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Show Hollywood Burned Up About Ben Hecht's Autobiography HOLLYltf II J I iir J. bv Frskint Jehnsor By ALINE MOSBY United Press Hollywood Writer HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD (NEA) Exclusively Yours : The. State Depart'Veto Hollywood stars ment next year leaping to Argentina a annual zum for that country ' Hecht's autobiography that lashed at Hollywood caused a storm, of protest in the cinema city, but the famous screen writer yawned to day he wasn't bothered "by the squeals of Hollywood mice." "Just because I m not a lick d writer spit tie 1. the said. "If they pay you money, you'ra not supposed to -criticize them. "They ' can't understand that some people can t be bought. "Shocking" Reaction The . reaction to my book," Hecht said, "is shocking. Why, I thought Hollywood had matured. Hollywood knows what it is. It shouldn't be any surprise to Hollywood to read about Itself." Hecht was cornered for; an inter view as he sat in the beach home . m--- y festival. f ... After U. S. stars left Buenos Aires this year, the Argentine (the press devoted more space. to . One .Soviet film luminaries of the love scenes i between Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews in "Duel in the Jungle," filmed months ago,! will be reshot. Too hot for the censors, who have already nixed all the stills from ' . the sequence. Daryl Zanuck has Montgbm ery Cliffs name penciled in as a future film boy. friend for Mari- lyn - Monroe. ': v i i- - . -i ' f ' - ; i ! I are r Hollywoodites I j r i ' .howling between a of movie mogul David MAUREEN O'HARA and her Will Price, are raiding their voices iinia row over Pfice seeing their child. iThere maw be headlines. . J Simone Simon, the Fren h start who crashed .Hollywood in the late '30, is making a film comeback in France. y. 633-pa-ge San Juan's friends are worried about her serious illness. She's the wife of U JCdmona O'Brien. . J . Dean Martin and Olga ' , t ucnia, lost a Jack Benny alluicgui bav bundle; in deal. Nothings but dry holes, it . . AUdiel jviurpny ana nis wue are worry After see ing their friends. ing "Gorilla at Large," Mindy Carson quipped: ('I think they used SCAREeophonic sound. a 5i,uuu,wu -- oil syndicate Hollywood Coordinating Committee and other groups complained the i Terry Moore's pouting. She wanted the second lead tin "The Untamed," but , Fox assigned Rita Moreno to the juicy role. . . . Liberace was offered $25,000 to endorse a dentifrice. Now will you brush yourir teeth, H ' Remember Dixie Dunbar; a prewar dancing cutie in Fox films? She's now one! of (the dolls inside those dancing cigaret packages on TV. L Overheard! at Ciro's: "She came ' Just talent." up the hard way , . Ava Gardner can hardly Wait to shed Frank Sinatra, hubby No 3, but a current fan magazine quotes tne laay as sayuig: "i couldn't live without- - being mar ried.-It'impossible to be a comI plete person with marriage-be incom wonder, how long she'll plete? CBS, and jnot Lucille Ball and Des, Arnaz; is buying Motion Picture Center, an independent movie lot.. It's the first TV network invasion "of Hollywood's own back yard.. . j j ; j ; SPANISH FORK GROVE ' Casanova's Big Night, Arch with Grove Elephant Walk, PRQVO Bob with Elizabeth Hope. Red At The Taylor, Siege Academy SPRINGVILLE LEHI River, with Van Johnson. Paramount Flame And The Royal She Couldn't Say No, Rivoli Fighter Attack, with with Robert Mitchum. Flesh, With Lana Turner. Sterling Hayden. The Westerner, with PAYSON Uinta All The Art City Cinemotor and Dead End. with Rob Gary Cooper, Were Brothers with Valiant, The Huish Command, Pioneer Motor-V- u Elephant ert Taylor, and Paris Model. Madison; Walk, with Elizabeth Taylor, and Guy Son lot Belle Starr I Riverside Roller Rink Skating every evening except -Tuesdays " and Sundays. AMERICAN FORK Came Closed. Arrow In The Dust, C(ral J with! Sterling Hayden, and Pride ' UTAH'S MOST BEAUTIFUL THEAT&B j Of the Blue Grass. Starlite Drive-I- n rThe Robe, 1st SHOW OPEN with! Richard Burton, t STARTS 7:30 7:00 -- I The - EYEBROW LIFTING casting: "Barbara Stanwyck starring in 'Cattle t Queen of Montana." Come on, boys,' let's not waste Barbara's talentsJ .'it 'ATt Overheard at Lucy's:" l !! Said. ! ! a new club Sobers Anonymous for people who want to fall off the wacon." NOW OPEN 1- -9 ... 1.000-poun- T-bo- ne Judge Ponders Havward Divorce ' Starts. i I HOLLYwdoD (UP); A Superi or Court judge, who refused to be "rushed" into a quick decision awaited written arguments Satur day before ; deciding whether to grant actress Susan Hayward divorce from former film Tartan Jess Barker. V. (Walker laid . Judge Herbert yesterday he felt the case required more study; because,! he said in reference to; the couple's nine-yebid twin sons "two people are most vitally affected by this case." Miss Hayward is seeking a divorce on cruelty charges. Barker has denied such grounds exist and said he would like to effect a reI j : ar TODAY! j : 44 &2 4T - LISA GAYE - Walter Brennan i GIANT DOUBLE SHOW! VALUE! .Ml 1 r v i i PI -- THE COMMAND" i GUY MADISON .mrm. j -- m j WELDOM , -- MFS WHITMORE - j . ' j Gregg Palmer -'- : - Kent Taylor mH i l M M & and a (UP) An award parade $250.000 pay day Saturday ended the annual encampment of the Utah National Guard at Camp wm Mm m m wry ; r mm : I yy m wa mm m CLIFTON WEBB Patrick.:.., DOROTHY McGUIRE JEAN PETERS ! LOUIS JOURDAN MAGGIE McNAMARA j Richard Long Coleen Miller ROSS BRAZZI - CoUr 6yti NO A Hith- - Fidelity Stereo phonic Sound ' , In ike vonJer of u , AH fnfs find NOW : TODAY mr . my r r - tl ClittUASCOeC mm v m mm . m it Our Popular Prices! m v pOc Til OPEN 1:15 First-Ru- n 5 P.M. Then 70c i Opeo Tody 1:15, 50c KIIIMIL 'taf Opfl Week- - ; ! ' ' Twa-Gu- n r BUCKS a. - days 5:45 p.m. 'ttl 4:30 50c 2 All Time Great Hits Back To Thrill You Again! ay The more than 2r700 troops pass ed in review at 10:30 a.mi for their final formal appearance of the camp. Then they alined up for pres entation of awards and commenda tions earned- during theirustay at ' . Camp Williams. Sounding; bf '.'pay call' on the bugles, descrioed hy one guaras- man as the "prettiest music It know,? meant that: pay and allow mil ances of nearly lion dollars were being distributed. A private earned $40 for his two week stint; and captain with 10 years service received $190. The unit from St.i George was the only one scheduled! to leave camp Saturday, The other 47 units will leave today,; mostly in the morning, so.all will be home by 6 p.m. Sunday.' Features of the y training, In addition to constant exercises -- and lessons, iincluded a spectacular demonstration last "week by (the guard's artUlerymen and engineers and a review this week by Maj. Pulitttr PrittffinHr JOHN j 7 13 I I From a wonderful serten play by SHELLEYj WINTERS BARRY SULLIVAN Sound rSjEREbPHONic wrw a. '111 i ine love story oenina the love song that's sweeping the nation! PLAY GIRL lJ I' - 9 m a jresr. There's always good relaxation at the CAMP W. G. WILLIAMS, Utah W. G. Williams, SWIM ! A Dad -- Maneuvers End At F , I Lyle Bettger - . i Hey Kids! Give "I'm forming Camp J M "I have dozens of other jobs. t was barred from Hollywood 18 years ago by the producers' asso I forset what for. ciation r -They'll hire me again if they need me." ! ; ! 15-d- anything about Hollywood.V Hecht is hot worried whether he'll ever get another film job. "it aoesnt "matter mucn," ne s i " town; i IN F1RSJT ; i l': r il. BECOMES LIEUTENANT f, BY FLIP OF A CORN f CAMDEN, N. J. (UP) Sgt. George Haegle of the Delaware River Port Authority Police Department became a lieutenant by the mere flip of a coin. Haegle and Sgt. Harry J. McEr-lan- e agreed to flip a silver dollar for he promotion after authority members were unable to decide whiqh one should be promoted. The promotion means a $524 raise for Haegle. York-boun- 1 j She-Dev- V- - v . "j is so sensitive, he Sighed. 'When they pay big money to you they I think they own you, that .you're not supposed to write "This AUDIE MURPHY Warner Bros! PRODUCTION . Four Hollywood writers are d to scribble for New Jackie Gleason, who has a repu tation for going through writers like Margaret O'Brien seems to be going through her money i i ; if j g ! MONDAY ' U Scera Closed. . Geneva Drive-I- n Them, with James Whitmore. The Tihipanogos Cinemotor Cadjy, with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and Tarzan And ' , : Torrential ii DRUMS ACROSS THE RIVER" i OREM ; ; co-auth- or IN COLOR r " ; i gory-lookin- : j i 'j t Hecht wrote in his book he got (torn $50,000 to $125,000 for bis 60 hkh were pictures, "most of two er in weeks writteni less.") He is the author or of the Screen versions of such hits as VSpellbound,? "Nothing Sacred' VWutherlng Heights" fand "Scar-face.- " STARTS PLEASANT June 20, 1954. s j A, pig Fwij "..-v.- , Theaters of Utah County Offer Varied Entertainment " coach used in "Destry" at U-- I is the same one Jimmy Stewart guarded 15 years bgo in if 'Destry Hides Again." And at Columbia they're using a tiger skin 'rug first photographed in "Three ,! Weeks" in 1924.. j j', ', j'. . i ' OLD STARS fade, away! butj the props go on forever. The stage picture grosses for my bosseS'V JACKSON. Miss. (UP) Police rushed to the scene when Informed .' that a body had been found in a parked car. .1 By UNITED PRESS . The "body! however, turned out A June heat wave, the worst on to - be a teen-ag- e prankster who record in some sections, showed no had smeared catsup on his, arm. Into the trunk of an mercy on most of the Midwest to and climbed the1 auto limb leaving day. rains and severe hinging outside:; thunderstorms occurred on , the The youth was given a stern le great plaint where the blanket of ture. muggy air was winning a fight to hold back a cool front. The wave of refreshing Canadian air lay just out of reach of suffer--; ing Midwesterners. Chicago was in its ninth day of above-9- 0 heat and forecasters said Scera Swim Pool the heat wave would continue at least through Sunday. The Weather Bureau warned du ring the night of possible tornadoes in Nebraska but the danger period Public p.m. daily passed with no twisters reported. Except Sunday d Children 25c Only 35 pounds of a steer are the "fancy" porter Adults . 50e and club steaks. house, Towels Included Only 450 pounds can be utilized ' ai retail cuts. screenwriter's remarks were "unbecoming." Daily Variety cried. Hollywood finds itself bludceoned cruelly by one of its major successes. . conciliation.! IT'S A PLANT Actress Susan Hay ward poses for photographers in Burbank, Calif., courthouse, conscious of the fact that her estranged husband, Jess Barker is behind her. Miss Hayward consistently, refused to recognize him since their divorce trial started. Barker, on the other hand, has beeii "planting" himself for the photographers' benefit. P Junior? Selznick. They apparently still, are speaking because Selznick recently hired him for a script. In his book Hecht called the producer "my favorite N movie boss. . V But the rest of Hollywood did not fare so well. Hecht. wrote, "The movies are one of the bad habits that corrupted our century. . . an eruption of trash that has lamed the american mind. . . and retard ed Americans from becoming a cultured people." Fidelity Passe He further wrote in "A Child of the Century, a story of his colorful life, that most film executives are stupid. Fidelity in his book Hollywood marriage, said, "is as passe as sideburns. . virgins never have been accept able in Hollywood." The Screen Writers' Guild, the - f DEii ! i about the difference nsvehotie and neurotic. ' ' i The psychotic believes two and two are fiveirThe neurotic knows two and 'two are four bu it makes him nervous. ex-hubb- . sharp-tongue- ; : (UP)Ben : Hecht said. "The employed me made the success, t made $90,000,000 in 1 YOUTHFUL PRANKSTER CAUSES SENSATION Juno Heat Wave the success." Scorches Midwest parasites who "I didn't make : .13- JUNE 20, 1954 Utah County Utth rSUNDAY, SUNDAY HERALD ' Gary TERROR ! SHOT-GU- N SAMbTL GOIOWYN present V - one-quart- er, x m II 1 ! Mmmm j mifim n -- y y i One Man's Courage Saved the Border! 70-m- ah - i 15-da- uen. William uean, rean War hero. ; top-ranxi- Ko ng is !kdfy kifltr. the street ttro! SAMUEL 601DWYN presents 4 r WILLIAM WJYLER SIDNEY dering herds in death-dealin- CLAKE WD3Y LOTS of FUN for EVERYONE ' TREVOR i i Pier flfJGELI Carlos THOMPSON bow column ! McCREA ALLEN JEIIKIHS AND TIflS THRILLER STARTS with Matinees Daily Continuous from 1:15 p.m. Regular Adults Prices Except Children 25c for this show W msca BOCART g DflRRIE OPEN PLAY f ! drivel Romance defiant;? bullet barrogel WEDNESDAY rr t J I muzzl d AH I fuu:te fustica ot boy! Cottl murder! Thunbuccaneers in rope-en- BOWLING I WALTER BRENNAN DANA ANDREWS -- LET'S GO j- -" 11)12te by zsf i. SPECIAL AWARD WINNING Off Iff WTtrnJuCJ Short Feature tte l WmJtl imm |