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Guinness Succumbs To Paris Charms In Picture At Lark Paris With which opens Wednesday at the Lark Theater, is an engaging British comedy in which Alec Guinness shows what love can do to a middle-aged Romeo. While this is not Guinness at his greatest, the film does have some great clowning in it as best entertainment export tries to prove his youthful vigor to impress a young French girl. Guinness plays Col. Sir Edgar Fraser, a wealthy aristocrat who gees to Paris with his devoted son, Movie Technical Advisor Brought Out Of Shadows HOLLYWOOD (U.R) Many a technical adviser for motion pictures has gone ail but unheralded, although without his contributions a successful production might have been a dull flop. Universal International have this happen to Major Philip J.

Kieffer. In the interests of pointing out how important and how qualified an adviser is, the studio brought him out of the sound stage shadows. Major Kieffer will give on of the now on location in Oregon. Since military and about the cavalry, Kieffer has the say on it. Kieffer was graduated from West Point in 1911, the second enlisted man to go through the academy in 105 years.

In 1917 he served in Mexico in the pursuit of Pancho Villa and earned his first bar while another cavalryman named Douglas MacArthur was becoming a captain. Kieffer looks as he should. And thus it comes as no great surprise that he has a part in story of cavalrymen and Indians. He plays a cavalry major, naturally. Vernon Gray, so that the latter may learn about life, preferably wherein it concerns that manifestation, the French girl.

The boy, in turn, figures that his widowed father needs a woman to break through the gathering crust of middle age, preferably a mature, independently wealthy Frenchwoman. As Guinness and his son ride into beautiful the backgrounds are lovely leg comes into the range, hanging from the back of a motorcycle. A female tumbles off and the British tumble out of their car to the rescue. The leg, it turns out, belongs to a delightful chit of a working girl, Odile Versois, with whom Guinness becomes infatuated. And young Gray is soon enmeshed with an older woman, Elina Labourdette, who has been selected by a friend of Guinness to teach the young man the way of love.

Adding to the resultant confusion are the young boy friend and family and other friends of the Guinness clan. Then, too, Guinness has several involvements which are pure and simple battle with a badminton net and a mix-up between his suspenders and a door. The situation is resolved tidily after a series of amusing switches and misunderstandings. There two other points worth noting about the film: it does for Paris what cameramen have been doing of late for Italy and the views are magnificent; and there are several specialty numbers built into the plot that are smartly handled, a flashy bongo and a suave turn titled and by the Georges La Faye Company. ALL IN ALL: A delightfully amusing film, in color, incidentally.

MARIN RESIDENTS will find many familiar scenes in starring Lauren Becall (left) and John Wayne (right). Opening Sunday at the Rafael Theatre, the film was made at Sausalito and China Camp. The tense scene above is typical of the dramatic, suspenseful mood. Friday, October 28, 1955 7 Kid Actors' Awkward Stage Never Caught Natalie Wood Van HEFUN Anne Knights Had To Be Bold, Says Expert By RON BURTON HOLLYWOOD (U.RV— In days of olde knights had to be a joust was anything but a Jest, according to a studio cowboy expert who has been smitten with medieval English lore. Yakima a rancher who started in films as guy who always fell off the galloping Later he graduated from doing stunts to directing them.

When MGM sent him to England to arrange jousting scenes for Canutt discovered a new world of horse and rider relationships. He caught the knighthood bug and pursued his new interest, spending hours in museums and the Tower of London. Now he has used this information in combination with his own rough-and-tumble rodeo and bulldogging experience for current 16th century romance, which stars Lana 'Turner. Canutt thinks one of the most interesting bits from this age of so-called chivalry involves newlyweds and makes things like charivari, rice and tin cans look like blessings. This one is called at the This involved a post atop which a crosspiece plank was fastened to swing around.

a knight was married, he and his new wife would ride full speed at the plank, which had a sandbag at one end and a board on the other. The object was to hit it in just the right spot and then keep going so when it spun around no one would suffer fatal, major or minor injuries. The died out after centuries of popularity because of the advent of gunpowder and the general passing of knighthood- chivalry phase. started going in for more gentle he said. thought busting each other off horses was Canutt has another observation of the game of the quintain, and he knows that about 50 per cent of the population will agree with him.

seem to make any difference how you look at he said. poor guy got it in the Local Angle Of 'Blood Alley' Gives It Special Interest By LESLIE DARD China Camp, near San Rafael, and the Sacramento River provide the realistic backdrop for a brisk tale of pursuit and escape starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall, opening Sunday at the Rafael Theater. Bay Area newspaper readers will recall the location stories, such as the time the movie men tried to create fog over San Francisco Bay, and the ouster of Robert Mitchum from the leading role after a fight with an assistant director on Angel Island. What has emerged is an entertaining story, in the pulp fiction Shortage Of Young Stars Claimed By Spencer Tracy FILMED IH MARIN The Magnificent Production Filmed at China Camp and Eagerly Awaited By All Marin Plaster Heads JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Brown of Neptune Beach takes a holiday every day.

a plasterer by his hobby is working with plaster. He spends much of after work hours casting African in plaster what the Africans make of wood. Brown tries to catch in the characteristic head types of different tribes what he thinks may be spiritual theme such as might be caught in music or painting. He mounts them on expanded wire frames them in shadow boxes. By ALINE MOSBY HOLLYWOOD (U.R) Spencer Tracy looked over the young actors hoping to succeed old and decided today cinema- ville is suffering a desperate shortage.

Tracy, one of the most durable stars, recently ended his MGM contract after 20 years of some memorable movies, and is moving on to pick his own roles, beginning with at Paramount. Most of the top Hollywood luminaries still are the middle-aged citizens, grinned Tracy, and now the studios are becoming a little desperate for Gable, Bogart, Cooper, Pat the same the rugged Tracy said. too many young actors. Brando, that poor Jimmy Dean. Bob Wagner, in this picture, is very good.

But Paramount tells me they have scripts all over the lot, ready to go, that they cast. us old folks, getting where we are going to have to be shoveled out pretty He thinks there are no Bette Davises or Spencer Tracy-types coming up because young players grabbed too soon by the had to do several years on the he said. now a kid plays a part in New York. Next thing you know, in Hollywood making one picture a Affable Tracy has a twinkle in his blue eyes, and never sure when spoofing. As he relaxed on the set of he insisted he left MGM because asked me to He finally admitted MGM want to make his two pet projects, and Ernest Old Man and the He was replaced by Jimmy Cagney during his last MGM picture because he allegedly became ill working in Colorado's high altitude.

Tracy, however, turned up immediately in the French Alps doing hair-raising scenes for get a chance to become acclimated to he said. I went to the Alps two weeks before we started June Tracy and producer Leland Hayward begin Old Man and the Tracy says now with doing pictures that are made a lot of compromises at said the actor. only time an actor retires is when they come in with any offers. he chuckled, actors beat them out by a few Then he clapped a French beret on his white hair, loaded up with his mountain climbing equipment and headed for the plaster of the gloomy Paramount sound stage. Clothes Needn't Be Costly, Says Joan HOLLYWOOD (U.R>— Joan Crawford may represent the ultimate in the use of fine, expensive clothes this star swears that any woman can be splendidly groomed on a reasonable budget.

Miss Crawford admits that if a woman feels she can afford buying models from so called designers, more dressing power to her. But a little industry and careful selection and perhaps a little needle can result in good grooming. in shopping, good taste and a knack for selecting blouses, skirts, shoes and accessories that can be combined and recombined are the fundamentals for dressing well on al imited clothes allow said Miss Crawford, who in variably appears on lists of the best-dressed women. The actress plays a secretary in the William Goetz production for Columbia, Way We She has 19 wardrobe changes in the story, but a careful check will show that the clothing is within the range of her salary. vein, that mixes action, romance and suspense in about equal parts.

Wayne, who took over part, is cast as a merchant marine captain who knows his way around the embattled Formosa Strait. The Chinese in one of the villages on an island just off the mainland are anxious to flee to Hong Kong. With the help of Cathy Granger (Miss Bacall), daughter of an American doctor killed by the Reds, they spring the good captain from his Red prison and make their way to a grubby, old wood burning sternwheeler left alound from the last century. Before the battered Chiqu Shan makes it to safety, it has weathered a chase by a gunboat, the sinister activities of a Red family on board, a storm, a rapidly diminishing fuel supply and a bombardment by a destroyer. Director William Wellman, a stickler for brisk action, has brought out the story in hearty, blunt and often humorous fashion.

As for Miss Bacall and her attentions to Wayne: he staves them off until the finale, but they get off some fairly pert banter before the inevitable. also a fine bit by Joy Kim, Miss Chinese companion, a slangy, sophisticated girl who is perfectly willing to give Wayne a bath, but turns into a stiff Puritan when she thinks going to make a pass at her. The Bay Area hills approximate, in flavor at least, the Chinese locales and the camera work adds up to something fairly noteworthy, creating a misty, pearl-like mood that unifies the story. By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD in-between hobgoblin of all child no terrors for Natalie Wood. She has bridged the gap with the greatest of ease.

Few have been as fortunate. Most kid stars are buffaloed by that age when too old to lick lollipops and too young to pose for cheesecake. Most of them drop out of sight until they have matured enough to play grown-up roles. Not many again achieve the prominence they knew as children. But Natalie, a cute chick who started in films at 4, looks set for a brighter career than ever.

now 17. guess I was she reflected. was always skinny when I was young. So when I was 11, 1 could play a 9-year-old. When I was 13,1 could seem 11, I got to be a teen-age type, I was in a TV series, of the The show was pretty bad, but it kept me busy for a year.

By the time it was over, I was ready for leading Warner Brothers recognized the fact and placed her opposite James Dean in Without a She then appeared in with John Wayne. Warners has Just signed her to a seven- year contract. San Francisco-born Natalie began her acting career in Santa Rosa, where her family later moved. The townspeople were enlisted to appear in a movie being made on location there. The late Irving Pichel was directing.

He took a shine to 4-year-old Natalie. had a scene in which I waa supposed to drop my ice cream cone and she recalled vividly. guess I was convincing, because Mr. Pichel kept corresponding with my family and advising me to come to When she was 6, Pichel was directing Is with Orson Welles and Claudette Colbert. He sent for Natalie, who tested for the role of orphaned ward.

She won the part, scored a hit in the film and the Wood family moved from Santa Rosa to Hollywood. Despite her heavy film schedule, she manager to lead a fairly normal life. After grammar school, she enrolled at a public junior high, returning to her regular classes after movie assignments. Despite frequent acting jobs, Natalie remained enrolled in public school and graduated from Van Nuys High School last June. Devoted Player MANGUM, Okla.

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