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Evening star., 1960-09-18
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic Of The Star

'Irma La Douce" inevi-
tably will be one of Broad
ways most ingratiating and
popular residents this au-
tumn.
She and her companions
constitute a collection Of
Paris guys and dolls the likes
Of whom have not been seen
in the theater since a muSi-
cal. Guys and Dolls" was
fashioned out of Damon
Runyan's diary Of New
York's lovable bumSt
1t Is quite possible! Indeed,
that Irma and her Com
panionS will linger as long as
Runyan'S offbeatS. To the
sedate. dull, conformist rest
Of us they provide a glimpse
Of a way Of life that will not
entice us away from our
blue pinstripe folkwayS.
Nevertheless. they do enable
us to forget them for q while.
This is one of the theater's
most useful purposes, arts
antibiotic for our quiet des-
peration.
Cast Superb
1t is being sold over the
footlightS of the National
Theater by a remarkably en-
gaging sales force. Among
these Elizabeth Seal as Irma,
a good girl in a bad business;
Clyde Revill as a Pigalle
quarter philosopher; and
Keith Michel, as the hand
some young man to whom
Irma wants so much to make
the gift Of love that, sadly,
she has been selling.
Important as are the con-
tributionS of these, low
comedy with a high content
Of delight. the genius behind
Trina La Douce" is likely
that of Peter Brook. Eng
lands Mr.. Brook is the direc-
tor. 1t is his remarkable
talent that gives the Ma
tional Theater's season open
er what Madison avenue calls
the full, rich flavor.
AS a playmaker, in this
instance a musical comedy,
Mr.. Brook has lighted, de-
lighted and delightfully."-, upon
the materials Of a portrait of
q way Of life. The differ
ence between what he has
made of it is the difference
between spinach, as the
French transform it, and the
way mother boilS the damned
stuff.
A Piquant Twist
This is the more piquant
for the fact that Mr.. Brook
is English and grew to man.
hood on the only thing worse
than American spinach, to
wit English Brussels sprouts
Mr.. Brooks permits Irma',
deYotee audiences no naughty
sense that he is taking them
on a Slum sightseeing expe-
dition. He involves them, abb
serbs them, in an exuberant
neighborhood romance which
is as witty as a country club
nuptial is chic, or sets out
to be so.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
HOLLYWOOD
William Goetz Candles q Bundle
On Copucine's New, Classic Face

tested for Song Without
End"
ION April Fools Day."
she recalls, Mr.. Goetz called
to say I got the part. All I
coul say was: 'Ha, ha,
What a lousy April Fools
joke"
But it was no joke. She got
the part and comes of well
in the movie.
She Warmed Up
II was very cold in the
beginning" she admits, but
I warmed up as the picture
progressed. That's the way
We shot it. In the first part
See BACON, Page F-3
Evening star., 1960-09-18

Having long had her heart
set on a Broadway appear
ance, Miss Seal is delighted
to debut as a shady lady
from Rue Pigalle.
In the American version
the dancing is much larger
and much BETTER" she re-
ports.
Her general attitude
toward stage work is summed
Evening star., 1960-09-18

next Tuesday. Photograph
ically. she made a great test.
Languagewise, not so hot.
Seen at a Party
Famous Artists put her
under contract and drilled
her in EngliSh-so intensely
that she now could almost
pass for pure American. She
handles slang with only a
slight trace of accent.
Beautiful, unmarried, she
soon attracted important
eyes at Hollywood parties.
That's how Goetz spotted
her.
She became one Of a hun
dred girls auditioned and
Evening star., 1960-09-18

ANfBASSADOR-"From He'll to Eternity" Jeffrey Hunter
Vic Damone.
APEx-Ingmar Bergmans The Magician" and wild
Strawberries"
CAPITOL-"High Time" starts September o.
KEITHS-"Night Fighter" Robert Mtchum
Neutrality-suspicious. for Scoundrels" Aastar Sim.
METROPoLTTAN-"From He'll to Eternity" Jeffrey Hun
ter Vic Damone.
ONTARIO-"Under Ten Flags" with Charles Iaushton
and Van Heflin.
PALACE-"I Aim at the Stars"
TRANS-LUX-"Song Without End" the story Of Franz
Liszt, Dirk Bogarde starts Wednesday
Evening star., 1960-09-18

up: "Never try to do any
thing that anyone else does"
Miss Seal made a strange
move before heading for
Broadway.
Il purposely left the Lon
don show four weeks in ad.
vance," she discloseS. THAT
was so I could forget all my
lines, rethink the role and
see it afresh."
Evening star., 1960-09-18
THE PASSING SHOW
Off-Beot 'Irmo'
Cultural Gem

With altogether admirable
logic, Mr.. Brook has con-
cluded that since intimacy Is
1rma'S business, 1t shall also
be his in a way that Is at
once the same and not the
same. He manifestS a warm
appreciation Of both the hill
arity and the wistfulneSS of
the situation In which an at
tractive street girl falls in
love with a handsome, naive
law student.
He is concerned, too, that
the harsh logic of life de-
mandS that she shall con-
tinue in business If he is to
get on with his preparation
for a more approvahle pro-
fesSion.
Sweetly Bitter
Being French, Trina La
Douce" acknowledges the
bitter-SweetneSs Of this. Its
stress. however, is upon its
aspects Of wild jest. So is
that Of Director Brook, whose
performers could not be more
responsive to the fine gro
teSquerie Of it all. They let
1t sing. dance and mock in
the course Of proving that
these people Of the Pigalle
have not merely accepted life
as an irony but one with a
high potential of adventure.
If it does not allow for
happiness, it at least permits
one to have a good, wretched
time. This is a great i'm
provement over a wretchedly
bad time which may very
we'll relate, distantly, to the
magic the French exercise
over spinach.
For American audiences
nurtured on the shapely plot
in musical comedy, Trina La
Douce" has a fresh informal
ity that is associated with
the revue in this country. Its
creatures are characters to
be sure but when it better
serves the purposes of the
production that one of them
become a commentator, the
effect is altogether diverting.
Revill Remarkable
This is especially true of
New Zealand born French
man." Clyde Revill. Mr.. Re-
will plays virtually a multi
tude Of characters in the
cozy formal of "Irma," but
at any instant's notice he
steps out Of any one of them
to explain what is going on.
The zany logic Of this is one
Of the works assets Of which
Director Brook takes end
lesSly laughable advantage,
thanks to the perfection of
his versatility by Actor Revill.
With its pert, varied music
and its spontaneously exuber-
ant dances, Trina La Douce"
pictures a cross section of
Paris life that perfectly illus
trates the popular possibilities
Of cultural exchange.
Its approach obviously is
wildly off-Standard but it is
in the very quality that it
suggests maybe this is what
is wrong with the more con-
ventional methods.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
BROADWAY
BROADWAY
Elizabeth Seal Tripped
And Fell Into Stordom
BY WILLIAM GLOVER
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK.-People often
stub q toe-but not like
Elizabeth Seal.
For her the result was stage
stardom.
Slender, dark-haired and
dynamic, Miss Seal is q rare
import to Broadway from
Britain-an established head
liner in musical comedy.
She makes her debut here
Septem' 4r 20 in "1rma La
Douce," a long running
PariS-London hit now at
Washington's National The
ater.
Until she was IS, however,
Liz dreamt of quite q diff
ferent sort of show business
career. A child prodigy in
ballet. Miss Seal was being
developed by experts as q
potential great ballerina.
A Silly Thing
Then one day walking
home I tripped on a side
walk. q very silly thing for
q dancer" she recounts.
II broke an ankle and the
doctors said I'd always limp
and would never dance. Well,
doctors are always a pessi-
nlistic lot, so after some
months I went to see a
teacher I'd had previously.
He told me:
"Tf you really want to do
something, you will"
After a long and painful
stint, Miss Seal regained O
measure Of dancing skill.
Il haven't been up on my
points since the accident"
she says. land as long as I
don't try that I'm all right
at the rest"
Abandoning ballet, she de-
cided at Is to try dancing in
stage shows-and got her
first Job simply by walking
In and asking. Until then,
Miss Seal had never seen a
musical but that didn't hinder
her progress.
I've been working ever
SINCE" she reports Of the
ensuing 10 years. Her first
speaking part was in PA
jana Game" then came a
dramatic assignment in
Canine Real"
Learned Technique
I'm a natural actress"
she says. II know how to
do it. OF course, I have
learned technique"
Her singing skill developed
similarly. She did it first on
stage, has been studying 2
hours a day ever since"
After "Camino Real" she
took over the lead role in
the West End version of
Damn Yankees" While still
at that, the producers sent
her over to Paris to look
at "Irma La Douce." Miss
Seal agreed that she would
like to perform in the Lon
don production.
For the past two years she
has been portraying the only
feminine role in the romantic
fable that is set in rafflsh
Montmartre.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
By JAMES BACON
Associated Press Writer

HOLLYWOOD.-Capucine,
a French model without
movie or stage experience, is
Producer william Goetz' $4.5
million gamble.
Goetz' CANDLES can be far
reaching.
I'm the guy they said
ruined the movie business by
giving big stars a piece of the
picture" says Goetz. Nov
I'm starting a new trend
with a new face"
Capucine's face is not only
new. It's one of classic
beauty. She's stately, digni-
fed in the tradition Of the
great lady stars such as Irene
Dunno, Joan Crawford, Lor-
eta Young and Barbara
Stanwick.
AS designer Don Loper
comments:
II bet you will never see
her picking tomatoes in the
Supermarket in SlackS and
baggy sweater" He's right.
Capucine stars opposite
Britisher Dirk Bogarde in
Song Without End" the
story Of Franz List.
Looks, Not Talent
She plays one of the great
loves Of LISTS life, the mar
ried Russian Princess Car
olyne.
Goetz says he chose Capu-
cine for looks, not talent.
You can teach a girl to
act but nobody can teach
her how to look like a prin-
cess. You've got to start
with a girl who looks like
a princeSs-now that Grace
Kelly no longer is with U.S."
Capucine is not her right
name. She was born Ger
maine Lefebvre at Toulon,
France. the daughter of a
French industrialist. Ask her
why she uses one name in
the movies, she quipS:
I'm a name dropper."
But she adds that the
single name was not her idea.
II know it was successful
for Liberace, but I fought it.
At first, Mr.. Goetz called me
Lily Capucine but forgot to
tell me about it.
Who Was Lily?
II took my screen test and
kept hearing directors and
other people yelling for Lily.
I just stared. I didn't know
who they were calling. No
wonder they thought I was
the princess type"
Capucine was not discov-
cred for movies in France,
where she once worked for
Dior, among others, as a
high fashion photographers
model.
MY modelling jobs took me
around the world and gave
me a great urge to travel
So I came to New York"
There an agent saw her and
, sent her to Famous Artists
in Hollywood.
She did her first screen
test via an interpreter be-
cause she didn't know a wore
Of English. Worse, she hao
Gregory Ratoff for a di-
rector.
Ratof has been here 81
years but still speaks Eng
liSh like The boat is docking
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unspent until next year.
That's understandable.
Still on Metro. Commissioner
Arthur Patten feels that with
a more efficient administration
the county could have quickly
cut four million dollars from
its proposed budget. He sug-
gested financing the new port
"a wo-million-dollar starting
fund-on the same basis as
was used to build the new air.
port. The money, he feels,
could be obtained from con-
tracts with shipping companies
which want facilities there.
1--WE could get by with
about half of the proposed
$50 new people being added
to the county payroll at a
total salary cost of $780,
000," Patten told this corner.
Both he and Gordon believed
a tighter operation of vari-
Gus departments could elimi-
nate close to two million
dollars in waste, overlapping
and inefficiency.
1t might be noted that the
bulk of the new employees will
go to Jackson Memorial Hos
pital to staff the new wing
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-07-14

A technical obstacle had de-
layed his entrance to the Aca-
denny July 7th. Born in Poland
20 years ago, Mario eventually
reached East Cleveland with
his family. They had escaped
war-torn Europe in a series of
flights before invading armies
during World War ii. Mario
had taken out necessary citizen
ship papers but the five-year
residence specified will not be
up until tomorrow. Usually a
30-day waiting period is tackled
on after that but naturaliza-
tion authorities felt certain
that petition requesting that
the waiting period be waived
would be granted.
Mario visited Annapolis dur
ing his spring vacation from
Bowling Green State Univer-
sity and thought the Whole
place was impressive" 1t was
much larger than he had ex-
pected it to be. A football
player at Shaw, Mario said he'd
think about football only if he
could keep his grades up.
Mario is the son of Mr. and
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-07-14
City Budget
Wins Approval

No one appeared at the Com
mission meeting Tuesday night
TO ask questions about the pro-
posed city budget for 1861. An
operating budget of S1,595, 900
was passed. Showing an esti-
mated $4,000 increase over the
1860 figure, it provides Of in
creased salaries and transfer of
monies from contingency and
street funds.
The city also passed An or
dinance regulating the licensing
of vending machine food service
Operations. The state already
has statute on the books
which the East Cleveland ordi-
nance initiates. 1t makes no new
provisions. The license fee is
provided for under state law
and the city will receive a share
of it, but will not charge any
additional fees.
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Plan Revised;
Open Pool
Time Increases

Swimming in an indoor pool
during the summer seems to be
gaining in popularity. The in
side swimming pool in the Korb
Center at the corner of Shaw
and Terrace rd. opened for
public swimming July 5th with
a total attendance of 81 SWIM
mers. Two days later the num-
Der had increased to "a.
In addition to the public
swimming total of 100 child
rem have enrolled in the begin
ner's classes which are held
three times week for nom
swimmers. Fifty-four have reg
istered in the advance classes
which include competitive and
synchronized swimming.
The summer swimming pro-
gram in the Korb Center Pool
was set up by the East Cleve-
land Board of Education to
serve a dual purpose; first to
add an additional recreational
facilities for the citizens of the
school district and second to
teach as many non-swimmers
as possible to become swimmers.
mers.
The first weeks operation of
the pool has indicated that some
slight changes in the originally
announced schedule will make
it possible for more people to
take advantage Of this summer
program. Beginning august
18th, the following program
will be followed: all beginners
classes will be conducted from
noon until 2 pm; all advance
classes will be held from 5 pm.
to 6 pm.
With this new arrangement
Of class time it will be possible
to open the pool from 2 pm. to
5 pm. six days a week to the
general public as an open
swimming period, solely for
recreation purposes. The adult
recreational swimming pro-
gram which has been in opera
tion since the pool opened in
January will be continued dur
ing the summer as another open
swim period from 7 to 9 pm.
on Tuesday and Thursday for
anyone, including the children,
who want an evening Of swim
ming.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-07-14

Mrs. Herbert L. Gerhardt of
1920 Hastings ave.
Already acquainted with the
Navy campus and way of doing
things is Thomas Smith who re-
ported as scheduled last Thurs
day. Both Tom and Mario said
they were anxious to take hold
of their new roles.
Before reporting to Anna apo-
lis, Tom sold most of the type
from his personal print shop
to Shaw High School. Printing
is one of Toms hobbies and al
though he wasn't football
player he was one of the Card
mails ardent Supporters. He was
active in DeMolay and had
taken part in Red Cross train
ing programs. Tom also made
a name for himself in scouting
where he attained the rank of
Eagle Scout.
Toms grandmother with
whom he lived at 1854 Marloes
ave-, said that Tom expressed
pride in East Cleveland and.
at makes you feel good when a
teenarer is proud Of the town
in which he lives
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general, began thinking more
in terms of what the taxpayer
can afford. not what we would
like to have if money was no
obstacle.
Another phase Of Metros
creation also is leaving a bad
taste in the public mind. AS
Metro takes over functions
from the various cities, why
isn't there a marked saving in
the taxes assessed the affected
city residents?
The City of Miami, for
example, has indicated a
tiny tax reduction this year.
But as Metro Commissioner
Alex Gordon points out:
"Metro is taking over func-
tions which cost Miami about
$75O,000 a year their Jail
and traffic engineering. | don't
see any corresponding decrease
in the city budget"
Miami's able manager, Mel
win Reese, explains that quick
ly. Until Metro actually takes
over, the money has to be allo-
Gated by the city. If Metro be-
gins operating it, then the
city's 100000 for the Jail can
be carried over - theoretically
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-07-14
Old Faces
Familiar In
New Firm

A new local management
consulting firm, Bolland, O'Mal-
ley & Associates, has been
formed by two Cleveland exec
utives, Robert C. Boland, form
er corporate controller and
assistant treasurer Of T h e
Weatherhead Company, and
Frank S. O'Malley, former
president of Denison Machine
Company.
Located at 1860 Euclid ave,
the new firm provides consult
ing services in cost study. cost
reduction, profit analysis, budg-
ct grams, organization
studies, executive procurement,
accounting methods and inven-
tory control.
Prior to his post at The
Weatherhead Company, Mr..
Boland was an associate in the
management consulting firm of
Booz- ALLEN g. Hamilton, and
previously he had served as as
sistant treasurer of Kaiser
Motors Corporation. Frank S.
O'Malley served most recently
as vice president of East Cleve-
land Employment Service, spe-
cializing in management re-
cruiting. He has long been ac-
tive in Cleveland in sales and
plant management for the rub
ber, aircraft and machine tool
industries.
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Receiving the award on be-
half of their grandmother, who
has been confined to Huron
Road Hospital since the re-
cent death of her husband
Carl, were Susan and Joan
Hallenberg.
In making the presentation
Judge Stanton Adams said,:
"Our worthy citizen passed
through the same experiences of
motherhood and of a devoted
wife while her children were
growing up in this community
as has every other active civic
minded mother in East Cleve-
land. She was very active in the
church which her family attend
ed while her children were at
tending Sunday School; in the
Parent-Teacher Association; in
the Band Mothers; in the Hi-Y
Mothers; and in other similar
organizations which were con-
cerned with the activities of her
children. She was the traditional
gratuitous pianist at local civic
and social functions, and in this
latter respect this activity has
continued.
After her sons went off to
war she became active, as did
other mothers, in the Blue Star
Mothers, the Red Cross, and SIM
liar patriotic organizations. 1t
was at this time that she ans
wered the urgent call which our
own Huron Road Hospital had
sent out for volunteer nurses
aides.
The war had created an emer-
gency and vacuum with respect
to hospital personnel. She be-
came an anonymous, selfless,
tireless member of team which
had for its objective the allevia-
tion of human misery and suf-
fering. She became not only an
efficient volunteer but the volun-
teer who was always ready to
serve whenever she was needed
She served when il was in
convenient for other volunteers
to serve, and when members
of the staff had to be relieved
from duty because of sickness,
because of the inrOads of un-
necessary overtime, or be-
cause they wanted to be home
over the weekend with their
families. She served at all
Continued on Page A.
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Flash!
Winner Of The 1860
Grand Picnic Prize
Chevrolet Is
Mrs. Lillian Henry
1862 NeIawood Ave.
Minute Wash
May Clean
Up Euclid

The ramshackled building
opposite Colt rd. and east of
municipal parking lot on Eu-
cid ave-, may be displaced by
a combined minute auto wash
and auto accessory store if the
request of the Freeway Tire
and Auto Co., is granted.
An appeal was filed by the
Board of Zoning Appeals earl
ier this week asking that the
rear section of the lot known
as 15608-16 Euclid ave, be
rezoned to permit parking as
an auxiliary to the proposed
business.
The C&C Investment Co.,
owns the present buildings and
has an option on the other so
feet which is between the va
cant stores and an apartment
building Immediately to the
east Of the stores. They are
interested in developing the
land if it meets with the ap-
proval of the Zoning Board.
Plans submitted to the Zon-
ing Board show a total front
age of 1888 feet in a retail
section. Entrance to the prop
erty would be almost directly
across from the Colt traffic
light and would handle five
lanes of cars. Between 55 and
60 cars would be accommo-
dated on the premises, with no
waiting on the street.
The building would be set
back 20 feet from Euclid ave-,
and would be divided into two
operations, One section of the
building would be used for the
car wash operation and the
other for sale of auto accesso-
ries. According to the letter
presented to the city Goodyear
has expressed an interest in
that location as a franchise
and has done estimates for the
Freeway concern.
The one-story building would
be mostly brick and have three
overhead doors, one for the
accessory store, one for the
auto wash and third to han
die an overflow at either
business. At it's greatest depth
the building will extend 371
feet to the rear. The easterly
part Of the building will be
used for a car wash and the
westerly section for the store.
An East Clevelans ordinance
prohibits a business where a
car wash is the principal busi-
ness.
The Board of Zoning appeals
will hear the case Tuesday at
10 a. m. in City Hall, Room g.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-07-14
DiOn's Good Deed Leads
To New Business Venture

THE LEADER ran a picture of
youngsters at Rozelle school
getting acquainted with farm
animals that Dion had brought
into town in a trailer. Accord
ing to Dion, most youngsters
have seen farm animals from
distance but their impressions
concerning the size of the ami
NAL changes once they see it
up close.
That's A Chicken"
Other children who have
made several excursions with
mommy Ito the frozen foods
counter in the store are amazed
to see how chickens look with
feathers on.
In teaching youngsters to
appreciate what the farmer
does for US, Dion rekindled his
own interest in farm problems.
The new demands of modern
dairies are too costly for most
of the small dairy farmers to
meet is the way Dan Miller
explained it to George Dion.
Miller, himself a small dairy
farmer, told Dion that it would
cost more than $1,000 to out
fit his farm with the equip
ment demanded if they wanted
to continue as clients of the
dairy.
After much discussion with
Miller and other farmers in
the same situation, Dion
thought of a plan that would
benefit him, Miller and small
dairy farmers in general. A
portable milking, sanitation
and refrigeration unit will be
made available to each farm
er with percentage of his
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