Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-03

movie-makers. The latter, HI
said. should stop apologizinl
when they reissue good pictures
If it was a superior film wher
first made, it should be sold a.
a superior film now.
He also thinks there should
be more reissues of top-rankinl
pictures. There are some classics
among past movies and De.
Mile thinks the industry
should make a determined eff.
fort to keep them alive.
Visitors to the Louvre, h
pointed out with validity, d,
not consider the Mona Lisa {
reissue just because they hav,
seen that girl before. Nor woulC
Sir Laurence Olivier, present.
ing Hamlet" feel called upoI
to apologize for reissuing it.
So it should be with Holly.
woods classics, Mr.. DeMillt
feels-and on full-size screen;
in theaters.
THE KID FIGHTS BACK
Our movie capitol recently wa:
filled with dudgeon because
Charlie Chaplin snarled acros:
the Atlantic that he would sue
If portrayed in Jackie Coogan''
biography. Coogan leaped into
fame as a child actor in Chap
Inns 1.-THE Kid" His life story
couldn't be filmed without
showing the Chaplin phase.
Not so Indigenous as his
friends and neighbors was Mr.
Coogan, who has a new career
going as an actor in TV dramas,
He just quietly decided to fight
Chaplin every inch Of the
way" He's not bitter, just
determined to film the story
Of his career the way it hap
pened. And it happened with
Chaplin in it.
I'm on solid legal ground
and intend to proceed with my
original plans for filming the
story" Coogan told a Holly
wood reporter. THE way Chap
lin will be shown won't give
him a leg to stand on in any
court of law. In connection
with my association with him,
i intend TO show only what a
genius he was in his work. /
won't touch on the political or
personal sides of his life"
If Chaplin has a public rel
ations adviser on his payroll,
he will retire quietly from this
field Of combat with his trap
shut and locked.
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AFTER DARK-Steve Kisley,
recently returned to the Stat
ler's Embassy Room, is an or
cheStra leader with excellent
taste in music. He also is one
with excellent taste in girl
singers. His latest, now on dis
play, is a freshly-appealing
brunette named Peggy Alder
man. whose voice is operate in
caliber. In fact. she was an
American opera Additions
winner in New York just before
it became possible for her to
turn to more lucrative musical
fields. She's too young to have
a past. but her past experience
does include a season of sum-
mer stock in Connecticut and
an engagement with David
Rose and orchestra at the
California State Fair. She also
was in Leonard Bernstein'S ar
tistic success. "Candide," which
turned out to be less financially
rewarding than being an opera
novitiate. Ralph Rotgers,
now ensconced in the May
flowers Presidential Room, is
an orchestra leader, arranger,
composer and drummer. He
also has been Spanish teacher
and an architect. 1t is possible.
he admits. that others in his
field may match him talent for
talent. But he has a unique
clincher to top almost any Of
them. He's pretty sure he's the
only orchestra leader around
right now who has a diploma
from a Chicago trade school
atteSting that he is a first class
butcher. Took it UP as a hobby
while playing at the Ambas-
sador IN Chicago. Opening
tonight: Ralph Marterie and
orchestra, for four nights only,
at the Casino Royal.