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CLIFTON WEBB ABHORS STAGE, SCHEEN VIOLENCE HOLLYWOOD (JB stage?" said Clifton Webb reflectively. "No I don't think I shaU ever return to the theater." Webb seated himself in his spacious and tastefully decorated dressing room on the set of "A Woman's World." He had slipped into a robe and wore dark glasses with a piece of cardboard over his nose so the make up would not be rubbed off. From a vacuum bottle he poured some you know." When I declined a cigarette, he By BOB THOMAS "I They're DaiSHTFIBiY COOl! 200IN -74ll TONIGHT at 6:30 TOMORROW at 1:00 GARY COOPER AND- IIM VUSm rtMt M. M02I NOW fniiGAiiyiKii TECHNICOLOR Addtd-WORLO NEWS EVENTS cannot do without them. When the doctor iaok.

me to the. hospital and diagnosed the ulcer, he lold me to quit smoking. I tried for two whole days, and I was miserable. The est noise made me jump. Finally the doctor allowed me to smoke, as long as I (Udn't do it tm an empty, stomach." As he sipped the milk and gained solace from the cigarette, he talked about his career, past and present.

One thing he does not like about 20th-century culture: its preoccupation with violence. I liked "Three Coins in the he conmiented. "It was a gentle sort of thing. Nobody was hurt in the end. But that is all to6 rare nowadays.

The movies c6ncentrate on murder, mayhem and other forms of violence. Television is the same; it must have a terrMe effect on the children. Even the stage has been taken the realism. The gentle art of high comedy, such as the shows used to do, is virtually nonexistent I am happy to say that Miss Ina Claire returned it to Broadway last season in Confidential She was magnificient. But such artistry is seen all too seldom." Webb said he had no yen to return to the legitimate theater, where he thrived for more than 40 years.

He made his debut as a boy in 1903. "When I go to plays in New York," he said, "I look up at the actors and say, poor devils. You have to do the same thing twice, if Jt's a Wednesday or "The trouble with doing a play nowadays is this: if you're in hit, you have to play it over and over for two years or more; you're in a flop, your ego is damaged. You can't win either way." Just Like a Snake BOSTON shout at a snake in an effort to frighten it, the Boston Museum of Science advises, because reptiles are totally deaf. "But don't try to s.neak up on htai," a spokesman cautioned, "because he can 'hear' you coming from vibrations in the ground.

DiMdggio Pulls Shades Down on Piersonal Life, ConibliK By AUNE MOSBT HOLLYWOOD Marilyn Monroe, the most publicized body in the worlds served notice today her home life with Joe DiMagglo will be strictly a secret More has been devoted to Marilyn's pout and big blue eyes than the falling of na- TRADE PARTY SPECIALTY donier Lois Ray will oppeor on the June 16 Trade Club party program at the new fairgrounds with intricate tap dance numbers. Credits for this rising young star include the Latin Quarter in Boston, Westward Ho in Phoenix, Mount Royal in Montreal, ond 0 host of other top night club spots. Spotlight on Mothias' Tulare TULARE of "The Bob Mathias Story" is going full blast here in the town of the Olympic decathlon champion. A crew of about 60 Hollywood technicians, headed by William Selwyn, producer, and Pete Lyon, director, has been working since the first of the week on local scenes starring Mathias. The high school track where he first demonstrated his athletic versatility and three times defended his national decathlon crown has been the scene of most of the action.

In addition to Bob and his wife, Melba, two other members of the Mathias family have joined the MOONEVS features BAR-B-Q DINNERS CHICKEN 35 EASTERN SPARERIBS 22nd and 99 Highway Phone FA 5-4620 company her to the usual round Theatet Friday, June 11,1954 25 of premieres'and banquets a star has to.take in. He stays home and she goes with a studio publicity man or a friend. The DiMaggioB seldom are seen in restaurants; they stay home nights. He hasn't been on the Fox lot since he met Marilyn there more than two years ago. Tourists akeady have discovered the DiMaggio's rented English-style home on the quiet.

tions. She's friendly to the press and studiously thinks up catchy phrstses that scribes can rush into print But when it comes to her home life on Pahn Dr. In Beverly Hills, Marilyn pulls down the shades. "Joe wants It that way," she explained in her in her dressing room at 20th Century Fox studio. "Joe has a lot to say about that.

And I want it the way he wants it. 'The photographers understand. Joe just doesn't want any photographs or stories of our home. He wants our personal life to be personal, and I don't care to change him," she shrugged. "He doesn't care for publicity and I like him the way he is." DiMaggio also refuses to ac- cast An older brother, Eugene, and a younger brother, James, are also playing themselves In the film.

Hollywood players Howard Petrie and Ann Doran are taking the parts of the champion's parents. Dr. and Mrs. Charlie Mathias. Diane Jergens is playing the part of their daughter, Patricia, while Lynn Bruseau, Tulare High School boy, is playing Patricia's boy friend.

'Moon Is Blue' to Be Presented PORTERVILLE-With aircraft enthusiasts from all over the country congregating in Porterville this week end for theh- annual moonlight flight, the Bam theater is holding a special two- night holdovier of "ITie Moon Is Blue." time wiU be 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday. Tickets will go on stile at the box office at 7:15, for advance reservations call Porterville 77 or 99-J-4. DAIKETOURWAYTQ WEEK-END SPECIAL! CHEESEBURGERS 6 Snappy Service Hamburgers 14th and H-Across From Harvey Auditorium and 912 North Chester THIS SUMMER Yon, too, can be a popular dancer in no time if yon come to Arthur Murray's. It's quick and easy to learn to dance hit way and ton, too.

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