Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1963)

Continued from page 10 practically fall into the aisles when the show spoofs an acting school. This school is run by Alan Mowbray, a has-been ham, whose daughter rates the leading lady assignments. The author and producer of “Enter Laughing” can argue all night long that the characters are fictional and all that. But, take it from the hip along Broadway, they are recognizable. To the Stars who fly to Manhattan to “catch up with the new shows,” by all means put “Enter Laughing” on your list. To the Photoplay subscribers who visit The Big Town for a holiday or two — take my excited word for it, don’t miss this very comical show. Anyhow, Broadway arena is now where Maureen O’Sullivan co-stars with Paul Ford in another comical show named “Never Too Late.” It is expected to run for at least a year, perhaps longer. Maureen could not count on Hollywood to offer such steady employment. Despite the many films she helped prosper for so many years. Then there’s Joseph Cotten, another fine talent, who decided to challenge Broadway again in a suspenseful opus titled “Calculated Risk.” Mr. Cotten’s natural pretending kept this show alive during the long newspaper strike — four months — getting its advertising via wordof-mouth. This is called “The Hard Way,” and only the very talented find it Easy. Irving Berlin’s musical “Mr. President” is enjoying a hefty sale because its co-stars are Hollywood reliables — Nanette Fabray and Robert Ryan. The Broadway experts agree that their movie reputations sold the tickets. Plus, of course. Mr. Berlin’s fame as a Big-Timer. The critics were no help, at all. Anthony Quinn of “Tchin-Tchin,” Ben Piazza of “Virginia Woolf,” Franchot Tone in “Strange Interlude,” Rudy Vallee in “How To Succeed” and Peter Ustinov in “Photo Finish” are a few other Movieburg citizens who have brightened the Broadway lights and vice-versa. Vice-versa, because it is no exaggeration to report that the above mentioned could not be sure of finding roles in Hollywood. I have not listed all the cinema “names” who braved the Broadway jungle this season and perished in productions, sometimes after only one night. Tony Perkins was one such unlucky lad, Van Johnson was another. It must have been an agonizing experience for Van. He always dreaded making personal appearances, anyway. Then, after rejecting Broadway bids for many years (he started in a musical as a chorus boy) he signed for a play that flopped hard. * This paragraph is to pattycake N. Y. Times film critic Bosley Crowther for his comment in a review of “A Girl Named Tamiko.” He caught it at Radio City Music Hall. Mr. Crowther found a good deal of it very odd. He also said he found it hard to be impressed by a lot of it. “Odd, too,” he went on, “is the fact that all the Americans (in it) are silly to downright vicious types, while most of the Japanese are forthright, courteous and charming.” For which Thanks! Yes, I know some of our desperate Hollywood producers are romancing the foreign film exhibitors, but some of us taxpayers are fed up with their “anything-fora-dollar” ugly-Americanism. I also know that nothing any of us do (or say) about it. will help stop it. (End of Fierce Glare! ) * Universal Pictures recently squandered a few thousand dollars arranging a closed circuit TV press conference between Tony Curtis and about 300 members of The Fourth Estate. The big idea, of course, was to get these coast-to-coast byliners to exploit Tony’s picture “40 Pounds of Trouble.” Some of the tired queries tossed at Mr. Curtis: “Does the makeup hurt your face?” and “What kind of shoes do you wear?” A few days later, the star attended another press confab, this time made up of teenagers on school papers. Now look at some of their knowledgeable questions: “Is the star system really responsible for Hollywood’s lack of production?” . . . “How do you feel about a star’s participation in profits?” . . . “Do you think your public image is having or will have any effect on your children?” Refreshing, wot? Perhaps some of these youngsters will land on newspapers and magazines someday and help improve journalism. * Item to make you wince: A publisher has come out with a “thing” we won’t help advertise by mentioning the title. He took ads in one of those interim papers (during the New York strike) announcing that it dealt with “violations” of Marilyn Monroe between the ages of six and eleven. One of the ad’s lines: “It describes the sexual misadventures of the future movie star — forced upon her mostly.” How cruel can they get? * Most of you probably know Zsa Zsa Gabor from her film, TV and front-page image. We caught another side of the Happy-Go-Lucky Hungarian the other day. The scene was laid in the Cub Room in the Stork Club. (Continued on page 93) GIVES HAIR HEAVENLY COLOR Miraculous things happen to your hair when you use Nestle Colortint! It's more than a rinse but not a permanent dye. Takes 3 minutes . . . lasts 3 weeks! Adds dramatic depth of color . . . gives drab blonde hair a sunny splendor, mousey brown hair a rich warmth, dull brunette a raven brilliance. Blends in gray perfectly. Millions of women have discovered how easily Nestle Colortint adds beautiful color to their hair. 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