Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-16


of two or more, that isis in
alphabetical order.
So first to Miss Farr. who by
now has departed from as well
as arrived in Washington. She
was here briefly last week to
meet people who have access to
printing presses and to attend q
preview showing of 1910 to
Yuma"
She's in it and she thinks
it's fine movie. Miss Farr is
supported in this view by the
studio duenna attending her,
who adds. 1T even observes the
classic unities Of time, place
and action. How many movies
do that?"
Not many. probably. but this
Is not question that diverts
you when Miss Farr is on the
premises. A trim. tanned and
eminently personable brown
cite, she makes an excellent
goodwill ambassador. not mere
" for 1910 to Yuma" but for
Columbia Pictures and all the
rest Of Hollywood.
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A Westminster County New
York; girl. Miss Farr decided
as early as her high school days
to pursue an acting career.
With this In mind. she studied
with Stella Adler in New York
and with Michael Chekov in
California. Then she was dis
covered ct the Farmers Market
In Hollywood.
It was q stage role that got
Miss Fairs career moving, how
ever. not the attractive way she
shopped at the famed market.
She was playing Madge in the
Players Ring Theater produce
ton Of Picnic" while Columbia
was making the movie version
with Kim Novak. A Columbia
executive dropped around one
night to see how the round
actors were faring with the
play. He liked so much the
way Miss Farr was faring that
she was summoned to the
studio to test for ~Jubal." She
won not only the role. but a
seven-year contract with Co
lumbia.
This is not q girl who is lulled
by the hallucination that a
long term movie contract
means lifetime security, how
ever. Hers has five more years
to go, but Of it she says:
lit has options every Is min |
utes. I have to call in to see
III still work there"
There is one aspect Of her
work right now-this sales trip
In the interest Of 1910 to
Yuma" - that puzzles the !
Acknowledgement Felicia. She
keeps encountering people who
think Of her IS q busy tele-l
vision actress.
-Actually I've heen in more
movies (including 'Reprisal"
and "The First Texan'0 than
television plays" she says. 1--WE
had seven films-though the
INST two don't count except for
experience-and for TV I've
done q couple Of Ford Theaters
and one Playhouse 80.
AZ guess the Playhouse 80
show must have given me this
TV reputation. It got a lot Of
comment the first time and it
was repeated this summer"
Teievision, she has decided, does
have impact. This particular
show, in fact. had considerable
impact on Miss Farr. B-movie
In length. it was made in a
much shorter time and on a
much lower budget than even
Q B-movie.
nIn every camera setup." Miss
Farr recalls, they had to shoot
every scene that could be shot
there. ! had two scenes-one
at the opening and one near
the end-that were almost
alike, with very similar dia-
logue. but completely different
In mood.
Doing both the same day.
one in the morning and the
other in the afternoon. would
have been bad enough. But Il
had to do them back-to-back.
first one, then the other. It
wasn't easy" Miss Farr signs.
In the manner of a girl who
hopes that never happens to
her again.
y
Miss Farr seems to have
taken up most Of the space
here, but things can be evened
up in due course. Miss Garland
still is in town, opening a weeks
engagement at the Capitol
Theater tonight so Washing
tonians can enjoy the talent
that has aroused huzzahs else
where.
After her local stint. Miss
Garland goes on to some more
Of the same in Philadelphia,
then sets of to conquer Lon