| Show I ia a o Maxwells Maxwell's aily oily Particles of 01 Patter Ws is hold your breath hang to your snoods for I warn that I talked the other nt ht to the it t J J. man I Ie Ie e met in a azia ii's zia age iii is iiA a a. ro rough g h a a a mound mond psycho psycho- P cal sh sharp sharpes rp w es s t that hat really as fas as silk e ehas I has a face I ch always ns out of ofis ofis is is ii large u. u Agular A gular f tea tea- teai ea- ea i wind w ui u as h- h s ind Elsa Maxwell l i n d hair like wool for a baby's ater r ie has the jaw of trice trice- Chevalier the slow ir F of a peasant the vy shoulders of a a. as warm as an old old- mustard plaster and that bites deep into n he thinks what the chers hers of Berlin have done ils brothers in France Us tie name lame is Jean Gabin He HeHe Hehe Hehe He new lew Twentieth Century- Century Istar star whose film Moon was previewed for our theater wing at the theOli oil Oli the other night when e Tibbett did a grand job and andI I out ut the house fter tier the preview Gabin sat at the center table L 1 being the guest of or or- at a fine party there n by Kitty Miller His do seemed strangely out of i ion g on a man whose clothes clothe by Bobo in the film Id ld have shamed a stevedore ti Brooklyn dock es es a w man on whom a woman lId ild rath rather r lean than be lent lentHe He makes the most wonder- wonder l love ve to Id Ida Lupino on the en but never touching her herall herall herll all ll except with his eyes a lis is s a new kind of tech- tech leTin te Ie n making love-making for Holly- Holly dj and a new kind of star se Ise sheer masculinity makes Flynn seem like a Hes He's called the rich h Spencer Tracy sat t with Grace Moore for film She had sung ex- ex ly our national anthem 1 came up to the box to en- en Moon oon Tide The story ely followed the French Tn pattern whiffs pattern whiffs of whirl whirl- fog a murder or two all the thee e passions of the underworld l loose ose for the upper world ut t halfway through the pic pic- R ture it suddenly lightened In iq tempo and atmosphere and Gabin Cabin came shining through with some delicate comedy scenes and delightful humor which show him to be a a. rare comedian as well wen as a morose thug Gabin is a real star and if not lot man-handled man by producers and mishandled by directors can easily outshine all aU his French colleagues There has seemed to be a conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy con con- against Gabin a Gabin-a a conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy con con- I was determined to run rundown rundown rundown down with all the enthusiasm of a sighted short-sighted detective There was a rumor that he was Vichy pro-Vichy and Free anti-Free French that he never nev r gave to war charities charities charIties char char- etc Well we soon found this to be completely without foundation Gabin left a check for 1000 with Brock Pemberton master of ceremonies at 21 and asked that it be announced after he hc left He does docs not want ballyhooing ballyhooing bally bally- he only wants to work He gave generously to the navy lavy relief and to all other charities th that t asked his aid He is all for Free France and all Free Frenchmen He told us that the nazis lazis had played a terrible trick on Maurice Chevalier Chevalier was affianced to a charming Rumanian girl who was half Jewish He was terrified for her after the fall of France when the Germans came to him and said We will wUl allow you to marry Mlle Mile So-and-So So and you will then be allowed to sing to all the French prisoners In occupied occupied occupied oc oc- France France which which Maurice Maurice Maurice Mau Mau- rice longed to do But after Chevalier had married married married mar mar- ried his sweetheart he was told he would also have to sing to the Germans in Paris or his wife would be taken from him Then they ordered him to go to Berlin which Berlin which he absolutely re refused refused refused re- re fused to do So he is practically practically a prisoner in his own I country They have taken all his money some and he has to sing for his very small inadequate supper An ardent lover of his own land Jean Gabin says that Maurice Chevalier Chevalier Che Che- valier is a very unhappy man Press Alliance Inc |
