Los Angeles Evening Citizen News from Hollywood, California • 15

f' r-'- vs' 'Tf-xij 'j 7j 1 1 I 1 '--V- v- 1 -I' i tv-- CITIZEN-NEWS Thursday July 24 1958 15 'GUNMAN'S WALK It Was For Judy at GORDON I I as Judy stood by with a proud smile Thr audience- loved It -And some recalled -that Judy was not much older when she first sang at the Grove: at a tea-dance This was first night club appearance in Los Angeles -two-week stint -which the first night 1 reaction indicates will be a very successful one A- dozen huge bouquets were paraded In for her at the conclusion for her program' She will give one performance at 10:45 Freddy Martin and his orchestra-augmented to accompanied Judy and played for dancing: Roger Edens supplied special material for her Staging was by Chuck Walters courtesy of MGM Her arrangements were by Nelson Riddle Gordon Jenkins- and Buddy Bregman- Jean Louis designed her black gown tailored to suggest a tuxedo with a white waistcoat and slit high to allow for Bancing kicls The guest -list included Oscar Levant and his wife Frank Si-1 natrd Lana Turner Lauren Bacall Mr and Mrs Louis Jour-dan Jimmy Stewart' Mr and Mrs Gordon McCrea Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh the Dean Martins and Mr and Mrs' Jerry Lewis Mervyn LeRoy Rock Hudson Rhonda Fleming and Shirley Jones and her husband Jack Cassidy after premiums have been paid a year: Cash surrender value provi- sion for loans on nolicies' and the right to change them into extended term insurance or reduced paid-up insurance Help on converting policy is available from Veterans Ad- ministration offices 1031 Broadway and 1360 Sepulve- -da Blvd and -from veteran -centers Vet centers inciudie Holly- wood Veterans Service Council second floor' 6520 Sunset Blvdr one at 14419 Burbank Blvd Van Nuys and another at 306 Third St downtown i QUESTION: If one is a flight trainee under ihe Korean GI Bill how is entitlement used up? ANSWER: Entitlement is used at the rate of one day for each $1-25 paid as education and training allowance QUESTION: What is the deadline for Starting training under the Korean GI Bill? ANSWER: Veterans must start within' three years of their separation from service and before 25 1965 (The Veterans Voice ap-- pears each Thursday In the 1 1 1 n-N NEXT TVEEK: Veteran servire centers provide free expert counseling qi veteran problems) By WYLIE WILLIAMS Judy Garland took over in a big way at the Cbcoanut Grove last night big in her personal Buccesi big in audience enthu siasm and big in attracting crowds to watch the celebrities come and go Old-time first nighters said they had never seeh anything like it at the Grove The mgi tre reported regretfully that he had to turn down more-lhan 400 calls for reservations for the opening night Some were 'whispering about Judy and the problems she has faced but when she rtiade her dramatic appearance at the' main public entrance to the Grove the applause gave evidence that the audience was made up chiefly of those who 'loved her The applause was heavy for "I Give You Anything But in Day Out" Went the Strings of My and other of her favorite songs Sometimes she put in a few dance steps once she had the audience' join in the chorus Her version of People was well liked in fact with this audience she could do no wrong When she left the stage many stood to clap and cheer to bring her back for more there was stamping on the floor and shouts of an unsual demonstration for the Grove- Some T)f the most vigorous clapping w'as done by her daughter Liza 12 who was i -i' By SAM POSSIBLE TO CON VERT Service Life Insurance issued World War ll veterans to permanent -t The NSSLI 1 issued to able bodied Korean -vets until Jan1 11956 is not convertible but disabled Korean vetsare given a chance to acquire permanent NSLI i i A World War II veteran with convertible NSLI can change it at any- time to one of th-six permanent types of NSLL These are ordinary life 20-pky life 30-pay life 20-ycar endowment endowment at age and endowment at age 65 No Physical exam is required but-the veteran must -pay the first premium of the policy when he sends the ap- plicatior for the change1 There are big differences be- i iin'r ntifl einMMMu iam4 tween' policies provides? term and permanent Term insurance simply coverage against death When a teim policyau-tomaticklly is renewed at the end of each five-year term the premium rises to the level for age at the time of renewal I' In a older years when earnings may jbegin -to decline the' premium rates for term NSLI will bq very high 'and poSsjbly a burden: PciTnandht plans require the same premium through- the premiumpaying life of the policies: 'j And such policies' haye the following guaranteed values iiii if 1 is i MOTHER AND SO N'--Olivia de Havilland playfi a ranch woman andf a'o metjiing of a a 1 mute boy as acte by David- Ladd in thia scene ro a "The Proudl now in its second "week at thd Vogue and Fox Wilshire Theaters I i i I- SIDNEY SK0LSKY ByLElt "All my'life wondered "And with that Tab Hunter trigger-happy son of a famous frontier father drew his gun on 'his 'Dad (Van Heflin) Thus he finds out who is'the fastest draw This is the climactic scene in a rather ordinary Western film the new tenant at the1 Hollywood Theater Warner Downtown California (Burbank) and other theaters ond drive-ins Flying the Columbia banner centers on young Hunter and his personal resentment of his-father a man of prestige who forged a cattle empire in Wyoming in the The father still lives the Old West his gun is his symbol of power and he tries to mold Hunter and his younger more mild-mannered son (James Darren) in his image Tbe latter sees no challenge no excitement in gun skill Hunter a fast-draw and a -good shot reacts differently By degrees he goes first in crowding an Indian and his horse off a cliff and beating a murder charge when his father pays off a phony witness secondly when he shoots the unarmed' deputy while breaking jail -The film lacks dramatic punch situations lead to expected physical clash but until near end do not develop What --conflict there is comes in verbal-battle Acting honors fall largely to Van Heflin a 'dominant figure in the story Yoiing best moments come at end Darren plays his part unconvincingly- with one deadpan expression Kathy Grant has little to dp as an Indian girl who comes ta love the younger son Mickey Shaughnessy does little more the deputy Robert Simon is well cast as the Sheriff' The film is visually appealing filmed as it is in Technicolor and projected in Cinemascope Onthe same bill is a Colum- TswmHlHs marTsa Rome AUAS10 LEGITIMATE V-: Holly wood Is My Beat Gogi Grant has recorded Ned and Dimitri Are the Ways of Love" for £CA Tune called to the stage by her moth-1 is from picture er to sing and dance 1 "The Young Tintypes ROD STEIGER is a couple of guys He is one guy serious dignified well-behaved when vhe leaves his house closes the door and steps mto his world 'f He is the other laughs horse-play when he enters beach house Closes the door and steps into his world He is now opening arid closing the door early in the morning and early in the evening He is preparing to Philbbi-Narman Kerry' RUPERT JULIAN end Vee Stroheim's MERRY-GO-ROUND -NOW! CXCUfSfVCf SILENT MOVIE JLA Fairfax OL-3-23B9 GORDON Melrose ef La Iree 60c Mary Erie "BRIDGE 2nd "HIGH CF EWieSMl THE SEA" RIVER 2nd ftatnri ORIENTAL A CRWKED SHASBW" ORIENTAL 7425 SwmT 10c A1 not going loj glorify- Capone He have cargo of goodookmg girls so young boys watchinig u-ill think he's af glamorous He portrayed! ON Fiihtn GORDON CIST LIVIHG" PAN PACIFIC 7554 Srarty Shfd WE-S-7070 60e Fin Parking And Shirley Brigitte Bardot God Created Women Booth--Hot Spell much favorable -played 'the butcher boy -in the original production on "TV- -Recently he was highly praised for his performance in Rod Town Turned to Playhouse 90 suppose get someone else to play RUDSTEIGER they make it into a my He Is extremely 'proud of the a telegram after -that TV show rv AW TTrtMilAwfi I Dif nrw on movie- ACTRESS Norma Cole stars as 3 a i Thompson in Somerset opening tomprrpw night on the boards of the -Workshop Players Theater 1600 La Brea Art Exhibit Current At Monica Theater An exhibition of paintings by Walton Titus is on view in the lobby of the national Theater 7734 Santa Monica Blvd Portraits painted from life usually in one sitting are of personalities seen in -the legitimate theaters around Hollywood bia crime mejodrama a well acted directed aind written -titled Case Against in which Maggie Hayes Darren McGavin and Warren Stevens are the tb players with Bobby Helms the recording artist introduced to screen fans singing The story deals with a book-making syndicate in'-Brooklyn and its payoff to dishonest policemen The film-rounds out a bill aimed at the action-film fan Serenade THEATERS WORLD FAMOUS PAGEANT 0F TSEUFE OF PERFORMANCES ALL PRICES! He says Paul Muni is the kind of an aetbr he wants to be He didn't set out tobe an actor had no ambition to become an' actor If it been -for "the Navy and the GL Bill I'd probably js HOLLYWOOD BOW -FEATURING LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TONIGHT AT 8:30 PM WILLIAM STEINBERG Conductor ZARA NELSOVA Cellist j-' BERLIOZ and Oyferture BORODIN: Symphony No 2 in 3 minor CRESTON: Two Chorfc Dances SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concerto in A minor WAGNER Overture Saturday July 26 8:30 PM ALL-TCHAIKOVSKY PROGRAM ANDRE KOSTELANETZ Conductor JOHN BROWNING Pianist Francesca da Rimini Fantasy Overture Piano Concerto in B-flat minor Queen of Spades-Suite: for Orchestra Overture Solennelle PRICES: $150 250 300 350 THOUSANDS OF SEATS AT 756 Du Salt: HOLLYWOOD BOWL ASSN 2301 'HilMind Ava Phcni HO S-3151 SOulhtni -California Music Co 737 South Hill Strsst and All Mutual Aaonclca PARKING IN BOWL AND-NEAR BOWL ENTRANCE 50 ALWAYS OPENING TUESDAY 8:30 THE PHGR'MAGE PI SY fact-that Paul Muni sent him -The telegram reads: 8 Ua: UAa 14' mmJ am 1 twice'la week to clean He does his own cooking and shopping: He weafs only swimming trunks and a shirt with the tail flying around the house CT may look 'sloppy but I'm hangs every garment in its i proper place reading a book he returns It to its proper place-- He never spills ashes on the floor He washes ash trays He takes three or four showgrs a day He come home closes the dcor and 'almost immediately busts into song' a dramatic Or he will do burlesque comedy bits or dance He does the 'jitter bug great Or he will paint play the piano or write poetry He is a fine painter 'composer and has written -some excellent poetry He tries to keep these things and almost everything personal behind closed doors He is married to Sally Gracie a very good actress acen oni and the Broadway stage' They were married October 1952! They have been separated for thei past fbwr-- years They are very friendly! is a graat person It must be that I'm not the married "type He hasn't ar steady girl friend He plays the field He likes- to read! favoring biographies of great mep and good scripts He is a big eater favoring iTtalian "food- seems I like His favorite drink is a Navjj Grog He avoids going' to sleep-as- long as possible re- quire little He generally reads himsejf to' fsleep with the hi-fi goingV 'He sleeps in an extra-large i --bed bed is a lux- -Vury and a sleeps in his shorty He never "sleeps right through until morning always get- tihg'up two or three times during the night- He only on 'fear: that he will hurt a person by word deed-or actj NEW YORK UP) A concert version of the Leonard Bernstein musical-seen on Broadway Tt wo seasons ago is going out on the one-night cross-country circuit 1 J' 2ltk SEASON JULY 21 THRU AUEUSI 23 NLGMMAGE THEATRE TUESLiTHRU SUN AT 830 PM TICKETS: S25Q 200 125 ON SALE: Hollywood Bowl Box Office So Calif MusieCo and Mutual Aicyc NIGHT OF FERFORMANCE: Pilerimna Thaatra Oaly MAS ORDERS: Pilptmaia Ibaatra pa Bat IS 51 or FHowa: HO S-31H He quit' his! formal education after on6 year: of -high school Then about -16' he! ran away from home and joined the Navy He was born April I4r 1925 in West Hampton LL His full name is Rodney Steven Steiger was named after Dr' Rodney who delivered In school because of his strength the kids Called bint Rodney the ROCk He is feet lQ 210 pounds just taken off 30 pounds-''1 going 16 take off about 10 has brown eyes and brown hair He is solid strong) powerful Hp is slow to become angry When he does he explodes like an atom bomb Half an hour later hfe cools forgives and forgets! He seldom holds a grudge I He ad Marlon Brando arc not meitibers of a Mutual- Ad miratioii Society He likes to talk: social conflicts psychological problems acting plays music and girls like' being alone or with people By people I don't mean celebrities I mean human best friend is Clegg Hoyt aetor and a character at He tejok Clegg with him to Europe: I He gave Clegg his old car whep he bought a new one this yea)r He lets Clegg live in his houge 'when not using it hates rto be alone so he brmgs his friend He lives in a large house it has two guest in a 3 Malibu colony He bought the house last week: He lives qlone is a big thing with except when he has a friend to stay with him lie has a maid come in once -or" 'ULsanKsna 6KESS0V nwnid9! 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