Evening star., 1951-07-01
The Passing Show
Actor EWeII Runs Into
A Personal ShortQqe
He Finds Most Writers Too Busy
With TV to Produce an Act
The Passing Show
By Joy Cormody

Tom Ewe the actor-comedan who equipped by nature
with Pucklke face unique citizens who have been
goes along every
to eat bills and the but in addition
Ewer has private shortage.
When to do this tour he referring to his
booking headner of the Capos vaudeville BILL II overlooked
thing 7 anticipated finding to
write material have somehow always thought Of the world
full of writer's waiting of acts such
the the one wanted to do.
Found Writers Busy TV Programs
But what happened? No writer's that's what happened
They busy television writing assignment
writing speculation they're getting rich
contracts they planning get they
SELL rate they not available had all
over the place before finally found some to whip the act
into shape"
Being an actor and good one who has proved on stage
and Ewe not like the old vaudeville comic monoog
types memory jokes
will any required number of
higher and he the business He felt acute need
for writer time urgently that he thought of getting
the right Bob Bencleys famous old easers Report"
Some day. incidentally he that act although
he modest dsaVowS notion that he will remind
Bencey The truth that he does not need to- He good
in his right
He's Credit to Wisconsin University
Ewe product of the University Of Wisconsin where he
baptisma name Tompkns
Back hespan) intellectually to
He has far buster mind than most actors That what led him
into vaudeville He just thought he would like to try it this
summer challenging
will him something third
Ewes choice place to live Bucks County Pa mot the
fashionable but the farming part This takes outside
unless skilled and devotes himself exclusively to it
Ewe just likes country living he is He supports
choice residence preference
Broadway HOLLYWOOD Ewe admits with complete
tits exclusive preference he Hollywood has
good for and I'm just live actor who likes living
which, of is the most feel who have had
experience in both forms
Nevertheless biggest reality has is that
professional destiny workers
In this world The JOBS ne can get are not TOO numerous ana
they between often Broadway and Hollywood He
snobbh about either and he learning lot
wherever he works
He Hos New Play in Prospect
Ewel, flexible twopictures-a-year deal with Uni
highly pleased that he could start fast
In Hollywood with such roles those in Adams Rib and up
Front"
However will Broadway this current plans
mcarry will be both the star and coproducer of
play the life Hubbard famous Indiana cartoon
ist-phosopher the beloved ABE Martin Says
newspaper feature Hubbard fine Ewel
Americana.
1t may later this at westport Conn.,
auspices of the Guild but there is
revising do lot of show people whose judgment he prefers
10 Ewens enthusiasm for the play.
While he is willing to questions about himself and
intelligent of it, Ewe would rather talk about other
persons other things Particularly about the older comics he
remembers from his boyhood vaudeville fan.
Dr. Rockwell Got Profitable Ideo
of of these Rockwell anky. uncomic
looking who convud everybody father and mother two
and half decades
just funny time Ewel him. ostage this
occasion.
The setting was the New Rockwell
Ewe watching that parachute drop device which
sensations of the big oc Suddenly the former turned
to EwA to say:
"They pay 40 cents apiece to do that?"
Ewell said they did.
TT gives idea" Rockwell replied "1m going to
poison patch here few yards and charge them
q quarter crawl through it,
Ewel feels did not need writer's much
the moderns.