| Show St v t-v GE i By VIRGINIA VALE Released by western Newspaper Union T 1 was reI reiA re- re REBECCA I iA- iA leased a at t last a few weeks ago and people are still arguing about it the i chances are ore that the arguments arguments ments will continue for a along along along long long time For its it's one of those cases of If you liked the book you probably wont won't like the picture That's unfortunate because the picture is superb Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitch Hitch- cock the top-notch top English director handled it unusually well Technically it could hardly be bettered The eerie supernatural supernal ural feeling that pervaded the book has ms been admirably brought to the screen Joan Fontaine under Hitchcock's direction gave such a performance that hat she has proved her right to being icing known as an excellent actress in n her awn own right the time may come when Olivia de Havilland will willbe willI be je known as Joan Fontaines Fontaine's aister sis sis- sister ter instead of its being the other way round The entire cast Is exceptionally exceptionally ex ex- good its it's one of the best pictures that have come out of Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Hol Hol- lywood in a long long time So So even though you were quite mac mad about the book dont don't miss seeing it 7 For the first time In recent years the Legion of Decency cracked down on a picture picture pic plc- ture made by a major studio when it stepped on Strange Cargo Cargo Car Car- go the Joan JoanI w I Crawford Clark ClarkI c e I Gable film rom One of the objections I was that there zt were lustful Implications Im im- in dialogue dialogue dia dia- I logue and situa situa- Joan Crawford Lion This picture picture picture pic pic- ture Incidentally had already been passed by the Production Production Production Pro Pro- Code administration Barbara Is very proud of the gift with which Robert Taylor celebrated their first seven months of wedded bliss bliss bliss-a a studded diamond pin in the shape of a covered wagon year old Johnny Sheffield i ia is isa isa a hero partly as a. a result of hi his role as Tarzan's son in a picture made not so long ago The other othe day he and Ann Todd who's a year yea younger were working in a scene seen for Little Orvie when a awater awater awater water main burst flooding the se set knee Before any of th the ups grown-ups could reach them Johnny Johnny John John- ny fly swung Ann onto his back ant and marched her to safety j j John Farrow arrow Maureen 1 vans Iran's director husband felt fell s so strongly about getting Into the war wa that hat be he gave up his job and wa was was sworn into the Royal Canadian navy avy hes he's a lieutenant and off oR t to I the wars h r. r I If Edward G. G Robinson of th the movies and radios radio's Big Dig Town ca can arrange his schedules schedules schedules sched sched- ules he and Mrs Robinson will accompany accompany accompany ac ac- ac- ac company Symphony V Maestro Leopold on that musical jaunt to South America with witha a troupe o of young V American musi musi- is taking a complete A symphony orchestra with him composed Edward G. G of talented young Robinson American musicians I 1 Few people knew how much the Hollywood preview of Primrose Path meant to Joan Carroll In it she plays Ginger Rogers' Rogers brat sister sister sister sis sis- ter and the option on her services was written to run not longer than three days after the pictures picture's official official official of of- preview The contract provided provided provided pro pro- vided that she would be signed to toa toa toa a year five-year studio contract if ii the audience reaction was favorable for j her Probably no showing of a picture ever meant more to a girl She's done her best and all aU she could do was sit and wait wait wait-to to see if a lot lotof lotof lotof of strangers liked her When you see it it and and its it's swell dont don't miss it j you you can imagine how she felt I When the showing was over and she learned that shed she'd won that cov coveted I coy ete eted contract she wanted to embrace embrace em em- jl brace everybody in that audience 4 1 I IKen Ken Murray master of ceremonies ceremonies ceremonies cere cere- monies of CBS's CBS Star Theater says he be turned comedian when he was fired from his first stage job which was not so very long ago He lie tried to crash vaudeville an and a comedian who felt sorry for him i I told him that his Ws Jokes were terrible and offered to take him along as a I straight man On his hi first two appearances in that capacity Ken got practically all aU the laughs laughs and and lost his Job Whereupon he became a successful comedian in his own ri tight right ht |
