Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

cted Marty" and won the Screel
; authors, critics, columnists VIII
need a retreat in which to sleer
eat, battle and write. Beinl
| numbered among the BlairS
, friends assures man a type
writer beside one of the mos
picturesque picture window
, from Kennebunk, Me-. to SAINT
Monica. And if the friend /
; close, and trustworthy, there
also available the biggest Cadil
) lac limousine any stranger eve
Unanswered through Hollywood
appalling traffic.
Nancy and Bob Pirosh are
couple who can appreciate
visitors need for a small, quie
party after he has had a roun'
of big. busy social gatherings
In their southern colonia
house in Vaudeville canyon, the,
call in such guests as the Franl
Nugents. he the former New
York Times film critic now on
of Hollywood's best writer's; tn,
Director Mark Robsons and tn,
Director John Sturgeses.
Only not John, either. HI
had to go to a Screen Directors
Guild board meeting.
t The conversation covered a 10
of ground. :. Mr.. Nugent raised
the most discussable point
namely why the New York Crit.
les Circle negleets to make 6
screenwriter's award among it.
many others. =. He got no arg.
!ument against that from thi:
Conquest whose affinity is fol
writers of all kinds :. especially
good ones.
Mr.. Robson and Mr.. Pirost
wanted to know if a critic
Thought he could evaluate, not g
Ipicture or a play, but the multi
Iple elements that make it what
ut is. +. How much of its merits
Ior lack of it, is due to direction
lacting, camerawork, writing? :.
Lively topics, this. Mr.. Nu-
gents contribution to it: That
The did not think he could &c
back. comfortably. again to crit
Iicism; that he had learned toe
much about the complexity OF
matchmaking ever to be uncon-
fused in weighing its many
parts. :. This visitor impressed
but not convinced. Anyhow
a lovely evening, and ever SO
relaxing in the Pirosh's Colonial
architecture, so restful after
Hollywood's Spanish and Califor-
mia modern.
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! Most fascinating home in the
Beverly Hills area must be that
of Delmer, Mary Lou and the
three younger Dawes. Del,
who makes a charming speech
of introduction as well as excel
lent movies. is a hobbiest ex-
traordinary. i. From writing,
directing and producing movies
he has gone on to painting
philosophy. dead languages,
mineralogy, sculpture and gar
dening.
! Behind the handsome Dawes
home, there is a museum. with
large and beautifully ordered col
lections relating to each of the
masters hobbies. An archie.
ologist coming upon it few
thousand years hence will fee.
confident he has discovered the
busiest collector of the post
1ncan era. If the younger
Dawes can find a major interest
in life among the many by which
they are surrounded. they viii
be geniuseS. Mrs. Dawes
Mary Lou. is equally energetic
(. And ever so cleaning.
She still finds time to act, wa.
off indeed in a couple of days te
play lead in a stock production
at Phoenix, Ariz.
/ y II n
| The Screen Directors Guild
headquarters is a dazzlingly
functional new structure located
at 1850 Sunset boulevard. II
is stated with what must be tbs
most warmly welcoming ano
efficient force in Southern Cali
tfornia. Headed by Joe Young
erman and Norman Siegel, who
directs the Guilds public rela-
tons.
And when they give a press
cocktail party, a visitor can meet
everyone he ever has known In
Hollywood.
! All of a sudden, between them
these make Hollywood one OF
the hardest places to leave.
t X II
/ Tomorrow Mr.. Carmody, hav.
ing headed north, will write oil
Stanford University's drama
school, the +. COwles Strick.
lands who went from here Il
Palo Alto, and Of San Fran.
ciscO.1