Evening star., 1952-09-15

1nvitational premiere tonight of
the Uptown theater -. Most of
gates to the Theaters Owners Q
this week at the Shoreham.
favorite entertainment. -. A
soundly sensible taste. More
than 500 exhibitors, Hollywood
magnates and movie makers are
in town for the sessions.
Shows" the trades label for
the Goth Century Fox production,
is the eighth Hemingway story to
be filmed He writes naturals
for the screen. Except pos
sibly the much abused Across the
River And Into the Trees" :.
From "A Farewell to Arms" Hem
ingway hits have included such as
For Whom The Bell Tolls, - "The
Killers, ITO Have And Have Not.
. But not THE Macomber AZ
fair" Reverting to Miss Gard
ner, her studio biographers are
prepared for a long career for
her already. . OF her birth
date. they merely say it is Dec. 81,
ignoring the year. :. Except as
precaution for the future. of
courseSit is a totally unnecessary
gesture in Ava's case. One of
the gracious tricks in the press
agents trade.
In view of the reputed scorn of
contemporary girl graduates for
secretarial jobs, it might interest
them to know that Miss Gardner
prepared for just such a career.
Shows one never knows where
shorthand and tipping may land
a girl.
Love Affair: The Lunts and
London are more in love than
ever. . The occasion is the
appearance of the couple in
Noel Coward's new comedy, Qua
drille." 1t scored an instant
hit with public and critics. i
With the latter estimating the
Lunts to be better than ever. !
But not Noel. "Quadrille" is
not his most glittering work. :.
How times flies note: With the
opening of 'Mr. Pickwick" on
Wednesday night, the Playwrights'
company will be starting it's 18th
season. Three of the original
members still belong, Robert E..
Sherwood, Maxwell Anderson and
Elmer Rice. Tragically sep
arated from the group was Sidney
Howard, killed in an accident on
his farm. Il. Departed voluntarily
is S. N. Behrman, more interested
in simply writing plays than shar-
ing in the responsibility of al
producing organization. Fiji
teen years? . Humhh.
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People at Work: Another thing
on which Director Alfred Hitch
cock never stints is expensive
actors. He has just added
Brian Aherne to the cast of al
Confess which already Includes
Anne Baxter. Montgomery Cliff
and Ralph Meeker. Studios
finally are recognizing that many
character players in film can actI
rings around the stars in the same
pictures. The consequence isl
they are giving marqee space to
more and more of these. Such
as Thomas Mitchell, Sir Cedric
Hardwicke, Thelma Ritter, Louis
Calhern, etc. 1t is a way of
underlining the public's recogni-
ton that these are the real artists
of many a production.
Walter Pidgeon, who has been
more idle recently than ever be-
fore, is on his way back with a
bang. . This summer alone, he
will have been in four films. !
With such a variety of glamorous
co-starS as Esther Williams, Greer
Carson, Lana Turner and Deborah
Kerr. Will Rogers, jr., signed
for a single film with Warmers
when he acted his father in THE
Will Rogers Story" .. He would
rather be a newspaper publisher,
which he is in Beverly Hills. i
But the studio has talked him
into another role. the lead in "The
Boy From Oklahoma.
In boom times, free lance act
ing in Hollywood is fine. :.
Otherwise, it is better for a girl to
have studio contract among her
assets. q. Hence Kathryn Gray
sons deal with Warmers for a
series of five pictures. Start
ing with The Desert Song" d.
Katie also will star in THE Grace
Moore Story. . Ida Lupino, the
only woman film director in Holly
wood, finds acting more profit
able even when she is working for
her own company. Filmmakers.
-. She gets $1,000 for direction
of film. . For starring in one,
the pay is. 100000. Needless
to say, this is not the usual diff
ferential in scale.
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Irons in the Fire: The zing it
still possesses after II years may
lead to a new production this fall
of Lillian Hellman's 1.-The Chill
dren's Hour" The 1885 work
proved its continued livelieSs in
summer theater tests. Kermit
Bloomgarten has placed it on his
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