Shirley Jones' True Story Suggests
Fantasy Quality of “Carousel” Role
Shirley Jones, who co-stars with Gordon MacRae in Twentieth Century-Fox's Cine-maScope 55 film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Carousel”, is probably the rarest Hollywood star extant. Although the sole worthwhile theatrical credit she possesses is a second lead in a road company of "Me and Juliet," the petite, 21-year-old blonde is already the star of two motion pictures with an aggregate cost of about $10,000,000 一 Rodgers and Hammer-stein's "Oklahoma" and Carousel." Furthermore she was given star roles in the two pictures without ever having seen either production in their long runs on Broadway or on the road.
As befits the subject of such an extraordinary experience, Shirley is an extraordinary girl. She was no star from Broadway, having been in the chorus of "South Pacific" and in "Me and Juliet," but her luminous quality was instantly recognized wherever seen. Here's her fantastic story:
She walked into an agent's office in New York with a letter from her vocal coach. He listened and after talking it over a few minutes, they signed her. After 10-weeks' seasoning they put her in the role of "Laurie" in the Todd-AO screen version of "Oklahoma,” which so far has been exhibited only in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Darryl F. Zanuck and Twentieth Century-Fox officials saw her in this and signed her for "Carousel" without even giving her a test. This has been done only with established stars, but is unheard of in the case of a player of brief experience.
Shirley was born Shirley Jones, March 31, in Smith,Pa. (Pop. 800), to Paul Jones, proprietor of a brewery owned by his family for generations, and Mrs. Marjorie Williams Jones. She is an only child.
She showed talent for singing as a child. At the age of six she did a solo, "Froggy Went A-Wooing," and never looked back. Her parents were able and willing to give her voice lessons with Ken Welch in Pittsburgh, 28 miles away. For this and many, many other reasons she has always maintained the closest relations with her parents and re-gains them unimpaired to this day. Among other things, her father is her business manager and still gives her an allowance, although it's Shirley's own money now.
She was chosen "Miss Pitts-burgh” in the “Miss Pennsylvania” division of the Miss America contest and as a con-sequence won a year's scholar-ship at "the Pittsburgh Play-house; where she took instruction and gained valuable experience. She had stopped off in New York on her way to New Jersey to investigate enrollment in college there when she called upon the agent, Gus Schirmer; That was the end of college and the beginning of a career.
SYNOPSIS
Billy Bigelow (GORDON Mac-RAE) is questioned in heaven by the starkeeper (GENE LOCKHART) about what he did on earth.
His story begins one night in an amusement park in a small Maine town in the year 1900. Billy is the barker for Mrs. Mullin's (AUDREY CHRIS-TIE) carousel and is the special attraction of two factory girls, Julie Jordan (SHIRLEY JONES) and Carrie Pipperidge (BARBARA RUICK). Julie is mesmerized by Billy's breezy personality and when Mrs. Mullin accuses Julie of fooling with Billy, he quits his job.
Billy leaves the girls for a drink and Carrie, mystified by Julie's actions, takes the opportunity to confide her secret that she is plighted to Mr. Snow (ROBERT ROUNSEVILLE), a herring fisherman.
When Billy returns to the girls, they are warned by Mr. Bascomb, Julie's boss who happens along, and the town police-man, that Billy has a record of bedazzling girls and taking their money. Julie disregards their admonition.
Julie and Billy, missing for days, turn up at Nettie Fowler's (CLARAMAE TURNER) restaurant on the pier where fishermen gather to announce that they have been married.
Two months later Billy is talking with his unsavory friend, Jigger (CAMERON MITCHELL). They plot to rob Mr. Bascomb of the mill's payroll, using a clambake at Nettie's as their alibi. Billy wavers when he learns at the festivity that Julie is to have a baby, but, not wanting to be labeled a coward, he slips off with Jigger.
While waiting for the mill owner, Jigger wins. Billy's share in the prospective loot. When Billy and Jigger attack Bascomb, he whirls, disarms Jigger, draws a pistol and calls for help. Jigger breaks and runs. Bascomb orders a policeman to follow while he covers Billy. Billy, too, makes a break and as he leaps to the roof of a shed, he slips and falls backward on his own knife.
Julie, returning from the clambake, comes on the scene and rushes to Billy just as he dies. Helplessly, she turns to Nettie.
The scene returns to heaven and Billy is allowed to look down, where he sees his daughter Louise (SUSAN LUCKEY) being snubbed because of his misdeeds. Billy is permitted to visit her, becoming visible as he chooses. He consoles her and gives her a star just as Julie comes in to take her to the high school exercises. Julie. sees the star and ponders it.
At the graduation, the invis-ible Billy whispers to Louise to believe the speaker when he tells the graduates that they cannot lean on their parents' success, nor be hampered by their parents' failures. Louisa's young face lights up and Julie is caught happily in the contagion of her joy. Billy, still invisible, walks off with the Heavenly Friend—his job done.
Gordon MacRae Had Feelin'
He Was Right for “Carousel”
Gordon MacRae is a persistent fellow. He wanted to snig "Billy" in Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Carousel”, ever since, while still wearing the uniform of an Air Force lieuten-ant, he saw the play in New York in 1945. He has sung "So-liloquy" and other songs from it in night club engagements for years and when he heard that Twentieth Century-Fox was to make a screen version, laid siege to the part.
He stirred his agent to fren-zied activity and bombarded Production Chief Darryl Zanuck, Producer Ephron and others with telegrams proclaiming his suitability. He signed for a three week engagement in a stage production of the vehicle in Dallas so that studio folk could see how well he played the part. But before the opening Curtain at Dallas, he knew Frank Sinatra had been signed for the role.
But MacRae never gave up. Dallas saw him at his very best and when the run ended, Gor-don kept the sideburns and long-ish haircut he had grown for the role so that he would be instantly available for the picture.
"I knew that I was right for 'Carousel' and that 'Carousel' was right for me," he explained later. "When things are right, they usually work out. I always felt that I would do the picture."
And, of course, he did. Sina-tra and Twentieth Century-Fox met head-on over the issue of shooting the picture in two pho-tographic systems—the new 55-millimeter and conventional Cine-maScope. The upshot was that the day before the production started at Boothbay Harbor, Me., Sinatra walked out. Twen-tieth Century-Fox first replaced him with MacRae and then filed suit against Sinatra for $1,000,000 in New York Supreme Court.
Like Director Henry King, MacRae has some feeling for New England and New Englanders. He was raised in up-state New York and attended Deerfield Academy, in Massachusetts, and admires and tries to live in New England virtues of honesty, thrift and industry.
Born of a well-to-do family, he lived a happy childhood and was absorbed with athletics, specializing in lacrosse and football. It was a singing family, too, and when Gordon decided to make this his career, he was urged only to do it well.
It is an interesting footnote that his first real break came when he replaced Sinatra, who had fallen ill, for a performance on an NBC radio show. This led to a contract and all his subse-quent success.
電影故事
天上人間
據說，天上有一位星宿主任，管理衆多星宿，照耀人間的。他有一個手下「比利貝芝羅」，打算下凡間一次，將因由吿訴他。原來「比利」在人間時，是游樂埸裏的職員，給「慕蓮」太太管理木馬旋轉機。「比利」年少英俊，「慕蓮」太太對他另有用心。當「比利」跟工廠裏兩個女孩—「茱麗」和「嘉莉」——來往時，「慕蓮」太太干涉他，因此「比利」不幹了。
「嘉莉」和漁人「史諾」要好，不嫌他一身腥味，打算和他結婚。「茱麗」對「比利」一見鍾情，大家約好在海邊相會。到時，給工廠老板「巴斯甘」看見，警吿「茱麗」，因爲警察知道「比利」在別個地方愛和女孩子們鬼混，拐她們的錢花用。「茱證」不相信「比利」是這麽樣的人，和他打得火熱。
「茱麗」和「比利」同時失踪了幾天，突然一同囘來，原來結了婚。他們住在「茱麗」的親戚「妮蒂」家裏。「妮蒂」開着家庭餐室，專門做漁人生意的。「比利」因爲失業，寄食「妮蒂」家裏兩個月，十分苦悶。不幸碰上舊朋 友「積加」，「積加」敎他一個救貧方法，乘着狂歡會舉行中，悄悄走去碼頭，截刼「巴斯甘」，有辦法得手，而且神不知鬼不覺。「比利」答應了。到時，「比利」知道「茱麗」有了孩子，滿心歡喜，但爲了答應過「積加」，仍然冒險一試。
合該他們倒霉，「巴斯甘」很機警，而且身上有槍，奪了「積加」的刀，「積加」亡命飛逃。「比利」走時，失足從貨堆跌下來，正仆在刀上，受了重傷，「茱麗」聞訊趕來，「比利」已奄奄一息了。
這就是「比利」撒手人間的前因，不過他念着「茱麗」在人間，還有孩子，計算有十多歲了。星宿主任准他下凡。他到了人間，和他的女兒「露意絲」相見，送他一顆星。「露意絲」相見不相識，後來「茱麗」發覺，相信是丈夫下凡了。
「比利」又隱形跟「露意絲」去學校，看她的畢業禮。講壇上有人演講，勸勉靑年人努力自立，不要藉先人成功而自驕，不要因先人失敗而自餒。「露意絲」很受感動。「比利」察言觀色，知道她有了自信心，將來可以自立於社，不必爲她担心了。
「比利」在凡間的事已完，安然再返天上了。（完）
『馬戲團尤物』快將在本院隆重獻映！
百代公司是專門把歐洲優秀影片介紹到本港觀眾面前的發行公司，主持人是鐘寳璇先生，過去已有不少賣座和到處獲好評的片子貢獻了，遠的暫時不談，最近以前，便有過法國的兩部新藝綜合體:「四十二年風流賬」「巴黎夜來香」。
現在，百代又發動大規模的攻勢了，將快大力貢獻這部規模宏大，法國影壇巨製——「馬戲團尤物」——我們先作簡單的介紹:
★「馬戲團尤物」“LOLA MONTES”這是轟動全世界，法國性感皇后「瑪丁嘉露」的第一部新藝綜合體電影，全片以伊士曼色彩攝成，她的作品如：「歷盡滄桑一美人」頭集和續集，「傾國傾城慾海花」，「春宵一刻値千金」，「娜娜」等，都瘋魔了各地影迷，瑪丁嘉露有著豐滿的胴體，更肯爲藝術犧牲，加上她無解可擊的演技，的確有超於一切吸引觀衆的條件，這是早已被一致公認的事實了。「馬戲團尤物」顧名思義，是以馬戲班爲背景的，這片的規模相當大，在法國影藝名家不凡的手法處理下，成就了一部充滿娛樂性和刺激性的影片，與當年施素德美的「戲王之王」先後輝映！瑪丁嘉露飾演的是個賣藝女郞，爲了攝製這片，單是學習空中飛人和三上吊和其他各種絕技，在名師指導之下，便苦練了年餘，可見她對拍片態度之認眞。在「馬戲團尤物」中，和他合作的有兩位大名鼎鼎的紅星，一循是「暴君焚城錄」的暴君彼得阿吐丁諾夫，飾演馬戲團的團主；一個是「紅菱艶」的性格巨星安東和在祿，飾演貴族，合演的臨時演員，達萬名之多。
五月廿四日「噴火肉彈」瑪丁嘉露偕同夫婿基斯天翟從曼谷飛港的，瘋魔了整個「天堂」，在逗留的七天期內，有一連串不停的節目，到處「噴火」，遺下了羡人的艶影和迷人的「火痕」！
藝海奇材「天上人間」女主角：
莎莉，鍾絲一鳴驚人！
莎莉鍾絲這個名字，在本港觀衆看來，似乎還很陌生，其實莎莉鍾絲自從拍成了TODD-AO式的「奧拉堪馬」及替二十世紀霍士公司拍了這第一部五五式新藝綜合體的「天上人間」（CAROUSEL）之後，莎莉鍾絲的名字早已不脛而走，紅遍美國影壇和劇塲了。
至於莎莉鍾絲怎樣會担任這部「天上人間」的女主角呢？這個問題當然是一般影迷所急於知道的。鍾絲今天的成就，說起來，其經過有如戲劇一般。鍾絲今年才廿一歲，她的臉兒生來很甜美，頭上還有一把閃亮的金髮。在未担任本片主角之前，鍾絲曾在舞台上任過一個短朝的歌劇配角。當時她實在夢想不到一舉成名，担任這部耗資千萬金圓；而又是第一部五五式新藝綜台體電影「天上人間」的女主角。鍾絲雖然沒有經過艱毕的奮鬥，便很容易的躍登明星寳座，但事實當然不是倖致的，還是她自己有著藝術修養與時來運至的機會呢！
在某天的一個上午，鍾絲憑着其歌唱敎師的一封介紹信，往紐約見一位劇員代理人，經過代理人與她面談及試唱，結果相過滿意，卽行聘用鍾絲。經過十個星期的訓練後，卽以鍾絲担任ＡＯ式「奧拉堪馬」一片的女角「露娜」。該片直到現任還只有在美國紐約，芝加哥及羅省三大城市獻映。及至二十世紀了。當鍾絲讀完了畢資堡戲劇學院，她本欲再赴新澤州投考大學繼續深造，後來就因爲路經紐約時順道持著其師的介紹信，往謁上述的劇員代理人斯喜瑪先生，結果鍾絲升學的志願被打破了，不費多少時日，莎莉鍾斯就此一嗚驚人，躍登了紅星寳座。
「天上人間」正在上映了，我們除了欣賞這第一部五五式新藝綜合□□在電影的技術上有特殊成就外；更可獲得莎莉鐘絲在演技上眞正的評價。
歌頓麥里獨具信心
『天上人間』得償所願
在一九四五那年，歌頓麥里當時還在美國空軍服務，充當少尉之職。他有强健的體魄和堅强的個性，平時對歌唱和演戲都十分愛好。某夜，歌頓在紐約的一間夜總會裏，偶然聽到一位歌星唱出了「天上人間」的主題曲(Soliloquy)及其他曲辭之後，馬上發生了極濃厚的興趣。歌頓就此立下了宏願，將來有朝一日他將飾演「天上人間」一劇的男角——比利——這個角色。後來當他知道了二十世紀霍士公司决定開拍「天上人間」一片時，歌頓更爲興奮了，更决心非取得本片主角——比利——這一席不可了。
歌頓於是一方面極力慫恿他的舞台代理人，去電製片主任柴納克，說明他對飾演該片主角的信心及自己的愛好，請求柴氏加以錄用。一方面又爲引起霍士公司當局的注意起見，他毅然接受了大來城某劇埸的聘請，現身說法出任「天上人間」歌劇的主角。但在劇塲的歌劇尙未演出之前，歌頓聞得霍士公司方面經已聘用了法蘭仙納杜拉充當「天上人間」一片的主角。
這一來，給歌頓的剌激太大了，不過歌頓還是沒有灰心，反而在大來城落力演出，大受歡迎，賣座盛况繼續維持了三個星期。直到「天上人間」一劇演出期滿之後，歌頓因爲飾演「比利」一角而留長的橫鬚及頭髮，繼續保留普並沒有把它剪剃。原來他還存着一個希望，準備霍士公司隨時召他充當「天上人間」的主角呢。
歌頓曾經向人說：「我自己很有信心，相信我是最適合飾演「天上人間」一片主角的人選，我的信心我知道遲早總能達到的。」後來果然達到了歌頓的願望了，但其過程也和戲劇一般的演變。
當法蘭仙納杜拉接納充當「天上人間」主角時，霍士公司當局還未决定用最新的五五式新藝綜合體拍攝。直到將近開鏡的前夕，仙納杜拉因拍攝上的技術問題，與公司當局大鬧意見，其後竟衆一怒不顧而去。公司當局爲着亡羊補牢，一方面馬上與歌頓簽約以承其乏，另一方面因爲不甘損失，向法庭控吿仙納杜拉，要求賠償損失美金一百萬元。後來雖然雙方和解下來，但當時巳經哄動一時，成爲美國影壇的一件大新聞。
歌頓麥里與本片導演亨利京同屬北美洲新英倫人氏，對於新英倫人所具有堅强剛毅之德性深心嚮往。歌頓在紐約北部長大，出身於富有家庭，他的童年生活十分愉快，長大後就業於麻省的鹿塲軍事學校。在校時酷愛運動，舉凡一切球類比賽，歌頓必然參加，對美式足球運動尤爲愛好，歌頓除了運動之外，對於歌唱一門實在是家有所傳的。當他决定以歌唱爲其終身事業時，他更不斷的勤奮苦練，以期將他的事業發揚光人。
最後還有一藝壇佳話値得一提的，就是遠在歌頓接替法蘭仙納杜拉主演「天上人間」之前，仙納杜拉在紐約N.B.C.廣播電台担任播唱。一夜，仙納杜拉忽然病倒，影响了歌喉，電台因爲避免影响播放秩序，只得臨時覓人替代，而替代的人正是歌頓麥里，結果成績極佳，因而奠定了歌頓今天在歌壇的地位。
Shirley Jones' True Story Suggests
Fantasy Quality of “Carousel” Role
Shirley Jones, who co-stars with Gordon MacRae in Twentieth Century-Fox's Cine-maScope 55 film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Carousel”, is probably the rarest Hollywood star extant. Although the sole worthwhile theatrical credit she possesses is a second lead in a road company of "Me and Juliet," the petite, 21-year-old blonde is already the star of two motion pictures with an aggregate cost of about $10,000,000 一 Rodgers and Hammer-stein's "Oklahoma" and Carousel." Furthermore she was given star roles in the two pictures without ever having seen either production in their long runs on Broadway or on the road.
As befits the subject of such an extraordinary experience, Shirley is an extraordinary girl. She was no star from Broadway, having been in the chorus of "South Pacific" and in "Me and Juliet," but her luminous quality was instantly recognized wherever seen. Here's her fantastic story:
She walked into an agent's office in New York with a letter from her vocal coach. He listened and after talking it over a few minutes, they signed her. After 10-weeks' seasoning they put her in the role of "Laurie" in the Todd-AO screen version of "Oklahoma,” which so far has been exhibited only in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Darryl F. Zanuck and Twentieth Century-Fox officials saw her in this and signed her for "Carousel" without even giving her a test. This has been done only with established stars, but is unheard of in the case of a player of brief experience.
Shirley was born Shirley Jones, March 31, in Smith,Pa. (Pop. 800), to Paul Jones, proprietor of a brewery owned by his family for generations, and Mrs. Marjorie Williams Jones. She is an only child.
She showed talent for singing as a child. At the age of six she did a solo, "Froggy Went A-Wooing," and never looked back. Her parents were able and willing to give her voice lessons with Ken Welch in Pittsburgh, 28 miles away. For this and many, many other reasons she has always maintained the closest relations with her parents and re-gains them unimpaired to this day. Among other things, her father is her business manager and still gives her an allowance, although it's Shirley's own money now.
She was chosen "Miss Pitts-burgh” in the “Miss Pennsylvania” division of the Miss America contest and as a con-sequence won a year's scholar-ship at "the Pittsburgh Play-house; where she took instruction and gained valuable experience. She had stopped off in New York on her way to New Jersey to investigate enrollment in college there when she called upon the agent, Gus Schirmer; That was the end of college and the beginning of a career.
SYNOPSIS
Billy Bigelow (GORDON Mac-RAE) is questioned in heaven by the starkeeper (GENE LOCKHART) about what he did on earth.
His story begins one night in an amusement park in a small Maine town in the year 1900. Billy is the barker for Mrs. Mullin's (AUDREY CHRIS-TIE) carousel and is the special attraction of two factory girls, Julie Jordan (SHIRLEY JONES) and Carrie Pipperidge (BARBARA RUICK). Julie is mesmerized by Billy's breezy personality and when Mrs. Mullin accuses Julie of fooling with Billy, he quits his job.
Billy leaves the girls for a drink and Carrie, mystified by Julie's actions, takes the opportunity to confide her secret that she is plighted to Mr. Snow (ROBERT ROUNSEVILLE), a herring fisherman.
When Billy returns to the girls, they are warned by Mr. Bascomb, Julie's boss who happens along, and the town police-man, that Billy has a record of bedazzling girls and taking their money. Julie disregards their admonition.
Julie and Billy, missing for days, turn up at Nettie Fowler's (CLARAMAE TURNER) restaurant on the pier where fishermen gather to announce that they have been married.
Two months later Billy is talking with his unsavory friend, Jigger (CAMERON MITCHELL). They plot to rob Mr. Bascomb of the mill's payroll, using a clambake at Nettie's as their alibi. Billy wavers when he learns at the festivity that Julie is to have a baby, but, not wanting to be labeled a coward, he slips off with Jigger.
While waiting for the mill owner, Jigger wins. Billy's share in the prospective loot. When Billy and Jigger attack Bascomb, he whirls, disarms Jigger, draws a pistol and calls for help. Jigger breaks and runs. Bascomb orders a policeman to follow while he covers Billy. Billy, too, makes a break and as he leaps to the roof of a shed, he slips and falls backward on his own knife.
Julie, returning from the clambake, comes on the scene and rushes to Billy just as he dies. Helplessly, she turns to Nettie.
The scene returns to heaven and Billy is allowed to look down, where he sees his daughter Louise (SUSAN LUCKEY) being snubbed because of his misdeeds. Billy is permitted to visit her, becoming visible as he chooses. He consoles her and gives her a star just as Julie comes in to take her to the high school exercises. Julie. sees the star and ponders it.
At the graduation, the invis-ible Billy whispers to Louise to believe the speaker when he tells the graduates that they cannot lean on their parents' success, nor be hampered by their parents' failures. Louisa's young face lights up and Julie is caught happily in the contagion of her joy. Billy, still invisible, walks off with the Heavenly Friend—his job done.
Gordon MacRae Had Feelin'
He Was Right for “Carousel”
Gordon MacRae is a persistent fellow. He wanted to snig "Billy" in Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Carousel”, ever since, while still wearing the uniform of an Air Force lieuten-ant, he saw the play in New York in 1945. He has sung "So-liloquy" and other songs from it in night club engagements for years and when he heard that Twentieth Century-Fox was to make a screen version, laid siege to the part.
He stirred his agent to fren-zied activity and bombarded Production Chief Darryl Zanuck, Producer Ephron and others with telegrams proclaiming his suitability. He signed for a three week engagement in a stage production of the vehicle in Dallas so that studio folk could see how well he played the part. But before the opening Curtain at Dallas, he knew Frank Sinatra had been signed for the role.
But MacRae never gave up. Dallas saw him at his very best and when the run ended, Gor-don kept the sideburns and long-ish haircut he had grown for the role so that he would be instantly available for the picture.
"I knew that I was right for 'Carousel' and that 'Carousel' was right for me," he explained later. "When things are right, they usually work out. I always felt that I would do the picture."
And, of course, he did. Sina-tra and Twentieth Century-Fox met head-on over the issue of shooting the picture in two pho-tographic systems—the new 55-millimeter and conventional Cine-maScope. The upshot was that the day before the production started at Boothbay Harbor, Me., Sinatra walked out. Twen-tieth Century-Fox first replaced him with MacRae and then filed suit against Sinatra for $1,000,000 in New York Supreme Court.
Like Director Henry King, MacRae has some feeling for New England and New Englanders. He was raised in up-state New York and attended Deerfield Academy, in Massachusetts, and admires and tries to live in New England virtues of honesty, thrift and industry.
Born of a well-to-do family, he lived a happy childhood and was absorbed with athletics, specializing in lacrosse and football. It was a singing family, too, and when Gordon decided to make this his career, he was urged only to do it well.
It is an interesting footnote that his first real break came when he replaced Sinatra, who had fallen ill, for a performance on an NBC radio show. This led to a contract and all his subse-quent success.
電影故事
天上人間
據說，天上有一位星宿主任，管理衆多星宿，照耀人間的。他有一個手下「比利貝芝羅」，打算下凡間一次，將因由吿訴他。原來「比利」在人間時，是游樂埸裏的職員，給「慕蓮」太太管理木馬旋轉機。「比利」年少英俊，「慕蓮」太太對他另有用心。當「比利」跟工廠裏兩個女孩—「茱麗」和「嘉莉」——來往時，「慕蓮」太太干涉他，因此「比利」不幹了。
「嘉莉」和漁人「史諾」要好，不嫌他一身腥味，打算和他結婚。「茱麗」對「比利」一見鍾情，大家約好在海邊相會。到時，給工廠老板「巴斯甘」看見，警吿「茱麗」，因爲警察知道「比利」在別個地方愛和女孩子們鬼混，拐她們的錢花用。「茱證」不相信「比利」是這麽樣的人，和他打得火熱。
「茱麗」和「比利」同時失踪了幾天，突然一同囘來，原來結了婚。他們住在「茱麗」的親戚「妮蒂」家裏。「妮蒂」開着家庭餐室，專門做漁人生意的。「比利」因爲失業，寄食「妮蒂」家裏兩個月，十分苦悶。不幸碰上舊朋 友「積加」，「積加」敎他一個救貧方法，乘着狂歡會舉行中，悄悄走去碼頭，截刼「巴斯甘」，有辦法得手，而且神不知鬼不覺。「比利」答應了。到時，「比利」知道「茱麗」有了孩子，滿心歡喜，但爲了答應過「積加」，仍然冒險一試。
合該他們倒霉，「巴斯甘」很機警，而且身上有槍，奪了「積加」的刀，「積加」亡命飛逃。「比利」走時，失足從貨堆跌下來，正仆在刀上，受了重傷，「茱麗」聞訊趕來，「比利」已奄奄一息了。
這就是「比利」撒手人間的前因，不過他念着「茱麗」在人間，還有孩子，計算有十多歲了。星宿主任准他下凡。他到了人間，和他的女兒「露意絲」相見，送他一顆星。「露意絲」相見不相識，後來「茱麗」發覺，相信是丈夫下凡了。
「比利」又隱形跟「露意絲」去學校，看她的畢業禮。講壇上有人演講，勸勉靑年人努力自立，不要藉先人成功而自驕，不要因先人失敗而自餒。「露意絲」很受感動。「比利」察言觀色，知道她有了自信心，將來可以自立於社，不必爲她担心了。
「比利」在凡間的事已完，安然再返天上了。（完）
『馬戲團尤物』快將在本院隆重獻映！
百代公司是專門把歐洲優秀影片介紹到本港觀眾面前的發行公司，主持人是鐘寳璇先生，過去已有不少賣座和到處獲好評的片子貢獻了，遠的暫時不談，最近以前，便有過法國的兩部新藝綜合體:「四十二年風流賬」「巴黎夜來香」。
現在，百代又發動大規模的攻勢了，將快大力貢獻這部規模宏大，法國影壇巨製——「馬戲團尤物」——我們先作簡單的介紹:
★「馬戲團尤物」“LOLA MONTES”這是轟動全世界，法國性感皇后「瑪丁嘉露」的第一部新藝綜合體電影，全片以伊士曼色彩攝成，她的作品如：「歷盡滄桑一美人」頭集和續集，「傾國傾城慾海花」，「春宵一刻値千金」，「娜娜」等，都瘋魔了各地影迷，瑪丁嘉露有著豐滿的胴體，更肯爲藝術犧牲，加上她無解可擊的演技，的確有超於一切吸引觀衆的條件，這是早已被一致公認的事實了。「馬戲團尤物」顧名思義，是以馬戲班爲背景的，這片的規模相當大，在法國影藝名家不凡的手法處理下，成就了一部充滿娛樂性和刺激性的影片，與當年施素德美的「戲王之王」先後輝映！瑪丁嘉露飾演的是個賣藝女郞，爲了攝製這片，單是學習空中飛人和三上吊和其他各種絕技，在名師指導之下，便苦練了年餘，可見她對拍片態度之認眞。在「馬戲團尤物」中，和他合作的有兩位大名鼎鼎的紅星，一循是「暴君焚城錄」的暴君彼得阿吐丁諾夫，飾演馬戲團的團主；一個是「紅菱艶」的性格巨星安東和在祿，飾演貴族，合演的臨時演員，達萬名之多。
五月廿四日「噴火肉彈」瑪丁嘉露偕同夫婿基斯天翟從曼谷飛港的，瘋魔了整個「天堂」，在逗留的七天期內，有一連串不停的節目，到處「噴火」，遺下了羡人的艶影和迷人的「火痕」！
藝海奇材「天上人間」女主角：
莎莉，鍾絲一鳴驚人！
莎莉鍾絲這個名字，在本港觀衆看來，似乎還很陌生，其實莎莉鍾絲自從拍成了TODD-AO式的「奧拉堪馬」及替二十世紀霍士公司拍了這第一部五五式新藝綜合體的「天上人間」（CAROUSEL）之後，莎莉鍾絲的名字早已不脛而走，紅遍美國影壇和劇塲了。
至於莎莉鍾絲怎樣會担任這部「天上人間」的女主角呢？這個問題當然是一般影迷所急於知道的。鍾絲今天的成就，說起來，其經過有如戲劇一般。鍾絲今年才廿一歲，她的臉兒生來很甜美，頭上還有一把閃亮的金髮。在未担任本片主角之前，鍾絲曾在舞台上任過一個短朝的歌劇配角。當時她實在夢想不到一舉成名，担任這部耗資千萬金圓；而又是第一部五五式新藝綜台體電影「天上人間」的女主角。鍾絲雖然沒有經過艱毕的奮鬥，便很容易的躍登明星寳座，但事實當然不是倖致的，還是她自己有著藝術修養與時來運至的機會呢！
在某天的一個上午，鍾絲憑着其歌唱敎師的一封介紹信，往紐約見一位劇員代理人，經過代理人與她面談及試唱，結果相過滿意，卽行聘用鍾絲。經過十個星期的訓練後，卽以鍾絲担任ＡＯ式「奧拉堪馬」一片的女角「露娜」。該片直到現任還只有在美國紐約，芝加哥及羅省三大城市獻映。及至二十世紀了。當鍾絲讀完了畢資堡戲劇學院，她本欲再赴新澤州投考大學繼續深造，後來就因爲路經紐約時順道持著其師的介紹信，往謁上述的劇員代理人斯喜瑪先生，結果鍾絲升學的志願被打破了，不費多少時日，莎莉鍾斯就此一嗚驚人，躍登了紅星寳座。
「天上人間」正在上映了，我們除了欣賞這第一部五五式新藝綜合□□在電影的技術上有特殊成就外；更可獲得莎莉鐘絲在演技上眞正的評價。
歌頓麥里獨具信心
『天上人間』得償所願
在一九四五那年，歌頓麥里當時還在美國空軍服務，充當少尉之職。他有强健的體魄和堅强的個性，平時對歌唱和演戲都十分愛好。某夜，歌頓在紐約的一間夜總會裏，偶然聽到一位歌星唱出了「天上人間」的主題曲(Soliloquy)及其他曲辭之後，馬上發生了極濃厚的興趣。歌頓就此立下了宏願，將來有朝一日他將飾演「天上人間」一劇的男角——比利——這個角色。後來當他知道了二十世紀霍士公司决定開拍「天上人間」一片時，歌頓更爲興奮了，更决心非取得本片主角——比利——這一席不可了。
歌頓於是一方面極力慫恿他的舞台代理人，去電製片主任柴納克，說明他對飾演該片主角的信心及自己的愛好，請求柴氏加以錄用。一方面又爲引起霍士公司當局的注意起見，他毅然接受了大來城某劇埸的聘請，現身說法出任「天上人間」歌劇的主角。但在劇塲的歌劇尙未演出之前，歌頓聞得霍士公司方面經已聘用了法蘭仙納杜拉充當「天上人間」一片的主角。
這一來，給歌頓的剌激太大了，不過歌頓還是沒有灰心，反而在大來城落力演出，大受歡迎，賣座盛况繼續維持了三個星期。直到「天上人間」一劇演出期滿之後，歌頓因爲飾演「比利」一角而留長的橫鬚及頭髮，繼續保留普並沒有把它剪剃。原來他還存着一個希望，準備霍士公司隨時召他充當「天上人間」的主角呢。
歌頓曾經向人說：「我自己很有信心，相信我是最適合飾演「天上人間」一片主角的人選，我的信心我知道遲早總能達到的。」後來果然達到了歌頓的願望了，但其過程也和戲劇一般的演變。
當法蘭仙納杜拉接納充當「天上人間」主角時，霍士公司當局還未决定用最新的五五式新藝綜合體拍攝。直到將近開鏡的前夕，仙納杜拉因拍攝上的技術問題，與公司當局大鬧意見，其後竟衆一怒不顧而去。公司當局爲着亡羊補牢，一方面馬上與歌頓簽約以承其乏，另一方面因爲不甘損失，向法庭控吿仙納杜拉，要求賠償損失美金一百萬元。後來雖然雙方和解下來，但當時巳經哄動一時，成爲美國影壇的一件大新聞。
歌頓麥里與本片導演亨利京同屬北美洲新英倫人氏，對於新英倫人所具有堅强剛毅之德性深心嚮往。歌頓在紐約北部長大，出身於富有家庭，他的童年生活十分愉快，長大後就業於麻省的鹿塲軍事學校。在校時酷愛運動，舉凡一切球類比賽，歌頓必然參加，對美式足球運動尤爲愛好，歌頓除了運動之外，對於歌唱一門實在是家有所傳的。當他决定以歌唱爲其終身事業時，他更不斷的勤奮苦練，以期將他的事業發揚光人。
最後還有一藝壇佳話値得一提的，就是遠在歌頓接替法蘭仙納杜拉主演「天上人間」之前，仙納杜拉在紐約N.B.C.廣播電台担任播唱。一夜，仙納杜拉忽然病倒，影响了歌喉，電台因爲避免影响播放秩序，只得臨時覓人替代，而替代的人正是歌頓麥里，結果成績極佳，因而奠定了歌頓今天在歌壇的地位。
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