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The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 23

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THE OGDEN (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINER 9B SUNDAY MORNING MAY 20 1951 I Gene Tierney Lucky io Get ok in Movies Studio Seeks 10 ugliest Actors' HOLLYWOOD May 19 (AP fand the director asked her if sha'd The practice paid off At first she Opera Star Marries Here's cheery news for would-be line a test she said yes It was Behind the Scenes By Alice Pardee West Charles McGrmw probably has hit plays as "Boy Meet Girl" had one of the hardest times of which took Mm to London Dead f0 MWu in (End and "Brother Rat" His big anyone gettmg established in pic- break when he ww ive tures yet his philosophy of life is leading role in "Golden Boy" and wonderful I acted as understudy for Elia Kazan When we were talking on the now one of the most leading stage HOLLYWOOD May 19 AP) A studio recently put out a call for "the ten ugliest actors in was cast in exotic roles that exploited her looks! and required little emoting except for an occasional seductive glance But as she progressed they gave her dramatic parts Her salary rose from $390 uurc simple Her family insisted she return home to Connecticut and finish her schooling but after she graduated fortune "knocked again This time it was during a social visit with You don't need to know how to act to become an actress Authority for this is Hollywood's Gene Tierney who says she had The characters are wanted to no qualifications" when sne started her career Mfss Tierney doesn't believe jt anyone can become an actor Hi 7kH hlrlS A5PSa eek t0 10 tha" Ir" 1945 Play the roles of servants to Charles nf her looks and offered her she was nominated for an academy fM anH RrU ut a Part in "The Male Animal" award fnjtrid BVman Ot it) laugMon and Boris Karloff in a i nan never set foot on a -Rut rm ctm tii tn norror mm The studio said its sroal set "Road Block" on the RKO lot gg-- he said that worrying never hd if you have the ability i one took the role though she says "with the acting 1 should is to find 10 players who will be lo learn as you go along like she n(lt on Broadway thata 20th have learned before I became an more sinister than the two stars did The catch of course is getting century-Fox talent scout spotted actress-" of the picture a joo in tne first place sne admits i lCBlca egain ana given Betty Garrett were some of my contemporaries at that time" he aid We were acting in the World's Fair show 'Railroads on Parade and getting lie a week a contract I was 18 when they brought me to Hollywood and expected me to become a star" Miss Tiemev saVs she was awfully lucky on that score 1 Gets Screen Test Gene got her first screen test by pure chance She visited a movie set while on a California vacation Film Fans to See Owner of 'Most' Pictured Hands' RakSi mmr "I knew at -the time I didn't have enough preparation But I didn't let that stop me Terrifying Thing "It's quite a terrifying thing to see a career opening up for you when you have absolutely no qualifications for it I didn't know what to do with my hands and feet or how to read a line I stared straight into the camera or tried to avoid it" V'T After her debut the Harvard Lampoon called her one of the two worst discoveries of 1940" She weathered that one however and buckled down to learning everything she could about acting She reacf books on the subject practiced at home and took lessons under the studio drama coach HOLLYWOOD May 19 (APL- He laughed "Those were the good old days" Vj Mo if Meant Batter Finances His aim was to get in the movies where he could make more money and for two years he had only bit parts and was broke most of the time He had married Freda Choy a Parisian hat designer whom he had met in London and in order to support ber and their little girl Jill who is now ten years old he had to go back to New York to try his luck "So what?" he said "What if I didne get the breaks right away they're coming now I -living every minute of life I can and enjoying it too" His big break in the movies came when he landed a role in "The Killers" This started the ball rollr ing for him and he has bean doing well ever since Likes Golf One of his favorite pastimes is ikib ihns wiu soon see me rest of the man who claims to have "Hollywood's most photographed hands" -i He is Harry Mendoza magician and card expert who has doubled in K-amhlimt sequences- for such" stars aS P-rrol Flynn Tyrone Power John" Lund Wendell Corey add Clifton Webb He is always photographed in closeups so only his hands-are visible as they manipulate the cards Mendoza was recently- given his first big part playing a gambler in "The Lady Pays Off" He soeaks lines and everything "It's a strange feeling" commented Mendoza be putting on makeup above the" wrist" STARTS TODAY Metropolitan opera star Dorothy Kirsten and Br Eueene rhanmui goif 11 "I play golf to enjoy it" ha said af Ban Antonio Tex settle as they pose for photographers following their wedding im New Orleans La Honeymoon plans were not dis- "But how many fellows can play closed Open Sea on on tsaughler goii wttnout trying to maxe a neat out of it? What the heck? The point is to get the ball in the hole But what if it doesn't land in the hole? Why beef about it? I know I I'll shoot better next time When I get with euys who want to make House Completed Inside Stage So Child Can 'Work' work out Of fun I just tell them I'm not interested" His philosophy is so convincing iU'ey Closing Asked Closing of an alley between Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Harrison and Br inker was requested of city commissioners in a petition signed by the seven abutting property owners The request wa referred to City Engineer Kimball 1 2500 Cartridges 140 Riiles 65 Pistols Required HOLLYWOOD May 18 (AF) Those horse opera gun battles keep getting bigger and bigger For1 a recent: brush between the Dalton gang and a sheriff's posse in a western film the studio armory supplied 65 pistols 140 rifles and 2500 rounds of blank cartridges that before long he hat you conk viniced that ther la no nercentaee in worrying about anything He and his family live MP ill sprawling ranch-style home in San MUMmW a I Cosm Cha-los McGraw anything for anyone and that was a habit he left out of his life "I don't have any he said I take life as it'eomes Heck you see people dropping dead with heart attacks all the time They're worriers They fret about how this is going to turn out and how that is going to be until they bring those attacks upon themselves" He went oh in his quiet gentle way Shucks! You just do the best you can anyway worry or take it as it comes and have "you ever watched it? The things you think are going to be rotten surprise you sometimes the way they turn out" When he learned that this writer had come from Ogden his thoughts turned to Moroni Olsen "Now there's a swell guy" he said "one of my favorites We had to spend forty nights in a trailer together while making a picture and we became very well acquainted He told me all about Ogden" Set His Goal Early Charles knew at an early age what he wanted to be He was born in New York City but his parents moved to Akron when he was five years old As soon as he finished high school he headed right back to New York to do something about "this stage business" Instead of getting something in the theatre he accepted a job as a deck boy on a freighter to India to 'escape poverty But as soon as he returned he went after his goal again "I 'hoofed' at night clubs in and around the city while I haunted the easting offices" he said "and finally landed a role in 'The Jazz I I mm Fernando valley Along with has picture work Charles is kapt busy with radio Many Goad Roles Some of the best pictures he has done besides "The Killer" are "The Farmer's Daughter" "Side Street" "Berlin "Haz" HOLLYWOOD May 12 AP) Because one of the most important roles in "Finders Keepers" is played by a child actor Universal-International had to build a complete house inside a studio sound stage The youngster two and one-half year old Dusty -Henley is prohibited by law from working nights There are a lot of night scenes in the picture The' film could have been shot at a small home near the studio it was just what the director wanted But he had to duplicate it inside the stage so night shots could be made in the daytime mm MlmTESStlMTffflWXtoi jiJMiiiiiraiiiiPpiwisasssssBWsawSBfc 1 WASHINGTON at 19th Phone 2-95 at 19th Wn 2-9511 1 ard -Blood on the Moon "Rei of Terror' "Border Incide: Swig Sells Share In Coast Hotel SAN FRANCISCO May 19 (APJ Benjamin Swig says he has enO The "Qftce More My Darling' i THf UNDCR THI STARS" NIT No I PmmounVs Hilarious Successor To' The Paleface Threat" "His Kind of Woman" "Target" and many others "I think the secret of happiness lis not to get in a rut he said "So help me that' just what I hope I don't do" He explained that he is still hoping to continue in pictures for long time "But" he added grinning sheepishly "if I I'm not going to worry:" xm mr'm Ulah Hoi Springs OPEN 9 A TO 9 ML private Mineral hs in Het a i trTjOAN DAVIS mmimuMi sold a substantial share of hisi holdings in the St Francis hotel here to a syndicate headed by Sani Francisco financier Degoljp Associated with Degolia are Frank A Dupar and Thurs-ton both of Seattle They are ores-ident and secretary respectively of I Western Hotels Inc which operates the Sir Francis Drake here the Multnomah and Benson hotels in Portland the New Washington Benjamin Franklin Mayflower and Rooseveit in Seattle and the May-! fair hotel in Los Swig did not disclose the amount 1 Involved Degolia however said Steam Baths Hot Tubs sClWi ototTPr4isjir i i mm Beneficial for Rheumatism Arthritis Rundown Nervous Condition Muscular Cramps For Rstiucinr Treatments Dial 2-0841 9 Miles North of Ogden BRUCE CAJlTT JACK KlRKrVTJOD Hps MtJt! HIT No 2 tm mm mm mmi iOAN DAVIS ftANCY KELLY CONSTANCE MOORt SN csosus the Francis was worth about 1900000 more than the $5000000 Swig and associates paid for it in 1944 The new owners will take title to the hotel under the name St Francis Hotel Corp Why Do Apaches Wear Bandanas Upon Foreheads? HOLLYWOOD May 1 CAP) Why do Apache Inians wear bandanas on their foreheads? Headaches? Keep their hair out of their eyes? Personal adornment? Nope all three guesses are wrong According to Oscar Rodriguez who did a lot of research on the Apaches for a western film it's to aid their vision' He says constant looking into the sun cause an Indian's fdte- i head muscles to contract result- i ing in squinting and hampered vision A bandana tied around his forehead keeps the muscles flat and the eyes steady 39th Street and-Washinatefi Blvd Now Playing Age It was a flop If I had been a worrier I probably would have given up then" His perseverence brought him some breaks and soon be was appearing in road companies in such Nobody's Hurt Except Knuckles Hurt on Whiskers HOLLYWOOD May 19 (AP Actors John Derek and Broder-ick Crawford were staging a bitter fight for a movie scene "Awbody hurt?" asked the di rector after it was over "I'm OK" said Derek "except that I skinned ray knuckles on rod's whiskers I wish you would have him shave before fight scenes" JOHN CARROLL mil Mo Appliance Rollback dThe OgdefTtiealer for a line of electrical appliances said Saturday he had received word that there would be no pricfrbUback under present government-regulations He said it was his understanding the same situation applied to all lines MONA MARIS A REPUBLIC PICTURE IWfAlD REAGAN 'ouim LYNN CARTOON SOON 1 A If It DRIVE-IN 'lHVIJ THEATRE1 Aho Cr'3oi nd' Siiart Adults 90c Stvdents 3Sc Kiddies I4e tax Office Open 2t45 THEATRE rUtLY AH-CONDITION ED PRN UGHTEO ARKtfiRK ARIA IKATING-l lex Oftlee 7:00 First Shew 8 00 On fl North af ley ten NOW PLAYING! 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