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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
Enrol Flynn Is Back
In the Chips Again

years they handed me q
sword or a. six-shooter. put
me on a horse and had me
dash back and forth before
the cameras.
II didn't deserve all the
fame and money I got. I
felt like an imposter," he
recalls. II like to work hard
and play hard, the childish
roles I did were so easy I
played all the harder. II
the public wanted to think
of me as q playboy actor
fine! I'd be the last to dis
illusion them. But each time
I walked through another
swashbuckling role, I felt
guilty that we we're all TAX
ing this so seriously"
About two years ago
Flynn's fortunes were at
their lowest ebb. Much of
the magic appeared to have
gone from his box Office APP
peal, his roles weren't too
frequent nor outstanding.
He was fiat broke, owed more
than most men make in a
lifetime and was well on the
road to becoming a has
been. The tide turned, he
says. when Zanuck took a
chance and cast him in The
Sun Also Rises" THAT
role" Flynn says, brought
me the first really fine re-
views as q serious actor I've
ever had. That led to my
playing Jack Barrymore,
bless him, in To Much Too
Soon which brought me
more good notices. Then,
when Zanuck offered me the
role Of an alcoholic ex-
British major in The Roots
of Heaven / grabbed it.
He'd Do II Again
so here I am" the actor
smiles. After 20 years. sud
emily I'm a serious actor. and
I love it. I'm alarmingly
healthy. comfortably wealthy
and. I think. somewhat wiser
although I still see no par
ticular virtue in an early-to-
bed routine. And another
time round. I'd play 1t the
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BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN


HOLLYWOOD. - Enrol
Flynn. the last of Holly
woods 'big-time spenders.
who ran through some 81
million and wound up three
years ago fiat broke and deep
in debt, is back in the chips
again.
Furthermore, an acting ca
reer which seemed to be on
the decline is now flourish
ing brightly, earning the coll
orful star the finest notices
he's ever had.
II am now worth about 81
Million" said the once i'm
poverished play-boy. passing
momentarily in Hollywood
before heading to Jamaica
where. incidentally, his ranch
is beginning to pay Of hand
somely, too. "All my debts
are paid-except the French
taxi driver who brought me
home one night and couldn't
change a 10000 franc note"
No Regrets
Following three months Of
location in Africa-the Bel
gian Congo and French Equi-
torial Africa-Producer OAR
ryl F. Zanuck brought Flynn.
Director John Huston, Ire
vor Howard, Eddie Albert
and a couple Of hundred sun
baked members of The
Roots of Heaven" company
to Paris where they COM
pleted the screen version Of
the Roman Gary novel.
Il feel so good I'd rather
not over-analyze it, might
ruin it." grinned Enrol. as he
glanced back at a lively past
that vanished millions. He
has no regrets and baSks in
SIC present with obvious sat
isfaction. looking ahead to
= future which, he reports,
looks roster all the time
For the first time in my
career" he said. I'm serious
about my work, and thor
oughly enjoying it. I always
thought l could act. but my
innate modesty prevented me
from telling anyone. So for
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ny JAY CARMODY
atar Drama Ealior


II was not merely the slight
but happy change in the
weather that made last Mon
day one OF the summers
happlest nights at Carter
Barron Amphitheater.
No, II was equally the sud-
den presence there Of one Of
those large. quality musicals
which somehow always seem
10 be the most natural Of
entertainments for such set
tings. This one. THE Most
Happy Fella." took one back
10 the night three summers
ago when THE Golden
Apple" became the pioneer.
\and only other. similar pro-
duction under the Field man
agement Of the big bowl.
In these attractions. there
Is q special kind Of excite
ment. II can be anticipated.
Obviously. In the case Of
Most Happy Fella" 1t was
anticipated. Not otherwise
would q capacity crowd have
turned out for the FIRST time
on an opening night this
season.
Type Not Available
II is not the fault Of the
Field brothers that the amphi-
theater is limited to two such
outdoor naturals over q period
of three. years. They would
book others. though not to
the exclusion Of other kinds
of entertainment, were they
available.
No one could be more
aware Of the natural felicity
of the big musical in the big
open air setting. What the
FIELDS are looking for, how
ever. is the f1rst-run produc-
ton. one that has not been
seen here. 1t is a type that
could not be scarcer though
the popularity Of those that
do come here may eventually
increase the number that
would like to share the musi-
calls apparently assured public
favor.
Producers are never so
idealistic that they are not
on the alert for new centers
of profit. rooted or roofless.
Frank Loesser's big oper-
eta, with two of the original
three stars still heading the
cast, is basically scaled for
its Washington setting. Al
though its book could not be
simpler, It is treated extrava-
gantly. 1t is a slice of life, Of
Italo-Americana. It deals
with q triangular love affair
in CALIFORNIA; Napa Valley.
one of those paradises which
have been worked so profit
ably by writer's like John
Steinbeck and William
Saroyan.
An Innocent Triangle
Unlike most triangles, this
one involving Tony. an elder
ly farmer, Rosabella. his
young, mail order, waitress
bride. and Joe, the youthful
farm foreman, is suffused
with innocence. It is sad in
some of its turnings, but it is
not tragic.
These three and all the
others around them are good
human creatures. Under the
stress Of circumstances, they
bring trouble on themselves.
but their decency and innate
cheerfulness is invincible.
to be seen and heard in a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
THE PASSING SHOW
Park q Natural
Musical Setting

setting that could not be
more hitting.
Most Happy Fella" is q
dramatic musical whose
happy ending Is inevitable.
not arbitrary.
Musically adapting this
story. taken from Sidney
Towards popular play. They
Knew What They Wanted"
Composer Loesser has made
II what operetta should be.
all music. What II has TO say.
II says in song. and dance.
and with a minimum intrus-
ion of standard dialogue.
This is the new fashion in
musicals, like The Golden
Apple" for an earlier speci-
men. and more lately MY
Fair Lady" and West Side
Story"
Versatility Needed
Clearly the demand of
such an entertainment is .
remarkably versatile COM
poser. Mr.. Loesser, who also
did the score Of Guys and
Dolls" Is one Of the most
versatile to be found any
where. He IL afraid Of moth
ing. not even an audiences
readiness to 60 along with
recitative which sounds al
most like opera, or ballads
which bear close resemblance
to operate arias.
Before Leonard Bernstein
wrote Maria" one Of the
best songs in West Side
Story" and one built entirely
around a girls name. Mr..
Loesser wrote Joey" an
equally dramatic m usical
reverie in Most Happy
Fella." And another. even
more moving, called Rosa
bella" Writing such tunes,
composers like Loesser and
Bernstein reiterate what 90
many forget. that q lover
needs only q name to make
song.
Another aspect Of the
freshness, the airy and ir-
resistible charm Of such
musicals, is their introduce
ton of performers who are
new to theater audiences.
Even Robert Weede
Yes, even such a one as
Robert Weede. ST., who has
played Tony. the most happy
fella himself, since the Loes-
ser musical opened. Mr..
Weede came from opera and
concert to Most Happy
Fella," bringing from both q
charm and an acting skill
that are startling to those
who suspect good music Of
STIFFNESS.
There are so many and
such talented others to sing,
dance, and add comedy to the
parks big summer musical.
Art Lund, who does joey
still after two and one-half
seasons, for one. And Peggy
O'Hara, who has succeeded
10 Sullivan in the role
of Rosabella; Rina Fall
cone, who sings Tony's witch
like sister Maria; Sue Ann
Langdon, the spirited Cleo;
and Robert Dixon, Cleo's shy
sutton.
In the large company,
there are so many others
with the voices to sing Mr..
Loesser's lovely, haunting.
touching and amusing music.
With their bountiful help.
Mr.. Loesser's musical has be-
latedly reached Washington
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same way"

same way"
Did he worry when his
fortunes ebbed and his funds
ran out?
Not perceptibly," says
Flynn. I'D built up a front
over the years which was so
per cent bravado. 40 per cent
Flynn, and ! maintained a
facade. I even managed to
hang onto my yacht, the
Zaca, which Is an integral
part of me now, through the
destitute period when I
couldn't buy q car and had
to rent one.
Then, He'll Act
In THE Sun Also Rises"
Flynn played q free-wheel-
ing, hard-drinking guy. In
TOO Much Too Soon" no
plays John Barrymore. a man
never noted for abstinence.
And in The Roots Of
Heaven" Flynn invests the
remnants Of q drink-ruined
career in joining an idealistic
group in a Grand Gesture.
thereby finding himself.
Does he think that, in his
career comeback, he's in
danger Of becoming typed as
q lush?
II think not" Flynn smiles.
I'm admit I've done consid-
cradle research In the field,
but In my next picture, The
Boy Friend ] play a total
abstainer. That, chum, will
call for all my powers as an
actorl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
BROADWAY
Theoter's
Own Hail
FronAfor
ny WILLIAM GLOVER
Associated Pres Writer

NEW YORK-A legend
haunts Broadway. favored by
awed visitors--and some ma
tives.
II goes like this: Show
street Is the abode OF q
strange local species Of peo-
pie who only family resemble
the sturdy stock from beyond
the Hudson. and who hold
10 an alien code OF behavior
and interests.
Nothing. of course, is furth-
or from the fact.
Broadway's players come
from everywhere.
Fresh evidence Of how lit
orally Broadway is a cross
roads Of the world comes
from q look at the records of
the 1878 drama season.
A cross-section check Sof
$40 performers who appeared
In new productions discloses
that 81 States and II other
countries were represented.
New York LED
Furthermore. although the
largest United States con-
tingent comprised New York
natives, the group was only
II per cent Of the total.
This IL how the States pro-
vided Broadway players:
New York. Al (35 from New
York City,: Pennsylvania. al:
California. 20; New Jersey.
IL; Illinois. 10; Connecticut,
Massachusetts, and Ohio. Q
each.
Iowa supplied Q; Missouri.
Texas. Minnesota, Michigan
and Oklahoma. 5 each; In
diana, District Of Columbia,
Nebraska, Wisconsin and
Washington. 4 each; Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi and Oregon. .
each.
Two actors each came
from Arkansas, Colorado,
North Carolina, Rhode Is
land and Virginia; and Del.
aware. Kentucky, Montana,
Nevada, North Dakota, South
Carolina, Vermont and West
Virginia were represented by
single entries.
OF the players from
abroad. Great Britain sup
piled IS including such dis
tinguished citizens as Noel
Coward, Sir Laurence Olivier.
Eric Portman and Peter
Ustinov.
Geographic Diversity
There were also actors
from Australia, Canada,
Russia. Austria. Hungary,
Switzerland. Mexico. Israel.
Lithuania. ireland. France,
Germany. South Africa. Al
geria. Italy and Jamaica,
B. w. I.
As for geography. there
was diversity among the
headline names. Although
New York City could boast
Chester Morris. Celeste
Holm, Lena Horne. Tony
Perkins and Shirley Booth
among its homegrown stars,
the cross-country' cavalcade
included Tyrone Power, Of
Cincinnati, Ohio; Conrad Ma
gel, Keokuk, Iowa; Donald
Cook, Portland, Oreg.1 Julie
Harris, Crosse Point. Mich:
Karl Maiden, Of Gary. Ind:
Helen Hayes, Of Washington.
D. c.. and Richard Basehart,
Of GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
Katharine Cornell claims
Berlin is her birthplace.
Her father was studying
medicine there when she was
born. Rosemay Murphy halls
from Munich. Her father was
engaged In diplomatic duties
there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
SCREEN

Ambassador-'No Time for
sergeants": ISIS, Sis.
Sis, TAO and Gas pm.
Apex-"Night Ambush: I.
3:10. $40. 1888 and $50
pm.
CapitOl-"The Fly; 1850,
$50. $3.50, 1850 and $3.50
pm.
COlumbia-"Gigi"; 2:30 and
pm.
DupOnt-La Parisienne"::
1880, $40, 5. 6:46, S:3S
and 1925 pm.
Keith's-"Ths vikings;
1:1O. $40, $3.50. TAO and
9:45 pm.
MaeArthur-"Blue Murder
at st. Trinians":: 2:35,
4:25, 6:15. 9 and $50 pm.
MetropOlitan--"No Time for
Sergeants";: 1880, $3.50.
5:35. 7:35 and $40 pm.
OntariO-"The Key; /.
$40. $40, 1888 and s:45
pm.
Palace-"Kings Go Forth:
1:20. 3:25, $50. 1880 and
$40 pm.
Playh0use-La Parish
enne";; /, 2:40, 4:30, Sis.
sos and 9:55 pm.
PIaza-"And God Created
Woman; 1:10, $40, $40.
tbs and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux-'"The Bridge on
the River Kwai";; /, 3:45,
$3.50 and 900 pm.
UptOwn-"South Pacific;
2 and $3.50 pm.
WaSneg-"search for Para.
disc; 2 and $50 pm.
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TODAYS
SCHEDULES


Carter Barron AmphitheateF
Most Happy Fella";
$3.50 pm.
NatiOnaI-"He Was Not
There: $3.50 pm.
Olney-"King Of Hearts;
2:30 and $50 pm.
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Guinea Mills

MI and Mra r. AGREE Chap
pcll and Edward. 81 Falnville.
visited Jesse Gates and The Misses
Carsons Sunday
llhe Moortleld lrft ior Washing
ton. p c. Thursday Mrs Moore
lleld. and children, who have been
spending some time Win relatives
ID WaahinGiVu are expected ~ re.
turn home Nth him Sunday
Mrs BRUCE Spencer and Misses
Sarah and Pauline Carson visited
II Flippen ~ Ballsyille Sunday
The Wlircd Hcdficks are guest
this wacE III Nh and Mrs y M-
Hedrick ii Plant City Fla.
Mporcficlds Visit
Mrs. II Il. Moorefield, Mr. and
MIS-. ~ II Moorefleld. m. ann
children II, visited Mr. and Mrs
Charlie Sduthal Saturday NJ 1ue-
Gle
Richard Elanton was dinner
guest Of Ills mother MIS- J r.
Blanton Sunday
Mrs. Maxine Baldwin had as her
holiday guests two Of hen daughters,
MIS-. sclmar Rewy Of Missonla
Mont. ana Miss Evelyn Baldwin.
Of Madison College
Nh and MIS- Horace Moorefeld,
Wyatt. Kenneth and Wagner Moore
filed VISITED MI and aI1s Dennis
Wallace, Of Kenbridgc
Mr and Mrs Bruce Spencer, oi
FarmWille were Sunday guests AT
Midway
Mr. and Mrs Earl Billy Blanton
ana daughter Martha Elizabeth
visited M5s Iotta Brown Sunday
HI thc Guinea neinhborhood
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-17

taking lhe oAinous sign Smoke bill
lowed anNrily from the roof. and
a woman with d Dlankrtcd baby on
one arm rushed toward tile car
waving trantcally with the other
Barely bringing the car TO a halt.
Mrs. Iobes shouted. I'M get help
Don't 20 back INTO the house =
From Shepparls. the Farmville and
Buckingham fire departments We're
summoned
Once again Mrs Fobes hurried
homeWard stopping only to tell the
excited woman that help was on
the way
II was learned that the interiors
Of two rooms were badly damaged
but the family did not have 10 leave
the house
The skating party came oil on
schedule. and Was great iun
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-17

Old man winter seems 10 be stay
inc quite 4 while with us The
temperature was down to 4 degrees
here one morning Snow Is SIM IN
the north side u houses and banks
Despite the cold. there are many
hunters around. ed Flippen. Of
Richmond, spent Saturday lIunt
ing Oh Reeves farm
Mi and Mis- Emmett, p,nkum
called on Mrs Cora G. Dnnkum.
ol Understandable Sunday Other
guests were Ms Anne Price and
Miss Bette Anne Dnnnipant, Of
Knoxville
MI. and Mrs Billy Ayers, oi
Richmond. spen, inc week end with
their parents
ID Wits Stay in Town
MES. Jay Dewitt, ana children
spent several days last week with
her sister. Mrs Elizabeth Smith.
and family. OF Richmond ms,
Smith Is improving after a stay
IN the hospital
NJ NJ NJ julian & much I'M
proved after having been confined
to her home With d severe cold
Miss Pauline Harris. Of Rich
mond. spent the week end al her
home
MI. and Mrs Reuben Jameson
and children. visited Mr.. and Mis-.
Jack Parker. and family. near
Columbia last week
DoWdys Dine
Dinner guests recently Of Mr. And
MIS- DoWdy were Mr.. and
MIS- Guy Norman, Of FalmYille
Nh and Mrs l4ebcr and Deborah.
oi Tunstall. and Mi AMI Nis
Bernard Wooten and two sons, Of
TuRgle
Mrs Horace Dowdy. and three
children. VISITED hen parents. Mr.
aud Mrs y A. GiiffAh Last week
end
New Store and Hickory Grove
Home Demonstrations clubs held i
joint meeting in the home OF Mrs.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-17

i.ailaa fa.nr5 Wednesday MAJ
liis Winter Soups was demonstrated
Nv Mis- Rainey. and all enjoyed Tho
soup.
MrsS Milland johnson. Our new
nolghbor. called on Mrs Herman
DoWdy las, week.
DOwdyS Hunt
Mr.. and MES Floyd DDWdy and
two children. OF Alexandria. visited
Mt. ana Mrs Herman DoWdy last
week Herman. Floyd and Horace
DoWdy all enjoyed the hrmt last
week
Mfs Lucy Bcfsch ana Miss Au~
NE Phaup were IN Farmville last
Week
Misses Kathy and Barbra Bailey
visited their grandparents, Mi. ana
Mrs. Hamilton Agee. Of DillWyn,
Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Dunkum
we're Ill Richmond Monday
Pastor Teaches Book
Or II. r. Hudeins. pastor Of
Farmsillr Methodist church, TAUGHT
The book. Lands ol Decision, al
Smyrna church Sunday
On January -, the mission book
"ui Every Place A Voice VIII b.
laugh. IN the home Of MIS- Hagite
BadrdRe at pm
Reeves Phaup. Miss Annie Phaup
and Mrs Lucy BerSch were lunch
con guests Sunday u Mr. and Mrs
Wesley Dunkum
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Unreasonable Antics

The left home wives Of the
Ruritans sometimes come out. as
well as their stepping-ol husbands
For stance, Mrs. John IL
Parker invited that forlorn group Of
this community to dine with her
Thursday evening The guests were
Mrs william Chappell. MIS-. Jack
Anderson. Mrs. John Morgan il.
Miss Cammie Anderson and Mrs.
Rodney Smith. How the last two
ineligibles got into that bunch
wasn't explained and they, being
quite happy to be along. didn't ask
: Right along with her mother.
Elizabeth Ann Parker entertained
friends. too. Susan Forbes was her
guest at dinner Thursday evening.
Pam Jamerson came for the week
-end. and Nancy Morgan spent Sat
nrday with the girls
Mr. and Mrs Hunter Inge. Of
Crewe called in the Julius Cole
. man home Wednesday afternoon
ifuutlus Dtioit DlSuVS
There is nothing Willie Morris
, likes better than hunting. and dur
ing the season he has taken off
Saturdays for that purpose. Satur-
: day morning he. Mrs. Morris. and
their son arrived at the Lewis Nor
gans before the breakfast dishes
were washed. The men were inn
. lnediately off to the woods, leaving
: the women to exchange news and
views
Mr.. and Mrs Wilbur Haver
. brought their blue-eyed Kentucky
baby Tor a getacquainted week end
with the family AT two-and-a-h
! months. Sharon Anne is a dimlnu
tive replica Of Grandmother Seay
thereby early establishing her claim
to beauty Other week end guests
in the Seay home were Mr. and
! Mrs. Jack Keith. Miss Frances
Seay and Earl Seay. Saturday visi-
Z tors were, Mr. and Mrs. R L. Seay.
Jr.. their children. and Cary Love
lace,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Chisholm and
their children Randy and Brenda
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs
Herman Anderson Mr.. and Mrs
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-17

Mr.. and Ms. Dick Payne ami
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Moring anti
son, Richard. of Richmond. werS
week end guests Of Mrs Cary
Payne
Mrs. w r. Shepherd and Mrs.
c. f. Grow. of Richmond. visited
friends and relatives last week and
returned to Richmond Wednesday
e. f. Price went with them to Rich
mond and was overnight guest OF
his SISTER. Mrs Shepherd. and went
on to Newport News Thursday to
his doctor for a check-up.
Mrs B. G. Ransom and son. Gar
land, visited Mr. and Mrs. r. E
Coleman in Farmville Sunday Mrs.
Sizzle Robertson. who spent last
week III the Coleman home, returned
home with them
MI and Mrs. J r. Price and
Mrs. J II. Price. Jr.. and daughter
Sue. We're Sunday afternoon callers
IN the homes Of j P and B. H.
Word
Mrs R. H. Gillispie and MISS
Ruby Gillespie visited Mrs. Iva
forbes Sunday at Sheppards
Miss Mary Lee Wright. Of Rich
mond. spent the week end with
her mother. Mrs. Henry Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Snoddy
and children. Of Howardsville, were
dinner guests Sunday Of MI. and
Mrs. Murriel Dunevant.
MIR and Mrs Warren Dunevant
and son. Of Farmville, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Dunevant Sunday
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Pankey TO Preach h.
TO Meherrin Baptists

DR.. William K. Pankey .of Rich
nond. viii preach a. MehciIin Bap-
list church Sunday. January 70. AZ
II a. m
DR. Pankey. who Will supply the
church untll II gelS a regular pas
tor. for q years has been the pas
tor Of churches III Pennsylvania
Missouri and Virginia. For the past
seven years. he has devoted his full
time 70 evangelism throughout the
United States
ne Is the author 81 History Of
Pittsburgh Eaptists."
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Oak Forest

Mn. and Mrs. Conway Anderson
or Richmond, visited Mr. and Mrs
r. Is Anderson. Sunday afternoon
Wayne b. Anderson, 81 Richmond
is spendlnn a few dass with Mn
and Mrs T. b Anderson
Mr And Mrs a r StonneIl and
Miss Janet S'onlcll visited MIS-
Louis kobens and Nh and Mrs
Mrs Floyd Martin, 81 I.Anexa and
Mrs sidney Sheldon. oi Ipano, sun
day