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Evening Star, Issue 26151, 12 July 1947, Page 10

and the veteran moviemaker was to touched his tears flowed-; freely.. The card bore such'names .-as Elmo II miur (Hollywood’s first Tarzan and- a DeMille veteran of 35; years),- J>ave Dunbar (who has been in every DeMille film f0r,25 years), Julia Faya (who has played in 57-DeMille pictures), and - Rudd Fine, Robert St. Angelo, Biackio Whiteford. and - Genevieve Bell, all of whom have worked with .“ C. 8.” for more than two decades. , Murder in Hyde Park *’ While most of London slept, stars of the new Sydney Box production,.. ‘ Good Time Girl ’—Jean Kent,"Dennis -Price, Bonar Colleano, jun., and Hugh MacDermott-r-spent their nights im Hyde Park re-enacting the case of the ‘ Cleft Chin ’ murder- London police extended full co-operation to a Shepherd’s Bush film unit under Director David Macdonald to film in Hyde Park during a series of all-night locations. As soon as the park gates closed at midnight and all traffic stopped, the cameras began turning on one of the, most thrilling moments of this study of ’teen-age delinquency. This is the incident where Jean Kent, leading a life of crime, and two U.S. deserters (Bonar Colleano, jun., ,and Hugh Mae r Dermott) hold up and kill a motorist (Dennis Price) in a desperate attempt to break through a police net.'. Charles Starrett —Long-term Western Star Charles Starrett lias signed a new four-year contract wdth Columbia Pictures that .will give him a record of continuous service at one studio never approached by any other western star. To date Starrett has been starring in Columbia Westerns for 12 years, which in : itself exceeds the best record of any other western actor, and the pact wiil carry him through his sixteenth year under the Columbia banner. .It provides for eight, pictures each-.year. Inasmuch as Columbia recently became the home range for Gene; Autry westerns, the retention of the Starrett features will make it the predominant studio in the field of wesetrns. Special Watchmen for Linen There is a special watchman on; th* set- of the 20th Century-Fox romantio drama, ‘ Miracle on 34th "Street,’ in which John Payne, and Maureen O’Hara are starred. Although almost 15,000 dollars’ worth, of antiques are used on the set, he is not interested in them. He’s there to .keep his, eye on the two dozen .sheets and pillow slips which are used daily in a bedroom scene. These are much harder to replace, and much more in demand;.than the antiques. • ",