1954-11-23 — Page 4

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THE E CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1954,

says

No dozes for Moses, s Mr. DeMille

DAVID LEWIN flies to Egypt and finds the desert getting a wash-and-brush-up as a 1954 Exodus leaves CAIRO, MONDAY

A

on

T 4.28 this afternoon Saya Heston, who, was a elreus Cocil B. DoMile boss in DeMille's Alm Thic

Greatest Show

Earth": fired his pistol into "Moses is an

awesome part--it the air three times will leave an imprint on my and that was the end of the personality after it is done, 1 Exodus.

have to conduct myseit, with

As thousands of extras streamed past him, and Charlton 'Heston, playing Moses, came up to lean on

staff, i his

said DeMille:--

"And now what are you going to do about the Red Sca?”

Cecil B. DeMille, at

73 the world'o miyab- est and oldest maker of spectacles (screen protacles that is) is directing "The Ten Commandments" in Egypt on a scale that he hopes will make

11

Egyptian- ther background films seem Bke trollers,

Said DeMille: "About the Red Sea, Well, the last time did was 30 years (His 1923 ver- *go." ston

al the Τότε Commandments cost £300,000, with Theo- dore Roberts Moses) "und I hope I have learned FUTIC- thing since then.

"We can fix

we need is

a

9

itall

1 storm,

and I am waiting for that now. I must have

storm before Israelites can cross." Meanwhile, out

the

the

to

danity while I am acting it-on

sot as well as on.'

"Mr. DoMille will not let me be seen eating in make-up and, of course, I mustn't smoke or be sech sprawling in a chair. In fact, I never sit down at all on the sci- lean on my staff. It is quite restful really when you

get the hang of }[" THE DAMES IN

THE DESERT

OK CARLO

You can't lone

a girl named Zipporah

MAXTEN

Mqara falla

She's the dama

is love with

Mosca wife turns out to be Yvonne de Carlo, chosen because of her ability to deplet "simple peasant dig- nity with the spirit of a princess."*

Is

Her film nome Sephora, pronounceri

Scitra

casier,

10 make it

mand

YOUNG MR, OMILLE (73), WITH AGED FRIEND The forecast for the Red Sos arus la: Stormy

**BIX four thousand people.

thousand animals, ing thrilly: "Drinks, very cold, Use as sweets. peanuts" - Just like the oldest shoes." many beards as possible and Brighton un some blazing Bank

Also Nubians Holiday. (very black)."

The Exodus is a. mighty DoMille musters them per- spectacle, with grunting Buffalo

whole

ot menageries sonally, aided by assistants in and radio cars and associa e producer animals inking half an hour to

Wik xon disguised In pass by. Henry

driver hidden rags as a came! among the animals.

BUGLE CALL

Through the loudspeakers DeMille warna the crowd: no one gets ahead I eskert of Moses. Everyone stays be

the hind him. " Heston about change.

In other quarters. "Remember,

-

her name is given as Zipporah.

Sald he: "IE

Then the bugle calls, Moccs is difficult today to raises his staff and the Exodus

make love to a woman You called Zipporatı, must be careful not to mako modern audi-

laugh ences

at ДАЛЮ"

n

heaves its way into the desert. A hall signalled by DeMille

into the air. firing his pistol The camels have made a mia take, leaning agalist plaster and skyline pyramid There is less of a dwarfing it. problem with Anne

Baxter,

who plays

Queen Nefreti. (NOT "I

When he is satisfied, DeMilia calls a conference. He is always uttonded by assistants, two £16- retories. (a third at home), and a chair boy whose job it is just to carry a stool so the master may sit down without looking, and a microphone boy hauling miles of line and juggling with a hort-tail whisk to brush away files from DeMille.

$8 MILLION

The director. lean and fit under a topee, has been working Ten Commandments" on "The for two years now, but the job will not be complete until next year and 8,000,000 dollars (£2,800,000) have come to

on the

DeMile

Wilcoxon: radlos ward the camels

10 come

end.

Wilcoxon: "How

the blazes

tho better known down in an S." Nefertiti.] The nume

just confuses the unit,

who say tersely: "This do you say S, in Arabic?"

in the desert under ॥

und scaring sun meurnful gaze DI 375 camels, is the dame Moses falls in love DeMille is putting other scenes with when he is a princo at the of his £15,000-a-day epic on

Bim ("It la merely colossal yel-

but

Pharaoh court. She is also

have a triangle...."

are

Between each "take," the unclent sunds of Egypt given u wash and brush down

Aunk) and teams of men with brooms.

an

Says DeMille: "This will probably be my last film-it will certainly be my biggest,"

has

Whats the Exodus teen dismissed and the desert has been washed for the last

we have hopes," say his loved by someone else, so you by hoses (two wells specially time, the ator, Heston, alts back assistants).

He has gathered a remarkable cast, Charlton Heston. 31-year- For the past, four days I have old Hollywood star, playa Moses boen watching the Exodus roll In a range of 10 beards which out of the studio-bulit city boat £50 a beard.

the desert. The call sheets de-

W

and reflects:--

"I don't think I'll do another Biblical epic after this. I don't rip think there can be another one

While hordes of extras wait in to march again, boys

smartly through the ranks call- to do.

EDWARD

WESTROPP ++++

THE ROYAL FAMILY A CHARGE-AND

AN

ANSWER

THE switchboard nt finale. thore Er the Queen

Buckingham buzzed

to

Palace Mother's triumphant visit

the United States and Cangas. and glowed. As is usual with those attacke on the Royal Family, Princes Margaret has boon singled out for special mention for con centrating 013 Qia so-called

It reflected the feelings of subjects of the British monarchy ringing up to ex- press their anger over B "dreary social round."" Loniton newspaper's charge

At present it is more likely

that the Royal Family has that she is concentrating on little else to do, but ait plans around In England and the New Year — 4, "twiddle its thumbs."

What nonsense! What misin formationi

for her important visit to the West Indies early in visit for which her tour of the British Foroos in Cermany this year proved she is well equipped,

Desk

Wife, Mother

wark

weighs

most

The fact is, of course, that at no time before has the Royal Family been so small. there are only eight members tre to who are of ege and carry out public engagements heavily on the Queen herself. And never before have the de- The State boxes even mands on then boen greater her on holiday. or their interests and activities so wide.

Let us turn the

follow

Then there are her duties as a wife and mother. Time has to be found for the children, and for hairdresser, pages of the the heavy. bound Royal clothes-attingit is part of her Dlaries listing the uncensing job to look beautiful, round of engagements, "The Sometimes her day has been Queen has received in audience so busy that the reading of the retiring High Commis- Cabinet papers goes on, while sioner for Pakistan.. the she is dressing Queen has held on investiture Does this Duke of Edinburgh ..the Duke of Edinburgh is "twiddle his thumbs"! As Con- spending the day at a Birming- sort ho could if he wished. Let ham factory. Princess Mar- mo tell you about his pros pret le going to a reception at gramme since May 18, the Victoria League

Singled Out

He has been to 150 events. This does not include his OT three-wock tour of Canada,

and hia journeys to France

which were a non- Germany stop round of visits to military де home

and widdie establishments

House, St James's. their thumbs, do they? What the home of the Duke

the 80,000 mlica the

Duchess of

the about

Gloucester, Queen and the Duke of Edin-

day is just as crowded. The burgh travelled in their grand Duke has 450-500 enagements

through progress

year, and the Duchess nearly monwealth this year?

Sit

the Com-

many.

and

The Queen Mother's activi- ties are well known. Within a tow days of her return hamo from North America sho will start a round of pre-Christmas

visit to

Since then the Duke has been to Canada-from the Maritime Provinces to the farthest north -to Germany and to France. And together they have

Just concluded an intensive series of agements-a

hospital's centenary celobra- tours of the northern counties. tions, a dress show, a theatre, and a dinner In the Middle Temple.

Then there was the Duchess of Kent's visit to North Amer- ies with Princess Alexandra, who is already emerging an a charming member of the Royal

This "team"

dutumn the Princess Royal *wicat Gibraltar, and now, os a grand

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doubt, with many

of his

dreams and at his peak

shattered, and in the midst

of

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suffering and

monetary loss is Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, one of Bri

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pioneers of the air.

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It is even doubtful if he will comment when the Government publishes a White Paper on the Andings of the Inquiry,

Less than 1wo years the Camel stemmed a shining symbol of Britain's load In the airways of the world. 11 seemed, too, the culmination of a career for a man

to none in this country.

moment of success his dreams are shattered

realities.

W**

A dreamer

•

MUST

ncor

in which Amy Johnson few to

PAY

My

to

No Privacy

AL Harewood House, tho home of the Princess Royal, the | story is the game,

Even Princess Marie Louise, who, at 80, might feel she was entitled to a life of leisure, is ever ready to do all she con to help the arts and nursing to which she has devoted her Interests

1t

be many years before the young Duke of Kent has lime for royal duties. He has chosen a career in the Regular Army; but his young sister, Princess Alexandra, is now being schooled for public life. But don't let us forget that colleague John Gordon behind all this public service is enoo said to me that the hearts a family, trying to live a family of accountants and City Editors life like everyone else in the do not beat, "they clink liko | land, but with half the time- cash registers," But sometimes and practically no privacy to a tragedy in business is so devote to it, moving that the pounds and pence seem to be of little im- portance, and the City 'Editor must consider the feelings of the human beings who suffering from decisions" 'takën boldly and responsibly.

Loss Involved

are

YET the financial loss in

volved in the Comet crashes has had an effect 'on the vast de Havilland aircraft empire which cannot yet be estimated. On the Stock Exchange the thousands of shareholders of the company

a

bava

MA

Susan Shanks

SAUCERS

BECOME BUSINESS

By LES ARMOUR

seen the MAYBE you don't believe in value of their holdings fall in them—but flying saucers few months by around are business in Britain today.

Into £3,000,000.

Threo Britons walked The balance sheet figure of London's Registry of Companies Blocks and works-in-progress,

lark week and registered an organisation called which slood at £20,000,000 Saucer Services Limited."

"Flying

yeal ago, loxes all meaning until the inquiry is over

·

and

a big and

publishing

was Dereic

nal recently aviation

national morning.

week, he goes to his Hat him-Captala Geoffrey do The "works" field office, where he reads Havilland, brilliant flier and consisted of twa the evidence given before chief test pilot to the company. wooden huts at Lord Cohen of the cause of

The experimental Swallow Stag Lane Acro~ his to

beloved which he

flying at the drome, time near the speed of sound

the Comets.

Edgware brake up over the Thames

Road, and the Yet Sir Geoffrey himself Fatuary.

only orders on koceps slient. He has not been, It was a swift death-

the books werd called to give evidence,

death in the full tradition of the de

Havilland family, who for two DH18 have never counted the risks "airliners," carrying eight involved.

poople apleca, who-and this was a startling

And they were not being "were able to WAT manner of man is Sir Innovation

Geoffrey? He has been

SIR GEOFFREY the future clear.

Of the thousands of people Ian W: Girvan, editor-in-chief funny either. One of them was about in

de HAVILLAND

working who had started in the described as the practical dream move

in the de Havilland of Werner Lauric, dawn of the air ago and who, the type of man who sees flight'

From these two orders came Three months later there was factories there are many whe | reputablo London with many setbacks, had built far ahead and doggedly sets

cannot

amot now be certain of their house. The pesond up an alreraft enterprise recond, about turning his vitons into a whole series of now designs another accident off Naples.

circraft such as the Moth,. Small

Now, at 12, Sir Geoffrey Whatever the findings of the Demeter, unfil The Comet had been designed Way back in 1909, when he Australia In 1830, big alrerait Boda that onco again he is present Inquiry, Sir Geoffrey of a

intwspapów. The third was by Sir Geoffrey's colleague, Mr

only 27, Geoffrey de like the Albatross in 1937, which facing a crisis in his life, must be sasured that there wil Desmond Leslie, co-author with Ronald Bishop. As it took shape Havilland built his own plane, could carry passengers for 2,500 this time more impersonal than be continuing support and California's : George Adamaski the factory Sir Geoffroy Was Ho designed the engine, and big miles at more than 200 miles at the loss of his sons but, in many himself who are willing to vene

wife the fabric, wing.

hand sewing- coverings with a machine.

Geoffrey assembled the plane on the North Hampshire Downs, started the engine, and, with the ald of a spring: balance, beld the whole rickety machine tram sufficient thrust to tyczka the air and the vision of

years Its performance, Ita The Brst attempt to get off comfort lis apscaratice ever faster, and safer air travel, Even before the first Comet the ground was dissairgun who, admired and enviad

for 40 crached to had paid a far beroplane rushed downhil

the¦ a 1

an unheard of standa (in・・ travel. houvier price than most vision- yards, shot into

“steep, clapha and erupibă up... arios pro called upon to pay.

De Havilland packed up. the hiding nt 40,000 In 1948 his son John was towning one of the 6,700 Mom wreckage and started again. By pressi qulbow which the de Havilland 1910 his improved machine wanapore company built during the war, aying well turning sad twisting quien Over Hatheid he coulded within the alestor minutes at a time.

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on the drawing board ́and in

watching every`move.

Often he would draw a quick sketch

on the back er an en valope of a suggested Improve- ment here, a refinement there.

Man of vision

- WOR

And,

above all, the cul- ways just as terrible.

The probe into the Comet ture into the unknown, minating feat of the Mosquito, fàlure. Is the most exhaus- which came to dominate the live inquiry of its kind over

He must be air over the battle, in wartime attempted t Europe.

'Facing crisis

OR he is a man wedded, to moving to see if it developed #TCHEN the Comet, 2 For

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD, Both were kid. I was the real beginning of his

HONG-KORO

myosin morsa ana

KOWLOON

oume to the sonji named spre

October

ven-

of a book on flying, saucers.

The three plan to "collect and

| dis'eminate ; Information,

cerning flying saucers or other unknown flying objects, They top scientific Says the American poper DOSSIBLY the Comet design mean to recruit Time!” “British – scie

science

was premature, Poly authorities to propare" arilcies,

and sift reports, from world knowledge of metal per tola - the world, without excuse of cover-up, what form was not far enough spotters around the world.

advanced, d

„Their maulle will be published happened to starred

Britain's proudest

But the pioneer is always in quarterly and circulated private- jot

ke advance of other people. The ty to troup of 1

paying The Royal Alrera

*king night and a detective work that

very nkine signifies that he must

saucer

Britain's fuisme today, itse in man never accused of seeing

tv Said publisher Girvan,

themir: Just do':

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