European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes thursday july 2, i Hummus Ala Bamus or nothing says Capp phony Salomey must go cartoonist declares by Vernon Scott Hollywood up Madcap cartoonist Al Capp landed in movie town threatening to Clos Down the film version of his i l Abner comic strip in a Ruck Sove a a re not going to get away with this outrage he railed re Ferring to producers Mel Frank and Norman let pm alone when they cast the Hitman beings for the picture but they be absolutely ruined everything by hiring a typically phony Hollywood pig to play Salomey. I won t stand for ," he stormed a jaded method acting Hollywood pig witha fast talking agent who will prob ably show up for work in a Chi sports car. And from what i hear this Bigham is Only doing the picture As a tax loss. If that in t going whole hog i la roast this imposter Withan Apple in its Mouth Capp s face softened momentarily As he described Salomey. She s a Hummus Ala Bamus he explained. The most Loving kind of pig in the world. She s Sweet and innocent Salomey has be enclose to my heart for 25 years Ever since i started drawing the strip. If i be done nothing else i be educated people to know the Dif Ference Between an Ordinary Ligand a Hummus Ala Bamus. Unless Panama and Frank Finda genuine Hummus Ala Bamus i la close Down the picture. They re not going to defile Public opinion of Salomey. I la see that no expenses Mel Frank a patient Man threw up his arms in anger. We got. This pig from the pig actors Guild he announced. After All. It s Only a bit part the Kin you usually give to a relative. In Hollywood a tree is a tree and a pig is a pig. Cap should know these things before he Start hollering about casting Salomey. If necessary Well take this fight Frank was joined by partner Panama who reported there in t a single Hummus Ala Bamus in Testate of California. I Don t know if they exist anywhere in the re not trying Capp said accusingly. Have you looked insect in is. N. J.? they be got a Lotta pigs in that part of the producing team tried to soothe Capp with promises of find ing a pig to please the cartoonist. Swine Capp replied. Casting an Ordinary pig in this role would be like Mickey Rooney playing the life Story of Albert would never accept any thing but a genuine Hummus Ala Bamus As if you close Down this picture we la Send you the Bill Panama threatened. I m not afraid of threats Cap concluded. If you Railroad a Holly Wood pig into this picture i la see that everybody in the cast eats Ham sandwiches for the next Nape �9 31 54 37 1. 2. Horizontal i1. ,1. Laughable 6. Infant s food 9. Danish land 12. Harangue. Wing 14. Household lean -. Speech of east20. Single units 23. Decay / and of loam25/affirm circuits .29. Run rapidly reluctant35, i positions close by. Residue of turpentine re Roll Ltd cml Robert e. 32. 43 so ii 34 61 49. Eulogy 52. Timeo knife 53. Female Ruff 54. European song Thrush 55. Varying weight of India 56. Roman Money ,7 7� Catkin 8. Vertical ovine Anima Money of account. Director Roma Road kind of fish Pickl Moccasin answer to yesterday s 99 min. 9. Set in a Row 10. Horses heavy liair11. Lock of hair 17. Free19 dutch South r africans21. Element of. Varnish 22. Humming-bird24. Bulgarian Coin 26. Complain 28. Level to the. Ground rare 30. Long period of time. The Public was taken As to w h a i h e r the film should be junked or completed with a stand in naturally the Latte decision was reached and the in vestment was saved. Dinn actress born stage struck by William Glovern new. York a Dina Mer Rill is a Blond Willowy actress with an unusual problem. Miss Merrill you see was born to wealth and is listed in the so Cial Register. The combination keeps getting in i the Way of ? her f Campaign for theatrical career. I m an oddity in the family she says but they Are stuck with me. I was born with a Gypsy Merrill headed for Stock experience Assoon As she completed schooling at George Washington University and the american Academy of dramatic arts. In 1945 she got he first Broadway Chance in the mermaids singing a minor Effort from the pen of John Van Druten i was cast As a Shady lady miss Merrill remembers and my father would t come to see e. P. Hutton a Wall Street broker has looked at he later efforts. Miss Merrill interrupted he career following marriage to Stan Ley Rumbough jr., an executive in two corporations. They have three children a lot of actresses retire for motherhood she says but i took care of the family port four films resuming her career miss Mer Rill amassed a Batch of television credits then went to Hollywood four pictures resulted the desk set a Nice Little ban that should be robbed catch me if you can and Don t give up the in the last she appears opposite Jerry Lewis. Her luxurious background says miss Merrill is a mixed Blessing doors open but then i have to be twice As Good As someone else. The most annoying thing shaving to convince people that my acting in t a whim and that intend to keep on she added. Movie review beginning its tour 6 army and air Force Heaters this the Man in the net Alan Ladd gives lip his Job in a new York and. Agency when doctors advise quieter surroundings for his alcoholic wife Carolyn Jones. There Are romantic involvements and a murder. Suspense with a Surprise ending. A a our Way by Williams in think with All th1 houses there is Aroun Herb thet 5omebopv Well there s nobody Home me and m too honest n. Been recent under false pretences Yew uni Katf a Eli a is Najr it i i i-.-., enough to 0rin0m hos ack out to a when they seen a Hain t Beem a my Earls a Cowboy with
