The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-11
HOLLYWOOD
NOTES

because Of his diet, which largely
consisted Of canned tuna and
cheese. No curry fan Is Rod. But
despite the limited cuisine, he was
fascinated with India and partic-
ularly, Indian movie making.
ibid you know that India has
the second biggest film industry
In the world, second only to ours?"
he asked over q plate of corned
beef hash. Che passed up the tuna
oasserole.)
/ admitted my ignorance.
well, It's true" he continued.
s'But unlike our industry, which
II centercd In Hollywood, theirs Is
spread out all over the country.
And their methods are Z great
deal different from ours.
For instance, time means moth
ing to them. They might take q
year or year and q half to make
q picture. Language has q lot to
do with this. There are Is different
languages and 300 dialects in In
dia. The scenes are shot over and
over again In al the principal
languages. But aside from the
language difficulty, they are In no
hurry any way.
There are far fewer stars than
We have in Hollywood, and they
are highly paid and much In de-
mand. A star might be making sew
eral pictures at once and can earn
as much as $4,000 ($25 ,000) q
year. That's tremendous salary,
when you consider that the aver
age Indian earns one rupee q day.
That's what the movie extras
make In India. For their rupee d
day, they viii do anything, whether
it's rioting In q crowd scene or
falling off building. They con-
slider themselves lucky. because
the producers keep them on Q
steady salary, instead Of laying
them off between pictures. +"
Cameron remarked that the In
dian films run around three hours
or more and are generally tear
jerkers. The natives also enjoy
American pictures, particularly
the musicals and Westerns. Rod
found his own horse operas play
ing there and was surprised to
be recognized even In remote vii
lagos.
The actor journeyed to India
with Marie Windsor and Cesar Ro-
nero to make s'The Jungle. While
there, they were pressed into duty
at the film festivals which we're
being held all over the country.
The Russians had So delegates,
said Cameron, land Red China
sent five. The United States sent
only one---Frank Capra. That's why
they sent q hurry call for as, and
We stopped shooting for q couple
Of weeks to appear.
but / must say that Capra was
. tower of strength. He did q ter
rife job for the u. s. IN present
Ing our story simply and honestly.
He made an effective protest when
the Russians used the festivals for
propaganda speeches.
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HOLLYWOOD n--This could be
D trend.
First. Marilyn Monroe appears
unclothed In q calendar photo
graph taken In her less successful
days.
Now Hildegarde Neff admits that
she did scene In the altogether
for q German-made movie.
Miss Neff, who has been termed
Germany's best contribution TO the
u. s. since Marlene Dietrich, Is
frank about the whole thing. In
this respect, she differs from Hedy
Lamar, who has long been touchy
about the hirthday-suit bathing
scene she did many years ago in
"Ecstacy."
The Netf nude scene appears In
"The Sinner" which she made in
Germany about q year ago.
II didn't know about the scene
until ! had agreed 70 make the
picture" she related. II had
agreed to do the film because II
was such . wonderful part for
woman. l played the daughter az
q rich German family which Is
Impoverished BY the war. The girl
becomes q woman Of the streets.
After . sinful career, she falls
IN love with an artist. she be.
comes . model. That Is when the
nude scene takes place. She poses
for him. and there Is a playful
tussle in which he drops her in the
lake.
when ! learned about the scene.
] was 4 little hesisart. But | had
already signed ard the part vas
tco good 10 pass up. Besides, the
zee was not thrown In for scnsa-
& I'm: Il had . direct bearing
o. = pot"
ssen said that the sequence
n "a three days cf filming. I
a ! her II sas vas embarrassed.
ot AZ 81" sire answered
pra aptly. You see. ! began study
ms art when l was Is. Az IT. I
was the youngest member admit
tad fn the Art Conservatory In Rer.