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THE CHINA MAIL," SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1819.”

Hollywood bath scene goes primitive!

IN ERSKINE CALDWELL'S . ‘GOD'S LITTLE ACRE' NEW GIRL SHOWS NEW TREND

by DAVID LEWIN

WITH the film version

of Erskine Caldwell's story "God's Little Acre," a picture which is likely to generate дя much excitement £LB did Tennessee Williams's. Baby Doll," Bollywood takes a new step in the evolution of the Bath Scenc.

I nearly sald 13 step forward. But it is not that.

Languid.

For the 1950 bath scene has gone primitive. In ** Clod'a Little Acre," coming to London this summer, it presents 23- year-old actress Fay Spain in a Unny old tub set up in the grounds of broken-down farm in the Deep South of America.

The score which makes the audience look up the cast list for the girl's name shows the unknown Miss Spain languidly' stretching

her toes in the lusty sun of a hot Georgia afternoon.

But the idea of the primitive bath goes back longer than Miss Spain has been alive. Back in fact to 1932 when the late Jean Harlow was trying to Ret off some of the grime squatting in an oil barrel in the nim "Red Dust."

Since 1919, when Cecil B. DeMille plunged Gloria Swanson into a bath for "Male and Fomale," Holly- wood has been fascinated by the public bath scene. It enables the cinema to present girls, glamour, and good health.

Most of the time-except for the primitive moments -Hollywood and DeMille have done more to show of good bathroom plumb- Ing than a drove of public health inspectors.

Now comes Fay Spain and "God's Little Acro" to demonstrate the latest in a long line of variations.

Latest slant on a time-nohoureit rifyal-the new incumbent lounging in the old fub is Fay Spain.

1919: The sponge makes history. Gloria Swanson starts a tradition.

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1832: Rendezvous for Jean Harlow, Gable, and oil barrel,

1933: The high-water mark of ablutions in the grand manner, Benita Hume bathes. Adolphe Menjou remains Impassive.

1939 Rosalind Russell scrubs

Joan Crawford in "The Women..

Belinda Lee the defiant

'If they dictate to me I'll leave Britain and work abroad'

By JOHN LAMBERT

BELINDA LEE, recently on holiday in Rome with Prince Filippo Orsini, may find that her British film career with the Rank Organisation has spluttered out on returning home. A close associate of John Davis, the man who hires and fires the Pinewood Studios stars, told me: "Miss Lee was warned after her last unfortunate visit to Rome, climaxed with publicity about her taking an overdose of drugs, that we cannot tolerate such incidents..

"She may be under contract And as soon as the last close to us, but we cannot be com ups for her latest film "Nor The pelled to give her roles and Moon by Night" were inished risk big im budgets-in such she fled to the Riviera... and circumstances."

Prince Orsini.

Belinda's reply was blazing Now the freeze out is on. Nine defiance. "My private life is months ago, 23-year-old Belindo, not the property of a film of the tawny hair and tiger-like green eyes, was the golden girl

studio," she said.

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Neville wants switch

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to comedy parts

JOHN NEVILLE, the Old formed drunk. Now THAT

Vic matinee idol, ls to will test my new reputa quit playing Shakespearian tion as an actor.” parts after his forthcoming American tour.

MARLON BRANDO

of Pinewood Studios. She made three films with only three days' holiday between them.

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three years

of there

Today, with her contract still to run, is not even a suggestion of star- ring her in another Bim.

Roles which might have gone her way have been given to Anne Herwood. Anne, an ambl- tious brunette, leads a blame- less personal life of opening bazaars, Miss Lee remains unres pentant. When I asked her about her career crisis she told -me coolly: "That's not the important thing in life for me now... but I don't intend to give

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"II the Rank Organisation cannot and roles for me there are plenty of film producers oise- where who can. I will not have my private life dictated by any- body..

I had enough of that in the past,"

HER PLAN

has He cided he is too busy per Says he "I have been with pinally to produce James Cagney "The Bard" for five salid years and Anthong Prikius in “Shake now. It has been wonderful, ex-: Hands With The Devil" In Brt- elting experience, but not very tain this sughmer. lucrative. Now I want a change So he has signed. Britain's

preferably to musical comedy." Michael Anderson, the

who directesk "Around World In 80 Days," ERROL FLYNN Kay: kó Todą, to produce "Whenever a film script is direct the film for him. sent to me nowadays the PADDY CHAYEFSKY lite this month. cliaracter for me to play is sent the script.of his now always described as 'a film, "The Goddess"---

Belinda, the girl who once man played right wing in the reconi The eleven hackey team of a sedato will be for English, girls school, and back to face the latest executive sulle serum about her private

She is likely to stian her pm- ployers with her current ** pilda for combating her career with

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dissolute shadow of big the savago, inuide story of her friendship with the prince, former self." But in my, the riạn to stardom of next, film, with Debbie sax symbol actress" Reynolds, ... 1... play a re- Marilyn Monroe:

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