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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1957

RODERICK MANN'S show business

reappraises the misunderstood he-man of British films

WORK I MUST, SAYS

GRANGER-IT'S

MORTGAGE

UNTIL the other day, I always placed STEWART GRANGER high on my list of arrogant, mirror-worshipping, self-centred, critic-hating egotists. I am now making an agonised reappraisal of this handsome hulk,, Granger whose barrack-room language has made many a lead- ing lady turn pale beneath her make-up invited me to lunch said: “And now hores the hell out of me. I know I haven't a nutshell of talent com- pared with my wife, Jean Simmons.

"I make awful Alma - which oddly enough seem to make money. I do it be cause I need money to pay off the mortgage on my 10,000-acre Arizona ranch.

"But I never kid myself that In Brighton last week sho Back to New York nies that getting up at Ga.m.

Jean to put thrust pink champagne into my walf of show-business; make-up on and make love to hand, gave me one ut her Seberg.

wicked-fuiry icers, and After her disastrous Пop in crooked:

St Joan she has made 1 second picture for Otto Preminger, Bonjour Tristesse.

What next?.

a leading lady is important."

He mixed the salad carefully, towering above me like a tank- transporter.

"Until a year or two ago, the critics always panned me. They never forgive me for marrying their darling Jean. They said I was arrogant-probably because when they cursed me 1 cursed them right back, using better expletives.

"Now that our marriage has proved a success, I'm getting better notices."

"What about the arrogance?"

"Oh--I've still got plenty of that," Gold Granger, with M smile, “Thougīs think of it as Big Personality,"

*

choose

to

Tough - falking "Jimmy" Granger, who freely admits that most of his s (including the Current Little Hut) have been stinkers, is probably the biggest he-man stor ever reared in Britain. Now

American citizen, he is back making a new

lim, The Whole Truth,

an

Of those early days he now says: "In the beginning when Mike Wilding and I shared a yacht and used to tear up the town- was 11 great furi. But

the gloss soon wears thin. pack up acting tomorrow it hadn't got that damn

I'd

great

ranch to support."

And

A big man, Granger.

arrogant.

com

"At the moment it is posed largely of forewords. hope there'll be sume room left for my stuff.”

Miss Baddeley-who will, ster in 1 now revue by John Osborne next year-says she is not being rude about her friends.

"It's a pity I haven't got more deed friends," she sighed. "Ona can say

likes ober what one they've gone, can't ane?"

A

Still buying

PHONE call last week from the president of Sess Incor- porated Sharman Douglas.

She formed the company last year ("Soss" is the family nick

name for her) to buy storles and plays for film companies. Her first purchase: a

play

"I don't know," she told mc. "Nothing is lined up. I'm in an odd position. I don't want to go home yet I haven't a base anywhere else. And because St Joan was such Bop, I still don't know whether anyone even knows my name,"

#

There is one small consola- iion. St John did well in her home town Marshalltown, lowe. She is a big star there.

FTER

Comeback

in the

some time show-business wilderness, Errol Flynn is geared up for a tremendous comeback when The Sun Also Rises opens in London shortly.

In It, I report, Flynn plays a raffish, glassy-eyed inebriate and those who have seen it any he steals the picture from auch seasoned performers as Tyrono Power and Eddle Älbert.

THE

UP COUNTRY

By Thurlow Craig

SHEAFFERS

Skrip

ANTI-SOVIET From the Files

Are The NEUTRALISM 25

Ravens

Fooling Us?

WAS tolling up a valley between the mountains

to the west, accompanied by an aged shepherd on the

IN PEKING

by Walter Kolarz

IN

years

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n friendly cricket match ngainst the University: at Paktulam tomorrow the Com- bined Schools will be represent, ed by the following players J.L. Youngsaye (capt), "AJ Hulse, A. Zimmern. and W Rapley (Diocesan Boys' School), J. Sharpham (Central British School), Mel Arculli and ga.

Souza,

Joseph's Critica of the Soviet Union have been found, above man, D. Bleke (Central British all, in the ranks of the fellow-travelling parties, such as School). the "Chinese Democratic League," and the "Revolu-

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Lee (Queen's College). T

Rumjahn, E.T.

College).

Twelfth

Walter, Kolarz, author of "Stafin and Eternal Russia" (1944); "Myths and Realities in Eastern Europe" (1946); "Russia and her Colonies" (1952); "How Russia is Rulod" (1953) and "The Peoples of the Soviet Far Eas“ (1954); is a writer on the staff of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

He was formerly diplomatic correspondent of an interna» tional news agency and is a specialist in East European affairs. look-out for a sheep-killing E so-called rectification campaign of the Chinese dog that had been reported

Communista has disclosed the existence of strong Wood and G. Windsor (St in the district.

anti-Soviet trends in China. High above us on a craggy peak, as desolate as the Chair ef Cader, perched several ravens blackly silhouetted agalusta threatening sky. I pointed to them, saying that long ago we!

anti-lon. The article of the Com-) The German elections brought had owned a raven, a friendly Soviet, or at least neutralist, munist Vice-Minialer admits this abeut by the recent dissolution but resigned bird who regard lobby in Peking has been con- very clearly when it says that in toere held on Sunday, but as ed us much as an elderly

TCault firmed in an article by Chion addition to Chang Po-chun andja

the parliamentary schoolmaster would regardl П

Chun-jul, andidate-member Lung Yuu all sorts of "Right deadlock-which it was hoped to class of half-wils,

But he had flown away

of the Chinese Central Comists and counter-revolutionarica guidate remains. No party or mitice and these same mountains and never culture.

Vice-Minister of have emerged" and have "given natural group of parties has

vent to anll-Soviet barking." wondered if one of returned. I

a working majority. The out. These these might be our raven.

The article was recently pub-

anti-Soviet elements standing feature of the results, ished in the Communist in- have their own viewa both about however, is the selback mujerod Could be, agreed the old man.doctrination journal Haugh Hel the past

and the future of by the Nazis, who have lost 20 One pair at least had been there,

The (study).

The Vice-Minister | Chinese-Soviet relations. As far per cent of their seats. upchanging, since his grand-

the vainers include the Nationalist IF we could have a rest the Duke of Bedford's tub-there

supports the thumping-just

his two-year-old anti-Sovict bias. Cae of them is ists have still not fangiven the present emergency cabinet. The lite granddaughter was for

a granny. Chung Po-chun.

a vice-chair-Soviet Union for destroying or Communtata also gained.

Mr. Granger's special salsa consing up....

while.....

to

tionary Committee of the Kuomintang."

The existente of on

1

from father was a boy, and would be charged two Communist follow-as the past is concerned

travellers in particular withRightist ruti-Sovlet national-perty, which

while poor James Dean could

allowed to rest in peace....

RADIO Hongkong

when

be Unless, he added, some push-fan of the Democratic League carrying off more than half of

bution fool blew the world away and a member of

the Chinese Manchuria's industrial capital since equipment. Although years have

Into the sky with one of the new Communist Government

bombs.

He pointed his parti 2010. cular pair out.

Now here was, the age-old bellef in the raven's fantastie longevity, that he can live, Ilke the elephant, the tortoise, and the carp, for several hundred

years.

GHOSTLY VOICE

Last Winter

przed since this happened, the

millionaire matter is still discussed in Chind MR Liang Tao-yu, alleged hunchback and the official Press still flads from Shantung who recently itself compelled to rush to the attained nation-wide publicity Chong Po-chun is accused of defence of the Solvet ally.'

because of his Actitious offer having delivered inst winter "a As recently as lost August the of

$30,000,000 gut to tho fantastic anti-Soviet speech uns People's Daily published

on national treasury, issued a ́slate- der the guise of criticising article trying to exculpate the ment admitting that he is really Stafio." The remarkable Soviet action by stating first penniless. thing about that speech is that the Manchurian machinery cousin's that I remembered my

It was made neliher In might have fallen Into American raven sitting hidden among the Peking, nor anywhere else In and Kuomintang handa had the 11. Roger Williams at the rhododendrons in the drive, Chins, but in Moscow of Piano:

all Russians not taken it, 11.30, Merning Prom

| scaring strangers out 12.30 p.m., Double

of their places, fat n

A shocking care of canni- Kremlin dinner second, that the equipment was balism is reported from Stalow Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra. wits with a cracked and ghostly party given by the Soviet Gov- old anyhow. This dual and con-

die Fisher (Vocal); 1. Time Signint; "Good morning! And WHO ore emment to a delegation of the tredictory apology

According to a Chinese dispatch, 113. Weather Report: 1.15, News and you?"

shows that Chang Tal-chuen, a 15-year-old Chinese National People's Con- the Communists themselves frol

lad, has been Arrested rather awkward about the issue Chenghai and taken to Swatow gress.

to await cxecution for having slain and eaten several infants,

Attraction ma

Special Announcements; 1.30, DBC Symphony Orchestra. Nina, Mikina [pina): 2.30, High Society-Songs from the sound track of the filmi 3 Mantoyant and his Orchestra: 3.30. Thirty Minute Theatre; The Lille lumphrey Lyttelton and his Band:

Forma ptory by it. E. Bates:

4.39. Music for Tea Time-Victor "It was the cariest vole I've Young and his Singing Strings: ever had," says Flynn. "I simply aren-Tales of Mag Lucin

6. Calyao; 1,30, A Story for Chil- played myself....

Tumbull: "Nino

called Seven in a Bed.

"I've been so busy working for a public relations firm in Hollywood I haven't had much time to give my company" she CRYS. "But I'm sill buying storius."

Miss Douglas.charmin' Shar- IT WOULD SEEM A men to her Hollywood friends-

us only one professional prob- lem. To date her Press cuttings book is twlee the size of those of the stars she handles.

Telegram

AM now told that among But no mirror-worshipping. the telegrams received by self-centred. crille-hating the much-spolled Elizabeth egotist.

Taylor to celcbrate the birth of Everybody leaves town, her accent baby was one which Hermione Baddeley is writing read:--

her memoirs, --

Onu

"Congratulations: Cartiers."

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SHORTER WINTER.

IF Ava Gardner and on/off flance Walter Chiari would make up their minds....

Tinic

and

10

4

Bourgeois

and

including his own nephew.

The second culprit is Lung Yun, former Chinese Nation- ialist general who went over the Communists. He is now

As to the future, the anti- vice-chairman of the pro-Soviet lobby in Peking wishes Communist Kuomintang faction' China to take up what i Hell Divers starring and a vice-chairman of the officiaky described as a "mlädle- Berry, and Clark Gable is now Chkieso National Defence of-the-road of revisionism. showing at the Queen's theatre. Council.

The article of the Communist Lung Yun, says his Commun- Vice-Minister raferred to cariler

Not Alone

the

Wallace

Signal; "In the Groove"; 9.30, MURIC for Everyone: 0.54. Weather Report; MUCH me Signal, New; 7.10, Con

Ist necuser, "did his best to im- ocmplaints that a section of the nientary: 7.15, Cocktail Tune: 7.30, Talking About Books: "Love

pair the Sino-Soviet relation bourgeoisie and the intelligent-WONG Lai, 30, was sentenced Desire and fate" by Nell Bell: "A

lo a total of four months Unfortunately that bird died ship at a session of the National zin did not agree with, or even Priest in the House" by Emile Zola

Congress Reviewed by, Janet Tombin: 745, prematurely.

People's before attaining Committee.

Standing opposed, China's leaning towards hard labour by Mr Scholled Interlude for Mugie, with The Hedley half a century; while our own

Soviet Union and the at Central Police Court for IF John Osborne would save

Ward Trio; 8, Victor Borge Enter raven, having flown away aged.

Socialist camp.

entering Austin Barracks with Loing: 8.30, Monday. Recital-Irene

These bourgeois als grumbling for the stage....

elements intent to commit a felony and Yuen (Piano)-Schumann Humoures-seven or eight, never gave us a IF Richard Gordon

gave a peculiar reactionary in- for the theft of would ques Op. 20: 8.58. Weather Heport: chance to be outlived by him

tin of blackt He wlinally distorted facts and terpretation to the otherwise so pepper. stop writing those now-tedious Time Signal, News, and Home

Last week I visited the Tower News from Britain 9.15. Movie

confused right and wrong "Doctor books and Pinewood Magazine edited and produced by of London after a lapse of a the question of Soviet loans to co-existence."

on respectable term of "pesceful would stop flimlag them....

For them cu Ted Thomas; 2.45, The Goon Show generation, naturally "Shifting Sands" (Repeat of last some

taking China and the dilamantling of existence meant that China bread for the historic, mechinery by the Soviet Army thould be equally friendly both MYSTERIOUS assault, com- Saturday's broadenst): 10.15, LeB Figart and his Dance Orchestral 10.40.blue-black birds, They accepted thus carrying out a most with the Soviet Union and with milled without any apparent A Book at Your Dedskie: Three, it graciously and were obviously vicious attack against the Soviet American Imperialism. From this reason, on Mrs H.K. Holmes, the Men in a Boat" by Jerome pleased to БСС

These, Union. He even débited the old it would appear that the en-wife of the Crown Solicitor, of, Jerome, Part 0, Reid by David Lyttle;

are young birds, business of Imperialist Russia's couragement which Peking has 17 Bowen Road, is engaging the Time Sign Weather Report: 11. Incidentally,

Radio Newsreel; 11.15; the old stock having died out aggression against China to the given "Reverie"; 11.30, Close Down,

to neutralisin ell over aftenilon of the police, who are during the war. Even so, they Soviet Union, in an attempt to Asla has boomeranged on had an air of ancient wisdom as stir up and-Soviet sentiments." Chinese Communists.

the searching for the whereabouts of though they knew and hoped it would seen that the two Not unnaturally people have implicated. According to a report two meri, alleged to have been we realised too-that they were "Rightist" politicians Chang Po- csked the question whether

which was made to the Police, a living part of history. chun and Lung Yun are by no polley so ardently recommend- Mrs Holmes was waiting for a

One bird had the disillamcans alone in their criticism ed to the

Burmese, Indians, chair outside Bowen Road Bloned eye and detached air of of Soviet Russia. They are but Ceylonese, Indonesians and oven around 8 pm when two men, avory Methuselah.

nice the spokesmen 11.B.m., Woody Herman and his piece of bread was gently and current of Chinese public opin-right thing for China as well.

of a significant the Japanese, not be the approached her and threw a Orchestral 1130 Monday Variety; 12 Neon, Tune Time: 12.30 p.m., accurately

would lossed he Double Attraction Bogo winter catch it in fight and swallow halter End his Orchestra. Eddie it. File (Vocal):

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REDIFFUSION

1,13, Weather Re-

U9.

Clumater offerings

port, News and Special Announce-would leave wbern thay fell for menu: 1.3, RAC Symphony Orches-

tra Nina Milkura (Piano): 130 some less fastidious bird. Variety Calls the Tune: Musca Each raven had exactly the

Matinee: 3.30, Swing And Sway with

Sauwny Kaye: Tea For Two: 4.30,

same guilt, a gay little sideways

happity jump that delighted us, Strielly Instrumental; Children and I wondered at this, having Corner-"Cast O Character"

Episode

2-Presentad

by Jack often watched, through D Shepherd; 6.30, Monday Itequesis powerful Presented by Betty: 1.50, Birthday W

glass, the

various

Presented by Jeannetta Plry: 0, A FOLD AT 44

8. La Musique Francaise corvines in their natural state.

Moment For Melody: $.46 Story of

Jane Armitage: 7. Time Signal and They can both walk and boy, the News: 7:00. Weather Report and but never have I seen, this Announcements; 7:15, Blep Faldsstrange little oblique golt except Show 7,30. Eddie Fliber with Axel

Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, India, Stordahl's Orchestra; 7.45, Racing among the Tower ravens,

8 p...

Laus. 9.

Borisce Macao, & p..

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 17 ity Alr Peking, Shaghai. Kunming. kow, Hethow, 7 a..

Hoeults and Guy Lombardo and his toyal Canadiana; 0. Personality

Could it be that they had Parade-Fred Astaire: 8.15. Tops in developed it hundreds of years Popular Mude, Presented by" "Nick #go for our greater amuistment Kendall; 0.30, Belections From "New and to net them more liblis? Han-merslein), 9, Simon and Laure":

Noon Homberg and Gear Ham: Whatever

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Philippines, Noon.

Australia, New Zealand, 1'p.m. Thailand, India. Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Great Britain & Euro9,

Časnan, U.S.A., † p.mi Hawail, p.m.

p.m.

Dy Surface

Chink, Paopia's Republle, 7.10.

Mazno, 1 p.m.

Korea, ap.m.

Japan) 3. p.m...

1.3.A., C. & 8. America, 3 p.m. MAT 65.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 By Surface

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Hy Barface

· China. People's Republie, ↑ m.mm):

Macao. p.m.

Macho, v p,m,

ason, It

of well-known pieces by Jan ibeir 9.30, Monday Concert-Performance certainly did not agree with for saber Pakerewski, Vladimir de Pachmann, longevity.

reputation Sergel Rachmaninoft and Atorie

To put it brutally,

in

and his Band with Keith Christie: Rosenthal; 10, Humphrey Lyttleton they were frankly clowning. 10.30, One Night Stand: 11, Data babylike store tried to steal a A young one with a wide and With Dreainland: 11.30, Prelude To Midnight: 12 Midnight. God Save piece of bread that an okter bird The Queen; Cloes Down :

had earmarked, and was slanged what might... have" been Norman Frenah. The youngster Factually gave · back word for word and ended up by swallow. Ing the disputed morsel, apMAIN I asked & passing Bestealer't). he knew bow long these birds 5.15, Puppet Theatres 6.30; steve could actually live. Donovan, Wester Marthal'";' p, Close: Alas,, he replied that the Dourh, 7.30. Mucing Quartet: 343, oldési taven in the books had Newarnel: Cantonese #iler]}=="bled"

TELEVISION

5. p.m., Children's Hour-Cartoons;

A_Villege Girl" (Part 4, donal union culy lived to 14 This coldalder 1,30,, Pkyhous. Filtean: "Act of with the lifespan of | Smy Divarco 8.10, Whiteaway's Wastilon" cousin's, dira, e

Show!

"Borton · Blackle"; "- 9.30, Cantones Feature

Film: All the same, I wish I hadn't Boaky Island as 11. Data rejat naked, that perhaps the Tower Final News: Bandlines Westher book-keeper, made a mistake. ||Rappel and Annemiumday Clos

I hope he did.

`SIDE GLANCES.

may

By Galbraith

I've lost 40 pounds, but of course It' Pounds I've lost' eight timi

quantity of pepper into her face and over her clothes, They did not rob her.

"The_total"storang of water in the Colony reservoirs on Novem ber 1, according to the figuren · suppited by the Water Authority, was 2,608.28 million gallons, as compared with 2,784.30 mallkon gallons on the corresponding date last year.

T the fatnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board the following motion was carried: "No person shall spit in any market-stall; nor in any market gvenue, stairway or forough- fire

The Democrats have justified all prophecies and Hr Franklin Roosevelt Is President of United States. He

majorities in upwards of 100 States while Mr Hoover carried only six States.

RS. Butler, a resid

Peninsula Hotel, whe vielin of puzzo · snatching talet in Bowen Road. She, sa walking along a dearted races/. tion when a Chinese" urópt-1 Tbehind her. He anatabad Alay

Pingo, from fer Band” and paris Figwande, the Nullah, Fathễ look

kes contained - #30,1 mplai tarest „ouge" and "lighter DFAN