The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 11, 1953, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, March 11, 1953 Red Skelton Bounces Back From Illness By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD 7 — You can’t Red Skelton floored for long. He has bounced back from his serious illness and is back on his strenu- ous, laughmaking schedule. Skelton is again before the cam- eras and microphones for his tele- vision and radio shows. He has also returned to MGM to resume | filming of “The Great Diamond | Robbery.” He had done two days’ shooting three months ago when he was stricken ill and underwent major surgery for a diaphragmic hernia. When I found him on the movie set, he was his usual effervescent self. He pooh-poohed the idea that he,would cut down his breakneck schedule or curb his roughhouse comedics. “Why slow down?” he shrugged. “You can only live once.” He remarked that he flet fine, but added that he was encased in “an iron corset.” The surgery, he added, “left me looking like 'pened: The money stopped coming \in, 1 decided I'd better start work- jing again.” i Red was in good form. He was kidding about his cgmera angles in the picture. “They're always build- ing new players in my pictures,” jhe said. “They get the closeups and the eamera shoots the back of my head. “People never recognize me when I walk past them. But when they turn around and see the back jof my head, they say, ‘Oh, there |goes Red Skelton.’ The comic last week resumed the filming of his TY show, which the Hollywood Freeway.” I asked |has been uSing old kinescopes in him if he had any rugged stunts his absence. He apparently won to perform in the picture. the battle with his sponsor over “I don’t know; I haven’t read | ahether the show would return the script,” he replied. “I never |to a “live” basis. Skelton held out read my scripts. I don’t want |for film, and he has some inno- to spoil the surprise.” Did the doctors want him to go back to work? “No, but something strange hap- “THE SAND BAR" Now Presents Nitely --- A New Personality ... “MARIAN --- Her Guitar and Intriguing Songs” Also... MARY PEARL at the Piano IT’S MARY’S BIRTHDAY! COME*WISH HER A “HAPPY BIRTHDAY”! FOR HOME or GUARANTEED PURE COMMERCIAL USE... We Are Prepared To Furnish You With Clear, Pure Cube »° Crushed ICE Thompson Enterprises, Inc. (ICE DIVISION) DIAL 2-683) KEY WEST. FLORIDA Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. 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DIAL 2701 _, |ing the show with a special, |vations to improve the quality of jthe show, “On Thursday night, we'll do a jpreview before an audience, - ide- “Then {angle camera,” he said. we'll play the film for the cast and crew to sharpen up the ma- terial and figure out camera an- gles. “On Saturday at 4, we'll have a {dress rehearsal before an audi- ence. Then we'll film the show with three cameras on Saturday night.” Red has 14 shows to film for the remainder of the season, But that doesn’t mean he’! get a rest after- wards. He is slated for another ‘picture, “Kiss Me Kate,” wil Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller an | probably Howard Keel. Red was intrigued to learn that the picture will be made in three dimensions. '“I guess I'll have te go to work on deepening my dimples,” he! said. The Veterans Corner Here are authoritative answers from the Véterans errr ts to four questions of interes’ eal servicemén and their fami- $3 Q. To train under the Korean GI Bill, I understand that I need at least 90 days military service, unless I was discha sooner for a disability. Must all the 90 day: have gccurred after the Korean fighting began? A. Not necessarily. You ‘can qua- lify provided any part ef the re- quired 90 days of your military |service took place after June 27, +1950, the date of the outbreak of thostilities in Kore: ¥ Q. I'm taking titutional on- farm training under the World War II GI Bill. What happens if imy annual income isn't Submitted to VA by the March 1 deadline? A. If you don’t send in your an- nual report on time, your ‘GI sub- sistence allowance may We cut off | may be polluted. “Pollution” oc- as of March 31. Q. I'm a World War I veteran, teria or and my U. S. Government Life Insurance permanent policy has just lapsed, through oversight on my part. When I reinstate, must I pay interest on the premiums in arrears? A. 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