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HOLLYWOOD
N Helped Margaret O'Brien
Survive That Awkward Aqe'

I'm thankful for the parts
in television-especially dra-
matte roles on Playhouse
co." Maggie recently starred
with Jack Lennon on a go"
They Hanged My Sanity
Billy" 1--WE done a lot of
TV this year - Hitchcock's
Suspicion a Climax The
Jane Wyman Show and one
for General Electric. But you
know it was really Juliet with
John Barrymore. jr.. at the
Pasadena Playhouse that
started people thinking of me
as a grown-up. Because of
Juliet. I can now do the tele-
vision roles I want. Before
had to take the sort of parts
that nobody would notice"
Did you ever think of re-
firing as an actress and TAX
ing another kind of job?" I
asked the girl you cried with
in "a Journey For Margaret"
in 1912, Jane Eyre" in 1914
and Tenth Avenue Angel" in
1913.
mo never. I kept study
ing, and taking anything I
could get and saying to my
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self. I can't give up You
see, I loved acting when I
was a child. I wasn't forced
at any time. That makes the
difference. I didn't miss the
usual childhood because I
thought I had it. Away from
the studio / didn't know 1
was a star. I played with
neighborhood children. In
between scenes I played with
my stand-in. 1t was only in
the transition period that I
realized that my life had been
more exciting as a child"
The O'Brien Barrymore
Romeo and Juliet" was set
for Broadway to follow
Pasadena. but Barrymore's
suspension by Actors Equity
cancelled it. That was I'M
fair" stormed Margaret. 1T
was something he did years
before. Our reviews were so
good and I have always
longed to appear in a play
in New York. One day l will"
Margaret started as an
actress at the age of five
Cont'd on Page Clio, Col. 3
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BROADWAY
BY WILLIAM GLOVER

NEW YORK (P.-Stand-
ing in the Broadway spot
light, Lena Horne admits, is
hard. hard work.
my friends warned me-"
said the night-club star.
They said the stage would
be hard. Well, it's very hard,
but it is also gratifying"
Miss Horne, an entertainer
of beguiling voice, magnetic
eyes, and ladylike walk. has
won acclaim (the critical
plaudits "astounded" herr by
virtue of her versatility in
Jamaica" The role is her
first in musical comedy.
The triumph places an I'M
usually heavy measure of re-
sponsibility upon the slim,
sleek shoulders of Lena.
Jamaica" opened with a
king sized box-office advance
of $1.6 million-largely be-
cause of the Horne appeal.
The critical verdict of OPEN
ing night was that without
her the show had little to
offer in story or humor.
The star has thrown her.
self into her new career phase
with determination, and
awareness that Broadway
success Is a different kind of
show business.
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You May Whistle All You Please,
But Joyne's q Superb oromorph

CHARLIE S TOWN, Ind.
(NANA). - Jayne Mansfield
was recently complimented
by the Queen of England,
but, medically speaking, she's
just a super-paramorph.
So says DR.. j. E. Schmidt
of this city, an expert on
m e dical vocabulary. The
Queen admired Miss Mans
fields attire at a recent Lon
don reception, but under
meath those fine feathers,
men-well, here's what DR..
Schmidt says:
"The pseudoluscious and
exaggerated Miss Mansfield
is the possessor Of a pretty
face. but figure atively, she
is a suped- paramorph."
Param orph" is DR..
Schmidt's medical name for
a woman who has lost her
premarital form through the
shape diStorting processes of
pregnancy and childbirth,
"the price nature exacts for
the privilege Of bearing off,
spring" BY and large, all
females who have borne
children. like Miss Mansfield,
are paramorphs.
But in case of "fieshy"
women. and especially in the
case of ameboid-movement
Miss Mansfield, the para
morphism (the characteris-
tics of a param orph) is
highly exaggerated. This.
according to DR.. Schmidt.
makes Miss Mansfield a de-
formed param orph who.
without the illusion Of form
giving molds. would not draw
an audible whistle from a
drugstore cowboy.
Or. Schmidt agrees that
poured into a prefabricated
shell Of Industrious textile.
protean Mansfield spreads
like a soggy dough To fill
every desirable curve OF the
ideal gown. But sans gown
and sans deceptive convexi-
ties, paramorph Mansfield
would droop and overflow
into an anonymous mass OF
tissue resembling, roughly. a
cone topped by a melting dip
Of ice cream"
And why is Miss Mansfield
the dream Of every drugstore
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that. Why not get the feel
of English playwriting of the
era, especially in a farce
classic and in the company
of such polished English per-
formers? Besides. her st.
Joan had put her for the
first time in something of a
period phase and she had
thoroughly enjoyed it.
Miss Harris, one gathers, is
more than any other actress
of her generation, the one
most interested in range.
She is having a wonderful
time as Margery Pinchwife.
hopes for a season in New
York, and doubts that the
play will tour. She likes tour
ing. understand. but there
is that other play for next
season and she thinks
Wycherley's riotous farce is
possibly too special for a
road run.
Next Play Modern
Next years play, like all
plays in the futures of play
ers, is not to be talked about
too much Miss Harris does
say. however, that it is con-
temporary and that it is
about a girl who is lonely,
who wishes life would hap
pen to her, and finds quite
to her delight that it does.
On the personal level there
were some things to catch
up. At the last brunch, more
than a year ago when she
was doing Lillian Hellman's
adaptation of Jean Anouilh's
THE Lark" Miss Harris had
not read the original. She
was going to, she said. as
soon as the run of the play
finished.
II did," she says, land I
liked it very much. 1t was
quite a bit longer, one third
again as much perhaps, but
I am not afraid Of long plays.
Afraid may not be the word.
but so many actors do dis
See CARMODY, Page C-I2
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THE PASSING SHOW
Julie Harris Likes
HerDip|ntoForce
BY JAY CARMODY

Julie Harris Gurian was
feeding his dessert to Peter
Gurian, aged two years and
four months. when this cor
respond dent arrived for
brunch.
Peter, a cosmopolitan baby
who has lived considerably in
transit. is the male with
the highest priority in his
mothers life. This is quite
as it should be. He finished
his midday meal before Miss
Harris and her visitor sat
down to, in her case. tea and
toast. and, in his, scrambled
eggs, etc.
Over the latter, Miss Harris
supplied a f1ll-in on life with
the Gurians since she was
here a year and one-half ago
in 1.-THE Lark" Peter, who
made his first road tour in
that play, so to speak, con-
tinued his travels thereafter
almost without q break.
Film Led to Play
1--WE went to England"
Miss Harris says, where I
made a movie and then we
went to Paris. where neither
Manning cher husbandD nor
Peter had ever been before.
We found a cozy small hotel
on the left bank and had the
. usual wonderful time that
people do in Paris.
But, to return to the
movie-it is what led to the
play, The Country Wife I
had looked around, this is a
business where everyone
keeps looking around, but I
found nothing that looked
like a play for this season. I
do. however, have one for
next season, which shows
how it goes, but we will come
back to that.
THE movie in England, I
made that with Laurence
Harvey. He had played The
Country Wife with great
success. and great enjoy
ment, in London before the
picture, thought he would
like to do it in New York,
and asked me If I wouldn't
like it also. I said yes, and
here we are"
Miss Harris mother who,
in the best tradition of the
type. can be quite motherly,
came more slowly to her af-
f1rmative that the William
Wycherley farce was the
right thing.
Thought Role Small
"She saw it at first as a
very small part" Julie says.
but after her st. Joan in the
THE Lark" relatives less
close than a mother might
well have seen it thus.
Miss Harris had an an
swer to this, namely that a
girl might well want one day
to play the great period
drama. Shakespeare and all
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BKCADWAY
Lena Horne Finds Thot the Stage
Is Hard Work, but Gratifying

"Corny as 1t sounds" she
said, you have to be think
ing every moment up there
on the stage. You have to be
acting. moving your body and
singing. In cabarets you just
sing.
And all this standing on
your feet-I had never before
realized how much standing
you have to do on stage"
Miss Horne is on stage al
most continuously in ia
maica," except for the mo-
mentS when she dashes of
for IL costume changes.
Although she has looked
toward Broadway for some
seasons, the lady who ad-
mits to 40 years explains
that until this Harold Arlen
score came along she was
never offered singing mate
rial that was superior to
what I was doing in cab
arets."
Somewhat surprisingly,
Lena reports none of the
differences between restless
night club audiences and po-
lite theater spectators about
which some entertainers
comment.
1--WE never had any trouble
with audiences or hecklers."
says the singer whose career
has ranged from real buck
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cts" to the posh Waldorf
Astoria.
1--WE always tried to keep
audiences in the concentra-
ton Of the song, and I've
never tried to become part
of the audience. II you get
too familiar with them. you
lose their concentration"
It Takes Excitement
Paul Gregory is one pro-
Queer who refuses to accept
the theatrical cliche that
there is a readymade audi
ence for show business.
There is no audience
waiting for you unless you
do something Enthusiastically
exciting to create it," says
Gregory, who divides his
energy among theater, NOV
les and television.
This season Gregory Is
planning major concentra-
ton on Broadway, where he
won first major success with
reproduction of Don Juan
in Hell" a few seasons back.
Gregory has recently
launched on Nationwide tour
his production of THE
Rivalry" which reaches
Broadway in the spring.
Going into rehearsal in May
See GLOVER. Page Clio
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turned to drink as a solution
to the problems Of her UNI
happy marriage.
"It's a part full Of dramatic
possibilities. a wonderful chal-
lenge for any actress she ex-
plains. And ! think that by
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doing the role I can show to
everyone that it's easy to
grow up on the screen sue
cessfully. and also that there
are Just as many juicy dra-
matte parts for the over
fortias' as for the under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17

Turning from Shaw ("The Doctors Diem
ma') to brand-new play, Arena Stage now
comes along with the first production any
where of Sam Robins Answered the Flute"
starting Tuesday night. Astrid Wilsrud and
Allen Joseph have leading roles in the story
of man who learns he must abandon some
dreams and accept adult responsibility.
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NAI1ONAL-Dark. The Country wife" resumes tomorrow
SCREEN
AMBAssADoR-"The Tin STAR; i:25 1926 5;25 1925 and
o:25 PM
APEx-"Escapade" /. 245 APO $780, sos and s:55 pm.
CAPITOL-zero Hour" AS $780, $780, 7:50 and $50 m.
COLUMBIA-"Midnight Story; Las 3:45 5:45 745 and
9:45 pm.
DUPoNT-"Perr"; l. 25O. 44O, $780, 500 and 1905 pm
kEITHS-'Saughter on Tenth Avenue" 80, 1885, 5:45,
1850 and 9:55 pm
MacARTHUR-"Panic in the Paror": 24o 42O 62o $40
and 10 pm.
METRoPoL1TAN-"The Tin STAR; 80, $780, $3.50, 7:35
and $40 pm
oNTARIO-"Raintree County" and pm.
PALACE-"Babyface Nelson l:lo, 2:45 AGO. 500 sos
and $3.50 pm.
PLAYHoUSE-"The Joker Is Wild; $780, AIS 655 and
9:35 PM
PLAzA-"And God Created Woman; 1885, 3:45 5:45,
7:45 and 945 pm.
TFANS-LUX-"Pal Joey: /, 3, $40 1870 and $40 pm.
UPTOWN-"Around the World in 80 Days: and $50 D.
wARNER-"seven Wonders Of the World 2. and $3.50
pm.
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susceptible group for mass
hypnotism on earth, at least
where female guiles are con-
cexned."
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cowboy? Because. says DR..
Schmidt. American males
homo sapiens Americanus
Rvertebratus) form the most
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Penalty Costs
Miss Wright
"a Strokes

TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 10 (P.-
Fay Croker. first-round leader
in the $4,000 Tampa Women's
Open golf tournament, had to
share the spotlight with Mickey
Wright, who took 80 strokes
more than she did yesterday.
The reason Miss Wright stood
out was a record penalty of "a
strokes assessed when she called
herself for carrying an extra
club.
The tall, pleasant blond from
San Diego, who won the Sea
Island tournament Sunday, thus
found herself almost out of sight
with a 104 instead of being in
the running for a second straight
victory, as had. been expected.
The penalty amounted to two
strokes for each of the IL holes
Miss Wright played before she
caught the error. That did not
seem to affect her game, which
was not as sharp as usual any,
way. Her score of 40-40-80,
compared to par 36-37-73 over
I6,066-yard Palma Celia course.
Miss Croker toured the tricky
layout in 37-35-72.
This gave her a stroke
lead over three former winners,
Defending Champion Betsy
Rawls. Patty Berg and Louise
SuggS. and tied with Gloria
Armstrong of Oakland. Calf.
The low amateur. Betty Kirby
of st. Petersburg, Fla, shot 10.
rnl,n Loo dnnn.
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SENIORS GET PHYSICALS TONIGHT
Is Ready for Gloves
After Passing Exams
BY DICK O'BRIEN

Seventy-six subnovice and
novice contestants passed their
physical examinations last night
lat the Boxing Commission off,
ces for The Stars annual Golden
Gloves tournament, which gets
under way Tuesday night at
Capital Arena.
Some 65 Seniors will go
through the same routine at the
commission Offices tonight, set
ting the stage for a six-night
run concluding with the finals
lat Uline Arena February 20.
Following Tuesday nights
opening round. the title aspirants
will battle it out at Capitol Arena
in preliminary rounds January
20 and February 5 and in the
|quarter-fi finals February IL. Then
the scene shifts to Uline's for
the semifinals February 81, with
the class of the tournament NOV
ing into the title round.
Drs. Clark Halstead and David
Gordon of the Boxing Commits
sion staff were highly enthusiasts
tic over the physical condition
of the fighters from a broad area
in the District, Maryland and
Virginia who underwent exams
last night. Although the exams
were exacting, every candidate
came through with flying colors.
The physicians agreed that it
was the finest crop physically
they have examined in many
years.
The Merrick Club, Falls
Church Jaycees. Catholic Youth
See GOLDEN GLOVES, Pc. C-s
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Bobby Garrett Signs
To PIuY With Packers

GREEN BAY, Wis, Jan. 10 up.
The Packers announced today
that Bobby Garrett. former STAN
ford quarterback, has signed a
1857 contract and will be avail
able to the Green Bay pros next
fall.
Garrett, who was a Cleveland
bonus choice in 1854. came to
the Packers in a six-player deal
that year and played one season
before entering service.
The 6-foot-l. l98-pound back,
signed at San Marine. Calf,
where he is completing his mill
tary tour.
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High School, vaulted Is feet
inches in an Olympic tuneup at
Santa Ana. Calf, in October.
He tied veteran Bob Richards for
the honors that day.
Jim Graham of Oklahoma
gave Gutowski his Olympic
chance when Graham decided
he was not in condition and
voluntarily withdrew from the
team. On a day when Richards
was picking up his second Olym-
pic vaulting gold medal with a
record of IA feet 11l2 inches
Gutowksi, 10 years Richards
junior. was taking second place
at IA feet 1929 inches.
Ron Morris got up Is feet u
inch in the Compton Relays in
June to become the eighth Is
foot vaulter. Two of them, Cor
nelius Warmerdam, world rec
ord-holder, and Don Cooper, are
inactive. OF the other six, four
will be in action in The Star
Games - Richards, Gutowski.
Don Lag and Jerry Welbourn.
Morris will not be here nor will
Villapova's Don Bragg, who will
be in the midst of college exam
nations.
Many observers look for the
next record breaker to come from
among the younger crop. GU
towski has a number of avid sup
porters. Standing 6-foot and
weighing only $50 pounds, he is
a picture of complete relaxation.
The night before he crashed the
15-foot barrier he was up late at
tending track awards dinner
at Occidental. He rose early the
next morning to get in few
rounds of tennis and that after
noon experienced what he calls
his greatest thrill.
The Star Games record is n
whopping l5-4. set by Richards
in 1855. 1t conceivably could
become the former record a week
from tomorrow.
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Gonzales Rolls
Over RosewaII
In Straight Sets

SYDNEY, Jan. 10 P)-Panche
Gonzales inflicted a humiliatine
go. GA. 60 defeat on Ken Rose.
wall, newly turned Australian
professional, at Sydney's White
City tennis stadium tonight.
It was the third of a scheduled
100 clashes between the pail
and made the score 81 in the
Americans favor.
At times Rosewall had the
home town crowd of 10000 or
the edges of their seats witt
whizzing backhand returns.
But most of the time the fans
had to sit tight and see Their
idol beaten time and again in g
David and Goliath clash.
1t was Rosewall's first profess
sional appearance at White City
scene of many of his amateur
ltriumphs and his overall game
was the worst Sydney spectators
had seen from his racquet in
years.
1t was also the first time ir
three clashes with Gonzales
the two others were in Melbourne
Monday and Tuesday this week
that Rosewall was unable tt
make a real game of it.
In Melbourne Ken lost the frs
match in five sets and won the
second with three straight sets
The Rosewall- Gonzales rivalry
shapes up as gold mine for JACK
Kramer, promoter of the pre-
tour.
Rarely have been there such
crowds at pro tennis matches as
are turning out to see Rosewal
and Gonzales play singles.
Already Kramer can see 6
gross take of at least $4,000
from 10 RoSewall- Gonzales
clashes in Australia and New
Zealand. I'VE will get about &C
See TENNIS. Page c.:
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.Lahar Named
Houston Coach

HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. 10 CP)
Harold w. (HaD Lahar, 49,
Iyear-old head football coach at
Colgate since 1852, accepted the
University of Houston head
coaching job today, succeeding
Coach Bill Meek, who resigned
two weeks ago to become head
coach at Southern Methodist
University.
Lahar's resignation at Colgate
was announced at Hamilton
IN. Y, today by Everett D
Barnes, Colgate athletic direc-
tor.
I'VE thing we have obtained
one of the outstanding coaches
in the Nation" Harry Fouke
University Of Houston athletic
director, said in announcing the
appointment. Contract terms
were not disclosed.
Lahar was appointed to coach
the Red Raiders in 1852 on a
three-year contract. At the
close Of the 1854 campaign, he
was signed to a five-year con-
tract.
His five-year won-lost record
at Colgate was 24-17-4. Last
season his team posted a Al
record.
Lahar starred as a guard for
Oklahoma in 1938-40. He later
was a member Of the worlc
champion Chicago Bears ir
l94l and, following three years
in the Navy, captained the Buff
falo Bills in the defunct All.
America Conference.
He was assistant coach at Ar
kansas in l949 and line coach al
West Virginia in 1901.
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Bears Sign Leggett,
No. ! Druft Choice

CHICAGO. Jan. 10 (B.-The
Chicago Bears have signed
Tackle Earl Leggett, their No.
draft choice.
Leggett was a star of the LOU
isiana State University team fol
two seasons. but an ankle injury
handicapped him most of last
season. Leggett, 6-foot-2 and
260 pounds. played both often.
Isively and defensively for LSU
He played in two post-season
games. the Blue-Gray contest ir
Montgomery. Ala. and the Sen
/ ior Bowl in Mobile. Ala.
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HioIeoh Turns to FiIIies
After DecothIon's Victory

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 10 (P.-
Light n Lovely and Jolie File,
a pair Of fillies with identical
records as 2-year-olds, were
among the top favorites in a
field of II in today's $4,000
added Jasmine Stakes at Hia-
leah Park.
Both won four races and
placed twice in seven starts as
juveniles and both were assigned
116 pounds for the 6-furlong
Jasmine.
Hialeah, queen Of Florida
tracks, opened its 1857 season
yesterday with the 9th running
Of the Inaugural Handicap. 1t
drew 21,144 spectators. who
wagered $1,561,305. The figures
last year were 1881 and $780,
729.
DecathlOn Easy Winner
River Divide Farms Decathlon,
a true sprint champion, carried
the heaviest weight in Hialeah
history to an easy victory in the
SGT 500 Inaugural.
Jockey Willie Hartack got the
tremendous 4-year-old bay colt
out Of the gate first. a jump
ahead of l Appeal. and Decath-
lon did the rest. winning by a
length and three quarters. 1t
was the second stakes victory in
two days for Hartack, who We'd
nesday won the finale at Tropi-
cal.
For the second straight year,
Spring Hill Farms / Appeal was
second, length and a half in
front Of Eiffel Blue. a field horse
who beat out highly rated Am
bergris by a head for show
money.
Given a smart ride by Hartack,
the 1856 sprint champion wasn't
faxed by the 1876 pounds he was
forced TO carry, and covered the
six furlongs in the good time of
1:092s. No horse ever had won
a Hialeah stakes carrying more
than 100 pounds. and no horse
here ever before had been as
signed as much as 1856.
i Appeal Keeps Pace
I Appeal kept pace with the
son of olympia most of the way
but didn't have the staying
power.
Decathlon. who now has won
his last four starts. was a 4-to-5
favorite and paid $3.50. $500
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ence leader. the other night by
26 points, but much of that
margin was marked up in the
last five minutes. State made
only one field goal less than the
Tai Heels, and was playing
without John Richter, the fourth
leading scorer in the conference.
COlonials Out for Revenge
George Washington, with a
Ia record in the Southern Con-
ference. has reached the point
where it's just got to start win
ming. The Colonials aren't in the
conference cellar only because
Virginia Military and Davidson
are locked there at o.. VML,
which CIV plays tomorrow night,
is the only team CIV has beaten,
either in or out of the con-
ference.
The Washington e. Lee team
the Colonials meet tonight at
Lexington is in second place
with Al record. and one Of
its wins was in that disputed
game against CIV just before
Christmas. This was the one in
which there was a time-out and
clock-stopping hassle a few Sec
Ionds before the end.
The Colonials want to make
UP for that one. of course. not
only because of the argument
at the end but because, aside
from that, they apparently had
the game safely tucked away
with a five-point lead with a
minute to go. Also, W&L is the
team that upset the Colonials
lin the first round of the South
Iern Conference tourney last
March when the Colonials were
the top-seede6 team.
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Slime and Williams
lin M;Ilrose Games

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 R.--
Dave Slime of Duke and Willie
Williams, former Illinois speed
ster, will compete in the Millrose
Games, February 8, it was an
nounced yesterday. Both viii
compete in the sprint series.
Williams shaved a tenth Of q
second off the world 10O-meter
record in Berlin last August 8.
Slime smashed the world 220.
yard mark with a 200 CLICKING
in Sanger. Calf. last June 8. He
has also tied the 9.3 100-yard
world record. Recently at the
Sugar Bowl he ran the 100
meters in 1872. Z