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Where Has CoImon Been Since 194o?
In Santa Barbara Awaiting Right Film

just waiting for the right pic
ture to come along.
II think most motion pic
lures today lack charm. They
seem to get in one groove and
continue along in that slot
without veering one iota during
the entire life Of the specific
film. When the opportunity
came to do Todd's Around The
World in 80 Days and now
The Story OF Mankind I
jumped at the chance to return
to motion pictures. I hope I
won't stay away so long again.
I'm waiting for some motion
picture company to do the type
Of pictures that I've always pre-
ferred - classics like Beau
Geste,' Prisoner Of zenda' ant
Tale OF Two Cities These
pictures combined all the ele-
mentS that desire in motion
picture. And they had happy
endings. Some pictures today
don't even end. They let you
hang in the air"
Colman. who captured an
Academy Award for his out
standing performance in "A
Double Life" lists among his
memorable movies THE Late
Continued on Page All. Col.
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TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE
STAGE

inherit the Wind; starts tomorrow.
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bounds of reason in scores of
problems soon leads to b COM
plete breakdown Of your own
objective views toward life.
Departed the City
I've always felt it better to
stand aside and watch the
parade of life march by than
to join the noise. cheers and
hilarity. When the encourage
of emotions and passions has
completed its journey. then !
believe it's time to make deci-
sions." This philosophy just
about sums up why Colman
has kept out. Of the notion
picture limelight for so long.
Several years ago. Colman
and his ex-actress wife, Bonita,
decided to leave the rush Of big
city life for the serenity of
greener pastures. They bought
a hillside home near Santa
Barbara, from which they can
view the rolling hills eastward
and the waters Of the Pacific
to the west.
1T is also a good place from
which to observe Hollywood al
though a hundred miles separ-
ate the two locales" Colman
said. you see, I hadn't turned
my back on Hollywood. / was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
THE PASSING SHOW
YuIetide Reminds a Man
He's Deeply Indebted

most profound lessons. Even II
1t didn't work.
Walter Kerr Of The Herald
Tribune who has brought a
new sparkle to drama criticism,
and to Times Louis Kronen-
berger and The Posts Dick
Watts who have kept their
older sparkles undimmed.
Dick Coe and James O'Neill,
and their wives, fellow first
nighters and screening-room
habitues. These could teach
postmen lessons In cheerful
ness in making their appointed
rounds.
Harry Macarthur. Bernie
Harrison, Sheila Gallagher
and Lorraine Fricka. CO.
tenants of The Stars drama
department. Heroically tole-
rant, these.
James Stewart whose make
UP as Col. Charles Lindbergh
was so impenetrable last winter
in Hollywood that he had to
identify himself to this friend
of x years. (Jim'S too youth
ful-looking for anything more
specific than an X.
Nigel Patrick, acting's most
amusing raconteur, who is
making his first Hollywood
picture in "Raintree County"
And to Mrs. Patrick, Elizabeth
Campbell, Irelan DIS most
charming gift to England in
decades.
New Girl. Nice. Too
Eva Marie Saint, same pic
ture among others. the most
winning new girl Of q years
acquaintance. Other new girls
cannot possibly mind losing
to Eva Marie.
A whole corps Of press
agents. locally Jack Foxe, Jean
Imhoff. Frank LaFalce. Bill
Hoyle, Sid Zins, Cody Pfan-
stiehl, Roy Meachum (where
are my National Symphony
tickets?). and temporarily.
Hilary Knapp. And in New
York, Ben washer, Dick
Nancy, Joe Shea. Bill Fields,
Bill Keefe. Walter Afford, Bill
Doll, Anne Sloper-in fact the
whole union roster. Life
smoothers, these.
And so are Rufus Blair, Bar
rett Kiesling, Harry Brand.
Norm Siegel and a host Of
others in Hollywood.
James Hagerty, Max Rabb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
By WARD MoREHOUsE

NEW YORK (NANA) .-Di-
ana Van Der Wis. who rushed
in upon the Broadway scene
via THE Happiest Millionaire"
Is q slim-legged blond with
cornsilk hair and eyes Of an
uncertain blue. She's five feet
seven inches tall, weighs 118,
and Is just 81.
Diana, born in Toronto
her mother is Scottish and her
father Dutch-takes her place
with the charmers in ingenue
roles who have been coming
along in q steady Broadway
parade ever since Ruth Chat
terton set male hearts to flut-
tering in a now forgotten COM
edy called THE Rainbow"
This new girl has animation,
and zest;; she's as bouncy as .
South African spring box in
THE Happiest Millionaire" at
the Lyceunn. And she brought
all her vitality along for an
interview that produced this
gay and disjointed recital:
It's All Wonderful
Nov, what do I say except
that everything has been so
startling and so wonderful. It's
all happened so quickly. I
haven't quite realized where
/ am. Why, I didn't even get
first-night nerves until two
hours before our first curtain,
but then I did. and my!
II was terrified when they
told me I'd have to wear tights
in this play. but don't sup
pose I'm too skinny now. /
have q terrible appetite. l
keep on going on diets week
after week and then just keep
on eating. / think I was
dieting. and also eating. when
they let me play Desdemona in
'Othello' back home. Loved
that part.
II studied speech for five
years. went to a summer school
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HOLLYWOOD (NANA,. =
The man In the neat gray suit
leaned back in his chair, took
q look around the big sound
stage and in the familiar clip
ped British accent said, ITS
good to be back" "
Ronald Colman. one Of the
more distinguished members of
the acting profession, is star
ring in a segment of the
Warner Brothers production,
The Story OF Mankind
his i1rst big screen part since
le49. when he starred with
Vincent Price in Champagne
For Caesar"
tive appeared in one other
motion picture since then-a
bit in Mike Todd's Around The
World in 80 Days, but that was
as a favor for the dynamic Mr..
Todd.
IL fear that some people
consider me a bit odd" con-
tinued the still good looking
stage veteran and screen star.
but 1 refuse to moan and
frown in anguish. I've learned
through long experience that
involving yourself beyond the
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Broodwoyis Enchanted
BY Gay, ZestfuI Diono

at Banff. and went later to the
Royal Academy in London. I
learned q good deal. I guess.
and was crazy about those
London pubs. On Sundays
everybody goes-entire fam.
lilies. The one called the Pros
pect Of Whitby,' down by the
docks, is an enchanting place.
] also got away from Lon
don a bit. Went to the Hague,
where my father was born. and
to my mothers birthplace In Q
little village outside Of Du-
noon, Scotland"
Diana lived in q garnet in
High Gate during her London
stay. She now has q Manhat-
tan apartment at Thirty-flrst
and Madison avenue. She
wants to see Claire Blooms
Juliet" with the Old Vic COM
pany at the earliest opportun-
ity. Since she was Is she has
wanted to play that part.
But It's Fun
1--WE haven't the best play In
the world in our comedy
(which stars Walter Pidgeon)
and we know it." she said. but
we're having fun. Being that
it's my first Broadway part It's
all terrific for me. (. I do move
around on the stage q lot but
I'm really not athletic at all.
But / do ski and ride and play
golf. Don't swim because Of
my asthma. Despise baseball
and football. I've had that
asthma thing all my life.
MY accent is all my own,
/ suppose. It's q combination
Of English and American and
Canadian. There are so
many parts that I'll be wanting
to play, but ! have a three-pic-
ture deal after this play. That
won't keep me away from
Broadway, however. My agent
got me this job in 'Happiest
Millionaire I read for it first
on the coast and then had to
read again in New York"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
By JAY CARMODY

The changeless thing about
Christmas is that it is the
season in which the memories
OF a year are both more fond
and more numerous than at
any other time,
Moreover, most Of these
memories are attached to hui
mans who in their diverse
ways have made the fading
year more pleasant at its best.
more bearable at its less than
best. The right to live among
such as these, but don't tell
the Bureau Of the Budget.
Secretary George. Humphrey
or Congress, is worth its cost
In income taxes.
A human blessing counter,
therefore, could use the Sun
day column before Christmas
no more cheerfully than to
wish the seasons joys to-:
Edmund Plohn. retired man.
ager Of the National Theater,
q spry but discerning first
nighter who has kept his
standards uncompromisingly
high.
Helen's BrOadminded
Helen Hayes, a Republican
of such broad mindedness that
she once suggested (futilely,
1t turned OUT this correspond
ent as President Eisenhower's
running mate. Good company
she makes for Mr.. Stassen.
Julie Harris, also Manning
and Peter Gurian. her husband
and son. Assurance she gives
that the theater has q first
lady In waiting for the day it
needs q hrSt lady.
Delbert Mann c'Marty's"
directory whose prize accept
snce speech at last January's
Screen Directors Guild dinner
In Hollywood was a Marty
like gem Of simplicity and
modesty.
The George Sidneys, Mer-
vyn Leroys, Delmar Dawes,
Buddy Adlers, and others who
made that dinner one Of the
highlightS Of this corners
years. All of them.
Brooks Atkinson, The New
York Times wise. droll man
whose lecture on how to say
mo" was one Of the years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

and Murray Snyder some
poised types who work at 1900
Pennsylvania avenue. Also
their employer even If he did
not second Miss Hayes nomi-
nation on that occasion last
March.
Pat Hayes and Ralph Beck
er, co-presiders over that
luncheon at which Miss Hayes
spoke UP. Also their wives.
Evelyn and Anne, respectively.
The Field Brothers, Irving
and Israel, whose taste and
imagination in arranging Car
ter Barron Amphitheater's
programs makes our summers
gala.
Maitre Jack Edgar and the
Raleigh Room stan, Dorothy,
frankie, Myrtle, Mildred. jim
ME. Max, Raymond. Rowena,
ETC., an all-American coffee
corps If there ever was one.
John K. Hutchens, the Her.
aid Tribune's bookman who
has provided us with some of
the years brightest reading.
Also Katherine, Anne and Tim.
DR.. Wallace Sterling, the F.
Cowles Stricklands. the Nor
man Philbricks, in fact the
whole Stanford University
drama school. who made last
July the pleasantest we have
ever spent anywhere.
In the same breath, Winifred
and Ray Chrisman who do
mated their Carmel, Calf,
palace for q dramatic Mon
terey peninsula week end last
summer. What q savagely
lovely ocean, that Pacific.
Father Gilbert v. Hartke,
Leo Brady land Adah May.
Jim Waring. Bill Graham and
others Of the Catholic Univer-
sity drama department who
make the classics Of the dra-
ma as exciting as Hitchcock,
himself. could.
Hitch, OF Course
And Hitch. Of course, a man
as smooth as his shape is not.
Such other directors as
George Stevens. Eddie Dmy-
tryk, Bob Pirosh. Mark Rob-
son and John Sturges, hui
mans Of grace as well as bril-
liances.
Paramount's Bob Denton,
See CARMODY, Page Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
NEW WIDE ONE ON THE WAY
Movie Leaders Look Toward 1857
With Eogerness and Optimism

ciude two Diana DORIS pie
lures. The Young Stranger
Stage Struck The Girl Most
Likely 'Escapade in Japan
and screen versions Of such
best-sellers as The Naked and
the Dead Cash Mccall
Rachel Cade.' and Ten Days
in August Yes. we definitely
Continued on Page A.2e, Col
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imaginative thinking and more
encouragement for new talent.
Since all Of them have a big
stake in the future Of the in
dustry. they are determined to
produce the type OF entertain
ment which will attract the
public in 1857 and the years TO
come.
Our own efforts will in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN

HOLLYWOOD (NANA) -
With q new year about TO take
Overcome that might well
prove the most crucial in
Hollywood history-those
high-and-the-mi men re-
sponsible for choosing and
fashioning the bulk Of the
screens output in 1857 appear
not the least bit dlsmayed.
on the other hand. a survey
this week points UP the jolly
fact that flm business leaders
here are highly optimistic.
They plan 10 spend more
money than ever and they
trust that In the introduction
Of many new executive faces
applying modern methods Of
operation Hollywood will take
q long step forward in It's So
called battle for survival"
New Generation
Here are prophetic messages
from major studio production
chieftains based on their plans
for 1857:
william Dozier. RKo vice
president In charge Of produc-
tion--"I LOOK toward 1857 with
eaRerness and optimism and
think I speak for . whole new
generation Of creative artists
when I say 20. This new group
is slowly replacing the leader
ship OF the so-ealled real
estate, tycoons. who wsxed
fat on the lack Of competition
in the entertainment medium
and made money with almost
any and every kind Of picture.
Todays new leaders face .
different situation. one which
demands great nexibility. more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
SCREEN

SCKEEN
AAIBAssADoR-Th Gin He Left BEHIND; i:iO AIS $40.
7:25 and $3.50 pm.
cAP1ToL-"Anastssia" iso 3:3s $40 TAO and slS pm.
COLONY-"wee Georde": a. 4. 5:55. 755 and S:55 pm.
coLUMBIAThe Girl Can't Help IT, i2o. 32S. $50 7;3S
and e:45 pm.
DUPoNT-"The Silent word";,i 7:4s $50 $40 $40 and
i0pm
KEITHS-"The Ten Commandments: 2.30 and pm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Men" 2, 54S, Sls. 74s and
esl5 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"The Girl He Left BEHIND: 1915, ais,
SIS 7:50 and $40 pm
oNTARIo-~Friendly Persuasion; las. 40 sSs and
$40 pm.
PALAcE-sTsshouse Of the Angus. Noon: i74s D. $40
7:35 and s.55 pm.
PLAYHoUsE--Fantasa': l. 3Io $40 7.ss and s.4s pm.
PI4AzA"Lady chatteTleys Lover /. $50 40 $50 $40
and 1910 pm.
RANs-LUx-"odonso"; 1905 $50 AS ezs $40 and
s:s5 pm.
UPTowN-"okIahomasv a. and $40 pm.
wARNER-"ctnsrsma Holiday: 2. s. and $50 pm
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EASY TO STORE
IN WINTER

That's right SWIMMING POOL thots actually
living You'll have fun oil the kids will have
built tough enough to lost long, me Made Of 20so. KoroseoI
by B. F. Goodrich.
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GROUP TO OBTAIN
PORTRAITS OF FIVE
GREAT SENATORS

Sometime before May /,
1857, a Senate committee
will select five all-time great
Senators and arrange to
have their portraits placed
In the reception room next
to the Senate chamber.
When the Senate author
lied the paintings last year,
it planned to have the names
selected over a period Of
years. But the Rules Com
mittee decided yesterday all
five should be chosen by next
May. The resolution speci-
f1es that no living Senators
be included.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

last spring he wants to run again
and Mr.. Eisenhower welcomed
him to the ticket.
Similar talk has been current
in some Republican circles since
Mr.. Eisenhower was stricken with
ileitis and underwent an opera
ton a month ago.
A few Republicans went so
far as to suggest privately that
Mr.. Nixon was dispatched on
a Far Eastern trip at a time
when anybody working against
him might be the most active.
Little G. o. P. Opposition
But a Republican official who
was consulted about the trip in
advance said he was certain
there was no thought Of remov-
ing Mr.. Nixon from the scene.
This official, who asked not to
be quoted by name, said he can
find no substantial Republican
opposition to Mr.. Nixon.
Democrats obviously are going
to make Mr.. Nixon a top target
in their general election cam
paign. They don't like him be-
cause they say he implied in
the 1854 election drive their
party was soft on communism.
Beyond that, however, the
Democrats see in Mr.. Nixon a
target they can fire at with
the hope some of their shots
will reach home to Mr.. Eisen-
hover.
With suggestions like that OF
Senator Kerr, Democrat of Ok
lahoma, that Mr.. Eisenhower is
falling, frustrated" the Demo-
Gratis are promoting the idea
that the vice presidential spot
on the G. o. P. ticket is an is
sue of unusual Importance this
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

had heard rumorS OF revived
opposition to Mr.. Nixon he has
not detected any organized move
against the Vice President.
There may be some Repub-
licans who want to replace Nixon
on the ticket, but I don't think
the delegates to the convention
would stand for it," Senator
Goldwater said.
1.-The Vice President is mighty
popular with the workers of the
Republican Party. 1 think his
popularity with them is almost
as great as that Of President Eli
senhower himself"
Talk Discounted
Senators Carlson, Republican
Of Kansas, and Allot, Republican
Of Colorado, reported in separate
interviews they had heard some
talk of replacing Mr.. Nixon after
Mr.. Eisenhower's second illness.
But both said they discounted it.
Both predicted Mr.. Nixon's NOM
nation.
Some Nixon sentiment
developed after Mr.. Eisenhower
September "a heart attack. 1t
died out after Mr.. Nixon said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

of the diplomatic corps stood in
line to shake hands.
Goes to Bangkok Next
Accompanied by Vice President
Chen and Ambassador Rankin,
the party left Immediately by
car for Gen. Chiang's summer
home. Groups of people were
gathered in the street to watch
the convoy pass despite the late
hour. Mr.. Nixon set his departure
for Bangkok, Thailand, for 1870
pm. today Q0:30 am. EDIT, an
hour later than he had planned,
in order to have a longer after
breakfast talk with the general
|iSSimo.
From a previous visit of four
days here in November, 1858, the
Vice President already is well
acquainted with Gen. Chiang's
views, and it was likely the con-
ference would be cordial. The
Nationalist recently have been
uneasy. however, over the drawn
out negotiations on the ambaS-
sadorial level between the United
States and Red China in Geneva.
The Eisenhower m essag e
seemed bound to bolster Taipei'S
confidence that the United States
would support the Nationalist if
the Communists attack the Off
shore islands of Quemoy and
MatSu. The United States Con-
Igress has left to the Presidents
discretion whether the United
States actually would defend
these islands close to the main
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

apprehension about our own
SteadfaStnesS in continuing to
support the Republic of China. "
international communism al
ters its tactics from time to time
but we have as yet no evidence
of change in it's detectives" Mr..
Eisenhower added. THE Ameri-
can people and Government rea-
lie this"
The message was of particular
significance in view of misgiv-
ingS in many quarters in Taipei
about the future course of United
States policy on China. 1t set a
happy. mood for the Chang
Nixon talks.
ChiangS Stay up Late
The letter was handed to Gen
Chang personally by Mr.. Nixon
Immediately after his arrival late
last night at the generalissimo's
Grass Mountain retreat. Gen
Chang and his wife apparently
had stayed up to greet the tour
ing Vice President and his wife
Patricia.
Despite a long flight from
Saigon, capitol of the southern
republic of Wet Nam, Mr.. Nixon
stepped of his big Supercon-
stellation at Pine Hill Airport
looking fresh and in good humor
A crowd applauded.
At the foot of the gangway, he
was welcomed by Vice President
Chen Cheng, Foreign Minister
George Yeh, United States Am
baSsador Karl L. Rankin, chiefs
of United States military mis-.
sions here and others. Members
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Any Dump-Nixon Move
Will Fail, Go|dwoter Says

Senator Godwater Republican of Arizona predicted yester
day that national convention delegates will defeat
might develop to dump Vice President Nixon from the Republican
ticket
Senator Godwater former chairman of the Republican
atora Campaign Committee said in interview
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Nixon Takes U. S. PIedqe
Of Support to Chang

TAIPEI Formosa Sunday July -vice President Nixon,
arriving here for brief meeting with Generamo Chang Kali
shek brought letter from President Eisenhower assuring
Chinese Nationalist of steadfast American support.
Expressing Admiration for unyieldng stand
communism the told Gen Chang let there be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-11
.RockviIIeWateT
.BOnds0kayed

A proposed $2.6 million bond
issue to finance water system inn
provementS in Rockville, Md,
was approved, 1859 to SO, in an
advisory referendum yesterday.
The plan calls for construction
Of the city's own line to tap the
Potomac River as an additional
water supply. 1t also provides
for construction of a filter plant
near the river, revamping the
city's present system and con-
struction of a reservoir in the
Hunting Hill section.
Mayor Dickran Y. Hovsepian
called the referendum IAN over
whelming vote Of confidence in
Rockville's own water plant"
Mayor Hovsepian said city Of
f1cialS will continue discussions
on the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commissions plan for
tapping the Potomac for water
to supply Rockville.
He added that Rockville would
be willing to buy its additional
water from the agency but 1t
will have to come forward with
a plan more economical than
ours" The Sanitary Commits
sion's plan, he said, would not
make water available until 1860.
The city'S proposed project
would be completed by June,
1858.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-11
Arlington Pupil Grading
On Propaganda Charged

when / saw thse bills" Mr.
Moncure said. II was very much
heartened that certain condi-
tons in Virginia were to be aired
I'm not a patron on these bills
because / never saw them before
they were introduced. but I'd be
proud to sign my name to them
Last year, when we intro
duced the so-called Arlington
bill (to abolish the elective
school board) there came to me
evidence that the Arlington
PTA's sent out propaganda fol
children to take home to their
parents expressing support for
certain candidates for the school
board"
The legislator said any excep-
ton taken by parents was used
as a basis for grading their
hildren."
If that is true, and I believe
it is true because there's toe
much smoke not to be fire.
hope this committee proposed
in the Thomson bilD will look
into that situation.
Il had this evidence last win
ter but I didn't have to use il
because there was no fight on my
bill"
Shortly after that the COM
mittee went into executive
session, excluding the press, or
motion of Mr.. Mann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-11
First Drag Strip
lis Authorized in
Prince Georges

The first hot-rod drag strip
in Prince Georges County was
authorized today by the Board
of County Commissioners.
No opposition was heard at to-
days hearing in Upper Marlboro
on the application submitted by
Alfonso Procopio. TOTS Central
avenue, Seat Pleasant, The APP
|plicant said an asphalt quarter
mile commercial strip should be
ready next spring on the site two
miles north of Aquasco, of State
Route 381.
Mr.. Procopio said two or three
hot-rod clubs already have
shown an interest in using the
strip. -
The applicant said the strip
site is now a quarter mile from
the nearest home. The site is
an area outside controls of the
County Building Code and zon-
ing regulations.