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Show MOVIES Jack hawkins has lived out of a suit for 36 of his 54 years. Travel has helped 1make him one of the and d actors on either side of the Atlantic. It also caused his separation from his'first wife and led best-kno- wn best-love- di-rect- ed hirrTto meet his second wife. His propensity for travel also is responsible for a clause in all his recent contracts stipulating that his wife Doreen be with him on location, no matter how far away. "It was really her idea," he admitted' with a smile when we met for lunch at the Pickwick ,; Club in London during a day off from filming "Lord Jim," in which he costars with Peter OToole. "I still don't know whether it's because she likes traveling as much as I do or because she doesn't trust me!" With such films as "Lawrence of Arabia," "Ben-Hur- ," and "The Bridge on the River Kwai" to his credit, Hawkins today is one of the few truly international stars in show business. Yet few of his most ardent admirers know that the London-bor- n actor, son of a prosperous public-worcontractor, got into his profession by singing in a church choir! Friends impressed by hjs voice introduced him to Italia Conti, principal of a school for. young actors. Conti promptly cast him in a minor role in a musical, "Where the Rainbow Ends." Jack was barely 13 when he auditioned for George Bernard Shaw, who was casting "St. Joan," and got the part of a page. At 18 he sailed for New York, and a costarring role on Broadway in "Journey's End." Fifteen months later he was back in England playing a featured role in "Beau Geste," wtiich starred Laurence Olivier. For the next 10 years he appeared in a variety of stage plays, ranging from Shakespeare to contemporary comedy, and got a few small parts in films. "In those days," he recalled wryly, "the older actors were the film stars. Today young men get top billing. I always seem to be living in the wrong decade." In 1933 he married Jessica Tandy, and a year later he became the father, of a daughter. The marriage lasted six years. "She .went to the United States; ! remained in England and volunteered for the army. The ks separation just didn't work." V Hawkins joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1939. Five months later he was commissioned a captain and ended up a full colonel. As Special Service officer, he had charge of troop entertainment in India and Southeast Asia. While stationed in Burma in 1945, he met a beautiful young actress, Doreen Lawrence, and her in several of his productions. Two years later, back in London, they were married. Doreen gave up her career and happily concentrated on her husband, their suburban home, and their three children : Nick, now 16; Andrew, 14; and Caroline, 10. Hawkins was on location when two of them were born. "Jnever will forget how I learned about Andrew's birth," he told me. "I was on location in a remote African village in northern Natal. It was so isolated, I had to ride horseback the last few miles to get there. Just as I approached the rustic loclge that was to be my home for a year, the proprietress ran up waving a message she had received over the short-wav- e radio. It announced the birth of my son." Before he agreed to play the part of Marlow in Columbia's "Lord Jim," Hawkins insisted on a clause in his contract that assured him of spending Christmas with his family in England. 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Jack's powerfully built frame and bulldoglike face and feel his strong handshake, it is hard to imagine that acouple of years ago he had such a severe throat ailment that he wasn't sure he'd pull through. Typically, when he was barely well enough to do so, he flew to southern Italy to recuperate. Ever since his recovery, he has been driven by an incredible urge to work, to make money, to use every moment of his time. When the "Lord Jim" company returned to London for interiors, he simultaneously started work in a second film, "Guns at Batasi," for 20th Century-Fosigned for three more films, and was looking for properties for his own company, Hawkins realizes that his frequent absences from home make his role as a parent a secondary one. "But that's not so unusual," he insists. "It seems natural for young children to find more comfort and security with their mother. Perhaps .before long I'll be able to spend more time with my family. As for Doreen, I know I am first with her, and if a man is convinced of this, nothing else matters." look x, 0 0 Hawkins is seaward bound in film, "Lord Jim." " HAWKINS E GO AGTOE ON AGIC M This transatlantic film star has found travel broadenin-g- but it also has complicated his life By PEER J. OPPENHEEMER Family Weekly, November 29, 19 6 h 23 4 , |