Evening star., 1939-07-05

Wonder if the boys out in Holly
wood ever thought of that.
There's another confusing note
today, too, or maybe it was just our
day to b bewildered. Scanning the
papers, as is our won't every In
dependence Day, we have been struck
by the fact that we had better hurry
right out and see Miss Izetta Jewel,
jr.. in action at the Cross Roads
Theater. It is not the unanimous
high praise of Miss Jewels talents
which is so intriguing, but rather
some of the descriptions of her. One
reviewer sees resemblance to
Katharine Hepburn that is nothing
short of amazing; another finds that
this new Cornell looks like Loretta
Young.
Now a cross between X. Hepburn
and L. Young is something both
confusing, you must admit, and not
to be missed. We also would like
to know now who that tall blond
girl was, the one who came in the
Office the other day. She looked
just like those pictures we had of
Izetta Jewel, jr.
South Riding" Alexander Kor-
da's cinematic tale of life in rural
England, today goes into its Sec
ond week at the Little Theater.
Priscilla Lane, whom you next will
see in Daughters Courageous" at
the Earle Friday, is the typical
American daughter. She's been
voted the title by no less an au-
thoritative group than the Ameri-
can Gold Star Mothers, winning
over such other American daugh-
ters as Cobina Wright, jr., the New
York society songstress; Patty Berg,
the golfer, and Ruth Aarons, the
table tennis champ. Irene"
tuneful show which first saw the
light Of a stage at New York's
Vanderbilt Theater 18 years ago,
came out ahead in the balloting
at the Capitol, leading its nearest
rival, Naughty Marietta" by 700
votes. :. Those winners in R-K-Os
Gateway to Hollywood" contest,
Rowena Cook and Ralph Bowman,
start through the gate in Career"
as Alice Eden and John Archer.
The picture opens at Keith's Fri
day. . Walter Pidgeon hopes he
may be following in other foot
steps, say the footsteps of Jimmy
Cagney after pushing grapefruit
in Madge Evans face and Clark
Gable after slapping a heroine
whose name we forget. Mr.. Pid-
geon gets rough in the Capitol's
next picture. Stronger Than De-
sire" administering upon the per-
son of pretty Rita johnson what
she claims is the first spanking
she's had since she was 8 years
old
Wolfe kaufman contributes some
more stay y-east-young-gir advice in
the American Mercury for July.
In a note on the Hollywood pay
check situation he points out that
the average earning for actors in
1888 was $500 a week, less agents
cuts, managers fees, other expenses.
And this was figured with salaries
of extras and minor bit players
excluded, those of all the high
priced stars included. Include all
the extras and bit players, says Mr..
Kaufman, and the average weekly
figure is in the neighborhood of S45
Did you say there was gold in those
hills? Sonia and Margo, who
dance in the Lake Placid Ice Fol-
lies" at the Earle starting Friday,
can prove they're an INTERNATIONAL
team. Sonia was born in Prague,
Czecho-S -Slovakia, met Margo, a Swiss,
at st. Moritz. . "Slap-Happiness"
Is the title of the stage show which
comes to the Capitol Friday. Its
stars are the Kidoodlers of radio
and Songstress Bea Saxon. In
vitation to Happiness" comes to the
ColIlmhia Friday There's