Evening star., 1938-06-29

the part Of the youngster who finds
the world enchanting, come what
may. Perhaps, II one Is entitled to
q third guess, 1t is the imagination
struggling to find something upon
which to pin the experience Of seeing
gallant exhibition of coming to
grips with life that is confusing yet
delightful.
Certain 1t Is, in a world that is not,
that young Terry gives performance
every one will remember long after
1t has forgotten those of two such
established child actors as Freddie
Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney.
Both of them are good, their usual
excellent selves, in Lord jeff" But
neither Of them seems so important
as this magnetic son of London's
none too magnetic streets whose per-
formance must leave every adult with
the feeling that the most important
thing in the world is sparing children
from the knowledge that this best of
all possible worlds is not beyond the
possibility Of betterment. Young
Terry Kilburn, for whom great things
are being predicted, makes one feel
that He does 1t, too, in q picture
which ventures to team the two best
boy actors in Hollywood. It is some
thing to remember, especially in view
Of Director Sam Woods prediction
that Terry is the next big child star
in Hollywood. Mr.. Wood is an au-
thority on the subject.
BECAUSE she is going to Hollywood
~ to play in Jack Benny's Artists
and Models Abroad" Cynthia (the
girl who is front-page copy in the
hands Of cafe society becomes
properly a subject for drama pages.
Cynthia, perfection in plaster, is in
Washington this week as the high
light of the International Association
of Displaymen's exhibit at the May
flower.
But that Is not all she Is If one Is
to believe a fraction Of the biography
which Lester Gaba. her designer Cor
whatever the word Isl recounts of her.
Edgar Bergen is no more enthusiastic
over Charley Mccarthy, nor Tommy
Riggs over Betty Lou, than Is Mr..
Gaba over Cynthia. Granting that
she is made of plaster, she is the most
publicized mannikin in the world, or
if one wants to be realistic, the most
publicized CLOTHES horse" in the world.
Mr.. Gaba does not care what one calls
her. Cynthia, to him, is more than
either. She is personality, which is
the reason (maybe you thought it
was the publicity why she is going
to Hollywood to carve out a career
for herself.
Maybe there Is lesson for women
to learn from Cynthia. Maybe there
Is not. At any rate, Mr. Gaba, flip
ping it right of without counting
on his fingers. says Of her that she
has had $4,000 worth of clothes since
last September. Fractionally true,
even. 1t is indicative Of the advantage
Of being a dummy. Cynics, speaking
Of Cynthia. may say also that It is
prophetic Of great SUCCESS for her
in pictures. That Is another thing
which time alone will prove.
So far as Mr.. Gaba Is concerned,
there Is one puzzling thing about Gym
thia. He does not know what she
would talk like if she were not a
dummy and could talk. AS a result
OF a suggestion made to him yester-
day, her apparent personality some
day may startle the circumscribed
world (of cafe society and conven-
tions) in which she moves by turning
on the voice Of, say, Gertrude Law
renee. If Cynthia could only use the
same infections, with the same
dramatic values, Mr. Gaba is certain
she could be Hollywood,s most sue
cessful actress regardless of the fact
that she is wax and was designed
primarily to show how clothes should
be worn. Or Is she adequate without
q voice?
IF YOU want to know how little YOU
know about pictures, heed the
words Of the tongues which are Is
years old. "The Toy Wife" which
critics did not like, speaking gen.
orally, too. seems to be favorite of
both sexes in that age zone. Where