Evening star., 1953-07-16

named annie oakley.
Ted Goldsmith of Guys anc
"We," said Mr.. Goldsmith, "a
cts to any Washingtonian
named Nicely Nicely johnson,
Harry the Horse, Arvide Aber-
nathy, Benny Southstreet. Ma
than Detroit, Angie the OK, Big
julie. ETC."
Dan Rodden of Olney, whose
current attraction is 1.-THE Lady's
Not For Burning" was a close
second:
Naturally" said Mr.. Rodden,
I'VE want to get into any such
act. Any girl in the area by the
name Of Jennet Jourdemayne
can come and bring her date to
Olney for free"
How about males named
Thomas Mendip?" it was put
straight to Mr.. Rodden.
"And' all Thomas Mendips,"
he agreed.
Incidentally, two Annie Oak
leys already have laid claim to
the Washington Festival au-
thor. One of them is the wife
of Wilbur j. Oakley, of Alex
andria. The other has not been
identified to this department
beyond a description as IAN
Annie Oakley"
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PEOPLE AND PROJECTS:
Two of his August plays are es-
pecially exciting to Robert
Porterf1eld of Barter Theater,
Abingdon, Va. These are
Judith Anderson's appearance,
August 1915 in Family Por-
trait" and the following weeks
world premiere of James Thur
ber's "The 13 Clocks" "And
would you mind sending me any
good portraits you might have
of Miss Anderson" the Barter's
boss wanted to know. Charl-
ton (Chuck) Heston, who is
climbing faster than any other
young male in movies, is now the
property of Paramount. . The
studio has taken over his con-
tract from Producer Hal Wallis.
Chuck's actress wife, Lydia
Clarke, will be playing Mac
beth" in Bermuda in August.
Owen DodSon, who directed
Howard UniverSity's current
"Emporer JONES'" will have a
sabbatical from his drama de-
partment duties next year. 4.
He will be writing on a Guggen-
helm fellowship. Warner
Bros. have found a site for
the world premiere of $50
This Is Love-" the musical biog-
faphy of Grace Moore. It
will be Knoxville, Tenn, the
nearest sizeable city to Miss
Moore's home town, Jellicoe,
Tenn. Mickey Spillane. the
raising writer is about to
turn actor. :. He will play the
lead in Man Killer" written
by a Spillane-type author name
of Paul Fix. Acting in the
same film will be another face
new to the movies. . 1t belongs
to Clyde Beatty, the lion-tamer.
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THE JOHNSTON REPORT:
''The motion picture industry is
at the threshold of an era that
will open up vast new horizons
in film entertainment to the
worldwide public" This is
the cheerful forecast for the
future by Eric Johnston, head of
the Motion Picture Association,
in his annual report just made
public. THE production of
films under the new systems and
their exhibition in thousands of
theaters throughout the land
may create delays, disruptions
and problems. The transition
will require wisdom and pa
tience, not to speak of Sizeable
dollar outlays by both studios
and exhibitors. But the
rewards will be considerable"
the report says. ". A new day
for the motion picture industry
is at hand and the potentialities
are infinite"
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QUICK SALE: The naughty
book critics who saw quick and
profitable movie possibilities in
James A. Michener's "The
Bridges At Toko-Ri" could not
have been more right. Para
mount has emerged winner in
the quick and stiff competition
for the film rights to Michener'S
Korea story. 1t will be pro-
duced by William Perlberg and
George Seaton &. Paramount is
pretty we'll supplied with Niche
ner material his THE South
Seas Story is awaiting produc-
ton by the same studio.
It is a rich vein that is being
worked by the author of the
original story on which South
Pacific" is based. Incidental
ly he is one of the few humans
alive who is not wildly enthusi-
astic about the RodgerS-Ham-
merStein musical.
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MIDWEEK MEMOS: MGM's
"The Bandwagon" is in a fair
way to break all records at the
Radio City Music Hall in New
York. 1t IS on its way to a
$l65.000 first week. Better
movies make more money than