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Evening star., 1949-10-02
JoNvuLE, FRANCE

The movie set depicted q small
mountain inn. Crock, Europe's
famed and elderly clown in dark
makeup and a business suit waited
patiently outside the glare Of the
spotlights.
Technicians fused, the camera
crew groaned and strained to lift
heavy machinery. French work.
men hddled with electric cables
or stood around in knots, smok-
ing and talking.
Finally everything was in readi-
ness. Crock stepped on the set.
Crew members beloved for
silence. This was no soundproof
stage, and the work of building
sets all over the studio acreage
halted pending the shooting.
Suddenly there was shout from
the back. The director sighed,
spread his hands and closed his
eyes in despair. Producers Nino
Costantini and Bluette Christin-
Falaize made exasperated sounds.
The electric current had failed.
Not Like Hollywood.
Nine. Falaise and Costantini
led the way back to the commits
sary for a cooling drink and a
discussion Of the problems Of max
ing films in France. There are
many.
There are some dozen film STU
dios in the vicinity Of Paris. The
Crock Aim is being made at the
st. Maurice Studios on the city
outskirts. It was designed for
silent films and is a far cry from
modern, streamlined Hollywood.
THE electricity trouble is only
small one," Nine. Falaize
said. THAT has occurred because
Of the drought this year. But the
other day we lost q whole days
shooting because we didn't know
the sound track was bad until We
saw the rushes. It cost several
million francs to do the work
again."
French film making, after .
very lean period, is getting back
to normal. Currently the output is
around 200 feature-length films a
year-still not up to the prewar
total-and the government is CIV
ing q financial hand.
More Adult Dramas. -
Costantini claims, however, that
the most expensive foreign films
are being produced on budgets
totaling only q quarter or third
as much as even q shoestring
Hollywood production.
I'VE can't hope to compete with
Hollywood on q technical basis" +"
Nine. Falaize said, but I think
that European films on the
whole are doing a much better job
Of making adult, intelligent
dramas. Remember. foreign films
don't compete much with Ameri-
can films in America but we are in
serious competition right here in
Europe"
Costantini broke in:
THAT doesn't mean that Eu-
rope hasn't produced some very
bad films. It certainly has. But I
think our good films have been
better than anything Hollywood
has put out"
Costs Are High.
Europe, Nine. Falaize said,
seems to be getting away from the
star system. Even American stars
popular before the war aren't
pulling in audiences the way they
used to.
I'VE don't pay our actors the
way you do in the United States. I"
she continued, "but costs are high
for everything, equipment is not
very good, and the business is
Evening star., 1949-10-02
NEW YORK

NEW 1OfL6A.
Broadway producers are COM
planning more and more Of q
dearth Of comedians in the cur
rent theatrical scene.
They point out such successful
musical maestros in past seasons
as Ziegfeld, Earl Carroll, George
White and the Shuberts built most
of their successful musical pro-
ductions about a single star OF
two who were guaranteed laugh
makers.
Ziegfeld had Eddie Cantor, Car
roll had the late w. c. Fields
and the Shuberts had Willie and
Eugene Howard. White had Bert
Lahr and Ed Wynn. Producers
spent more time trying to pilfel
the services Of these star come
dams from one another than they
spent in endeavors to make tor
musical comedies. They knew
that if they got their audiences
laughing with enthusiasm, they
didn't need to worry about q few
weak points in the libretto, the
musical score or the production
None Of the musical comedies
scheduled for Broadway premieres
during the next few months
promises an outstanding comedian
OF the caliber of Cantor. Fields
Lahr and Wynn. Or, Of Joe Cook
Lou Holtz, Phil Baker. Harry Mac.
Naughton and q dozen other top.
flight comedy stars who have hee
either to radio or television.
Only Two Remain.
The only outstanding comedy
stars who are now performing or
Broadway are Ray Bolger II
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Broadway Misses Comics
Who Fled to Radio or N
By Mark borron

"Where's Charley?" and Bobby
Clark, who only recently returned
to the cast of the musical. "As
the Girls Co." The latter was
forced to close for two months
when the energetic Clark leaped
too many steeplechase hurdles on
the stage and had to- take . vaca-
ton.
Casting for the musical shows
up until the end Of December in
dicates that neither the authors
nor producers are concentrating a
great deal upon comedians. They
are mostly book shows, with the
funny men taking minor roles.
Regina" the musical version
tof Lillian Hellman's hit drama,
1.-THE Little Foxes" opens around
November l with Jane Pickens
singing the role that Tallulah
Bankhead played in the straight
drama. The comedy elements,
Judging by Miss Hellman's play.
will be q few minor lines by some
colored servants in this tragic
story.
In my Darlin' Aida." the musi-
cal comedy version Of the opera,
Aida" Producer Michael Todd
has not yet cast any comedy roles
for this story about the love Of q
slave girl fo- q Confederate SOL
dier.
Only In the musical version OF
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" Is
there promise Of unrestrained
laughter with Carol Charming
having been cast In the role OF
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Evening star., 1949-10-02
Today's Schedules

A M b A 3 = A DO II - TaSk
Force: 1:05, $40, SIS, 7:20
and 9:30 pm.
CAPT. Johnny Stool
Pigeon: 1:45. 4:30. 7:15
and 10 pm. Stage Shows:
3:35, $40 and 9:05 pm.
UMBIA-" Northwest
Stampede: 1850, $3.50. $50,
7:45 and 9:45 pm.
DUPONT-"The Quiet One:
l. $3.50. 4:45, $40, 1885 and
1926 pm.
HIPPODROME-"Mill on the
Floss: 3:15, $50 and $50
pm.
K EFT H'S-"Roseanna Nc
Coy: !. sos, 5:l5, 7:25 and
9:30 pm.
LITTLE - Million Dollar
Legs: 1:15, $3.50, 6::25 and
0p.m.
METROPOLITAN - House
Across the Street: lis.
4:05, Z and $50 pm.
NATIONAL Devil in the
Flesh: !, 3, sos, 7:05 and
9:10 pm.
PALACE-"I Was q Male War
Bride: /, $40. $40, 1885
and 9:45 pm.
PIX-"Forever Amber: 1:20,
3:55. 6::35 and 9:10 pm.
PLAYHOUSE - Spring in
Park Lane: !, 2:45, 4:30.
6:15, 8 and $50 pm.
TR ANS LUX - Black
Magic: 1:20. $3.50, $40.
7:45 and 10 pm.
WARNER-"TaSk Force: !,
$40, 500, 1880 and 9:40 pm.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Doris Day Likes All Nice Things,
Such As That Real, Nice Money

sun, but the studio screams when
I report for work with my face
smothered with freckles. I think
all the young girls who see my
pictures like to see freckles be-
cause 80 many kids have them.
And they say, Gee, If she can
have 'em and does okay. there's a
chance for me-"
Frightened Of Radio.
Miss Day started her career in
Cincinnati at the age Of Is. She
wanted to be a dancer. but
switched to singing after she
broke her leg in an auto accident
and was bedridden for IA months.
She was told she could never
dance again.
II used to be q little frightened
when I first started in radio" ;"
Doris confided. because you only
have one chance. Now I have no
fear, especially when I'm facing
an audience. I love to look at
peoples faces. So does Bob Hope
with whom Doris has a two-year
radio contract). Wherever we go,
Bob always has the house lights
turned up"
The attractive huskiness In
Doris voice is caused by a growth
IN her throat. She explains. "Bing
Crosby has the same thing" =
Doris started her ride to singing
fame during the war when she re-
corded Sentimental Journey
with Les Brown. They sold 2,000,-
900 records. She was voted the
most popular singer by service
men.
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NeWSpaper Alliencel
Evening star., 1949-10-02

AM ADO R"Under
Capricorn" with 1ngrid
Bergman. starting Thurs
day.
CAPIToL"Father Was a
Fullback," with Fred Mac
Murray, starting Thursday.
OLUM B1A-"You're My
Everything" with Dan
Daley, starting Thursday.
DUPONT -" Crime Without
Passion" with Claude
Rains.
KEITHS "Ichabod and Mr..
Toad" q Walt Disney fea-
ture, starting Wednesday.
METROPOLITAN - "Stam-
pede," with Rod Cameron.
starting Thursday.
Sword in the
Desert" with Dana Andrews,
starting Saturday.
PLAYHOUSE "The Weaker
Sex" with Cecil Parker,
starting Wednesday. .
TRANS LUX-"The Fallen
Idol" with Michele Morgan,
starting Tuesday.
WARN ER-"Under Capri
corn" with Ingrid Bergman,
starting Thursday.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
By SheiIoh Graham


Doris Day speaking: I'm a real
home girl. But I do like nice
things. That's why I think money
is real NICE" Doris is currently
making a lot Of real, nice money
in her three thriving careers
movies. radio and records. Her
total income last year was more
than $250.000. And that's pretty
nice for a little blond, blue-eyed
girl, still in her early 20s.
II want money because I want
to send my son to camp. and
want to get a nice home with q
swimming pool and I want to buy
nice Clothes" says Doris. I'm
not looking for a pretentious
house-just something rustic with
a swimming pool. Oh. I know
every one Will Immediately say
'Ah, she's going Hollywood But
why live in this beautiful climate
If you don't take full advantage
Of it by swimming and horseback
riding2
When you spend $4,000 on
clothes" continues Miss Day. INC
one says anything about 1t.
don't 60 to night clubs. I don't
drink and I don't smoke and
never spend money on pleasure
trips-whenever I travel it's or
business. But do have a nice
car and nice clothes. And I like
antique furniture" Doris ex-
planned.
Her Rise Was Swift.
query the blond and slender
Doris on the stories that she Is
unco-operative with her studio
I personally have never seen evi-
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Problems Are MunV
I'm French Film Studios
Movie Industry in France, However,
Is Getting Back to Prewar Normal
by Cynthio Lowry

highly unionized. There are large
taxes, too."
The language problem is not
as important as it was In prewar
days.
THE radio has made people
able to understand other Ian
guages," Nine. Falaize said.
People learned a smattering be-
cause they listened to shortwave
broadcasts in the war. That's one
very good thing.
Few Professionals.
"Au Revoir, Monsieur Crock" Is
the autobiography of the great
clown, now over 10, told in
flashbacks. Crock appears as the
old man telling his life story. and
his nephew enacts Crock as
young man. The story is told in
French, German and English,
employing people Of those nation
alities and being filmed in those
countries.
There are few professional
actors in this film," Costantini ex-
planned. "A clown acting the part
of a clown, a newspaperman
portraying a newspaperman and
a country boy being himself are
much better than professional
actors pretending to be them.
Furthermore, if the film IL
planned carefully. the action
makes it unnecessary to put in
subtitles. No matter what the
language, you can understand
what is going on"
He said that while there was
a brisk business in exporting
Hollywood films to France, prob
ably only 2 per cent Of Frances
output comes to America.
Then there is the problem Of
finding theaters, because Ameri-
can theaters seem to want only
Hollywood movies. French Aims
wind up playing In the mau
foreign-language houses"
Evening star., 1949-10-02

dence of this. II wouldn't know
how those stories start" she tells
me. my house Is. always like
Grand Central Station. with re-
porters and photographers stop
ping by at all times. 1t isn't q
chore for me to give interviews.
It's all part OF the job. I have
wonderful nom. When any
one comes to the house it gives
her q thrill to bake things for
them-you know. cookies and
cakes"
Miss Days rise to fame in
Hollywood is one Of the quicker
sagas Of filmtown. It was less
than two years ago that Michael
Curtiz pacted Doris to a contract.
Apart from her unusual singing
voice. no one thought too much
Of her-Doris' face was too pudgy
and her acting was on the ele-
mentary side. But when the pub
lie saw her first movie. "Ro-
nance on the High Seas" they
told us that a new star was born.
Doris has so many films on her
schedule now, she will need all
her abundant energy to keep up
with them.
| She'll Hold Her Own.
MY next picture is No. No,
Nanette,' she tells me. She is
teamed with Gordon MacRae.
Then she goes right into West
Point Story" with MacRrae and
Jimmy Cagney. After that. I
think I'm doing q movie with
Danny Kaye"
when Virginia Mayo worked
with Danny she complained he
used her as a stooge only" I re-
mind Doris.
I'm not afraid Of that" she
says. mo ones going to cheat
me. I have faith" (She1l need
it with Danny. who just can't help
stealing every scene he Is ino i
think" says Doris bravely. that
If you 60 into a picture expecting
to hold your own, you can"
Doris has grown In confidence
since first met her on the set.
She used to worry q lot about her
freckles. Now she regards them
as an asset. "They haven't hurt
Katharine Hepburn or Ginger
Rogers" she says. II love the
Evening star., 1949-10-02

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-05-07
GrambIing Beats
Bishop 70
By Collie J. Nicholson

Grambling, La. (SPECIAL)- a
trio of bountiful Grambling College
hurlers with a penchant for strike
outs scattered four hits effectively
here Tuesday afternoon as the
Tigers defeated Bishop College
7-3 for their fourth straight vic.
tory.
Fifteen Bishop batters were re-
tired via the strikeout route and
only two received free passes. Gus
sic Williams whitfield seven in the
six frames he hurled, Mackie
Freeze relieved him and retired
the only three men he faced on
IL pitches and big Mack Hall
struck out 5 of the seven batters
faced in the last two innings.
What little punch the Texans
managed to exude came in the
third and fourth frames on a pair
of Grambling errors and solid hits
by Walter Edwards and Author
Wesley. The latter tripled in the
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Labor Leaders
Support College
Fund

Labor leaders Philip Murray OF
the G. I. o. and William Green of
A. f. of l.. have endorsed the
United Negro College Funds sith
nationwide campaign which opened
last week, it was revealed today
by John r. Suman, national chair.
man. Urging the financial and
moral support of their unions and
labor everywhere" the two union
Presidents emphasized the demo
cratic goal of the Fund, that of
raising money for 81 Negro col
leges to meet current operating
expenses.
"Organized Labor, said Mr..
Murray in a memorandum to G,
|. O. unions, "has long been in
the forefront of all endeavors
loking towards the Improvement
of educational facilities and ser.
vices for all Americans. The G..
I. Q. has been particularly con.
cerned to see that neither oppor-
tunities nor responsibilities be de.
MED anyone on account of race
creed Or color. For this and MANY
other reasons, I have consented
to serve again on the national
Council of the United Negro Fund.
This is an eminently worthwhile
endeavor, and | commend it to
you for your serious consideration. f"
Mr.. Green's endorsement came
in letter to Mr.. Suman in which
he extended his personal and
Official endorsement, adding 81
bespeak for the Fund the support
OF all classes of people. I hope and
trust that labor everywhere will
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Russian and was greeted since
most of the audience understood
English.
Following the anthem, Robson
told the audience he could no
longer draw the line between his
art and political convictions. He
said he wanted universal peace
but above all, peace with the Sow.
let Union.
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Minimum Salary
Minimum salary for California
teachers is $500 a year.
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of your guestroom bed linen. Trim
with crochet type lace or tatting.
Pattern envelope contains hot
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Paul Robson
Concert Breaks Up
In Confusion

Stockholm, Sweden-Anti4com-
munist loud whistled greeted sin
ger Paul Robeson's concert Thurs
day night when he sang the second
verse of the New Russian anthem
in English.
The concert was turned into a
row by demonstrators, many of
whom left the hall in protest. The
Negro baritone sang the first
verse of the Soviet anthem in
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Notes From
Lexington

Funeral service was held Sun
day, April % at the End Pilgrim
Rest Church, for Mrs. Maggie
Mcdaniel, who departed this life
Wednesday at II O'clock.
Revival was held at Union Grove
M. B. Church April Is thru %.
Twenty new members were added
to the church roll. Rev. E. S. Hicks
the meeting.
Please come to the Victory Home
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fourth to drive in two runs.

fourth TO drive in two runs.
Grambling punched across two
runs in the first inning, added
single bigits in the third and fourth
ad capped the scorig with three in
the sixth. Fourteen hits were ratified
off the offerings of Mack Hines
who went the route for Bishop.
j. p. Jerro poled out a double
and three singles in five trips to
lead the hitters.
Score by innings:
Bishop College.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
GrambIing----.--.2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 X
Batteries: Hines and Wesley;
Williams CO., Freeze CD Hall and
COMPOST.
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respond to the appeal"

W
The United Negro College Fund
is a cooperative fund raising or
ganization of 81 private accredit-
ed Negro colleges from Pennsyl.
vania to Texas. This years goal
is $1,4O0, 000,which represents one
tenth the combined annual budgets
OF the member colleges. The nation
wide campaign opened this year
on April 10 when Harold e. Stassen
DR.. Cunning Fl. Tobias and Cornell.
la Otis Skinner spoke.
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The so-called big Hattaras
Blues" weighing UP to Il pounds.
which appeared of the North Caro-
lima coast In 1885, have never re-
turned. Some fishermen say they are
due back In 1949 No one knows why
the blues periodically reach this
size. nor where thew come from
POrkys QCIms
Young porcupines are born bearing
quilts almost an inch long.
'Enlarging' a Room
When woodwork and walls are all
one color, a room seems larger.
Plant Diseases
Weeds serve as hosts to various
plant diseases.
Evening star., 1949-10-17
By Robert K. Walsh

The Supreme Court today
agreed to review the District Court
convictions of two women officials
of the Joint Anti-Fascist Ref lgee
Committee on contempt OF Con-
gress charges, but refused to heal
the appeals of three Communist
party leaders judged in contempt
of court in New YORK
The officials of the refugee .r-
ganization were cited for contempt
after being called to testify before
the House Committee on Un-
American Activities. The main
issue is whether the absence Of a
quorum of the House committee
was a material fact in tie case
The convictions were reversed by
the appeals court on this point.
The court also upheld. in effect
the refusal of William Rosen to
answer questions when a Federal
grand jury in New York last year
wanted to know whether he OBJ
tained an automobile that once
belonged to Alger Hiss. former
State Department official.
Mr.. Rosen was sentenced to six
months in Jail by Federal Court
Evening star., 1949-10-17
BY the Assoeiotee Press

SHANNON AIRPORT, Ireland
Oct. ia son was born to a Gl
wife today in a crowded passen-
ger plane over the Atlantic Ocean
While the American Overseas
Airlines Constellation raced al
full throttle for Ireland, Mrs
Darinka Parker, 20, a former in.
mate of a Nazi concentration
camp, gave birth to 4-pound
boy. A doctor among the passen-
gers assisted at the birth.
The plane, with SO passengers
aboard, was 400 miles out of
Shannon when the baby arrived
The transport made its regular
stop here and the mother and
child were taken in an ambulance
to nearby Ennis Hospital.
The father. M/Sergt. James C
Parker, 40, attached to Air Force
headquarters at Wiesbaden, said
he was f1oored by the news. He
said his wife is a former Yugoslay
displaced person. He met her In
1945 on the day she was released
from a German prison near Nu-
ernberg. They have been married
Evening star., 1949-10-17
Quarrel Over Cabinet Posts
Jeopardizes Moch Coalition
BY the Assoeinfsd Press

PARIS, Oct. ia quarrel over
cabinet posts today jeopardized
Premier designate Jules Moch's
efforts to form a coalition gov
eminent for France.
Twice today he postponed
scheduled announcements and
late in the afternoon he went
wrathfully from Parliament to
Elysee Palace-the French White
House-to tell President Vincent
Auriol his troubles.
A last-minute fight developed
over who would get the post of
minister of information. The
Radical Socialists claimed it. but
the Popular Republicans {MRP)
opposed the demand. Both are
vital elements of the coalition Mr..
Moch, a Socialist, is trying to
hammer together
Earlier in the day, Mr.. Moch
cleared a major hurdle by getting
an MRP member to accept the
finance ministry. His aides said
then he would announce a cabinet
at 1870 pm. Later they post
poned it to 5 pm. But that hour
passed, too, without an an
nouncement.
The former premier, Radical
Socialist Henri Queuille, resigned
October S after an argument
about wage and price difficulties.
Evening star., 1949-10-17
Nicely Tells Backers
0fCivi| Rights Bill 10
Go Slow 10 Succeed
Senator Says Progress
Must Be Step at Time
To Win Congress Vote

Chairman Nicely of the Senate
District Committee declared today
that proponents of a civil rights
measure would have to move for
ward step at a time or get no
legislation at all through Con-
gress.
/ He made the statement at a
hearing to establish a commission
on human rights in the District.
The commissions job would be to
promote amicable relations be.
tween religious and racial groups
here, maintain the Golden Rule,
and investigate complaints al
leging discrimination. Several of
the witnesses wanted the measure
to begin with a preamble stating
that Congress recognizes preju-
dices and discrimination here and
is establishing the commission to
eliminate the tensions caused by
prejudice.
/ To DR.. Vincent Browne, repre-
senting the Washington chapter
Of the Americans for Democratic
Action, one of those who urged
such a preamble, Senator Nicely
said.
| Wants Enforceable Principles.
1T would be nothing but ges-
ture to approve bill which would
call for nothing but a filibuster
in the Senate"
He asked DR.. Browne:
Would you prefer this to moth
ing. or do you want to stand on
principles?"
DR.. Browne said he believed the
measure does contain some basic
principles, but he added that he
thought some consideration should
be given to making them enforce
able.
Mrs. John MeClintock, repre-
senting the District League oi
Women Voters, argued that q
preamble would help get II
through Congress.
Il don't feel we are in a posi-
tion to compromise. she added.
You and DIR. Browne want to
| (See Human RIGHTS Do A-IA1