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Evening star., 1954-10-20
HOLLYWOOD.

Gloria Grahame and Fred
Zinnemann are not seeing eye
to eye on the wide-screen filming
of "Oklahoma!" Seems Gloria
has enough of the picture filmed,
so she is winning-but let us not
forget that Fred directed the
prize-winning From Here to
Eternity"
Basil Rathbone and Fredric
March put on a comedy act dur
ing the filming of Christmas
Carol" and they're now being
called Dean and Jerry.
Richard Widmark says he
stayed in a hotel in Paris which
was so noisy that even the hon.
eymoon couples complained. .
You think it's simple to make
color cartoons? Walt Disney has
more than $50 different shades
and tints of paint in his studio.
Richard Fleischer, who di-
rected 10000 Leagues Under
the Sea-" can't swim. Rose
mary Clooney and Joe Ferrer's
maid has one of the best stamp
collections in town. She gets all
the stamps from their fan mail.
Jane Withers and Ken Dibbs
are talking about a diamond
ring. Gale Storm has a deal
with a dress manufacturer
whereby she keeps $50 dresses
every year from her Tv show.
Quote from Bob Hope, just
before leaving for England
Laughter is fuel to send come
dians into high gear"
Debbie Reynolds is acting as
Eddie phoned, asking her to con-
tact Peggy King to fly back to
New York and be on his tele-
vision show, and guess what?--
Peggy was with Debbie when the
phone call came in!
How would you like to live in
this Hollywood apartment build
ing? Some of its tenants in
clude Mitzi Gaynor, Cleo Moore
and Beverly Tyler, and they
swim together almost every eve
ming.
| \ X \ \
| Marilyn Monroe is still friendly
with Joe Di -Maggio's relatives.
She finances singing lessons for
his nieces, sends Joe's son spend
ing money and presents every
week to others in the family.
With Joe back in town, could
there be a reconciliation?
Talking with Cesar Romero
Evening star., 1954-10-20
hollywood Diary
Gloria and Director
SpIit on 'Okiuhon1ur
By SheiIuh Grohom

between takes on his TV show,
Passport to Danger" I asked
him when was a good age to get
married. Replied Romero, when
you get as much gray hair as
I have-but maybe not even
then" Cesar is the longest mar
riage holdout in Hollywood.
Frank Leahy, famed former
football coach at Notre Dame,
played second team waiting for
Howard Duff to finish his tele-
vision show. SO he could use the
same crew for his TV stint. Frank
explained the main reason he is
doing the telef1lm is to help out
some youngsters and put them
on the right road. Some one
should grab this man for a year.
round TV series.
X * X
Talking about football - Stu
Erwin. telling me about making
"Pigskin Parade" said there was
a 13-year-old girl in it, playing
her first picture: Judy Garland.
Stu added: "We had some other
people playing just one-line bits
in the picture-Tony Martin and
Betty Cradle. The movie was
made for $360,000. That same
cast today would cost SIS million -
Richard Denning has never
been invited to put his foot
prints in the Chinese Grammar
Theater forecourt. Now, lay
ing new driveway at his
new home. he'll have his wife,
small daughter, the cat, dog and
parrot put their handprintS and
footprints in the cement.
Maureen O'Hara is on "a
vacuum cleaner, stove, and re-
frigerator buying spree for her
parents. who arrive next week
from Ireland. They don't have
too many of these luxuries in
Ireland" said Maureen. And
(See GRAHAM, Page A-35.)
Evening star., 1954-10-20

"AndrocleS," the fable play
to which Shaw wrote a preface
twice as voluble as the comedy
itself, is a timely choice, as it
always has been and no doubt
will be. It is, of course, the
Olympian-size jest-for all its
brevity-in which the philo-
sophie author suggests that
Christians really should give
Christianity a trial. On the
whole, he says, it is a morality
with high potential for human
beings.
Joan Vail, new to Arena and
its second woman director, goes
winsomely along with Shaw in
this brief, bright sermon so jest
ingly favored that it always pro-
ceeds at its own peril. She has
had no trouble at all enlisting
the enthusiastic collaboration Of
q cast which is headed by j. Rob-
ert Dietz in the first half of the
title role and Lester Rawlins
in the last.
Government, which is absent
on the business of trying to con-
tinue in Office. could learn a lot
from "Androcles and the Lion"
In its absence. the governed will
find Arena a congenial center
during the next few weeks.
Arenas production craftily &C
quiesces in the notion that in
"Androcles" Shaw may be hiding
the plays ethical light under
q bushel, or several bushels, of
slapstick. Like other directors
before her. Miss Vail accepts the
play as dealing with a profound
idea with which the author was
having one of his wilder fits of
fun.
It all comes off quite impress
sively in arena style production
where the spectator can feel
nlmSeu a participant IN Cne claSn
of the unarmed early Christian
anarchists with the powerful re-
dictionaries of Rome.
x X *
Unlike the giant symbols of
"Quo Vadis," especially in big
screen size, these are combatants
of woefully human proportions.
They are, therefore. just the
right size to illustrate Shaw's
thesis that the status quo never
looks more ridiculous than when
it is placed in jeopardy. by the
pitably common man. That is
what happens in "Androcles"
when the motley of potential
martyrs, led by a shy little Greek
tailor, shakes the throne of Cae-
Evening star., 1954-10-20

sar until its own Christian vir-
tue inspires it to make peace
with him.
In this slapstick contest, Shaw
is inevitably on the side of the
Christians but not to the extent
of being blinded by the fact that
their religion fits them with gro-
teSque looseness. They are only
a little less comic, indeed, than
the pagan emperor and his peo-
pie who have accepted the con-
venience of such gods as Jupiter,
"Androcles" may not be a ma
jor Shaw work but none of the
latter contains a more attrac-
lively human assortment OF
characters, including Tommy
the lion who scorns to eat q
Christian who has been his
benefactor.
With the freedom of the fable
form-and an arena style pro-
duction-at her disposal, Miss
Vail has let herself go in direct
ing this "Androcles." No lion
ever roared louder than the au-
dience when it understands per-
fectly the sounds made by Actor
Rawlins' king of beasts, nor
when the terrified Caesar races
through the audience for pro-
lection when the animal charges
him.
This is the very slapstick
Shaw could have had in mind
to give point to his sermon on
the still untested virtues o1
Christianity. The latter. OF
course, is paid it's due respects
in production that is altogether
enjoyable.
X r II
1t is an ingratiating cast thai
Miss Vail has assembled for hel
first Arena Stage project. Actor
Dietz. something of a Shaviar
veteran by now, is superbly al
home as Androcles, the little
Christian whose gentleness make!
/ him sorcerer in the eyes of tht
/ Romans. He has found the idea
companion in his supreme act
Of wizardry in Lester Rawlins
lion.
Beyond these, Olive Dunbar i.
a persuasive Lavinia as Christ.
ianity's most eloquent voice il
the fable; Gerry Hiken is a hi.
lariously ignoble Caesar; new.
conner Robert Blackburn tower.
ingly torn figure as the Ferro.
vius who discovers that he woulc
rather kill gladiators than turr
the other cheek; Ray MacDon-
nell is everything a Captain
worthy of Lavinia should be,
Richard Shepard is a deftly de.
bauched Spintho; and Allen 10.
seph is an effectively petulant
Centurion who succumbs to the
Establishments of his mob O.
martyrs.
Kenneth Scollon has come ur
with one of Arenas most effec.
tive sets in the starkly simple
one for this production and Ellen.
lisa has done a superb job o1
costuming everyone, especially
the lion.
An inviting place for the i'm.
agination, Arena in its produc.
ton of "Androcles and the Lion. >
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
EIectronic Waves Somedoy
May Put an End to Speeding

who will be able to slow down
cars merely by sending out an
electronic wave that will interfere
with engine ignition systems.
A driver will not be able to
endanger himself and the lives
Of others even if he is thought
less enough to want to take a
chance.
1t is predicted in some quar-
ters that all car owners will be
obliged to have their radios
tuned in at certain areas so
that they can receive direct
commands and information as
to conditions ahead.
Education Can't DO Whole Job.
Those who have their ears to
the highway realize that while
great progress is possible in
driver education it is not rea-
sonable to suppose that COM
plete cooperation can be had
from every one and that this
small percentage is in a strategic
position to perpetuate the car
mage on highways.
Great care is exercised in
screening railroad engineers and
in educating them to the need
for constant vigilance, but with
out the control to which they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Steering. Oddities
Not Caused by
Gear Itself

While it occasionally needs at
tention, the steering gear should
not be tempered with if the car
develops steering oddities such
as darting and diving, stiffness
wandering. trembling. and the
like.
These are indications Of need
for front-end alignment check
ing, or trouble with steering
linkage, need for wheel balance
or even adverse conditions at the
real OF the car such as sagged
rear springs or too tight rear
spring Shackles.
Make sure, however. that the
steering gear has the proper
amount of lubricant. Sometimes
there is leakage. The lube acts
not merely as a lubricant. but
also as a shock absorber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
By Frederick c. Russell

Whether he likes it or not the
American automobile driver is
slated to lose his freedom of
choice of speed when travelling
superhighways and congested
streets and boulevards. But 1t
will be for his own safety.
Controls, ingenious as they are
effective, are expected to result
in more orderly operation of cars
at speeds commensurate with
driving conditions. eliminating
the bad Judgment which results
IN too many operators doing as
they please until they cause
trouble.
Many hints of the new devel-
opment are in the wind. Rail-
road operators say it is just a
matter of applying some of the
rules of mass transportation to
the current highway muddle.
Will Interfere Witt Ignition.
Much of the new progress
toward safety is expected to re-
volve around developments in
practical electronics.
The highway police officer will
be elevated to a "controlman'
who will know traffic conditions
for his particular stretch and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19

Externally, Plymouth is only
slightly changed this year, but
the Nations third-moSt popular
car offers an improved engine.
some standard features that
were extra last year and now
boasts power steering and auto
matte transmission.
All Plymouths are priced ex-
actly the same as last year for
comparable models.
Standard for "a are electric
windshield wiperS, silicon chro-
MUM alloy intake-valve seats
and chrome plated top piston
rings. The last two engineering
features are similar in one re-
spect; they each add to long
operating life but they must be
broken in first.
The new valve seats are apt to
be q little noisy at first but their
toughness is worth the very
slight tap which soon disappears.
Safety Rim wheels and brakes
with two hydraulic wheel cylin-
ders In the front wheels are
safety features. The special
rims are designed to keep the
tire on the rim In the case Of a
blowout and aid in control In
such q case.
Plymouth's Hy-Drive, a torque
converter type Of automatic
transmission is the lowest priced
of its type in the low priced field.
1t is optional on all Plymouths.
Also available are the over
drive transmission and the
standard. manual three-speed
eearbox.
Plymouth claims its Hy-Drive
has the highest torque multiple
cation Of any torque converter
In the passenger car field.
Also listed as optional is power
steering placed In the steering
linkage and Is actuated by. a
rotary oil pump.
New with Plymouth this year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Heat Riser Tube
Can Be Cause
Of Stating

II the engine develops ten
dency to stall or conk out. and
you do not find the engine run
ming too hot at the time, there's
a good chance that the trouble
is "vapor lock" from a burned
out heat riser tube.
This is that portion Of the
manifolding where the exhaust
gases preheat the ingoing mix
ture for aid in cold-motor OPP
Grafton. but if preheating con-
tinueS after the motor warns up
there will be lack of power. If
there is leakage of exhaust gases
into the intake. "vapor lock" is
certain to develop.
How can you make sure Of
your diagnosis? Your mechanic
will use a vacuum gauge for this
check. With the ignition off and
the engine being cranked the
gauge will read around if the
riser Is actually burned through.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
How Rings Affect
oil Pressure

How piston rings can affect
oil pressure is one of those oddi.
ties which make the servicing Of
automobiles a constant chal-
leng to the service profession.
Let's take an actual case.
For some time the owner had
noticed that oil pressure was de-
cidedly low, in spite of the fact
that he changed oil at 1000
mile periods and used a good
brand.
Before he had time to check
the pump condition. the engine
also developed the habit of miss
ing badly. This drove him to a
shop where a compression test
revealed that three of the cylin-
ders needed new rings.
His mechanic explained that
because these cylinders were not
firing properly unburned fuel
was getting into the crankcase
where it diluted the oil. Pres
sure then dropped.
The owner himself might
have guessed this had he
stopped to wonder why the gas
mileage also was way down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
SpIit-Second Getaway
Both Costly and Unsafe

Split-second getaway may
tickle the drivers vanity and his
competitive spirit, but it should
be saved for emergencies when
it is actually needed for safety's
sake.
A roaring start at every traffic
light can double your fuel costs
and is hard on the car gen.
orally. resulting in much heavier
maintenance charges.
Don't test your cars peak per-
Torrance and your own ability
to beat the other fellow to the
gun.
| If you don't you'll be a far
safer driver and your pocket
book will be spared many I'M
necessary expenses.
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is an optional. factory installed
continental" spare tire kit.
This kit places the spare be-
tween the rear bumper and the
trunk lid and is mounted on a
spring LOADED arm that pivots
the wheel up and away from
the trunk.
Plymouth offers IL body types.
ranging from the Plaza business
coupe the cheapest. to the Bel
vedere four-door sedan and
Belvedere Suburban, the ALL
metal station wagon that Ply
mouth introduced five years ago.
The same six-cylinder, L-head
engine powers the car and is
rated at 100 horsepower at $500
revolutions per minute. This is
the same basic engine that has
made Plymouth the favorite and
most used car in the Nation S
taXi-cab trade.
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are subject the rail accident
rate would Jump alarmingly.

are subject the rail accident
rate would Jump alarmingly.
Emphasis always is on pro-
tecting judgment against errors
in the Judgment or actions Of
other trainmen. Moreover. the
well-balanced engineer finds CO.
operation from the ground crew
indispensable because they have
access to information which he
needs.
The car owner will find that
he will be trading a few of his
rights in, return for something
that will save what is far more
important to him than exercise
of his own ideas. He will begin
to view the change not as con-
troll but as cooperation.
Would Force Cars Into Lanes.
He will not be looking into
rear-vieW mirror to find out if
he is being followed, but will be
relying on help from the control
officers who guard his way and
make it far easier to stay out
of the serious trouble that de-
velops over heavily Travelled
roads.
Among the hints of the new
trend is the use of automatic
dlvider strips to force cars into
traffic lanes. These lanes are
varied for different times of the
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day or for variations in traffic
density.
Much improvement is expected
in traffic signals so that opera
tors will have a better idea Of
how soon the green light is go
ing to turn to caution.
THE Russell Service)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Six M.P.H. Speed for IdIinq

Before automatic transmits
slons came into the picture
mechanics were firm on the point
that an engine should not idle
slower than car speed of six
miles per hour. Remember this
If you are trying to cut idling
further to prevent creeping.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Automatic Trunsmissions

Many users OF cars with
automatic transmissions do not
realize that freedom from
trouble with these mechanical
marvels is. in part, due to the
way they are handled.
Cowboy driving helps develop
leakage, looseness and wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Hard Reor Tires

The rear tires should be car
ried at higher pressure on a
trip not only because of the in
creased passenger and luggage
load but also to help correct the
adverse effect on steering due
to the tendency toward rear
end sag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Stops Expensive

Each 60-second stop follow
ing an approach speed of 80 miles
an hour. costs the average mo-
torist 3.S cents. The cost rises
to So cents following an ap-
proach speed of so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
By Bob Thomas

Burt Lancaster, leading
contender in this years Oscar
race, makes the startling
statement that he may quit
pictures in a couple of years.
Ordinarily, I view such
declarations with tongue in
cheek. Actors are always
saying how they want to get
away from 1t all. But Burt
Is such an independent and
strong-willed cuss that he
might do it.
I talked with him in the
production Offices of Hecht-
Lancaster at Keywest Studios,
a refurnished Quickie lot.
Burt seemed happy to be be-
hind a desk, much more so
than he had ever appeared in
his makeup.
Acting in movies is a
dreadful bore" he said.
"Once in a while you come
across a script that is excit-
ing. But the rest of the time
acting is incredibly dull. You
do the work in bits and pieces,
so that it's virtually impos-
Sible to build and sustain a
performance. It takes a great
deal of cerebration thinking
-WebSter's) to deliver a job
that is really outstanding.
And No Control
Besides, an actor has no
real control over his work. He
is at the mercy of mechanical
factors. On the stage it's diff
ferent. When you get out in
front Of the audience, you're
on your own.
MY great ambition is to
get into direction. It fasci-
mates me. I love it,. Perhaps
in a couple of years 1 can
start making the transition
from actor to director. I'll
do both until I find out if I'm
going to be successful in di-
recting. If I'm accepted, I'll
give up acting"
AS a matter of fact, there
are some directors who claim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
TurntobIe Talk
NEW YORK.

NEW 40Ib6As
Arturo Toscanini. now three
months short Of 81. continues
to be the musical wonder Of
this era.
Last Sunday evening. short
ly after $3.50. and after a
months self imposed rest from
conducting. Toscanini stepped
once again upon his podium at
Carnegie Hall to return to his
first love. This first love is. of
course. opera-repreSented in
this case by Giuseppe Verdi's
"A Masked Ball."
This was a broadcast, as
nearly all Toscanini's concerts
have been since his 1887 re-
turn from retirement" 1t was
also a recording session.
For a long time Toscanini
made photograph records only
with reluctance, and many
even though made-failed to
win his approval and there
fore never reached the public.
But about four years ago. soft
ened by some undisclosed in
huence-perhaps the increased
fidelity and facility of record
ing brought about by magnetic
tape and the long playing mi
crogroove-this mistrust sud-
denly vanished. The octoge-
marian maestro began a phe-
nomenal schedule of record
making. Sometimes recording
sessions-at his own behest-
took him to Carnegie Hall at
midnight. Often they kept him
on his feet for long hours, dur
ing which others became ex-
hausted but Toscanini never,
while musicians were playing,
sat down.
Beethoven Set
The first sensational fruit of
this late-career reSurgence,
two years ago, was the long
awaited Beethoven Ninth. Last
year came a complete set Of
the Beethoven symphonies,
nine chapters. one could say,
Of the personal Toscanini bible.
Public property now, also, are
three Of the four great SYM
phonieS Of Brahms with the
last due SOON, and magnifi-
cent music by Berlioz, Elgar
and Richard Strauss. We have
three Of the wonderful, sense
quickening broadcast operas
(Traviata," "Boheme" and
"Otello'D And in March an
other epochal document, Bee
thoven's northumberland,
rarely performed "Missa So
lemnis," will join the issued
list. There are other pieces, all
as LUMINOSITY re-created. And
there is a recorded reservoir
though not a large one-of
other masterworks to come.
All Of these, because of the
greatly advanced technical
skill used in their manufac-
ture. present incomparably
more accurate likenesses of the
music, and Toscanini's irri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Guest Artist:
ALICIA MARKOVA

Miss Markova will appear on Wed,
Fri. and Sat. Evenings.
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Burt Finds Acting Is a Bore
Even fit Brinqs Award

Burt has done directing al
ready. He admits he has had
beefs with them.
Il can't help it," he de-
clared. I'm the kind of a
guy who won't do a thing just
because I'm told to do it. I
have to know why I am doing
something. and if it doesn't
seem right to me, I'll squawk
my head off. Most directors re-
sent this. I drive 'em crazy"
Burt'S passion for independ-
ence stems from his earlier
days as a slum kid and later
as a circus acrobat. More
than once he has revolted un-
der studio control. Now he is
able to determine his own film
destiny almost completely.
Big Schedule
He and his longtime part
ner, Harold Hecht, have an
impressive schedule of produc-
tons lined up for their own
company. Although they have
made five other pictures. this
is the first time they have been
entirely independent.
always before, we made
our pictures in conjunction
with a major studio" he re-
marked. THE production was
supposedly ours. but we had
to go through the studio for
the major decisions. The stu
dio also took out q stable
share of the money.
Nov We are really indie
pendent. Every decision must
be made by us alone. If we
: need an extra nail in one Of
the sets. that's for us to de-
eide. United Artists provides
the backing, in return for the
distribution rights. plus a
small percentage of the prof.
its"
Burt plans to devote nearly
all of his time to the COM
pany, with the exception Of
three films remaining on his
contract with Hal Wallis. He
just finished Bronco Apache"
with Jean Peters and leaves
next month for Mexico, where
he will make "Vera Cruz"
Among the other plans:
THE Gabriel Horn" scripted
by A. B. Guthrie; Marty" a
small-budget filming Of the
prize-winning TV play: 1.-THE
Killing Frost" which Carol
Reed may direct; 1.-THE Way
West" from Guthrie's great
novel: "Operation Heart
break" for Alec Guinness: "Un-
til They SAIL" James Michen-
er story, and 1.-THE Last Chuk-
kerr" a possibility for Gary
Cooper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24

The American University Concerts
Patrick Hayes, Managing Director