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HERBERT LOM JACQUES SERNAS

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SHIRLEY

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or

SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1950.

PEA SENT IN THE STALLS

TEMPLE

By Evelyn Webber QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA BECOMES AN

BUSINESS WOMAN

Hoot's Back

Shirley Temple, once the in her life her own boss. Hollywood'n one of cinema's No 1 box office nt- And

NICHAND astute business EDMUND

GIB traction, has no intention of most

SON-you know him better is Cowboy

"HOOT" GIBBON 19 letting her' carcer, suffer women.

Saya the: "I got my release riding again. For years way Hollywood's any of the disasters that

te from my DAVID SELZNICK back Durbin befell Deanna

contract-under which die Kot roolin'-loolinest cowboy, draw Judy Garland.

3.000 dollars. (£1071) a week ing a salary of 14,000 dollars -"because he 'formed me out £8,000) a week. to other producern. And they put me in bad Bims." Like her most recent: "A Kles for Corliss." she has put "Am I going to france my first time on films? Goodness, na!"

At 22, after that her Alm already finished, become-for the

many said career was

TOUGH

ON

Now he is helping along his new popularity by buying up his old films for sale to TV

networks.

DRACULA

Bem (Dracula) Lugosi, famed for years for his movie and stage portrayals of a human vampire preylig upon the blood of fair ladies, looks horrified as Red Cross Nurse Henrietta Roger tests his hemoglobin at the New York Donor Centre of the R. C. Blood Programme,

oa story of unforget-SHOW TALK

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In Technicator. sbed by Paramount Films

Has there

By HAROLD CONWAY

And hia "1700!" Gibson badges, suits, guns, and equip ment sell to American children and adults-ar if they were Lollipops.

Salt Tests TYRONE POWER and com- pany are now on their way to London to Roberts," salty-scripted Broad- way success.

appear

נאי le

But first there will be BOVETAI

reaction to the American slang.

"Choochoo Girl”

days of try-outs to feat British

ROSE MURPHY, hard-breath- inn Negro Linger known the "Cheeches" girl, will arrive in England soon.

13

With her: her husband, mix cheechee boards (treasured pleces of wood on which plonist- singer Rose beats staccato time

with her foot), even

new evening dresses, two trunks and

rre suitcases.

They will pay her £550 n week for four weeks to sing in her tiny, high-pitched volce in a London club. "But about 10 percent of everything I carn vil be claimed by your to: collectors."

Rope sinks on Broadway with her eyes tight shut, ..her tongue sticking out of her saucily mouth and she substitutes much of the written lyrles with the word "chrect re" er something that sounds like rr."

Doubtless London will hear again "I can't give you anything! but love"-the song with which RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH introduced her to British

listenera.

A gift for Attenborough: "I'm buying him the best hand- painted tie in New York."

Afterthoughts

EZIO PINZA, a middle-ager! opera singer. who in being wined and dined in Hollywood while making a film with LANA TURNER, lived there unnoticed three years before he lett for big Broadway to become. success in "South Paclic.". SARATI CHURCHILL, Hollywood to make a picture s one of the freshest characters the town has seen in years. Ste frankly admis: "I should have bern

ihe American screen much earlier-If they had invited me."..

scen on

Writers on the WARNER lot have been told they must work from 9 am to 6 nm. daily, plus a half-day Saturdays, in future. "And no writer mov stav whe cannot finish a script in eight

RIPC-

"Hasty

weeks." BANALD DOUGALL, who wrote Heart," said that in these cir- cumstances he did not want to stay. Request granted...

-(London Express Service)

been a musical Lana Turner

better than "Top

Welcome to that Fred studios are

Hat"?

making long-terni company hasten chivalrously to the defence

of

Astaire-Ginger Rogers musi- plans for the occasion.

What about the West End Leighton--and themselves.

cal,

wants a boy

ODA

M-G-M. where Lana works. seems to be the stork's favourite Esther Williams, June studio. Allyson and Cyd Charlen Expecting.

With very few exceptions it was formed-in great secret, #But she can come back to me January.

i think up ways and means of

•

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Larn Tomer and her hushand. Margaret Bob Topping, want boy They Aldest their first baby by premi- that she ture birth, but doctors feel they So far because I suggested "Top Hat," now theatre managements?

coming

"The can avoid reitition of this, of oul

bahu co-ordinated effort is was brightening some of Lon many

they seem to be Cocktail Party" to sit idle for Lana already has

Cheryl Christine, by her first don's suburban screens concerned.

marriage. planless-with one notable ex- some weeks-muybe. again.

ception.

"We would have been willing' That But how depressing it

exception is a small

the to let Miss Leighton slay on in her contract can be, too. What progress committee, formed under have Hollywood musicals regis of the Arts Council-with the play, despite

her go after Now working in a film 677 mude in 16 years? (British Sir Bronson Albery as chairman with us," say the film folk.

"I have to let and Sir Laurence Olivier atmong musicals have not even be its members.

this week because of a previour Ezio Pinza, Lana doesn't expect baby 111 the end of The committee is meetings arrangement," protests Sherek. her xun seriously.)

any time the likes in another

about rumours asked Marriage two really organising -such as "On the Town,'

have already play-I

and Evelyn Keyes

Sydney Festival productions her." seen recently-the art of worthy

Chaplin are not being taken ncreen musical comedy has Possibly at Olivier's working HQ,

What was the previous ar-lightly by their friends. Evelyn has not been sliding steadily down the St. James's Theatre.

But this is a plan for one rangement"? Irene Worth, who says that the subject

be is theatre only. I suggest that all acted "The Cocktail Party lead been discussed between Sydney hill. And "Top lat,"

when It was first and herself, but that so finely

agreed all its old-fashioned comedy the other West

to go over "wonderful company."

when met the get together now and plan a produced,

The two first situations, shows up

1951 season which will genuinely for the Broadway production on

she could studying "Othello" in a theatre At the rate of decline.

represent the British stage.

one condition-that coine back and join the London effort. They play tennis

home of Charlie Chaplin and it HASSAN AGAIN

cast.

is understood that they Dean la

"I don't want to risk being both have parts in his Meanwhile, Basil

entirely new pro marooned in America." declared picture on which work should planning an duction for next year of "Hassan" this actress. Miss Worth, I may start at the beginning of next |

probably the finest English mention, is an American. play of our time.

for

We have had plenty of slick and costly efficiency since then But where is the atmosphere of her enchantment which those

0:20 OT

End managers

year.

may

next

Fred-and-Ginger confections of the thirties radiated?

Ginger Rogers herself will be

As a preliminary, Dean flew 30 next month. She is sulla brilliant comedienne, but con-

nut for Pretoria, to produce the Paris straight centrates оп nowadays. Who has succeeded play for Marda Vanne's South her in the provision of song. African National Theatre. Later Inla year he is to direct a Ira 16

Cacti on aro and-dance enchantment?

television verslon-which should|

(ROXY There Golden Salamander only remember years I can

Introduces Campf.") BROADWAY) &

Sands of Iwo Jima (LEE) one oasis in the barren scene. provide TV's most controversial Rita Hayworth in "Cover Girl" effort yet.

James Elroy Flecker died at Arthur Rank's new French star, Anouk, opposite Trevor Howard. And for Mics Hayworth, like Ginger, time has marched on.

in

Week-End Screen Fare

the

the age of 31, eight years be-Trevor is an archaeologist who is still drawing crowds ande fore his "poetic-proso" play was' Vera-Ellen? She La coming first staged by Mr Dean

the late along nicely; perhaps we must 1923--wi pin our hopes on her. But tala Ainley in the title-role. renewed night of Ginger Rogers can” ot her

Ellen. has

most dazzling

|has started.

are

the

I make another. suggestion; that hush-hush committes

a screen

starts on its third work today. is sent to Tunisia to collect some

for hit may be worthy of note that. a score or more semi-documen- Henry valuable knick-knacks

Into Ras-London museum. He rang and tarles on the late war havo no! success in marked A high-water some

interfere. This achieved the same British must inmultihl business and period achievement in

Tunizian landscapes and Anou- the public is not wrong all the shows how far even little Vera theatre and Dellus's incidental turns a cameraman's holiday on Hongkong. Lincoln agreed that

that composer to go. Nobody else music made

a thriller. time. known to a wide public for the iriant close-ups into

The thrills, though, are on the

The Wizard of Oz (QUEEN'S of first time.

& ALHAMBRA) gives the 40- No wonder that some

clow alde.

year-olds a chance to acquaint Hollywood's stor are expres-

Yes Sir, That's My Baby their children with the type nt. sing anxiety about this move to

They let revive their old Alms.

as Britain's (KING'S) in techales our and literature (I only in

Over-ex- version) that excited them at now faced by competition, consider "Hassan“

of young was Christmas when they were not only with young newcomer main dramatic contribution to exploits the already

And lavite ploited subject --but with their own former the 1951 Ferlival

Sir Ralph Richardson to pair veterans, their wives and their young. The kids, though, may

through

convinced nolog

fully come AWOY screen faces as well.

off with Vivien Leigh, and Sirhebles

Mar taborious process of catching up that the Almir Age has pro- These stars are prepared to Laurence Olivier with and fight the up and garet Leighton in the meet

chief on papa's education when duced more exciting charac- time he started earning his ter such as Superman and coming youngsters on their own roles

Mighty Mouse. Cyclones and There arts, I believe, would living. ground. But they consider it is hitting below the belt for their be interested-for a nited

Donald O'Connor and Gloria Straw Men don't compare. 1s employers to remind the public Festival season,

Carmen (CATHAY) of past glories which have faded generation of playgoers would De Flaven are the young couple

Chatics Coburn something

Ini and unique

and Christian Jaqu. what is fairly light and pleasant British theatrical art

entertainment. Muffed again Don't diamits it for the fact that and Jimmy to introduce * Kathryn Grayson an opportunity new theme song that could be Durante are not in the cart. Henry entitled "When There's, Cectum · Aim: Shurek and the Borda-film första manuais (nuala kan

a little

I bear

HUSH-HUSH

accounts of

muzical

and provincial Festival planning

for next your, when Britain la

supposed to be going on show

to the world, Ryan the

and a

*MIXED DRINKS?

Theatrical

manager

new

the

д

adds to French film with Viviane Ro-

manco

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