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Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-03-03 | Page 6 | Silent Film Poses Query: Progress or Backslide?

Type issue
Date 1952-03-03
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Silent Film Poses Query: Progress or Backslide?
Type article
Date 1952-03-03
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 6
OCR Text MOVIE ROUNDUP Silent Film Poses Query I Progress or Backslide I By fly y Louclla Louella Parsons II I HOLL HOLLYWOOD INS Do INS Do we wego wego go backward or do we go forward for for- ward ard In The Thief a dialog no-dialog II epic written by Clarence Green and Russell Rouse the lads who I gave us The Well VeIl Acting on the theory that there is too much talk in many pictures these boys are trying a completely old innovation innovation-a a picture pic pie I ture without any yak yak-yak This is the thc first time in 25 years that we have had a movie which does not use one word of dialog I Harry Popkin was as so intrigued with ith the idea that he bought The Tile Thief lock stock and barrel barrel bar bar- rd rel from Green who will direct it and Rouse who will produce it This suspense thriller minus gab is all ready to go Grow to Big ig Time I The two B Bills Pine Bills Pine and Thomas Thom Thom- who as-who who started in the as publicity I II I department and grew up to lo be moneymaking producers celebrated celebrated cele cele- 12 years of oC partnership Sunday They started practically j on a shoestring making pictures very cheap but which paid off Now No they're getting into the big star department and they've signed Ray Milland l for Jamaica Run Ray was all set to go into The Thief which I told you about above when Paramount preempted him and switched his assignments However Popkin says hell he'll wait wail for l 1 Milland lland and postpone the starting date Replace In Film That old bronchial pneumonia I that had Rory Calhoun down is isI I taking him out of Stars and andi i I Stripes the John Philip Sousa i story His delay in finishing Way Tay of a Gaucho and md the fact I that he lie has On to Oregon waiting walting walt wait i ing for him made it necessary to replace Rory with Robert I Wa Wagner Vagner g a e r. r That of course changed the whole picture for June Julie Haver who was to be a romantic duo with ith Calhoun Now Nov June Juno is also out of the Sousa epic and instead shell she'll be starred in Music inthe inthe in inthe the Air Debra and Boh Bob Debra Pa Facet Paget et moves into Junes June's spot so now it will be Debra and young oun Wagner Wagner is the young actor who has ourI our I teen agers excited Judy Garland and Sid Luft will ill be married some time lime during during dur dur- ing her philharmonic engagement engagement engagement engage engage- ment in Los Angeles But Judy has an equally important date to keep earlier and that's the birthday of her daughter Liza 1 on March larch 12 I
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