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SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1948.

A Seat in the Why Bing

women

sigh

By LEONARD MOSLEY.

KNOW it will make him sound like one. of those pecullar dishes they suggest to housewives in the Ministry of Food advertisements, but the only word I can think of which adequately describes Bing Crosby is wholesome.

He is the only Hollywood male star know who is completely lacking in what the bobby-soxers nowadays call "wump." He has as much obvious sex appeal as a raindrop. His hair is thin, even with his toupee; his waist- line is slightly ovold.

"It's being so wholesome

Where the, Bogarts thrill with their brutality, the Boyers by look- ing such romantle cads, and the Von Johnsons with their gallantry and verve, Bing Just wanders around bubbling quiet songs and being nice and polite (but never dashing) with

everyone,

Now

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cheerful over a dried-egg breakfast, He would never forget the flowers

or grumble about bringing home the Yet every woman I know

aches beer for supper. And, at the right for him. When they heard was moments he would sing. softly, going to see his lateat film, "The romantically, soothingly. Emperor Waltz," they tugged at my sleeve and begged to be inken It is true that in "The Emperor along.

Waltz" he is supposed to be a brash American salesman of the early part of the century. He has come Vienna with a little dog and phonograph new Invention that he determined

to sell to Emperor Franz Josef.

But before he gets very far an aristocratic young wldow (Joan

why is this? Well, I honestly think it is because Bing is

wholesome.

There comes a time in every woman's life when she feels siek to death of the men with whom she has to live and associate. There are moments when she thinks she can't bear them any longer bear our vanities, our pomposities, our selfishness.

And, on the screen, at least, Bing, doesn't seem to have any of them. He looks as if he would even be

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Fontaine),

who

feels somewhat cynient about men, has lighted her lovely eyes upon him and seen him for the nice, understanding thing he is. She learns to love him and Ano-bred is delighted when her

poodle shows similar feelings, for his mongrel,

Then the emperor persuades him; that it would be tragle to take Miss Fontaine away from the splendours of the Viennese court and bury her

uncouth. in course,

Ameries. He offers to buy the phonograph-but only on condition that Blug glveð up the girl.

Bing's finer feelings well up. Ho lies to his love and goes out of her Ilfe. After several songs and in the middle of a Invish state ball, ho comes back-but only because his poodle mongrel in pining for the and is whining for one last moment with her. The poodle is confined to the stables, supposedly producing puppies sired by Franz Josef's own prize poodle.

Instead, when the happy event takes place the litter is most de- Onitely white and mongrelish, and Bing's pup barks long and loud in Triumph. This is too much for the human half of the amorous quartet, They look long and yearningly nt each other. The whole story comes out.

The emperor gives his blessing, and Bing and Joan Boat away across the Teclinicolour ballroom to the strains of the "Emperor Waltz"-with Joan obviously murmuring in his car: "But you're so nice, dear, anywhere with you would be lovely."

Well, millions of women will agree with her, especially since he

sings soft, soothing particularly

and romantic songs during this appear- anec. Alr me, they will sigh, if only all men were like Bing!.

Charm School starlet Carol Marah gets big film chance

When Redgrave was over tn Hollywood filming last year, she went with him; and she was en- gaged to appear In "A Woman s "Vengeance" (the screen version of Aldous Huxley's story, "The Gioconda Smile"). In this she 'play- ed the part of a married woman who is murdered by a rival for her hus- band's affections.

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romance, The Blue Lagoon" (starring Jean Simmons) to "Chris-Paris

a strange few months in Simwith

is 18-year-old Carol topher Columbus,"

Frederic

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Now Mr Huxley has made his Dwn stage version of the story, which is to be seen at the New

Theatre in London.

Miss Kempson was naturally wanted for the same role, But meantime she had been engaged to play In "The Paragon," a new play at the Fortune.

After an tmavalling search for another suitable actress, Mr Huxley so as to refer to the murdered wife has re-written "The Gioconda Smile" without bringing her on to the stage.

Clive Brook will be the husband Brown (re- covered from the indisposition which caused her to relire from the stage last year) the murderess; Marle Ney the nurse.

March in the title role; from graduate of last year, real name in the play: Pamela

kens' "Oliver Twist," made

by the two men responsible for "Great Ex-Norma Simpson, now ap pectations," to a film version

lon of Perman Colling

novet.

proaching stardom. "London Belongs to Me," and from George Moore's fanous slary

Esther

Two screen adaptations of H. G. Wells' novels are included. They are "The Passionate Friends," with Claude Rains and Ann Todd, and "The History of Mr Polly," of which John Mills is both director and star. Mr Mills will also be seen in the title role of "Scott of the Antarer

lic,"

Miss Marsh has been having a unique experience. In a new ple-

to

THE RETURN

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PICTURES

to "Cockpit," a near-docu-ture which has cost nearly £500,000, of displaced persons In she was the only living person

act before the cameras.

Picture is the American-French colour aim of "Allee in Wonderland." All the characters (120 of them) ex- cept Allee herself arc animated puppets. Miss Marsh had also to speak Alice's dialogue both for the English and the French versions→→→ formidable task for girl, who ar- rived in Parls with barely enough French to get her to the hotel.

When she was chosen for Alise, JOLLYWOOD.-The movie Indus- Other flims in the list include Miss Marsh had just made her debut try is announcing with fanfare "Eureka Stockade," "Cardboard as

a gangster's moll in "Brighton its latest and greatest development- Cavaller," "The Bad Lord Byron," Rock, Having lent her to the silent pletures. with Dennis Frice as the great poet; "Alice" company," "Portrait of Hildegard," starring the Swedish

actress, Mni

Zetterling, "Saraband for Dead Lovers" (from the novel by Helen Ashton) and the technicolour Alm of Olymple Games.

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By PATRICIA CLARY

her employers It brings us all back to where we thought little more about it until can

came in. That includes the com they saw some rushes of the pic posers who used to write background ture.

musle for the theatre pianist to play Then they sat up and took notice. and now write mood music to ac- 1048 The girl they had on a starlet's company the action,

modest and long-term contract The producers are going to accus- Korda's was obviously going a long way. tom the public gradually to the the Resuit. She is likely to start work radical change. After all, they technicolour "Bonnie Prince Char-soon with John Mills in Well's "His-haven't seen silents for 20 years. So starring David Niven, "The tory of Mr Polly"-one of the most they are starting with 10 minutes of Lost Illusion, with Ralph Richard- important Rank productions of the silence in David Siegel's "Romanus 5011, and "The Winslow Boy" year.

Sir

Alexander

ting offerings will

be

(adapted from Terence Halligan's A Wonderland adventure for 4 successful play with Robert Donat. girl who, 12 months ago, was prac- Of Korda's associated companies, tising deportment and elocution in a Michael Powell and Emeric Press- students' class.

Small

burger are producing "The Back Room" (from the Nigel Balchin), and Herbert Wilcox

novel of

CALLING MRS REDGRAVÉ DACHEL KEMPSON-in private is presenting Anna Neagle in "The ufe, Mrs Michael Redgrave is Girl Who Stayed at Home."

very much in demand at present.

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Walier Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Bruce. Bennett and Tim Holt are the principal players in "Treasure of Sierra Madre,” now altowing at the Queen's and Albambra. Theatres. It is an on- adorned story of greed-the last for gold and the destructive Influence 14 has on men's souls,

Diogenes."

Sixteen minutes, on the screen, is a long time.

Dimitri Tiomkin is the composer who wrote 10 minutes of music to go with the pantomime scene and

he is slated by his unusual assign- ment

"It's a pleasure to write pure mood music again," he suld. "It very seldom has been possible since sound came in."

Music Scores

Although music didn't obccompany silent pictures, studios sent out or- chestral score

music

for all top movies for the benefit of theatro pit orchestras and organists. Since Ühen, the music has been kept in the back- ground hardly noticeable above the dialogue.

"Writing music to be played while people talk presenta some technical problems," Tlomkin said, "For instance; you have to be care- Tul that the pitch of your Instru- menis doesn't conflict with the voices of the players.. That can be n problem, since the music is writ- ten lang before the scene is shot,"

a

Tiomkin says he has to know every thing there is to know about picture before he starts writing tho music for it. Each character, or ot Icost each leading character, has to have a recognisable musical theme which is played In background overy time he appears.

the

Writing those brief and charac teristic themes requires a thorough knowledge of what the characters are like and, if possible, which ng- tors are playing them.

Tiomkin's 10 minutes of mood music for the silent sequence took eight days to write,

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