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Fixing Macbeth' s
Accent for U.S.
Herald, Special Service
: LONDON. — Orson Welles has just finished yet another
retake of his controversial "Macbeth."- It is due for Lon- .
don showing next month.
T TE first finished this
I— I film in 1947, after
X X having ' produced,
directed and played the
leading role in it.
But he found that few Ameri
cans could understand the very
broad Scots accents.
Then he brought it here — and
found that even good Scots
couian t mane
head or tail of
many of the dia
lects . spoken.
So he set " to
work on a "niodl-
. fled Scots ac
cent" version.
Over and over
again the film
, was- redubbed
with 'accents that
became softer !
and softer in the
process.
Now,' the
strange task is I
done and burly
Welles says be
has acquired a scots accent ior
life.
He is currently in London to
record a radio serial based on the
early life of the most famous of
the . screen characters he has
created, "The Third Man's" Harry
Lime. .
With him, of course, is Anton
Karas, the man with the zither,
who is . now recording the theme
music for the serial.
Canadian brunette Allyn Mc-
Lerle, fresh from stage dancing
successes in New York, is coming
here to play opposite Ray Bolger
in the color musical "Where's
Charlie?" to be shot at Elstree
soon.
It Is another version of the ever-
popular "Charlie's Aunt," with a
litfle more music and lots more
glamor. , „ ,
As you might expect, there.' are
some heartburnings among British
starlets at the choice by Warners'
British chiefs or an outsider for
this British film. But. Teally,
there was no one ' available who
could completely 'fill the bill.
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Robert Morley's younger daugh
ter, Annabel, nggkes her screen
debut in the all-but-completed
film "Outcast of the Islands." She
plays her real life role- Morley's
daughter..
'
Starlet Diana Dors is wearing
two swim suits in the film about
a bathing beauty, "Lady Godiva
Rides Again."
One swim suit is a French cos
tume— a "bikini." the briefest of
brief beach outfits. The other is a
more conventional two-piece. .
Sfie will be "shot" twice in the
film, wearing the two costumes in
separate scenes.
The "bikini" will appear In the
British version. The conventional
swim suit is for America only.
There will also have to . be a
change of title for the U.S. — , the
censors there have also rejected
the use of the word Godiva in the
title!
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