Courinelige, Jack Perience although lackinthe

front of -London Express. Seroles). a bunch of boogie-woogie records,

сапега. 100 transmitted intact to the screen. Hulbert and Jack Buchtbar chance to act in

Too many of

Four and a few

osen words to That precisely was what was musicals?

young players applying when I done, for not oven a hair in her the popull-chosen

cost a new picture have for endolph:

eyebrows was plucked.

seasons played the same typq

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