1959-02-07 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1958,

THE STAR MAKER

BEGINNING THE FABULOUS STORY OF DARRYL ZANUCK...

When Cagney scoffed

✪ Monroo, and Grabic....... Cagney and Clark Gablo..........) those and a host of others among Hollywood's top nomes owo thair chance of stardom te a short, cigar- smoking one-time shirt salesman who turned his talont to the cinoma. The name is Darryl Francis Zanuck. This is his story...a story as fascinating as that of any of tho store ho mado.

IN the background the roulette wheels whirred and the croupiers chanted "Fuites" vos jeux" in their flat, sepulchral voices. But at the round chemin de fer table in the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes all was silent as the gun-tanned lady took the pink- backed chair next but one to the pale-faced lady.

In the chair between them sat Darryl Francis Zanuck, probably the last and certainly one of the greatest of the Hollywood film potentates.

The six-inch cigar, which be-

longs to his face like a TV acrtal

to a Beverly Hills roof, quivend

Ightly.

The sun-tanned lady was his ex-protegee ex-candidate for

stardom, and ex-constant con- panion-Bella Dervi.

cards

LOGAN GOURLAY

mind Just ut that little too much of her teeth, bat

they were lovely teeth, the Her eyez wore anail, with just his a hint of greenish misclict. Her well-proportioned figure would need no supplementary ald from Hollywood experts.

Zanuck The pale-faced lady was his moment? new protegee, now candidate ile concentrated 041

He for stardomi, and new constant gume,

twned up companion-Jallette Greco,

Sept, et deux, neuf. The protegers exchanged He had won. But he showed the kind of cloquent reveal no elation For Zanuck the looks which no cheats Tilviera tables provide only a player could permit himself. minor diversen for minor ståker

→even with £1,000 chips,

I

The mask

Zanuck Kave Misa Daryl no word of greeting and retained his gambler's mask of indif- ference. She watched the game with an experienced eye,

Two seasons ago she had been

As a nigning Hollywood polentate he has gambled regularly for millions of pounds, seking his creations filing and stars--against the unpredictable faste of the public. He hue won mole often that must-but not always.

Here, Zanuck thought, was star material. Jie whisked her to Hollywood, his kingdom. He decided to channe her pome, which was Welger. He took "Dar" from Darryl and "VI" from Virginia, his wife's name,

This was the bold-much-

discussed gesture, which could be called paternal, but which the Hollywood gossipio called other

helping Mercase and Star material things.

With Bella Durvį Zanuck lost, Thy met first in a Riviera ca luo. She was Polish and she had been erodelling in Paris.

Zanuck liked that he saw. He was the kind of beauty

alsh the pile of square, £1,000 chips which are always there to templ Zanuck's right hund.

A few

minutes later Miss Darvi left with one of those hondume, golien young who hover round the tables,

Zanuck smiled wryly as the that flowered under the Mediter- couple left. Who knows exactly at SUNT. Her smile was whit passed through the restless wide and eager, showing Just a

men

ISLAND

Zanuck said: "There's a ict of scandalous gussip about me. Aheays has been and always I'm in a vulnerabic will be. position. But I'll never divorced. I'm married and stay marrict.”

and she was

ult player In silent films. remarkable

A

re-

cord for a ruk in community like Hollywood, where marriages bloom and

wither

orchy- dnccously,

STARMAKER AND STARS... Darryl Zanuck with Ingrid Bergman and Juliette Greco... a party at Claridge'a.

STARS

So Miss Darví remained Just Miss Darvi. And even thic marriage which he had hoped to arrange between her the pubile went wrong.

By instinct

aud

She was groomed and trained at Zumuck's command. She wan given leading parts in one or two films including Hell and ligh Water. But, the pubile showed marked indifference to her be charms,

and refused to accept IZ:nucks chalce,

Unregretfully, Zanuck says

"You can't mass-produce stars on an assembly the like automobiles.

He has stayed married for 25 scars to Virginia, whom he met when he was a struggling writer

now:

ITS BACK AT HOLIDAY HOOLIGANS

Teenagers Will Be Flogged

NRULY teenagers who step out of line and get into trouble while holidaying in the Isle of Mon are due for a shock.

The government of the island the only place in the British Istes where the courts can order Juventies up to the age of 15 to 20

Introducing Augged-are legislation to extend the age Jimit for Birching to 17.

Mr William Quayle, a Member of Parlament and chairman of the juvenile bench at magis trules, said: "The knowicilge that they can be birched if they are brought before the courts for hooliganism or any type of unruly lichaviour will act us a powerful deterrent.

SENTENCE IMMEDIATE

"A ne han litle effert because the majority of the youths be- tween 15 and 17 have plenty of money in their pockets when,

moved. Parents

muy

present if they wish." In his annual report the Chief Cottle, Mr C. Beaty-Pownall, sald: "It would appear that this hooliganism, which is common to ofiter resorts in the British Isles, is more than a passing phase and it reems likely we shall be faced with it for some time to ceme."

Last year, stern measures were taken on the Island to deal with juvenile delinquents, One 11- year-old boy, convicted of Inrceng, was banned by the magistrates from coming back to the island for two years; and he was kept in detention overnight so the police could see him of The bopt the following in many cases, juveniles have

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morning.

they come here on holidays. been red up to What they need is a short, sharp disorderly behaylour. Jesson and the birch will supply

that,"

A police officer saki that o

SCRUBBING

By a Special Correspondent

Pollee Insp. Robert Quino la that disturbed about the fact flick knives Douglas.

are on sale In

done to stop it," said Inspector Quine.

The Rev. Harry Warn, a "Last year, flek knives had Methodht minister, blames the to be,confiscated by the police hooliganism on the fact that along with other weapons in- there are so many facilities for He des- cluding a nudded bell, And drinking In Douglas. this summer things will be cribed the front at Douglas 03

unless something "one long pub."

workc

Ja

ROUND-UP

KEEPING CONGREGATION WARM

her. J. Catterick, Rector of Ashwell, near Hitchin, Hertford-

shire, has told his parishioners that during cold weather ruga 10 for and blankets will be available in the church. He has alm suggested that they might like to bring hot-water bottles, which can be filled at the Rectory.

SUSSEX PLAICE

birch rol is kupt in every police There is no remand homne on station on the island,

the island and juveniles who are | QUSSEX is witbont one of lis favourite delicacies-locally caught

A sentence or birching Is kept in detention are locked up carried out immediately it is in rooms over the police head- Amnosed and the birching is quarter in Douglas. Here the done by the sergeant on duty culy excruise they get is scrub- st the Ume. The offender is bing the floors of the courthouse bent over and his trousers re- and the police station.

pinice. They have gone to spawn in deeper waters. And, saya Mr it. Boniface, chiet fisheries onleer to the Sussex Sea Fisheries Committee, they won't be back in Rye Bay until the end of, February. But at Eastbourne there have been good eatches of deglish-sold at the fish and chip shops as "Rock Salmon." There Is also more cod but it has been a very poor season for herrings.

He was a bright pupil but bis attendance record was deplor- able. He played truant regu- buly when he discovered "he could earn a dollur a day by working as an extra at one of the old studlos which specialised in cowboy and Indian movies,

"All you can do is relect what your experience and instinct tell you are the right people, speate the right conditions for them to develop, and give them a chance to shine in the right paris, Then they'rC on their OWN. Then they have to top the public. Sometimes they succeed. Sometimes they don't." His parents, who were solid, Juliette Greco succeed?

Now the question is: Will respectable, God-fearing Metho- dista, would have beer, appalled He has created the right con- if they had known about his ditions for her and given her a new career, But they were chance to shine in his latest big divinely ignorant. Unjil ono Ahn The Roots of Heaven with afternoon.... Errol Flynn Trevor Howard, and Orson Welles,

From here on it is up to Miss Greco, formerly the vocal high priestess of existentialism who used to sing at cellar-level in Paris for Jean-Paul Sartre,

a

In a wig

It was a promise he could not keep. At 20-after serving in the Nebraska National Guard and salesman, working as a chirt

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Eagerness

have had a passing doubt that his work might be rejected by a publisher.

With three of his rejected rivet calcher, and poster tinter scripts under his arm he went -he decided he could wait nu to see the manufacturers of R longer for a place the Holly hair toute celled Yuccatonę. wood sun.

At this stage, Zanuck, coar- indy ambitious and youthfully brash, called himselt a writer.. He had sold a story to a physical culture magazine. It was called Mad Desire and the sub-tifle was "Determined to die in a futile effort to make amadı, lose points him a better way and rekindles his desire to live

Zanuck reasoned that if what he wrote was good enough for physical culture magazine, it should be good enough for

Hollywood.

Young Zanuck, cast as an Indian malden and proudly wearing a full wig, was waiting to alep in front of the cameras. But the star of the moyle, a tem- peramental Jody, complained by Dorryl F. Zanuck," that her own wig didn't d

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His chance

Throughout his career, Zanuck has been giving chances often The director looked round, the Brat decisive ones--to pointed at Zanuck, and said:---- host of names that blazoned

"That_youngster's_got_a_blg into stardom. Names like Bette head. Try bis wig.” Davis, James Caney, Alice Zanucit gave up his wig pro- Faye, Betty Grable, Joan Blon- testing. It fitted the leading class, Clark Gable, "Tyrone lady.

Mil Wiglero but Power, Marilyn Monroe and costume, he was sent ou a tram-

may others.

car to get a new wig from Eut 33 year ago he was costuming warehouse. facing the problem of finding the right chance for himself.

There was never any doubt in the mind of Darryl Francis Zanuck that he would make his career in the movie business. As a child it fascinated him. It stili does.

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But by some fateful coln- eldenco bla mother

was travelling on the same traan- car. She stared at her BOTI unbellovingly for a moment. Then she screamed: "What's hapr.zed? What have they

He first caW

done to you?" the light that Alters through cameras on Sep- tember 5, 1002, in the small town of Wahoo in Nebraska, U.S.A.

In his mind he saw his name on the screen credits: "Script

Into the managing director's office he marched and said; “I'm having these stories published in book form. I think so much of your hair tonte that I'm willing to write a testimonial in the form of a short alory and include it in the book.

"All you have to do is pay for the printing of the book,"

The managing director was hupressed by young Zanuck's eagerness and hittative. He pau for the printing.

Zanuck called the book Habit, for some reason he has never been able to specify.

In a hurry,

He sent coples to the studios He said: "I'd give my right with specially printed carde arm to be at the right desk in announcing the publication of

Habit, un important now book the picture business,

"It hurto to lun It De by Darryl F. Zanuck. He paid glamour of it and hear stories for the cards himself.

The studios took notlee of the about it all day long, belonging to it."

new literary name, and he was Feript for

The ceript was for a fl

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without

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He looked like heing seriously asked to write hurt when the sludia bosses, Warner Bros perhaps appalled by the stand- fird of come of the literary starring Ru-Tin-Tin, the material they had been buying, markable dog star which has never been outclassed, even by lasued in edict that they would

Laksic. do business only with writers of

with established reputations,

This first script as voted a published books to their credit. success by everyone, including It was then that Zanuck gave Rin-Tin-Tin, Zanuck was given the Orst Indication of the contract ut 75 dollars a weekd remarkable resourcefulness that to write all the scripts for Riņ would corquer Hollywood.

Tin-Tin. He was in too big a hurry to

It was a highly successful

He tried a quick-witted ex- planation about a school play, But the truth came out. He was dragged home to a heavy lecture When he was eight the family and made to promise he would moved to Los Angeles and be never get mixed up in the sit down to write a book and partnership between dog and was enrolled in the Page movie business as long as he Military Academy.

Hved.

have it published in the man, accepted way, He may also

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