Times Herald from Olean, New York • Page 16

Oleui Ttfict Herald, Friday, April 21,1950 Hy Dorothy Kilgalltn Few Called, Fewer Chosen For Child Movie Dollars BROADWAY GRAPEVINE Friends have advised Bettc Oavii to hire a bodyguard, in view ot William Grant Shecry'g -Gertrude, Lawrence (lucky girl!) is pretty wel'l set for the' Roclgers and Hammerstein version of "Anna and the King oC Slum." And Rex Harrison, who can sing Slightly, is frightfully interested in the leading male role, which he performed so adeptly for the screen. A music house believes it has discovered two ballads written by Harry S. Tru- jr.an in 1918. Hmmmmmmrn, Mr. President? One of the major record companies is in serious difficulties.

all over the country are turning in their fran chises. counter girls at Woolworth's (Broadway and St.) are still agog over Bins Crosby's visit. Bing and brother Everett dropped in for an ice feream soda and the Uroaner signed his name on everything from a soda straw to the cashier's chec! 1 Guards at the Zoo report the leopards are now the top attraction after the chirnpdn zees. (Sec what a little publicity can Sylvern, the. radio'TV maestro, turned down a year guarantee to front a band.

Figured he could make more behind the microphones. new rage is Mae. Williams, the newcomer at'Ciro's. The special chef employed for Arturo Toscanini's road tour got job after he vowed he could make ravioli, spaghetti, and Chicken Maryland. The great conductor ordered those in charge of his travels to keep all flowers out of his car--he hates having flowers around'him.

In' "The House on the Cliff" actress'fay Bdtnte'r has a wild dream to tango rhythm. Even the offstage tea gulls quack a tango. i There's a good human interest Eddy Manson's hit Found My Mama," which sold 17,000 copies just over last weekend. Three months ago, Manson was' so discouraged at MCA he was going to quit show rsiArthur Miller's screenplay "The HooM.n which will lilined iri New Xork by.Ker- mit Bloornington; and Ella Kazan, will be ready in a few weeks Sign of Baseball pools being organized in business offices all over thiiircitx." i All four Williams-Brothers who used to Kay Thompson's malt background-- are now do- rWhat's this about Teresa Wrlght'beipg sought as a replacement for Lilli Palmer in "Caesar Cleopatra?" (What kind of casting is Ward Morehouse's lion cub died this week. His friends have sent him, as consolation, a pet racoon, which he.Is.keeping on the roof of the Algonquin Hotel defTt: Noel Coward has been sporting high button shoes.

Naked and the Mailer's new novel has a Brooklyn setting. Betty Grable's "white gold" hair in "Wabash Avenue" is ble to start nation-wide trend. Tommy Trinder, England's No. 1 comedian, arrived on the Queen Elizabeth the other day to start rehearsals for his American debut at the Latin Quarter. Although his tremendous annual earnings have been tfie subject of heated debate in Parliament, Tommy landed in the U.

S. with the suit on hip back, an extra suit, and his tuxc.lt!. John Bromfielri. nephew of the famous novelist, has tossed aside a promising film career to make living as a commercial fisherman Churchill and her bridegroom. Anthony a u- champ, will be London-bound shortly, but she-plans'to retuYn to the U.

S. in time for the show season on Broadway this Fall. Sarah is eager to'-do a New York play. cabbies are ecstatic over the big Easter week earnings. Sign in a newly decorated Madison Ave.

office: "Wet Paint. Touch It If You. Don't Believe It." Dorsey leaves in September for a ten-week tour of Europe, taking his entire band. Factor's newly expanded toupee business is many lads have become self-conscious about their bald pates. Kate Murtah is beginning to take her painting seriously.

She consented to display her collection of celebrity caricatures, portraits, and landscapes at the Fireside Inn just to please her press agent, who also beats the drum for the restaurant. First thing she knew people were buying the paintings--the exhibition is in its fifth week now and ters of the'pictures have been bought by customers who just came in for some fried chicken. Washington insiders hear that Moriattu Higashikuni, son-in-law of Hirohito, will be the first official Ambassador Japan since the war. DeCarlo's deal with Universal-International includes the agreement that the water must be st least 76 degrees when, she works in bathing sequences. top Bolivian officials, reported to have earned more than $10,000,000 in the devaluation of the Bolivian-peso, are; under close The government expected to brinf fraud charges.

OTTO CONSERVATION CLUB DUKE CBffHI APMl 22 BENEFIT COMMUNITY PARK DOOR PRIZE CAKE WALK ADMISSION 60c COIfU $1.00 ON THE WAY TO FINE FOOD FUN! DANOHGEVBY GOOD FOOD 504 East Stale SL PORTVILLE, N. Y. Pine Street Restaurant A LUUe Strwl Wltere OM Friends Meet" HBK mi fefcy Eddie Carapellatti 5 WlF SPECIALIZING STEAKS-CHOW LEGAL KVRMB Pay Scale Is High, ButfJnless They Become Stars They Seldom Work I'KKUUIfc NOW (WITH Hln fortuno went for legal hut at 20 happily married. Here's Ihe last of three dis- palclies in which NKA's ace reporter in movietown tells the real story of "Babes In Hollywood." By KRSKINE JOHNSON NEA SUrf Correspondent HOLLYWOOD--At the peak of ier. movie career, Shirley Tem- jle earned $7,500 week plus a -figure yearly income for endorsing Shirley Temple dolls, clothes and foys.

MGM paid Margaret O'Brien 12,500 a week during the last wo years of her seven-year on- tracl. Jackie Coogan was paid a week. Freddie Bartho- omew cashed a $2,500 paycheck every Saturday night. Today, only Shirley Temple can clip coupons. because of these figures it no wonder mothers likeMrs.

Michel, whose nine- year-old Lora Lee was paid $100 a day as a movie starlet, beat at the portals of Hollywood. The truth, though, is that they usually beat in vain. The pay scale is high for child lira actors but the rub is that unless they become stars, they seldom work. And for every dd star in Hollywood there are lundreds of, unknowns clinging desperately to shaky footholds. Each is buoyed by the that he will be the one in 10,000 fated for stardom with a Bel-Air mansion and a swimming pool.

To movie-struck parents, on the outside looking vainly in, the lot" of the extra and bit player seems an enviable one. In hushed whispers they talk of the wages: $100 day for children two weeks to a month old; a day for those a month to three years and $20 a day for youngsters of three to six years. Maybe even $250 a day for an important bit role. But this is only part of the story--a very Even at this lofty rate of pay, a child actor is fortunate indeed in Hollywood annual income is than $500. Few are the calls that for their services, usually for playground scenes, kid parties and for atmosphere on big sets.

Probably half of them work only one or two days in a year. Shirley and Freddie and Margaret and Coogan were the-rare exceptions. Shirley also held on to her money. At 21, she is reportedly worth $8,000,000. but happiness has been fleeting and in young womanhood she has never been able to recapture her curly-haired film fame.

Her last film, "A Kiss For temporarily was taken out of release because of poor boxoffice re- FKEDUIE THEN: He outgrew the suit and $2500 a week. sponse; the excuse was that divorce headlines hurt the picture. Freddie's fortune was dissipat- SH1RLEY THEN: She sailed along at $7500 a week. ed on legal fees over custody, and when he outgrew his Little Lord Fauntleroy suit he was through in Hollywood. At however, he's happily married and living in New York, working on radio, TV and occasionally on the stage.

In one of Hollywood's peak years 2,239 work permits were granted, but only 1,007 children were employed. And they worked an average of 10 days or less. The openings for children at Hollywood's Central Casting Bureau are tragically few. The casting bureau revises its Hidex frequently during the year, then only to add possibly a half dozen names as replacements, usually taken from near the top ot a waiting list which always numbers several hundred. for 'all the unhappiness in the lives of former kid stars, their health and schooling are never neglected.

There are SHIRLEY NOW (WITH DAUGHTER): She held on to her money, but happiness and fame have been fleeting. Canberra May Build Its Own "Waldorf" CANBERRA. Australia-New may soon have a baby sister here in Canberra. Owners-of the famous American hotel are reported to be planning the "most luxurious hotel in Australia" for this country's capital. Though nothing concrete yet has been announced, architects are already supposed to be working on the design of a proposed building to house about 250 guests.

The hotel, reports-say, will in many ways resemble the Waldorf, but on a much smaller scale. American interests have been discussing for some time a proposal to build a chain of luxury hotels throughiut Australia for the tourist traffic, but the mam stumbling block has been lack of labor and materials. strict California laws protect, them at every turn. There are special schoolrooms at the studios, special teachers from the Los Angeles board of education, welfare workers on the sets, and certain hours for work, play and schooling. Work permits must be renewed every three months.

Renewals on a medical examination and favorable reports from teachers on both class grades and citizenship. There's a special 10-page booklet, bearing the lengthy title of and Regulation's Governing" the Employment of Minors in Production of Motion Pictures." These rules are kept. But you can't rule young hearts and minds after the first taste of fame and fortune. That's the pity. These kids once had everything with the world at their feet.

When the breaks quit coming, they were no longer in the ALLEGANY DRIVE-IN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY Randolph Scott George "Gabby" Hayes ''RETURN OF THE BADMEN" Leo Gorcey anil The Bowery Boys "JINX MONEY" And Color Two Mfkiiy 7:11 pjn- ln'cr Clear Jndivilual Speaker for Every Hat Office Opels at p.m. KlMies Free 10 rAiti.es BOWSER GLEAN HOUSE UKIVEWAY spotlight. Now they're spending the rest of their lives trying to recapture that fame. Baby-Sitting Taught CONSHOCKEN, Pa. Robert C.

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