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Fear of the Future. Next, Thailand would be severely threatened. In Bangkok last week, the Great Emerald Buddha, Palladium of the Kingdom, had been dressed in his summer costume of emerald-encrusted gold filigree-a ritual uninterrupted by political tension following the recent death of Strongman Sarit Thanarat. Though a scandal involving Sarit's finances has been tossed into the lap of his successor, General Thanom Kittakachorn, and in the north a pocket of pro-Red outlaws persists, anti-Communist Thailand is still the stablest country in the neighborhood. But it would -have a hard time holding up amid...
Raucous, sentimental, funny and bawdy, 49-year-old Tessie O'Shea is-as an admirer has described her in a dressing-room telegram-"a divine whiff of the Palladium." As the Sophie Tucker of British vaudeville, she is as familiar as a pint of mild in every corner of the United Kingdom, but she has never before appeared in the U.S. Her family was part of the Irish wave that settled in Cardiff and built its docks, but by the time she was born her father had solidly established himself in the newspaper-distribution business. She was "a little...
...long had a tropism for the U.S. and has always wanted to live here. Now she probably will, since a new show-biz circuit is open to her. She has a twinkle of accomplishment in her eye when she remembers that during her first go at the Palladium "my name, it was down amongst the wines and spirits-the way it is here at the moment...
...enough to float Fire Island"; "Sleep, rest, relaxation-where can I buy those?" Her acting, against a backdrop of Old Flame Dirk Bogarde's flexing jaw muscles and travelogue shots of Olde England, may be the best of her career. The most revealing scenes are onstage at the Palladium. On opening night she stands in the wings, fingers snapping, as her rapport with the orchestra becomes almost physical; then with a final cry of "Go!" she struts into the spotlight and begins to sing. If the Judy who once stole Andy Hardy's heart is gone somewhere over...
...over the little Lufts, and a whole catalogue of physical ills plagued her throughout the filming. For the fans, this foreknowledge will only give an extra dollop of poignancy to the plot-a bit of fiction about a famous American singer who comes to London to perform at the Palladium and, concurrently, to rekindle an old flame and win back an abandoned child. To other viewers, it may explain why Judy Garland at 39 looked like a puffed-up Edith Piaf even though today, at 40, she looks like a million. Merciless photography highlights the bags under the eyes...