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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
By JAY CARMoDY


His shop, the theater, is
something that Paul Rogers
talks wisely and crisply.
But the senior star Of Eng
lands Old Vic company is not
a schoolmaster's son for moth
ing. He has a ranging mind
and q vivacious one. an en-
gaging quality in a luncheon
companion. AS a matter of
fact. this correspondent will
remember Mr.. Rogers not only
for his John Of Gaunt, Mac
beth. Mercutio and Pandaris.
He also will remain in mind as
the only actor who could dis
cuss, the ancient Romans and
England's oysters.
That's really what they
found most profitable in their
conquest of England" he says.
They settled down, quite
wisely. right next to our oyster
beds. Used to send oysters
home by the shipload. Terribly
keen, the old Romans.
Snow Refrigerant
you might well wonder how
they got the oysters that far
without spoilage. Very simple.
They merely filled the hold of
a ship with snow, packed the
oysters in barrels. or some
thing. and shipped them out.
OF course. the barrels might
well have been floating in
melted snow by the time they
arrived. but apparently the
water was still cold"
Not too long ago. he recalls.
much the same thing happened
in reverse in England. A ski
meet in the islands interior
was saved by the import of a
shipload of snow from Norway.
Mr.. Rogers. who is in it's
latisha sos. midnightish actu-
ally. was a long time getting
to America on this, his first
trip.
Nevertheless, he always felt
a tentacle between himself and
this country. AS a schoolboy
in Plymouth. England's of
course. he walked every day
past the steps down which
the Pilgrims went to board
ship for that famous 1920
journey. This sort of thing.
together with being a school
masters son and years of
playing Shakespeare. gives a
man an acute sense of history.
Likes Our Warmth
Mr.. Rogers, who emerges
from his kingly. dukish and
other make-upS as rather
startlingly young. took to
Washington even before it had
time to take to him. He finds
it one of the friendliest cities
he ever encountered and will
never forget the news pho
tographer who met him. Mrs.
Rogers and the Rogers infant
at Union Station. After pic
lures, they all piled into the
photographers station wagon
and went sight-seeing-White
House, etc.-on the way to the
actors hotel.
Everyone got so friendly and
chatty that Mr.. Rogers let
down his guard and referred to
press conferences as "stuffy."
Il suppose" he says with a
laugh, that both of us regard
them the same way. the press
and the interviewer. But ! also
think the press understands
how hard it is to hop of a
train, rush to hotel without
even washing ones face, and
try to give intelligent, or even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Edward MuIhore, Fighting |rishmon,
lis the Theoter's Mon-on-the-Spot
BY WILLIAM GLOVER

NEW YORK (P.-Edward
Mulhare, a fighting Irishman
himself. is currently the man.
on-the-spot in Broadway's
spotlight.
II never expected anything
like this" he remarks.
There are couple OF rea-
sons for all the attention: A
newcomer. Mulhare has COPIED
a prize role: an unknown, he's
caused a heady skirmish in an
ancient theatrical feud.
Lanky. blond and 80. Ed is
the vacation replacement for
star Rex Harrison. beginning
tomorrow, in that glittering
bonanza. MY Fair Lady"
He was picked after an ex-
tended hunt here and abroad
for a suitable substitute for
the ineffable Rex. Harrison
gets IL weeks of holiday this
year.
Although no one is making
any hard public commitments
yet there would be no sur
prise II a satisfactory Mulhare
becomes permanent heir to the
choice role when Harrison
moves on to other things.
Parts Not New
In view of the unexpected
agitation his coming caused,
Mulhare Is doubly determined
to prove himself.
THE part isn't exactly new
to me-" he confidently explains.
after all. I've been in four
productions Of Shaw's 'Pyg-
malion that My Fair Lady
is based upon.
And / don't expect any
trouble even though this is
the first musical I've ever been
in. I'm not going TO sing
any more than Rex. Actually.
don't believe the lyrics TO
the tunes / have were meant
to be sung"
Mulhare If plainly surprised
but taciturn over the fact that
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witty. answers to questions.
Ritual things, equally hard on
both parties"
Mr.. Rogers is glad to be in
on the Old Vic's first visit to
Washington and. as its senior
player in spite of his youth,
its spokesman.
Would Revise Tour
Now that he is here and the
Old Vic and the city are bathed
in such friendliness and Alu-
tual admiration. he is sur
prised the company never
came before.
And, to the extent that he
can influence it. he intends to
see the same thing never hap
pens again.
The whole trip" he says,
has been wonderfully illumi-
mating. 1t has given me some
definite ideas of what future
visits should be. I'm convinced
that we should limit our New
York stay to eight weeks cit
was IL this time) and that we
should tour. Certainly, we
should never miss Boston,
Philadelphia and Washington.
II shall know more about
Chicago after our visit there.
We all are looking forward to
it. Of course, but our four plays
represent a lot of expressage
cost to get back in a limited
run"
What with a company Of
more than SO and four pro-
auctions to travel Cat $4,000.
according to departmental in
telligence) this is quite bur-
den to impose upon a two
weeks booking anywhere.
Mr.. Rogers, who will be leav-
ing the Old Vic after seven
seasons, has an exciting ad-
venture ahead Of him.
Next, Hamlet"
We're going to Australia,
Rosland (Boxhall, Mrs. Rog-
ers) and I. where we shall do
Hamlet I've been in several
'Hamlets.' sort of on the edges.
I had never given much
through to the big role. but
now that it is on the books.
I've seldom been more excited.
Rosland. who is 10 years
younger, will play my mother,
Queen Gertrude. She's excited,
too"
At the end Of the Chicago
engagement. the Old Vic COM
pany will return to New York
to rehearse for its farewell
performance, television spec
tacular. Mr.. Rogers likes the
word Spectacular"
He also likes the notion that
the rehearsal period will give
him q chance to see a number
Of Broadway plays for which
IL very busy weeks on Broad
way gave him a hunger. Play
ing major roles in all four Of
the Old Vic's current roper
tory productions. he never had
a performance of.
Well finish the television
rehearsals at 6 pm" he says.
which will give me a chance
to get about at night. I've a
lot Of things to get about to
too many. Of course, but I'm
glad for this much Of free
DOM"
Also on the Rogers schedule
Of seeing America at last is
the glamour city the couple
has been hearing about all its
aggregate life. San Francisco.
I'VE shall have only a day
there, but what a full day we
plan to make it," he says.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Paul Douglas Finds Life in New York
More Complicated Than 1t Used to Be
BY WARD MoREHoUsE

~ NvAASD WI
NEW YORK (NANA).-Paul
Douglas. who made the tran
sition from radio sports an
nouncer to Broadway star via
the overwhelming comedy hit
that was called Born Yester-
day." lit a cigarette. slipped a
martini, and talked about his
life in New York.
Jan (Sterling) and I looked
around a lot Of Manhattan
Island for an apartment and
we found that rents were ap-
palling. Even on the supposedly
bedraggled West Side. So we
rented a house in East Fifty
seventh street. II we didn't
have a baby we'd be in a hotel,
and that's for sure.
I'VE found that we could
rent a house for exactly half
of what an apartment costs.
and that's a tip for out-of
towners coming here to live.
Seems that nobody likes a
house because you're always
having to run up and down
stairs. Anyway. Mrs. Douglas
and / have a house.
II Once Was Simple
Life was so simple around
New York years ago when you
just lived in saloons. I've
never been in our basement
and won't think Of going unless
the pipes burst or we run out
of gin.
Its a furnished place that
we rented. The landlord has
a grim portrait Of his father
on the wall. ! hesitate to try
to take it down because it's
electrically wired. So hands
off!
We've converted our din
ing room into a catch-all and
there are trunks just about
everywhere. Come over some
time and look around. Our
houae is sort OF a combination
Of the Neiman- Marcus store
IN Dallas. the Municipal Opera
IN st. Louis. Rock Greek Park
w Washington and the Left
Bank IN Paris. There's also a
bit Of the baggage room
Of the Pennsylvania Station
thrown In.
The broad -shouldered Mr.
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shun glasses-aS they were
forced to do by their glamor
conscious bosses a short decade
ago. In fast-increasing num-
bers. nearsighted screen ladies
who had been resorting to
devious tricks and devices to
hide their handicap" from
the outside world are now
going out in public places
boldly displaying their cheat
ers and thinking nothing Of it.
II Was in Contracts
In the faraway past studio
guardians Of tickle fan taste
ISSUED what amounted to a
blanket order to their con-
tractees. Regardless Of how
badly they might need them.
players were not to wear
glasses in public. The edict
applied to both sexes. The
feeling then was that fans
seeing random photos Of their
favorites wearing such para
phernalia would be disillu-
stoned to the horrifying point
Of no longer going to see their
movies.
Back in the late 1930s q
leading star on the Goth Gen.
tury-Fox lot. Brenda Joyce,
created q wild commotion In
film circles by widely publiciz-
ing her optical shortcomings.
Nearsighted, Brenda. a beau
tiful young blond. was COM
PEELED to wear glasses to make
her way safely through the lit
ter Of the soundstages. But
her unforgivable sin-for the
Hollywood Of that day--was
to permit the national optom-
etrist association to photo
graph her CARRIED in a hand
some set Of frames and then
okay its use for eyeglass-sell-
ing propaganda.
She Broke the Ice
Filmtown publicity circles
were incensed. but Brenda's
willful action broke the ice.
Today, due largely to the fact
that most stars are now of
contract and can make their
own personal decisions. glasses
are almost as common on the
face Of the glamor queen as
capped teeth.
Several of the screens most
gorgeous spec-wearing girls
somehow manage to look Just
as beautiful with as without
them. Dorothy Malone is an
outstanding example. This
Texas beauty is nearsighted
and frankly admits it. But
certainly her glass-wearing
tactics haven't caused her to
be neglected in the slightest
by producers around the Uni
versal-International lot.
Grace Wore Doubles
Filmtown parties today find
a generous sprinkling OF guests
the males think nothing at
all of them any more-looking
out through their attractive
specs. For instance. when Prin-
cess Grace Kelly was a promi-
ncnt figure In the towns social
life, she wore two sets Of
glasses most OF the time. one
over the other. The hrst was
for practical viewing purposes.
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taken care Of by his very ma
ture 12-year-old son. The man
is a widower and he and the
kid get along great. The man is
named Sidney and he runs a
Miami Beach hotel and very
unsuccessfully. and at the
wrong end of the beach. This
part has the sensitivity of
child and 1t will give me
chance 10 rise or fall as an
emotional actor. We have a
swell cast and us wonderful TO
be directed BY Carson Kanin
again. Funny about this bust
ness. You knock or doors for
See MOREHOUsE. Page E-2
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Douglas. who probably could
make the New York Giants II
he decided to go in for pro
football. has been of the New
York stage for some 10 years
He's done a lot Of pictures and
has had a great deal of TV
work.
He now has a new play,
"A Hole in the Head" written
by Arnold Schulman. which
will be coming to Broadway
in late February.
IT'S the story OF a man and
hig son" safe Mr.. Douglas.
The father is a fellow who
mas never grown w and he's
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his arrival here from London
cmbroiled Actors Equity Union
and Producer Herman Levin
in n tussle.
IL never thought I'd start a
fight,' says the man from
Cork.
Equity. which passes on all
aVen performers, rejected Null
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03

About Face
TOWN Bob
AnOscor?
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

HOLLYWOOD (NANA).-
The big switch in casting
Hollywood films has made
gangsters go straight, set sing
ers to emoting, and turned
glamor girls into plain James.
Now comes Bob Hope.
Bob previously interspersed
some straight thesping with
his role as vaudevillian Eddie
Foy in THE Seven Little
Foys." The role was closer to
basic Hope than to basic Bar
rymore. But in his current
role as New York's colorful
Jimmy Walker in the Shavel-
son and Rose production Of
Beau James," Hope goes the
full distance as multifaceted
dramatic personality far re-
moved from the. wise-cracking,
flip facade for which he is so
well known. like particularly
the tag scene in the movie
when Hope, as Mayor Walker,
faces a hostile audience at
Yankee Stadium where he ends
his remarks by recalling the
public promise he once made,
that he would resign If he
ever felt he had hurt New
York City. The camera is on
Hopes face without any lines
for him to speak, and the guy
who has spent a lifetime max
ing people laugh should sue
coed in making you cry.
Bling Won't Sing
Another successful switch
came last year when Bob's
arch-rival. Bing Crosby, won
acclaim for his portrayal Of
an actor beaten by the bottle
in THE Country Girl" In his
current Man on Fire" the
Groaner doesn't sing a note.
William Holden was known
as "the boy next door" until
he played a gigolo In Sunset
Boulevard" and opened the
door to heavy dramatic oppor-
tunities. Ray Milland's fame
was as a brittle sophisticate
until THE Lost Weekend" for
which. as the tortured alco-
holic. he took top honors in
the Academy Derby.
Dick Powell caused a sensa-
ton by abandoing song-and-
dance parts for a two listed
tough-guy role in Murder,
My Sweet" And until Kirk
Douglas appeared as the strong
and arrogant Champion" he
had played only weaklings and
white-collar workers.
On the distaff side, Joan
Crawford, then one Of the
screens leading sirens, took a
chance when she set aside her
i false eyelashes to play a psy-
chotic mother in Mildred
Pierce" also an Academy
Award performance. Comedi-
enne Jane Wyman went SOM
Der and plain as mute in
Johnny Belinda" Lovely Jan
I Sterling stripped off her make
up on camera for hard
woman" effect in The High
and the Mighty"
Vivien Won Twice
Then there is musclemar
Burt Lancaster who came
down from his trapeze to play
an aging alcoholic in Come
Back, Little Sheba." Villain
Gus Ernest Borgnine snapped
his From Here to Eternity"
Switchblade for a meat cleaver
and melted the hearts of
America as the lonely Bronx
butcher. Marty"
Vivien Leigh of England
made her first American APP
pearance playing Southern
belle Scarlet O'Hara in Gone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN

HOLLYWOOD (NANA). -
Good news today for the OPP
tometrist, the oculist, all those
who prescribe and dispense
glasses. Not the hosting kind.
we make haste to add, but the
vision-boosting sort that hook
over the bridge of the nose and
are still referred to in old
fashioned quarters as spec
tacles."
The word is that Hollywood
actresses. even the youngest
and most beautiful, no longer
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hare for the role in line with
it's policy Of only approving
established stars or players Of
unique talent. Levin replied
Mulhare far surpassed ali
other candidates auditioned,
and asserted he would defy
the union ban.
The conflict could have
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halted my Fair Lady's' run.
nut both sides were extricated
by an arbitrator's ruling that
The current Equity regulation
doesn't apply because it went
into effect after My Fair
Lady" began its career.
The basic dispute--the de.
Continued on Page E-2. Col. 3
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title roles are surrounded by Carol Browns
Helen of Troy cavorting with Ronald Al
lens Paris and Paul Rogers whooping it up
as the foppish PandaruS. The Old Vic's
second week at the National Theater will
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House Investigators Hit
DC. Food-HeoIth Unit

Mr.. Lord also stated three of the
assistant corporation counselors
were on sick leave today tues
day, September 81, 1854 who
one of the three could have the
jacket with the records out for.
some reason. l was in the Cor
poration Counselor's Office be-
tween 8 am. and 1910 am, and
no representative from the
Company appeared there
during that time. Mr.. Lord
stated there was something
funny going on with the case.
1t is interesting to note that
there was no followup by this
Bureau on this matter, and the
case was dropped. An employee
of the Bureau advised that, be-
cause of the relationship be-
tween the plant manager and
DR.. Buddington, and the rela-
tlonship between the plant man
ager and the police precinct
which had to serve the warrant,
there was no purpose in follow
ing through.
In this same calendar year,
prior to the obtaining of this
warrant. a notice had been
served on this operator on July
%, 1854. The files reflect
that the manager had appeared
at the Bureau in connection with
this notice and promised to cor
rect the conditions.
The following year a warrant
was again secured against this
manufacturer and submitted TO
the corporation counsel On Az
gust /, 1855 This warrant
charged: Conducts a frozen
desserts establishment and main
tains same in insanltary condi-
ton, to wit: Glass skylight over
brine tank broken slab trays
filled and stacked and open 10
dirt and contamination; insula-
ton on pipes peeling and drop
ping, basket of sanitary fittings
stored on floor; accumulation of
trash on loading platform: flies.
stair wells dirty and dirty water
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with the latter still retained as
bureau chief.
The investigators declared
that:
inspectors have advised this
staff of licenses being approved
over their objection: of the TAX
ing care of warrants on orders
from above; and of the refusal
of supervisors to authorize war;
rants where justified.
They cited four examples of
nonenforcement of regulations
The following is quoted from
the report:
Case Alec Cream Plant
Reimbursement of regulations
by this bureau is illustrated by
the case of a particular ice cream
plant
Nonenforcement of regulations
was attributed to the fact that
the concern held membership
in a prominent manufacturers
association whose executive Sec
rotary has been active in eXerting
pressure in the interest of the
members and was also attributed
to the personal friendship be-
tween the plant manager and
the assistant chief of the bureau,
DR.. Buddington. In illustration
an inspector advised that in
structions were issued by Mr.
Burdette. chief of the bureau, to
get a warrant against this par
ticular plant without the knowl-
edge of DR.. Buddington. in order
to avoid his interference.
On the basis Of excessive bac-
terra counts in ice cream samples
taken on July ,. July 81. and
August 49, 1854, warrant was
secured against this firm. Nc
final disposition of the case
could be located in the files, and
an inspector advised that the
warrant was presumably lost in
the police precinct responsible
for serving it.
The bureau inspector who APP
peared in connection with the
prosecution of the case prepared
report for the file, as follows:
ON September 81. 1854, l ap.
peared as witness for tht
Government versus who
was to appear At 10 am. fol
bacteria violation.
Mr.. Lord, warrant recorder
could not find the warrant OF
the Jacket containing the rec
ordS, he also asked Corporation
Counselor Clark King and sew
eral assistant corporation coun-
selors about the warrant who all
did not know anything about IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-28

Every day, newspaper headlines tell Of the most
hideous Of all sex crimes attacks on young chill.
dren and teen-agers.
Now, in the April Ladies' Home Journal, you'll
read what group of mothers in one city did =
and you'll learn what you can do to protect your
child and prevent these terrible crimes
Here are seven basic rules every parent should
teach children. They're as easy to learn as the
ABC's -. as matter-offact as safety rules There's
advice on what your child should do if stranger
becomes insstent what she should do if
approached at the movies. And if an incident
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minimize the disturbing effect it may have on your
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standing in second level; top OF
vat in pasteurizing room dirty
as well as three sanitary fittings
in the dirty water; in cream
room the ceiling is falling, floor
dirty with pools of dirty water,
univat dirty with dirty utensils
several cans of old mix no la
beD stored in this room and had
an offensive odor; cartons of sin
gle service containers open and
exposed to dust and contamina-
ton; mems washroom-no tow
els, one toilet out of order; hard
enlng room, ice cream on floor,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-28

without Buddingtons knowledge,
so he could not intercede.
Three warnings have been
given this same plant in the year
1856 charging excessive bacteria
in their product, but no court
action has been taken
A case which became a matter
of newspaper interest and which
Continued on Page A-29, Col. 1
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slab trays stored without cover
door in freezer room frozen,
anteroom very dirty; freezer
room, ice cream on floor. partly
opened containers; :.
On August l6, 1855, this war;
rant was nolle pressed. Accord
ing to some information fur
nished this staff the action was
taken on orders of MI. Burdette.
However. the files show the sig
nature of Arthur Buddington.
And as mentioned before, in
structions originally were issued
by Burdette to obtain a warrant
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