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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22
By WARD MOREHOUSE

SorIu AIueiA Gan newspaper AAAahSo
NEW YORK. - Some men
have it easy. Take James
Garner. television's original
Maverick" He can throw a
place into a panic by just
walking through the door. as
he demonstrated the other
day when we met for a talk
at the top of the Beekman
Tower, high above the East
River.
Tall, uncommonly hand
some and impeccably attired,
he looked more like a mil
lionaire playboy than a sad
dle-worn cowpoke. But the
cocktail crowd knew him in
stantly. There were quick
gasps of recognition, followed
by a stunned silence. then
by an excited buzz buzz-buZz.
I haven't seen so much COM
motion since Carlo entered
lie Pavilion on a rainy eve
ming.
We had barely settled at
a table when a feminine
voice cried "Jim!" and Gar
ner rose hurriedly to meet
an encircling embrace from
the silent-film star, Lois
Wilson, who lives in the
neighborhood. II was walk
ing my dog and the doorman
here said, Miss Wilson. Nav
erick's upstairs, and I just
had to say hello"
She explained to me that
she did eight weeks of sum-
mer stock with Jim in John
loves Mary" a year ago. and
she declared: He's the incest
person in the world. He's
not just a televiSion actor.
He's a real actor"
Had No Ambitions
We resumed our chat with
eyes raking us like a battery
of kleig lights. Jim, COM
pletely relaxed, spoke frankly
of himself and other matters,
including his latest motion
picture, 1.-THE Children's
Hour" which he considers
the finest movie he has made.
81 was Is years old before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22
THE PASSING SHOW
Young Heroines
In High Fashion

inal novella. Nevertheless,
she is the seasons gayest
hedonist who scorns the mere
pleasure principle of life in
favor of the ecstatic principle.
A real life Holly who
eats her breakfast pastry and
drinks her coffee resting her
head against the GOODNESS of
Tiffany's window, probably
does not exist. Nevertheless,
as dream girls go, the screen
and fiction have offered none
so delightful, well, within
memory.
She is the cleaning jewel
of a season of heroines, the
offspring that any man could
be glad was some other ia
theirs.
The most valiant of the au-
tumn's adolescent heroineS is
not difficult to choose. She
is the one played by Claudia
Cardinale of Italy in Girl
With a Suitcase" Save for a
dazzling physical attractive
ness, Miss Cardinale's girl is
under privileged, a moneyless
glamor-struck wanderer into
the jungle of. show business.
Her problem is a horrible
variation on that of Little
Red Riding Hood, to escape
from a pack of wolves.
Comes a Galahad
She finds help in her OBJ
jective of avoiding corruption
in the guise Of a hero worthy
of her, a Galahad-like school,
boy whose snug niche in It
aly'S ariStocracy has not
robbed him of sympathy for
the helpless. Their struggle
to save innocence in a world
desperately short of it is the
stuff of a poignant, touching
and wistfully amusing film.
The heroine of "Splendor
in the Grass" portrayed by
Natalie Wood, suffers by COM.
pariSon with the others by
being presented more as help.
less victim. The genes that
produced her, unlike those of
the other three girls, left her
with too little of the spirit.
that takes life's challenges as
something to be faced. She is
more resigned to defeat, to
saving her physical self at
the cost of a mental break.
down.
This is an inadequate rea-
son for barring her from
membership in the seasons
heroines club. In many ways,
she belongs but probably
only as an associate.
Presently, this is the way
the four girls dominate the
heroine field. As for the fu-
ture, it will be interesting to
see which one wins the high.
est. and most, acting awards
when it comes time to dis.
tribute them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22
Sheer Ambition Lack
Made Garner an Actor

I knew what I wanted to
do" he said. IT had no am
bition whatsoever. I'd work
long enough to make enough
money to loaf. / didn't have
an education and I wasn't
prepared in any field.
THE only thing I had was
what God had given me and
I decided after a while to
make a career of acting.
Doors were opened to me be-
cause of my physical ap-
pearance. After that it be-
came a matter of learning
my craft"
The idea that he could be-
come an actor was not self
generated. In 1946 while Jim
was working as a gas station
attendant in Hollywood, he
met Paul Gregory, then toll
ing as a soda jerk. Paul
had notions of becoming a
producer and I said, lots Of
luck He wanted me to be-
come an actor, but I wasn't
interested"
In 1853, after serving In
the Korean conflict, Jim was
walking down La Cienega
boulevard in Los Angeles
when he saw Gregory's name
on an office building and
realized, "by golly, he made
it, he's a producer" He spent
2 hours with Gregory and
subsequently landed a small,
nonspeaking role in Gregory's
stage production, THE
Game Mutiny Court Martial"
Jim was one of the six judges.
Not a New York Fan
81 spent II months in New
York with the play and it
was the unhappiest year of
my life personally. It's too
close here for me. I like
room. I lived for a while
in a hotel that was so awful
I won't even mention its
name. I auditioned for some
parts. Bus Stop was one,
but I was too introverted for
the stage. I couldn't be COLI
orful or broad. I decided
then that if / was going to
succeed as an actor, I'd have
to do it in the movies"
Garner, 6 feet 3, black
haired and black-eyed, was
born in Norman, Okla, where
his father had an upholstery
and carpentry business. The
family moved to Los Angeles
in the 1940s.
After his New York expert
ence Jim signed a seven-year
contract with Warner Broth
ers and presently found him.
self the star of Maverick"
a walloping success that
brought him national fame.
He got out of his contract
after three years, and con-
siderable wrangling, because
he felt the series was going
downhill. Then he loafed for
a time. II refused to do per-
sonal appearances. I think
they are degrading"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22
OH COME ROSSANO.
Brozzi Claims q Love
Even for That Smoq

bounce back and forth be-
tween his $650,000 apart
ment overlooking the Villa
BorgheSe and his Canyon
drive manse here Except
that it is rented and he had
to rent another house,. He's
at Warmers finishing up
Lovers Must Learn" which
began in Rome.
Brazil says Rome is fast
becoming an American COL
ony. He sometimes asks visit
ing friends, Have you visited
the Italian sector?"
English Spoken Here
He commented: Even the
menus in Rome are in Eng
lish now. so I never know
what I'm ordering there or
here" He added that the
Romans have gone about
for another American insti-
tuition: Traffic.
II said once that Rome
would have to do away with
the motor scooterS, which
were clogging the Streets"
he said. when I went back
Is months later, the Scoot-
ers were gone. Their drivers
we're all driving cars. They
are absolutely mad. I wouldn't
think Of driving in Rome
now"
Why do Americans fall in
love with Rome? Because
italians are basically happy
people," Brazil said.
He added a word of eau
ton: Don't expect the liber-
tine life as portrayed in La
Dolce Vita"
THAT is a fantasy" he
said. ct have lived in Rome
many years and I haven't
seen such things happening:
I haven't even heard about
them happening. Unfortu-
nately."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22
FROM TEARS TO MIRTH
So Ossie Davis Wrote a Funny Play

son in 1853 when a Harlem
group tested his Alice in
Wonder"
II was an angry young
man then" Ossie says, and
I took wide swipes-and fell
flat on my face" Now that
he's 40, Davis prefers q more
''prankiSh" style.
"Purlie" gradually emerged
from exposures which Davis
had to productions Of THE
World Of Sholem Aleichem"
and Moliere farce.
Homespun Jewish humor
and classic French humor
made a helluva mixture, I
know, but I went all the
way"
Ruby Dee COncurs
In the process. Davis fire.
quently consulted with Ruby
Dee, his actress wife - "at
first she said mo- to 'Purlie,'
but then I read it to her and
she said yes"
Both are appearing in the
production at the Cort-Ossie
as the clownish, backwoods
cleric Of the title, and Ruby
as a drawing drudge. All the
characters, including an
ante-bellum colonel, are car
toon caricatures.
"They are no-holds-barred
buffoons," agrees Davis.
What I wanted was to grad
ually reveal inside the ster-
eotypeS, human beings who
were Numerically opposed
to the stereotypes."
Treating the issue in such
manner, he is aware, can be
tricky and touchy.
81 think though that this
could play to an all-South-
ern audience all right" Da-
Wis comments. IT don't know
under what circumstances it
could be done today, but I
think both whites and Ne
groes in such an audience
would roar their heads Off"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22
An Oscar to Max,
Even Over Tracy?

HOLLYWOOD (NANA). -
Austrian = born Macmillan
Schell, five years old when
World War II began, shone
in Hollywood critical circles
- following the first pre-
view of Stanley Kramer's
Judgment at Nuremberg" =
as the outstanding candidate
for top honorS in next
springs Oscar race.
Even though formidable sew
en-times nominated, twice
winning Spencer Tracy
CCaptains Courageous" and
Boys TOWN. is in the same
picture and up to his usual
scene-stealing tricks, it was
the 27-year-old Schell who
spanked the loudest, longest
raves in the corridors later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Editor Of The Star

1t is heroines, adolescent
ones, to which the movie
makers Of most countries
seem to have been paying the
most attention of late.
They are the dominant
characters beyond cavil in
such films as Breakfast at
Tiffany's," Loss of limo
cence," and last week, Girl
With a Suitcase" More. 1t
probably would go unchal-
lenged il the same status is
granted the girl in "Splen-
dor in the Grass" this on
the ground that the boy
with whom she is involved
should have been better able
to take care of himself.
BY way Of intimating that
the concern for the feminine
adolescent on the screen is
international, the four pic
lures are from three differ
ent countries, with Loss of
Innocen representing
England, Girl With a Suit
case" Italy, and the other
two, this country.
Critics Pleased
This prevalence of bewitch-
ing feminine types can only
be gratifying to male film re-
viewers, especially to any of
these who have had personal
experience in dealing with a
girl growing up. Even if the
cumulative effect of the pic
lures may be an unacceptable
impression that there were a
great many things he did not
understand when he should
have.
1t is more tranquilizing, of
course, not to dwell on this
aspect of the films in ques-
ton - to consider instead
what qualities give their her
Dimes their special appeal.
One effect of this is par
ticularly interesting, namely
that the really best of the
four pictures is the one that
has proved the least popular.
This one is Loss of limo
cence," based upon Runner
Godde ms sensitively and
searchingly written novel,
1.-THE Greengage Summer"
Anyone so minded can take
a malicious delight that the
pictures box-office failure
not its artistic one - is the
result of a change of title
designed to make it more
Saleable.
Titles a Pnoney
Miss Godden's novel was
not about a loss of innocence,
unless that is what a misan-
thrope would call a pretty To-
year-old's sudden self-aware-
ness of herself as a person
with heretofore unsupported
impact upon that other, dull
er sex. This is the charming,
mercurially moody, bewil-
dered character who emerged
in Susan York'S performance.
She could not have been
more potently the creature
that every father has en-
countered on that morning he
remembers as life's most dis
concerning.
Naturally, everyone in
volved survived the day and
the many others that fol-
lowed, but how perilouS it
seemed at the time. Miss
Godden's report on it seemed
so vivid, so aware, and so
deserving of a more honor
able title than Loss of IN
nocence."
The most popular of the
current adolescent heroines is
the inspirationally christened
Holly Golightly, played by
Audrey Hepburn, in Break
fast at Tiffany's." Holly on
the screen is not the girl she
was in Truman Capote's orig
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22
But Who's Brundo
To q Tuhitiun?

HOLLYWOOD (AP).-Mar-
lon Brando said his stay in
Tahiti for "Mutiny on the
Bounty" may not have been
good for an actors ego - but
it was great for his privacy.
mo one ever heard of me
there" says Marion. 1.-THE
most popular movie there is
'Dracula.' It's been playing
there annually since 1882.
THE Tahitians love
ghosts.
He added that if Bella Lugosi
were still alive, he would be
mobbed in Tahiti.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22

one aspect Of our life in this
country. In 'Purlie' I wanted
to catch up with humorous
aspects of the situation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22

Davis, a muscular 6-footer,
has ben digging his pen Sc
riously at the dramatic form
since 1947. He learned a les
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22
BY BOB THOMAS
AP Movie-TV Writer


HOLLYWOOD.-"Smog? I
love it," said RosSano Brazil,
breathing deeply. "It cleans
out my lungs"
Greater love hath no
transplanted Californian
than that he can't even say
a bad word about Los An
geleS smog. That demon
strates the extent Of the love
affair between the suave
Italian and this portion of
Pacific shore.
He even goes so far as to
say that If he had to choose
between living in Hollywood
or Rome, it would be "ar-
rivederci, Roma"
"Yes, I know they won't
like that in Rome" said
Brazil, "but I have reached
the point in life where I say
what I want.
II love California because
well, first Of all, because
my wife loves it. But I also
like the life here-it Is like
country living in the city. II
you want to be alone, you
can. If you want to play
tennis, 1t is easy.
We're Friendly
"And Americans are
friendly-friendlier than Ital-
ians. I think. In Italy, we are
rather superficial about
friendships. Here 1t goes
deeper. Your friends care
more about you; they're not
just people you have dinner
with occasionally.
THE weather? It is the
greatest in the world. Even
with the smog."
Fortunately, Brazil doesn't
have to make the choice be-
tween Beverly Hills and the
Via Veneto. He continues to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22
He's Not Stuffy

This Is probably the most
touchy subject at the mo-
ment. If I were going to be
stuffy I would say that those
who can laugh together. can
live together and share our
fools together.
But I firmly believe the
theater is a specific and
limited form. It's not q place
to argue or prove q moral
point. It is entertainment
first, and whatever may de-
rive from that is all right.
Some institutions - like
the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored
People, the Congress on Ra-
cial Equality and the work Of
the Rev. Martin Luther King
have to develop a cutting
edge.
But they represent just
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-03-04
CORKERN APPOINTED
CRAWFORD DOOR
DISTRIBUTOR 5tt tsts

r. H. Corkern, a veteran in the
building specialties field, has been
named to head Crawford Door Sales
Company of Jackson Miss. War
rem G. Messer, general sales man
ager, announced.
Corkern will operate the dis
relationship as a division of Cork
ern Building Materias, Inc, at 205
East Rankin Street, Jackson. He
is president of both companies.
A former manager for a Missis-
sippi building specialties firm,
Corkern has more than eight years
CT experience selling and working
with overhead doors. Crawford
manufacturers sectional wood and
steel doors for residential garages,
warehouses, service stations and
other commercial and industrial
buildings, including airport hang
ars, which require wide, unobstruct-
ed openings.
The Jackson outlet also will dis
tribute GIN Delco-matic operators
for opening and closing garage
doors from within the car and
Crawford Mainline operators for
push-button operation of all kinds
of industrial doors.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-03-04
Britain And Rhodesia

Let us hope that Sir Roy Weensky Prime Minis
ter of the Federation of Rhodesa and Nyasaand sees
that he could lose all that he is trying preserve by his
bluff rejection of the British Governments constitu-
onal proposals for Northern Rhodesia Partnership not
apartheid he has always said is the basis of the Fed
erations racial policies But the stand which he is now
taking is likely only further to deepen African mistrust
of his government.
Last July, Britain secured all-round agreement be-
tween Africans and whites in Nyasaland for elections
later this year to legislature in which Africans would
have an elected majority Most observers thought
would be impossible for London to refuse similar con-
cession to the Africans of Northern Rhodesia for At
rcans outnumber whites in the latter protectorate 80
to l. But the talks which recently ended in London re-
suited IN complicated electoral formula which would
not guarantee an African majority in the Northern
RhodesIan Legislature.
african nationasts in the territory, seeing them
selves gwen less than their Nyasa brethren have won
refuse 10 accept these proposals. believing that the Brit
ISM GoHr rent has let them down attempt to mol
MY 81 EoF Weensky Whether Sir Roy objects or not
II Is hard 70 see how any constitutional formula for
Northern Rhodesia in the African climate of 1861
succeed nes there is recognition of the African ma
jority.
With 10th the African nationalists and Sir Roy
Welensky hostile to the British proposals. the British
Government presumably will have to try to impose them
upon Mort hrn Rhodesa. The task will not be easy but
1t IS to he hoped that London will be firm in the face
OF Sir Roy threats in dealing with outbreaks of
African violence
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-03-04
The Price Is Too High

Inc American broadcaStng industry must have
known that q man who could talk down mob of angry
egregatloniss wouldn't be afraid to tell broadcasters
what is wrong with their programng.
Ii any station owners didn't bargain on frankness
from LeRoy Collins, the they chose presi-
dent OF the National Association of Broadcasers they
now know that Is what they going to get In strk
ngy candid first speech to the NABs board of direc
tors Mr. Collins recently pointed out enough Achilles
heels TO worry self-reSpecting centipede 1t
the kind of constructive criticism from within that the
industry has long needed.
There is little to be gained now, he said Shy argu-
ing that there is more good programing than bad pro-
granting for large part of the public is convinced that
there is not enough good and too much bad"
There is little to be gained now by insisting that
the ratings show this program that program to be
most popular for our basic commitment is to advance
the public interest-and if any program is influence
tor debasement regardless of how popular, in my
opinion its public broadcast cannot be Justified
Pursuing this line, Mr. Collins expressed his "shock"
ratings services have over the industry He said thew
were in effect determining mot only what the Ameri-
can broadcasting diet will be but also at what time the
meals will be served"
The soft-spoken but outspoken former Florida Gov
ernor struck home with this assessment For it is the
Gnquestoning acceptance Of ratngsthose nfnitesimal
sampllngs showing which channels baring what to
the acquiScen+ fethat tends to cut down on the num-
oar Of program risks taken IN the public interest
The price the industry pays in lost public faith is
too large for the resultant simplifying of the job of
keeping sponsors. And, Mr.. Collins implied the price
is wrong For in the long this abdcaton saps the
vitality OF great industry. Christian Science Mont
tor.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-03-04
Utica Jr. CoIIge
Chooses Queen

Each year during the month of
February, the Utica Junior College
campus becomes the scene of much
activity. This is the time of year
when five young ladies', chosen
from list of eligible young ladies
vie for the title of "Miss Utica
Junior College" This activity is
sponsored by the Student Council.
The following young ladies are
candidates for Miss Utica Junior
College,: Miss Bette Blue, Brink
ley High School; Miss Bette Lit
ties, Parish High School; Miss
Clyde Evelyn Laws, Utica Junior
College High School; Miss Beatrice
West, Brinkley High School; and
Miss Edna Hollis, Summer Hill
High School. The .criteria for Sc
lecting these young ladies were
personality, scholastic average,
and talent.
Miss Shirley Robinson is now re-
igning as Miss Utica Junior Col
lege, who was chosen last year.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-03-04
Student Art
Exhibition
AZ TougaIoo

A course in Art was introduced
to the students at Tougaloo South
ern Christian College during the
winter semester of 1859. The
course offers to the participant
techniques in painting, drawing
and graphic art. At present there
is IN exhibit Of art work by STU
dents at Tougaloo, prepared and
assembled under the supervision of
the Art Instructor, Mr.. Ronald
SchnelI. The works exhibited show
crest sincerity in their efforts to
depict nature h portrait drawings
and landscapes effectively. The
n,sdia drawing psncil, chalk, wat
or color, end tsmperar-express the
grepAic teehniques in line cuts and
menokypss. The exhibit IL worth
seeing and the introduction Of the
course pfsvsd that there il !
srstt deal u potential art talent
on the campus and the develop
ment II that talent viii eventual
" result IN the establishment Of IN
Art Department.
Ths Dub,ie = invited 70 view the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-03-04
congoIese Tour
New York CITY

New York, Feb. 25.-Five Con-
golese on a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tour of the United States visited
the city's subway system yester-
day. The tour is intended to Twin
them to our way of thinking" &C.
cording to Lloyd Peterson, secre-
tary to the Transit Authority.
The Congolese inspected the au-
tomato control system in the IRT
Times Square station and repair
shops and the mechanics school OPP
Grated by the authority.
The Conogelese are here under
an exchange program of the De-
partment of Labor's Bureau of
international Labor Affairs. They
arrived Jan 6 for a two-month
tour of industry, labor management
and Government agencies. They
have visited Washington, Chicago,
Aron and Philadelphia.
In New York this week they also
visited an employment branch of
the Government and the National
Labor Relations Board regional Of
flee, the United Nations and the
International Ladies Garment
Workers Union.
The group includes Victor Be-
leke, national secretary of the
Transportation Section of the I'm
ion of Congolese Workers; Paul
Jules Edouard, adviser to the Sec
rotary General, Ministry of Labor;
Joseph Desire Lokoka, under di-
rector of the Ministry of Labor's
Technical Security Service; Remy-
Andre silva, regional secretary Of
the General Trade Union Fedora
ton of the Congo, and Patrice
Ebuluku, president of the Congo
Commission for Revision of So
cial Security.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-03-04
CosmetoIogy
Head Attends
Convention

The head of the Cosmetology
Department at Utica Junior Col
lege, Mrs. Alice Howard, ATTENDED
the Hair Stylist Convention in
Chicago, Illinois recently. This
meeting was sponsored by the
Beauty Trade Magazine. Mrs. How
ard brought back many new tech
niques and concepts in hair styling
that will aid her in doing a more
efficient job.
The Cosmetelogy Department,
which is only one year old and I'M
der the very capable leadership of
Mrs. Howard, has already produced
three students who have qualified
and passed the State Board Exami-
nation in Cosmetology. The stu
dents are Layne Carson of Utica,
jamie Barnes of Gallman, and John
ME Pearl Jackson of Georgetown
and they are now operating beauty
shops of their own.