Evening star., 1937-08-20

directed The Informer" for Louise
several score others.
It is disilusioning to report that
Miss Lamour is made more alluring
BY camera men than she was by
nature. She gives one the impression
OF needing to be carefully lighted to
bring out that quality of darting fire
which rapidly is becoming her Spe-
cialty on the United Artists lot. She
has lovely slink, however and her
future in films undoubtedly is not
gravely menaced by our disappoint-
ment that she is not as pretty as her
own picture
Maybe. after all. she is. Our view
OF Miss Lamour, and Mary AStor, too.
was constantly interrupted by the
necessity of casting furtive glanceS
over our shoulder at Mr.. Ford. With
the aid of Tay Garnett, our host,
conspiracy against persons named
Carmody was started on the set. 1t
was the idea of Ford and Ganett that
any one with that name should be
thrown out, just for the exercise of it,
and the only way to avoid being
thrown out was to stand with ones
pants sort of glued against the nearest
wall. The dirty plot was foiled by
the artifice of surrounding oneself
with body guard composed Of Mary
Astor, Raymond Massey, Mitchell, Paul
SchWegler twho played All-American
foot ball very recently, and several
Others
We had been warned that a visit
to the set presided over by Hollywood's
dizziest Irish director would be differ
ent. 1t was So was luncheon with
Tay Garnett, who like Ford, only
milder. In the course of working
around to Walter Wanger, Garnett has
dived into so many corner of life
and encountered so many persons that
his fund of stories is limited only by
the necessity to run over and help with
the editing Of "Stand-In' which he
has just completed.
Aside to any one who will listen:
One of the stories concerns Leslie
Howard. who plays the lead in Stand
In" Of recent day, growing temper
l1lcllIdI, TloW d4 VI lCluSCu W WI N Willie
Charles Norris, the novelist, was on
the set.
Howard" some one explained. as
Norris departed, lis unaccustomed to
working before an audience since he
played Hamlet"
IRON behind the wall of high
priced human flesh, which guarded
us against Ford, the big dragon, We
interviewed him on the subject Of
Hurricane" Just a little bit We
interviewed him, starting with the
question of when he would finish it.
we are never going to finish it,"
said Ford 1T is much too much fun
making it. We all are enjoying it too
much ever to stop. And what We do
gives the publicity department . great
deal to write about. Why, do you
know that in spite of the time We have
spent on it, we don't even know the
story yet"
You can't interview man who talks
like that. so We went over to have q
look at HollyWoods newest miracle
man, George Balanchine Balanchine
used to direct the ballet for the
Metropolitan Opera company, is now
doing the same thing for Samuel
Goldvyn. There is only one Balan-
chine and that one is a sensation out
this way because unlike most dance
directors, he never raises his voice,
Is invariably gentle and as patient as
Confucius.
At this particular stage of his career,
he is surrounded by large herd Of
blonds, brunettes, redheads who, when
Balanchine has finished with them,
will be the chorus in Samuel Gold
vyn's Follies." The herd is composed
Of very beautiful specimens blond
brunette and redheadD.
Two of those learning the intricaci cies
Of Balanchine routine, from tap to
toe, are approximately Washington
girls, The blond one is Kathryn
MulloWny, daughter of the late Judge
A. R. MulloWny. She used to live at
$500 Connecticut avenue, went to
school at Friends, still regards Wash
tngton as home, and seems to know
more people there than does Com
missioner George Allen. Or even