Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-11

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Capitol theater, q 3,000-guest af-
fair which proves that the names
SAC and Stewart have q lot Of
magic around here.
His latest visit. at the behest
Of the Air Forces Association
which sponsored the public bap-
tisrn Of Strategic Air Com
Enand." was truly q flying" one.
He few In late Sunday night.
new out again today. Tomorrow,
al going well, he win take on
for Hongkong, Toxic and other
points east. heading westward
out Of San Francisco.
by boat Stewart said ct
breakfast. with the sigh Of re-
lief Of o man looking for o slow
moving form Of transportation.
"It,ll be mighty interesting" he
added. ''Bill Holden Is just back
from there. And Gable. They
both tell me Hongkong Is excit-
ing. something like being In a
movie. It Is not that anything
does happen, especially. but that
anything might"
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Mrs. Stewart, Gloria, did not
make this trip with her husband.
Somebody had to stay home and
pack for their i've weeks in the
Orient.
This left Jimmy with two
problems to decide for himself.
One Of these was whether his
dinner clothes really needed
pressing for last nights premiere
appearance. The other was
whether he could md a couple
Of hours free to see "Romeo and
Juliet"
He decided to take q chance
the dinner clothes were OK,
abandoned hope Of catching
Romeo and Juliet" Just q cou-
pie Of blocks away from the
Mayflowei at the Dupont. It
might be better, after all, to see
the picture later with Gloria.
IN i
OF Strategic Air Command"
which won't be released until
April, Stewart preferred to let
the picture speak for itself. He
would say that, usually, 1t is
terrific: postwar aviation and
Vista-Vision both at their best.
He would say. also, that as q
World War II flying veteran, q
man is terribly impressed by
what has happened in aviation
since.
He would say. further. that he
first thought the picture should
be called just plain SAC" the
service and headline label.
Then" he says. "some one
pointed out that 1t would sound
pretty silly to read ads saying
James Stewart and June Ally
son In SAC Obviously. it
would"
No talk with Stewart would be
complete without q reference to
Miss Grace Kelly with whom he
played In Alfred Hitchcock's
Rear window"
In fact" he says, most OF
my recent talks with the press
have been complete with the
mention Of no other subject.
Quite q phenomenon. Grace. The
first full fiedged, zooming, non
stoppable movie star In years"
It was suggested that In play
Ing the Indifferent photographer
to whom Miss Kelly paid such
ardent court in the Hitchcock
thriller that Stewart turned In
one Of the years really great
pieces Of acting.
Don't give me credit" Jimmy
said. Remember / was man
acled by that cast. A wheel chair
is also quite a restraining infiu-
ence. No man could ask q more
useful pair Of props"
Another delight Of Rear VIM
dow" Stewart insists, is that Of
working with Director Hitchcock.
The latter's killers, he says, are
irresistible the most unlikely
murderers conceivable.
They are always little guys.
robodies, like everybody. They
are married to women who keep
saying why don't you part your
hair differently, or something
equally naddening. One day.
the guy can't stand 1t any longer.
He cuts his wife up into small
pieces and while no one APP
proves. everybody understands"
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, Stewart who, II he were q
less popular fellow among ac-
tors would be the envy Of them
all, Is the most successful Of free
lance stars. He made the top 10