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who suffered a conclusion from
the beaning. had a single in
four trips and figured in two
runs. Rookie Curt Barclay lost
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
BY sHEILAH GRAHAM

ROME (NANA).-"T had q
great career" said Mario
LAMA. IT still have. but it's
nothing like what win hap
pen here. This" he said,
waving to the set of his first
picture in the Eternal City.
"The Seven Hills Of Rome"
is the beginning Of a new
career"
LAMA had kept me waiting
a couple of hours for the in
tervie@. And he had put me
Of the day before, so I had
assumed his nemesis. tenn
permanent, had reared its old
and ugly head.
mot true" said Mario.
Its only that / can't sleep.
We have leeches crawling all
over US. ! counted seven last
night. We live in the most
fabulous villa in all Italy.
Mussolinfgave 1t as a present
to Marshall Badoglio after
his campaign in Libya.
There are so many rooms
that even Einstein couldn't
figure them. The first day,
the cook is downstairs, the
butler upstairs. I was look
ing for them and got lost.
My chauffeur found me. I
have four nurses for my chill
dren-one for each Of them.
Gle also has two maids and
a gardener.) It's costing me
a million lire a month, but
there are leeches. it's hot at
night, and / can't Sleep"
Long Stay Planned
All the same. LAMA has
rented the villa for two
years because. as he says. II
don't intend to come back
to the United States for a
long time. After having
earned from my career
slightly over IS million and
now having nothing left. l
have to do something for
these babies and Nom and
Pop. / have nine skillion
projects. America takes all
your money in overwhelm-
ing taxes. But 1t also allows
you to keep some on a new
tax law that was passed six
months ago. 1t merely says
you can't own a house in the
USA. So you sell 1t. All the
money you earn outside the
United States is yours, even
when you are paid BY an
American company" Mario
Il paid BY Titanus Of Italy,
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THE PASSING SHOW
Film Makers Seem AimIess.
But They're Really Busy

forms around the camera.
Splinter groups break OF and
become new huddles.
Eventually a limousine
draws UP. Miss Loren or Mr..
Grant gets out, strolls over.
does as hidden and cameras
turn. But don't get the idea
that everyone has been Will
ing away the time awaiting q
temperamental star. For a
great deal has been going on
while it seemed otherwise.
1t Calls for Genius
Movie making requires
genius-at least by one def
milton. the infinite capacity
for taking pains. II you en-
counter the "Houseboat"
company during its stay here,
the interminable wait for
Miss Loren may be made
more tolerable If you know
who the painstaking people
are and what they are doing.
The creative principals in
the Household" setup are
Producer Jack Rose and Di-
rector Melville Shavelson. AS
the writer's of 'Houseboat,"
too, their association with it
began several months ago
when Mr.. Grant brought
them the story idea. They
liked 1t. got approval from
Paramount executives, went
to work on the screenplay
and cheered Justify when Mr..
Grant called from Spain
where he was making THE
Pride and the Passion" and
suggested Sophia Loren for
the costarring role.
Now they are concerned
with translating their screen
play into pictorial story-tell-
ing. Mr.. Shavelson is the
man in Stacks and sport shirt
who has suntan where much
of his hair used to be and
who issues orders in q calm
tone. These are translated
into commands by an assist
ant and wheels turn. Mr..
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Low Toxes, High Living in ItoIy
Give Lonzo New Lease on Career

land. my director, appealed
to His Holiness who gave his
permission. Isn't that won
derful?"
/ agreed 1t was. Then I
tackled Mario on the reports
of his nonstop intake Of
spaghetti. "On the heads Of
my four babies / have not
touched spaghetti since /.
came to Italy" said Mario.
Il eat shrimp. lobster and
maybe one breadstick q day.
To tell the truth"-and he
came closer to Whisper
prefer my mothers spaghetti
in Pennsylvania" He looks a
bit thinner. but, could still
lose a few more pounds. But
who am to chide a person
who is plump through love of
eating?
Metro wants me for five
more pictures to be made in
Europe, continued LAMA.
Il will also sing in the OPEN
air opera at the Roman
Baths in Rome. will sing
in Verona and Milan and also
In Naples!
Does ImpersOnatiOns
His press agents were send
ing UP distress signals. so
Mario reverted to his Seven
Hills Of Rome" who can do
what I can do?" he asked,
and, without waiting for q
reply, went on: I'm the pic
ture ! do representations that
no one else can do. No one
can tell the difference when
! do takeoffs on Satchmo
Armstrong. Perry Como. Bing
Crosby, Dean Martin and
Frankie Lame" He does
everybody except Frank
Sinatra, who refused per-
mission.
I didn't hear the record
ings, as they were still being
processed. But those who
were there tell me that
Mario's voice is in great
shape, and better than when
/ first heard him sing at
Metro in THAT Midnight
Kiss with Kathryn Grayson
20 years ago when I predicted
he would be a great star.
But whether he lives in
Rome or Hollywood, / now
predict that unless he chops
down on his standard Of
living, his net financial
returns will be the same-nil,
or near 1t.
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With His CoreerRebuiIt.
Brozzi Returns in Style

white trunks beside the pool
Of the Beverly Hills home
he is renting. 1t once housed
Rita Hayworth, but Brazil
said it was cheap-"only
$1,000 a month; you could
spend that in six days in q
hotel here"
The actor said he was
excited about the South
Pacific" script, one Of the
few he has really liked.
II have done SO pictures
and only four or five Of them
we're really good. Imagine
that!
FOresees Retirement
1.-THE nice thing about hav-
ing success is that you don't
have to do the bad pictures
If you don't want to. /
think ! will do less and less
pictures. / am in good
financial shape. / think
maybe in three or four years
I win quit it all and retire"
I mentioned that / had
heard other actors voice that
thought but none ever car
ried it out.
"Ah. but I have not always
been an actor" he remarked.
II started in the law, then
switched to acting. That is
the difference"
Brazil talks Italian-style-
with gusto and hands. He is
refreshingly frank, even
about matters that could get
him in trouble at home. Such
as the state of the italian
film industry.
"It is in q very bad way"
he sighed. I'VE used to make
See THOMAS, Page E.;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
BY JOHN MOsEDALE

HOLLYWOOD (NANA) -
Hollywood has q memory. In
those words lies the key to
the city's panic over the
current Confidential trial.
For, despite the litiginous
nature Of the movie capital.
it well remembers those few.
extra-special trials which
smeared scandal over the en-
tire community. In such
cases. public airing Of the
movies dirty wash has hurt
stars and drastically changed
the course Of the industry.
But despite thorough back
grounding in the low and the
lurid, Hollywood PERSONAL
tiles have become jittery as
an old kinescope over tales Of
immortality coming of the
witness stand in the criminal
libel suit against the scandal
magazine, Confidential.
News that 100 subpoenas
have been issued has sent top
stars scurrying, escaping
from process servers by all
means - including extended
vacations abroad and leaps
over the footlights. this last
being taken by hoofer Dan
Daley who buck-and- winged
out of Hollywood Bowl and
away from process servers.
Big Names Threatened
Behind this mass fight is
the promised scope Of the
current case. This does not
involve the peccadillcs Of
one or two stars-it threat
ems to involve many Of the
entertainment worlds biggest
names.
And Hollywood shakes with
memories Of similar. scandal
spreading trials in the past
when both stars and industry
came OF badly. In the in
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A movie Is made by q large
group Of people with nothing
to do who stand around
watching each other do it.
This isn't exactly true, Of
course. This is the way it
must seem, however, to the
uninitiated who have thronged
around whenever the Para
mount Pictures crew filming
"Houseboat" here has set up
shop on q Washington street
this week.
This troupe. in the manner
Of movie location units every
where, has attracted crowds
at the Tidal Basin, the
Rejecting Pool, the White
House, at the Watergate,
down ct Fort Washington
and in front Of a hotel facing
Union Station plaza.
Eventually these onlookers
are rewarded by the sight of
Sophia Loren or Cary Grant
or both-driving by, walking
across the street or COM
hitting some other normal
act to be perpetuated on film.
Payment for this moment has
been q long. tir@ome period
Of time spent standing there
staring at what seems to be
half-hearted chaos.
Some Seem to Work
Most Of the crew members
seem to be sitting around
talking about the Yankees.
where they were last night
and other matters usually
taken up at the water foun-
tain by those in other walks
of life. Some people seem to
be working. They carry pieces
Of equipment into the center
of activity. put them down,
look around. pick them up
again and walk away.
A fellow measures some
thing with q tape. mutters
something in movie-making
patojs to another. who replies
in kind. A football huddle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
By BOB THOMAS

HOLLYWOOD tPl. - Ten
years ago a young italian
actor left Hollywood swear
ing never to return.
He had left Europe at the
height Of his career. earning
$4,000 q picture. But Holly
wood gave him nothing to do
but play a bespectacled
scholar in Little Women.
Today Rossano Brazil is
back for one of the prize roles
Of any year-the lead in
South Pacific"
What happened to him
during the 10 years?
IT had to go back and
build my career all over
again." he confessed. When
returned to Italy. they all
said that I had failed in
America. So I went back to
the stage. Always when / am
in trouble, / return to the
stage. I did O'Neill's Strange
Interlude' and won the prize
for acting that year"
"Three Coins" Helped
His film career revived in
Europe. But the real turn
ing point was Three Coins
in the Fountain" which he
did for SIS. 900. That brought
him international acclaim.
, and he followed with 1.-THE
Barefoot Contessa." Sum-
mertime," and the unreleased
"Interlude," Golden Virgin"
and Legend Of the Lost"
Brazil is obviously enjoy
ing his return to Hollywood
in style. A bronzed 1853
pounds, he was relaxing in
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but the picture will be re-
leased by Metro.
AS for being Temperament
tai. Mario admitted, I'VE had
some problems with the story,
but that was fixed up by Art
Cohn. I was allowed five
weeks for pre-recordings. !
did them in three days with
an orchestra of SO men in
Pope Plus private audito-
rum. Pope Plus allowed us
to come in with crew, cam
eras and trucks and we shot
in st. Peters Church. Even
ToScanini couldn't do that.
/ did it-or, rather, my voice
did It.
MY family came from
Central Italy. Although this
is my first trip, the people
here don't believe I'm an
American. But, as an
American, Mario was mobbed
when he arrived to make the
picture.
Appeal 10 Pope Works
I'VE first decided that !
should do my singing in a
modernistic studio" con-
tinued the excited star. II
said That's fine, Wen sing
there. All Of a sudden the
production chief had an idea
we could record in Vatican
City in the auditorium built
for the Popes. / had an audi
ence with Pope Plus. Then
my producer and Roy Row
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Memories Of Past Scandals Aroused
By HoIIywoods Confidential TrioI

stance Of Fatty" Arbuckle,
1t took establishment Of the
Hays ONCE to save the in
dustry from Government CEN
sorship and changed the pub
lie private" life of actors
and actresses. In the case Of
Mary Astor's diary, the pub
lie was treated to q first
person look into Hollywood
boudoirs. something not even
today's gossip magazines can
promise.
Roscoe Conkling Fatty)
Arbuckle was perhaps the fa-
vorite comedian Of the silent
movies. His slapstick en-
deared him to millions Of
children and many adults.
His movies were distributed
the world over. In 1921 he
signed q 22-picture contract
calling for a So million salary.
Drinks, Then Death
One party smashed his ca
reer, changed the off-screen
way Of life for all Hollywood
and almost single-handed
brought about the first indus
try-wide censorship ONCE.
The party was given by the
fat boy in Q San Francisco
hotel suite in the fall Of 1921.
Drinks were served. followed
by death.
Virginia Rape, . 2l-year-
old actress, was rushed to q
hospital following the party.
She died. An autopsy dis
closed as cause Of death peri
tonitis--an inflammation Of the
abdomen. Her body was
bruised. -
Arbuckle said that he had
known Miss Rape for about
i've years. that they had
never been alone IN the suite
together and that after a
few drinks, Miss Rape be-
came hysterical and started
to tear OF her clothes. say
ing, I can't breathe. :"
Il requested two girls pres
ent to take care Of her. She
was disrobed and placed in a
bath tub" When she showed
no Improvement, he said. she
was taken to o room Of her
own and q physician was later
summoned.
'Big Lovable Boy"
At this time, Arbuckle was
detained but not arrested.
His estranged wife said she
was sure he was innocent
and voiced the kind of In
dulgent attitude with which
the public had greeted Ar
buckles drinking and speed
ing incidents earlier:
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Hes just a great, big. Low.
able pleasure : loving, over
grown boy whose success and
prosperity have been q little
too much for him."
Persons present at the fatal
party offered testimony diff
ferent from Arbuckle's. Miss
Rappe. they said, was found
in agony on q disarrranged
bed in an adjoining room,
and Arbuckle was threatening
to throw her out the win
dow" II she did not quiet
down. The district attorney
announced he would press for
murder charges and that Ar
buckle had used "a foreign
substance in connection with
the attack"
Revision swept the land
against the once-loved fat
comic. Arbuckle's films were
withdrawn first in Los An
geles, then in San Francisco.
In New York alone. there were
six Arbuckle features and 20
two-reelers showing. They
were Cancelled with the fol-
lowing explanation from Leo
Brecher, member Of the ex-
ecutive board Of the Motion
Picture Chamber Of Com
merce:
Films Junked
An actor with q.
questionable reputation might
be accepted in a sophisticated
drama, but not In q simple,
frolicsome comedy that will
be watched by thousands Of
young people and children"
Within "a hours - from
Providence. r. l.. to Portland.
Oree.-Arbuckle films had
been swallowed by the quick
sand Of outraged public opin-
ion. Movies already COM
pleted under his latest con-
tract were junked.
Most cancellations were
made pending the outcome
Of the trial" But although
Arbuckle was ultimately
found innocent Of man
slaughter, the murder charge
having been withdrawn. his
career was finished. He was
banned from the movies. He
made q few stage appear
ances. He was attempting
q film comeback when, on
June 30. 1888, he died Of a
heart attack He was 46
years old. His estate was
$2.0O0-two days salary in
his heyday.
But the Arbuckle case went
beyond the personal tragedy
Of q man who could not stand
Continued on Page E-2, Col.
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Shavelson also can be iden-
titled by q harassed look
which he wears often and you
would. too. AS director he
has to see to 1t that the
actors are in the right place
expressing the proper emo
ton at the right time, that
the camera catches them
and that nobody goofs.
Calamity's Expected
Mr.. Rose is a bit shorter.
has dark, close-cropped hair
and often wears an air Of
firm amusement. as If deter
mined to accept calamity
with aplomb and certain that
he will have 10 do so within
the next 10 minutes. AS the
producer he has to make sure
that someone is taking care
of the thousands Of details
and not blowing the budget
to bits while doing so. He
should be back in Hollywood
now, where, among other
things, he can report on the
brushes. the Technicolor
film already shot by Mr..
Shavelson.
These two have some key
craftsmen to smooth their
paths to a completed motion
picture. These are the ones
whose names flash by in the
smaller print as the credits
are Superimposed on q films
opening sequence.
An important one in the
Household" filming is Mickey
Moore, the assistant director.
An assistant director is to a
movie company what a top
sergeant is to the Army-he's
the fellow who makes it run.
He has to make sure that the
extras over there will be
ready when the director
wants them, that there is q
policeman up the street to
stop the traffic when neces.
Sary, that hundreds of other
things happen when SEIZED.
uled to happen.
Readily Recognizable
Mr.. Moore is readily iden-
tiflable, not merely by his
cheerful mien. He is the one
who translates Mr.. Shavel-
mans orders into commands
that can be heard clearly by
all handS-using an amplined
megaphone for distances
over $50 yards.
The gray-haired man
wearing glasses, q sunshade
and an attitude Of open hos
tility toward the weather Is
Ray June. He's the cinema
tographer, who recently did
some noteworthy work in his
line on Funny Face" He is
responsible for the cameras
and the pictures they take.
Mr.. June also can be rec
ognized instantly. He Is con-
tinualIy fussing with q light
meter for, like the others in
volved with "Houseboat," his
lot is made more difficult by
the fact that real settings
look it. In q studio he can
control his work by lights:
on location he is at the mercy
of the weather and a partly
cloudy day is murder. The
shots have to match up and
you can't take one in bright
sunlight, the next in shade
and make them match.
Senatorial Type
The courtly man in the
neatly pressed summer suit
and straw hat-who could
step before the cameras and
play a Senator should Mr..
Shavelson need one-is Hal
Kern "A veteran Of many q
Hollywood film. Mr.. Kern is
q production assistant. whose
job is varied and not easy to
define. At one moment he
may be suggesting how q
scene might be made more
effective: at another he may
be noting that q child actor
! Continued on Page E-3, Col.
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AAGBAsSADoR-"Band Of Angels" 1880, 4:10 $50 and
$3.50 pm.
CAPTToL-"Tip on Dead Jockey; $780, SS5. $685. 7:45
and $50 pm.
COLUMBIA /. 2:45. 4:sO. $40. $40 and
1855 pm.
DUPONT-"Torero"; Ills. g. 4:40 625 $40 and 10 pm.
KEITHS-The Pride and the Passion 1925 1850. $40.
1880 and $50 pm.
MacARTHUR-'The Happy. Road; 1880. 4:2O. $780, 7:55
and 9:45 pm
METRoPoLTTAN-"Band of Angels; 1885, 4:lO $50 and
9:35 pm.
and $50 pm.
PALAcE-rMan of Thousand Faces: los. 3:15. 5:25
7:35 and 9:45 pm.
PLAYHOUSE Rising of the Noon; /, 245, ABS. s:25
Sis and 10 pm
PLAzA-Mademoiselle Striptease" 1885, $40, $780, 72O
and 800 pm.
TRANs-LUx-"Jeanne Eagels": l. s:lO Sis. 7:25 and
$40 pm.
UPTOWN-"Around the World in so Days; and 80 pm
WARNER-"Seven Wonders Of the World" 2, S, $3.50 PM
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TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE

CARTER BARRON AAGPHITHEATER-Bob Hope and hi
Hollywood all-star revue: $50 pm.
OLNEY-"The Hidden River; 2:SO and $3.50 pm.
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He said, why, yes. Hello, Admiral"
Then he listened long time. His Good
by. sir, was quiet. He averted his eyes,
and his face was creased with emotion.
She guessed: st was about Hart St.
John! They found him. finally?''
tai, Id rather not be the one to give
you the details. Hart is okay.'
Give" she said and smiled family.
Il know he wasn't responsible for get
ting those destroyers up where we were.
So what happened?'
Mac made il brief. ''Our Navy knew
the area would be crowded with Chinese
sampans. So - they pot over a few
sampanS Of their own - with American
sailors on board, disguised as Chinese
fishermen. That way, they could do
some searching right in the Chinese fish
ing feet - unsuspected. One Of those
sampans found Hart"
60 on"
Mac looked unsecing at the view.
"Hart thought the boat bearing down on
his rubber raft was Chinese. So he tried
to shoot himself. He - missed. Wave
probably threw him off balance. After
ward. though. he - raved. the admiral
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And He Raised Ills Gun To Shoot

a divan staring at something he'd just
unpacked "A beautiful, carved-jade
vase. He held il delicately, appreciatively,
and looked up - startled - when she
asked. Where did you find that?"
Bangkok" He held il out. Like it?''
why, Mac its gorgeous! But
never knew you to buy anything Of that
sort before
Never did," he answered. He
walked to the window. ''TaI," he went
on presently, Il learned lot on this trip
about the way all people forever strive
for beauty. Never had much time 10 think
Of it before. It's got worth. could never
understand your feelings about mere
things. do. now. little. Beauty's a
symbol"
There's a lot." she answered, II
understand about you that | didn't. l
was selfish. Spoiled. You saved me from
being = a terrible thing: cowardly. :"
you did all right, Tai. Pacifying
those kids. when you knew you were all
going TO be written Off"
Il also found out" she went on, hesi-
family. But Macs phone rang then.
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them half an hour ago. | thought -"
she picked mp the jade vase again and
looked at it. MAC. We've both changed
= haven't WEI"
His eyes lighted and he smiled his
understanding. Then he shook his head
as he poured the daiquiris. II don't
believe SO, Tai. just think we've each
discovered who and what the other one
really js!'
: They touched glasses silently. drank
and Chinese breeze blowing from
Hong Kong, which. means fragrant
waters, !" slammed the door shut between
their rooms. Talisman crossed the room,
to open it.
Not quite" she answered,
turning back to Mac. II learned about
me through you. And for you. Mac. that
door will never be closed again."
As she spoke, she wore look so shin
ing Mac thought he had never seen so
lovely face. He took her glass and set
il down; then, encircling her with his
strong arm. he gently led through the
door a girl become woman. woman
at last his wife. The End