Evening star., 1937-06-23

We did not see. His mother and
father, however, say that he is unpre-
tentious-just marvellous baby with
four teeth who seems prepared to
accept the world with colossal res
ignation until the world proves that
1t IS unworthy Of such acceptance
After that. Heaven alone knows what
David Nelson will do. His mother and
father admit they haven't the Slight
est idea. They give you the impress
sion, however, that it will be all right
with them.
The Nelson's are mamma and papa
who have been places, done things,
seen things. They are prepared tc
talk on any subject from music to
movies. to Maxwell Anderson But
somehow or other, no matter what
the topic under discussion, something
always comes up which brings the
conversation around to babies named
David Nelson.
X
nZZIE, for instance, will admit that
he does not want to be so def
nitely stylized musically that he will
have to drop band leading should the
style change. That. you think at once,
Is a smart idea, but whatever in the
world made Ozzie think OF it? Why
David Nelson made him think of it.!
Don't be silly.
The Nelson's are more than unpre-
tentious parents. They are artists.
You know, artists as distinguished
from "artistes." They have the hu-
mility that makes the difference be-
tween those two types Of show folk.
And the intelligence. There is nice
inclusiveness about their sense of hu-
NOR. It includes the Nelson's, Ozzie
and Harriet. They can laugh at them
selves. rare achievement in their
profession-or, for that matter, in any
other.
You can have a sense of humor,
even broad one, and still take your
work seriously The Nelson's do.
Ozzie wants definitely to play the
kind Of music you'll like tomorrow as
we'll as today. whether he is playing
It into a microphone or into an audi
torium as big as that named the
Capitol Theater.
AS for Harriet, who looks young
because she is young, and not be-
cause science has found ways of re-
vivifying human beings, she is des-
perately serious about making a sue
cess of both radio and pictures. The
only thing wrong with Hollywood so
} far as she is concerned is that OZzie
Is in New York He will 60 to Hol-
lywood, of course, but not until he
gets a part bigger than that which
photographs larger than a pair Of
hands waving a baton in front of a
bunch Of nameless cheeks putting into
saxophones. 1t is his idea that music
Is treated too impressionistically on
too many occasions; that too often
It is a matter of just sound instead
Of sight of the musician In other
words, he would like to do film work,
but with his whole person and per-
sonality instead of Just pair of
hands bea ting time with a baton. 1t
sounds reasonable the way he says it.
* Xxx
Mss H1LL1ARD. speaking OF her
movie career. really comes to
town next week-in celluloid, not
In person. You can see her in her
next R-K-O number at Keith's. 1t is
called New Faces of 1887" Miss
Hilliard not only is one OF the new
faces, she also is the old voice you
have been so satisfied with in vaude-
vile and on the radio for the last
couple of years.
She is not singing with her hubby's
band this week. She has recently
returned from Hollywood, where she
made the picture just mentioned.
Henceforth. between now and Oc-
tober, however, she will be on the air
with, Ozzie. After that they will 60
back to Hollywood together. where
both will broadcast and at least she
will photograph. The odds are that
he too will be a name on picture
theater marques before another IL
months roll around.
X X X X
7 EONARD BERGMAN came to town
yesterday afternoon just in time
to be asked to donate the premises at
1915 e street to Variety Club as
ticket Office for the Steele Williams
prize fight July 20 =. Variety has
turned promoter with proceeds of the
battle to go to the clubs welfare
fund :. The truth about Gene Ford
Capitol Theater manager, as a fisher
man sits back from Norfolk, where he
Is vacationing =. Mr.. Ford catches
fish Of size too small for Carter
Barron, his chief, to use as bait !.
"The Last Train From Madrid" Capt.
tolls next, was screened yesterday i. . =.
II Met Him in Paris" which reminds
90 many movie-goers Of 1T Happened
One Night" returns to the Metro
politan on Friday :. 1t is comedy at
Its brightest When Katharine
Cornell got her honorary degree from