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Geste" trio who separately have won much greater fame since that epic first appeared. The re-release will open Friday at the Lyric.

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2 Joan Fontaine ‘Gives Mints | For Hostess

Act as Own Guest Is Secret of Success

By PATRICIA CLARY United Press Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 26--Joan Fontaine, one of Hollywood's best hostesses, says her secret is to act at her parties as if she were a guest. ; “1 do my worrying first,” she says. “Then when my guests arrive, I relax.”

Miss Fontaine entertains ef-

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Bob Hope and Lucille Ball fake a ride on an old-fashioned railroad handear in one of the numerous whacky sequences of "Fancy Pants" (Indiana, Wednesday).

Gloria, Bob and Judy Headliners In Screen Openings This Week ie Eo

Swanson in ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ Comedian = |287es to provide shelter and food lots of practice. Her parties are ’

4 : 4 if they'll all help with the farm SO famous around town that she In ‘Fancy Pants,’ Garland in ‘Summer Stock’ | work. was asked to serve as technical By HENRY BUTLER

advider in Paramount's “Mr. and here ont ay cat! Mise Anonymous. GLORIA SWANSON, Bob Hope and Judy Garland will be the : headliners in this week’s screen openings. :

all the song-and-dance routines| The script called for a formal by observation. So when her/dinner party for 50 in a small but Miss Swanson appears in the much-touted “Sunset Boulevard,”

sister gets temperamental, Judy elegant New York apartment. takes over the" lead part opposite ht : Fomine hed as = Mr. Hope, with sprightly assistance from Lucille Ball, trots out|Géne Kelly. With little coaching|hostess a : 2 lumber in “Fancy Pants” (Indiana, Wednesday), and terrific, and Gene asks her tomatic scene. Miss is the daneing-| = imarry him and accompany him “Don'ts” for Hostesses songstress heroine of “Summer in 2 Sime len World War I/to New York for the start of a These are Miss Fontaine's Stock® (Loew's, Thursday). Sliags oh ere § : og “. presumably brilliant career. “don’ts” for good hostesses: The Lyric will blow cobwebs Cay ng mansion un-| Another good argument for|. pou starve your guests until

set Boulevard” i off “Beau Geste” and “Lives of 8 the real thing, starting on a farm. midnight and then in surly des-

as publicity has pointed out. You a Bengal Lancer” starting Fri-/may get a shock when you see; ° A 8" paation blame the cook, Plan the

day. On the same day, the Esquire| What was deemed the last word HE ESQUIRE’S Friday utter. Hue oe serving ud stick to it. . will start the J. Arthur Rank pd te in Hollywood 30 108; Kind Heaste nd Coronsts ant Uy 10 revive & Conver. crime thriller, “Kind Hearts and ® =n = the a wi him e pote a times out of 10, the conversation Coronets.” BOB HOPE'S picture-opening ness in portraying eight ditferent| X worth reviving. _ The story of Miss Swanson’s here is adroitly timed with his tore: imine a lnily. Don’t be a super-organizer at new picture is given In shots| personal appearance at the State BERETS) InCYTIE a aay, Jou own party, aud aot eucours

» : age an ests who are. Let the and captions at the foot of this/ pair starting next Thursday eve- or So Suneives wiih at suggestions but page. “Sunset Boulevard” has had|ping, in which Dennis Price plays the/don’t push, : such tremendous publicity that it| As far as can be judged from|Part of a title-hungry member scarcely needs further comment press books, “Fancy Pants” is a of a British noble family. To at-|for fresh-air fiends.

here. variation on the tain the dukedom he covets, Price Don't ‘plague guests with food

“Ruggles of has to Ii - quidate eight of the fam-|yng drink, They may be aller, Undoubtedly the film will have Red Gap” theme, if you remem-(ily who stand in his way. With not thirsty, = Rar wagon, gle,

big appeal for spectators who|per Charles Laughton’s film some| poison, “accidents” and shots, the |gturred to the gills. And they may remember the “epic” flickers of years back. Mr. Hope is an Amer-|Schemer wins his goal, only to prefer that you don’t notice it. 30 or more years ago. Miss Swan- betray himself through a wom- : J ; y ago. 8S Swan-ijcan actor playing bit parts in an’s interest in him son, who today is probably the : Lh

Bam 0 xi Sh. JRuslc. ball. Soclalle: wary pager wi gat Pe EE A) : 3 EN EH SI be Tr ae ive" tne sir 3n unattached woman to the first derful era, emoted with big, lus-| Man), wife of a quick-rich New feminine roles’ in this story of bachelor in sight and announce trous eyes in super-dupers like Mexico millionaire, engages Hope, . . “you two must get together.” It “Mile and Female” and “Why|25 & butler who may impart old-|’ : trol ever works. ; Change Your Wife?” world refinement to her rough- THE a and-ready husband. LYRICS re-release bill}

Don’t try out new recipes on In Miss Swanson’s cast is a : “ " guests, Experiment on the family character, scarcely less famous| Comedy grows out of Hope's| Pus “Beau Geste” in top place.

first and save frayed nerves for In his time, who once kept studio| Pretending to be a genuine’ Eng-|It's the familiar French Foreign t

4 ; you and the cook (if any). accountants using buckets of red| js 471 204 there een ely | Legion story, with Gary Cooper, Don't get in a rut. Serve mew ink. It's Vom Strom; TF gy Trewveen TIOP®i Ray-Miltamd-and- Robert Preston foods or new drinks. and try to whose “Foolish Wives” w; an ucille Ball. { | ge 2a One : ; In the three heroic roles apd make them all attractive to the -ot.4 hlilianiuSioptinaponis Sin SAA Brian Donlevy as the mean, no-|tY¢ . ry. ne e item on Its| “SUMMER STOCK” has Judy good sergeant. Don’t insist on people staying xpense sheet, as you may .re-|/Garland in the role of a Connec- Mr, Cooper also- has a. chiefflater than they want to. They'll TE vas 2 Sain replica ticut farm-owner who by sheer role in “Lives of a Bengal Pe bored, and so will you, UJ nt o e Monte Carlolaccident gets into show biz and ” , Casino. scores a hit. Lancer,” a 'Kiplingesque deal! Don’t laugh harder or longer

Von Stroheim himself acted in] When a summer-theater ‘troup, the film, playing an arrogant, including Judy's younger sister, Beduction-minded German officer| played by Gloria De Haven, move —almost the perfect hiss-provoker.

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the “Lancer” cast are Franchot/the story-teller. Tone, Richard Cromwell, Sir Guy| Enjoy yourself. in to the farm for a visit, Judy'Standing and C. Aubrey Smith. contagious.

Preview: Sunset Boulevard

“Sunset Boulevard," opening Thursday at the Circle, has Gloria Swanson in the role of an aging silent-film queen who tries to make a comeback with a new Joriph written by her and screen ) , writer William Holden. Down on his luck, Holden accepts the job ' young people's mutual attachment, she becomes i nely jealous. Gloria offers, even agreeing to live in the .former star's fan- After her wrist.slashing suicide attempt, Holden to console tastic mansion. - . GA , her by pretending he loves her. wi :

Repelled by Gloria's ‘increasing romantic. interest in him. Holden seeks younger companionship elsewhere, falling in love with studio story-analyst Nancy Olson. When Gloria learns of

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and no previous training, Judy js|acting her part in a tense dra-|

Don’t overheat, and watch out|

Dennis Price is the sinister betrayer and Joan Greenwood, with the remarkable hat, is the "bad irl" in “Kind Hearts and Coronets." The J. Arthur Rank crime thriller starts next Friday at the quire. : ;

Judy Garland of the "Summer Stock" cast In Hollywood— ;

Valentino Flame Hears She's in His Life Story

. . y : rin “For Heaven's Sake.” . . . It's, when they have to place a pantied Studio Doing Great Screen Lover's Biography Terry Moore as the feminine star/lamb chop In front of Jane Wy-

i i of Columbia's “The Barefoot/man, Had Better Stick to Facts, Says Mae Murray jot. Colum ; Bo thaoh thou ot 10 give the By ERSKINE JOHNSON : Inflation note: Mayne Meadows customer too much service.” POLA NEGRI hasn't been heard from yet, but Mae Murray is {and Clinton Sundberg appeared Young movie clean-cuts who seething over the grapevine message that Producer Edward Small{in the last Thin Man picture] make the fan magazine polls, has written a silent era movie quéen with bee-stung lips into the made hy Willlam Powell and| but would have to declare bankscript of “Valentino.” : Myrna Loy. Now they're in “The| ruptey if presented with the What burns Mae more than Small's failure to get her OK is/pat Man” at UL average night club tab, rarely the report that a gigolo introduces Valentino.to her in the story. Overheard: First blonde: “What| hesitate to date up a starlet Mae’s eyes flashed watch-out as ——— —— "ig, you think of “The Third Man| for a whoop-it-up night at she said: said. French coquets are eenter-| Theme.” i Clro’s “No gigolo ever had anything to esting, yes, but wain I wan’ serl-| * g..,n4 pionde: Darling, I'm on| “They can get by with $2, do with my first ‘meeting with ous part, they say you aire not my sixth one. Don't ask me to! Hover beamed. “I don’t want Rudy. I was in the Ziegfeld Fol- capable. Ken thees part I-don’|, i, opeqen : their money.” lies of 1916 when Rudy asked for/Wan' Acadeemy Awaird. I only Hover boasts that a smart, gorx ; t hig wan’ to Kets for geous.cookie- ith mowe.hian kere .~

a Fa x hn Sabo £ v k ¥ wu % Cama sg Se is 3: Pe i FiO : ; : : op rti layer movie| {at a bar bet him $5 he could draw by. being seen in his plushy shed. Rh BE Jo recent; Corinne, the Barrimore sprig, a gun faster. Théy dug up a pair than by playing Ibsen to the hilt Mocambo success. {Barbara Rush and the rest of the of unloaded guns, both reached/for the Theater Guild. “A-star must never down »/cast completed “Quebec” in 27 and Steele ripped -his—trousers in| “More casting’s done here than {she says. “I tell the producers that 98 5 : {the rush. {in any studio in town,” Hover | when they talk to me about play-| Her comment on young Barry-| Speaking of fast draws, Glenn says. “It's a great .way to get ing mother or aunt to other stars, more: Ford has been timed at a halfiparts, You can’t beat it. A pro|It’s not that I want to be a young| ‘“Thees ees vair eenteresting second. 5 {ducer or director will spot a girl girl on the screen. But I want/Poy. He :has great talent.” But despite Hollywood's west-.and call me over to find out who {something that’s-definitely.a star, Quick description—of Betty | cr0- Cycle, the record for the fast-/she is and what-agent. handlés | vehicle.” : Hutton: Star of stage and |©5t draw in town is still held by her.” : ERR nti Lo SOPOAM se BRS Tiain blonde cutiowsat-her-ass) ms rg = Seed ecuedicain 1 {band’s bank | EVEN HIS cigaret, girls, all HOLLYWOOD'S stormy F. rench) ’. 8. “ 8» {hired for three-week periods only, (cookie, Corinne Calvet, wore aj THE ROME backgrounds for] WAITERS at Ciro’s, Herman marry millionaires or get a crack (white streak in her locks, a se-|“Quo Vadis” may be legit, but the |Hover’'s Sunset Strip spot, are the at stardom. : |vere hair-do and somé black hair styles won't be. Guilaroff /tip-toe type. Hover insists on it. One Ruth Romanish doll who

{smudging around her animated was summoned to Italy to create They don’t have to land movie carts around the smokes is in

The comedy about summer theater opens Thursday at the Circle.

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| glorifying the British army in|at any of the jokes because you're orbs to look like John Barrymore new Roman hair styles for Debor-|contracts or marry heiresses, but her last week. pre-World War II India. Also in|the hostess. It only embarrasses Jr's mama in “Quebec.”

{rah Kerr. .. , For heaven's sake: Hover demands that they have at| “If she's not good enough for “I only deéd thees pairt becuss Robert Maxwell is. getting $100 an|least 20 years of service in swank the studios or can’t make a great

Somehow it's I was getting vair’ tired of being! hour teaching Clifton Webb how bistros under their belts and pre- marriage, she’s not for Ciro’s,”

French coquet,” zingy Corinne'to play a harp for his angel role fers men who d

A gruesome final sequence porters and cameramen at the once outmoded mansion. Gloria, for yea memories, now is hopel and cameras grind, she

- Holden's masquerade as lover is short-lived. The script they have finished together flops at the studios, and Holden tells Gloria he's going back to small-town newspaper work. From the drawer of a curio-and-phuto-laden table, Gloria produces a pistol, threatening Holden. Holden tells her she's washed up. As he calmly turns. his back on her fo walk out, she shoots him. i

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Involved in some kitchen discussion are (left to right) Hoosier character actress Marjorie Main, Gloria De Haven, Gene Kelly and