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Composed Wedding March The Sydney Morning Herald Women's Section, March 3, 1955 PREVIEWS OF NEW FILMS) a- "Sundowners" Crawford In Fresh For Screen Role AUSTRALIAN Jon deary's novel, "The Sundowners," is to be filmed here I' i TO in CinemaScooe by Holly wood producer Josepf Kauf man. Kaufman produced "Long ill John Silver" at Pagewood Studios last year. JOAN CRAWFORD, screen glamour girl of 27 years' standing, la making a new debut as a "Western" heroine. She wears boots and six-' guns in the Republic release, "Johnny Guitar," which opens here to-day. Miss Crawford, unlike some of her contemporaries, has shown no tendency eithei to take a back seat or to slip into "elderly" roles.

All her Mr. Cleary's novels, besides "The Sundowners," include 'You Can't See Round and "The Climate of wkJL vr: MR. AND MRS RIHH. MR. AND MRS.

Courage," both of which have been serialised in the "Sydney I Morning Herald." "The Sun downers," a story of outback recent films have presented Veils aplenty from 776 Australia, has had a worldwide success. Mr. Kaufman will announce the details of the production when he returns to Sydney from abroad at the end of this month. It is believed that a top-line Hollywood director and two Hollywood stars are to be signed up for the film. ner as a neroine a mature and worldly heroine, perhaps, but a heroine none the less.

In "Johnny Guitar," which is photographed in Trucolor and has an Arizonan setting, she appears as a ruthless, ambitious but true-hearted gambling house proprietress, who earns the resentment of the local settlers by plajitingl her establishment beside the route of a projected railway. She takes possession, besides, of enough land to build JOAN CRAWFORD, SCOTT BRADY and STERLING HAYDEN in Republic's "Western" drama, "Johnny Guitar" at the Plaza. role as the psychopath ical I jealous woman who rouses the valley against Miss Crawford. Harry btradling, the cameraman, is another an entire town along the Academy Award winner. The future track.

The ranchers, film is based on a novel by MR. and GORDON COLLIS after their wedding at St. Stephen's Church, Macquarie Street, yesterday. The bride was formerly Miss Doreen Gemmell, only daughter of Mr. J.

Gem-mell, and of the late Mrs. Gemmell, of Glen-hope. Beckom; the bridegroom the elder son of the late Mr. F. Collis, and of Mrs.

O. Collis, of Brooklyn, Kamarah. who see their lands threatened Roy Chanslor and directed by iNicnoias Kay. by her activities, are easily worked into a lynch-minded fury when an embittered rival convinces them that she is Fairytale, CT" I I 2nd MONTH of outstanding suecaii. With Humphrey Bogart, Joie F.rr.r, Van Johnson, Frad MacMurray, Technicolor (G).

NOW Ihowinq at 10.30, 1.40, 4.S0, B. BM243I. also an accessory to murder. Johnny Guitar, the hero of FLANNELGRAPHS TO TEACH the story, is that stock "West ern character: the gunman NEW FILMS OPENING TO-DAY Plaza: "Johnny Guitar," "Western" drama in colour; Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge Lyric: "The Affairs of Messalina," Italian-made historical romance; Maria Felix, Georges who wants to reform but finds his past and his reputation tod strong for him. The role is A LECTUItE A DAY FOIt EIGHT DAYS Eight lectures In eight days Is the programme ahead of Mrs.

Persia Ratnam, wife of the first secretary to the Indian High Commission, who arrives In Sydney from Canberra to-day. Mrs. Ratnam is an M.A. of Lucknow University, holds a Diploma in Education from London University, and has taught at the University of Foreign Languages in Japan. She will give her first lecture, "An Introduction to Indian Philosophy," at Sydney University tonight to members of the Australian Association for Philosophy and Psychology.

To-morrow she will talk on "Indian Ideas" to a World Council of Churches meeting, and on Saturday will address the Buddhist Society. Back to Sydney University on Monday, to speak about "India Today and her Universities" to members of the Sydney University Union. On Tuesday Mrs. Ratnim has a "double she will address a Femiulst Club luncheon on "Women in India," and at night will speak on "India To-day" at the Y.W.C.A. She will be guest speaker of the Fellowship of Australian Writers on Wednesday night, and will wind up her lecture tour on Thursday night at a meeting of the India League.

MOTHERCRAFT IN PACIFIC ISLAND voyager, Mrs. R. S. Phelan, of Mosman, has just produced a film strip on that plague to South Sea islanders the rhinoceros beetle. played by Sterling Hayden, STATE A iV-fonWi toned EXTRA.

Graphic fllml of flood tatter (Cinaiound Reviaw). Mercedes McCambridge, who won an "Oscar" for her performance in "All the RICH-: ARD NEWTON, who were married at St. Andrew's Cathedral last night. The bride, formerly Miss Margaret Johnston, is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

J. D. Johnston, of Northbridge; the bridegroom is the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newton, of Croydon.

The bride's uncle, John Antill, wrote a special march for the wedding. The bridesmaids were Misses JUDITH OVER-END, JOAN NETTIE-TON, JUDITH PARKES and BEVERLEY NEWTON. MORE GUIDE HELP FOR FLOOD CASES OFFERS of help for flood victims arc pouring into Guide headquarters in Sydney. The Queensland association has offered to send food and money to assist with the housing and maintenance of the 3ft children who are going to the Glengarry Training Centre at Turramurra. Guide companies in Victoria and South Australia are each adopting one of the stricken towns and will re-equip Guides there with uniforms and text books.

In the meantime, members of the Newcastle and Flinders divisions the latter taking in Corrimal, Austinmer, Wollon-gong. Port Kembla and Woo-nona are standing by waiting to go to Maitland to assist householders with cleaning out their homes, and to assist them with parcels of clothing and donations of money. A cable of sympathy was received yesterday by the State Commissioner for Guides, Mrs. B. V.

Stacy, from the Deputy Chief Commissioner for Guides in Great Britain, Mis; Antice Gibbs, who said 'The Guides of Great Britain send their love to New South Wales Guides and much sympathy to all who have suffered in the flood disaster," As well, she has sunervised "You must have a blanket Men," has a meaty 0 a colour cartoon sequence and or something similar," she The Messalina Affair suggested a poster theme all said, "for the cut-outs to stick with the same object in view on to the screen surface. helding the islanders to pro- "The missionaries used tect their crops. flannelgraphs years and years Mr. Phelan is the wife of ag0. They seem to have been a Sydney photographer, the forgotten untj a uNEscO seminar in Sicily in 19J3.

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FILMS these days keep us brushing up our ancient history. Last week it was "The this week it's "The Affairs of Messalina," from Columbia, with a setting of first-century Rome. ana ine visum ias omcer muc ciM Exnerts had come from all T'HE film was made in sion. over the world to discuss Rome with Maria Felix Last year her job took her visual aid then a young man in the name-part. The direc- which were as celebrated in her day as they are in ours, were endured with patience, indulgence or ignorance by her husband until she persuaded a handsome youth on a two and a half months from Iraq just swept the tor is Carmine Gallone.

the island tour sailing in banana place by storm with a demon- man who -made "Puccini, boats, copra coats, and once stration of the flannelgraph. Filmgoers are becoming named Gains Silius to divorce his own wife and so throuch quite well acquainted with Messalina. who was last a form of marriage with her. An informer broueht news cJOlltWblllTAli portrayed by Susan Hayward in "Demetrius and the Gladiators." In that film the wicked Messalina made a public repentance of her sins at the of this to Claudius, who was away from the city. Claudius ordered her death, and she was executed in the Gardens of Lucullus.

which she had Gossamer Nylon, 1411 While, pink, sky, wllh ley nlih. 42-Inch Cinderella Satins, 1411 Slipper quality. Ivory and 16 coloun. 361m Mailt Add 3. No C.O.D.'a or Samples.

end ktffd obtained for herself by having the original owner put to death for treason. She was The new film is a little more authentic than that. Yet we will not spoil it for you GUNFIGHTER .11 man with th. d.vtl In his ayai and a devil of a way with woman. Starrlnq Joan Crawford with Sterling Hayden.

Trucolor. Republic 'Mure. Not Suiteble for Children. 26. if- we give you a summary of the true facts of the Messa For further information see HEUDERSDtlS lina dossier: the 11th book of Tacitus's "Annals, or for a more Valeria Messalina was the third wife of the Emperor tuiuunui vciMun, rtuDcn V.A.D.8 IN TEAMS CONTEST rpHREE teams of V.A.D.s 1 from both the Red Cross Graves.

Claudius the Claudius, Her debaucheries, thriller Plus TODAY I Hoyts PLAZA Sessions, 10.20, 1 .35, 4.45, I p.m. MAI07. "Silent Wllneit." Australian Diary No. 10. Also Movietone Special.

FILMS N.S.W. Flood Disaster. Society and the St. John Ambulance Brigade will take part in the annual British V.A.I). Clip competition, to be held at Victoria Barracks on Satur day.

Pan-Pacific Congress Discusses Education Education programmes, and the spreading of literacy in their respective countries, had been the chief concerns of delegates to the Pan-Pacific Women's Association conference in Manila, the leader of the Australian delegation, Senator Agnes Robert-- son, said when she arrived in Sydney yesterday. With her daughter. Miss years old onwards their Jessie Robertson, Senator primary and secondary schools Robertson is travelling in the arf. a 'he university," said Miss Robertson. The donor of the cup.

Miss Enid Bennett, was in charge of British V.A.D. workers in N.S.W. during World War 11. I he second annual competition between V.A.D.s from MRS. R.

S. PHELAN, of Mosman, with a huge lei pink frangipanni, photographed on her recent visit to Aitutaki, one of the Cook Islands. the Red Cross Society and i 1 1-1 ft! a 1:1 li AS Hill mi 111 I WW ii ml mm lit 4 St. John Ambulance Brigade the Ladv Wakehurst Taiyuan on the way home to Shield competition will take i .1 ociihiui rsuucnuii auiu mm place at victoria Barracks on rci ui Having viaucu tjiuga- LA A 'A A of islands. Mrs.

Phelan watches audience reaction to the few Aids that she takes with her, and she meets the men and women who will give the commentary and show the cartoons, film strips or flannel-graphs that are sent out from her Sydney office. Until a year ago, the visual aids section of the commission simply kept and distributed films that make up its film library. Now it has gone into the production business, and many EXCITEMENT! ,1 We? Jti whoso I la shady pasts wore a passkey XT' it- w''''''' world. 5 ij YVONNE MITCHELL 'vrj TERENCE MOHAN l-s 1 JOAN COLLINS v' I an saiimi rat a ma 42 I Plus: Thriller "THE SQUARE 8 ial I KING," Kay Kendall (A). I FLOOD DISASTER (Cinaiound).

S8 March 19. ITALY'S ARTS AND INDUSTRY TO BE SHOWN PROBABLY the most comprehensive exhibition of pore and Hong Kong since the conference concluded on Feb- change lne name th-e orga: ruary 6 msation to the Pacific and Apart from the full two- South-East Asian Women's day "working session" spent Association, on education, there had, Sena- At the elections, Mrs. Fcr-tor Robertson said, been con- dinand S. Balboa, of the tinual discussion of mass Philippines, was elected inter-literacy programmes at the national president. Vice-presi-less-formal "round-table" ses- dents are Miss Amy Cane sions.

(N.Z.), Dr. Isabel Morelock Delegates had visited Fili- (Hawaii), Senator Robertson pino villages and found that Dr. Shina Kan there, again, the stress in social (Japan), Mrs. Helen Fowler work was on education. (U.S.A.), and Mrs.

Trinidad "In the cities, however, edu- Legarda (Philippines), cation seems almost to over- Besides Senator and Miss balance. There are so many Robertson, Australian dele-universities, and they're so big gates who gave papers at the 25,000 students here, 23,000 conference were Miss Merle there." Weaver, Mrs. Gladys Brooks, "But the Philippine univer- Miss Rose Gallagher and Mrs, sities take in children from six Thelma Kirkhy. Italian goods ever held in Australia will open at David Jones' three stores on June 16. "Everything Italy produces will be on show," said Mr.

R. V. Bishop, an associate isianucrs nave aircaoy seen commission-made film strips on the uses of soap, on soil erosion arid copra cultivation. And, before setting out on her next island trip, Mrs. Phelan will have scripted and produced film strip and a flannelgraph to give the islanders some of fundamental "pointers" on dental care.

a "pig" boat. This year she will spend a holiday in the Gilbert Islands, and her job will take her to Tahiti. To her, a voyage brings a close-to-home visual approach to the subjects that the commission asks her to promote in cartoons, posters, or flannelgraphs. The flannelgraph, Mrs. Phelan described as one of her oldest, simplest, and most proven media of visual education.

To make, take strips of paper, draw, paint, then cut out figures or objects depending on the theme, and back the little cutouts with sandpaper. Find a blanket or other rough-surfaced screen and the stage is set for a tableau. Finding a blanket was Mrs. Phclan's problem when she went Inst to Samoa, armed with a little box of cutouts characters, saucepans, and bottles that would show the island mothers how to bottle-feed their babies. He'd been using it for teaching illiterates." Though there is a big percentage of literacy among the islanders of Fiji, Tonga, Niue, American and Western Samoa and the Cook Islands the last groups that Mrs.

Phelan visited the visual aids must, she explained, be at "village level." Their purpose is fundamental education. As she Visits group on group director, when he returned last night from Italy, where he led a group of 26 buyers. "About three-quarters of a million pounds is being spent on the exhibition, which is being backed by the Italian Government," Mr. Bishop said. At the same time as Italian roducts are being shown in vdnev.

Milan will reciprocate THEY ARE CAPTIVATING ALL SYDNEY with a display of Australian goods. Included in the Italian exhibition will be examples of light industry, such as racing cars and gondolas, a pre fabricated home complete with modern furniture, food. and wines. "Examples of modern art. feis38liraww furniture, jewellery, and cera mics will bt shown in the Art Gallery," Mr.

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