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Evening star., 1938-10-16
Another Hit
.Chalked Up
BY Morley
His Oscar Wilde
Keeps Theater
Alive.
D. IT, TU .Ifl
By Ira WOlferf.
NEW YORK.

| 4>c" OAeAA'
While George S. kaufman and Moss
Hart were making a pretty fiat state
ment, In a piece called Fabulous
Invalid" of the fact that the theater
will never die, Robert Morley went to
work and proved it with a portrait Of
Oscar Wilde in a play of that name.
This is a little astonishing, since the
Messrs. Kaufman and Hart are Ameri-
cans and both Mr. Morley and his
playwrights Oeslie and Sewell Stokes)
are Englishmen. 1t is supposed. to be
the English who are the bores letting
the theater go pale behind the foot
lights and missing its point entirely.
The point of the theater, of course,
is that it spends its two hours night
being wonderful. Mr.. Morley made
that point in performance that car
ried him overnight to stardOm, mean
ing that his name is now billed ahead
Of the title of the play. Mr.. Kauf
man and Mr.. Hart failed-not grue-
somely, only by the breadth of yawn
to make that point.
Oscar Wilde was a lily-like man,
white and fat, who wrote wittily and
beautifully and, occasionally, intelli-
gently His life was the scandal Of
the Victorian era. The people Of that
day believed it was Mr.. Wilde's man
ners that were the scandal. In this
day, the tendency is to think the
scandal was the manners OF the era.
Anyway, Mr. Wilde was the great
man of his day and his life was
smashed by court that sentenced him
to jail for two years. For q moment
after his release, be believed his pun
ishment would be confined to the two
years in cell, but he soon discovered
the truth. To England, he was an
open sore that only the grave could
cover. He was looked upon with NOR
bid curiosity or disgust. He went to
Paris and drowned first his heart,
then his mind and finally himself in
| absinthe The Victorians did not
grieve over his end. They killed him
at the height of his literary powers
and what that cost the printed and
spoken word can only be guessed.
BY process of rigid exclusion, this
life has been made into play in
three acts Mrs Wilde and their two
children do not appear, nor are they
even mentioned, but Frank Harris does
| appear, Is q stalwart Boswell offer
ing help in exchange for information.
And lsced around him and Mr. Wilde
are the beautiful youths, among them
Lord Alfred Douglas. who eventually
unnamed the great author in the
public view.
For an actor, Of course, the play
! (see WOLFERT, Page F-2.)
Evening star., 1938-10-16

AiS ocAACo w IllC OIL CCt dllu cCCulk d
sewer excavation shakes his fist at
the heavens and screams, "Butchers!"
The screen seldom has been en-
ployed for useful purposes, and it is
doubtful that this expose will serve
as any particular warning to the S.
100000 customers. 1t may awaken in
few consciousness of the dangers
Of propaganda, which the alert de-
tected in the radio coverage of the
Czechoslovakian crisis. When the
movies are added to the forces de-
picted in Thanks for Everything"
there is no remote chance of America
staying out of any war in which it
has been decided it shall enter.
Technical errors in pictures Away
aggravate the crafts involved. No
matter how good Hollywood's inten-
tions are, Of necessity the drama must
be nodded to produce the best enter
tainment without regard for the storm
that derelictions may cause in the pro-
LESSONS affected. For some reason
the studios stand in particular awe
of the doctors and they strive valiantly
through the use of competent technical
advisers to confine themselves within
technical boundaries. But even in
these they slip. Most outraged are
newspaper men who see their craft
maligned. Probably there has never
been a picture made without glaring
errors Reporters are always writing
headlines and telling managing editors
what to do. All desks are cluttered
with telephones and cub reporters
feverishly read proof In defense, the
producers say that it looks good, and
so what.
At Che moment, two pictures are
under way which will provoke the
customary abuse from the trades in
volved. In Unfit to Print" Warmers
have installed a composing room for
newspaper, in which the compart-
ments of the type cases are all the
same size and the forms on the stones
are an assortment of tabloid, seven
and eight column pages. Sixty extras
were engaged to fill the newsroom in
the roles of reporters. number, that
would drive any city editor nuts. The
authors wanted to use the ancient
type-lice gag, which confused the prop
department. Instead of using the ap-
proved method of loosening the locked
forms so that the type could be
squeezed together to shoot the water
into the eyes of the gullible novitiate.
holes were bored through the lead
slugs and syringe was operated from
beyond camera range. On the wall of
the newsroom is sign, BE Sure
Your Right" and no one caught the
error until an irreverent press agent
asked, do you mean Be sure your
right hand knows what your left hand
is doing'?"
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Who Now Is the First Lady of Hollywood?
Bette Davis Margaret Sullivan and Ginger Rogers Among
The Leading Contenders for the Role.

semi comic ladies I would stand in a
line all day to see. And, II Bette
Davis or Margaret SULLIVAN ever
topples off that throne, Irene or
Claudette or Jean can take over as
far as I'm concerned
What of Deanna Durbin-the sing
ing adolescent. who jumped from OBJ
scurity' to fame in Three Smart
Girls" and has leaped higher with
every subsequent picture? It's dollars
to dimes that when a follow-up on
this story is written in 1910 or 194l
the star sitting on the throne of the
first lady of the screen will be Deanna
If not sooner
(copyrieht. 1898. by the North American
Newspape Alliance Inc)
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Bv SheilQk Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Who is the first lady of the screen?
My personal candidates for the top
position (held by Helen Hayes on
the stage and Spencer Tracy among
male flmites) are Irene Dunno, Ginger
Rogers, Bette Davis, Myrna 10y, Mar
garet SULLIVAN. Claudette Colbert,
Carole Lombard, Luise Rainer, Jean
Arthur. Deanna Durbin, Shirley Tenn
pie and Norma Shearer. Now, which
of these ladies should be crowned
queen of the silver screen?"
Before continuing-here is my def
milton of what first screen lady"
means. An actress who can always
be relied upon to give a good perfor-
mance-in spite of her picture-who
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Mothers Help
Daughters
Careers
Film Makers Frown,
But Admit Mamma
Knows Best.
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD.

IncongruouS as it may seem, sorrow
has given birth to many of the most
successful feminine careers in the
screen colony.
Death, divorce and desertion actually
are responsible for many girls climb
to the starry heights.
Fathers are seldom willing to accom-
pany daughters to Hollywood or even
to stand by while the girls fight for
their screen opportunities In such
circumstances, mothers show better
generalship-> more patience and deter
mination. But only when the home is
broken does the average mother get
chance to realize her ambition.
Records from years back indicate
that the mother daughter association
is the surest route to film stardom. A
girl alone in Hollywood has a tough,
uncertain row to hoe. When mamma
comes along, the girls chances of
success are automatically doubled. Pro-
ducers don't like to have movie mothers
around, but all of them admit that
statement is true.
in the movies had its birth on a May
day in 1909 when curly-headed little
Mary Pickford climbed the steps of
the Biograph Studio in New York City
and got a job under D. w. Griffith.
From that moment on to the day of her
death, the movies had a mother-a
mother whose intelligent surveillance
over her daughters affairs has hardly
been paralleled by any modern alli-
ance.
Mrs. Charlotte Pickford, mother OF
Mary, Lottie and Jack, all of whom
attained fame on the screen while
Mary was earning her title as Amer
ica's Sweetheart" ruled her brood
Mary in particular-to the practical
exclusion Of all outside forces. An ex-
cellent business woman, as well as an
understanding mother. she assisted
Mary materially in building up one of
the screens greatest fortunes.
Mary never made the slightest move
without first saying, Il must ask
mother about that"
The mother of the Talmadge trio.
Norma, Constance and Natalie, took
an active part in guiding their careers
Mrs. Peg Talmadge, she was called,
and many studio executives learned at
one time or another that any word
from her about her daughters was
law not to be disputed.
These mothers are no longer i'm
portant in the Hollywood production
scene, but other mothers Of current
stars have taken their places.
Most important and influential of
all is Mrs. George Temple, who has
guided Shirley's brilliant career for
(see HEFFERNAN, Page F-2.)
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Terry Kilbourne
Cast in Topper

Terry Kilbourne, the juvenile Brit
Ssh actor who won favor for his per-
.formance in Lord jeff" has been bor-
,erowed from M-G-M for featured role
lin Hal Roach's Topper Takes a
"Trip" He joins cast headed by Con-
Stance Bennett. Roland Young, Billie
Burke and Alan Mowbray.
] Topper Takes a Trip" is the COM
hedy sequel to last years Topper" and
lis being directed by Norman z. Nc
sLeod.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Bette Davis to Play
Queen Elizabeth.

Queen Elizabeth" an original story
based on the life of England's Virgin
Queen, has been announced by Warner
Bros. as the co-starring vehicle se-
lected for Bette Davis and Enrol
Flynn following their first appearance
together in The Sisters"
Miss Davis will play the title role
in Queen Elizabeth" with Flynn as
the Earl Of Essex. The popular his
torical story will be given new in
depreciation in the Warner Aim.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
There Are ManyWomen
For the Good of Romance

many beautiful women here for the
good OF love and romance. For every
desirable man there are five beautiful
women. And instead of the woman
being the center Of the mans life ne
is the center of the woman's life.
"r don't want man I have to
court. The other women can have
him. Any happy romance is built
on the alteration of the man for the
woman. When the thing Is reversed ro-
mances don't last"
Maybe, folks, Miss Fenwick has put
her finger On the Gttuatiou.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
COMING
ATTRACTIONS

NATIONAL "I'd Rather Be
Right which, of course, is the
gay musical satire on the New
Deal and which brings George
M. Cohan back to town. Opens
tomorrow night.
EARLE-"Garden of the Moon,"
musically embellished tale OF
the doings in a hotel night
club, with Margaret Lindsay,
Pat O'Brien and John Payne.
Also q new stage show, featur-
ing the Stroud Twins. Starts
Friday.
CAP1TOL-"Sing, You Sinners,
comedy tale of three crooner
brothers, with music, to be sure,
for the star is Bing Crosby.
And a new stage attraction.
Starting Friday.
LITTLE-"Un Garnet du Bal"
or, in the English title, Life
Dances On" the story of a
woman who finds a lot OF
tragedy when she looks up the
owners of the names on an old
Garnet du bal-dance program
to you. Starts this afternoon.
METROPOLITAN-"Little
Women" revival OF the Katha-
rine Hepburn hit. slated for
Friday, but may be held back
again by you Can't Take 1t
With You"
KEITH'S-"The Mad Miss Man.
ton," new comedy starring Bar
bara Stanwyck, scheduled to
follow Deanna Durbin's THAT
Certain Age"
PALACE-"Suez," the story Of
the canal, with Loretta Young
and Tyrone Power, on the
books to follow the Gable-Loy
adventure. ''Too Hot to Han
dis"
Evening star., 1938-10-16


{ Garbo spent many years in single
Z type role. While a great many per-
sons insisted that she was capable of
great variety of character interpre-
tstions, Metro -Goldwyn-M Mayer was so
enchanted with the way she played
heartbreak, it could not abide the
thought of her doing anything else.
Audiences were enthralled with it, too,
but not to the degree the studio was
So all of sudden, it seemed, audi
ences began looking around for new
enthrallrnentS. Exhibitors protested,
the independents going so far as to
put Miss Garbo on one of their harShly
conceived and loudly read indices ex-
purgatoris, or whatever they call them.
Her new attitude, one suspects, may
be related to- the condition of box
Office anemia which seemed to be on
the verge of becoming acute. Behind
it is different disposition on the part
Of the studio. which even now is in
telligently preparing to let Miss Garbo
play the role of Nine Curie in pic
ture which should be so alien to the
others that the immigration authori-
ties will be interested.
Garbo fans, who still are legion
even though they had become some
what tired, will welcome the change.
After all, Conquest" was not her
fault even if it was not her greatest
success. No single actress, even the
magnificent Greta, could earn back
the s2,800.O00 which reputedly was
spent on that super-blooper.
On the eve of the opening Of I'D
Rather Be Right" which comes to the
National tomorrow night, it is pleas
ant to contemplate the freedom of
speech aspects involved in the George
Kaufman-Moss Hart lampoon. In
great many countries you can name
for yourself, the playwrights today
would have concentration camp ad-
dresses, if any, for merely thinking
the things they set down in their
sparkling musical asides on govern
ment and its servants. Here, on the
contrary, they are rewarded with one
of the most collosal shares of the re-
public's wealth ever amassed by
pair of dramatists for entertaining the
masses at the expense of their rulers.
In the less than a year since it
.open1Q IN Boston, I'D Rather Be
Right has become sort of national
institution. It's value as a minority
report, which has made it the sue
cess Is tA is enhanced magnificently,
of course, BY the presence of George
M. Cohan In the role of President
Roosevelt.
E AS minority report, too, it is des-
tined to enjoy vastly wider circula-
ton than usually falls to the lot of
such compositions. With Mr. Cohan
and the remainder of the large cast
intact, it goes on from here to the
tarthest reaches of the republic.
:. Washington's reaction to the play
already has been settled. That it will
set a new attendance record at the
National definitely is assured.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
War Hysteria Propaganda
Now Will Be Attacked
By Hollywood Satire
Thanks for Everything Transforms
An Average Man From Pacifsm
To Enthusiastic Hostility.
By Douglas ". Churchill.
HOLLYWOOD.

considerable social significance
CentlyFox where Thanks for Everything" will
ity the
Whelan
The plot deals with Haley discovered through
him
right
the Secretary fol to
this changed
With
newspapers
hostility takes propagndize
enlist
all slbstantaed by which Menjou
contribution to his bgency bombing outside his
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey tNe ABSOCIHVe0 FIeSS.
HOLLYWOOD.
Jean Fenwick, golden haired young
movie lady from the British West In
dies, calls Hollywood "the Corrigan
of romance"
"It's just all turned around here"
complains Jean. When fall in love
want to be the only girl in the
mans life, I want to be the center
Of his attention. That's impossible IN
Hollywood.
"And that's because there ar0 too
Evening star., 1938-10-16
brent With Bette.

\ After testing Hollywood's leading
Smen for month, Warner Bros. has
sselected George Brent to appear op-
sposite Bette Davis In Dark Victory"
3. Brent appeared last with Miss Davis
tn "JaZebel."
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Added toCast.

Humphrey Bogart and Donald Crisp
have been added to the cast of Okla
homa Kid" James Cagney starring
picture. Rosemary Lane will play the
feminine lead in the story OF the old
West
Evening star., 1938-10-16
A Brand>New GarbO' Arrives
And the Legend of Silence
Comes Crashing Down
The Sphinx of Old Returns Talking,
With New Line to Keep the
Old Line at the Box Office.

The associate producer the which
part called
Better get down here quickly"
whats happened" snapped
Something's happened Garbo"
mot
"No she's alive" talking
glasses
ss StokoWsk in the SIS, She
II it had black
been behab But
the aoof crashing pleasantly about surprised
Just what happened
which
reason nimportant Perhaps
VEIL behind those
cloak and revealed nerviews
perhaps sufficiently pleasant
Irresistible
business Is specializing
that Miss
O
Evening star., 1938-10-16

(See HEFFERNAN, Page F-2.)
Evening star., 1938-10-16

(eee WOLFERT, Page F-2.)
Evening star., 1938-12-11

with pigeons came in 1918 when General
Pershing sent hurry call to the States for
trained homers.
They were first used on the American front
in the Aisne- Marne drive when seventy-two
birds were released during the action with
out the loss OF single message During the
Meuse- -Argonne engagements 442 birds were
released and 4O3 messages were delivered
hands. Considering the fact that homing
pigeon is expected to require about ten days
Evening star., 1938-12-11

training before he can be sure of returning to
his stationary loft. this feat was made more re-
markable by the fact that the Meuse- Argonne
birds had only been on that terrain for five
days.
Since then, of course. the Army has gone
in for pigeons in big way and today you will
find scads of birds qualified to perform even
greater feats. At the Signal Corps base at
Fort Monmouth, N. j.. for example. you will
find one contingent of homers in service who
will return to mobile lott after only three
Evening star., 1938-12-11

days practice - quite an accomplishment,
indeed, in view of the fact that, under normal
circumstances, all pigeons home" to
permanent residence.
You will find another even more impossible
group who. in contradiction of centuries of
pigeon instinct, fly at night. As thousands of
pigeon-racing fans know, this is phenomenal.
for even the best trained racing pigeon will
alight at dusk if he hasn't reached his obiec-
tive.
For military purposes. however. night
flying bird was considered so valuable an
asset that the Signal Corps set out to develop
one.
1t took several years of patient labor sea-
soned with many discouraging set-backs, as
Major Robert Milne, the Army's crack
pigeoneer, can testify. But by dint of mating
the outstanding performers, selecting the
most intelligent ''squeakers" from the hatch.
rearing them in dimly-lighted lofts, and
allowing them to fly only in twilight at first.
a group of night f1iers has been developed
which are the marvels of the entire pigeon
world.
Strangely enough, skill at working in the
dark, says Major Milne, does not appear to be
inherited. 1t must be taught. And the only
birds who master it are those whose los
rate in the higher brackets there being wide
intelligence range among pigeons.
As with all homers, the fundamental step
is in not feeding the birds before they are
thrown up 50 that they will instinctively
return, hungry, to the loft. Normally this
training begins with short flights of hundred
yards or so when the birds are five or six
weeks old. Those that are to be trained to
return to mobile lofts. however. are taken
(Costiswsd o. poss ~
Evening star., 1938-12-11

TAsr and west the war drums beat; the
quiet of the night is broken by the omi-
nous sound of marching boots and clank-
ing caissons; distant planes drone in the sky
yet through it all the knowing ear can
discern the whirring wings Of the dove.
Peace or war. the dove will be in the thick
of it either with the traditional olive branch
or more prosac metal capsule For it is a
strange contradiction that our legendary
symbol of love and serenity is also the war
bird par excellence.
1t is all very we'll to put the eagle on colo
nels' collars and on the Great Seal but the
only bird which has actually gone to war in
droves for fifty centuries is the dove or
pigeon.
Back in the DAYS of Solomon the Persians
and Egyptians used them: more than 1000
years ago Brutus employed them when
Antony had him bottled up in Mutina; the
Saracens enlisted them agains, the Crusaders:
during the Siege of Paris they played yeo-
man role and in the World War there were
probably half million of them in action on
both sides.
The survivors of the Lost Battalion. who
recently celebrated an anniversary in New
York. owe their thanks for that banquet to
Cher Ami - honing pigeon who, despite a
broken breast bone and leg fractured from
shrapnel brought back the message which
resulted in their belated rescue And nobody
will ever know how many thousands of other
men are alive today because of the unbeliev-
able forttude and skill of such famous mill
tary messengers as Spike. The A1ocker. Big
Tom President Wilson. Cuisv Bill. Lady
Osman. The Dundee Life Saver. and others OF
their feathered buddies
The American Army's first official contact
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