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STARS ON
THE
OUTER
Bv Roberts Dunstan
HOLLYWOOD
stars are kick-
i n g against
making films on over-
sea locations.
Unless producers g e t
their frozen currency out
of foreign, countries soon,
they face the prospect of
making movies abroad
without top actors heading
the casts. ,
There is a strong move
ment- among the big-name
players to insist upon con
tract clauses forbidding
studios sending them out of
America.
Hardships, I n c 1 u dl n g
several cases where serious
Illnesses hit thqse who
couldn't stand, up to the
change of climate and
food, are part of the
reason for the rebellion.
NO PUBLICITY
But the loss of publicity
and box-office' rating, be
cause of long absence from
Hollywood, has been an in
fluence, too. "
Case histories are plenti
ful.
When Tyrone Power left
for Europe, three ; years
ago. he- was the .top actor
at 20th Century-Fox.' Re
turning a few months ago
to make "Rawhide," he
found he had dropped a
long way -down the ladder,.
He completed the job, and
went straight back to the
London stage.-
Robert. Taylor, who has
been making "Quo Vadis"
in Italy for nearly two
years, has not been on the
screen for that period. And
he has had virtually no
publicity from Italy.
Cary Grant was r.'t hard
with -malaria while playing
in "I Was a Male War
Bride" in Germany, - and
still suffers recurrences of
the fever.
Maureen O'Hara was
probably the first to com
plain, when she returned
from Australia after six
months on "Kangaroo."
Greer Garson. Irene
Dunne and Joan Fontaine
have complained of the
poor treatment they re
ceived from make-up
lighting and camera crews
on foreign locations/
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