The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-31
WITH STAND -INS SKATING, SINGING
 NOW, WHERE WILL IT ALL END?
One Girl Marbles, Another Poses,
 For La Moore
BY PAUL HARRISON NEA Service Stan Correspondent

bL PAUL HANNAbON
 NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 EIollywood-Nobody knows just where this stand-in business is go- ing to end. Every star has stand in for the cameras and lights. Son. ia Henie has a skating stand-in. And Grace Moore has a singing Stand-in.
 The latter's name is Irene Crane. She is a trim little brunei, who doesn't look in the least like Miss Moore. But her voice re- sembles Miss Moore's. In fact, if sound tracks of the two voices are examined under microscope, they literally look alike.
 Miss Crane has been singing in for more than year, ever since Miss Moore began working in Love Me Forever" But nothing was said about her unusual job until some other warbling stars, notably Lily Pons, recently ex- perimented with the idea.
 AS far as Grace Moore is con- cerned, it works fine. She has 8 camera stand-in named Lynn Rodney, who resembles her in face and figure. Miss Rodney poses for long, tiring periods while pho- tographers focus their cameras and arrange their lights. This saves the stars energy.
 Miss Crane sings all group re- hearsals for Miss Moore, makes test recordings of her numbers, and hits 8 few typical More-ish notes while the sound men twist their dials to get the tone levels strengthened out.
 This saves the stars voice so it can be fresh and strong for the actual finished recording of the song.
 Lot of Monkey Business
 A great deal of trying monkey business is involved in getting 8 satisfactory recording. For ex- ample, Miss Crane made from 12 to IS wax records of each Grace Moore song in Love Me Forever" and ""The King Steps Out"
 These were played and studied by directors and star, who made notes on tricky recording charac- teristics of certain passages. Re- sut was that Miss Moore was able to get them just right in a copule of trials.
 In her current picture, Inter lude," she has a whistling number with 50 boys, the St. Luke's Chor- isters. It was Miss Cranes job to rehearse with the boys so they would become familiar with what they were to do.
 They practiced four days and finally made a trial recording. Then, before the real recording, Miss Crane and the youngsters sang and whistled the whole thing for Miss Moore and the directors. A few changes were made, after which the star stepped in and made the final take the first time. Trained Singer
 Miss Crane is not such an anony- nous personality as are most stand ins. She has made concert tours in America, and appears in musical comedy and opera in Paris, Milan, and Rome. Made movies in Italy, sang on the radio in London, and in New York played in some straight dramatic productions most ly Ibsen.
 She's Boston girl, Q graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, and knows 18 operas. All this training has made her very valuable to Miss Moore, and her wage is five times what the ordin- ary stand-in receives.
 Occasionally she really gets ir- to pictures. You saw and heard her sing in San Francisco" Popular Pickfair
 quickest way to learn who's tops in fan favor is to ask tourist guide. These fellows pilot visitors around Hollywood and point out the homes of stars.
 I asked MT. Ludwig. MT. Lud- wig said most people first ask to see Pickfair, because they've heard it's such 8 beautiful estate. But they talk mostly about Shirley Temple and Robert Taylor, and are a little disappointed when they find these favorites don't live in pretentious mansions.
 Mary Astor's house has been pointed out to thousands. So has the new home of Fred Astaire.
 For some reason, visitors are especially curious about the houses of divorced stars-Carole Lombard, Jean Harlow, William Powell, Ruth Chatterton, Dolores Costello.
 Sentimentalists still ask about the homes of Will Rogers, Marie nressler. and John Gilbert.