HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-12-24, Page 2Making Clothes
for Danny Kaye
Because everyone on the staff
loves Danny, he ran do r,
\\Tema, And he's genuinely inter-
eeted in costume. When we're
at the deciding stage, he's dead
serious,
It goes like this, Say we're
working on costumes for The
Five Pennies, the story of Red
Nichols.. We have the place set
up like an art gallery, costume
sketches propped up around the
room, bolts of tweeds and caeh-
mares, rich fabrics a man with
means would wear. Red Nichols
started out poor, but became a
successful man, and since the
period of the picture is the 20'e
and 30's, today's clothes won't
do,
Danny arrives with director
Mel Shevelson, producer Jack
Rose, the cameraman, art direc-
tor, color consultant, etc., and
they march around the room
studying each sketch and fabric
seriously,
Shevelson and Rose are more
interested in how an actor looks
than in how an actress looks.
In Houseboat they were per-
fectly willing to stretch a point
and have Sophia wear clothes
more glamorous than she would
have worn applying for a job as
housekeeper, because it made
her entrance so funny. But in
this instance, what Danny wears
influences his interpretation
and that's important. Danny
leads the parade around the
room, his hands deep in his
pockets, dead pan, dead silence,
studying each sketch, each fab-
ric seriously, intently, not a
word — not at all the Danny
Kaye we know. After he's ex-
amined each thing with care,
he sits down. . . .
Danny discusses and we decide
on each costume for each scene
tt
KNOWS HER ROPES — Judy
Scott gives the old Indian rope
trick a new twist. She's making
magic, aided, we must admit,
by some photographic focus-
pocus.
of the picture, There's not a
trace of zanyness, it would - be
in the way. Once we've decided,
he explodes
"Food!" he yelp. "Food, food,
food!" A few minutes later,
beaming happily, he's sitting
cross-legged on the floor eating.
It's the change of pace that
makes -him so funny, and funny
is what this man is, in spite
of the fact that he is basically
a handsome man (who works
hard at not being a handsome
' man), In The Court Jester, in
tights, black velvet doublet and
plumes he could have looked
magnificent. Only his acting
saved him. In Me and the Col-
onel only his moustache saved
hire.
The nearest he and I ever catee
to e struggle was when The
Court Jester called for a suit of
armor.
"A nice comfortable suit of
armor?" Danny said.
I must have looked dubious.
I knew some tricks but they
don't include comfortable ar-
mor.
"Let's drop the picture," Dan-
ny said and meant it.
Director`-producers P a ri a tri a
land Prank looked at me in des-
pair: It was tip to the; and fin-
ally, with the help of modern
ecierice, I was able. to entice
Danny into a twit of flexible
aluminum,--- Frain "The Dress'
Doctor," by Edith Head and
Jane Itestier Ardmore.
TWENTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY — Bright-eyed Princess. Margaret
smiles softly in an official photograph for her 29th birthday.
She wears a five-string pearl necklace in this study made at
Windsor, England, by Antony Armstrong Jones.
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SALLY'S SALUES
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A Real Genius
of Perfection
Josef Haydn (1732-1300) Was
a genius of perfection in Music,
I-le exemplified, the spirit of the
eighteenth century in, the charm,
orderliness, and simple poetry
that were the virtues of the age,
His own life was serene and
unperturbed by tragedy. Ife had
-''a difficult childhood: in the lit-
' t16 twit of Reh'rriu in lower
Austria where he was born, but
soon he was sent to Vienna,
where he applied himself to
earnest study under favorable
circumstances. Still as a young
man, he was fortunate in se-
curing a position as music di-
rector to Prince Esterhazy in
Eisenstadt, There he composed
some of his greatest symphon-
ies, string quartets, and also a
aeries of pieces for the teary
ton, a now, obsolete bass viol, a
string instrument favored by
Prince. Esterhazy, who played on
it himself.
Haydn is popularly known as
the Father of the Symphony.
Cautious musicologists are un-
willing to support this designa-
tion, for it is •seldom possible to
establish a priority on any mu-
sical form, and there were sym-
phonies written before Haydn.
But there is no doubt that
Haydn gave the firm outline to
the classical symphony in sev-
eral movements that became the
model for composers of a later
day.
In chamber music, 'Haydn's
historical role is great. He cre-
ated the string quartet, which
has 'the same formal consisten-
cy as a symphony. Haydn's
string quartets show an amaz-
ing development of counterpoint;
,like his symphonies, they be-
came the models emulated by
his successors.
Haydn was so prolific that he
himself could not remember
how many' symphonies he wrote
and the catalogue that he com•
-piled is very incomplete. As a
result, • musicologists inetil this
day cannot agree on the authen-
ticity of numerous works at-
tributed to Haydn.- One - of the
items recently' taken— off the
Haydn list is the celebrated "Toy
Symphony," the .score of which
includea, a ,trumpet, a drum,, a
wristlet a triangle, a quail, and
a cuckoo. It now seems certain
that the - work Was' Written 'by
Mozart's father, possibly'in '
laboration with Haydn's brother,
Michael.
Mastery and supreme profes-
sionalism combined in Haydn
with gentle humor. When Prince
Esterhazy made up his mind to
disband, his private orchestra,
Haydn accepted the princely de-
"Pear Anne -first: I ale varer
30 this year and I am one dis-
couraged female, I want to be
married, of course, I've Wed to,
be the kind of person a man is
supposed to want — sympathetic,
intelligent, with a keen sense of
humor. I have never had any
trouble attracting a man (four
have seemed in love with me)
but not one has proposed,
"Since I graduated from col-
lege I've always held responsible
positions where I met men of
superior intellect and talents.
Those I dated spared no time,
ducats or affection, but in about
six months something always
happens. The man seems bored,
and that puts me on edge; I ap-
pear at my worst, and soon he
joins the group of those I liked
and lost. e
"Don't think I yearn for a
knight in -armor; I'd settle for a
decent, interesting male who is
normally affectionate, compat-
ible and loyal In return I do
not think he would be disap-
pointed, I still hold the old ideal
of marriages — for keeps.
"My father was a brilliant man,
and they say I take after him.
I keep well-informed but I'm not
a blue-stocking. I am certainly
more interesting to know than
the average woman who can
only talk about food and babies
and her husband's faults. Can
you judge by this brief sketch
what lies ahead for me?
"Do you believe that destiny
controls our lives and struggling
to change it is futile? Could it
be that I am never to have what
most women get?
DEPRESSED"
* Some people believe that
• what is to be will be, and feel
* it's useless to flight against pre-
* destination. I do not. A wo-
* man these days knows what
* she wants, and .believes she
* should make heiselfAthi:of
" it and then use her ingenuity
* and common sense to pursue
• the search. Succeding experi-
* ences with men show her what
o not to do, and if she honestly
o admits her mistakes she makes
* fewer of them.
• In her eagernese. "to"oblige a
• man, a girl often yields to his
* love-making too soon; this is
• not smart, for he decides he
* is not the first-male in her life
e and the idea offends his ego.
o Other women snub a man so
• thoroughly that he decides she
* is incapable of emotion; some
* can decline so graciously that
* he feels he does not appeal to
• her but she has too much res-
• pect for them both to encour-
• age him. Too many forget that
* womanliness, a willingness to
* listen, judicious flattery and a
* sense of humor are qualities
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that soften the Masculine
• heart, just as good dinner She
• Prepares can dissolve his will
* power.
When Man is low in, spirits
he turns to the girl he feels
at ease with, who fits his mood
instinctively, and who at the
right moment grows sympa-
thetic and tender, She is the
one he events to come home
to, and when he senses that,
the rest should be et-30th
sailing for her ship of dreams.
So examine yourself as though
you were somebody else, hon-
estly and critically: and it is
likely you will find the answer.
When a girl has had your ex-
* perience of failures and then
* one day the right man appears,
* we like to call it destiny . .
* Never give up hope. Your
* greatest comfort is the know-
* ledge that wee never know
* what joys will come with to-
* morrow's sunrise,
* *
HE DOUBTS HER
"Dear Anne Hirst: For about
a year I've been going steadily
with a high-school boy. Several
months ago we broke up because
I was seeing somebody else, al-
though I still preferred him.
"Lately we met again. I'd like
to go back with him. He says he
still likes me, but he's afraid I
might play him as I did before.
How can I convince him that this
time I will be true? EVA"
* You two can avoid such mis-
* understandings by agreeing
* that you and he are both free
* to see other, friends. At your
* ages it is,much more fun, and
* keeps your friendship far more
* interesting.
* If the boy doesn't care
* enough to take a second chance,
* there is nothing you can do
• about it. Perhaps, later on
* when you have both. matured
* somewhat his interest will re-
• awaken. Meanwhile, content
• yourself-with seeing him casu-
* ally.
* *
Some of the most satisfying
marriages Anne Hirst has known
of are those made by women .
well past 30. Don't despair. Write
Anne Hirst your problem and
have faith. Address her at Box 1,
123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto,
Ont.
Monkey Business
In Radio Station
The day begins at 5:30 aim,
with the recorded mating call of
a bull ape. After that, for 14
hours, Florida radio listeners
within range of Jacksonville's
WAPE are assaulted by the
monotonous beat of rock 'n roll.
A three-minute trickle of news
every two hours is the only re-
lief; every station break is loud
with the love-sick ape. The con-
tinuous uproar is so hypnotic
that few who hear it seem an-
xious — or able — to turn . it
off.. Last week one-year-old,
WIPE finished its fourth month
as the top-rated station in a
highly competitive nine-station.
town.
Many a listener has been
moved to visit WAPE's white-
marble building just south of
Jacksonville on U.S. Highway
17, to see the source' of the
noise. Most come away convinc-
ed that mare than one odd crit-
ter is loose inside, Station Boss
Bill Brennan, 38, a hillbilly-
talking* Harvard-trained electri-
cal engineer, directs operations
in his bathing suit, but he pre•
,fers to escape to his plush apart-
ment (separated from the office
by a gilding panel operated by,
a hidden push-button). There he
can toy with his bar and his
"Play Pretty," a frosted-glaes
wall behind which coloured
lights flare and flicker in time
with the transmitted music. "On
low notes," Brennan explains,
"the low part of the panel
lights up, and so on, When there
are chords, the whole wall goes
crazy."
Disk jockeys go about their
labours' beside the building's(
dolphin-ehaped pool, which tails
off into the lobby. (Late-arriv-
ing employees often enter by
way of the diving board.) Sta-
ll o n engineers' are given to
dressing in at ugly, hairy-ape
coeturrie and dashing about with
another WAPEster in hot our-
s u i t, brandishing a rifle, On
calmer days, a costume ape May
stalk outgo the highway thumb
a ride. Evert WAPE's checks
ate decorated' with the sirreiteri
image — along with a brief
message frorri the keepers: "We
will welcome your saving this
check aS 'a "ScitaVenir • nistead of
cashing it."
In Los Angeles, police teareli-
ed for a man who held tip a
Salvation Army store, growled
At his victim i "I'Ye donated to
the salvation Arrriy quite a bit.
Now give nee all the bills you
have."
So the Queen, after -.all this
time, is going to have another
baby. Isn't that wonderful newse
More remarkable still is the
fact that she was able to stand
up to the exacting demands her
Canadian tour made upon her.
Nene can help but admire her
courage and fortitude. She is
a queen in every sense of the
word. I am sure we shall all be
wishing her well in the months
to come and hope that a happy,
healthy, normal baby • will be
the 'final result. Boy or girl,
I don't suppose it will matter
too much.
Locally, our news is much the
same as it has been for the last
six weeks — hot, humid weather
with no rain at all. This aftera
noon it turned quite a hit
cooler and rained for about five
minutes. It was grand to feel
a fresh breeze coming in
through the doors and windows.
Of course we are bound to have
some rain soon . . . with the
C.N.E. coming on! Did you ever
know it. to fail?
Well, there, has to be a first
time ,for, everything — and last
Saturday night we certainly had
it. Partner. and I 'undertook the
care of Ross and his five
months' old brother while Bob
and Joy had an evening out.
They left the boys here ,about
five o'clock' and said it might
be midnight before they got
home. That was al] right with
'us, five grandsons having given
us plenty of experience with
baby' sitting. Ross was iw
trouble at all, nor was the baby
up to seven-thirty. At that time
I was feeding him when he sud-
denly started to yell. I went
through the usual procedure of
burping, holding him against
my shoulder, ier turning him
over on,. his tummy. But still
he yelled. I put him in his bug-
gy and walked' him along the
road, He simmered down a bit
but started up again; every time
I stopped walking. However, it
was getting late so I came back
to the house, That made things
worse. His crying woke Ross
Up three time but forturiately
he didn't make it a duet. In-
steed he got interested in our
record-radio and took all the
knobs off, Partner offered to
do this and that to help quieten
the baby. Finally I said,' "Well,
all right, I'll put him in his
buggy again and you can take
him for another walk." He did
just that and by ten o'clock the
baby was asleep. We were afraid
he would wake up if we brought
him into the house again so
Partner took baby, buggy and
all into the garage and stayed
Out there with him, In the Mean-
tithe I was just about all in and
had to lie down for awhile.
Two arid a hall hours of solid
yelling was more than I could
take.
And the reason, fair all the
fuss? the baby had had a
needle the clay before and
imagine it was some sort of re
action that was bothering:him.
His arm was quite inflamed
anyway. Generally.. he is the
happiest little soul and easy
to look after. But as.. I say there
has to be a first time — and
under the circurtistances I hope
it will be the last such occa-
sion,. Next eimeewe do any baby-
setting I'll inqUire if they have
been given any needles recently.
Another reason for the trouble
might be either that the 'baby
is too .young or I. am too old
for us to understand anc ac•
cept each other properly. Be
that as it may I spent most of
the next day recuperating —
with the help of a mild seda-
tive!
We ran into a dieeerent situ-
ation with Taffy. Instead of
making too, much noise he was
making too little. For nearly a
week he practically lost his
*bark. A squeaky little noise was
the best he could do. Either he
had an attack of laryngitis or a
cricket got stuck in his throat.
He wasn't sick and didn't - mist
a meal so I didn't take him to
the vet. He has 'quite recover-
ed but I am still wondering lerhat,
was wrong.
- Would any of my readers like
to help me make -a' decision? 1.
,
am intrigued with - the 'des-
cription of "F.M." eadios...It- all
sounds• too' good to be -tree. 'Is -
it actually possible 'that an "F.
M." set operates ;without coM-
mercials? And are the -pro-
grammes such that :one -would
feel justified hi- the' extra out-.
lay — with a good' redid al-
ready in the house, I imagine
one would still need an ordin-
ary radio anyway — for the
news and commentaries. Nettie- ,
ally we 'couldn't, do without
Gordon Sinclair and Jack, Deh-
hett. Sometimes we get hop-
ping mad at Sinclair but we still
continue listening to him. The
same applies to television We
often get fed up with the prue
grammes but yet we etrouldeft
do without it. "Tabloid" Used
to be one of our 'favorite' feat-
ure programmes but now Joyre
Davi dson teems kri have lost
Much of her sparkle and'h'er
laugh sounds forced and un-
natural, Percy, of course, is still
tops.in our estimation If it were
not for hint the ..programme
would often fall tlat eoti its fade,
STOP PRESS, NEWS. tax
bill has just collie in. $40 'higher
than last year.„Miete" about that
next Week. Yes, indeed hutch
more,
Seised' by Newark detectives
for smashing a , store Window
and taking a rnahhildh clad '6
wedding dress, a 'young Mae eet, •
planted he had only done sa, lie
tcib causeod.
attired
he wanted
'in proper
ted h
raiment
bride-to.be
to
When their ritipital knot Wee
ISSUE 36 tOti
clsion with regret, and as a
final contribution, composed and,
performed
eci Actclloer dii g , the Lu
"Farewell Syrn
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structions in the SeQrep the Mu-
scn iocliapnisetigtheirpar
left,
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on by one,
untila
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only the conductor remained an
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was touched by this spectacle,
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eminently
ontraul
sic to order. Such was the per-
fection of his technique that
he never had to wait for ininir-
V°huis tinuscioc was uniformlyme;andthe
quality
One of Haydn's commissions was
the compesition of the Austrian
national hymn, which remained
in force until the fall of the.
Austro-Hungarian Empire, By
Nicolas Sleminsky in the Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
Q. What is considered the
proper time of day to snake a
call of condolence?
A, This type of call may be
made at any time of day,
ty fame. Wluzat
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