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Fabulous Presley Has A Bigger Pull Than Eisenhower
A
world.
ROCK 'N' ROLLER HALEY
a dozen other items,
"Rock
Around
the all Jewellery, soft drinks and Now in Britain the riot im the Clock" which is causing so much havoc among cinema mangers, features the other Rock 'n' Rell million- wire, Bill Haley.
10 FULL-LENGTH Rock 'n' Roll, un
screens of the Hollywood film to be cinema made in one month that is 20th Century-Fox's Elvis plan for speeding
of
Presley, America's king
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YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD.—Across; 3 Cleanser, 7 Opera, Operate, 16 Rheaks 10 Usable, 13 Streets, 15 Tram, 17 Caprate, 20 Aps, 21 Telling. 20 Duller, 27 Princess 28 Trace.
Alar. 20 Sriy, Dawn: Bogus, 2 Cedar, 3 Cable,
Thin is only the latest Presley's instalment fabulous success story, also a vital part of the sucOMS story of Rock 'n' Roll.
Already Haley has three big seling records in the top 30. And my forecast is that he will
went HOW POLYg bats
the Clock," bul of the best
Britain carlier now corning back, be un the charls
on have four
"Bock Around!
2
of this year, is
an
in a unique, big-money the deal, Fox has bought rugh to film 'resley from which
auch is Paramount speeding up production his Blan in order to beat at should his call-up date for National Service with the American Army.
U.S. TV networks admit. ted he drew a bigger nui- dience on one chamel Than President Eisenhower
Three channels.
In one year as a record. sales ing artist, Presley's
the
have already overshot
10,000,000
mark.
Three
releases alone, "Heartbreak Hotel" "Blue Suede Shoes," and "Hound Dog."
gone level.
over
The
the
is laying down All of which
phach red carpet for Rill Haley's dral-ever personal up- tour forting In parance Jukain next February.
I make this recommendation
* to the palee
riot your squads at the ready for this fantastic to do IMTY
going ! business qui a scale never before New in British theatres.
THE TOP TEN
bave 1,000,000
1
WILL
• WHATEVER WILL
Doris DE." (Philips)
RE Day
2
(Philips).
A fortune
SEVEN two-sided records
his L.P. taken from dise are averaging sales of 1.P. The 12.000 a day.
itself (merely entitial "Elvis Presley") has beaten all records since that set up by "The Glenn Miller Story,"
Unable to cope with the rush of Pres.cy work his recording R.C.A. Victor, has comply. ben forced to LESH pre ess belonging to other companieu.
An of which adds up lo
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"WALK HAND IN HAND." Tony Martiu (H.M.V.). "SWEET OLD FASHIONED Brewer Terexa (HRL."
1056.
MR CRUEL SEA'S NEW SEA
NOVEL
W
HAT'S wrong with Monsarrat? Mon- sarrnt, you've
сане
forgotten,
la the writer who made a fortune out of "The Cruel Sea." And he has also made a fortune out of "The Story of Esther Costello," now being filined at Elstree And with Joan Crawford. he was at the opening of a pub in Hampstead which was named The Cruel Sea.
Monserrat Is 46.
Hetall
the He
[and good-looking.
son of a Liverpool surgeon. was eduented at Winches er pui Cambridge and then became an articled clerk in a Nottingham law office. In 1932
he
OH
DEAR
NICHOLAS MONSARBAT
TRIBE WATELOR
NICHOLAS MOHSARRAT
Woll, he falls in love while ali this is boiling up: but, of course, It is his business to hand out Government statements and to
the awful attempt to control things that Unscrupulous News- papermen and Women say about it all in Their Yellow Regs.
Yet he can relax, I believe, a speech Indeed, he makes accusing the newspapermen and by driving fast cars ned smoking women of being responsible for cigars. So please, Monsarrat, will the whole thing. (Until Mon- you go and buy yourself a great sarrat
pubilahed "The Cruel big cigar and drive off, fast as Sea" (1951), the most famous you can, to the South. thing he did was to make a 1950 happy.
when speech to newspapermen Servise Khama was exiled).
DANGEROUS
And when people ask him why life,
sume tax by home he doesn't evale chucked this up' turning himself into a company think it might be true because
to become A Writer",
He lived in
in Paddington
On, a week room. (with a map on the landing), didn't have drink for two yXITS. To live he wrote Fought"
pivers for ynchting monthlies pni nte when he
by
he says:-
"But a
رداد
writer
isn't a com-
lie ought to pay up. am a good moral citizen." An admirable fellow. Yrs, indeed. If only I wasn't for the awful stuff he writes.
Nancy Spain
London Whyte Pave nollers for restatiranis in tourist guides He uk wrote three novels (£30 ceb) and a play tha. floppert in
spite of the fact that it had Greer Garson in it.
Ye. Froom time to time the ጊቱንና ጌ |
up that threw crops muggling days were "the hap- of his life. True?
GLOSSY
1234
This marriage
LAY DOWN YOUR IN 1940 he joined the Royal ARMS."
Алле Shelton Navy, becoming a Beutenant-
commander, R.N.V.R. (He was for the first Ume iri married 1930, had a son. was dissolved.) uucerss. He pays high taxes.
wonderful He makeu
Jokes flo against himself in company. Is very happily married for the FALL second time with two smashing Agers #baby sona and a very amusing (I should know, I was al wife. school with her.) Wh was a journalist they called her The Cruel She.
"MOUNTAIN GREENERY.”*
1
WHAT so dangerous about this book, as you can sec, is that it is vaguely rather like Innocent people, taking it from the library, will
Monsarrat knows about that sort of thing. "After all, y'know." they will say, "he was there, eh, all trough that Sarelse bust- nes, what?" And, of course, he that it is very writes en well convincing.
truo
For A
T
And be
happy man simply
couldn't have written your inst And I like my two books.
to be happy. successful men
Costello" and The "Esther
Ita Lost
Head" are full of lust und misery and to and violence and greed. Wherever you look, you soum to see these things.
Now why not look for joy and and fun and games There are such things.
affection
instced?
A BORE
You like writing.
You have. But Une book is not a
You have often saki 90. story at all. It is a very un- described yourself as sitting at pleasant romance. It is a Horror the typewriter to "have wonder Strip of the Circulating Libraries. ful times." You also say: "What Monsarrat doesn't acc straight, writing brings you isn't worth He has a chip on his shoulder. It unless you do it for pleasure."
Goodness knows why, Why?
Thore you are, Monsarrat, you With his gifts, his riches, his enjoy being bitterness is A popularity, his
his success.
J
H IN
bitter.
working too bore. went down with The day I blow my bugŝe will
Hic Shard?
I am
in January this year, be the day on which I road a yet still drove himself the same happy book by Monserrat: a inonth to finish this book. And book that I have enjoyed read- something ing and con pruise. That will bə
the day.
certainly
His new book, out of which he will certainly make a third
It k fortune, is out this week.
called THE TRIBE THAT LOST ITS HEAD (Castell, 188.), and it has &drendy been banned in Africa. Although South against any form of censorship,
is one of the most feverish about 14. I hink It repulsive books I have ever been forced to read. Really, I think Monsarrat has lost his head. is such 11 silly. bli.er, venomous book.
He says British
The Byron
Riddle
By JOHN RAYMOND
is a defence of
વ government,
pro- Colonial book. It isn't. It is all about a young man called David, who works as a sort of LORD BYRON.
Bigland. Cassell, 21s, 288 pagos.
Govern- Monsarrat was
PR.O. in the British ment in Africa. one once.
REVOLT
he is there WHILE
a young W African chiettun makes 50me statements about his wish for a
T
By Eileen for youl Lord Byron has died in Greece!" There is a long, stunned silence, and by one in turn then, one each scarlet-coated guest to recite stanzas of rises Don Juan..
rure
HE time is 1824 and (Vogue/ Coral).
the scene Belvoir "WHY DO FOOLS
Castle, whero the IN LOVE.?" Teen
Duke of Rutland is giving a
A great inomont in "Eng. Lit.' (Columbia).
Flushed and hunt dinner.
and one that is unlikely to recur. "ROCKIN' THROUGH THE
The dernise of Mr T. S. Ellot HYE." Bill Haley Comets
more Progressive Govern- steaming, purple with
A stir (Brunswick),
ment to an Unscrupulous News vintages, the gentry of the wul never engender such * When the Monsera's PTC
The interview
Midlands are tucking into at Arundel or Chatsworth. Yellow in his printed
Rag.
Вутоп To his contemporaries *GREAT PRETENDER"/ | London they live in Claridge's paperman.
a week and Eventually, egged on by world- their roast beef. Suddenly,
was a colossus, a kind of super- "ONLY YOU." The Platters at a cust of £100
they have a fine mansion เ wide
the publicity,
situation outside, there is a great man. They thought of hm as (Mercury).
O.towa.
becomes
violent that the commotion,
clatter. of, 4
they thought of Napoleon or And Monsarrat has greul tribe revoils.
of Wellington, Ilis hoofs, a scurry of ostlers, the Duke sense of Moral Behaviour." He
They murder. in the most
the A moment later door te was as vibrant as his poetry. possible fashion Government service as Director (described in detail), a
white bursts open and a horse- and in the minds of his carilest of Public Rela ions from 1940- married couple And a
naddled with fast able, Storm, doom, deflance, on priest, 1850 (£1,425 a year) in Africa
And the young chieftain is exiled. And what of our hero, riding, enters. "Gentlemen," itch for censuality, a stinging argo of destiny wat and Canada. (He resigned this
and a sing0 job in April this year.)
David. the PRO. meanwhile he cries, "I have grave news
inter generations have found farcical ail this showed la Byron's life as much as in his writings. He literally lived his life out to the last couplet.
EXHAUSTIVE
DECAUSE of the
he impossible."
royalties for Presley of $400,000. 8 Mel Torme (Vogue/Coral) acquired this no doubt in his loathsoms
Final erferion of Pey
5
Success value,"
6 Resume, lictori, 11 Strap, 12 Beats, 14 Speeds, 15 Troll. 16 Alone, 18 Campus, 18 Perlis, 22 Lusty, 23 ilted, 24 Creed 25 Ache.
Íસ
Presley-endor ee! moking his name word
**merchandise
Hood in
'n'
"BLOODNOK'S ROCK 'N' ROLL" The Goons (Décen). LOVE" "WOMAN
IN
household 10 Frankie Laine (Philps),
on T-shirts, Rock
VIGNETTES OF LIFE
STOP! - GET SOME OF THOSE LOVELY ROUND ROCKS — THEY'LL
MAKE WONDERFUL
DOORSTOPS! *
BEFORE THIS TRIP IS OVER HE'LL BE SQUAWKING LOUDER THAN A
TRUCK FULL OF DUCKS.
GIVE THE BOY
HIS FISH AND LETS GO / “
WHILE WE'RE THIS CLOSE WE SHOULD DRIVE OVER TO SEA LEVEL HEIGHTS — IT'S LOADED WITH PLACES
OF INTEREST: AND
HISTORIC SPOTS!"
—AND SO
IT GOES.
The Motor Trip
"DOES IT
HAVE A FIVE-AND-TEN?
white man,
BY HARRY WEINERT
"YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE
THEM ALL OUT- THERE'S SOMETHING
I'LL NEED IN
EVERY BAG / "
AFTER YOU'VE WALKED TWO
MILES FOR GÁS, ALL SUNSETS LOOK ALIKE.
ONE NIGHT STOP-OVER.
rcaders the two were extrie-
wit
profusion
of his loves and
+
EXITOWB, Byron has trên mone English blographised than any Joel. The old ground has peeri gone over age sayERAJA.
The inst 80 years the literary'
top brass of England have given humi an exhaustive trenument,
MIS
Peter Quenell has described ids years of exile in Italy. Hapo Nicolson has recorded his, lest months of struggle tot Grock independence, Lord David Cecil has explored his rela with Lady Caroline Lamb,
Misa Bigland is a late starter. She has written a vivid, uvery. account of Byron's life, but she tells us litho that is new, and
original
her
interpretation of the poet is neither striking
1104
enough to justify a fresh study
She is concerned with Ind mun rather than the poft. She
sexual, and while
belleves
that
that ho
she
Was bie adinita
ther Byron and Augusta. Bunty of inces, or
ind hat has troubled the world of letters for some 140 years," she thinks that it one studies: bis; letters and recorded" conversat tion,
"one finds something that rings true, that obliges one to believe that there was
BOTTO
thing in his life he could payer forget and that that secral edus comed his life with Augusta ...... the subsequent behaviour
both Byron and his sister 'seems explicable ft tried relation
ship was an innocent`ons.”
THE RIDDLE
ITS THE UNFORESEEN DELAYS THAT WRECK THE TIMETABLE.
COM. 1956 BY GENERAL FEATURES COMP, TH.WORLD RIGHTS RESERVED.
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"I THOUGHT
YOU MADE!
RESERVATIONS/
in
the Lancet for 1923, which conjectures that
"nurtd
by haemorrhagen
to the surface of the infant's's
brain, the result of some delay in the establishment of respira lion at the momnorst of, birth”! and affiction" known ni"""cissor-
'ind
Byron's personality was high- ly complex and it takes d'or plicated peronllico Sir Harold, Nicolaon to under and Him
is brain, ," "Nicolson "tell" "la in book, fway male, his charac for was feminico, 'He had' but it was misunders misdirected; He had it was branded by defor had rank, but Híð%9de tume, but Urdana:150 but it blazod for him, too All this presentatitle.wi riddle" of "Byron, 2013 riddle that ar made no stiamĘ Z :
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