Evening star., 1951-04-01
HOLLYWOOD.

Unless Hollywood producers get
their impounded money out Of
foreign countries very soon, they
iface the prospect of making their
ifaraway location movies without
established American stars head
ling the casts.
| There's a concerted movement
lafOot among the big-name talent
Ito insist upon contract clauses
forbidding the employer from
Isending them outside the United
Estates.
Hardships, including several
eases where serious and lasting ILL
Inesses gripped players who could
mot stand up under the change Of
climate and food, form the all
important reason for this wide
spread talent rebellion. However,
there's another reason-possibly
more important to some. This is
Iloss of box-ofice rating and pub
lie prestige due to long absence
IITOIM the uOIIle iot.
Grant Still Remembers.
Actual case histories are plenti-
lful. Cary Grant was stricken with
malaria during the making of II
Was A Male War Bride" in Ger
many. lost nearly SO pounds and
lstill suffers occurrences Of the af-
Fiction. And although that movie
Twas a hit, the year sojourn abroad
land lack of personal publicity,
dropped him down the popularity
ladder. He hasn't nearly the box
Ioffice punch he possessed pre-
tyiously.
/ The same goes. in even greater
measure. for Tyrone Power. When
Ty left for Europe three years
ago he was tops-plus on the
male-starved Goth Century-Fox
lot. Returning a few months ago
to make "Rawhide," with Susan
Hayward, after filming two pic
lures on the continent, he found
himself far from the command
ing Power of old. Unfortunately,
Ty had made a couple of fops,
but even his well-ballyhooed
romance and marriage failed TO
keep fandom's interest kindled.
Ty hot-footed it right back tc
London to appear in stage
play and it is doubtful. studio
bigwigs say, whether he'll do an
other film on that lot. Mean
while, the Power fans have shifted
over to the studios new en-
tries. such as dashing Dan Daily.
Rory Calhoun, Dale Robertson
and Bill Lundigan-all cutting
the big swath there now.
) Taylor Also Caught.
), Then, there's poor Robert Tay-
!, ,Ilor, who permitted MGM to lure
him over to Italy Is months ago
! to star in "Quo Vadis." This
movie may be released yet in
1851 but probably not before
next Easter. Anyway. handsome
J land once-popular Bob will have
been (an todd off the screen
! more than two years and that's
anything but good for a red-hot
J leading man.
Deborah Kerr might have killed
,lherself off in the same "Quo
ivadis" venture had it not been for
lthe fortunate strike that permit
'lted her to appear first in another
location movie, king Solomon's
) Mines" which was shot largely in
Africa. Deborah sailed almost di-
lrectly from those shores to Italy.
Meanwhile, there was considerable
delay in getting King Solomon"
to the screens. When it did flash
out about eight months ago, as a
sensational hit-one that will
prove MGM's biggest grosser in a
dozen years-MiSs Kerr was saved
from location isolation.
Even Ava Suffered.
Likewise, the gorgeous Ava
Gardner. reaching the peak of her
career, was sunk to a low level
box office-wise through MGM's
Iloan-out jaunt to Spain for "Pan-
dora and the Flying Dutchman.
In this case, however, Ava man