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Reel Corner

THIS

KATE O'REILLY

SILLY

BERYL

who

HIS is Dirk Bogarde, Britain's top film star, whose SILLY BERYL was a giri

handsome dark looks, soft spoken voice and sheer acting talent, have kept him at the top of the popularity polls: for five years.

I can tell you 'quite ,a lot about Dirk,' because he was born near where I live in the north London suburb of Hampstead.

Dirk's father was picture editor of the, “Times,". Britain's elite newspaper, his mother was Scottish actress, Margaret Niven. Originally, Dirk's family came from Holland, where their name (spelt then, van den Bogaerds, meaning "of the orchards") can be traced back in Dutch history.

The fact is, Dirk is a descen- dant of that Anne of Cleeves who crossed to England to marry the notorious Henry VIII.

the

Dirk was mad about Stage. He won a scholarship to the Royal College of Arts, mean- ing to be a stage designer, but In 1939, changed his mind and took a job at the Q Theatre as å sort of glorified stage hand.

:-

DIRK BOGARDE

Never could refrain From leaning too far out

Each time she cleaned window pane.

THE CAREER CORNER

By ANNE HEYWOOD

SAY something

"DON'T lean so far," her "D° often about

mama said

more

good

the importance of Each time she cleaned a manners in job-hunting!”

pane.

But Beryl never heeded her, But did, again and again.

★

So writes an employer add- ing: ་T could place many more of my applicants if they had the rudiments of good man- ners..

NE day the poor creature that

Ofell,

are

"Some days it seems to me

all the

young ones bad-mannered because they were never taught better and too the older ones, who know bot- ter, are bad-mannered because discouraged and tense and anxious.

Because she leaned

for; Right off the creaky win-they're

dowsill,

spotted by the J Arthur Rank Then came war. He joined Organisation. He was a success the Army, spent a year in the right away, and Hongkong saw ranks, and was then commis- him in one of the first British sioned in the Army Intelligence films to make a hit out here, Corps. He crossed the Channel "The Blue Lamp." on D-Day, and actually made a` Since then you've often seen few sketches, so good in fact him, and a short while ago, a that one was bought by the few of you got together wanting|66| British War Museum, and the to form a Dirk Bogarde Club. I cthers by the United States. don't know what became of it.

Dirk is unmarried, lives in a lovely old English house; is fond of outdoor exercise.

Dirk almost reached Hong- kong, but was taken off the plane at Singapore where he was appointed Aide-de-Campe to But Hollywood succeeded in the General Officer Command- getting him for a wonderful ing. In 1346, he was demobbed role as Franz Litz in a film as a Majc..

called “Song Without End," a He went straight back to the smashing film you will enjoy, London Stage where he was especially if you like music.

And shocked

mama.

her

poor

"O shall I do,"

IMPORTANT

had any

H deah, oh dear, what to the better-mannered

cant with less perfect experi-

while ence, but bad-mannered

the

one

Watch your

manners when

hunting

a job

try to catch their names. If you don't catch the name ask again what it is. Then use it when you address them.

"But if they

idea the

difference it makes to the employer, they'd change fast."

I agree. I've seen the job go

BETTER WAY appli-

"Thank you, experienced

Mr Wong ra went like to have an appointment ..with you at two," makes a very much better telephone impres- Here are some pointers for sion than "Yes, I'll be there at Now that Beryl had brushing up on this important two."

died?"

-Credit card to Antoinette Rozario, Kowloon.

Her poor mama cried, "Who now shall clean the

window panes

begging.

Be

department:

on time. Don't keep When you first meet people, people waiting. It's a prime in-

and sult. look at them and smile

A chance to hear Tatum at his best..

-all the instruments employed in jazz, the piano

O has the widest range of expression. Its style has

changed less over the years than any of the others.

And in spite of the licnisation Tatum. Since his death the of mote forceful instruments legend about him has begun to by the fans, a first-rate jazz grow, but it was big enough pianist attracts more musicians during his lifetime. than all the rest.

Such a magnetic force, per- 'Partial blindness and per- hops a greater oze than any haps his colour-prevented the other, wäs

late Art application of Tatum's incredi-

RO

the

BEWARE OF

PICK POCKES

Credit card to Roy Fay, Hongkong.

NOTES on NOTES

by DANK WORTH

ble technical facility to music attractive elements in. common

which would have earned him the acclaim of a Paderewski OT a Rubenstein.-

with the latter.

The possessor of a sound aca- demic technique, he has not the on world allowed it to intrude

he has freedom of expression acquired in the jazz idiom, although its separate application in a number of "straight" pas-

Job-Hunter Who's Late sages is a little tiresome on a Injures Her Own Chances. jazz record.

His entry into that would. however, have robbed us of a more important aspect of the man's genius his creative ability.

A recent album of new tracks called Art Tatum Discoveries (Top Rark 35/067) is reputed 10 have been recorded at party. In spite of our worst fears, it tuins cut to be a well- recorded LP devoid of any annoying background noise.

Old ones

This sort of thing must, how- to further ever, have helped a

Pieffer's career in the supper- rooms which are the happy hunting-ground of pianists" in the States.

Such employment, with its long hours of solo playing, gives a unique opportunity for the development of a piano style which it is difficult for a pianist outside America to acquire. any. Peiffer has taken the opportunity

literally with both hands.

Tatum is at his best, although even at his worst he is so much more. interesting than other jazz pianist.

To bracket Art Tatum and Dave Brubeck together as pianists is like saying that needlework and

driving B sedentary

bulldozer

"occupations.

are both

Good value

Be democratic - in

your courtesy. Treat the receptionist and secretary every bit as well as you treat the Great Man. To to underlings and be boorish fawning to superiors is not only vulgar, but it's also ineffective when you're hunting a job.

Use "Thank you" wherever indicated

To thank a busy employment agency interviewer for giving you time, to thank an employer for an interview, to thank the people who' give you sugges- tions or help af one kind or an- ather, is to impress them with Among the

wearl-your vocational desirability. spate of some re-issue albums, many of them consisting of a mixture of and bad tracks, it is good

EP which pleasant to

see an

GOSSIP

The contrast is particularly

Don't gossip, or say any noticeable if directly after the Tatua disc ore plays The is really superb value for money. thing about anybody which you

wouldn't say to his face.

7

once

Darktown Strutters' Ball, the

Four classic titles by the first track of The Southern Venuti-Lang All-Star Orchestra To make disparaging remarks Scene (Fontana TFL 5099) per- (Brunswick OE 9468) made about ex-employers or Co formed by Brubeck with the incredibly in 1927,

again workers is to ruin the effect help of only bass and drums. reminds us that they date less you want to make of your own

Here is a seldom-seen facet of than any other jazz records ever personality.

made. this artist, an album consisting almost entirely of old standards. I prefer it to many of his more art-conscious offerings.

who died in 1933,

we

To attack somebody who can- Apart from violinist Joe not defend himself is the very venuti (still active at 60 in-low in ethics as well as man- cidentally, on American televi-ners. `- Those of us who have watch- sion) and guitarist Eddie Lang

that Remember hear

good man- ed the progress of jazz in Europe Benny Goodman, scarcely out of with mpre thaa a passing

ners are as important to a job- interest will be familiar with more maturely than anyone can short pants, playing the clarinet the name of Bernard Peiffer,

hunter as good skills, good re- today. young French pianist who

férences. good emigrated to America in 1954.

Peiffer is something of a half- way house between Tatum and Brubeck, with some of the more

a

་

And

grooming

Jack Teagarden, both instrumentally, and vocally, setsgood experience. And they are a style which he has unswerv ingly followed for over 30 years. --(London Express Service).!

easy to develop.