The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 3, 1953, Page 2

Page 2 Flashback To The Past In Talking To Veteran Actor By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (#—This week I had a flashback to the past—inter- viewing an actor back from mill- tary service. Seven years ago, I was doing a series of stories with a familiar ring. Actors who had been away at war for three or four years were returning to the screen. Among those I talked to were Clark Gable, Tyrone Power, Doug- las Fairbanks Jr., Robert Taylor, James Stewart, William Holden, Victor Mature and Red Skelton. That was the war to end some- thing or other. But now the same pattern is being repeated by an- other generation. The first actor back from the new Army is young Richard Long, just returned from two years of service. Long, who played the romantic interest in the Ma and Pa Kettle series, left a promising career to answer that familiar and unavoid- able call from Uncle Sam. During his two-year stretch, he performed in special services in Tokyo as dise jockey and radio actor for STRAND - Last Times Today FRkern cat nts 8 bo SCT, TE HENRY GLANKE @ seteen Conon DOORS Last Times Today CAPTAIN PIRATE with Louis Hayward Patricia Medina IN TECHNICOLOR First Run In Key West _, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN programs..beamed. to the troops. He was a private first class. Did his movies follow him around? “Yes,” he replied, “and TI al- ways got a peculiar reaction from other soldiers. They’d say, ‘Hey Long, I saw you in the movie last night.’ And that’s all they’d say. No comment or anything.” The ex-soldier admitted that be- ing an actor had its disadvantages in the service. He mentioned that on one occasion in basic training he was assigned to watch the other soldiers go over a barrier on the obstacle course. About every third man would say, “You're Long, the actor, aren’t you?” When he admitted his identity, they’d say, ‘Well I won’t go over it unless you dop.’ Long had to clamber over the obstacle dozens of times. He thinks his service in the Army helped him acquire a real insight into the world’s toughest movie audience—GI’s. “I suppose they are the rudest audience possible,” he remarked. “If they don’t like a picture, they express themselves in no uncer- tain terms. On the other hand, if they do go for a picture, their attention is complete. Generally, they like musicals, Westerns and other action pictures. They seldom like any kind of drama. But I guess. that’s true of most audi- ences today.” AIR CONDITIONED Mat. 2 & 4:06 Night 6:12 & 8:18 FLAT TOP Sterling Hayden, Richard Larson and Bill Phipps In Technicolor Drama & Action AIR COOLED Mat. 3:30 Night 6:30 & 8:30 SUN. --MON. Pandora And The Flying Duichman James Mason and Ava Gardner FANTASY. Saturday, January 3, 1953 They Can _ Do Better Job In The Ciseiaan® By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK (®—Big business men are moving into Washington— so some folk say. And critics ask: Will a Cabinet full o: big businessmen be able to deliver the goods in the big task it faces—or are people expecting more than business-trained offi cials can produce right away? Business has been gratified at seeing leading executives of big corporations, big banks, and big corporation law firms—many with personal incomes running into six figures a year—getting top places in the new administration. A wave of confidence has swept the industrial and financial worlds since the election, with much talk about the favorable atmosphere for business expected henceforth. Businessmen contend they can do a better job of running big government than can the profes- sors, the economists, the planners, the idealists—the men whom busi- }’ ness ‘criticized. as wielding too much influence in Washington the’ last 20 years. The change-over gives business the opportunity to run things closer’ to the pattern it approves. Some warn, however, that this. carries with it a responsibility to produce popular results. And the task the big business Cabinet faces is tough. The chal- lenge to business is clear cut. The voters will be watching, counsel. lors warn, and reaction to any failure or to a business slump would come fast. While the President and his busi- nessmen Cabinet may propose how the country should be ryn, much will. depend upon how Congress disposes of these proposals. Strong farm, labor and other blocs can act as brakes. But with the Conservative coali- tion in Congress stronger now than before the election, most busi- nessmen believe business will be given the green light. Look at the-roster-of--big busi- nessmen moving to Washington: Charles E. Wilson, General Mo- tors president, will head ‘up the biggest business of all—defense— aided by: Roger M. Kyes,. GM vice pres!- dent, as his deputy; Robert Ten Broeck Stevens, head of the big textile firm of J. P. Stevens & Co., as Army secretary; Robert Bernerd Anderson, Texas: cattle, oil and banking leader, as Navy secretary; And Harold E. Talbott, invest- ment banker and Chrysler direc- tor, as Air Force secretary. George M. Humphrey, iron, steel and coal industrialist with chem- ieal, shipping and banking inter- ests, will be secretary of the Treasury, aided by: Marion B. Folsom, Eastman Ko- Your Grocer SELLS that Good AMERICAN. 5, and CUBAN.” ' ——trY a POUND ‘TODAY— Wylk’s Supper Club: Key West’s Newest and Largest Supper Glub - RENOVATED AND RE-DECORATED or toh iat Str: PRESENTS NIGHTLY ANN DENNIS — Singing Star of Rosalind, Polonnaise and Madame Du Barry ADELE PARRISH — The Tennessee Hillbilly AL ROBINSON AND HIS LITTLE PAL ALKALI IKE MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS BY LES ROHDE MUSIC FOR DANCING NIGHTLY NO COVER OR MINIMUM TO 10 P.M, LOBSTER STEAKS Angelina CHICKEN DINNERS FROM 5 P.M, to 5 A.M. NEW SHOW and Francisco, WHO FINISH THEIR FINEST DRINKS HAVE You MET OUR For FAMOUS ¢ Reservations MIXOLOGIST PHONE at the 23833 HORSE SHOE BAR? FIRST U.S. ENGAGE. MENT ON SUNDAY EVERY MONDAY dak official, and ehairman of the businessmen’s group, the Commit- tee for Economic Development, as his under secretary; And W. Randolph Burgess, offi- cial of one of the nation’s largest banks, the National City Bank of New. York, as special deputy to manage the 267 billion dollar fed- offi- eral debt. John Foster Dulles, of a lead- ing corporation law. firm, will be secretary of state. Winthrop Aldtich, chairman of another huge bank, Chase Nation- al, will be his ambassador to mt) Britain. m A. Rockefeller, Aldrich’s nephew, will he chairman of a committee studying ways f re- vamp the executive branch of gov- ernment. Sinclair Weeks, Boston banker and industrialist, will, head the Commerce Department. Arthur E. Summerfield, Michi- gan real estate and auto agency PEOPLE'S. FORUM, .. The Citize: welcomes expres- sions of fews of its . read- ers, but *'c editor reserves the right to delete any items which are considered libelous or anwar- ranted. The writers should be and confine the letters to words and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published un- less requested otherwise. SAFETY FIRST Editor, The Citizen: Both Bill Gibb and The Citizen have, in the past, been among the first to come out for the safety and ‘benefit of Key West and Key Westers. erg will run the Post Of- ice. Douglas McKay, prosperous GM dealer in Oregon, will be Interior secretary. With a list like that, business- men certainly can’t say they won't be able to reach an ear in Wash- ington. But safety is what I want to stress in this letter. A bicycle rider was knocked, by a non-careful car driver, from his | bike due to the latter’s opening a/ ear door. I hope this man is get- ting along well but I would like to give some “irks’’ of the driver. Topmost in giving drivers a heart attack is the’ riding of a bike at night without a light or the wearing of something white. Next in line, to me, is the riding of bikes the wrong way on one way streets. Another worry to the driver is that a lot of bike riders RUGS CLEANED All Formal Garments chemically processed. All work guaranteed and fuliy insured. POINCIANA DRY CLEANERS 218 Simonton St. Dial 2-7632 La run red lights hand signals, ‘these riders yere not only -kids/ nee 3 large per cent of these} | Factory “Methods Used — wes MS Bown) 4ll Work Guaranteed | A little more safety on the parti FOR PROMPT AND RELIABLS of bike riders and car™ drivers; SERVICE — SEE... will save a iot of heartaches an DAVID CIFELLI scrapes. ty first, Safety first, so as not to take a 920 T. Ave. (Rear) Dial 2-7637 and fail to sive] on RADIO and ‘CIFELLD'S tv secice }sooner ride in that big hearse. 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Around them surges whole medieval pageant, the brilliant cavalcades of crusaders,, lof kings and conspirators, of troubadors and fair ladies. fe storied characters throng across the screen, 2 masterpiece of Comes to life for the first time as a full length feature, land Technicolor makes it entertainment beyond description! M-G-M's production of Sit Walter Scott's novel, starting ROBERT TAYLOR ELIZABETH TAYLOK JOAN FONTAINE GEORGE SANDERS EMLYN WILLIAMS Color by TECH NICOLOR Screen play by NOEL LANGLEY. adapucion by AEneas MacKenzie FOX MOVIETONE NEWS Disected by RICHARD THORPE: Produced by PANDRO S. BERMAN An M-G-M Picture CONTINUOUS PERFORMANC& BOX OFFICE OPENS 1:45 P.M. FOR TIME SCHEDULE SAN CARLOS THEATRE DIAL 2.3439