The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1952, Page 7

W GREAT STARS OF " (Continued from Page One) ome of the stars moved into cottages not far from my father’s summer cottage, so they could be near him. A playwright and editor of a Dramatic magazine, he con- sidered himself in exile from the Broadway he loved. Broadway came to Bethelehem, Pa. and to the little village of Raubsville where we summered near there. Our black sand beach on the Delaware river was studded with stars who took their morn- dips before coming up to our house for mother’s hot cakes. All these memories of the light- hearted, generous people of the theater crowded my mind as I looked at Blum’s well-selected pic- tures and text on the stars. This new book of his starts with the “Divine Sarah” and winds up with current youngsters on Broad- way such as Margaret Phillips, Maureen Stapleton and Eli Wal- lach, who all reached fame in Plays by Tennesee Williams’ Pictures of by-gone comedians W. C. Fields, Francis Wilson, and of the great ladies of the stage Helen Hayes, Judith Anderson, Katherine Cornell, in their cradles and pigtails as well as in their full dress for the footlights shine forth. -Blum moves on to a pictorial jhistory of the screen and then of grand opera next. For now, how- lever, I could spend weeks going over his “Great Stars of the American Stage.” Selection was difficult for him, particularly among the current stars. The old- timers have already become im- mortal, most of them, and were automatic choices. The living stars are more difficult to chose for such a pictorial anthology. The future of the theater if Gudged by last season on Broad- iway is not too bright, said Blum. ‘The leading hits of last year were rivals “Pal. Joey” and ‘The Male Animal” by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent. No new plays met the response of those oldies. The problem today is that there is no happy medium in the thea- ter. To keep going on Broadway @ play has to be a smash hit. ‘Otherwise it is a flop. There is place today with costs of pro- luction for the pleasant, quiet ittle comedy or esoteric drama. The road, which used to nourish lhudiences who loved theater, the Jength and breath of our land, has thways only to the major cities lay. The rest of the nation btarves for legitimate theater and ust content itself with second te, film offerings minus any flesh and blood actors. Time was when 67 road com- nies for one producer were not usual, Then the little towns, uch as my home town Easton, ‘a. resounded with the beautiful voices and the magnificent acting of some of the finest players. Today unless the theater goer has seven or eight dgllars for a ticket and pull at a ticket agency off Broadway, he cannot even get near the hit of the year. Blum said that the theater in England is healtbier than ours, be- cause of the lower admission price which enables the civil service worker as well as the baronet to sit in the orchestra, Blum, him- self, paid two and one half dollars Noon Stock Market Prices NEW YO) = ame RK (AP)—Noon stocks: to see the great Lawrence Olivier | Ana perform. On Broadway he would Atchison have been lucky to get in for re eight dollars. Some European countries have maintained the vigor of their legi- timate theater through national | Che: subsidies. The French have honor- ;€ ed their stage to the extent of providing funds to maintain it. And this year the government of France sent to Broadway two of its finest players. Jean-Louis Bar- rault, and his wife Madeline Rey- naud in repetoire which has kept the critics and the French speak- | Fi ing audiences of New York agog for weeks. Blum, a relaxed and happy man who is researching the arena he loves best, is not a pessimist about the fu- ture of the “fabulous invalid,” the theater. He has studied the his- the American stage, |Ger tory of our theater too well to be creseoned dismayed by radio, television, the | Hupp screen. “People will always want to see real live actors. The theater will] roc never die. We have a shortage of productions now, because of pro- Hibitive costs,. but the younger playwrights such as Tennesee Wil- liams, Arthur Miller and William |Nehi Corp. Inge offer hope for the future, and the younger stars are making their way. The theater may have shrunk in national audiences, but theater will live as long as people live.” TITO’S BREAK (Continued from Page One) difficulties. He has made clear he is a doctrinaire Communist with no interest in adopting democratic ways or poli- cies. Moreover, he has had a long feud with the Roman Catholic church, culminated yesterday by | United Aircraft the diplomatic break. A particularly thorny problem is Posed by the rival claims of Yugo- slavia and Italy to Trieste, lying | W between them at the head of the Adriatic Sea, Repeated U. S. ef-| VISHINSKY TO MOSCOW forts to‘work out a settlement have come to nothing. The dramatic na- ture of Tito’s break with the Vati- can, with its probable repercus- sions in Italian polities, now make the problem far more difficult. The word “priest” is a con- tracted form of the word “pres- byter.” | repeatedly . Packard Mt Penny (JC) Pepsi-Cola Phileo Corp Philip Morris Radio Corp SICK AND BROKE (Continued from Page One) front for aid. Here are some of the contributors who made up the $16.50 collected. Rachel Sanchez, Mrs. J. J. McManus, Carlos Cal, leja, Suncoast Seafoods, Key West Shrimp Company, Henry Cruz, Jack and Bonnie, Duffy’s Tavern, J. Tyson, N. Cebello, B. R. Tynes, Collins’ Men’s Shop, A. L. Mul- berg, R. M. Wylk, Capt. Rod, Sam Horowitz, Gomez Furniture, Ce- cil’s Bar, Raul Garcia, Tropical Package and Liquor Store, Mario Garcia, Two Sisters Bar, Emil Al- len, Jungle Bar, Overseas Music shop. The shrimpers took the money to Skipper Sims at the Monroe Gen- eral hospital, where his tired and salt-worn eyes filled once more with tears at the generosity of friends and strangers alike. The Citizen will convey any con- tributions to Sims at the hospital. THEY CAN’T DO THIS (Continued from Page One) and down the Citizen newsroom before the staff who sat en- tranced by the pure artistry of his line, “I am going to inher- ent the entire Fletcher Company when | am 35.” At this point the Citizen editor promised to have a reporter in court when the case came up. However, the ambitious tale that the quartet had woven, and which had led at least two Key West merchants to accept worth- less checks from them, proved to be their undoing and they found themselves sitting in jail cells instead of the lap of luxury. Their downfall came when re- Porter Murphy, noting the New Hampshire license on a car driven by Smith, wired to the motor vehicle department ir that state giving them the license number of] speed of the vehicle reached, { Thursday, Deco~ber 18, 1952 the car. In a short time information was received by telegram that they were wanted for car theft. Mur- phy was asked to notify the FBI. Meanwhile, Police Lieutenant Jimmy James and Officer Perez were alerted and they rushed to a local hotel where the quartet had been registered. They were told by the desk clerk that the “tycoons” had checked out and were due to leave for Havana on the 4:00 p. m. plane. The police sped to the airport where they found that Lo Piccolo and Miss Milan had already boarded the airliner. Smith and Miss Lingebach, evi dently spotting the arrival of the Police, sped off in their auto- mobile. The chase led up the keys when the State Highway patrol was alerted. Jack Castel, radio opera- tor at the Marathon highway patrol station conducted the search by radio. He observed the car passing through Marathon at 5:20 p. m. and he alerted State Highway Patrolman S. R. Walker who took up a position in Craig, Florida, 23 miles north of Marathon. A hasilty improvised road block at Tavenier under the direction of State Conservation agent Jack Watson failed to stop the speed- ing car with Walker in hot pur- suit. Watson fired one shot at the car as it passed his post. The bullet entered the rear door of the vehicle but failed to stop the fugitives. It was the only shot fired in the chase. Walker finally captured the pair at Jewfish Creek, some 105 miles north of Key West when the bridgetender at that point raised the drawbridge as the speeding car approached. Walk- ker said that at one point the THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page? 105 miles per hour. When the getaway ear failed to | and ran off the road, Smith and | Miss Lengebach leaped from the | car and dove into the ocean, ap- parently hoping to escape detec- tion behind a pile of rocks at the waters edge. Walker nailed the pair at gun- point moments later. He hand- cuffed them and they awaited the arrival of aid. They were returned to Key West to join their accomplices later in| the evening. Smith admitted to the stolen car charge. FBI agents say that the four confidence artists are wanted in Honolulu, San Francisco, Canada, Los Angeles, and Albany, New York. They are being held on a federal ‘hold order’ pend- | ing the arrival of warrants for their | | extradition. | They will be arraigned before IN MEMORIAM There are stars that go out in the} darkness But whose silvery light shineth on There are roses whose perfume still lingers When the blossoms are faded and gone. ‘There are hearts full of light and | sweetness When no longer their life cur- rent flows But their goodness lives on with the living Like the souls of the star andj the rose. In memory of Mr. Victor Rus- sell who passed from this life on December 17, 1950. MRS. RAYMONDE RUSSELL and FOSTER CHILDREN. MOSCOW (® — Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky has re- turned to Moscow from the Uni- ted Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, it was ari- nounced joday. Subscribe to The Citizen —an electric gift, a gift of distinction. ity Electric System PUBLIC POWER WPOR BETTER LIVING An electric gift is a gift of distinction. It lasts. It’s handsome. 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