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The Seaforth News, 1958-04-10, Page 7w Dr ler lm ly .161 to Lv. km 11m to e? act Id ld ha ns spa ;Lal rd. 7. Lffi JIB, 'eve • a ,Marx Brothers vs. Modern Comedy The matchless nonsense of the Marx brothers — Groucho, Har- po and Chico — has been not- ably absent from movie screens for nearly a decade. Their de- mise as one of Hollywood's best comedy acts is, in the minds of many observers, characteristic of the demise of all show -business comedy, from ' vaude to video, Recently, Hollywood planned a movie of : their lives - the usual tribute to famous enter- tainment figures now out of fa- shion - the best-nown Marx brothers were separately inter- viewed- and sounded out• on the state Of comedy today. "I no longer have any interest in the movies," flatly said 82- year-old Groucho (born Julius) during 1 u n c h and a cigar' at Romanoff s in . Hollywood. "Even The Life of The Marx Brothers," which M -G -M wants to film, won't have us in it, ex- cept briefly. "Comedy is tough, the tough- est of all, a very delicate and difficult business. There aren't 25 first-class comedians or writ- ing humorists in the whole world. The humorists of the '20s and '30s like Robert Benchley`. are all gone. I'm sure people would sit still long enough to- day to watch old Marx brothers movies, if only because nobody's making that kind of thing any more. It takes months of prepa- ration and years of experience. Also, you must have exactly the right writer and a producer, wno has faith — it's risky to spend money on comedy, "People laugh at completely different things. There's nothing universal that guarantees a laugh. If you're making a come- dy, you're risking a million bucks an what people don't agree on. How many people are there now who can make a lot of people laugh? Sid Caesar, Bob ]Hope, Jackie. Gleason — they should be knighted. The reason why there are so few comedians is that they're shoved on TV and get the hell flogged out 'of them every week until they disappear over the border. "There are no more Marx brothers movies," Groucho con- tinued, "because we did satire, and satire is verboten today. The restrictions — political, reli- gious, and every other kind — have killed satire. If Will Rogers were to come back today, he couldn't make a living. They'd throw him in the clink for being subversive." At his Palm Springs, Calif. bome,. Harpo (Arthur), the silent one with the fright wig, is now 64 and in the grapefruit business. "There's always room for come- dy," he said in his gentle, per- fectly modulated voice which has never been heard on the screen, "but I think we got out at the sight time. The kind of comedy we made isn't around any more. Nobody takes the kind of care we took. We worked with the writers six months, then the writers worked alone for six months. It just isn't done that way any more." • Chico (Leonard), now 66, was Claying pinochle at the Players lub in Beverly Hills. "I don't live in Palm Springs," he said, "because I am not an Arab and I don't like the desert. "It's too bad there are no theaters any more. Twenty years ago all performers had ideas and developed them on the vaude- ville circuits. But without the- sttres, there's no place for comics to develop. They have no chance these days. TV is a monster. You tan doan act three times and the whole world knows it and you're dead, Before TV you - could do an. act for twenty years, developing it as you went along. I'm sure people would go JAPANESE ISSUES -- These are two of the colorful commemor- ative stamps, to be issued by the Japgnese post service on'l the occasion of the opening of the Aslan Games in Tokyo" In. May of this year. Babe Ruth Left This Record George Herman Ruth, who became known to millions of baseball fans as Babe Ruth, was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1895. When he was seven years old his parents placed him in St. Mary's Industrial School in Bal- timore, an institution for under- privileged' boys., His days at St, Mary's were spent in learning the tailor's trade and in playing baseball in his spare time. He began to play semi-profes- sional ball in Pennsylvania and was signed to pitch and play as an outfielder by the Baltimore Orioles (International League) .in 1914. That same year he was sold to the Boston Red Sox of the American League. The left-hander proved to be (1914-19) a formidable hurler for the Red Sox — winning 87 and losing., 44 games and winning three world series (one in 1916, 'two in 1918) — but in 1919, because of his hitting prowess. Ruth was shifted to the outfield. In 1920 Ruth was sold to the New York Yankees and by his batting feats he greatly helped to salvage the popularity of base- ball after the Black Sox scandal. He hit the most home runs per season for several years (1919-21, 1923-24, 1926-30), tied for the home run lead in 1918 and 1931, and set the existing 60 home runs for one season in 1927. In all, he hit 714 home runs in major-league play. He led the Yankees to seven pennants (1921-23, 1926-28,1932)x' and the Yankee Stadium, built. in 1923, came to be known as "the house that Ruth built." He was the highest-paid player of his era, but took several salary cutsbefore he was traded by the Yankees to the Boston Braves (National League) in 1935. He played with the Braves while serving as assistant man- ager, but in June, 1935, was re- leased. He served as coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers for one season (1938). He died in 1948. to see pictures like ours. Take 'Duck Soup.' We're in a room discussing war and the bullets begin coming in. "I'll put a stop to. this," says. Groucho, and he goes over to the window and pulls down the shade. You can't beat that." -From NEWSWEEK PLANE JANE—Don't let that smile ,fool you, Aye Aye San knows how to handle the automatic weapon she's toting while on auard'at an ,airfield in Rangoon, Burma. The 25 -year-old beauty scored top honors in the first training course of women members of the Burma Air .Force. • GREEN THUMB bi'dotl. St61.th.- For at least half the year, in most parts of this country, there is little excusefor not having every vase. In the house full of fresh flowers. We can start with home grown daffodils and tulips in April or`May and end up with salvia, chrysanthemums, petunias, asters and a dozen more in Oc- tober or November. With a little: planning and plenty of variety there is no reason why Our garden should not be producing a wealth of bloom right through the whole growing season, 'Where. one wants lots of cut flowers, it is a good idea to grow an extra supply in straight rows in the vegetable garden. They will be less trouble to .grow in this way as it is so much easier to cultivate, and there will be no gaps in the regular beds when we go out and cut an armful. Int some cases, tOo, flowers that are excellent for cutting and bouquets are nOt particularly or- namental as plants and the veg- etable garden is the proper place to grow them. Sweet peas are an example and gladiolus and some oi' the lilies. SPREAD THEM OUT First flowers to go in when soil is ready will be seine extra early things like cosmos, mari- golds, zinnias, alyssum or other hardy annuals among the flowers and a few rows of lettuce, radish, beets, carrots and spinach in the vegetable patch. No matter how soon we can start to plant, however, it is a mistake to do so on the same day. When one does that all the bloom. and all the vegetables come at the same time. We have a wealth of bloom or a feast of veget- ables, then a famine. The experienced g a r d e n e r never plants everything at once. He spreads out and thus his gar- den harvest of flowers and fresh vegetables is spread out. Careful- ly planned and planted there is no reason why we should not have something coming on from the first crocusses, rhubarb and asparagus in the spring right through until after the first snow fall in the autumn, The secret is planning, based on number of days to maturity or blooming as listed in the • seed catalogue, the use of •early, medium and, late varieties if available, and making several plantings a couple of weeks or more apart from the seed in each packet instead Of sowing the whole thing at once. GARDEN FRUITS If the garden is just an ordin- ary city lot, one is strongly ad- vised not to plant more than one or two fruit trees at most, and to get special dwarf types which come into bearing sooner than the standard type and take up much less room, And one must be prepared to spray regularly each year, otherwise it will be Mostly bugs that we are growing. Better suited to the small gar- den are bush fruits like rasp- berries, currants, gooseberries, blueberries and the still smaller strawberry, and along the walls or fence line§ one can grow a grape or two. Then there are the ornamental fruits, some of which like certain flowering crab ap- ples are edible enough to make. beautiful jelly. The main purpose of these ornamental fruit trees and shrubs, like the quince, apple and cherry however is to provide beauty after the flowering sea- sein and also to attract the birds. Most trees, shrubs and vines are planted in the spring while their buds are still dormant. The roots should be spread out in a generous sized hole and firmly covered with fine damp soil. Keep well watered and if neces- sary staked for protection against the wind until thoroughly estab- lished. How Can 1? By Anne Ashley Q.How can I remove yellow spots from white enamel? A. By rubbing with a flannel cloth that has been dipped in garden mold. Q. How can I clean. eiderdown? 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