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Evening star., 1951-11-11
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Ever since the arrival of the new
musical comedy hit. Top Bana-
na." every one in the entertain
ment industry has been counting
Phil Silvers', pulse and taking his
temperature.
Silvers is baffled by the fact that
the critics largely confined their
comments to criticisms on his per-
Torrance in the show plus a COM
ment on the state of his health.
Seldom has a star received such
ecstatic notices.
After reading the enthusiastic
reviews. Silvers started feeling
bad.
II started feeling bad after
reading all those highly ebullient
edo you need that translated?"
he Asked reviews. If you will wait
a moment, I will take off my
glasses and translate such four
syllable words. With my glasses
on cannot read at all, and with
or without them I cannot even
translate a So win ticket at Jamai-
ca race track.
He Was Worried.
"But I am really worried about
my health. You will remember
that when I was singing the lead
in the musical. High Button
Shoes I had trouble with my
throat. I changed my cigars. my
cigarettes. my bow ties and moth
ing happened. l still had trouble
with my throat. I tried q new
gargle and nearly drowned. The
manager Of High Button Shoes
sent me a new bottle Of vitamin
pills, but the bottle only knocked
out a couple Of teeth and I
couldn't get them down. I took
back the teeth. but couldn't get
a refund on the vitamin pills.
"As a result Of this experience
with Top Banana and my health.
I am resolved that henceforth my
doctor. dentist and tax collector
Evening star., 1951-11-11
Phi|'s So Good They Fret
About His Durability
By Mark Boron

will have to give me health GER
tiflcate before they confer with
me. I am including the tax COL
lector because my eyesight Is so
bad that I have to have my ocu-
list along so that 7 can see form
Sab. Sec. 8; PGH 8 and those
other myopic lines which a tax
collector suddenly presents you
and says. sign here"
Man Like Berle
In TOP Banana" Silvers plays
an egotisticai master of ceremonies
on television who apparently be-
lieves he Is another Milton Berle.
Berle sat in one of the front rows
opening night and apparently en-
joyed the show.
This exciting role in "Top Bana-
ma" isn't the first time Silvers has
had trouble with physical prob
lens in his theatrical career.
In his childhod he was star
in a children's act where his lyric
soprano was a hit. Then his voice
changed. That apparently was
the end Of Silvers' career. So Sill
vers decided to try being a come
dian, which wouldn't be such a
strain on his voice and health.
In TOP Banana" he has one Of
the longest. most exhausting. fun
niest and most-quickly- to- the
hospital roles that musical comedy
has ever seen. AS one New York
drama critic commented. Top
Banana" will last as long as Phil
Silvers can stand on his feet
which seems forever.
Evening star., 1951-11-11
By Harold Heffsrnon

did he. rather. until beautiful
Constance Smith. in the same
scenes. resorted to the simple, but
effective. expediency Of nervously
twisting the wedding ring on the
third finger of her left hand.
An elderly thief who has relied
on one little trick, since coming
from the stage 40 years ago, is
Lewis Stone. Stop and think. and
see If you can recall a performance
by Stone where he failed to tap
his chin reflectively with the tip
Iof his second finger. right hand.
1t was a ritual, of course, as the
grand old actor sat on the bench
as Judge Hardy throughout the
Andy Hardy series. It's a carry
over habit from real life, and
never was plotted for film- burglary
purposes. Stone explained.
Mason an Expert.
James Mason frequently turns
his back to the camera-a little
trick called "upstaging"-then
spins around abruptly to deliver
explosive dialogue. Mason per-
forms masterfully with his pet
'mannerism in his current por-
Itrayal of German Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel in "The Desert
Fox"
Veronica Lake studiously. and
with malice aforethought. let her
long. blond tresses dangle over
one eye and peekabooed her way
to stellar status in her first big
movie break, This Gun for Hire" "
Jean Peters likes to commit screen
larceny with a deft habit of brush
ing stray locks off her forehead.
Dana Andrews enjoys swiping
scenes by affecting a nervous
facial tic. Jimmy Cagney. whose
next picture will be "Charmaine. p"
lis soft-spoken gent off screen,
but Is famous for his close-clipped
machine-gun type Of converse
ton that cuases him to dominate
any film action.
The storied history Of Holly
wood Is saturated with classic
cases of scene stealing. Oldsters
like to recall the time John Barry
more. Akin Tamiroff and J. Car
rol Naish tried to embezzle q
movie from each other. Barry
more ogled directly into the cam
era. Tamiroff alternately yanked
at q board and picked his ear and
Evening star., 1951-11-11
lone ArtfuI Band of Thieves
|Greot|y Admired in Movies

Naish blew suffocating clouds Of
cigar smoke in front of his two
contemporaries. The trio of seem
cry chewers finally gave up, and
agreed to play 1t straight.
Tracy . Sly One.
Spencer Tracy purloins Sc
quences by lowering his voice. He
tried it In a scene with Walter
Brennan. for Stanley and Liv-
ingston." some years ago. So
Brennan lowered his own voice.
Tracy retaliated by dropping still
another key. Brennan dittoed.
They continued the battle until
the director finally interrupted by
Jumping up and hollering: This ID
not whispering contest!"
George Sanders, one Of the most
adept scene swindlers in the busi-
ness, met his match In a picture
he made with beauteous Madeleine
Carroll. While Sanders tried to
Ifilch film footage with such ges-
lures as rubbing his chin, scratch
ing an eyebrow and hicking ciga-
|rette ashes. Miss Carroll quietly.
slowly allowed the straps Of her
evening gown to drop from her
Ishapely shoulders. Sanders sur
rendered and promised to aban.
don his thieving tactics for the
rest of the movie.
A complete list Of the culprits
would go on and on. Today it's
Ia great. grim game of dog eat dog.
The successful actor long since
has discovered that the only de-
Ifense against a scene thief Is q
bigger and better bit Of the same.
(Released By North American Newspaper
Alliance
Evening star., 1951-11-11
This Biz
No Biz
But Vet Authors
Find 1t Full
OF Wonder
NEW YORK,

NEW YORK.
Show business Is a lot of old
business" take 1t from Abel
Green and Joe Laurie. jr.
Green. editor Of the trade jour-
nal Variety. and Laurie. vaude-
vile veteran. tell how q lot Of 1851
entertainment. from color movies
to hot drummers and radio-TV
"feuds." have been going on from
way back in a new book. SHOW
Biz" published by Holt. 1t de-
scribes American showmanship
since the turn of the century.
Take a look at this list of
"firsts" which they dug up:
Sky advertising began in 1908,
when a box kite was flown over
Broadway with a dummy on a
trapeze and a show ad.
+ Radio "giveaway" shows (where
gifts are contributed in exchange
for product mention) had their
origin in 1905 when vaudeville
acts got cases Of whisky and other
presents in return for a CONNER
cial plug on stage.
Atom, Too, Foreseen.
A prophecy Of atomic warfare
came in 1908 when the New York
Hipprodrome staged q spectacle
called Battle in the Skies" The
program predicted a war would be
fought in rs to 100 years between
the United States Of Europe and
the United States Of America u
American airships, 1t added, would
have radium guns which will be
able to devastate any city to the
ground"
The first talking and color
movie was shown in Cleveland in
1907. PreSaging all the religious
theme spectacle Of today, a col
ored movie. Life of Our Saviour.
played across the country in 1914
The first marathon dance came
off In San Francisco in 1910
staged by the late Sid Grammar.
The Drum Craze.
Current enthusiasm for orches-
ira drummers which boosted Gene
Krupa and others to stardom
got started In 1915 when Earl B
Fuller. with the Banjo Wallace
Orchestra. at Rector's, was giver
GA square feet Of floor space fol
traps.
Even the staid Metropolitan
Opera. which let tenor Robert
Merrill go last year after he went
to work in Hollywood and failed
to appear for an opera perform.
ance, had film troubles in ar
earlier day. In 1917 the Great
Geraldine Farrar didn't get hel
contract renewed after she
"posed" for the celluloid art form
SHOW Biz" doesn't confine it.
self to uncovering such old new
items in the trade, and is cram
med with other oddities.
For example, Helen Hayes was
once banned in Boston. But that
was In 1912. and the reason, she
was under age.
At the height Of her silent
screen popularity, Gloria Swanson
once took a screen test for un-
Iknowns wearing blond wig-anc
failed.
Evening star., 1951-11-11
HOLLYWOOD.

Violators Of the Commandment,
Thou shalt not steal" are pur-
sued vigorously and prosecuted by
the Hollywood police. but they
never invade one part Of the town.
where petty larceny and out-and-
out burglary is practiced daily.
| There's a thief or two or three
on every sound stage. and though
a lot of grumbling Is heard. moth
ling is ever done to punish or re-
form them. These miscreants are
Just plain movie scene stealers.
their piracy so delicately manipu-
lated that victims Just can't get
enough evidence to back a war
rant.
| Contrary to all the accepted
rules of law and order, the more
efficient this type Of thief, and the
more adroitly he practices his pill
fering, the greater his reward and
standing in the community. The
records prove. in fact. that high
powered scene robbery has been
the springboard to worldwide pop
ularity.
Stewart Near Top.
Expert scene stealers readily ad-
NIT that their processes. while
requiring considerable advance
study. are ridiculously simple.
They're wound up in minute man
Inerisms and histrionic gimmicks
that cause the fan out front to
switch unconscious attention from
the central action to the coy per-
petrator.
Many actors, for instance, would
like to pass sentence on Jimmy
Stewart. He's a chronic ear tug
Iger and resorts to that trick fire.
Iquently when he's supposed to be
listening quietly to anothers dia-
logue.
/ S. z. CCuddles") Sakan Is
equipped by nature to be one of
the most adept. He swipes many
movie moments by juggling his
several chubby jowls.
Cary Grant has a neat one, too
Did you ever notice how when
Cary hoists his eyebrows, every
optic In the audience focuses only
on his handsome visage?
This One q Tie.
When you get two clever culprits
playing opposite each other any
thing can happen. One of these
bouts came the other day on the
Iset of Red Skies of Montana" at
l20th Century-Fox. Richard Wild
mark. who has rarely smiled In a
picture since his famous kiss of
Death" was enacting stern
forest-fire fighter. He dead
panned all over the place and COM
Imanded most of the attention, or
Evening star., 1951-11-11
Todoy's Schedules


Stage.
ARENA-"She Stoops to Con-
quer":: $3.50.
NEW GAYETY-"The Moon
Is Blue: special benefit
performance. $40 pm.
Screen.
| AMBASSADOR-"The Tanks
Are Coming; 1:10. 3:15.
$40. 7::25 and 9:35 pm.
| CAPITOL-"The Man With
a Cloak; 1:45. 4:30 and
10 pm. Stage shows: 3:35,
6:15 and 9:05 pm.
COLUMBIA - 1.-THE Desert
Fox";;. 1875. 2:55. 4::20.
$40, sos and 10 pm.
DUPONT -" "The Emperor's
Nightingale: /. 2::30. 4:05.
5:35, 8:15. $50 and 1925
pm.
| KEITHS - 1.-THE Racket;
HAS. 1850, $50, 5:55, 7:55
and 10 pm.
LITTLE "Pepe lie Moko"::
100. 2:45. 4:30, 6:15. $50
and $50 pm.
METROPOLITAN - Street
car Named Desire; 1, $40,
$40, 7::30 and 9:45 pm,
NATIONAL Double Cross
bones; /, 2:45, 4:25, 6:15,
sos and 10 pm.
ONTARIO-"Rhubarb";; 1875,
$50. 8 and 1918 pm.
PALACE - "America n in
Paris; 1880, sos, 7:4o
| and 9:55 pm.
PIX kidnapping Gorillas";;
| 240. Sis. 7:45 and 1920
| pm.
PI4AYHOUSE-"The River;
| 2:30. $50 and $3.50 pm.
PLAzA-"Minne. the Curious
| Bride: 1885, $40, 4:55,
| $40, 8::35 and 1910 pm.
TRANS-LUX-"A Place in
the Sum-; LOS, 3:15, $50,
| TAO and 9:55 pm.
| WARNER-"The Tanks Are
| Coming; 1:20. 1928, 5:25.
1885 and 9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1951-11-11

FRY'S DREAMING SOLDIERS-Too scenes from Christopher
Fys "A Sleep of Ptsoner Dhich t,oo-oeek engage
ent here at the Church OF the Ascension and St.
November 49, The action OF the drama played Without inter
mission is concentrated tn four dream sequences tnuoung
similar number OF soldiers imprisoned In church. Leonard
White and Stanley Baker the Key figures in the illus
traed, oere members OF the original English company As
here "A Sleep for Prisoners played In churches Fys
stence that only such atmosphere could the play find
the authenticity 1t needs.
Evening star., 1951-01-22

in this field is his and the power to meet
it must also be his. The judiciary can
not dictate that he must either retain
in Government service those whom he
reasonably suspects, or else reveal pub
licly the means and methods by which
he detects disloyalty.'
Mr.. Barth makes what is to me a
rather surprising statement regarding
loyalty board members. "They are,"
he says. subject to the incessant and
formidable pressure from critics in Con-
gress to produce more and more victims" :"
This statement gives an impression of
the loyalty program that in my expert
ence is far from the fact.
I have never experienced any "inces-
SAINT" or formidable" pressure from
critics in Congress. or from any one else,
to produce victims Nor has there
ever been, in my experience. any sug-
gestion of any such expectation on the
part of members of Congress or any one
else. The program, in my experience,
has been one of careful scrutiny and
solemn and prayerful deliberation, with
out publicity or hysteria. FrBI reports
are presented to the panel members of
the Regional Loyalty Board, and these
reports are carefully studied. A large
percentage of employees is Immediately
found eligible. Another large percentage
Evening star., 1951-01-22
By Charles E. TroceweIl
Professional Teacher.

Many breeds have come to head the
list, depending upon the state of the
world at the time.
AS people more and more are crowded
into apartments, the smaller dogs come
into favor. There have been regular
cycles of Scottish terriers, dachshund
and now cookers.
Once it was the poodle dog, then the
Boston terriers, then the chow, then the
Pekinese.
This is all wonderful both for the dogs
and for us humans. for it shows us,
over the years, that all dogs are fine.
with few exceptions. (That is state
ment that scarcely can be made about
all humansD
There are many spaniels, including the
larger field spaniels. The Irish Water
spaniel must not be forgotten. He. too,
is wonderful fellow.
In a dog book published in 1912 the
chapter on the cocker spaniel begins:
"At the head of all varieties of SPAN
iels in America, so far as popularity is
concerned, stands the bright, attractive
cocker spaniel. His admirers are far
too numerous to admit of our consider
ing him as entirely used for field sports,
for not one in 10, we may say one in
so, of the owners of cocker spaniels is
a shooting man or uses the spaniel in
its special line as field dog"
Evening star., 1951-01-22
SideIieht on "Dispersine"

Before the Government goes further
with its dispersal program. it would be
we'll to take look at conditions in some
of the activities that already are dis
persed.' so that the same intolerable
conditions are not duplicated
AS j. H. pointed out in his recent
letter, the Navy Annex in Arlington is
one glaring example of inexcusable
bungling in the matter of providing
proper parking facilities for employees,
many Of whom must depend on their
automobiles for transportation. At the
Navy Annex, limited number Of re-
served spaces are allotted to relatively
few, presumably on the basis of rank or
position, and the rest of the employees
(the vast majority somehow must find
space on nearby streets and roads where
no space exists. Requests for action and
suggestions whereby this parking situa-
ton could be improved are met with
administrative shrugS and well, you
don't have to work here attitude.
Competent use of surrounding Gov
ernment lands and roads. and compare
lively small money outlay could provide
reasonably close parking facilities in
large numbers. But nothing will be done
until responsible authorities rouse them
selves from their do-nothing lethargy
Let's correct such situations in the
present dispersed activities before
moving the rest of the Government to
similar remote spots in the country.
COmmuter.
Evening star., 1951-01-22

Germany. But in view Of what they have been
doing to organize an East German puppet army
and to maneuver themselves into position to
take over the whole of Europe, they have no
legitimate complaint against efforts to create
limited West German military strength. Above
all, with the balance of land power heavily in
their favor, and with their policy plainly policy
of dominance e-seeking aggression, they mock the
common sense of mankind when they suggest
that the free world is bent on war in seeking to
defend itself with alliances like the Atlantic Pact
The would-be murderer asks too much when he
asks his would-be victims not to call the police
or otherwise try to save themselves. The Krenllin
can be sure that our side will never offer it that
kind of cooperation.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
School Survey in Prince GEORGES
H. P. Carter.

I have been interested in the discus
sion OF the teacher situation in Prince
Georges County. For more than 20 years
I have been a teacher and have trained
teachers. I know many of the teachers
of Prince Georges County and I have
heard these current problems discussed
by them, and there is great deal OF
discomfort among the teachers of the
county with regard to several problems
that should be studied and solved
All that is needed to indicate that the
problems exist is survey of the countys
educational system by qualified and
unbiased committee of educators and
county citizens. If an unprejudiced sur
vey were made of the teachers to secure
ideas and complaints, the situation would
be revealed.
A purely factual survey of the basic
school problems would be an excellent
beginning. Compare the wage scale of
Prince Georges County with the District
and Montgomery County scales. Compare
the extra teaching load, the average
number of pupils per teacher and per
room, the after-school teacher load ETC.,
with other modern school systems. Check
the experience, degrees and professional
attitudes of the school supervisors and
administrators as well as the teachers
In the county. Find out whether the
teachers and supervisors are well chosen
with qualifying degrees and educational
experience. Learn whether the non
certified teachers are paid as much as
State-certified teachers with many years
of experience and whether there is any
incentive for a teacher to reach the
standards required for certifcation.
Many Of the discontented teachers of
the county are qualified and certified
teachers with several years of teaching
experience both in the county and in
other school systems. These teachers
are genuinely professional in their atti-
tudes and approaches to these educa-
tional problems and recognize that
unnecessary discomfort reduces the
effectiveness of the educational organi-
zation and procedures.
The solution to the educational prob
lens Of Prince Georges County does not
lie in occasional and individual letters
to the newspapers. but rather in a survey
of the problems by an appropriate county
group of citizens and educators yielding
definite findings and recommendations
for an improvement of the system and
teacher attitudes.
Professional Teacher.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Fine Feathers

Sir, inpounded By tDinter's chius.
Shrouded In melancholy gray
Hncone tares and Christmas bills
Adding their bite to BoreGs' brdV.
Fetch your cofer ,uith folding tray.
Where, protected By nothbane pills.
Trout-fies cluster In trim array
Siluer Doctors and Ginger Quillsl
Swiftly Danish the seasons ills:
Winter miseries melt GtDay,
ThatDed By pisions OF future thrills
Summoned By TUFTS OF feathers gny
Hiding iuee hooks >. Reminders, they.
That, Just over the icebonnd hills,
Wait the wonders of Opening Day.
Siluer Doctors and Ginger Qutllsi
Brawling riuers and pickering rills:
Ponds, a-dinple tDhere big trout play:
Limit catches and epic kills:
Eager April and nlelloiO May -.
Does not the ,oorld seem brighter. pray.
Though through the pines bleak sot,,d
shrills,
Since your tackle-bor corks display
Siluer Doctors and Ginger Quillsi
Harold willard GIeoson
Evening star., 1951-01-22
DISPERSAL and Overall PIonnino

Encouraging support for legislation to en-
large the authority and jurisdictional scope of
the National Capital Park and Planning Com
mission is developing throughout the Washington
Metropolitan Area. The need for such legislation
is becoming stronger with the unfolding of the
national defense program, especially that part
of it having to do with dispersal of Federal
agencies.
Much of the opposition to the original plan
for expanding the commission both as to men,
bership and powers, has faded in recent months.
The opposition arose chiefly over misunderstand-
ings as to the purpose of the bill and fears that
the Federal Government would encroach on the
rights of local planning and governmental au
thorities. Most of the planning officials in the
nearby counties have agreed that the NCPPC
needs wider representation and powers If the
problems of dispersal are to be handled to the
best interests of Federal, State and county juris
dictions. It was on the question of how much
representation Virginia, Maryland and the Dis
trict should have on the enlarged commission
that opinions differed. If some of the suggestions
in this connection were to be adopted, the COM
mission would be too topheavy to operate effec-
lively An interesting compromise plan would
create regional planning council, with adequate
representation from the various planning agen-
cies in the Metropolitan Area, to serve as a
Haison agent between the commission and all
of the local planning bodies. Some such arrange
ment might prove to be feasible answer to
the representation questions raised in Virginia
and Maryland.
However, the basic need remains for giving
the National Capital Park and Planning Com
mission greater authority in the planning of the
expansion of the Seat of Government into the
nearby counties. This need was properly stressed
in resolutions passed by the American Planning
and Civic Association last week. Without such
an overall agency, representing not only the
Federal Government but the District Maryland
and Virginia, the dispersal program is apt to
become piecemeal, unco-ordinated movement
that will provide the whole area with traffic,
zoning and public service headaches Of unprece-
dented seriousness.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
18th STREET.

18th STREET.
"Dear Sir:
"A recent article on the cocker spaniel
brought back some happy days Of my
own experiences and admiration for the
training Of this most beautiful and in
teresting breed Of dogs.
eve have one of our own, which can
match in intelligence any variety that
I have ever owned, and as you know
personally. have had considerable ex-
perience in the field Of sport and out
door life.
my admiration for the cocker has led
me to compose a few verses extolling
the character and talent Of the breed.
Sincerely yours, w. M. M"
MY DOG
He's just little doggie,
With coat of velvet red;
Eyes of expressive loveliness,
A cocker thoroughbred.
His tail is short and stubby.
Ears are silky and long;
An aristocrat Of dogdom,
Worthy Of the poets song.
Loyal affectionate and faithful,
With intelligence far in the lead.
OF other species of canine.
The cocker spaniel breed!