Show T ST GE SCREEN By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union was released REBECCA AV at last a few weeks ago and people are still arguing about it the chances are that the arguments will continue for fora a 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 Hitch Hitch- Hitchcock Hitchcock cock the top-notch top English director handled it unusually well Technically it could hardly be bettered The eerie supernatural ural feeling that pervaded the book has been admirably brought to the screen Joan Fontaine under Hitchcock's direction gave such a performance that she has proved her right to being known as an excellent actress in her own right the time may come when Olivia de Havilland will willbe willbe willbe be known as Joan Fontaines Fontaine's sis sis- sister sister sis sis- sister ter instead of its being the other way round The entire cast is exceptionally ex ex- exceptionally exceptionally good its it's one the of-the of the best pictures that have come out of Hol Hol- Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood lywood in a long long time So even though you were quite mad about the book dont don't miss seeing it For the first time in recent years the Legion of Decency cracked down on a pic pic- picture picture pick k ture made by a major studio when it stepped on Strange Car Car- Cargo Cargo v go the Joan a. a a Crawford Clark w Gable film One rt of the objections was that there t were lustful im im- implications implications implications in dia dia- dialogue dialogue logue and situa situa- situ a- a aJ Joan Crawford J tion This pic pic- picture picture ture t ure incidentally mc Od en t a II y had already been passed by the Pro Pro- Production Production Production Code administration i 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-studded pin in the shape of ot a covered wagon year old Johnny Sheffield is isa isa isa a hero partly as a result of his role as Tarzan's son in a picture made not so long ago The other day he and Ann Toad Todd who's a year younger were working in a scene for Little Orvie when a awater awater awater water main burst flooding the set knee Before any of the ups grown-ups could reach them John John- Johnny Johnny Johnny ny swung Ann onto his back and marched her to safety John Farrow Maureen O'Sullivan's O'Sullivan's O'Sullivan's vans van's director wrector husband felt so so strongly about getting into the war that he gave up his job and was sworn into the Royal Canadian navy hes he's a lieutenant and off to the wars If Edward G. G Robinson of the movies and radios radio's Big Town can arrange his sched sched- schedules schedules schedules ules he and Mrs Robinson will accompany ac ac- accompany accompany company Symphony Maestro Leopold on that musical jaunt to South America with witha a troupe of young American musi musi- is J taking a complete symphony orchestra with him composed Edward G. G of talented young Robinson American musicians J Few people knew how much the Hollywood preview of Primrose Path meant to Joan Carroll In it she plays Ginger Rogers' Rogers brat sis sis- sister sister sis sis- sister ter and the option on her services was written to run not longer than three days after the pictures picture's of of- official official official preview The contract pro pro- provided provided vided that she would be signed to toa toa toa a year five-year studio contract if the audience reaction was favorable for her Probably no showing of a picture ever meant more to a girl She's done her best and all 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 and it-and and its it's swell dont don't miss it you you can imagine how she felt When the showing was over and she learned that shed she'd won that cov cov- coveted coveted coveted eted contract she wanted to em em- embrace embrace embrace brace everybody in that audience Ken Murray master of cere cere- ceremonies ceremonies ceremonies monies of CBS's Star Theater says he turned comedian when he was fired from his first stage job which was not so very long ago He tried to crash vaudeville and a comedian who felt sorry for him told him that his jokes were terrible and offered to take tal e him along as a straight man On his first two appearances in that capacity Ken got practically all the laughs laughs and and lost his job Whereupon he became a successful comedian in his own right |