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'I'M A HOOFER

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5,′′ 1956.

AT HEART!"

"Roz" Russell explains the switch in her life

VILM Atar

by EVE PERRICK

London, established actress The myself Rosalind breaking Russell, inst here in months 1949 h mako

curtay before

ago of....

the

into musicals at

well, lel's

six Koy older then mos! her soubretics aro when they King stort"

the

the Kaye-she's the

routines that Norin

top bollerinu

as one of Hollywood's moro dignified delegates to

because I

didn't know ay Fortunately my athletic Letter. Training helped me."

Royal Film Performance, in New York-wouldn't dare is, came back to launch the Rosa new (and different) Hind Russell to British 4142- diences.

I'

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Monk-and-

ane

For Ror, the wonder-girl

which Wonderful Town (in she wowed 'em on Broadway), the ph nomenal dance-gul Wad can't regi can't dance, is here to promote

(and fest for

The Girl Rush," Mursy pictur which 1s by way of being musleal

hey how

Mass Russell, when I spoke to bei ni her Claridges multe d not, I admit, took much lik the Grable-girl of the Bim-st!

Sophisticated

IN Molly

elegant silver

Breakdown

was Miss Russell's proved at outdoor sports prowess that helped in another way

She suppiled the material for the song "A Hundred Ways to Lese a Man".

Man from her own personal expertener.

Kime would

was the girl who always better than hu escurl knew how the football 10. the expert who end |૪ the car which suddenly rake down in the middle of a lonely

on the way

The one man who didn't get dway

- producer Fred! Brisson (son of Curl, who married Miss Home La 1941-cere in from the theatre where he had been tcheursal of his

"The Pajan

brænde she looked more like the old Russell of the pre-"Wupervising

era,

ther

dinys When

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Invariably playexi WITZEN. executive types in sophistiented by sober comedies.

My! What a bore they were tor," said Mrs Busselt "Ani nothing at alt like the read ime, I'm

clown it tesat auct

always have been My personal friends were the only ones who weren't surprised at 13 pers formance in Wonderful Town, 'They just sail Why should Roz get paid for doing on the what she does at home the whole time?

The horne life of Miss Russell Apparently oft-time

Is tulse{

by moskel session- with ayns at the piano render- ed by Miss R. in the voice which

pube-

venture current Game"

"Any material

want yout about the aim or about me, ask Prest for he's a walking desk ** salt his wife dutifully.

JUST

Knockabout

JUST as difully, Mr Brisson produced the stills from A folder Continued Mrs Brisson,

don't know how I player all those efferent women all those

I'm the most unorganised person. That's why I always tried to get in one real knock- about serDO

"You know, I'm just like that womics in the Marx Brothers'

ptelures, Margaret Dumont-the ve who goes all through the im looking very regul artel a dignified. eondition

has best been described an

with a that

whare! Something

accompanied by a dancing style & And she's up to her

surumed un by the comment neck In Marx Brothers, hung in "I don't kow

whether Miss the middle of the slapstick, and Russell en duter well or not.

in there owning away like a but 11's 1s•$! take it ef tr

vekarat," way"

Athletic

CITIL, friends apart, the new

contender for the Ethel Merman roles, die rough-und- tumbled Rosalind, shockii people. into coming to see the show.

** actroll that has a freak value."

"Everyone NO amazed at N long-

tv is

And I suppose that for Mus Hussell the sunething that went "wham!" WHS 4 musical play called "Wimderful Town."

Which is why she's now in Die middle of some slapstick callest "The Girl Rush vłowning away like a veterun.

+ ACCORDING to the recorda

Miss Russell is 43.

HARRY ODELL

{ presents

LOUIS KENTNER

(pianist)

IN HIS FINAL RECITAL AT THE

EMPIRE THEATRE

TONIGHT AT 9.30 P.M. Booking at MOUTRIE'S and the THEATRE Sponsored by International Films, Ltd.

** I'm always clowning, hot . -

( always played executiva types '

admit...

100 man gul away.......

But he didn't!"

COMPLETE WITH SEQUINS, SPLIT-SKIRT, AND WHITE FOX

WITH HUBSAND FREDERICK

PICTURES TAKEN IN LONDON YESTERDAY BY ROBERT HABWELL.

ROBALIND NEW-STYLE

AS THE FILM STILLS SHOW HER

AMERICANS SAY: 'WE'VE NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD,'

Worried About

Giving

Away So Much Money

New York

Company bonuses and proft. McCarthy

Over

We

was challenging the

Into

The United States has grown up since then and President

TEENAGE VICE IN SOUTH AFRICA

ELDORADO

CONDITIONS ARE

RUINING A WHOLE GENERATION

By JOHN IVEY

polia

BCx-and-

in

Capetown mothers going out to work and trashy, lurid novels,

much lime to violence Alme and "the Jukobox Fall the social problems devoting too

way of life"-for the rise personal social activities, with which troubled "With mothers away from juvenile crime in Johannesburg, South Africa is beast, the home, young girls easily fall the country's Industrial motro- one causing the greatest prey to the lax morals of older

Perhaps, however, the greatest public stir today is the friends," says a Durban educa-

tional spokesman. "Sex talk and mvice of all among city young- widespread decline in the boy-chasing become their diver mers is the new craze of drug- morala of the nation's stons."

making. Although penalties are the morals youth.

of severe, more and more youths A survey of Youngsters are being described teenagers expresses "grave con- and girls are known to be mur- chorm by their elders as "a lost genera- cern" about the premature pre- rendering to the deadly tion," as "untutored barbarians" occupation of many youngsters of hashish-making.

with BDC --and there can be little doubl that the basis of the allegations is largely true.

The cause is mostly altribut- able

to the easy economic con- ditions in which teenagers here

"One tragic result of this the increase in the number illegitimato

la

Evil Aspect

ol 10 children born

The supply and use of the young girls," the report says. drug is banned, but it is grown

to country and is being success-

It paints out that South in many remoter parts of the lve. The effect shows itself in African girls start going gangsterlam, irreligion and a cocktail parties at 15 or 10, and fully smuggled into cily areas,

Bscause of the sinister effect un- cd hashish-smoking—it trees the

general Irresponsibility in moral asks In the circumstances how behaviour.

these girls, with an can Most South

African whiten developed moral sense, be ex- smoker of all normal inhibitions - is this evil aspect of teenage can live in luxury in this pro- pected to resist temptation?

Some authorities here blame vice

that the authorities are digiously wealthy country-head- quarters of the world's goid and "the American Influence" most determined to stamp out.

UTEAM UNTI

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Industries. As a result, the pursuit of wealth play prime ole in the lives of a math part of the population.

Youngsters, infected from erly age with the "money bug," are leaving school halt educated to grab unskilled Jobs in which 15-year-olds can

£10 werk vr more.

ear

Low Morals

PARIS NEWSLETTER from SAM WHITE

The No-Passport

T

Baronet

Paris In 1942, when he was living ITLED Hungarian in Zurich-at that time his best friend there was the eccentric, emigres in Paris are formerly British millionaire, excited over reports Baron de Forest-be presented

10 the that a Sir Oliver Duncan his passport

Consulate for renewal.

British

In consequence, perhaps, the average young South African has no nonnal hobby. His "hobby" is making money, and his sense of values is measured In terms of material worth.

it la this

generation of 1211- cultured, untrained, Immature will shortly marry youngsters that is alarming the Princess Gabrielle

The passport Ester- church, educators and social welfare workers alike.

The cultured youth-boys and

A third-generation baronet Lore have tried repeatedly girls alike are appallingly low

and educated at Harrow and Cam- nd out why this action

Judging from Duncan's are rapidly

idly sinking deeper,"

bridge, Duncan has been resi- taken.

"As

morals of

hazy,

Who is Sir Oliver!

our wn-

was promptly

seized

Since then Sir Oliver and his eminent firm of London solici-

to

Was

woman welfare official told me. dent in the South of France fie of the correspondence these

our country becomes #nd

and Switzerland since 1938. He richer and ille eaaler, their Is a man of standards of behaviour,

Wealth from

his

parti- fortune

from inherited American mother, whose family founded a world-famous Arm of pharmaceutical

quests have been consistently met with a blank refusal even to discuss the matter.

NEVER TRADED

Durban and Johannesburg have tureza, And he flatly denlos war, although he would be free

cularly in relation

to BCX, are

becoming more lux."

From the

main cities

of

come morals airis.

reports on

Duncan has not been back to manufac- Britain since he left it before the

"There to do so or he the declining the marriage rumours.

is no question of marriage," he Liechtenstein of teenagers, especially

says.

saya categorically: Authorities in

Sir Oliver claims to have no

nationality.

now holda

На

hayo never traded in my both centres business interests outsido his life either with the enemy or But the blare partly on lack of shareholdings in this company, anyone care narental control, caused often by A prewar Who's Who give the with Germans during the war. 1-8 "I never had anything to do

DON

IDDON'S

DIARY

an

White, a small man with rimless glasses, has now become American character,

Eisenhower himsolt is delight-

T'S been a great big sharing plans are the biggest President, taking on the U.S.

wonderful

And so much money year being given away that the Asso-

Anny, and mesmerising millions Americans say ciation

ns the leading Stock of

Exchange Communism.

crusader gainst "We've never had it 80 Firm has sent out o confiden. good," and they haven't. tial notice which has come Almost too good.

my hunds. It says: "Numerous complaints have been received deploring past publicity regard- Eisenhower has grown greatly ed with the success of his Ad- Here are hundreds of ing bonuses. The action caused in stature. Today his place is ministration, but feels there has firms handing out year-end hard feelings in many chSTI, unique, and the love of the been one big failure on the bonuses which range from a

that recommend

the people for the man has become home front--the stubborn oppo full year's extra salary to publicity be stopped."

intensified since the President's sition of the South to the anti- cash gifts of $1,000,

heart attack.

segregation Well, it hasn't been.

ruling by the Court. Supreme

When

the The little blonde who works being embarrassed by giving Franklin Roosevelt, with oil Supreme Court lighted A forch in the "Chock-full-o-nuts" away too much money! Most his magnetism, boldness, and of freedom and called for the Americans saw the Old Year qualities of leadership, never End of the black and white division in schools there, was Every commanded the following and corner tells me; "I've got four out with exuberance,

been salary

there has and I've where

ex- devotion that Elsenhower does, hope that a giant stride in pro-

grees had been made. $18.00 only been with them two years, pansion-lu wealth, in produc- The Républicains feared there is despair.

People who've worked here for on, and in population. 18.00 24 years are getting thousands 15.00 in cash and a sterling silver set

for 12. How do they do it?"

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Rocotvelt, and many of them - hated him. No che fears Eideshower except as a polti-

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I

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All

his only business intercat chairmanship of A сотраду

my money comes from known as British Securities and Americs. I have never made a Estates Ltd, which Str Oliver penny in Britain or taken t explains was formed solely to penny out of it. I stayed in administer his family's estate Switzerland after the wor be- In England.

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of the effect of all this on the

•

Ho la that extremely rare clubs. I do not relish the case a British subject by birth, thought of former friends turt whose Britishi passport was ing their backs on me." withdrawn from him during the QUOTE OF THE WEEK

He has

never applied

Actress Mireille Реттер: have it back.

"Every woman's gown is a com- In 1941 Duncan was

promise between the acknow by the Board of Trade a tedged desire to be dressed and "specifled porsen believed to be the unacknowledged desire to trading with the enemy."

be undressed,””

named

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the fortunate

ove of quately met.

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"

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THE

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