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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
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Washington last week was
given q reminder Of the the
ater's profiigate waste Of
girl-power.
This took the form Of Carol
Channing's f1ye-days' date at
the Shoreham's Blue Room.
an expansive nocturnal play
ground which was f1ttingly
filled to capacity for each OF
Carols performances.
Washington, which has
been carrying on a cheerful
romance with Miss Claiming
for eight years now, has
every reason to be grateful to
the Shoreham management
for bringing its girl to town.
If the theater cannot find
work for her to do, it is
pleasant to discover that
everyone's preferred blond
mixes as well with food and
drink as when taken straight,
as on the musical stage.
Nevertheless, this does not
change the fact that Miss
Claiming makes three among
the lamentably wasted girls
Of the light-hearted theater.
The other two are Celeste
Holm. who has not had q mu-
steal in a decade, and Lisa
Kirk, who has become one of
history's greatest boons to
the expense account elite In
the posh saloons. With Miss
Charming. these are the girls
with the high and personal
styles who, deserving of the
best in musical entertain
ment, are ruefully ignored by
the makers Of same.
A Promising Future
Miss Charming, whose
"act" Is a delight, has a more
promising future than the
other two, at least so far as
this department knows. With
her the other night after her
Blue Room show, among the
small group collected cozily
IN her suite, was Charles
Gaynor.
Mr.. Gaynor, who provided
Miss Channing'S first spring.
board to public devotion in
Lend an Ear is writing
another revue for her. 1t is
due in the autumn, both
pledge, which will reduce the
sophisticated girl waste to
the Misses Holm and Kirk.
If Alan Bralove of the Shore
ham protests that word
waste" it shall be defended
only weakly here.
Actually, it does lack pre-
cision.
Its effect is to deny one of
the happiest truths about
such a one-girl show as Miss
Claiming offers, namely her
versatility. Free to choose
her own material, to fit every.
word, note, expression, ges-
ture and musical arrange
ment to her own unique per-
sonality, the result is style at
its best.
It is inevitable. Of course,
and riotously right that Miss
Claiming should open her
show with I'm just a Little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
HOLLYWOOD
The Last Of the Pretty Boys

movie stars keep their air.
craft. One day Brian Donlevy
tipped Bob IS and said, Here
good-looking, go get your
self a book on acting" Then
Dad met Bill Wellman (the
Director. told him I wanted
to act, and Bill spotted me in
a bit part in The Happy
Years" Then goth signed
Wagner to a stock contract
at SIS a week.
II was doing fine with those
pictures with Terry Moore"
Bob recalled. Then goth
bought Lord Vanity for me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

Clifton Webb was going to
star as well. I did tests with
Joan Collins. Then / waited
and waited. 1 nearly went out
Of my mind. I learned later
they were trying to get Mar
tine Carol, but she couldn't
get a work permit to enter
the u. S. After putting in 81
million and one year of watt
ing. they decided not to make
the film. Desperate, I decided
to play a 'heayy'-in "A Kiss
Before Dying It turned out
to be a small bomb"
Then, about a year before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Enter, The GabOrs

AS a nonSenSical ad libber,
which she could show only
in a rangy night club act,
Miss Charming is at her fun
NEST in a review of her night
club career, the success of
which she attributes, para
doxically. to the Gabors. All
the Gabors, especially Zsa Zsa
and including Mama Jolie.
The sound of this is pure
Noel Coward, yet it is pure
Carol Charming in its origin.
inspiration and delivery.
The effect of seeing Miss
Channing's act, or Miss
Kinks or Miss Holm's, is that
this sort of thing teaches a
girl a lot.
So much, indeed. that it
seems all the more wanton-
ly waSteful of the makers of
more mass entertainment
products not to recapture
them for the treater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
BY sHEMAH GRAHAM

ANOA h AAiSAASeh NS"opepSI AAAAuCc
HOLLYWOOD. - "Tony
Curtis, Rock (Hudson), Tab
(Hunter) and myself are the
last Of the guys who got the
picture build-up with major
studios behind them" said
cleancut, 29-year-old Robert
Wagner on the final day of
filming his latest movie, Say
One For Me-" co-starring
with Bing Crosby and Debbie
Reynolds.
Actors today" Bob con-
tinued, ARE pushed on the
public too fast. When I
started at goth Century Fox,
Daryl Zanuck spotted me in
small but important parts, so
the public had a chance to
get used to me.
This is a different era in
pictures from when l started
10 years ago-in those days it
was q pretty-boy era. Now
everything is based on your
record. And how can anyone
create a record when pictures
are so expensive that pro-
ducers are afraid to take
chances with new talent?
They can't take chances with
good talent, for that matter.
For instance. in the old days,
actors like Tony Franciosa
and Brad Dillman would have
been big stars at this stage
of their careers. So it gets
tougher and tougher every
day to cast pictures because
there are only so many top
names in this business with
no new names to help out"
It Wasn't Easy
In a small way, I'm slightly
responsible for Wagner's
movie career. We met at a
party for Shirley Temple
when Bob was II. you
should be in pictures" I said
to the handsome youngster.
Two years later, at the pre-
miere of Halls of Montezu-
ma" there was a tap on my
shoulder. you see, I'm in
pictures" said Bob, whom ]
had just seen on the screen.
But it really wasn't so
easy" he confided. II went to
Warmers in AZ, and they
were going to use me - but
they had q big strike. so /
went back to school, then to
work with Dad Gin the steel
business) :" Week ends young
Wagner polished planes at
Clover Field where many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

Bob married petite Natalie
Wood-"I'm sitting there do
ing nothing and Spence (Tla-
Cyl wanted me for The
Mountain He gave me CO.
star billing above the title.
That got me swinging again."
Next big break for Bob:
Dick (PowelD came up with
The Hunters Then ! did In
Love and War for Jerry
(Wald), and this really is a
great part"
l asked Bob about his
Say One for Me" movie with
Bing and Debbie. Bling
seems nonchalent, but he
works hard. There are not
too many women in the bus
mess today and they are for
tunate to come up with
Debbie (Reynolds). They
haven't developed any new
women stars since Kim No
yak. so. who do you have?--
Kim, Debbie, Jean (Sim-
mons, Audrey CHepburn)
and Elizabeth (Taylor)."
He Likes EIvis
Among the few new men
to appear on the screen Wag-
ner rates ElviS Presley very
high. Hes attractive in a
pouty, sensual way that looks
exciting on the screen. He's
a pretty good actor-I think
he's terrific.
I'm pretty tired" said
Bob. who lost Is pounds for
his current role of dancer.
1--WE made three pictures
back to back. Natalie and I
would like to get away for a
while on our boat. We're
also moving into a new home
in Beverly Hills. And I'm
trying to have my contract at
the studio changed, so ! can
make outside pictures for the
company Nat and ! have
formed. VIII we ever make a
film together? If the parts
call for it. We've been Of
fered the leads in The Dis
enchanted when it becomes
a movie"
what about advising
young men today who want a
movie acting career?" I asked
Bob.
Have them go to college
and act in college plays" adj
vises the star. Its a pretty
good showcase. Talent scouts
cover the college shows like
mad-you get experience that
way, and more confidence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
TODAY'S SCHEDULES /.
STAGE
ARENA-"The Ladys Not For Burning" Christopher Frys
comedy; $3.50 pm.
SCREEN


AMBASSADOR-"AliaS Jess James," Bob Hope in the old
West; 1880, 3:l5, $40. 7:25 and 9:35 pm.
CAPITOL-"Some Like 1t Hot vastly funny roaring 20s
comedy; l:20 $40 $40, 7:35 and $40 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Shaggy Dog" whimsical fable 0ive) by Walt
Disney; 1:20. 1925, $780, 7:35 and 9:45 pm
DUPONT-"The BolShoi Ballet" the Moscow troupes
"Giselle and other items, in color: l. ESQ, 435, $685.
$40 and 9:55 pm.
KEITHS-"Imtation of Life" Lana Turner in FIVE
handkerchief soap opera; lis, $685. $685. 7:45 and
9:55 pm
MacARTHUR-"He Who Must Die modern French para
phase of the Crucifxon 215, 4:4O, 71O and $40 pm
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jesse James," Bob Hope in the
old West: $780, sos, 4:40 6:25, sos and $3.50 pm.
ONTARIO-"The Sound and the Fury" life down South
by Faulkner; l. $40. $40, 1880 and 9:45 pm
PALACE-"Creen Mansions" Audrey Hepburn as w. H.
Hudsons South American jungle girl; 1:15 500, $685.
1880 and $40 pm
PLAYHOUSE-"The Naked Maja" dull version of the
Goya-Duchess of Alba affair." l. sos, Sis, 6:25 and
9:35 pm.
PLAzA-"The House On the Waterfront" French melo-
drama; 1880, $3.50. $780, 1870 and $3.50 pm
ToWN-"Naughty Girl" title. old Mamzelle Pr
gale" Bardot; 1:15 $40, 5, 6:45 8;50sand 1890 pm
TRANS-LUX-"The Game Mutny' high drama on Navy
destroyer GeisSue); las, 410, $40 and 9:05 pm.
UPTOWN-"Sleeping Beauty Dsneys animators raise the
old fairy tale to high technically, at least; 1915
$780, AIS. 6, 7:45 and $50 pm
WARNER-"South Sea Adventure" the Cnerama cameras
are well used on Pacific isles; and $3.50 pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

Montgomery Cliff tries to write soothing
reply to lonely reader, while his editor, Rob-
ert Ryan, looms menacingly over him in Dore
Schary's "LonelyheartS" The girls in the back
ground are Maureen Stapleton, whose letter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

gets Cliff involved in considerable dramaticS;
Dolores Hart, as his wide-eyed and bewildered
wife, The picture will open on Wednesday at
the Metropolitan and Ambassador TheaterS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

mired Rock. and the coming
This Earth Is Mine"
Cheavier than alb is still a
big question mark. First on
his light" approach-and
key to his future-will be
ANY Way the Wind Blows"
out in May.
Idle, He's a Beast
Curious about what actors
do when not before the cam
eras? Tombstone Territory"
co-star Richard Eastman ad-
mits he is the beast of the
world when he doesn't have a
job. II spend my time fight
ing with everyone" he said.
Il blame my wife for bad
meals; / object to the way the
laundry is done. Mind you,
none Of these problems arises
when I go to work every
morning and return home in
the evening. Then my wife
is the greatest chef this side
of the Gordon Bleu. Our
laundry is done with loving
hands. And my agent? Well,
I just couldn't live without
him"
Cure for Boredom
Ex-model Carol LynIey,
now a film starlet. never
thought the day would come
when she would willingly re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
THE PASSING SHOW
Why Must Stoge
Waste Its Girls?

Girl from Little Rock" and
close 1t with Diamonds Are
a Girls Best Friend These
Claiming classics from
Gentlemen Prefer Blends"
belong inescapably in her
night club act.
So, Of course, does her
"Gladiola Girl" from the orig
inal Gaynor revue which es-
tablished her as one Of the
century's funniest girls.
Still. the Oldest and most
ardent Of the Claiming ad-
mirers are most delighted
with the fresher revelations
Of her talent, her impressions
mot imitations) Of older styl-
lists and her flair for sophis-
ticated nonsense. Miss Chan
ming is essentially a carica-
turist and an inspired one
whether she is dealing with
q popular figure such as Tai
lulah Bankhead, or a type
as funny as Cecilia Sisson,
the silent film star who dis
appeared overnight when the
talkies came in.
Mood Good HUNDRED
The mood Of her impress
sions, which also include So
phie Tucker and Marlene Die
trich, is good humored and
whatever touch of malice a
sophisticated audience reads
into them is its responsibility
more than Miss Channing's.
The riotous figure in this
gallery is Cecilia Sisson, a
sultry, hurt, droopy-eyed,
wistful-lipped girl who attrib-
utes her quick oblivion to her
scorn for Hollywood's preda-
tory males. In this, she over
looks the fact that her SIS.
as in silly esses, are whiStled
instead of spoken.
The witty mind that turks
behind one Of the great clown
faces, and one of the most
pleasant in show business, is
shown in another of Miss
Channing's type impressions,
this one of an American play
girl in Paris who has drunk
herself into a inconsistencies.
Not nostalgia. old-fashioned
sick inconsistencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Bean Would Act

Orson Bean is determined
to surprise the public with
some new talents as an actor
and an entertainer.
I'm tired of being Phil
tumble" declares the per-
former Of the dizzy roles that
have pursued him through
seven years of night club and
stage work.
II want to be able to do
whatever I'm physically right
for, serious as well as comic"
Bean, who after several as
signments is now enacting q
phychiatriSt in the film
Anatomy Of a Murder" says
that TYPE casting is a re-
fusal to take chances, but 1t
leads to dizziness"
He still hasn't figured out
a complete answer to one
part of his transformation.
Il still have to put on
character makeup to look my
own age, which is &c." he
says. Looking young is a
curse. OF course. a lot Of guys
look old-and that's a curse,
too"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30
Oil Anniversary
Festival Ends

TTTUSVILLE, Pa, Aug. 20
"A 25-division parade replete
with bands and floats moved
over 2 3-mile-long route today
in TituSville as the oil industry
ended a week-long celebration
of its Tooth birthday.
Thousands Of residents and
visitors lined the streets hours
before marchers and motor We
hicles began moving.
Throughout, the parade fol-
lowed a theme Of oil and its his
tory. Many oil company execu-
tiveS from all parts Of the world
were on hand.
Many Of the parade's floats
carried some reference to Col
Edwin L. Drake, who drilled the
first well and struck oil on Au-
gust 81, 1859. The historic we'll
known as Drake well, is 2 miles
from Titusville. 1t now is the
center of Drake Well Memorial
Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30

|. would be about the same
as its proportion of financial
responsibility for support OF
United Nations Agencies" the
committee said. These contri-
buttons. for the most part, are
in the neighborhood Of 80 per
cent Of the agencies total
budgets.
The report Of international
cooperation also called for ade-
quate funding-about 50 million
of a study Of the Indian
Ocean, which 1t called 1.-THE
largest UNEMPLOYED area on
earth." and noted that unique
wind conditions there merit
more complete study.
Seven oceanograph.c vessels
were tied up meanwhile in the
Hudson River in connection
with the U. N. meeting. They
included five United States
ships. one from Russia and one
from France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30
Alumni Plan Carnival

The Alumni Association of
the Hebrew Academy Of Wash
ington will hold a carnival
from 2 to 10 pm. September
Is at the academy. 6045 Six
tenth street NV. Games,
prizes and refreshments will be
featured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30
US. Asked to Increase
Oceonogrophic Fleet
BY WILLIAM HINES
star Science Writer

panel of marine scientists last night called for outlays
exceeding $400 million 10year period to strengthen
Americas oceanographc feet.
At the time the Committee oceanography of the
National Academy Sciences urged that consideration given
to possible creation Of World Oceanogaphic Organization
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30

under the United Nations. Such
a U. N. specialized agency"
would coordinate international
studies of the ocean.
The two-fold recommended
ton came as hundreds of sci
entists from all over the world
converged on the United Ma
tons in New York for a two
week International Oceanogra-
phic Congress. The meeting,
first ever held, begins today
and continues through Septem-
Der II.
The recommendations were
embodied in two new chapters
of the academy's study on
"Oceanography: 1860 to 1870"
A report on new research ships
stressed the need for 10 new
crafts to bring the Nations
oceanographic fleet to IS, and
a report on international CO.
operation emphasized the
global character of oceanic
studies.
More Funds Proposed
Construction suggested by
the committee would cost an
estimated $212,550.000 for 81
ships under 500 tons, % rated
between 1900 and $500 tons
and II larger than 1000 tons.
Vessels presently afloat and ex-
pected to be still operational in
1870 number six small, six
medium and three large.
Operating costs would rise
from $50 million in 1860 to an
annual rate of $3.50 million
starting in 1867.
THE goal should be the
maximum scientific output for
the least expense to the tax
payer" the report said.
In discussing international
cooperation, the committee
pointed out that attainment
OF "our ultimate goal a
planned survey of the world
ocean" by any one country was
impossible. However. the re-
port said, the United States
could provide about 80 per cent
OF the ships and personnel re-
quired."
World Conference Urged
The MAS group proposed
specifically that a conference
OF governments be held to-
reach agreements on an inter-
national assault on major
oceanographic problems.
1T would be expected that
the United States proportion of
this International responsibility
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
For Recording the Heart Beat

A PAIR Of scientists searching for ways
"A Of reducing sound on Navy vessels.
have developed device that may help In
the war against heart disease.
Resembling an diversified thermometer
with the mercury separated into many tiny
pieces. 1t acts something like cross be-
tween stethoscope and an electro
cardiograph.
It's perfecters, L. J. Argiro and Richard
c. Bartlett. are sound experts at the
Naval Engineering Experiment Station
in Annapolis.
Mr.. Afgiro placed one end Of the glass
tube on his chest and indicated wires from
either end Of It. IF these are connected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08

to tape recorder, you can make a per-
manent sound record Of my heart beat"
he said Connected to an oscillograph,
you can produce a paper recording of the
beat"
Mr.. Bartlett added: IAN electrocardio-
graph measures electric impulses In the
heart. whereas this thing measures the
muscular reaction Tor the beaD to those
impulses. You might say 1t produces
usually the results produced audibly by
a stethoscope.
I'VE don't know whether 1t win be Of
great use to the medical profession, but
when we pretty one up we're going to take
1t to q doctor and find out"
SUNDAY. THE srAR MAGAZINE WASHINGTON D
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Evening star., 1959-12-20
Community Effort

Our first community effort
was Sequin-trimmed tin can
tree ornaments. The direc-
tions said to start at the
bottom of a can and work in
a spiral Qike peeling an
apple) to the top with wire
clippers, so that the resultant
former tin can would show
both the silver of the outside
and the gold of the inside.
(ThiS necesSitated my telling
the grocer that I would take
anything he had in cans that
were gold on the inside.)
The children stood by
happily with pots of glue
and sequins to apply glitter
after I finished cutting.
I emerged from stripping
the first can with an ex-
tended bruiSe between the
first and second joints of my
thumb and forefinger, and
had to cut the second with
the clippers between the Sec
ond and third joints, no mean
feat. The children had be-
come bored because my job
took longer than theirs, and
pretty soon a yowl announced
that the youngest had cut
himself, not deeply but
gushily. on his ornament.
Professional Looking
Order would have been
quickly restored had not the
upset glue and sequins got
ten involved in the cut and
made a garish production.
All was forgotten for an hour
or so while we tried to coax
the glittering trim off the
offended finger, and apply
a less colorful but more anti
septic covering.
On to a less ligamental
Evening star., 1959-12-20

activity next decided to
attempt homemade 'front.'
door wreaths. To make a
professional looking wreath,
a cheerful article informed
me, one had only to dip gaily
colored fruits into shellac
and wire them to a hand
some wreath of green's. I
harvested a bounty of green,
red and black grapes, yell
low lemons and brown nuts,
and began to wire them for
dipping.
I finally managed a wire
Stranglehold on the black
grapes. that is until I sub
merged them in the pot of
shellac, and then they loosed
their bonds and sank slowly
to the bottom, causing a
slight overflow of liquid.
I turned to the lemons.
All went beautifully. The
wire slipped through the
skin, the shellac bath gave
a dazzling glaze, and I hung
my masterpiece on the coat
hanger to dry. A plunk, fol-
lowed by what can only be
described as an adhesive
sound, announced that the
top heavy lemon had fallen,
formed an indisSoluble union
with the rug and a period to
the Richer Creative Life.
The only artistic idea I've
had since is that the band
age people have missed a
good thing in not putting out
Sequined bandaidS.
Anyone can have the idea
who wants to work it up.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Yule Baskets
To Be Given
To The Needy

Christmas baskets will be
sent to needy families and
individual out-patients of
Georgetown University Hos
pital this year as a Joint
effort of members of the
ladies' board and personnel.
Miss Alice Grogan, CO.
ordinator of personnel health
service, and Mrs. Marion
Schoub, secretary to Sister
Mary Evangelist, are super
vising the holiday work.
Patients trays on Christ
mas Day will be decorated
with Santa Claus and angel
favorS made by a ladies'
board committee headed by
Mrs. Raymond Sparks and
Mrs. Thomas F. McDermott.
Girl Scouts from Blessed
Sacrament parish, under the
guidance of their leader,
Mrs. Roderick O'Connor.
have assisted the women in
this project.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Donate to Welfore

The Woman's Clup ovy
Chase, Nd. Inc, recently ap-
proved contributions of more
than a thousand dollars to
various welfare agencies in
the area. According to Mrs.
w. Conner Krise, chairman of
the Public Welfare Commit
tee which presented the
budget, allocations are being
made to the United Givers
Fund, Suburb a n Hospital.
Montgomery County General
Hospital, Children's Hospital.
Camp Echo Lake and several
other agencies.