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The Secrets Of

"The Scout?

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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1953,

1

A FIVER FROM THE PIE-KID

THE PROCESS of lifting veils should be delicate. Even if one raises a vejl what is there to be seen? Most probably another veil.

These "Berets" are culled from my old notebooks, tattered race- cards, the backs of menus; many of these tales of the Turf are stores, odd-lots from the attic, impressions still vivid of bygone days and nights.

★ ★ ★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★ ★★

WARNER BROS. ANNOUNCE

PLANS FOR 44 FEATURE FILMS

“The Beast From 20.000 Morgue." I have left out the speckled and tawdry. Just as in the old song on Blay-progress and future plans in Fathoms," science-fiction thrill "Ilis Majesty O'Keefe," from

don Races-let's have “n' the smiling faces.”

It's a trite saying that “On the Turf, and under it, all men are equal,” I could be so, but then your guess could bent mine."

"Ah, sald he. ..That!

Kazan,

Levent, Jack E.

"If ever there Was a "The Desert Hong," romantic producing for the studio, David

Comexly, starring Butler directing. time in the history of musical

Kathryn Grayson and Cordon "The Phantom Ape," in- our Industry, with the facRae, directed by Bruce spired by Edgar Allen Poe's confused tumult and shout- Humberstone and produced for famous story of the terrifying ing, to speak of current Warner Bros. by Rudi Fehr, figure in "Murders of the Rue

terms of common sense.

Triut a pre-historie men- the recent lop of the best- that time is now," Jack L.ster Which emerges from theceller list, filmed in the FIJI Warner said in making ones to wreak havoc and spread Islands, starring Burt Lancas

terror among Atlantic of the most significant an-board coastal cities,

scater and Joan Rice, produced produced for the studio by Harold Hecht, The secrets of the Turft In fof sand, sea. onil sky fel, the lovely, moated. announcements to come from by Hal Chester and Juck Dietz directed by Byron Haskin. those five words you find the Jerumbling hat stoutly construet- |ceziral home of the Lygons. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., for Warner Bros. and directed "The hoy from Oklahoma," elue to the magle and slamour Jett wooden jetty. built ap- "Pie-Kid was among the

with Will Rogers, Jr. in the nd mystery which go to form (parently for no functional ren- arrivals.

since that company intro-by Eugene Lourte. And either he was

"Dial 'M' For Murder," to role of an Oklahoman who talking be directed the fascination of racitig.

on that one could name. overawed by the environmentduced the modern

by the screen'sselties on outlaw problem You and I and anyone else Its being there puzzled me, or dismayed by the leisurely picture.

master, uspenso

Alfred Oklahoma-style, with Nancy above the mental nge of Lenant one day I asked an old pace of replenishments After

"World

Hitchcock, from the London, Olson as co-star, produced for audiences may know, in our hearts, that there man who worked D plot of the quick ones doled out at the

New York, Chicago stage hit the studio by David Welsburl, are really no secrets in life. ground near by if he could ex- races.

expect screen entertainment (sy Frederick Knoti.

directed by Michael Curtiz, Some just happen to be kept plain why it was built.

Anyway, he perled off a of a variety and design "Eas, of Eden," from John "Three Ballors and a Girl," better than others, thal's at.

fiver, presred it into Bradford.never before possible," the Seinbeck's current best-selling musical comedy starring Jane w the butter's, hand, and called

Ela Powell, Gordon MacRae, Gene FOR INSTANCE: Somewhere | where the bout came in pears put in a voter for all to hear: studio head said. "We have novel, to be directed by

Nelson, Sam begun to tap the "South Sea Woman," roman-Leonard, George Givol, Direct- enormous resources le adventure slory starring fed by toy Del Ruth, produced available for vivid new Burt Lancaster and Virginia for Warner Bros. by Sammy approach to motion picture Lubin, produced for Warner's

Mayo, directed by Arthur Cahn.

Riding Shotgun," a modern entertainment.

treatment of the old stagecoach "ster Roberts," from "Our Warner Bros. pro-

the days, starring Randolph Scott, He promised me, some tep

Hayward Joan Weldon, directed by An- New York stage hit. which dre de Toth, produced for the here? My question must have years before his death in 1947, gramme has been charted Josh Logan-Leland

Ho make avaliable the story of

to take fullest advantage of has become the footlight sen- studio by David Weisbart. bech timed to sharply, or my his life. With this in view, we all the amazing scientific sation of the generation.

"Lucky Me," starring Doris interest must have appeared met onc evening at

"Mississippi Woman," his and technical advances. We

from Day, to be directed by Jack uver-olivinus. "That would be favourite hotel nar Baker will

Tennessee Williams' original Donshuc. relling. wouldn't it?" said the Street. We sat ourselves by the

wide-Screen

screen play, to be directed by

"Them," a new excursion in- old man as he went on boeng.fre. I had a writing pnd and

WurnerScope, three Elia Kazan.

to science-fiction, to be pro. dimensional pencil, and there was a bottle

"The High and the Mighty," cluced for the studio by and LWO-

Ted A COUP

for lly. of Scotel

Book-of-the-Month Sherdeman. "Now dimensional

current then" hinted, "let's both get Warner Phonic sound and to be produced for

photography; Club selection by Ernest Gann,

A Sur is Born," which re- Well, that is a typleat "rae-

Warner turns Judy jing secret,” We moved away

Garland, beloved WarnerColour, and Techni-Bros. by Wayne-Fellows Pro- singing star, Cruz that area soon afterwards,

to the screen, but the problem stayet, with

colour wherever they are ductions, with William Well-with Sid Luft producing live und it was a long time be-

the studio. "The To my amazement, this tough logical and appropriate toman directing.

Charge AL Feather fore it was solved to my sulis

River." our production."

"Madamoiselle Modiste," from adventure ploncer It was

Madison Victor Herbert's famous operet- Forty-four top bracket pie-story, starring Guy in conception

by Warner and Frank Lovejoy, with Helen ta, lo sar Kathryn Grayson.

now Wescott, Vera Miles, Dick Wes- "Rear Guard," colourful out- include son. Onslow Stevens, Virected door action drama from

ago and unloaded the French here are, old feller, set just horse which wom ul Lineoin un-

'em up again. Next round's on dier a different 142," 11

THC. oreturkteri, "phey all won a par- ket of many, but they didn't me to my good in the end, for all that

on our East Coast there long, lonely strutches of fat sand where at high tide tuch characters ¿ps Doug Smith Johnnie Die, could walk but Seawards for half a mile bælice being lost to sight.

Rather more than 12 years ago it was my frequent clubs. night and morning. tu visit "Company's Bimm-rjan posis lom, scattered for live mitet over the curlew-haunted tx- panse.

There was something invon- vista gruvus, however, in the

SPORTS

SHORTS

By "All-Rounder"

"What was the name of the

faction.

right, fantastic

and execution.

it

But the old man rect. There was a Bween the associates,

coup.

ll

was cor row be and from

TEN WICKETS FOR ONE then on they were dogged by RUN!

old misfortune. Twenty-two years Derek

Brown, playinst for

Public Birmingham

They say Library

£100,000 was won. Chin Ant, 20 years later, ali to show against British Oxygen

executed this brilliantly pany, took all ten wickets for for

useless, one run, which is a remarkable.jconspiracy

rformance perf

The sole run

is

a

move.

There's a right way, though, about making false and the laughs were with him and not against him.

started."

THE TEARS

title man with the repartee of a corkney and the ruggedness of a Geordie, put his head be- tween his hands and shook and hook and shook in an uncon- trollable At of robbing....

I've never quite figured it out, but I suppose he reckoned that he had had rather a rad life, despite his outward show

of galety.1

"Pie" is just one of the many

Individuals that

since that have crossed my path

that afternoon, 21 years ago

in any company. crumbling, tell-late jetty inter-picarerque

rhythm of was a smick off rupting the

bat to the leg, sea-swept waste.

UNCLE AND

THE FRIEND

the

use

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tures announced for the period between and, September, 1954 the following productions made and to be made:

Is

Ben Hogan Favourite For

The U.S. Open

New York, June 3. Professional golfers in

the edge of a Derek.

who bowis medium Forgive me if I don't pin this month, that on office-boy paced inswingers, als plays names, but my purpose is to put his head round the door for Camp Hill Old Edwardians lake you not into the mortuary of the sports-room in the old on Saturdays and has also but behind the scents; to meet Daily

Express building taken eight wickets for six tome of the great personalities Shoe Lane and announced that drabs, the Editor wanted, to see Mr runs. The Library buy is in his of racing, some of its

Graham Silence fell over the kond books, and the land some of its eccentries. masters'

That remainds me Oxygen people necited reviving

somehow room, not broken until I was of another story which I was in with their own product!

the passage. Inever able to tie up.. the re- It was

humillation I NEPHEW miniscences of Billy Tierdinan, Ureaded, I thought, as I walk- BOWL THEM OUT Leonard better known

The Pie-ed along that 12

dark, twisting Mam (three wickets for two (Kid.

leorridor, To be sacked after runs) and Jimmy Mann (seven

three months-and only doing wickets for six runs), bowling

.clerical work at that!

Yal for Daisy Hill Methodists, dis- Billy was a snub-nordd little they would say. "Thought he missed Eastbrook in the Brad- character frol

could come straight from bloom- ford Mulupi Sunday School errand-boy and handyman for ing Eton and walk slap into a League for a total of only níng the bit professional_ backers. Fleet Street, job, eli?" runs, Young Jimny IK just ready to ferret out 13 to ‘8 a G out of the Forces.

to 4 chance, sing a song in a The Editor said his plece IC- melodious tenor, or go fetch a taelfully and gently. He GETTING AROUND. Rotherbottle of

occasionminded me that Geoffrey Gil- hun-born Jimmy McCormick

bey (our racing columnist warranted. Is a bit of a rover. As un put-

Open In his early home-town days that time) had warmly recom- side right he played for Rother- he used to be a purveyor of mended me as a potential rac- ham United, Chesterfield, ples thence the name) backing journalist, and that there- Spurs, Fulham, Lincuin Chy yed a good few winners in the fore he hatt allowed me three Palace, wht manager-early twenties; moved to Lon-manths probation in which to conch of

Wycombe Wanderers don-and started following the learn the rudiments of news- and assistant-trainer of Shef-

paper work. Bold 'United, In addtion to

Some of the senior members We had a rare fund of kinst- coaching in Turkey, Malta andness and an innate sense

of the staff, however (and this Norway. Now he has been ap- how to behave, for

brings the odds to 331 on, pointed manager of York City rough upbringing and his par

and no takers), thought wider in succession to the late Charlle tiality for Scotch whisky. Ben experience was needed (50—1); Spencer.

with Warner, Bannam, Tom West- further training, perhaps

Jack head.

Pennington. provincial newspaper (0- for the re- "Snouty" Parker all used betting; just wait

and

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by Gordon Douglas, producer, Warner Bellah's Saturday Even- David Weisbart,

ing Post story.

"Man O' War, the story of "Diamond Queen,"

thorough- Fernando Lamas, Arlene Dahil the great American

bred, to be produced for the and Gilbert Roland, produced for Warner Bros. by

Frank studio by Sid Luft.

"Gown vr Glory," which Melford, with John Brabm Henry

Blanke will produce for directing:

the studio, from, the best-seller by Agnes Sligh Turnbull,

and

"Helen of Troy," to be based

"So This is Love," the story of Grace Moore, musical drama starring Kathryn Grayson“ 13 Grace Moore, produced for the studio by Henry Blanke directed by Gordon Douglas. "Black

"Island in the Sky." power ful drama of modern aviation. starring the screen's "Number ploits of the

Lafite, stor" John one one box office

on the old Homeric legend of the fabled beauly whose face lauriched a thousand ships,

Ivory," from the Poland Banks novel on the ex- colourful pirate

"Quielly ity Caplain Walts,"

by Evelyn Ealon.

"Last Train West," To star Alan Ladd.

"Snow Covered Wagon," R drama based on the historic exploits and herolsm of the Donner-Party--in the great- migration sweep of the last century.

"Bluebeard and His Seven Wives, based on the famous Parisian underworld figure by the turn of the century, for "Under the

Big Top," starring star Burt Lancaster, produced

Stan

by Harold Hecht. Anthony

The Knights Crusarles," story of Richard the Lion-Hearted.

of

to

of the

St. John Ambulance Orders

America are now well into Wayne. with Lloyd Noten, from the historical best-seller

James Arness the richest Summer sche-Walter Abel,

and Antly Devine, in a Wayne- dule in golf's history, a 24-Fellows Production for Warner tournament line-up with Bros., directed

William by total prize money of a half Wellman.

"Thunder Over the Plains," million dollars.

2 panoramic story of

pioneer The richest tourncy is the Texas, tarring Randolph Scott,

nt Newcastle.

World Championship Tam Lex Barker and Phylls Kiris, O'Shanter Country Club near directed by Andre de Toth and Chicago on August 6-9, with produced for the studio hy $75,000 at stake, and no tourney David Weisbart. has less than $15.000 prize "Blowing Wild," lined

United States Pictures But the one "big one" of the Warner Bros., and whole year is the United States Gary Cooper, Barbara

which is to be played wyck, Ruth Roman, from June 9 to June 13 at Quinn, with Tan MacDonald Oakmont Country Club at and Ward Bond and produced Pittsburgh.

by Milton Sperling directed by This is the one that carries Hugh Fregonese. the most prestige and is the "The City Is Dark," starring cue whose winner is the King Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson Golf in America for the and Phyllis Kirk, which Bryan next year, the man who can Foy produccil for the studio. make the most money from Andre de Toth Wirected. exhibitions and endorsements,

"The Moonlighter," man- Tor CONTENDER

the Southwest chase across

and Julius Boros, a 33-year-old starring Fred MacMurray

being Look out for English League him as their intermediary at suit).

cative of Connecticut, won the Barbara Stanwyck, and

Bernhard clubs fulaing long distance one time or another.

Open, and the World produced by Joseph

for Warner Bros., directed by Championship at Tam O'Shanter, Roy Rowland. Axtures by air this coming

A 'WONDER' "Ple" helperi me Although

around the Football

too, and is a top contender this "A Lion Is In the Atreels," quite a bit, without thought of Association fly their

But Lord Beaverbrook, add- year again, but the favourite Inter-

when I was

ana William Cagney reward, national teams to representative fledged as a racing

first ed the Editor, laid particular probably will be Ben Hogan,

Wtor Warner Bros. journalist emphasis

that Our paper matches all over the world, the 21 years ago,

the little man from Texas who James Cogney and (this sounds better) should be, has been star since 1938 and Football League hns ever

has been a "I'm not telling you just essentially young and vigorous

from Adria has won the biggest litle in golf exciting. best-seller. allowed its clubs to go by air. strering you," he used to say Therefore...well, what a turn-

three

times

Walsh directed. The ban, however, is likely to after placing a big bet for one up!

Hogan, who will be 41 be lifted at the annual general of hits bosses,

"The Eddle Cantor

Story," next It wasn't really until

August, won the recent Masters' with Keefe Brasselle as Eddie meeting this

What a Summer.

that anyone morning

could boon that is going to be to cluba

Tourney at Augusta with a new Cantor and Marilyn Erskine as fconvinco me that all this had record and seems to be at the Ida, produced for the studio by 8.6.6314.0.03, Kowloon Division: top of his game. He was third Sidney Skolsky, directed by 15.9.43.-21.853, Talmahstru! Divi

The Open, is all meal play,

Fellows Dr Lincoln K. Wayne - with the first two days devoted production for Warner Bros., to Chun-kwok & Western Dist. Naz.

Div. to qualification rounds which star John Wayne in the

Beach Duller.-6.6.83, 2 P wave out- which pulie Day Eastern Div.

Shaukiwatt Div.: 7.8.53. 620 a.m. Repulse Bay Wenthal "1" DIV.; BR Day Kennedy Town Div.: Shek-O Bih Nan Div.; 7.0.87, 1.30 p.m. epulse Bay Wanchal "A" Div.;

FLYING

To

FOOTBALL

A FIVER

1052

like Plymouth Argyle, New- I can recall him overstepping happened, But there, on the castle United, Sunderland and the Ile Only Duce it was after front-page, was a pleture-of-last year in the Open. Middlesbrough!

Cheltenham races. A cocktail me in Eten dress, top hat and A UNIQUE AUTHOGRAPH purty was being held at Madres- taltcoat (never knew how they BOOK Sammy Cox,

Scottish

and Glasgow Rangers full back, was, Injured and sat watching the Coronation Cup match be- tween his club and Manchester United

A nt Ibrox.

woman asked him to sign an autograph "book." Sammy Jumped when he saw it, for I was a book of season tickets for brob -- for 1898! It was in

perfect

condi-

tlon. The book belonged to the Glasgow woman's fate grand- father, and it contained most of the famous names which are Scottish_foolbail history,

BRUCE COMING BACK? Bruce Woodcock is in training agalu., The Midland Area of the British Boxing Board of Control have passed him medically in and given him a licence.

Tho Stowards of the Board have not

agreed. Because set..

of

Jala severo eye injurice let us hope they never do. Now a publican at Bolsover (Derbyshire), Wood- cocks has been in training two months and does ten miles a day road-work...

SPOR RALT

"You will leave the field and write out fifty times I must not handle the ball,"

London Express Serpica.

got that) and the news that “o Boy-Wonder Tipster" Wis 10 take over the "Bendex" feature at the start or flat-racing.

• TOMORROW: Į MAKE STEVE DONOGHUÉ ANGRY

---(London Express Service)

EUROPEAN BASKETBALL

Alfred -- Green;

"Hondo,"

Order by Commissioner D. W. Macintosh, CMG, OBE, Knight of Grace, Venerable Order of Production St John of Jerusalem, Com- starring missloner of St John Ambulanco adopted Brigade, Hongkong District, No. Langley's 23/53. Dated June 4, 1953. Locke

itaoul

Ambulance Butles - Hongkong.— 7.6.53.-13.6.53, Wanchal * Divi- lon 14.6.53,-20.6.03, Shaukiwan von June 1933: Kennedy Town K.F. N. Div.

Anbulatice Duties Kowloon,

ston

Penetration Squad-Dalle 16

Lux, Dentist Tonu

Re-

cut the 300-man field to the door action-type role hest 180 for the third round, and made him the screen's top box Bay Shaukiwan K.F. Div.; Shek-O only the best 60 scovers go into office personality. the final day's two rounds af

Stevenson's Wave of Ballantrae”

play,

Robert

Louis classic "Master

It is a gruelling test, and that starring Errol Flynn, filmed wave Bay Western Dist. Div. 13 the chief hazard to Hogan, against the background of Eng-Shek-O Central Div.: 13.0.53, 2 p.m. who was in a bad car accident land and Scotland, as described Repulse Bay Chting Sing Div.: Dig a few years ago and has never by the fanious author, WB. | Wave Day Confucian Div.; Shri-G fully recovered his stamina. Jam Keighley directed.

S.C.A.A Div.; 14.8.53, 9.30 4,m.

Repulia Ray Causeway Bay Div. "Plunder of the

Sun," | Ulg Wave Boy II.K.Y.M.C.A. DIV.: USUAL BAD LUCK

Warne-Fellows production for Sack-D KC.Ó.B. Div.: 14.0.53, 1.55 p.m. Nepulse Bay Shaukiwan K.F. ០០៨

starring biv,: Big Wave Bay Shaukiwan Div.: Sam Snead, who rates with Warner Bros.

And Shek-O Eastern DIV. Hogan as one of the two beat Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn

produced by Patricia Medina, golfers of the era, never has

Robert Fellows, directed by won the Open and is having his John Farrow, photographed in usual bad luck this time. Ho At the end of the sixth day a hand injury which will the ancient Aztec

of

sland:

TOURNEY

has handicap

him if

It

does not

ruins

chal "A", DIVI AND C447 Bro

Appointment & Promotion-Wan-

Tri moted Dlv. Supt, w.of.

ResignationAberdeen K.F. Amb, Moscow, June 3.

of Div.: . Wong Kim-shing resigned w.e.f. 18. 1932; Aberdeen K.Y, Nog. Zapálepec.

Div.: LIC LAT the European Basketball

Chati-yin resigned Edna Forber's Pulitzer Prize w... 23.5.31 South China Athlette Tournament, the teams now aldelino him entirely.

novel "So Big, narring Jano Assn. Nag. Divi Amb/Bi. Cheung Cory Middlecolf; the CxWyman, Sterling Hayden, Nan- Shauling resigned w... 28.9.03.

Enrolment.Atan Shuen Nag, Div.: Soviet Union, 12 points; dentist from Memphis,

cy Olson with Henry Blanke Amb/Sle's Chiu Wing-yee, Lau Kam Franco- and. Israel,

for 10 points another consistent winner. B

producing

the

studio, Sau, Chui, Dir-yuk” enrolled w.e.1. 12.5.553) Mandla) "A" Amb, plvar each; Hungary, Cachoslovakia was 1949 US Open Champion directed by Robert Wise,

Pten, Jedrey Thang & Gregory, Tasi six other titles that and Yugoslavia, nine points cach, and tool

"Calamity Jape," combining enrolled w,n.f. 27.553, Ptes. Tal Yu- hung. To Wing-sum, de Ting Yuen-

enrolled w.e.1. 26.5.03.

and Italy and Egypt, six painis year. Last year he won four the glamour and excitement of

lounaments and was runner-up the old Dakolas with the sing-hung

each.

Franco defeated Hungary to

day in the final pool by 50 to 30-France-Presse,

in the World Championship. He ing of Doris Day and Howard was 24th in the 1952 US Open. Keel and the tancing of Allyn

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