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Evening star., 1952-07-20
Good Steal
Tumiroff's Wizurdy
Pleasing to Lodd
3y bod h0I1n0S
HOLLYWOOD.

Alan Ladd was the victim Of
thievery. but he has failed to
register a complaint.
The culprit was Akin Tamil
rolf. character actor who has
returned to the screen after
a four-year absence. Using all
the wiles he learned at the Mos
COW art theater. the actor stole
a scene right out from under
the handsome Ladd profile. But
Ladd failed to squawk. In fact.
he suggested a line to pad out
Tamiroff's part.
Aren't you worried about
having that scene thefted from
you?" I asked Ladd when he left
the set.
mot at ALL" he replied bland
ly. "Tamiroff can do all the
stealing he wants to. If 1t makes
the picture better. that's all
right with me-"
Ladd's attitude is not COM
pletely altruistic. He has more
than a passing interest in the
film, which is one Of those North
African things called Desert
Legion" He'll take half ofsthe
pictures profits and the other
half goes to the studio, Univer-
Sal-International.
It's q sentimental return for
Laddie-boy. He got his screen
acting start on the lot way
back in 1893.
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Coming Attractions

Stage.
CARTER BARRON AMpHI-
TIL HEATE R-The Ballet
Russo de Monte Carlo,
starting August 8.
NATIONAL Good Mite
Ladies'" starting tomorrow.
OLNEY-"I Found April"
with Constance Bennett,
starting Tuesday.
Screen.
AMBASSADOR-"The Story
Of viii Rogers" with viii
Rogers, jr., starting Thurs
day.
CAPTTOL-"Wait Til the sun
Shines, Nellie" with Jean
Peters, starting Thursday.
COLUMBIA-'Pat and Mike"
with Katharine Hepburn,
starting Friday.
DUPONT-"Latuko." an Afri-
can picture.
KEITH'S-"King Kons," with
Bruce Cabot. and 1.-THE
Leopard Men," with Dem
mis- O'Keefe, starting We'd
nesday.
METROPOLITAN =" Models,
1nc.." with Colleen Gray,
starting Thursday.
ONTARIO-"Somethingt to
to Live For" with Joan
Fontaine, starting Wednes-
day.
PALACE-"Lovely to Look
At" with Kathryn Grayson,
starting Thursday.
PLAYHOUSE-"O u tcast Of
the Islands," with Trevor
Howard. starting Wednes-
day.
PLAzA-"Miss julie" with
Anna Bjork.
WARNER-"The Will Rogers
Story" with Will Rogers,
jr., starting Thursday.
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Celeste Keeps Playing Girls Named Ann
But They Represent Wide Variety Of Characters
And She Hos the ToIen to Make Them Good

myself with. II that is impos-
sible, I simply don't do it.
$50 far as this play is con-
cerned. Dick and Oscar (pro-
ducers Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein III have
found the key to my emotions.
She Loves the Port
II am now projecting on the
stage what I have always be-
lieved. What the King and r
and myself have to say is this:
Without education and UNDER
standing. there Is no hope for
the world. I have been con-
vinced Of this for years. I feel
as If had been doing this show
for a long time. To say that I
love 1t would be the understate-
ment Of the century,"
Miss Holm has revealed an
extraordinary talent for variety
from her role Of q nun in the
film Of Come to the Stable"
to the Pennsylyal1ia Dutch
Emma in the stage play, Papa
Is All" to q modern sWashing-
ton. D. c.. woman in Affairs
Of State"
Her early education was good
background for playing so many
dissimilar characters. Miss Holm
was born in New York City but
her parents were continually
travelling. From her kinder
garten days until she was grad.
uated from high school she
studied in IA different cities.
including one school in Paris
and one in Holland.
That foreign education did
a lot for my stage career" she
said.
When Rodgers and HAM
merstein were casting the role
OF Ado Annie in 'Oklahoma!'
I came on the stage Of the st.
Evening star., 1952-07-20
By Mark Boron
NEW YORK.

Celeste Holm is an ebullient
blond actress with such elan
that one Of her worst additions
won her two Of her most CLAM
orous theater roles-and one Of
her best resulted in a starring
role In a Pulitzer prize winner.
Miss Holm is now giving in
her clear, soprano voice a spirit
ed and saucy Interpretation of
the role Of Anna Leonowens in
the starring role of "The King
and I" at the st. James Theater.
She Is pinch hitting for Ger
trude Lawrence in the role of
English governess to the IA chill
dren Of the King Of Siam in the
Rodgers Hammerstein musical
based upon Margaret Landon's
novel, Anna and the King Of
SIAM"
In her dressing room the
other afternoon Miss Holm said
that she thought she should get
her name changed to Celeste
Ann Holm.
She's Alwoys Ann
Il was Ado Annie in Okla.
homa.' Ann Detry in the film.
'Gentlemen's Agreement then.
Anna Christie in Eugene
ONeill's play last season at the
New York City Center Theater.
And now I'm Anna Leonowens."
Miss Holm has one complaint
about her role.
Anyone standing Just at the
hem Of my hoopskirt is a good
5 feet away from me-" Miss
Holm said. "A girl can get lone
ly complexes wearing such
clothes.
Everything I do I identity
Evening star., 1952-07-20

Rudy Berger seldom calls.
There is no reason why he
should, being in quite a different
branch Of the movie business
than that having to do with
drama departments.
He is a pleasant man who rep
presents M-G-M with a quiet
distinction and he sees no rea-
son why he should waste his
time. or anyone else's, with
pointless calls.
Nevertheless. there was q tele-
phone message from Rudy Ber-
ger the other day. It was about
an idea he had as chairman Of
Variety Clubs committee to Sc
lect show business personality
OF the year." This is an annual
award made by local Variety
Club. Tent No. IL, and it has
been won heretofore by AL Jol-
son. Arthur Godfrey, and Joe
e. Brown.
Help From Critics
1T has been suggested" he
began, that the committee ask
the drama and motion picture
critics in Washington for some
suggested candidates this year.
No one is closer than you people
to show business and your ideas
on the personality Of the year
might be better than our own.
Any suggestions?"
Mr.. Berger did not know it but
every well ordered drama de-
partment keeps a stock Of per
6onalities Of the year." It COLI
1ectS them somewhat In the
manner addicts play draw poker.
holding this personality and dis
carding that one until It comes
up with an absolute winner.
It is this system that made it
possible for this department to
tel Mr.. Berger:
We have just the man you
want. We've been keeping him
right on the top of the file. With
all due respect to AL Jolson.
Arthur Godfrey and Joe E.
Brown, he's worth the lot of
them. In baseball, he would be
q cinch to be the most valuable
player OF the year. and eventu-
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Nice Girl
Ann BIyth Is Quiet,
And Gifted, Too
By james Bocon
HOLLYWOOD.

Can a nice girl make the
grade in the movies?
Ann Blyth. a girl any fellow
could proudly take home to meet
mother, Is proof that virtue is
its own reward-even in Holly
wood.
This young and beautiful ac-
tress is one of the most tai
ented and successful in the busi-
ness. Yet, paradoxically. her
name is seldom, If ever, men
toned in the gossip columns.
Ann. it seems. spends most Of
her leisure time at church ba-
zaars. a most unlikely hangout
for gossip columnists.
Hos Many Dotes
She has plenty of dates, like
any other girl Of %. but so far
nothing serious. One of her
steadiest beaux is Charles Fitz-
simons, the handsome Irish
born brother of Maureen
O'Hara.
Fitzsimons diseloses that a
date with Ann usually entails
dinner, then a movie. with a
chocolate soda afterward.
Ann is not a prude about
nightclubs.
tits all right" she explains,
ito 60 there to see some great
artist perform. But to sit there
in those dingy. smoke filled
rooms night after night is not
my idea of fun.
"I like to Dance" she adds,
"but not on a crowded floor"
She Con Listen
FitzsimonS discloses some
thing else about a date with
Ann.
Besides being one Of the
incest girls I've ever met" says
Fitzsimons, "she is surprisingly
attentive when we talk"
Fitzsimons is an up and COM
ing young actor and he recog-
nizes that as a rare quality
among actresses. The usual
female movie star CABS about
herself for hours on end and
then gives her partner a break
with a remark like this:
'Now. let's talk about you for
awhile. How did you like my
last picture?"
In AIMS case, that would be
hard to answer unless one were
an inveterate moviegoet. She
has three major pictures either
just released or about to be.
ALI Of them accent her versa
tility.
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Lives Of Sturs
Rest in Hands
OF Blast Man
By Harold Heffernon
HOLLYWOOD.


A sturdy, dark-compexioned
powder man" by the name Of
Larry Chapman has been earn
ing q good living for the last
IS years soaring the daylightS
out Of Hollywood's highest-paid
stars by setting of explosions at
their feet.
He will blow up. an earth
showering land mine under
Gregory Peck as blithely as he'd
hand him q cigarette or knock
Ava Gardner spinning with q
shell explosion as calmly as
lighting q Fourth Of July spark
Ter.
Recently Chapman staged Q
massive recreation Of the Span
ish Civil War on the 20th Cen
tury-Fox lot for "The Shows of
Kilimanjaro." While 500 infan-
trymen representing opposing
armies charged back and forth.
Chapman and q corps Of as
Sistants served as the artillery
for each side. setting of land
mines and shells with concealed
wires.
They Come Close
Many of his blasts were ex-
ploded only a couple Of feet
from the actors. That's about
the closest you can set of a good
charge" Chapman commented.
"and still keep the boys and girls
in one piece"
Chapman exploded 10 charges
that rocked the hillside. one
powerful enough to overturn q
Red Cross ambulance which Ava
Gardner had driven.
I'VE could have had some ter
rible casualties" the expert said,
''if we hadn't watched carefully.
but King and I knew where
every charge was planted. We
would wait until the men had
barely cleared each one before
blowing it up. It's all Q matter
Of split-Second timing and keep
ing your eyes on every man who
is in the scene. SO that II he
forgets and wanders of his
course you can hold back the
explosions"
Extro Noise Added
1--WE always put more noise
than necessary into the
charges" said Chapman. I'VE
do that for the psychological
effect on the actor. We want to
scare him half to death. Di-
rectors figure that no one can
act that frightened - that it
must be the real thing"
IF a fellow isn't accustomed
to explosions" said Chapman,
'it's mighty rough on the
nerves. Even the most rugged
actors can come down with q
good case Of jitters. Especially
since many were bandaged and
stretcher-bearers were running
through 1t all.
I'm my quarter Of century
Of blowing up Hollywood lots"
he continued, "I've known only
one star SO frightened he
couldn't go ahead with a scene.
He was o fellow who plays big.
tough bruiser roles, but he
turned out to be powder shy.
I could understand that. Every
one has some such fear. This
big timer" Chapman recalled,
"wept like a child when the first
blast exploded a few feet away
and had to be taken to the hos
pital for sedatives and rest be-
fore continuing"
{ Released hy NANAN
Evening star., 1952-07-20
The Passing Show
How About Gene Kelly as Personality
Of the Year in Show Business, 1852?
By Jay cormody

s0AuuS1y
ally a sure-shot for the Hall Of
Fame at Cooperstown."
Another Man Who
Mr.. Berger sat at his end Of
the telephone waiting to slip In
single word.
"Who?"
"Gene Kelly" he was told.
That's a thought" Mr.. Berger
agreed. That's a very good
though. But how did you come to
think it?" The latter question
was much more gracious than it
sounds in type.
WELL" this correspondent ex-
planned. ''it's like this: Kelly is
to HOLLYWOOD what Rodgers and
Hammerstein are to the musical
drama on Broadway. This is to
say that he is its most creative
creator. He feels the gayety and
the gravity Of life and he knows
how to express these things in
musicals that are warm and
real. He is just about the most
consistently creative performer
in Hollywood"
There's a lot in that" Mr..
Berger said.
"He goes even farther, in q
way. than Rodgers and Hammer
Stein," the voice behind the
kelly boom continued. Rodgers
does not play the music he writes
in his shows and Hammerstein
could not possibly sing his won-
derful lyrics. But Kelly dances
his dances. sings his songs. reads
his comedy lines and helps to
direct his pictures. Not merely
the dances. but the rest Of the
picture. His producer, Arthur
Freed, gives him his head and
Kelly uses 1t like no one else
around just now"
and" Mr.. Berger mur.
INJURED.
A Kind Of MirocIe
"And. well. it was q miracle
that Kelly musical was the first
one ever to win an Academy
award. Was there an outraged
protest at this heresy? A little
muttering, yes. but no outrage.
Why? Because Kelly's too popu-
lar a personality. Everybody
likes him, in a business where
success usually means the begin
ming Of envy. dislike, etc."
+. Anything else?" Mr.. Berger
asked.
Eyes," the Kelly nominating
speech-maker said. there is. I
would not want to sound tact
less. or to he misunderstood, but
that personality of the year :,
award we'll"
well, what?"
"Well, it seems to have been
made more out of sentiment
than for merit. No one could
possibly dispute an award to
Jolson, Godfrey or Brown. They
have been great, and Godfrey's
still good for a million a year.
But personality of the year sug-
gests the personality that has
most electrified the most peo-
pie in the last IL months.
A Question Roised
Gould this honestly be said
Of Jolson or Brown in the year
they won the award? I don't
quite remember the details but
their winning years seem to have
been their most inactive ones
or pretty close to it. Now, take
Kelly. In less than a year. he
did two musicals as brilliant and
popular as An American in
Paris and 'Singin' in the Rain
They delighted millions.
"He is doing two more this
year, one Of them sBrigadoon.'
That, with the Kelly touch.
ought to be the first great film
version of a lovely stage musi-
cal. The Kelly touch-there's
nothing like it. How could he,
in all fairness. be less than the
personality Of the year?"
There was silence for a Sec
ond or two at Mr.. Berger's end
Of the wire.
81 really don't know" he fin
ally replied. "At any rate,
thanks q lot.
ssVXYaS1l ean
Evening star., 1952-01-30
Steel Stocks Advance
AS Resi- Of Market
Is Narrowly Mixed
BY The As.oeioied Pres.

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Steel is
sues ran far ahead Of the rest OF
the stock market today.
Active buying demand pushed
the steels ahead a few cents to
taround a dollar a share. But in
other sections there was little ac-
tivity and prices were narrowly
mixed. Rails were steady but
lshoWed little inclination to resume
their upward climb.
Bethlehem Steel, United States
Steel, Youngstown Sheet & Tube
land Republic Steel were among
the leaders on the upside. Amer
ican Tobacco, after declaration of
La 81 extra dividend, same as a
year ago, advanced fractionally.
Others touching higher ground
included Union Pacific. Philco,
Zenith Radio, American Can,
American Woolen. U. S. Gypsum,
American Cyanamid, Air Reduc-
ton, Eastern Air Lines, American
Smelling, Schenley and Goodyear.
Backward were Dow Chemical,
Du Pont, Allied Chemical, Stand
ard Oil of New Jersey, Gulf Oil,
Douglas Aircraft. Lockheed, Wool
worth, General Electric. Philip
Morris, Goodrich and u. S.
Rubber.
High-grade corporates led a
higher move in the bond market.
Some Government obligations
were bid narrowly higher at times
in over the-counter trading.
Evening star., 1952-01-30
Markets,

United states Asrieulture pspartmsntt; 1a.a drtna
Sanless ofherTiss astasated1. aa. NsW ysssfi &
quality and condition, s25-5o: ~ inchs;
UP. 1.25; Delicious fair condition; zoo
Color s inches oop saS sJe5athsns nGmes Bses Rsi
yania Romes. fair quality and condition
Potstoss1aold;A A dull; x..,s,.. Us. i size A A
pound sacks. 2.00-1O, mostly 2.00-05: 10
pound sacks. 46-4s' 1oo-pound sacks
Sweet potatoes-Dull; bushel basket,
and hampers o; s; Is. some washed; Mary
sy snd GSdns S BASKETS ssSsy yGe Gedfns ar
Poultry Quotations.
Poultry---Market steady to Arm: Re
ssIS asso4dna to wes SSGs pSets
t txps. $i:ss TarReys. 4c-4s. Ducks
White Musc0VyG; Grain IL; Market.
Flour--Receipts. 6,s9S 1oo-pound sacks
ments, 100000 bushels; stocks. 1896, ,92e
sSsnss sG ga jsnusr Tsa mn's No RS
corn-Receipts.. 74.61e bushels. ship
ments. none; stocks. 3;462 19S bushels
meRts none: stocks oos 0Gsnf bushsis SNIP
Barley - Receipts, none; shipments
Rye-Receipts. 1000 bushels: ship
ments. none; stocks. 31S,S7S bushels.
.Soybeans - Receipts, 4.131 bushels:
none: stocks 1.01 0.397 bushels
Millfeed-Receipts 211 tons.
EGGS and Butter.
Yesterdays Quotations.l
Eggs.-Market steady. receipts heavier
Prices paid fob. Baltimore by FIRST
receivers: Larg, min. 70 pct. A quality;
454. Mediums. min. DW 70 1 pct, ep quality; aS
whites. 1910: brown and mixed colors.
Receipts-Butter. s9,1s4 pounds; eggs,
B. 422 cases.
Evening star., 1952-01-30
Chieueo Livestock

CHICAGO. jan 70 dPl ,IJsph.. S-hh'e
hogs. $4,000; uneven; few loads light
weight barrow and gifts TO- 8
higher early but general trade steady to
I25 cents lower and market closed ct de-
Choice lso.ssS pounds. Is.25-is65: lev
loads early 1875 but late TOP around
1915; all sales over 1895 to order buyers;
and below: 270-315 pounds, 16.50-17.25;
load 397 pounds. 1875; most choice sows,
400 pounds and less. l525-16.25; 400
500 pounds. 14.00-15.25; odd head heavier
lsoWs under 400; clearance Incomplete.
Salable cattle, 10000; salable calves,
1900: slaughter steers steady TO fully so
lcents lower: choice and prime yearlinss
land prime steers weighing IN to 1850
pounds mostly steady; other steers dull,
fully $3.50 cents lower; heifers weak to
fully so cents lower: cows steady to IS
cents lower bulls. steady to 50 cents
lower; vealefs steady to 100 lower: few
loads prime steers. 1850 pounds down,
load 1.317 pounds. 1875;
hulk high-choice and prime steers. 1896
3S. 90: mostly prime I,450 pounds, 1915:
bulk choice steers. SO .59-36. 90: CONNER
cial to iow-ehoice grades, 2S.50-33. s5; two
choice hn5frrs. 81. .aD-S4s rs; good to low
choice. 3000-32 IS: utility and CONNER j
I7,00-2Q.25: utility and commercial bulls.
5.G0-aS Is; good bulls 2B.50-a7.50: most
commercial to prime Vealers. 81 .00-39.00.
Evening star., 1952-01-30
US. Steel Figures Rise
In Pay Would Push
Costs Up $500 Million
BY the Assoeiaied Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-United
Estates Steel Corp. officials esti-
mate that should the company
meet the demands Of steelworkers
flor a boost of Is cents an hour
lin basic wage rates, its cost of
doing business would increase by
about 800 million dollars year.
Chairman Irving 8. Olds of ''Big
Steel" reported this at a news con-
ference late yesterday. He said
to Offset the higher costs resulting
from such a wage increase, a rise
lof So to SO a ton in the price Of
finished steel products would be
required.
He spoke after the Nations big
gest steel producer made public
Its 1851 operating and financial
| Figures, many Of which reached
new record totals. They showed
Net income me-$183, ,953, ,202 COM
lpared with $215,464,142 in 1850.
Income per Share-$6.08 against
i$7.29.
Return on sales-5.2 per cent
lagainst 7.3 per cent.
Net sales-A record $3,524.978,-
1927 compared with $2,956, ,406, ,146.
Employment costs--A record
81 .374,277.982 against $l,I79, $780,
$40.
Evening star., 1952-01-30
New Utility Records
Reflect 1851 Growth
OF Capital Area
By Donald B. HodIey

Indicative of continued popula-
ton growth, the Washington met
ropolitan area had 296.410 gas
meters, 1885, 1888 electric customers
and 804, $50 telephones at the enc
Of 1851. all new records.
The area had 1887 more gas
meters than year earlier and
90,032 more than at the end OF
194l. There were 21,608 more
electric customers than a year ear
lier and 110,654 more than at the
close of l941; also 68,547 more
telephones than a year earlier
and 394,969 more than 10 years
ago -.
Maryland and Virginia suburbs
provided a large part of the in
creases in the last year. The Dis
trict itself added 3.049 gas meters,
the Maryland sections of the area
added 9.982, and the Virginia sec
tionS 5,788.
The District added 2,705 elec-
trio customers in the year, the
Maryland sections 11,287, and the
Virginia suburbs 1916. The tele-
phone increase was divided as fol-
lows: 5000 in the District, 1889
IN Maryland and 5000 in Vir-
ginia.
Totals at the end of 1851 are
compared with the close of 1850
and 1941:
Evening star., 1952-01-30
Business Briefs
ecfric Power Prndncfinrl

Electric Power Production ir
the week ended January 26 to-
tailed 1916, ,421 900 kilowatt hours
VS.. 7,539,879, 900 in the previous
week and was $50 above the like
week a year ago.-Edison Electric
Institute. e..
Wholesale Food Index, based or
the cost of a pound each of 81
foods in general use, this week
advanced to $6.61 from $3.50 last
week and was 1876 above the like
week a year ago.-Dun g. Brad
street.
National Advertising volume In
December was 2go above the pre-
vious month and l7% above the
like month year ago.-Printers
Ink.
Mutual Savings Deposits in the
Nations 500 banks in 1851 totaled
5000 billion, an increase oi
4.4% over 1850. The gain in 1856
was 3.8%.-National Association
of Mutual Savings Banks.
Automobile Industry in 1851
built 6,767,614 motor vehicles and
exported 472.742 of them, COM
pared with 8,003.045 built in 1850
and 303, ,6S4 exported.-Automobi
Manufacturers Association.
Aluminium Corp. of America Of
fered through First Boston Corp.
and a Nation wide syndicate SIPS
million debentures with 31s per
cent coupon at 100 and interest.
Average Market Price of all
bond issues listed on the New York
Stock Exchange on December 81
was $97.43. the smallest since De-
Icember 81, 1912, when the average
was $96.70. This compared with
1912 at the end of November.
Oliver Corp. in year ended Oc-
tober 81 earned $6,0O5, $50 or $7.01
Ia share VS.. $6.241,240 or $7.31 in
1850.
Kaiser Steel Corp. in 8 months
ienQeQ Decembe. 81 earned S5 5,675,-
1927 or $l.41 a share VS.. $4,322, 1872
Ior $1.23. in 1850 period.
Beaunit Mills in 8 months end
led December 81 earned $685., ,2O4
or $1.60 share VS.. $6,616,935 or
$3.50 in 1850 period.
Spencer Chemical Co. In s
months ended December 81 earned
81 $1,000 or $1.23 a share VS..
81, ,104,S66 or $l.92 in 1850 period.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
appointed c. L. Austin president
Ito succeed Ben Moreel and reor-
gained it's executive structure.
Other earnings included:
For Year Ended necemher n
Evening star., 1952-01-30
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Jan. 80 P9-Grains failet
to extend the previous sessions rally or
the Board Of Trade today. Dealings Werl
no better than moderately active.
Wheat had q fairly steady tone at tn,
start. Other cereals were mixed. As thl
session wore on. q little scattered buyins
entered soybeRns.
It gave. those contracts modest gains
ts,n,e Enm9rs Of possible exports stirred up thu
Near the end Of the FIRST hour whea
was unchanged to 70 cent lower; March
81 SSs; corn was h-h lower; March
lower; sG.l March ;slh; soybesns yerss IN ".
hundred pounds higher: March. SAFE.
The Northwestern Miller, q trade pub.
lication, reported that sales Of f1oul
reached a fair total for spring wheat mill.
last week, but business in Southwestern
flour slipped back A good share Of thu
business In spring wheat -four was OBJ.
tanned before an advance in prices. tht
It appeared that some slight progres.
was being made in the Korean truce
negotiations. However, news from thai
section of the world had little. If any
influence on prices.
Weather continued quite cold in much
of the Midwest. but this failed to cause
much demand for corn. Cash corn re-
ceiptS totaled 199 cars.
Directors ruled that, beginning today
trading in March soybean meal futures
Will be limited to liquidating transactions
This does not apply II an individual has
cash meal to deliver on March contracts