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HoBywood Cinema Sultan Alfred Hitchcock A Sucker For Tough Pictures By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD W--Pudgy Alfred Hitchcock, the sultan of cinema tuspen.se, is a sucker for tough pictures. In his latest one, the hero spends the whole film in an apartment, encased up to the chest in a plaster cast. "I don't like to get in a rut by directing normal pictures all the time," remarks Hitchcock. must have a claUenge.now and then, you know." He's had 'em. For instance, "Lifeboat," which he said was his toughest assignment.

Virtually all of the picture took place in one life-boat at sea torpedoing. after a German Then there was "Rope," a grim itory of a thrill killing by two young men. Hitchcock aimed to tell the tale in continuous action, with no cuts except for the end of each reel. Now he's doing the story of a 'Rear Window," newspaperman, James Stewart who breaks a leg and is confined to his Greenwich Village apartment. With nothing else to do, he starts studying the neighbors.

Sort of a scientific Peeping; Tom, you might say. During his peering, he notices that an invalid woman fails to appear in her apartment window. Two men come there and carry away a trunk. He thinks it's murder, and he tries to prove it by means of telescopic cameras. Eventually the murderer finds out what he's up to and pays him a visit.

"The whole action is seen from his apartment," explained Hitchcock. "The only persons who visit Stewart are his girl. Grace Kelly; the nurse, Thelma Ritter; a detective, Wendell Corey, and the murderer. All the rest of the cast are seen at a distance across the court between the apartment houses." The director showed me the movie set and it is one of the most impressive I have ever seen. No phony facade is this.

An apartment house rises six stories on the Paramount stage, and all the 31 apartments are occupied by actors. Crews dug 20 feet below the stage floor to create a sunken garden. When the picture started, the soundman couldn't account for a gurgling noise that came through the microphone. It turned out that the excavation had struck water. Now pumps are operated between takes.

Although the scenery it limited to the surrounding apartment houses and a small patch of sky, the movie is being made in color. I asked Hitchcock how come? "To get moods and times of day," he remarked. "The scene changes from the bright rays of morning to the subdued light of B. TUESDAY, DEOBMBIB ItM More Liberal Movie Moral Code Asked BBVBK NEW YORK (It--Movie Producer Samuel Goldwyn has urged the industry to get a new and more liberal code for judging morality of films, it was disclosed Monday. Goldwyn's action came in a letter to Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, a copy of which was released today by the New York office of Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc.

Calling for of latitude," added: 'Unless "a greater degree Goldwyn's letter the code is brought reasonably up to date, the ten- "Aiso, we need color out the characters at such a distance If they were in black and white you would scarcely notice them Take for instance, Miss Lonely- hearts, who is played by Judith Evelyn. She's in a Kelly-green dress, so we can plainly see her walk out of her apartment am between the buildings to bar on the other side of the 1 He also pointed out Sara Berner, who was standing on a balcony in a bright dress. She played a gripping scene in which she discovered her dog had been killed another clue. All the-neighbors came to the windows to see why she was screaming. Hitchcock, a stickler for realism won't have a hundred violins coming put of nowhere to provide the musical background.

All of the score will be natural music. For instance, there is a juke box in the bar across the street. A ballel student plays classical music on her phonograph, and a former vaudeville whistler provides some shrill notes. There's also a songwriter in one apartment. At the beginning of the picture, he's working on a song.

He finishes it by the time the killer is caught. 'ETERNITY' VOTED BEST NEW YORK (IV-The New York film critics have picked "From Here to Eternity" as the best film of 1953; its director, Fred Zinne- mann, as the best of the year, and its star, Burt Lancaster, as best actor of the year. The 15 critics from nine metropolitan newspapers voted these three honors yesterday to the Columbia Pictures production. Audrey Hepburn was selected as best actress of the year for "Roman Holiday." CLARK HEADS HEART DRIVE NEW YORK on-The American Heart Assn. has named Gen.

Mark W. Clark chairman of the 1954 Heart Fund to raise money for re- Jan. 11 Thru Jan. 20 THE TTBi ErenlnKi at 8:15 P. except 'FRIENDLY' DIVORCE LOS ANGELES (ffl The fifth wife of silent film star Kenneth Harlan was free today of marital bonds.

Actress-singer Helene Stanton, 25, obtained a divorce yesterday from the 58-year-old Harlan on grounds of cruelty. But it was a "real friendly" divorce, the actress told newsmen outside the courtroom. "It is just too bad we didn't get along," she said. "He's really very nice. Matter of fact, I think I'll take him out to lunch." The couple was married in 1949 and separated last April.

search and aid for heart disease sufferers. Clark's appointment was announced yesterday. tinue," Goldwyn continued, "as a respected guide of conduct which is observed, not disregarded, by picture makers. But to preserve it as such, we must bring it into harmony with the times." Suggesting a meeting of all producers who have signed the code, to discuss "moderation," Goldwyn said he believed such action "imperative." In the fpast 23 years, he added, the world has moved on "but the code has stood still," and now should provide more latitude "to GaW Sisters $20,000 Weekly For 15-Mijute Act LAS VEGAS, Nev. Ga bor sisters, a showy trio, tell their story again--at a reported, salary of $20,000 a week--in a brief nigh club act here.

The sisters, Zsa Eva and Magda, opened the act last nigh at the Last Frontier Hotel. They are on stage about 15 minutes This is long enough for one song about their fortunes and misfor tunes in love, and for a. recital of their careers as actresses. Some first-night observers, com menting on the act's thin material said the sisters' personal appearance was just that, and little else SINATRA, AVA NURSE COLDS ROME CD Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner nursed-the sniffles today at Ava's Roman villa. Ava called Frankie "honey" but neither would say whether they hat patched up their differences.

They arrived in Rome last night from Madrid, where Frankie had flown from the United S'ates to meet his glamorous actress wife. Ava, making a picture here with Hu-nphrey Bogart, had gone to Madrid for a short Christmas holiday. "The French Line," starring Jane Russell, although turned down by the code administrators, will open in St. Louis today. Hughes defied the code once before with "The Outlaw," also starring Miss Russell, and "The Moon Is Blue," an independent produc- portray life honestly." Announcement of Goldwyn's letter followed the announcement I tion by Otto Preminger, also has by Producer Howard shown successfully without yesterday that the RKO movie, I code approval.

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