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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19
BoIdness Is No Asset,
Despite Yul Brynner

wie-makers' magic to. flourish
on top of old and young baldies.
Before going further into
personalities, you might want
to know that one top hair
piece maker has $4,000 men
customers all over the world.
and the average age for the
rug wearers is less than %.
Il Starts Early
II a man is going to be bald.
the process often begins early.
Jackie Coogan lost some of his
hair almost before THE Kid"
was canned. Fred Astaire has
worn wigs in his movies for
several years. But. unlike Bing
Crosby, who has allowed his
toupee to recede a bit every
few years, Fred has adhered
to the same shape hair piece.
Which gives q rather unusual
combination Of a young head
on old shoulders. But who
cares, as long as Fred's feet
stay nimblel
Crosby. by the way. didn't
recede without q struggle. At
first he was very reluctant to
change the shape Of wigs to
come. His appearance was
popular with the public--why
tamper with q winner? But
the discrepancy between the
hatless Crosby Of the golf links
and the hirsute hero Of the
screen was too much for his
sense Of proportion and one
Of these years Bing's natural
line will be splitting hairs with
his phony browning glory. The
new toupees, incidentally. are
made Of a thread as fine as a
spiders web and are practical
~ impossible to detect, unless
you have a nose for spirit gum.
used to apply them. Nail var
nish to remove. Each indi-
vidual hair is applied by hand.
Cowboys Wear EN-
You'd never guess who wears
the most wigs in Hollywood.
The Western heroes. Several
Of these boys never 20 thata-
way without a choice swatch
Of extra hair to cover their
Continued ON Page E-2. Col. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19
TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE
ARENA-"witness for the Prosecution" $3.50 pm.
SCREEN

ANBASSADoR-The Buster Keaon Story" 12O. $40. 5:2S
7:30, and 9:35 pm.
cAP1ToL-"The vintage" l:15 4lO. ITO and 1905 pm.
Stage: 2:65. SIS and $3.50 pm. tg
COLONY-"I Am a Camera; 1885, $50 and 10 pm.
CoLUMBIA-"Beyond Mombasa"; 1850, 345 545 7:45 and
Gas pm
800, and $50 pm.
KETTHS-Bae He'll: 1920 1885, 5:45 7:50 and 9:55 pm.
MacARTHUR-"The Green Man" 240, 400. $40, $40 and
10 pm.
EXTRAORDINARY Buster Keaton Story; i:4O $40,
$40, TAO and GAS pm. 4#
oNTARIo-"Funny Face 1920 325. $780, TAO and 945 pm.
PALACE-"This Could Be the Night las. $780, $685. TAO
and GAS pm
PLAYHoUSE-"Ihe Ten Commandments: and pm.
PLAZA-"Bed Of Grass 1:25, $780, Ass. CAS- $50 and
1918 pm.
TRANs-LUx- xAbandon Ship; ITO. $780, Sis. 7;so and
0:40 pm.
UPToWN--"Around the World in 80 Days. and $3.50
WARNER-"Seven Wonders Of the World: q and $3.50 pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19
Bert Lair Gives Up That Roar Of Old
To Become q Disciplined Forceur

befuddled romantic Of French
farce.
That's what 1t is" he says,
hand beating in rhythm. IT'S
just like ballet"
nbsen's for Laughs
Some Of these days, Eva Le-
Gallienne hopes. theater au-
diences will get a real look at
the real plays Of Norway's
Henrik IbSen.
He is completely misunder-
STOOD" says the renowned
actress and theater director.
People always think Of him
as a brown museum piece.
Actually he was full Of fun"
The trouble, Miss lie CAL
lienne feels. has been partly
because of timing and partly
because something was lost in
translation.
"Ibsen was introduced to
the American theater in the
Victorian age, when everyone
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19

kind Of role twice in success
sion-but change is all right
too"
No Stage Fright
Lair sits back. regards his
watch.
Don't mind me-" he re-
sumes. II just let myself smoke
once an hour" He lights a Gig
aret.
ALSO, you hear a lot about
actors sensing audiences. and
having stage fright. I've never
been bothered about audience
reaction. II they don't laugh
1t doesn't necessarily mean
they're not enjoying them
selves. Maybe they just like
to be quiet.
And stage fright never
bothered me. You have to be
horribly insecure to have stage
fright"
Lahr puts aside such
thoughts, starts getting ready
for his nightly romp as the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19
THE PASSING SHOW
Critic-T urned-Actor Is In
Newspaper Game at Lost

crophone has been left at
Cables end Of the city. desk.
Had the microphone been
doomed our way, It would
have been more truly fiatter-
ing that Director Seaton said
we could write the line our
self.
A Pretty Good Line
1t was a pretty good line.
tough like Cables. made to
order for splitting at Hal
Cohen pittsburgh Post-Ga-
zette). also at the desk. who in
turn spat 1t at Frank Quinn.
film critic Of the New York
Daily Mirror.
Tell QUINN" the line went.
ito get some color into this.r
Since the story concerned o
small poultry yard fire whose
chief damage was some singed
feathers. the reproof to Quinn
may not have been entirely
reasonable. 1t is hard to get
color into a yarn like that, but
Gable expects the harShest of
his desk assistants.
The scene. which may run
so seconds or so in the final
picture, was all neatly pack
aged in a couple of hours. Two
hours is a long time to keep
saying to Cohen and Quinn.
Get some color into this" es-
pecially that far from the
microphone.
Through q quirk in movie
making over which bit players
have no control. Gable COM
pletely dominated the second
Of this correspondents play
er's,. we mean scenes. In this
one. Gable is involved with the
irate mother Of a copy boy who
wants the lad fired so she can
send him back to school.
Just Disappear?
It is quite a duel between
two stormy natures and the
rest Of the city desk stan Just
sat there furiously reading
Continued on Page E-3, Col. l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Editor Of the star

HOLLYWOOD. May Ia
After all these years Of resent
ing the phrase. this cores
pendent is actually in the
newspaper game"
He Is playing tor playing
at it-with Clark Gable as city
editor in Paramount's Teach
er's Pet"
It's amusing. this newspaper
game. especially with Director
George Seaton acting as a sort
Of master Of the revels, and
with some SO fellow editors.
columnists, and critics playing
themselves in the film. II it
does not look completely real
when the picture. q romantic
comedy. is released in the late
autumn one Of the most in
spired-or desperate-casting
gestures Of all time will have
failed.
No one out here thinks it
could possibly fail. We have
seen the rushes and what goes
on in the newsroom Of The
New York Chronicle. our pa
per, is as exciting. chaotic.
mystifying. and ineficiently
efficient as If 1t were real.
Somewhere. invisible as usual.
there must be the usual dozen
quiet ones who in every news
paper plant "know how to
make the damned thing work"
Not "Acting"
The professional extras. all
of whom act and most Of
whom will speak line or more
before it is all over, are not
really acting" They are be-
having as nearly like them
selves as Director Seaton can
make them. His method for
achieving this is pleasantly
coercive. It is also workable.
though not without its snags
in the form Of an occasional
newsman who decides to act
instead Of merely be himself.
Beyond his amiable per-
suasiveness, Mr.. Seaton has
two other factors going" for
him, as they say In the sports
pages.
one OF these is a New York
newsroom that reeks with au-
thenticity. Another is Norton
Mockridge. Mr.. Mockridge Is
a towering. youthfully middle
aged, intelligent and humorous
man who is City Editor Cables
assistant in the picture.
He is the Symbolically per-
feet figure In charge Of
q metropolitan newsroom. A
staff. looking at him, might
smartly conclude he would be
easier to follow than be driven
by.
Whether this is the case on
the New York World Tele-
gram. Of which Mr.. Mockridge
actually is city editor. we don't
know. That is the way IL goes
out here in the newspaper
game as we play 1t on The
New York Chronicle.
In the Middle
Through a combination OF
seniority and luck this COR
respondent found himself cast
in Teachers Pet" as an as
sistant city editor TO the
Messrs. Gable and Mockridge.
This is the best way Of get
ting into the middle Of a
movie that happens to deal
with a city editor and the
newsroom over which he pre-
sides. II 10 much better. for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19
BY WILLIAM GLOVER

NEW YORK (P.--Bert Lair
Is making some changes.
For Broadway's top banana
Of funnymen, glaneh-g langh
Is out and ballet is in.
Let's take one thing at a
time.
I've given that up." an
nounces Lahr Of the roaring.
throaty gurgle that's been the
hallmark Of his on-stage
buffoonery for so long. 1T out
lived its usefulness"
In addition to sound effects.
the comic king has also tenn
porarily given up ad lib capers
and is rigidly disciplining his
antic art.
This is the most diff1cult
role I've ever tried" he says
Of current uproarious activ-
tiles in Hotel Paradise" at
the Henry Miller Theater.
Farce is the toughest form
Of humor there -is-and this
is the first full-length farce
I've ever done.
Just Like Ballet
"You gotta be utterly sim
cere In q contrived situations
II this was vaudeville or
musical comedy could fool
around and let the audience
in on a lot Of little things.
But you can't do that In
farce where everything de-
ponds on rhythm and speed.
It's just like ballet"
Lair has never been a buf-
foon content to stand still in
trying new varieties Of per-
Torrance. He mixed COM
ment on Hotel Paradise"
with recollections Of his off,
beat outing last season. in
Waiting For Godot."
That was strenuous too"
he says. But in a different
way.
Il don't get any particular
kick out Of doing one kind Of
show or another. Any sue
cessful thing is gratifying
naturally you don't want
fiops.
You hear a lot about
actors always wanting 10
change the type OF parts they
play. / don't mind the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19
By sHEILAH GRAHAM

HOLLYWOOD (NANA).-
1t isn't true that Yul Brynner
has made badness an asset.
not in Hollywood. anyway.
and certainly not on Broadway,
If my view Of Rex Harrison at
the Tony Awards recently is
any criterion. You could tell
at a glance who had the Toni
not Rex. who hardly has
enough hair to cover his head.
let alone curl. This was very
disillusioning for a friend Of
mine. who had seen sexy Rexy
only on the stage and screen
where It's the custom for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19
THE PASSING SHOW.

instance. than being the drama
critic, q poor devil who. In The
Chronicles scale Of values. sits
In a remote corner.
He is not exactly inacces-
sible to the camera. but who
is he for City Editor Gable
an enemy Of education. much
less culture and the arts--to
bother with? No, on The
Chronicle. it is better to be
concerned with love nest
Sayings than Shakespeare.
Shaw and the likes Of these.
OF course. 1. Is the theme
Of the picture that City Editor
Gable will have to be taught
respect for the better things.
His principal teacher Is Doris
Day. An assistant city editor.
through circumstance, gets a
closeup Of the teaching proc
ess. From q distance Of about
8 feet away. to be precise.
Frightening Camera
In the lens Of q VistaVision
camera. 8 feet is nothing. To
a first-time performer before
1t. a VistaVision camera looks
larger than the image it will
ultimately throw upon the
screen. This can be, and is.
pretty frightening to q man
accustomed TO sitting before
an innocent typewriter in an
ONCE behind closed doors. His
feeling is that the catastrophe
truth about him is about to
be revealed to the world. even
non-English speaking.
Fortunately. it turns out
that Gable at the head of the
desk is the cameras dominant
interest. Not exclusive. under
stand, but dominant.
AS this is being written. this
correspondent has played in
three scenes. all big, naturally.
His acting has been panto-
mimic, like Cantinfias'. you
know. He has said lines.
Through bad management. or
something. however, the mi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
Labor Gains in Britain

Britain's Labor Party, although suf-
fering internally from a slight case of
theological indigestion, has won another
top-heavy by-election victory over the
Conservatives. In the additionally
marginal district of Gloucester the
Labor candidate for Parliament last
week rolled up a 8,374-vote margin over
his Conservative opponent. Since the
seat at issue had been held by Labor
lite, the result means no change in the
parliamentary division but the signifi-
canoe lies in the margin of victory. The
previous Labor member had squeaked
through by only 748 votes in 1855. Even
Conservative leaders, Immediately call
ing a strategy conference, acknowledged
that the result was sharp setback and
new party chairman, Viscount Hail
sham, was designated to reorganize the
political machinery.
Hugh Gaitskell, Labor Party leader,
interpreted the voting as Showing
overwhelmingly the unpopularity of the
Conservative government" This was the
tenth by-election test this year in which
Conservative support has dropped
materially and recent public opinion
polls indicate that a general election
now would return the Laborites to con-
troll by parliamentary majority of so
to go seats.
At the same time, there are other
factors which temper Conservative con-
Germ. The partyS present term runs
until 1860, unless 1t suffers defeat on
some major confidence issue in Parlia-
ment, and current political sentiments
could be reversed in the next three years.
In addition, the Labor Party itself is
deeply plagued by factionalism that
could be more damaging in a general
election than in the scattered byelec-
ton tests. A recent executive committee
policy statement on further nationalist
ton objectives--in steel and trucking
industries-has stirred up the internal
dispute, with the left-wing faction openly
unhappy at the moderation" of the
program. Mr.. Gaitskell, supporting the
moderate position, has expressed his
frank concern over the party disunity.
The next important political event
in Britain will be the Labor Partys
annual policy conference, beginning
September 80. The factional issue and
how it is resolved should provide clue
to the course Of the Labor Conservative
rivalry during the forthcoming months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
Middle in ThoiLond

1t is not clear just where Thailand
stands today. AT a moment when the
military advisers of the eight-nation
anti-CommuniSt Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization are scheduled to meet in
Bangkok, the country has suddenly be-
come something of question mark.
A bioodlesS coup has ousted the vigor-
ouSly pro- Western Premier Pibulsong-
gram, and the new strong man, Field
Marshal Sarit, has taken over at least
temporary control without as yet giving
detailed definition of the course he
plans to follow.
The field marshal, it is true, has voiced
assurances that Thailand's foreign
policy will remain unchanged and that
all treaty obligations will continue to
be honored. If that is so, then the
West may view the present situation as
the climax Of purely domestic struggle
in which Premier PibulSonggram -
whose troubles have mounted to a Gre
Scendo In recent weeks, especially be-
cause Of his breakdown on official cor
ruption-has lost out to men VINO may
change things on the home front with
out at the same time doing an inter-
national about-face.
Be that as it may, Marshal Sarit-
even though on record as a firm sup
porter of the pro-WeStern Pibulsong-
gram policy-is said to have been the
financial hacker of Bangkok'S most
anti-American newspaper This news
paper, besides being frequent critic
OF the United States, has been editorially
opposed to SEATO, and it has been
generally friendly in its comments on
Red China. Certainly, If it accurately
reflects the views of the leader of the
Thai coup, the Southeast Asia alliance
and its Western members must expect
some unpleasant developments
But right now the meaning of the
overturn in Thailand-the first country
to announce its unqualified readiness to
join SEATO is still too obscure for
anybody to jump to conclusions. Pre-
sumably, as soon as he feels firmly in
the saddle, Marshal Sarit will spell out
what changes, If any, are likely to take
place in foreign policy under the new
regime in Bangkok. Meanwhile, we can
do little more than keep our fingers
crossed and hope for the best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
Soft in the Head

New Yorks Judge Samuel Leibowitz
has never been man to mince words
when talking about those young thugs
in his community who are euphemisti-
cally known as Juvenile delinquents."
But this time he has really sounded off.
He wants to know how soft in the
head" we must become in dealing with
these people. Il don't believe in swing
ing clubs" he has told panel of grand
jurors, "but it would be the height OF
insanity to treat these young criminals
with cream puffs."
At the same time he lifted the lid
on some startling and hitherto undis-
closed incidents. Il have had them
stand here in court and spit at me-" he
said. He also related two cases from
New York's Childrens Court. In one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
ACoIm Approach

I was glad to see the COL
umns of Dorothy Thompson
and David Lawrence in your
editions Of September 10 and
IL. and their Interpretation
Of the 1854 decision of the
Supreme Court and its re-
lation to legislative action,
sovereignty Of the States,
and to the thoughts and at
titudes of the individual per-
son. Why cannot this same
intelligent good sense be ex-
pressed by others-in action
and words?
Why must people beat
their breasts, cause unhappi-
ness. trouble and hysteria in
fulfilling a fundamental de-
ciSion Of our high court? It
did not direct this action we
are having. and I do not ac-
cept the criticism that / OPP
pose indignation because I
oppose the action taken by
many to force 1t at this time.
Let us act like grownup
citizens.
A Constant Reader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18

Of these a "young punk" hit the Judge
on the head with a chair, and in the
other a defendant threw an inkwell at
the Judge.
Apparently these cases were hushed
up, but they do not seem to have been
isolated instances. At any rate, the
Judge in charge of the Children's Court
confirmed the incidents and said they
were commonplace" It must be re-
membered, this Judge added, that I'VE
are dealing with children. They're sick
and disturbed kids. We accept it (the
chair throwing incidents) as something
we have to put up with"
Maybe so. But we think Judge Lei
bowitz had point when he urged the
grand jurors to look into the records of
these kids" before proceeding against
them under the Youthful Offenders Act.
Under this law, there is no record Of
a criminal conviction against juvenile
who is found guilty, which makes it
possible, in subsequent prosecution,
for the accused to testify that he has
no criminal record According to Judge
Leibowitz, however, the accused in some
cases has been involved in serious crimes
on five or six previous occasions.
The grand jurors may or may not
take the judges counsel to heart. It
seems to us, however, that law-abiding
citizens in all communities with a seri-
Gus juvenile crime problem should sit
up and take notice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
Helpful Hot Rods

l was driving with my
family in Braddock Heights.
Nd, when I developed some
motor trouble and couldn't
move my car. In less than
three minutes. two "hot rods"
pulled up and asked If I
needed help. They found the
trouble. and rode of to a fill-
ing station, two miles away,
to get me my motor part.
They installed it for noe and
in no time at all the motor
was working again. I thanked
them and they handed me
a card which reads as fol-
lows:
"You have been assisted by
a member of The Road An
gels, Frederick. Maryland, an
organized group Of auto en-
thusiasts working to promote
safety and responsibility on
the highways. This organiza-
ton shall be dedicated to
prove to the public that the
name hot rod is not associ-
ated with recklessness."
They even go to the trouble
to carry spare parts for mo-
florists in need. How many Of
us are thoughtful enough to
carry even a spare bulb for
our own need? None.
If all motorists would take
an example from the hot
rods and help one another
on the roads, we would have
less accidents and more en-
joyable trips. without fear
Of being stranded miles from
a gas station.
The next time you read in
the papers that a hot rod"
was in an auto accident, stop
and think: Was this a hot
rod or some youth showing
oh7 Harry Schneider.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
To Curb the Killers

Traffic Judge Kronheim, properly
concerned over the rise in traffic deaths
this year, has proposed drastic but
possibly effective means of cracking
down on reckless drivers. He has sug-
gested to police and traffic officials that
police be authorized to take up the
permit Of any driver arrested for such
serious offenses as drunken driving, hit
and-run or recklessness leading to per-
sonal injury. The permit would be
restored, Of course, If the accused motor
ist were found innocent. Pending trial,
a specially stamped police ticket would
serve as permit.
A system similar to this already has
been used with success in Illinois for
several years. A State law authorizes
police to seize permits pending DISPOSE
ton in court Of traffic charges. District
TRAFFIC Director Keneipp was told dur
ing a recent visit to Chicago that the
plan has worked well there. The Traffic
and Police Departments have agreed to
consider such plan for Washington.
A question yet to be settled is whether
special legislation would be necessary
to institute the system.
Judge Kronheim's suggestion was
made at conference with traffic and
police authorities on means of curbing
the serious increase in accidents here
this year. There have been 81 deaths
in the District so far, as compared with
AZ at this time last year and 81 for all
of 1856. In view of this grim record,
stern measures by the courts, the police
and traffic officials to make the streets
safer are thoroughly Justified.