| Show r 1 Ray Milland Mil Is Constantly Black and Blue I Result of Current Drunkards Drunkard's Role By John Todd Todd HOLLYWOOD INS Ray INS Ray Milland Milland Mil Mu- land Is practically a hospital case Since he started the role of Don Birnam the confirmed dipsomaniac In The Lost Week End P Par a r a m o 0 u n t s of or Charles Jacksons Jackson's novel about a n monumental five day binge Mr M. M has been a often long buffering suffering sur- sur fering man He has had to fall all down so many times in simulation of a collapsible guy with a load on that hes he's re resigned resigned resigned re- re signed himself to supporting a pair of skinned knees for the dura dura- I tion His sides ache not t f from r rom o m I laughter b but u t from continually I bumping Into chairs tables and odds and ends of furniture in his alcoholic progression The Milland elbows are practically practically practically calloused from leaning on the bar for Cor hours at a time for Cor scenes showing the lush in his native habitat He cut his hand so badly that it had to be taped with flesh flesh- colored bandage to camouflage it from the camera In the scene in w tv which h f 1 c h he is shown frantically searching his apartment for a hidden hidden hidden hid hid- den bottle of rye A nail In a clothes closet did the damage His fall down the stairs in the flat was a masterpiece of realism which won him the Bravo of Director Director Di Director Di- Di rector Billy Wilder Ray insisted on doing the hazardous scene one of the highlights of the book and the picture on his own without benefit of a stunt man He was almost as good as new afterward when the doctor in the studio hospital taped his wrenched back We should be making t this his h i s movie mo in is technicolor said Ray grimly s Ill furnish the blacks and the tho blues Ray is stoically accepting the bumps and bruises that come his way in giving a graphic portrayal of a chronic alcoholic Its It's part of the price an actor must pay for i I his art Its It's the tho mental strain that Is getting him down Ive been acting like a drunk go o long that Ive I've got to feeling like one he declared My eyes are actually bleary from drinking cold coM tea and imagining that it was whisky y Ive I've pretended having a hangover so much that my head headaches headaches headaches aches most of the time Thinking talking and emoting about liquor all day long before beCore the cameras has had another curious curious curious cu cu- cu- cu rious effect upon the actor After the days day's work is done he cant can't stand the sight of or fru fru- menti The most colossal drunk t the h e screen has ever pictured Is prIvately privately pH- pH a model of sobriety s o r A S l a r rf e I of ofa a J J rV i A rI Jos 2 t y J r r d Ray Milland is literally covered with W black k and blue spots I since he began his new picture where he plays an alcoholic |
