Evening star., 1938-01-14


At Washington airport, where Mi
fault of no one but her uncomfortable
fans that those who admire her
strictly from the box Office standpoint
took complete charge of her arrival in
Washington. There-no matter how
angry she looked about it-Miss Henie
was met by several thousands of those
whom Hollywood rates as her fans.
That she was on her way to the receipt
of one Of the highest honors within
the power of her government made no
difference. It may have been her real
excuse for coming to Washington was
to prove that her box Office pull Is
everything that has been said Of it
but whatever it was Miss Henie more
than justified it.
No matter what you may think of
Miss Henie with respect to the motion
picture industry. she does not intend
always to make her way through the
world simply on the ground that she
can skate better than any one else
Of her sex. 1t is her ambition to play
role in pictures some day that will
have no reference to the fact that
she once won an Olympic skating
championship. She admitted as much
late yesterday after she had been
awarded an honor seldom accorded
members of her sex by the Norwegian
government.
Nor did Miss Henie, perceptibly
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preston. stop there. In response to a
direct question with reference to the
successful mixture Of marriage and
the career OF motion picture acting
she admitted an opinion that they
probably did not go we'll together.
She likes Hollywood and made it very
clear that amateur athletics had Moth
ing to offer that could compete with
the advantages of approaching movie
dom's first 10, which definitely is in
dicated for her during the current
twelve-rnonth.
IF MISS HENIE was disturbed by
her reception at Washington air
port, 1t was nothing as compared with
the fate of the many notables who went
down to meet her Commissioner
Melvin Hazen finally extended the
citys official welcome after crawling
under the wing Of the airplane which
brought her to town Among those
at the subsequent party in her honor
after the ceremonies at the Norwegian
Legation-were j. F. T. OConnor,
Col. Charles Pettijohn, Carter Barron,
Arthur De Titta and scores of repre-
sentatives of the local press Jimmy
Stewart. who may very reasonably
turn out to be one of the movie stars
whose autographs you are seeking dur
ing the Presidents birthday celebra-
tion, will be prominent among those
in the cast Of THE Last Gangster," )"
returning today to the Columbia
Speaking OF those who may be here
for the birthday ball It's rumored from
Hollywood that Myrna 10y may be
among them :. incidentally, if you
have not heard 1t, the time required
to sell the second-balcony seats for
the benefit performance Of Between
the Devil" on January % was exactly
35 minutes ;. But there still are first
balcony and orchestra seats left
Italy will be the subject of Burton
Holmes second lecture, scheduled for
January 10 . Aside to F. Cowles
Strickland: Would any one mind if
We mentioned that in view of the
National being dark next week, the
Civic Theater will have to carry on
the entire tradition Of the living
theater locally >. The Distaff Side"
by John van Druten, will be the play
incidentally. when the National
brightens up again, it Is Room serv-
ice" that will be the attraction
The company organized for the Chi
cago presentation of the George