1959-05-23 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1859.

An Eskimo's life Film for Mr. Quinn

No British business-

man back with a big order from overseas could be happier than film producer Joseph Janni.

He har wrested one of the epie geture: of the year from the Fonate of the Americans.

The sin is Top of the Work!, 3:500,000 production atrendy provided with a lope Anttien star, Anthony Qulisti and a lot of Italian monty.

Top of the World was to Itavé been American-Italian co- gaosetion fo la shot, on location in Canada and in DA Italian

Tiller

fpervandert the Hallons that tay child du better making It WR te," said Mr Janol, *We had lon talks terether and now dhe i will be British, I will be co-producer and the studio resh will be shot at Pinewood."

The Bank Organisation, which owns Pinewood, will also benefit by securing the releasing rights of the pleture in Brith and the Continent.

"It is a gripping story of how civilisation and the primitive formation scones Mr Bross- world of the Eskimos come to low will turn into a rock 'n'. terms," explained Me Janni. rolling Teddy Boy--which Anthony Qulin will be att makes it sound more horrify. So will Japanese Ing than the original.

Felimo.

netresa Yoko Tuni, Inst seen here as Dirk Bogerde's Bading lady In The Wind Cannot Head,

A Bernard Bresslow is to

star

Keeping quiet

Tubby, bearded Paddy Chuyelsky the man who made up-to-date fortene in Hollywood, writing In on comedy version of Dr Jekyll up for the screvti some of the and Mr Hyde. In the trans- Unctwater passions the film

business had overlooked-parsed through Britain on his way to the Cannes Film Festival for the showing of fils latest pleture, The Middle of the Night.

THE CHARM BACKFIRED

by Peter Evans

Law the enguin. You AURENCE HARVEY

might say he has a talent

The last time he was here the outspoken Mr Chayefsky offend-. ed sensitive Americans by his remurks about home,

"My parting present front my ugent before I left wIE two | bottles of champagne and a note reading: Keep your mouth shut," said Mr Chayefsky cheerfully.

"I plan to stay a few days at the Festival," he said, "Then

I

will hire a car and go visiting

for pletures on the beach?

for it. Consider first the blonch at the thought.”

evening he had dinner with

I

Mr Chayetsky was gloomy

a few stars, including Ger-about the big business The

Juan heart-throb Kruger.

Hardy Middly of the Night is doing

in America. He said: "It will make so much money people will

by

Preview

Gerard Garrett

This is a glimpse at a session in Advanced Woomanship at the famous Yeovil Collego of Life- manship as it is currently being re-created at Elstree Studios for School for Scoundrels, a film based on the works of Stephen Potter. Ian Carmichael is the pupil, Barbara Roscoe is the instructress and Alastair Sim plays Mr Potter. There are, it seems, 362 ploys and 348 gambits in wcomanship—providing a choice of 5,973 opproaches for the skilled woo-man. Not even

Casanova could have asked for more.

Flynn:

Yes, I Would Play Grivas

By William Foster

TRROL Flynn is willing to play the part of

Colonel Grivas, the Cypriot terrorist, If he is offered the part. That's what Flyon told me by long-distance telephone from Havana, Cuba, when! he interrupted shooting of his present film to answer my call.

Hollywood producer Al Rosen is, negotiating with Colonel Grivas to film his life story and he has either Frederic March or Errol Flynn in mind for the part.

"Me as Grivas?" queried he afraid of an uproar if he Flynn. "Yes, I would cer- played Grivas? tainly consider `it. Grivas "No," he said.

"Grivas

is a very exciting guy and is an exciting guy 80 is someone ought to make a Khrushchey-80 was Hitler. Alm of his life. Someone It's an actor's job to will make a film of him one portray really significant day."

people like this, not to play polities. Let's leave all that to the politicians.

But he told me that as yet it was "just a rumour" that he had accepted the part,

"Rumours ure. always flying about mo. When I was fighting beside Castro (during the Cuban revolu-

That's why I'm here shooting a film about Cuban rebel girls."

TO GERMANY

After the swashbuckling tion). I heard rumours I'd Mr Flynn has finished his been shot and killed, but film about the Cuban rebels: I'm still very much alive." he will go to Germany to make a film for a British company.

RANKLED

And after that? Flynn conalier"

1 got Flynn back on the will "seriously |subject of Grivas. I told playing Colonel Grivas,

him his Burma film still rankled in Britain.

Ant one thing is certain. There will he plenty of Burma WDB

serious rebel girls to keep the military operation. Wasn't action going.

Thomas Wiseman's

a

LIMELIGHT from Cannes

WHAT A NIGHT OUT!

WHY NO

The Harvey charm was torget it's a great fim," DUEL? ASKS

working well.'

Mr Harvey His next picture will be

ean be very charming when directed by Ella Kazan, leading

he tries. And he was try-prophet of the Method move- ing vory hard.

milech At first. But as the evening wore on and Hurvey-persistently even warmly

him -called- Fischer, old man, the smile went into a deep freeze.

Tolerant

eni.

"We just met on the side- walk and I said let's do a Alm together and he thought it was great Iden," Raid Mr Chayetsky.

young."

New epic

ZSA ZSA

CANNES.

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proprietor of Les Ambassadeurs At the next table a group, when she's asleep or uncan- club in London; Hai Hayes, the evidently inspired by our con- scious or something." nice millionaire (he was res versation which they had not Zsa Zan sold: "I spend pansible for Introducing the been able to avoid overhearing, much energy relaxing, I mm

exhausted. Where idea of growing trees in the made a joke about Zsa Zsa-a absolutely living-room of liis Californlun bad joke, which was not only sholl we all go now?" home); and Zsa Zsa and me. unfunny but also unflattering.

A varied collection of charac- Zsa Zsa got up, her eyes like

ters with only one thing in com- flamethrowers, withered the Printable

mon. We were all, in varying unfunny joker, and she swept degrees, fascinated by Zsa Zsa, out of the room.

"Darlink," she said, offering kissed,

must understand no woman can

LIKE Niagara Falls her check to me 40 be klawed,

thing _in_fact-dia-Zsa ja sompelking that no well-run world should'

do. idea of femininity, she is

Stephen Boyd the British be without. Not everyone's Impossible

Belor who once worked as a

Crestfallen

:

On our way to the Casino, Zsa Zsa told me about the auto- blography she was writing. I. remarked that her life was an

elsa open newspaper, what could she possibly reveal about her herself.

But Kruger

not Was Impressed. Unfortunately Harvey kept on calling him Mr Fischer. And Mr O. W. Fischer is Kruger's biggest| It will be about the Best Tower of Pisa, Zsa Zsa be polite while she is having her rival in the German cinema. Leneration. It's going to be

la 100 2 followed and Couns sympathetic; after all they are Gabor is a sight not to picture taken. There

much at stake."

examining a jewellery showruse Kruger, who is a very the modern Bohemians. A be missed. If you are

in the corridor. "Well," she de- "The real me," she said. "And charming fellow indeed, violent, perhaps, but they're interested in that sort of Somebody or other apologised manded, "ure they fighting a I've already got a 20,000 dollar

fur her huving

been duel?" I told her that as far as advance from the publishers." rude forget who I suspect it I knew they were not *** WHEYE”

suggested thu her book Miss Gabor was quite crests would have to contain rather a fatter of this netes, Francerwa zlatzotanden sinaleik was to do. not what it used to be, she justice to her life, but Bliss muttered, sweeping off to her Gabor insisted: "My life is quite walling cor. The rest of the printable-all of it." connaisstonalre ushering people finitely an acquired taste.

party squeezed into a second into the cinema and now danws

Our host said we were to be car and we headed towards the

outside the In the casino When I Brat met her here I them in as a top, film star had not acquired the taste.

joined at dinner by a group of harbour for dinner.

gaming room set a fat, balding whom he pointed moves from one eple to unother.

man with a poisted beard-ex- We had got to the I found her the sort of de- bis friends After Ben Hur he gets the licacy that only people with out at another table in the bar. when I asked Miss Gabor, just that mon

caviare King Farouk of Egypt. "I know from somewhere," starring part in The King Must strong digestions can appreciate, "Darlink sald Zsa Zsa, “I to make conversation, how was said Zaa Zaa, "but I'm so bad

frlend the to warn Harvey. But every le, a story of ancient Crete tonnd I felt sorry for her current won't have dinner with that her

Congressman about names" "It's all right," I time I looked at him 1 be made by 20th Century Fox escort, a nice American move blonde girl, it is quite impossi- who had described her in Con- sald. "It's nobody you

aten estimated cost of five alre by the name of Hal Hayes, ble. I know all about her. gress a courtesan. simply didn't

million dollars. Joan Collins, I who was not so much escorting pignatari told me."

"I met the American Govern. heart"

'Oh, good,” she said. “I'd hate hear, may get the co-starring her as being towed along in her role,

Our host said surely Zsa Zsa ment the other day," Zsa Zsa to forget something like that.", Then, with a low laugh,

refuse to eat confided. "And they said how This will put the pair of them Zsa Zsa and her nice million was not going

they were about that she added: "Besides, It was

the top of their profession. alte friend came here for a rest, with every blonde that playboy sorry,

had known, awful Congressman who In Baby Pignatari ail ruther funny, don't you Not bad for two young escapees Of course, Cannes at Film

That would cut down her sulted me. think? I must say Hardy from harsh neglect.

Festival time is not particularly

companions WOLB very tolerant.

restful. Nor for that matter is potential dining

considerably. Besides, he had Zsa Zsa at any time. didn't say a word.”

already invited them to join us. them darlink," sald

Micheline

French star Presle, who sat between them, told me: "I was going

have the

He

of

The next evening Harvey was pacing, the reception hall

Prosie's London hotel Mlle

That's where I met him,

wrilla

"No, I'm not annoyed her for not telling me about Kruger. As a matter of fact, I'm here to make her an offer.

He Lost

"I might be presenting a new West End play with Jack

Don't wait!

wake,

She turned lo me. Her neck,

I suspect nobody found her "Uninvite atay particularly recuperative. Zsa Zsa. Lunder and Goliat are more I know I had a night out with worried about the date of the Zsa Zsa, details of which I give and shoulders were ablaze like General Election than most MPs. herewith In the interests of

They have been holding back setenee.

a counter at Cartier's.

"You know," she sald. "I am always being attacked, sneered

their Alm Left Right and It none of this makes апу Centre-a satire on a by-election sense it will be an indicaties of at, made fun of. Because I am --because they thought the my accuracy as 11 reporter General Election would provide since the evening did not make speak four languages. good publicity for It,

any senic.

A General

I recommend them to got t

right away. Election could be even funnier All fascinated and would like Micheline to and It's free at that. star.""

Halion, The Freisch Mistress,"

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who cultured woman

married to."

WELO

After an hour at the tablos the party went off to see a striptease show. It was 3 B.171. I slayed behind.. So did one or They said he'd lost his Job two others. I suppose wo were now. So I told the American not tough enough to stand the Government I was prepared to pace of relaxing with Zen Zen.. forgive them. They really are sweet. I just love Nixon.""

Showins

Not the way

Edward G. Robinson has been touring Europe with his second Turning to her.nlee million wito-they were married two con aire she said: "Darlidk, I have years ago and has stoppe off decided we can't go to Dakota, to observe the scene at Cannes, He said to me: "I suppose all "Becouse I am a success and "But I have to be In Dakota,"

he said.

these girls who go around dis- I didn't come from`a alum. Be-

hoping cause I am elegant, because I "Well, anyway," said Zsi playing themselves are have taste. I am the hardest Zoo, "I am fired out and I have to be discovered. But it doesn't

work that way. working girl in the world and to lie in Hollywood, 1 get 10,000 There were about eight of us people make jokes about me. dollars for one day's work and "Beauty: -lab't, what counts on

Bad Jokes.

then I have my television show The last show Harvey pro-

There were rumours that has far as I remember. A French

to do.? duced, at sll-Negro plný called Columbia was toning doon [coust; a Norwegian lady who is I said: "When people "Simply Heavenly," lost him some of the more pruesome the niece of Trygve Lle, former making jokes about you, good "All right, Haby” said the

£7,500,"

aspects of Tennessee Williams's |UN. Blocretary – Grenieral;

niles millilonalks, we go to or bad, you're anished,

Hollywood. **But this," mid Harvey” with for its flim peraion. have

play Suddenly Last Summer.) French Government Minister;

Yad, Dayal, the 20-year-old The entire company agthet

že ánid ja met "he's really benest completion, "is different. bad news for you, is not, hovelleta dewahter of General with this view and Rob Zoe ne- Fin'wire-10 will be a big hit",

meckenden Kapreld·Service). ・ Dayan of Leradi;""Jeff Milla'the ́cepted ii'gracefully.

sweet girl deep · down, Hich

A

lop

the screen. Look at me. I'm supteine proof of that. The fact that I was able to make a BAĞ- 100khould cess-with my give encouragement to anyone." Not, of course, to the starlets.

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