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Show By INEZ GERHARD iLORIA SWANSON certainly never expected that her greatest great-est fame would come when she was a grandmother. Winner of the National Board of Review's award as best actress of the year, for "Sunset Boulevard," she has rocked rock-ed New York audiences back on their heels with her performance - , - v i : i . , , , ' i j r GLORIA SWANSON on the stage in "20th Century." One critic wrote, "It long since ceased to be startling that Gloria Swanson was amazing. It's only startling that she can go on being more amazing." Meanwhile she turns out a delightful radio program pro-gram five times a week, on Mutual. Mu-tual. And though her hair is touched touch-ed with gray, she sometimes looks young enough to be her own daughter! daugh-ter! Jose Ferrer, with bis film, "Cyrano "Cy-rano de Bergerac" . showing in a neighboring theatre, appears opposite op-posite Gloria in the play, giving a magnificent performance. He also directed it, so well that he 1 could have been content with it. As a highly eccentric producer of plays he wrings every ounce of humor out of his role; as a director he did the same for the other actors. Thelma Ritter gets star billing in her eighth picture, heading the cast of "The Marriage Broker Story" (working title). She had served her time on the stage and in radio before tackling Hollywood; "Miracle on 34th Street" was her first picture, "A Letter to Three Wives" the one that made people sit up and take notice. "All About Eve" and "The Mating Season" are her latest. |
