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It's Ginger

POLA NEGKI? NO, GINGER The cra: 1921; Stute:" Dubarry." The man is Clifton Webb.

VILMA BANKY ? NO, GINGER Satirising the Colman-Valentino days; with Clifton Webb again.

TOLLYWOOD

delivers

its hardest slap yet in a new film called "Dreamboat"—to its young tormentor, TV.

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And the star is Ginger Rogers, who not so long ago was offer ed £350,000 for a serica half-hour shows-on TV.

The Alm and the star came

in the same ship. to Europe in

Ginger will not have time to visit London, but by phone from Parls she told me: “We have satirised all the terrible about TV-and it was things

The idea is so simple. Gin- cer Rogers-and-Clifton Webb are two silent stars who be- come famous, again when their

fun.

SHOW TALK

Wisdom Gets Girl

London. ‘ORMAN WISDOM, the

Nolatile and pocket-

or 自

sized comedian who lives in a caravan, gets all the luck.

I am still not convinced that he is either a genius future Chaplin, as his admirers proclaim; but, comfortably sur- rounded by the Folies Bergere giris, he is packing a West End

theatre,

his

his

Mr Wisdom takes

10

up

Next, atm contract with Me Rank-starting with the part of a phoney Spanish matador. Believing in the best support,

suggested

ho

that Bolly Hutten should be brought ever an his leading lady.

Mr Rank and Co. Jaughed wryly at him: the exuberant Miss Hutton was among Holly- wood's busiest, as well as most highly paid, stars-for her Pal- ladium visji she got more than week. Now it is Wis-

£5,000 dom who is laughing.

does

At the convenient moment, Miss Hutton had an exuberant and row with her employers walked out on them.

When ever a Ilollywood star that, she Jooks, specumtively towards an English studio. In this case, the Rank people ---- listening to the voice of Wis- dom-have quickly met the Hutton look half-way.

Rother to their surprise, the wants to accept nearly, got their offer. So, Mr Wisdom, the "bird" in a West End revue two years ago, now gels a top Hollywood star to hlin on lo... the screen.

-taking off the old timers in a

new film-

jesting at TV

ancient films are shown on TV.

But Webb. objects. Re mands a court ban on the old pictures because they are invasion of my privacy." A TV sel goes into the witness-box und the judge glares at the programmes.

No need to tell his verdlet,

So Stalo

What will TV do without old films "They're our bread and butter," someone says. The Alm shows just how stale the bread is. Scene after devastat Ing scene shows the two stard In bits from silent epics "Beau Geste," "Mark of ro." Rogers and Webb ape the

awful

the grimaces,

oul-size

gestures, and

clinches.

like Zor-

the 30-second

Said Miss Rogers from Paris: "We looked at the originals

THEDA BABA? NO, Frs GINGER AND WEBB AGAIN). Traditional pose of beads-and-beauty-mark period screen ramp.

This time it is the theme first,

rst, then dressed up for Dur written by ex-BBC producer parts-me in busiles, wigs, and Eric Spear for the Peter Chey- corsets. We had a wonderful ney West End play, "Meet Mr time.

Our film story just ex- Callaghan."

Spear's easy to recognise aggerates a little on what hap- pens in our

After all TV

all metody, with the right note of Hopalong Cassidy

became a star monotony to get the customers again because of...."

humming, toolt

90 Ginger Rogers, 41 now, and minutes to write. Dollar-carn- still with the look that mingles ing minutes too. innocence with assurance, is kept busy filming. Sometimes

Seldom

him just

Pler Angel, his leading lady, a trile difficult; found him trouble in Canada with his co- star Wendell Corey.

Which

have lcd may Deborah Kerr, who has starred with him, to say once: "Jim- my (Granger's real first name) But is good at many things getting along with people isn't always one of them." Maybe now that

his closest friend Michael Wilding is

take Hollywood, Granger will a course from him in the art

friends of making

and in- For beneath fluencing people.

ដ lot the tough exterior is

fun.

He showed. English writer and director Terence Many of the stories told about round his Hollywood home. In his trophy room lined with the Gure, him are prompted, I am

heads of animals he shot In by jealousy of his success.

to a Africa, Granger pointed believes Since Granger

rt LIKE the insidious Harry acting like a big star off-screen space and said: "That's

they'll served for Jenn this wife) if Lime melody from The ("That's the only way

he told she doesn't make good here." in "La me) the result is

So Fussy talgic Straus music Blonde, another show tune is Trouble in Africa, where

with his best-selling had a disagreement creeping into the

director; trouble in Italy, where class here and in USA.

So Tough drama, sometimes comedy. EVERY WEEK from every keet' Always

Hollywood visitor I musical. 1

the changing. That is her lech hearing a new chapter in

saga of Stewart Granger, With nique for slaying on top. there

In the ship coming over out any apparent effort he has

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Here was a showing ot achieved for himself a promi- "Dreamboat." Said Ginger, the nent position in the list actress: "And after it was over Names that Make Groans. I heard someone say, 'Ginger Rogers I didn't know she used to dance.*"

So Tunoful

In

Third Man" or the tinkly nas- take notice of youen trouble.

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