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cuEyf CnAak. nArnaby Woods,
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HOUSES 10 SHARE

Mr.. 18th and Columbia I'd. NV.
3 bedrms. bSmt,: auto. heat: Ga
rage. RIA. 0-4O30.
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Detached brick with built-in ga
RAGE; liv. rm.. din. rm., kit. den
bedrms and bath on second d.
Good location; S12b per mo.
HENRY J. ROBB
1924 Vermont Ave. NV. DI T-s141
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bshLhksDA sis,75o Colonial
Ground windows: '". sasns sn af ISss
etc. mr.. Orosvenor schools.
SAMUEL 3. BODILY OF MD,
INC, OIL. $500 III Q.
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FALLs CHURCH AREA-3-bedrm.
corner lot, 500: 3-bedrm., redec.,
S125
COUNTRY CLUB HILLs-3-bedrm
rec. area. $3.50
TOWN OF FAIRFAx--4-bedrm. q
bath, older-type, corner lot with
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TOWN OF FAIRFAX - 3-bedrm.
brick, 2iz baths, garage: SiS5.
PENTA0ON REALTY co.
OR. $4,000 Fairfax. Va.
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One Of the most convenient loca-
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rooms are large-size with ample
closet space, Garb. disp.. mas
ter TV antenna. pvt. parking.
ldry. and storage faeils. are
among the features. Sl15, inelud-
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3; 400 ~ y I2th St, "a A., 2;7I Is,
Ma. S-2345.
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for man with mechanical exper.
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others please do not apply. Call
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Are you a student AZ uw univsr,
sltyi Nov good tine 70 go
. small apt, conainllnn Of z rms.
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CHEVY CHASE. BY owNER-3-bed-
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WE MED HOMES

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n.w-Beautifully furnished. air.
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CHEVY CHAsE-Excellent value
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kit. powder rrn. and porch, on LIST
moor, excellent rec. rm. In hsmt.,
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NEBRASKA AVE. NV. 5e57 -
Immediately avail; 3 bedrms.,
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with a bath; scr. porch: fenced
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REAL ESTATE SALE or EXON.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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q small capital Investment. Can
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Entire second ar. eonsistinn Of 4
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Including utiIlllea. This "a con
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orr. WALTER REEPELss: a.bed

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BETHESDA, GLEN COVE. A dis
H safs G aSs sec EARN that sAdi Sdss
contains Nv, rm. With stone fire.
phce, sep. din. rm., newly equipped
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watkins dist, q DC. transp. and
shopping. Priced 70 sell IN low 20sl
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FALLS CHURCH AREA = Family
wanted; 4 bedrms., 2 baths, liv
nm. large kit, util. rm.. storage
space in closets; fenced yard;
cow. TO shopping and schools,
swimming pool privil. avail. S125
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TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE

CARTER BARRON AAIPHITHEATER-John Mathis and
variety show: $3.50 pm.
oLNEY-"The Enchanted; 2sO and $3.50 pm.
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THEY TOOK AWAY HER CROWN,
BUT LEONA'S BIG IN LAS VEGAS
A Directors Challenge

HOLLYWOOD, (NANA) ,-Notoriety- pays-of note:
While probably more than in thouSdand could
remember the of 1855 Miss Universe"-and the
contest of only couple of weeks ago-ast years
scandalousy dethroned victor still the of the Las
Vegas nteries She gets more stareS when she walks
around the casinos than most of the stars Gage
it will be recalled forfeited her Miss u S. A. when
it revealed she married and the mother of
boys Shortly after the headlne-makng episode Leona
signed showgirl at the Vegas Tropicana $3.50
weekand there she remains The brunette beauty says
she's happy with her job but only because of greater
ambitions.
Il still have hopes Of making it in Hollywood" she
sighed backStage the other night Il taking drama
and voice lessons and while know it isn't that easy
break into pictures do figure I'm going to be dscov-
cred Las Vegas the spot All the movie big wheels
here often and they catch the shows So far haven't
had tumble. but I'll stick it out"
Meantime Leona, who divorced her Army sergeant
husband last March is living in three-room auto trailer
with her young hiring babysitters take
during her al-nght chores Should the Hollywood call
she points out will be simple to transfer
her headquarters from here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-24

but give me any one Of a
hundred other roles.
Tell it to your agent"
Iva says.
Il have, my dear" Bush
man COOS. "Innumerably."
That's the life of an
actor means Iva. Every
body wants bim-for nothing.
But Francis is working
enough to keep us in the
style to which we have &C
customed ourselves. 1t isn't
money that's my concern.
It's a little peace. Just a
few days of sweet serenity.
One long day of quiet.
Won't Hurt Friends
Maybe" she says as an
afterthought. we ought to
take out the phone. ="
Nov, mommy, protests
Bushman, I'VE can't do that
to people. I've always been
cooperative. Why. our friends
would be hurt"
Il suppose you're right"
agrees Iva.
And now. if you'll excuse
us, Francis and / have to
run along. This afternoon
he has to be interviewed by
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Its Smooth Box Office Sailing
When Stors Go Down to the Sea

black flag were Enrol Flynn
in both Captain Blood" and
THE Sea Hawk" Victor
Mature in Captain Caution"
Donald O'Connor in Double
Crossbones" and countless
others. The Buccaneer,"
which originally starred
Fredric March is about to be
shown with Yul Brynner in
the title role.
Even ships themselves
have become the stars of sea
stories. among them the air.
craft carrier Yorktown, inn
mortalized in color in Fight
ing Lady" and the famous
raft, "Kon-Tiki." portray
ing the title role as her fabu-
lous trek was captured on
film.
Size Not Important
Size Of the craft is unim-
portant when it comes to
sailing to fame. William
Bendix first scored a hit as
stoker aboard a palatisl
ocean liner in The Hairy
Ape then followed with eX-
cellent success as survivor
in-charge in the compellingly
dramatic "Lifeboat," with
Tallulah Bankhead.
One of the sll-tlme great
screen teams strobe a deck to
lasting accolsdes when Marie
Dresslef and Wally Beery
did "Tugboat Annie" John
Wayne crawled out Of q sad
die and turned from sage to
salt for one of his finest films.
Wake of the Red Witch"
Yes. past records proYe,
that sea stories bring q rising
tide to every star who ships
out on them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-24
Frances X. Bushmon's Wife Has
Yet to See Promised Quiet Life
BY RALPH FRIEDMAN


North American Newspaper Alliance
PACIFIC PALISADES,
Calif.-Iya Bushman looks at
hsr famous actor husband,
Francis x, and signs: When
l married him two years ago
he promised me we'd have a
quiet life. Whew! I've never
run so much or so fast in
my life!"
i can't help it." explains
the 75-year-old idol of the
silent screen, grinning buoy
antly. 1T all started with my
marriage. That made news.
Now. everything I say and
everything that's even re-
mOtely connected with me
gets my name in print"
The phone rings from
early morning until late at
night continues the blond
Iva, a young grandmother.
IF some old-timer dies. the
papers call up Francis to
recount the old days. If a
silent picture is made into
a talkie, Francis is asked
about the silent movie. When
q critic wants to write a piece
on the difference between
actors of yesterday and to-
day, he interviews Francis"
Stars, Not Actors
About the difference be-
tween the old days and now"
takes up Bushman, putting a
cigarette into an elegant
holder, Il say: Today we
have more stars than actors
Why, we have stars today
who couldn't play walk-on
scenes when l was a star.
The kids today are brought
up too fast. they don't, get
the seasoning. They do get
big publicity campaigns, but
hoopla isn't talent and it
doesn't develop talent"
Iva shakes her head wear
lily. It's Francis this and
Francis that-Francis for a
magazine story, or a photo at
the Brown Derby, or a re-
union with some of the other
old time greats. or a TV
panel, or talks before all
kinds of groups. I don't see
how the man takes it. 1t
would drive an athlete nuts"
"Pshawi" eXclaims Bush
man. patting his still firm
stomach. why. I feel young.
I'm clipper, ready to go,
eager for the call of acting.
I'm ready for any role my
agent can get me. But it's
got to have some semblance
to reality"
Elk Great Lover
Ma groans. Reality. he
sans He turned down a fat
role for a movie to be made in
Germany because it called
for him to be so years old
and play the husband of a
girl
eWhyl" cries Bushmsn. Il
couldn't do that. I've got
grandchildren older. 1 can't
play the great lover any more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-24
BY JAY CARMODY
Star Drama Editor


William Wyler, who holds
the record Of eight Academy
awards won by one picture,
1.-The Best Years of Our
Lives" is working these days
some 1000 miles away from
his native Hollywood.
He is in Rome shooting the
most expensive film ever pro-
duced. This is MGM's ben
Hur," which has a budget
of S12.5 million. Daily for
months now, coatless and
Panama hated. he has sat
behind Camera SIS shooting
what is essentially a classic
cornball of q story.
His job is to make 1t a
classic, the spectacular of
huge screen Spectaculars. the
movie that everyone will want
to see and. if Mr.. Wyler
brings it off as intended,
that no one ever will be al
lowed to forget. In brief,
Mr.. Wyler is supposed to
delete the cornball quality
from his Ben Hur."
Sensational Warm-Up
The past week brought
evidence to washington that
Mr.. Wyler is the man for
MGM'S big money gamble.
This takes the form of his
first spectacular. a downright
sensational warm-up per-
Torrance which shows that
no screen is too vast for
Wyler to cram its every inch
with engrossing drama.
The film in question is
1.-THE Big Country" the theme
of which is Western and al
most completely alien to Mr..
Wyler's experience as direc-
tor. Not even George Stevens
CShane," "Giant") the mas
ter maker of Westerns, John
Ford ("Stagecoach'') who is
a still older and reputable
hand at such things. nor
Fred ZinnemS-n ("High
Noon'') has anything to teach
Wyler in this field. Like their
memorable pictures, Wyler's
leaves no doubt that he too
can make horse opera with
out corn.
Majestic Scenery
No less than awesome-a
big enough word for a film
ad WRITER'S Wyler's pounce
upon the opportunity to shoot
scenery as spacious and grand
as that in 1.-THE Big Country"
He conceives 1t as his first
job to show the majestic big
ness of the country with
which he is dealing. Not
even Mr.. Stevens, a genius,
achieves more startling cam
era effects in contrasting
mere man with the size Of
the frontier he so wildly ven
tured to tame In the middle
18th century.
Space never looked more
outer, or safely beyond mans
reach. than as photographed
by Mr.. Wyler and Franz
Planer, the latter operator of
THE Big Country's" Techni-
rama Otis new camera.
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Lair Goes Collie

NEW YORK up. Bert
Lahr. who. made his name in
burlesoue and slapStick mu-
steal comedy. is becoming a
leading interpreter of French
drama. He began the cycle
with an appearance in Wait
ing for Godot. and moved on
last season to the classic
farce, Hotel Paradise. Next
season he is booked to ap-
pear in "Moodbirds," a new
drama by Marcel Ayme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-24

a TV movie commentator.
he has to have his picture
taken with two other old
timers, he has to return a
telephone call from a New
York paper. and he's Sched-
uled to speak to the senior
citizens of Pacific Palisades. "
But tonight is free" prom
ises BuShman.
"Oh no it's not, deariel"
exclaims Iva, making for the
door. We're special guests at
the opening of a new night
club, remember"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-24

cessively by Milton Sills ISL
lent, John Barrymore and
Gregory Peck. Robert New
ton followed the navigation
chartings of Wallace Berry in
a later version of Treasure
Island" Tyrone Power in
herited the helm in Down
to the Sea in Ships" from
Fredric March, who trans
ferred to an aircraft carrier
for his star role in THE
Bridges of Toko-Ri."
Underwater, Too
Underseas films have
shared glory with surface
craft in a f1otilla of hits such
as Destination Tokyo"
Submarine" Crash Dive"
The Enemy Below" and
Run Silent, Run Deep"
Ships Of war dominate
briny blue settings for sea-
going movie satellites. James
Cagney skippered an assault
cargo ship in Mister Rob-
erts." Jack Hawkins occupied
the flying bridge of a British
man-o'-war in The Cruel
Sea" JEFF Chandler captained
an attack transport in Away
All Boats Noel Coward COM
manded a destroyer for In
Which We Serve" and Hum
phrey Bogart was the neu-
rotic Captain Queeg in The
Game Mutiny."
Piracy, of course. has loosed
bales Of box Office loot ever
since Douglas Fairbanks burst
out as The Black Pirate"
Second-generation swash-
buckling came later when
Douglas Fairbanks. jr.,
starred in Rulers of the Sea
and "Sinbad the Sailor"
Others who served under the
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is to play a hillbilly in the Pa
alu Ma Kettle series"
But the Americanization of
Jean Simmons may have an
ironic twist. She and Stewart
Granger own two big ranches,
one in New Mexico and one in
Arizona.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-24
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN

Dy AENAsOAD AAAAA y SAsANEAAN
North American Newspaper Alliance
HOLLYWOOD. - Timely
release during the summary
dog days of Rock Hudson's
Twilight For the Gods"
Kirk Douglas THE Vikings"
and Cinemiracle's specially
projected "Windjammer."
again points up the histori-
cally-proven fact that going
down to the sea in ships" via
celluloid can turn profitable
dollar at the box offices.
1t is a reminder, too, that
through the cinematic age
many of the screens most
famous personalities have
sailed to even greater fan
favor with sea stories.
One such salty epic, MI
tiny on the Bounty" captured
an Academy Award as the
best film of 1885. Both Spen-
Ger Tracy ("Captain Cou-
rageous." 1887 and the late
Humphrey Bogart c"The At
rican Queen" 1851 took
home golden Oscars because
of their shipboard dramatics.
Not New to Rock
Hudson already knows the
treasure that films such as
his current Twilight For the
Gods" can unearth. 1t was
in a maritime story. Scarlet
Angel" that he made his
debut as a star. Likewise,
Douglas preceded THE Vi
kings" with a smashing sue
cess in Jules Verne's 10000
Leagues Under the Sea"
''Moby Dick" topper among
Star-making sea tales was
thrice blessed at the box Of
fee. having been played sue
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SCREEN

AMBASSADOR Indiscreet"; 1880. 3:25, S25. 7:So and
$3.50 pm.
APEX-"Nr. Potts Goes to Moscow; 1:25 445 and Sl5
pm.
CAPTToL-"The Hunters" 1:S5 34O 5:4O 7:45 and Gas
pm.
COLUMBIA-"Gigi": 2.30 and PM
DUPONT-'La Parisienne" J. 2:4O. AGO. Sis, sos and
$50 pm.
KEITHs-"The vikings; l:lO $40, $50. TAO and Gas
pm.
MacARTHUR- Count and Die; 2:3o 400, sos, 1855
and Gas pm.
METRoPoLTTAN- IndScreet"; l;4O s:4O 5:4O TAO and
Gas pm.
ONTARIO-"The Key: l, $40, $50 7:35 ana GAS pm.
PALACE-"The Big Country" 1:15 4:05 655 and Gas pm
PLAYHoUSE-"La Parisenne"; /, 2:4O. 4:3O 6:15 sos
and 955 pm.
PLAZA-"And God Created Woman" 1:10 $40, $40, tbs
and $40 pm.
TRANs-LUX- Bridge on the River Kwa"; /, S;45.
$3.50 and 800 pm.
UPTOWN-"South Pacific; 2 and $50 pm.
WARNER-"Search for Paradise" and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-24

II never thought FIVE years
ago that l would find happi-
ness on range. But We love
it so that the two of us are
just working now to buy more
cattle. One Of these days
We'll both give up acting for
ranching."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-24
IT'S RANCH, NOT RAWNcH
Jean Goes Native
By JAMES BACON
Associated Press Writer

HOLLYWOOD.--Jean Sim
mons, in a quiet way, is one
Of the smartest showmen in
the movie business.
She has accomplished in a
few short years what several
others Of her heritage have
sought unsuccessfully: To
shed typical English roles for
international ones-including
American Westerns.
1T was easy" she explains,
"all 1 did was buy two
ranches, learn to pronounce it
ranch instead Of rawnch, and
then have the scriptwriters
say I was from Boston,
An Ocean Nominee
But Jean undertakes her
self. London-born and Lon
don-trained, she came over
with an Academy Award
nomination for her Ophelia to
Sir Laurence divers Hamlet.
Only Is at the time. she was
destined for an unsatisfying,
if lucrative, career in a whole
succession Of English lady
parts.
Il knew what had hap
pened to Deborah Kerr" Jean
recalls. Every time she
walked through the gate at
MGM. they placed a tiara on
her head"
Jean got the same treat
ment until she rebelled. Then
she started reading scripts
that offered her roles far re-
moved from her British rear
ing.
Dolls" Started IL
First came Guys and
Dolls"
Nothing could be more
un-British than Damon Run
yon," she rightly surmised.
Then came Home Before
Dark" in which she played a
mentally diStraught Ameri-
can housewife. And she soon
will start This Earth Is
Mine" in which she plays the
daughter of a wealthy Napa
Valley, (CalifJ, wfnegrow-
ing family.
But the toughest casting to
get was in a Western, the one
type of role that would make
the break clean. It came in
THE Big Country one OF the
years big-budget Westerns.
My next goal,' she laughs,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-24
THE PASSING SHOW
WyIerW Up
For q Spectacle

and vlSlbly delighted to make
use of such space in his debut
in the spectacle field.
Nevertheless, he is not a
director to be deceived by the
notion that a dramatic stage
setting, even such a hypnotic
one as this, is substitute for
a dramatic narrative to be
played on it. THE Big
Country" taken from Dom
aid Hamilton's novel of the
same name. provides Wyler's
setting with its action.
A Directors Challenge
In its essentials, the plot
of the THE Big Country" is
a challenge to Wyler to see
what he can do to drain of
an excess of familiarity.
Basically, this is the one
about the civilized easterner
Gregory Peck who goes west
to marry the daughter Gar
roll Baker, of an aristocratic
cattle baron (CharleS Bick-
ford). Seeing him on their
home grounds, instead of his,
Peck strikes his family-to-be
as effete, soft and an embar-
RAISING sort to have around as
prospective husband and
son-in claw
They are willing to tougher
him up as another gun in the
Mckay family feud with the
lowdown Hennessey neigh
bors. To their dismay, Peck
doesn't like the idea and,
what is worse, he thinks
there is a lot OF justice in the
cause of the HenesSeys.
Familiar Material
This is the material Of I'M
counted westerns but Wyler's
way of telling a story gives
his not merely a refreshing
surface but also a depth that
is absorbing through the al
most three hours of THE
Big Country" He makes it
matter what happens to a
multitude of characters whose
human and inhuman quail
ties are individualized.
What is also to the ad-
vantage of Wyler'S first spec
tacular western is that he
makes its creatures figures of
comedy as well as of violence.
This provides the film with
that neat pattern Of con-
trasts which lately have lifted
frontier drama into the cate
CORY that is called adult"
and which has restored this
type Of film to discriminate
ing moviegoers.
This is the kind Of audi
ence which must join the
mere addict group of western
fans if 1.-THE Big Country" is
to pay off its obviously i'm
presSive cost.
Mr.. Wyler would seem to
have taken every necessary
step to assure its attendance.
1t could not augur more
happily for his present still
more extravagant adventure
into the spectacular, Ben
Hur"
That picture, too, is horse
opera. don't forget.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-11
Witness Says Crowley
And Jones Didn'tArgue

TOKYO, Sept. II (AP) Der
H. GULL, vice chairman OF tn.
United States Maritime Board
testified today he did not heal
"a single cross word" between
Joseph p. Crowley and T. A. d
Jones. IT.. during the evening
before MIR. Jones died.
Mr.. Gull. a former Texas
Congressman, testified as q de.
lfense witness at Crowley's man.
slaughter trial.
Crowley. 40. of New Haven
Conn. is charged with fatally
beating Mr.. Jones. IS, also Of
New Haven and his brother-in-
law and business associate, in
their hotel suite May 8 after an
all-night drinking party.
Crowley has pleaded innocent
Went Out With Pair
Mr.. Gull said he accom-
panied Jones and Crowley to
various night clubs on the night
of May Z and had a nightcap
with them in the hotel suite the
two Connecticut businessmen
shared. He said he left them