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THE CHINA: MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER · 24, 1960;

Roderick Mann

ANTHONY PERKINS SCOTCHES THAT 'BAREFOOT' TAG

Paris.

ANTHONY PERKINS---the young man with the taut acting talent and the build of a garden rake ("He's, so thin," says one Hollywood agent, "that unless you're loaded you may miss him at first glance")-has won as an unconventional quite a reputation for himself

dresser.

Į

From time to time he has been observed walking barefoot down to the nearby drugstore on Sunset Boule-

yard. And once, invited

to a Hollywood party,

his girl-friend is said to have warned him: "It's darling. Wear formal. socks.'

So when he suggested that

a drzak at the we meet for reasonably sophisticated Kliz bar, I was a tride perturbed.

Would be asked to leave before we had even sünk our first Pernod!

But no. There he was fully tiressed, over six-foot thin and wearing shoes, Brown shoes***** quelic hurreur—with

blue

sports cout. But shoes, none- LIA,RSS,

Not a habit

I told him I was agreeably surprised and he said he surprised 1 was surprised.

Was

"Most of that stuff is invent ed for the tan magazines," he sid resignedly. "Sure, I've ocensionally walked round the commer to the store without shoes-but that doesn't mean I make a habit of it.

Those stories snowball, One Hollywood magazine wrote that 1 was once seen wearing a torn shirt and eating spaghett! with my ds. The next thing knew it was reprinted as het in one of the big weekly news magazines. What can you do? As you see, I do wear shoes,"

"We got on very well, and he changes let me make several and suggestions. It was any idea that

cut candy should throughout the Alm. I thought It would be more interesting it the killer were a compulsive candy enter.

We both gazed,

rather You hear he's planning a film, solemnly, at the brown creepers. you say Yes and then you read

In or out of shoes, Tony the script. Perkins today

much- 19 sought-after actor.

Now, at 28, with

line

p0rm formances in such ms us Friendly Persuasion, On The Beach, and Hitchcock's contro- versial Psycho, behind him, he ts in Paris to co-star with Ingrid Bergman and Yves Montand in the Alm version of Francoise

novel Sugan's

Almez Vous Brahms? Retfiled, rather point- lessly, Time On Her Hands.

"I enjoyed making Psycho," Perkins said. "In fael,

upepted the film before I'd even read the script. Taal's the kind of reputation Alfred Hitchcock has in Hollywood.

Deliberate

GIAL WITH THE SWEET SMILE

OF SUCCESS

LONDE, 18 year old thing to smile about. Last seen earlier this year with Peter Sellers in Never Let Go, she will soon be on show again in. Linda, In which she plays the lead. "In It play a rather tarly beatnik," she says. And next 7 "Por a change I want to play a sweet young innocent girl."

BCarol White has some-

1

never learn, roach their heights--the reason "Some people

20 I being that when they started but I've learned already

lucky. from supposu

Now there was no competition TV. In those days you either happiness is another avenue of went out to see Gary Grant or trees altogether. Quite another

and stayed home

saw avenue of trees." nothing.

you

"Look at Clark Gable. Ilc's ap- Kelling 750,000 dollars for

The M14 peating In

with Marilyn Monroe, and he's get- ting it because there's nobody younger who could do the part better.

Not ambitious

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Per-

ic

comh-

of "The interesting thing. course, is to wonder what will happen when the big names are gone. Will people still 10

for the pictures Just the stories? I wonder?" "What about you?

Are you anibitions for that kind of star- dom?"

"Are you walking towards

That's "Groping," he said, what I'm doing Just groping."

SUCCESS NOTE; Mr king's studio, Paramount, honoura

mono successful dish after stars by naming a them the restaurant I call- ed up to ask what they had given Mr Perkins. "At the moment," said the restaurant

"Mr Perkins is manager, sandwich"

A

"A lot of people have

young Gary pared you to a

I TC- Cooper said. "And member you copied a lot of his. mannerisms in Friendly Per suasion! Was that deilberete.”

Yes it was. After all. I was And 1 supposed to be his son, have a tremendous respect for he Coop, He's a much better actor than most people realise.

al, + "I'm not ambitious

sald, rather sharply. I to expect learned already not happiness

in from

acting carcer.

"In the beginning, of course, the by seduced terribly everyone is

vision-sunshine, fast cars, gor- geous women, lazy dogs. It's a pipe dream. Everyone warns you it won't make you happy but you don't believe them.

"He makes acting stem casy that's part of his cherm-but the truth is he works hard at it. I learned a great deal from him."

He gazed rather moodily down moment. into his drink for Then he said:

"There's nobody to touch can't those older stars, you know. No young actor today can hope to

"I thought

excellent it sn Alm, However, I do agree with, those erities who say it's a long tane getting started."

He grinned suddenly know why? Because wull for me to come on."

"You

a

Maybe not the others. you think, but me, it will make me happy.

*

The test

MR ROBERT RYAN-a vastly under-rated screen actor- is now starring in Aniony and Cleopatra at the American Shaloaspeare Festival in Strat- ford, Conacoticui,

And he 1249 bocs talking between about the difference stage and screen acting.

have

"Cutting room scissors transformed many bad perform- ances into Academy Awards," he says. "But there are no sclssors on the stage. You get out there, stand there all alone, and you act or you're done for. with Shaleespeare you can't lean on a mantelpiece, light a elgarette, or depend on a pair of scissors to wipe out a bad вееле Shakespeare separates the men from the boys..."

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