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Evening star., 1939-05-28
Vaudeville's
Funeral Is

By Franklin K. Arthur,
Associated Press Stan Writer.

HOLLYWOOD.
The movies, indicted long ago for
killing vaudeville. are getting around
to arranging decent burial.
Babes in Arms" may not sound
like title for a funeral grafton.
but its cast lists a dozen or more
two-a-day headliners Of past dec
AIDES as chief mourners, and for
picture purposes Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer officialdom has pushed aside
those who profess to detect signs
OF life in the corpse.
The script, briefly, calls for
comeback attempt by the old timers,
who prove so 'unsuited to the mod
ern tempo that the offspring, led by
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland,
step in and save the old homestead.
Such a procedure will necessitate
"fops" in their roles by hit stars
who seldom failed to panic their
audiences-stars like Irene Frank
lin, Nicely Edwards, Grace Hayes
and Harry Fox, whose names lit
many marquee in this country
and abroad Sour performances
just weren't in their line.
There are others in the cast the
theater-goer of another day will re-
call: Rube Demarest, Patsy Moran,
George Mckay, Joe Cats, Kay des
Lys and Leila Bliss.
They're all playing their roles,
trying to be "corny." But they
don't concede vaudeville's demise.
Some Of them admit they may not
be figures in it-because they're IS
to 20 years older than when the
bottom dropped out of their busi-
ness-but they think it's coming
back.
That goes even for Bushy Berke-
ley, who has the directorial chores
in this one.
Just what do you think?
Here's Berkeley:
There's far more young talent now
than there was during vaudeville's
heyday. I auditioned $50 kid acts
between and Is years old-for this
picture. had plenty of grief trim
ming rs acts to the Is we can use.
Vaudeville will be back some day,
but 1t will be modern. Audiences
have outgrown the old slapstick."
Irene Franklin, whose "redhead"
made her famous and who has done
nicely as a writer in recent years,
says:
Vaudeville helped kill itself with
smut and suggestive jokes. All of a
sudden they pulled the stage out
from under us and we found our
(see ARTHUR, Page F-2.)
Evening star., 1939-05-28

youngsters released from class rooms,
who seized vacation periods to
scamper westward-all with one
thought in mind: The movies.
Throughout the long winter
months back home, they've memor-
lied the lines of standard plays,
waved their arms and spilled their
emotions before what they thought
were spellbound audiences of rela-
tives and friends. They've been told
by doting kinfolks that their stars
lie along the movie horizons, that
Gable has nothing on them and that
Myrna 10y is just standing-in, wait
ing until they reach the movie
capital.
Grady and half dozen other ap-
prehensive studio talent executives
have launched their annual cam
paign to keep the kids at home-at
least to keep them off Hollywoods
doorstep.
The movie-makers haven't been
content in recent years with merely
wishing the youngsters would stay
home. Joined by the Hays office and
the Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce, they've been resorting to de-
vious and ingenious devices in an
effort to convince heads of schools
and colleges that even the most
promising dramatic pupils should
be discouraged from making the long
and hopeless trek to the film capital.
But it won't do any good" said
the detected Grady. mo matter how
much propaganda we spread, each
June sees an increase In out-of town
applicants. Last June, for instance,
the casting departments of seven
major lots reported a total Of more
than 1000 boys and girls coming here
from all parts Of the Nation, many
from distant points in Canada and
a number even from foreign coun-
tries.
I'm spite of all our warnings and
our attempts to explain that we
Evening star., 1939-05-28
SonneDepend,
Some Won't,
On the Past
By SheiIah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
TT has been exactly one week
since any one referred to me as the
former Mrs. Clark Gable" said
Josephine Dillon Gable to your
reporter few days ago. She
added, ''You don't know what a
struggle it has been for me to
become q personality in my own
name. They never say, Josephine
Dillon, per1od'-always Josephine
Dillon, ex-wife Of Clark Gable
Why don't you write a story" con-
cluded the dramatic coach, "of us
poor unfortunates whose apparently
sole claim to present attention or
fame is a label in the past tense?"
As . matter Of record, I do not
think it has hurt Miss Dillon pro-
fessionally to be labeled "ex-wife
Of Clark Gable" 1t has helped
Students have enrolled in her dra-
matte school as much because she
Is reputed to have instructed Gable
In the first rudiments of film acting
a. for the fact she is fine teacher
But It must be continual thorn
In the side of her ego to be con-
stantly tied in print to man she
would have forgotten but for his
emereence as a front rank film
star, believe she is genuine in
her desire to drop the label of the
past.
HOLLYWOOD Is chock-a-block with
peopls who would have little or no
claim to attention today but for the
prefix former" or lex" whenever
thew are talked or written about.
some Of them are glad to use past
inheritance to help In the current
stxvrele. Others would rather be
nonentities than have their past
glory continually thrown up IN the
publicity searchught.
A abort while ago I referred In
TINS column to Duncan Renaldo as
an "old-timer." I did not mean
to hurt him with this label. I
merely wanted to identity him in
the minds Of readers. But Renaldo
was most indignant-told me, among
other things, that (a) he was not
an old-tlmer Che hadn't made a
picture in years at the time):
CD 1t would hamper his efforts for
comeback to be referred to in
the past tense. Which was some
thing I had not thought of-or I
would not have used the word.
Jean Acker, on the other hand.
does not mind how often she is
called the former. Mrs. Rudolph
sntino'-as long as the publicity
IN much-needed work. Miss
Iho was also a big-shot star
GRAHAM. Page F-2J
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Screen 'Mikado' Makes Use
Of Many D'Oyly Carte
Groups Bright Stars
Kenny Baker Supported by Best Known
OF Original Company, With Green
Playing Usual Ko.Ko Role
BY Jay Carmody.

savoyards original tradition in Gilbert
and Sullivan need have
THE Mkado Washington week Topping the
ong may be @ them strange Kenny Baker radio
movie that the
temple Supporting Baker leading Doyy
Carte company custodian Sullivan
the group indeed which
not tolerate the idea of 10th century producers.
Bakers presence in the may
have interpreted the famous
widely than any OF his predecessors That
DUE of to the known to American
audiences better than that Of other member
Most notable of the authentic techncoor tran
scrpon the most popular Martyr
Doyg Carte compans comedian Mr. Washing
here the spring when through repeoe
week the National Another group gives
chorus of Doyly carte together with several other Of the lesser
Will appear IN the picture The London Symphony
Larger Audience Being Sought
For In Light
Behind the production of movie Nkado" ambition which
the most dvout rtuaist admire obtaining
Its production Georey Toy Mr. currently
his position exponent
Gilbert and Sullivan however
which he conducted at the
brilliant and left give
Of the famous duo
first to acquire the film
company breaks with the ritual which pcced the
group.
beginning for Mr. Toye He intends to add
operas rapidly with the quality
Of production at which he aims.
contribution starting Thursday
Hexh- -ho Heishho,
to Work We Co.
Major agenda
movie reporters assignment
Mr. Lincoln" at Sprinhed ILL.,
girls, compensation for
what others call them invited 100 strong the 1889 product
which Twentieth Cen,yFox poudest premiere
day night Springfield picture
deals with that period Lnco
activities.
The importation Of such Of critics. the largest
kind IN cinema history bpeaks pride confidence
the part of Daryl zanuck in Young Mr. Lincoln Such not
unless its verdict
the
than in other section.
Guests
After Film Preview Parties.
Perhaps perhaps
affair studio obligation
of the critic speak vorab of the film be To
credit Of the studio it the exercise complete freedom
of judgment this followed
legitimate thaer invited critics
productions. the other
slightest responsibility of critic
integrity
An elaborate planned connection
premiere of Young Mr. Lincoln"
highlight picture course
Anderson more fitting selection would be difficult imagine
Evening star., 1939-05-28

wish to find our own prospects rather
than have them find us, venture to-
say that this June will break all in
vasion records.
If you happen to know Of q boy
or girl preparing for a summer
onslaught on Hollywood gates you'll
be saving heartaches, possible trag-
edy, If you pass along this en-
phatic message from Grady-one in
which all talent executives heartily
concur:
First OF ALL" he begins, don't
come to Hollywood. When that
points settled begin to prepare
yourself at home for that movie
career. Find good teacher and
study every possible moment. You
can do this at home as easily as
anywhere else. Get into every play
you can and play any kind of part.
Do radio work if you can.
Go to the movies and watch
people on the screen. Above all.
don't initiate them, but study their
actions and see how they achieve
certain effects. Make speeches, de-
claim in front of a mirror. A lot
Of established actors still do that
today.
when you have distinguished
yourself locally-but don't accept the
opinion of flattering friends on that
point-choose the closest little thea
ter group that has become prom
inent. You'll find them all over
the country. Travel there and
study there. Those are the places
where you're most likely to be seen
by Hollywood scouts.
The al-important thing is to
get experience and to end up where
you can be seen acting. A thou
sand tests will not show us as
much as one small part on a stage"
If the determined aspirant to film
fame. still feels Grady is merely
popping of" in an effort to keep
his doorstep clear and his job easier,
check over the backgrounds of prac-
tically all the most promising
youngsters contracted by Hollywood
studios during the last year.
With only a few miraculous ex-
ceptions-such as Arleen Whelan,
who zoomed out Of a manicurist's
booth in a barber shop, and Ellen
Drew, plucked from behind a candy
counter-best prospects among star
lets Of screenland today are those
who let talent scouts discover them
in small stage plays or in radio
stations.
Take Laraine Day, regarded as
the best young feminine prospect
on the M-G-M lot. She played
Little Theater stock for three years
before a scout brought her into
the studio. The Little Theater was
q done-over freight station near
Long Beach, but that didn't i'm
pair the girls acting.
The list Of those who stopped
seeking and went into stage or ra-
dio showcases to be sought goes
on endlessly-all piling up proof
that the cards are overwhelmingly
stacked against any boy or girl who
appears at a studio door unlimited.
But what good does it do to
sound OFF," concluded Grady with
q shrug. "The trains and the buses
still run and the highways are open.
They'll soon be pouring in by the
hundreds, all just as positive-as
they were last June-that they're
the exceptions. When think what
happens to lot of those poor kids,
I think there ought to be q law
against I'll"
(Rslssssd by ths North American News.
papeS Alliance, lns.)
Evening star., 1939-05-28

(See WOLFERT, Page F-2)
Evening star., 1939-05-28

Great Lady" is 100000 worth OF
failure. Elmer Rice's American
Landscape" is liked, but not by
enough customers. Here Come the
Clowns" is caviar to the general
Spring Meeting" Is one Of those
Bwitish comedies set In Ireland.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Freddie and Jackie

Jackie Cooper and Freddie Bar
tholomew have returned to the Uni
versal lot to start production of
Bright Victory" first of two CO.
starring films they will make for
this companys new 1939-40 pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
PLAYS Three Roles

Henry Hull, Virginia Grey and
Lee Bowman will head the cast Of
Tod Browning's next mystery
thriller, Miracles for Sale" which
starts production within a week
Hull will play three different roles
in the nictllre.
Evening star., 1939-05-28

~~Se.~t
ert E. Sherwood, Elmer Rice, Max
well Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Sid
ney Howard move into Offices on
Park avenue and set up shop as
producers of their own plays. Every
body (producerS say, wise guys"
Katharine Cornell. brown as snuff,
comes down from Cape Cod and
tells Of years preparation for
"Herod and Marianne" (Reading,
reading, reading books of the period
to get in the mood Orson Wells
goes brooding around the town.
Talk that the Group Theater is
scratching up new scratch and will
do business once more. Rumors of
this and that about the Theater
Guild. Talk that the Worlds Fair
will kick the leg-show trade up
stairs.
September.
Seasons off. Way off; everybody
holding back for the fair boom in
the spring. John Golden presents
Fred Stone in "Lightnin'." Light
nin's too slow for the modern gen.
Grafton. Guthrie McClintic brings
in Missouri Legend" and the book
keeper goes sadly for more red ink.
The Shuberts, Cole Porter, Clifton
Webb, Lupe Velez. Libby Holman
cooperate in the first colossal flop
of the new year-"You Never Know"
The Thester Guild has a charming
play in Dame Nature" but nobody
likes it except the guild. Brock
Pemberton pays off on last seasons
three failures with Clare Boothe's
kiss the Boys Good-by." One hit,
one run, plenty of putouts by credi-
tors.
Helen Hayes lets the town take
another peek at that $4,000, 900 baby,
Victoria Regina" Detroit's Joe
Bates Smith offers an antique melo-
drama, The Devil Takes a Bride"
and it collapses overnight. oscar
Wilde" is WOW. Maurice Evans
uncut Hamlet" has everybody piling
into the theater at $50 and liking
it. j. B. Priestley provides a lesson
in metaphysics with II Have Been
Here Before" and the town flunks.
"Hellzapoppin" starts becoming the
biggest smash in Shubert history.
Kenyon Nicholson's Dance Night"
gives horde of boys and girls jobs
for week. Everybody in the Ply
mouth Theater knows ABE Lincoln
in Illinois" is a hit 10 minutes after
the curtain goes up. Laurence
Schwab's knights of Song" is
tuned out. "Knickerbocker Holi-
day" is gay time for most.
The playwright murders Madame
Capet" before the guillotine can.
Score: Five hits, two by those
playwrights turned producers.
November.
waltz in Goose Step" throws
punch at the Nazis and knocks
itself out. Orson Welles' Murcury
Theater finds a grave in "Danton's
Death" Leave 1t to Mel" starts
selling out. Where Do We Go From
Here?" is that good old college
try. "Herod and Marianne" dies
on the road. The Group Theater
offers Clifford Odet's Rocket to
the Moon" one-third of great
play. John Beal in "Soliloquy" is
terrific in terrible way. "Lorelei"
throws q punch at the Nazis and
falls fat on its face. Score: One
and one-third hits.
December.
Great Lady" is 100000 worth of
failure. Elmer Rice's American
Landscape" is liked, but not by
enough customers. Here Come the
Clowns" is caviar to the general.
Spring Meeting" is one Of those
Bwitish comedies set In Ireland.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Summer Means Vacations,
But Not to Talent Scouts
For in Spite of the Annual Warnings,
Young Hopefuls With No Chance
Still Pound at the Gates
By Harold Hefeynan
By Harold Hefeynan.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Bill Grady, the
| endar pencied ring around a 49,
1T won't hours
og Jam session begnand don't swing either going
| a mighty bad June - ~
Grady was referring the close through
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|SCOUTMASTERS TO
CONVENE TONIGHT
ROundtable Planned at lst
Church to Plan COun-
Gil Activities

Mattatuck Council, Boy Scouts Of
America, Scoutmasters' Roundtable
in the First Church Scout house to-
night at 8 p. m. Frank Schwartz,
Commissioner for the Central Dis
trict, will preside at the meeting at
which time plans will be made for
coming Council activities, TROOP
programs and Training Courses.
Scoutmasters are invited to bring
their assistants and members of
their Troop Committees to this
meeting. At the close Of the meet
ing cider and doughnuts win be
served, dutch treat, and a general
social time enjoyed.
Scoutmasters in the Central Dis
trict include: James Gardner Of
Troop 1, st. Johns church; Ken
meth Downey of Troop, 2, First
Methodist church; Irving Spiers, of
Traoop z, Second Congregational
church; Milton Huffman of Troop
%, First Congregational church;
Harvey Richardson of Troop O.
American Legion; and Lyman Hell
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Thomas, Jean Webster, Doris VIII
son, altos; William Boyd, Harry
Crandall, Warren G.. Crane, Robert
Currie, Edward Hay, Earl E. Tooker'
tenors; Robert s. Bass, J. Laurence
Bentham, Chester BURNETT, James
r. Burton, Homer G. Crane, Henry
Donohue, John Hall David r. john
stone, John Mohr, Charles r. Sumpf,
BASES.
Junior choir-Davis Anderson
Donald Avery. William Brown,
Charles Brownell, Donald Claps, FL
mer Chaps, David Couch, John
Famiglietti, Joseph Famiglietti.
Charles Heebner, James Long, Rich
ard Ruesch, Robert Seymour, Will
lam Smith, John Surgener, James
Walker, William Walsh, Robert Win.
chester, Kenneth Winchester, Jean
Anderson, Audrey Brownell, Marion
Swentor, Rosetta Davidson, Louise
Dorgeloh, Dorothy Dorgeloh, Rosetta
Lyman, Lois Gibbs, Joyce McGrath.
Cecile Grenier, June Grenier, Mary
Lou Jordan, Ann Kurtz, Katherine
Kurtz, Frances LerZ, Doris Manion,
Isabel McGuffie, Nancy Rogers,
Hazel Rose, Shirley Rosie, Helen st.
Louis, Claire Swift, Betyt Seymour,
Isabelle Young, Ruth Dodson and
Ethel Holm.
intermediate choir-Jean Mac
Gregor, Shirley Armstrong, Janet
Surgener, Robert Barrows, Gladys
Claps, George Crandall, Doris
Dov'nes, MAJ Guffie, Lois Hclcomb,
Inthia Link, Robert Manion, Edith
Plume, Harry Liebeck, Robert Ker.
Eunice Reichenbach and others.
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Historical Pageant
To Be Staged Twice
Second Congregational Church Offers COlOrful Pro-
cessiOnaI Sunday and Monday Evenings

1.-THE Celebration of the Christian
Church. an historical pageant Of
Christianity, directed by Charles M.
Sutherland and Mrs. John G. Walk
er, will be given Sunday and Mon
day evenings at 7:30 o'clock in the
Second Congregational church.
The following ministers will march
in the professional Sunday evening:
Rev. Thomas L. Sinclair, DR. Charles
Robertson, Rev. Alan M. Fairbank.
Rev. James F. English, Rev. William
e. Tawkes, Rev. Grant Bourne, Rev.
Howard A. Worth, Rev. William H.
M. McCance, Rev. Wilbur S. DEM
ing, Rev. John Bersentes, Rev. DR..
John G. Walker and Rev. John
Coombs. Monday evening there will
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be Rev. Oscar L. Locke, Rev. Carl r,
Key, Rev. Sumner w. johnson, Rev.
E. G. cellars, Rev. David P. Gaines.
DR.. John N. Lewis, Rev. Thomas L.
Sinclair, Rev. s. A.. Budde. Rev.
Ridgeway F. Shinn. 4
The following choirs of the Sec
ond church will take part IN
1.-THE Celebration of the Christian
Church: Is
Senior choir: Lillian A. Downes
Wilmary Downes, Florence Hitch
cock, Rebecca Hovey, Henrietta Jen-
toch Mrs. David r. tombstone, Betty
Macdonald, Eleanor Macdonald,
Martha Mcknight, Mrs. F. L. Nuhf1.
Mrs. Ralph Jetrocione, Mrs. Hans
Rangoon, Mrs. John G. Walker, So
pranos; Mrs. Henry Donohue, Mrs.
Louis Dyson, Mrs. Robert H. Fenns
Lucille Ostrancer, Bernice Rumney,
Mrs. Charles r. Sumpf, Edith G,
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Us ACCOUNTANTS
GUESTS AT ELTON

More than 125 members Of the Con-
necticut Society of Certified Public
Accountants attended a meeting at
the Elton last night. New auditing
procedure was he subject Of discus
sion at the meeting.
Victor Stemps, Of New York city,
explained the recent extensions OF
procedure was the subject of discus
lean Institute OF Accountants as a
result of the McKesson g. Robbins
fiasco. The rest Of the evening was
devoted to discussion of the proceed
ure.
Milton II. Friedberg, of Bridgeport.
state president, conducted the meet
ing which followed dinner.
Fifteen Waterbury accountants at
tended. Harold Turnblom and Mer-
rill Polancer, of Waterbury, made up
the committee in charge of arrange
mentS.
TERRIFIC DRIVE
Louis Pagliaro, Brooklyn table
tennis star, is only five feet one
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fand o. Troop %. Waterbury Hebrew
Institute.
Field Commissioner Emil Detlei-
sen and Scout Executive David r.
Babson plan to be present at to-
nights meeting.
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inch tai, but his drives travel - y
scientifically estimated speed u 20
miles an hour.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
ROME, Sept. 5.-The tert of
the official statement on Premier
MuSsolini's peace activities fol-
loUS:
In the face of the worsening of
the European situation on August
81, II Duce, while taking into ac-
count exceptional difficulties which
made a peaceful solution extremely
problematical, made last efforts to
save the European peace.
To this end the English and
French governments were informed
that II Duce, upon receiving assur-
ance of Franco-British adherence
and Polish participation, assured
by the action of London and Paris,
would be in position to convoke
an international conference on Sep
tember S with the object of revising
the clauses of the Versailles treaty
which are the cause of the present
disturbance of European life.
Reply Delayed.
The italian government did not
fail to emphasize the extreme urg-
ency of a reply, but the French
and English were not in position
to communicate this reply before
the next day, that is September /.
Meanwhile, during the night Of
August 81, frontier incidents oc-
CURED which prompted the Fuehrer
CHitler) to begin military opera
tions against Poland.
The replies which the italian gov
ernment received having been IA
vorable in principle both on the part
OF the French and the English and
Notwithstanding the fact that a mil
itary clash already had taken place
between Germany and Poland there
having been evidenced on part of
the French particular interest in the
pursuit of II Duce's initiative, the
Italian government at 10 o'clock on
the morning of September advised
Chancellor Hitler for purposes of his
information that there still was a
possibility of convoking the confer
ence, preceded by an armistice which
might settled the German-Polish
conflict by peaceful means.
Hitler Qualities Reply.
Chancellor Hitler replied to II
Duce through our Ambassador at
Berlin that he did not reject a prior
possibility of conference. He de-
sired, however, to know first whether
the note presented by the French
and English to Berlin had the char
acter of an ultimatum-in which
case any negotiations would be USE
less-and whether he could count
on having period of "a hours to
consider and reach his decision.
The Italian government having
placed itself again in contact with
the governments of London and
Paris at 2 pm. on September 2 in
formed them of what the Fuehrer
had asked. Subsequently late at
night affirmative replies were re-
celved from London and Paris con-
corning the two questions raised but
it was added that in view of the new
fact of occupation of Polish terri
tory by the German armed force
which had arisen between August
81 and September 2 France and
England made evacuation of the
occupied territories a fundamental
condition of their participation in
international conference.
In these circumstances. the Italian
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Railroad President Dies

ST. PAUL, Sept. 5 (P.-Charles
Donnelly, SO, president Of the North
ern Pacific Railroad since December
!, 1920, died at his home yesterday
after several weeks of illness. He
had been with the road since he en-
tered its legal department in 1908.
His widow and a brother. Thomas
Donnelly, Seattle. survive.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
MussoIini's S Peace Efforts
Text of Official Italian Statement
On Attempts to Arrange Conference

Government limited itself to in
forming the Fuehrer of this con-
dition, adding that barring contrary
advice from the German government
it saw no possibility of taking further
action.