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ARTIE

"I don't know- sort of

believe in hull . . .”

A British

2

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY JUNE --1950.

CYRIL STAPLETON'S

Column

Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN

by Walter

对

Buster? The Name Is Now Liberace

IBERACE has, a secret: The simpering show. man of the piano was not always known до elegantly as Mr Liberace.

Crossword Puzzle

13.

[14

15

18

ACROSS

3 Smashes (8).

8 Weaken (8).

I Stopped (8).

11 Delayed (8).

12 Equine palt (4)

13 Hinder (B).

18 Ventured (8).

19 Harvest (4),

22 Guin ascendancy (8).

24 Servant (8),

20 Negligent (6).

20 Saves property (8).

YESTERDAY'S

25

DOWN

1 Bedeck (3),

2 Muterial (D).

3 Began (7).

Flock

(4).

5 Fastened (4).

Complete (8).

7 Sober (8)

Allude to (5).

14 Claw (5).

15 Withdraws (7).

18 Scratches (6).

17 Gateway (8).

20 Custom (5).

21 Banquet (8).

23. Prima-donna (4

CROSSWORD-Across 3 Thrushed,

28

Ratio, 8 Pigments, 10 Maiden, 13 Streets, 15 Mule, 17 Attired. 18 Invoice, 20 Seat. 21 Tenants, 26 Resist, 27 Universe, Dirge, 29 Steeples. Down: Trims, 2 Stair, 3 Toper, 4 Army, 5 Honour, & Dashed, 9 Intact, 1 Atone, 12 Depot, 14 Steers, 15 Midas, 10 Tests, 19 Issues, 19 Valise, 22 Needs

Strew, 25 Deep.

23 Nite,

24

Today he does not talk about the time when he was rather differently known as... Buster Keyes. For act then he used to do an around the supper clubs of America.

no

I thought of that name

which Buster,

evokes memories of romance and flickering candles, when 1 listened to Liberace's now long-playing record "An Evening with Liberace."

1f you

listen to It

and think of him as Buster then you might agree with me that the man is only ย mediocre pianist, In fact, if he came to me for a job us Buster Keyes I wouldn't swop him for either Dennis Wilson or Bill McGuffle, But if he comes as Liberace I would probably have to pay him £6,000 a week.

sales look at this, Ruby Murray sitting on a stage clapping their had a big hit in "Sotty. Boftly," hands and singing songs. They which sold nearly half a million' don't even have words for the records.

rongs, just syllables,"

SLIM SELLS MORE

Д

DAVID WHITFIELD and

similar salo with his "Everywhere." But when Slim

Whitman

"Rose recorded Marlo" you bought 710,000 copies of that.

Mesra, B. and A tried to imagine what this instrument- Iess, wordless, orchestra: would de to their film. They were not very optimistic but they let Phil hove-his own way.

The results you can judge for yourself If you listen to the sound track of the March Hare The British writer of "Softly, on Oriole records. Billy Cotton Softly' is Paddy Roberts, a six has also recorded the wordless foot ex-bomber pilot, His other title song on Deces. It rounda numbers include "Three like a hit to me, Galleons" and "Pickin' Chicken." What does he say about the ohances cd the crashing Into big amateur music sales?

Just this: "You can't be a song writer and an accountant or something at the same time.

ran

for

Su you see the amateur is not In fact, usually good enough, bandleader Lou Pronger, who

the *Write a tune A 1,000" competition at the Bonnersmith Palais, lelis me the song "Crusing Down the River" was the only hit out of 73,852 entries.

A music publisher friend of mine says: "Amateur or pro- fessional, I perfer to publish a British song, Why? Because I don't have to split my profits with anyone else, and therefore I can make three or four times

LOOK, NO CHANCE

I'VE been getting letters from ull the amateur would-be Cole Porters ac- cusing me of being-among other things one of the Morons of Tin Pan Alley. All because I said that the song- So don't forget Tin Pan Alley writing efforts of most of Is not against British song these amateurs are childish,

you and your muste- *So publishing friends won't give British song-writers a chance," They're say the letter-writers,

wrong

fessionals

Il is not the pro-

don't who

γίνο

us much,"

writers. It is you, the record Виста, who seem to prefer American-und sometimes I'm horrified at your taste.

LOOK, NO WORDS

FTER Philip Gree, the man

British songs a chance it is the A who writes more fim music

public...

I have done some checking on the rợp, ben records during the past year awarding points for them i

to the period of their stay in the top tên.

Ten points for a No. 1; nine points for No. 2 and so on down,

than any other British com- poser, had read the script of a film which was to be shot in Ireland, he turned to the pro- ducer and said, "What this im Boede for background music is a Gob Band."

The two produits, BHT,

And during the year it toughly A

works out like this: American blankly. They, thought Pollu numbers get 50 percent of the 1: wee Kit Found the bende placings-and British get 41 "I'm not mad," cald Pig

Gob Band Is Eomething they percent,

have

on the west coast of Ireland. There are no ristru-

ments, just six or seven people

So you see which songs record buyers prefer. And on actual

VIGNETTES OF LIFE.

"G'MORNING!" SHE CHIRPS GAYLY EXPECTING HER BREAKFAST WHEN SHE

ROLLS OUT OF BED AT ELEVEN A.M.

"HEY/ WHEN

DO WE EAT?

THE NEPHEW WHO GIVES

THE VELVET RUGS THE WET WINER

„BATHING SUIT TREATMENT,

CARL'S BACK

ARL "Blue Surde Shock"

PERKINS has just come qui of hospital. His ear collided with a truck while he was on

his way to appear on the Perry Como television show.

URA DOWN

THIS WAY PEA ELIT SALE BARGAINS

How To Best-sell

26,000,000 Books

E never failed for a. plot.....he never let his readers down.

It is more than 80 Nut Gould since

years died,

The truck driver was killed, leaving 180 racing romances Carl escaped with alight that had sold 25,000,000. injuries to the spine.

Π

He is now back in circulation And he still sells spectacu For this week the larly. ruid hopes that his "Blue Suede

is that further Shoes are going to walk him news to the top of the British Hit million of his books came Parade It is in tho Top into print. How many living Twoty again this week,

THE TOP TEN

DONNIE Hilton's "No Other Love" still heads the Hit Panade, But away from top place there are big changes.

I "NO OTHER LOVE.” Tonale

Hilton (H.M.V.)

2 "LOST JOHN/STEWBALL"

Lonnie Donegan (Nixa)

3 "I'LL DE HOME,"

Boone. (London)

4 "A TEAR FELL." Teresa

Brewer (Vogue-Coral)

It

is

ULDE NAT GOULD

A STROKE OF LUCK!

By NANCY SPAIN

"

a: word.

in

strive to

Gontran de Poncins.

Father" was Monsieur the Vicomte, the

last of the French dindies,

Ho always dressed according ....... to the weather, If it was a grey day Father wore grey. Ho had 24

grey othe

outate ranging through Therringtones anct pia

stripe to small checks,

authors, I wonder, have achieved a record like this? One of the now batch is a

Blący called line, never, rewrols marvellous QUEEN OF THE TURF (John never fouched a typewriter. He

born

in Manchester Long, 18.). Why will it sell?

Because

It is a good story. No

061, died

aged 02, leaving other book published this week £7,797. has a. story as good as

He once wrote a novel in 14 this. Listen, while I tell you.

days. His list bot was on New- is all about a dastardly cad-haven II in 1890 when the horse at. 7-1. So Nat Gould Against Paul Cralk (Wrong) Won

beautiful

Sybil Romney gave up gambling.. Said he: His dressing room was. 2011.

are my

by 20ft. and two of the walls novels" (Right) // Pauli wronged her "My bets

were sold clothes. But only How right he was. And how Pat mother and pushed a man who

clothes for thai.

particular befriended her under a bus: So right the public are who lap up

season. this lovely wholesome alun,

"Ho she is determined to foil him.

had trunicfuls HIS BEST BET

Sald Gould: "The public are elsewhere."

..If You

Father ordered a dozen ritw E aims to lame Damask, the generous,

Durty hope, by hiring a please them they will ever stick sults each year, a dozen pairs ere loyal to of shoes to go with them. Those local poacher to stretch a length to you...

were the days when meri wore the the backbone, .01 chain acrosNG · one of

A pity that some of our more top hats. Father had dozens. A PEOPLE OF gallop.

who proudly man did nothing else *but Winifred Atwell

All comes right in the end, precious writers Damask elso wins the Oaks and remark that they write only to polish them for him, using a

pleare themselves don't take a velvet cushion. the Ascot Gold Cup and s

As Father sald; "Elegance becomes Augen of the Turf, look at Nat. Gould's wonderful

Hea

not being conspicuous in Paul record. poncher

murtiers

OLD CHARTREUSE Showinces" is for fops. owner, marries

have too much...

When Father wrote a lofteråt, The I can never have too, had to be perfect. piraso obviously being affected too many strawberries, ar too paper had to be very thiets, the

pen had to scratch a little. try: so many borses round about. much cream, or asparagus.

But is

He liked to hear himself write, there a moment "I'm sure I loved you from the

When

Father went riding "when" charming” whiting cloyst Rotneni I saw yonia."..

Consider FATHER SETS THE

·PACE: (Gollancz, 138 d.) by

5 "HEARTBREAK HOTEL."

Elvis Presley (H.M.V.)

€ "POOR

PARIS." (Deren)

7 "MY SEPTEMBER LOVE"

David Whitfield (Decea)

urme HAPPY WHISTLER Dan Robertson: (Capitol)

30 "SAINTS ROCK AND ROLL." Bill Haley Comets (Brunswick)

Summer Visitors

WELL, WELL /;

SAME

OLD

PLACE!

HE

The

siz ayah her turn ofAN one

Dear

Like Nat Gould, Shakespeare he never blotted a

BY HARRY

charm?

WEINERT

"IT'S A JOY TO SIT DOWN AT ATABLE WHERE ANYTHING GOES AND, YOU CAN DUNK

WITHOUT EVERYONE STARING

AT. YOU?"

THE VISITOR WHO. ARRIVES WITH A LOAD

OF NEW LUGGAGE AND NOTICES THAT EVERYTHING IS JUSTV THE SAME SAME OLD WALLPAPER SAME OLD RUGS, SAME OLD CHAIRS, SAME OLD EVERYTHING.

COPA, 1915 MY GENERÁL FEATURES COAP, IM WORLD RIGHTS RESERVED.

JUST LIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY

FILLING HER CASE

WITH HIS CIGARETTES JUSTUKE ONE OF HIS OWN DAUGHTERS!”

„POP SAYS -- KIAI- HE BORROW-A“. BOTTLE-OF-YOU- KNOW-WHAT-- AND A COUPLE OF BOTTLES OF CLUB-SODA-SOM VISITORS.

ROPPED

*THEY

JUST

CANT

SEE

ASH

(and horses were the passion of his grooni, his life)

Wentical

pinks: one

picked three

for Father, one for William, one for the mare's headband.

This

exquialte- Father was .... diflcult to live with, His wife

wasn't allowed to ride a bicycle (bicycles were for postmeny

Fathor's friends were just as who there

surprising..

Wak

For example

the Vicomte de V.

made his woodcocks a greater

delicacy

the table by

injecting them as soon as he

shot

Them

with di

evringe full of old

Father fell when France In the Second

sergeant: commandeGred.......

chateau and Father's

A

heart

broke. He died full adding for a special vest and a special hair cream that had been left in Paris with the German

FANTASTIC oldu STRAIGH-T __AND... TWARBOW PATH (Methuen,

12. Gd.) In Honor Tracy's thirdə book. In it she is poking trung

at the Irish Litigation, which

Irish

is a much a part of the Irish way of Life as the Hospitality ad The

Charm

A sad English tuholar agrees t

the

to write an article on Quant Irish Customs because"-", Jaumalist who thould do this is drunk. He sees some nuns

ing borifires on Midsummer's Eve.

Но writes about

this?

nasisted by the local lawyer and

So the local canon assisted by

the same brings ulagainst the howspaper and

and tho.

viitor, And the unfortunate A good old litigious time is had by one and all AES Fantasy though you may think it, it reads terribly like The Good Old Irish Truth to me

DRIVE IN GEN

BUT I must say I am also

D

getting very fond of those brasti, cosy American real fe stories that read so much," mero Caslly than most faction,

The latest la GRAND. MOTEL William and Miharde. Breat (Rich and

by

which tells

Rick Force

E64) McCabe

•MIST=w[IO====tired Hollywood where they ckn't well scripts go to manage a motel, CA motel. Is a drive in hotel for motorists, accel

# This Cons, de, owned by

Maymo

Boatwright

characters, both Mayura hans doodle

of

and high-holed dioca, Pert Just a drunk,

Rick and Kid hate is all f

roully food of Mayme abel

THE GUESTS BRING GOL AND DRESSING-UP TOG: #ORGET THEIR LA