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Evening star., 1939-05-21
Hollywood's
Feuds Just Go
On and On
HOLLYWOOD,

While wars and rumors of wars
continue to plague the outside world,
Hollywood goes merrily on. fighting
the famous feuds of filmdom and
letting the quips get into the news
papers as they may.
Studio extra! Bette Davis didn't
speak to Miriam Hopkins this morn
ing!' Miss Hopkins turned her
back on Miss Davis and stole a
scene!"
There may be no more truth in
these stories than in the reports
that Mars has attacked the world.
but they help keep Hollywood the
excited, exciting and confused place
1t is. Miss Davis and Miss Hopkins
concluded their co-starring venture
IN The Old Maid" the other day.
They are "the best of friends" as
the Hollywood diplomats say.
Eyebrows may be raised slightly,
but that statement is official.
Real war news couldn't have kept
the AL Jolson- Walter Winchell tiff
OF few years ago off the front
pages any more than the suspended
fate OF Poland can completely hide
the interesting, albeit good-natured,
difference of opinion between Alice
Faye, Fannie Brice and Daryl
Zanuck over the debts and credits
OF Rose of Washington Square"
The fisticuffs between Enrol Flynn
and Aidan Roark some time ago
crowded the European crisis off the
front page for one edition. The in
termittently expressed irritation be-
tween Wayne Morris and Humphrey
Bogart, which is food and drink to
the publicity department of their
studio, has been gradually built up
into a seven years war. Wayne is
bigger physically and could probably
lick his tormentor, but Bogart has
sharper tongue.
It's good fun if you can keep your
temper.
The feud between w. c. Fields
and Charley Mccarthy once kept
the world rocking with giggles. What
Garbo is supposed to have said to
Marlene Dietrich, and vice versa.
made many an interesting page in
Hollywood's memory book.
Right now, while no one in Eu-
rope seems to be able to decide who
should make the next move, Ann
Sheridan. chosen as America S
Oomph Girl by a group of men
about town." faces a law suit started
by Yvonne Duval over the right
to the title. So far it has not been
embroidered on AIMS linen.
Each week brings out new con-
tenders for the Hollywood fight
titles. What if Russia does line up
with the English? That event will
not kill the interest in the four
alarm riot that is brewing within
the charmed circle that was once the
united Dead End Kids.
War is as Sherman said, except
in Hollywood, where f1lmland's feuds
are considered legitimate fun and
valuable publicity by almost every.
body concerned.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
CAPITALS RADIO PROGRAM


IL: 90 a.m.-WMAL, Soprano Rosemarie Bran
cato, Tenor Jan Peerce, Baritone Robert
Weede, Basso Lorenzo Alvari sing prn-
clpal roles in concluding portion of Radio
City Music Hall presentation of Mozart's
Don Giovanni"
III 80 a.m.-WRC, General Counsel Lee Press
man of Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, Gov. Chandler of Kentucky and
others discuss Harlan County coal strike
situation.
1:00-WJSV, part played by Government in de-
velopment Of communication is theme
of Democracy in Action program
1:00-WMAL, Actress Laurette Tavlor does
scene from Peg O. MY Heart" and music
from the Broadway musical show "Mexi-
cana" are presented
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Ruler of the Seas
Had Its Origin in
Another Idea
BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.

oy we associated Press,
HOLLYWOOD.
A picture about the first steam
boat to cross the Atlantic had its
origin in somebody's enthusiasm for
a filmed biography of Sir Samuel
Cunard, founder of the steamship
line.
In movie parlance. the story was
Kicking around" Paramount for
years and finding no takers. Direc-
tors came and went and all of them
read Ruler of the Seas"
Frank Lloyd, who has made some
OF the best sea pictures, including
"Mutiny on the Bounty" said after
reading the scenario that he found
little drama in it. Why not, he
suggested, a story about the first
steamboat? The first time steam
was used for ocean navigation, he
reasoned, must have been a dra-
matte incident in maritime history.
From that idea, plus the Cunard
story, grew the present scenario.
which Lloyd now is directing. The
title given the Cunard story has
been retained, but little else. Cunard
appears very briefly in one sequence.
For fear Of legal complications, all
the names are fictitious. Even that
OF the ocean-going side-w wheeler was
changed. The original, which cross
ed the Atlantic in % days in 1886,
Evening star., 1939-05-21

ones the boss has a special interest
in. either because the idea is his
baby or because it cost a million
bucks, or both. Usually both.
The cutter has to make sense out
of all the stuff the director shoots,
eliminating loose ends and poorly
made scenes, switching the con-
tinuity, simplifying the story and
speeding 1t up, giving it rhythm
and otherwise trying to make the
picture so good that you and I
won't squirm and get restless when
we see it.
Mrs. McLean's room is light and
airy and filled with odd d-looking
machines through which she is end
lessly running film. She sees each
picture she works on as many as so
timeS-and she still is movie fan.
She doesn't do any cutting. actu-
ally. She marks the cuts with red
pencil and has any one of her three
or four male assistants do the scis-
soring and splicing.
She prefers to work at night,
when there are fewer interruptions.
She puts in about go hours a week.
not because her contract saws so,
but because she wants to. All movie
workers, when they get into the
heart of something. are seized with
a sort of hysteria which causes them
to work excessive hours No doubt
this is responsible largely for so
many divorces.
Gordon Mclean doesn't mind
having his wife work when she
pleases, she says. He works at an
other studio. photographing special
effects" and he understands. Bar
bara works for one of the most ex-
acting producers, Daryl Zanuck.
whose enthusiasm for the matter at
hand frequently keeps him in his
Office or projection room all night.
He requires his assistants to be with
him, and Barbara is one of them.
I'd rather do this kind of work
all night than spend an hour scrub
blng the floor" explained Barbara.
Mrs. Mclean got into the film
business a long time ago (shes in
her 30s) in Fort Lee, N. j., short
spell from her home in Palisades.
Her name was Barbara Pollut then,
and her father had a film process
ing laboratory. She worked into
film handling and cutting and eight
years ago became a head cutter.
Shet put a lot of famous faces
on the cutting room floor, but no
star ever has voiced exception to
her decisions.
Film editing. one gathers from
Mrs. McLewis' remarks. consists
mainly of making filmed matters
seem better than they are. For
instance. an earthquake as filmed
by half dozen cameras is pretty
dull in its entirety. She's working
on one now for The Rains Came"
Evening star., 1939-05-21
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, C., 2, ae-PART
June Brides
POndered bv
Lens Expert
Harsh Summer Sun
Not Kind to Girls
Beauty, He Says
BY the Associated Press.
bUCIdCeu FrebS.
NEW YORK

NEW YOFh.
Why, asks one of movieland's
leading photographers, do so many
girls manage to get married in June?
Especially, when that is the
month in which they look their very
worst"
And Gregory Toland, who has
photographed most of Samuel Gold
wyn's important productions (the
latest is Music School," with Jascha
Heifetz), shakes his head.
Her best chance for marriage
Is in the winter time, because then
she is far prettier than she ever
will be in the summer.
THE winter sun is the most fiat
tering for photographing a girl"
says Toland, For it is then that
the light strikes the earth at an
angle. This angle produces the ef-
feet of filtered light. 1t tends to
soften and sometimes erase wrinkles
and skin defects and approaches the
f1attering quality of candlelght
whose properties are we'll known for
enchancing beauty.
But when summer comes the
light rays are straighter and harsher
and tend to emphasize blemishes
and wrinkles.
THE best month for beauty Is
November. June is the worst"
Science Editor Howard w. Blakes-
lee, of the Associated Press, to Mr..
Toland:
Here's the answer:
Science says girls prefer to marry
In June because it is custom. The
custom is too old to trace, but is
assumed to have its roots in the
broad fact that the glands of most
animals become more activewith the
lengthening daylight of springtime.
No one has verified a similar activity
with human glands, but the custom
might have originated in the dim
past when humans were closer to
nature and their prosperity depend
ed more on the crops which started
in springtime."
Evening star., 1939-05-21

shows she was a leading woman
playing opposite Dustin Farnum in
Man in the Open" The following
August she was Will Rogers wife in
a picture. And subsequently she
played Wills wife or sweetheart in
10 more pictures. Toward the end
of his career, Will wanted her so
badly as a romantic teammate that
he compelled the Fox Studio to buy
her out of stage tour in the East
SO she could resume her old role.
Financially, Irene should have no
complaints to make about the
movies, even though her career was
rudely cut short. When her con-
tract was settled at Warmers, she
banked more than $450,O0O in SAL
aries and had made many profitable
investments in California real estate.
Since dropping out of pictures,
Irene has made vaudeville, night
clubs and radio pay her way. She
developed one of the most success
full product-selling programs on the
air, so her name value" is still con-
SluereQ tangible asset by the movie
makers.
Meanwhile, she has guided the
careers of her two daughters.
Frances, the older. who is now 26,
appeared in three movies and
couple of stage plays-sufficien ex-
perience, mother Rich says, to cause
the young woman to decide on
different outlet for her talents. Now,
as sculptress in the art colony at
Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Mich,
she is gaining a rapidly widening
reputation. Miss Rich's other daugh-
ter, Jane, now %, is an associate of
Gretchen Green in the latters book
shop in New York
Reeased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, 1ncD
Evening star., 1939-05-21

} ':00-WJSV, Soprano Kristen Flagstad of tn,
Metropolitan Opera Co. is soloist of thu
Sunday Evening Hour, and John Barbi
rolf conducts the orchestra and mixec
chorus
Prelude to Act III Of "Lohensrin" - Wagner
Orchestra
Spinning Chorus and "Sentas Ballad"
from The Flying Dutchman" Wagner
Nine FlaEstad, chorus and orchestra
"Du Bist der Lenz' from Die Walkure"
Wagner
Nine Faestsd and orchestra
Liebestod' from Tristan and Isolde"
Wagner
Nine. Fagstad and orchestra
Prelude to Act III, Die Meistersnger"
Wagner
Orchestra
March Of the Msstersngers," chorale and
finale from Die Meistersneer' Wagner
,- Chorus and orchestra.
Chorus, audience and orchestra
Evening star., 1939-05-21


firms releasing charts. They carried
the lots financial burden, and their
box office successes swept up enough
profits to pioneer the Vitaphone.
Today, only three of the original
four Warner brothers are left.
Monte Blue plays small roles, and
not enough of those to suit him.
Rim -Tin-Tin has passed on to dog
gle heaven.
But Irene Rich is attempting a
comeback-With the company to
which she voluntarily surrendered
her contract II years ago, when,
like many another silent star, she
concluded talkies were too much of
an obstacle.
Miss Rich. still glamorous in her
late fortieS is playing a co-featured
role with Henry ONeill in The
Hobby Family" and if the picture
should expand into series, as now
appears probable, she will continue
to interpret a modish mother who
quietly keeps the family wheels
turning through many a dramatic
complication.
When Irene Rich entered pictures
In 1917, it was through no flower
strewn gateway, and yet. in II years,
she managed to accumulate small
fortune. A young mother, recently
divorced from an Army officer she
put her name on the rolls at central
casting as prospective extra. A
year later, she played her first bit
an old woman in Mary Pickford's S
stella Maris.'
She still treasures little black
notebook in which she jotted down
all her important early adventures.
In 1t is entered the date, January Q,
1918; the reward, S., and one or two
other details of that first big role" :"
Eleven months later, the little book
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Fav BANTER Stars

Fay BANTER will discover she has
been elevated to the Warner Bros.
star roster when she returns to
Hollywood from the tropical va
cation she began after finishing her
role in "A Family Affair"
Miss Bainter's first starring role
will be played in Forgive Us Our
Trespasses." The screen play is
based on a novel by DR.. LLOYD C..
Douglas, author of white Banners. -
which first brought her high film
rating. Last year Miss BANTER won
an academy award for her work
with Bette Davis in "Jezebel"
John Garfield will co-star with
Miss Banter in Forgive Us Our
Trespasses."
Evening star., 1939-05-21

want to trade on the name Of my
father.
That started it, and I suppose
I'll stay with my fathers produc-
tions rather than try again for
opera"
Miss Field. incidentally, got her
chance in Hollywood because she
did young man a favor. She was
in New York visiting her aunt,
Auriol Lee, the well-known stage
director. A young actor in one of
her plays was oered a screen test
and he asked Miss Field to play
opposite him in it. The film execu-
tives signed her-but not the young
actor.
Evening star., 1939-05-21


and impetuously informed her that
he was going to put her on the
stage. The man was DR.. George
Marion and he gave her a role in
"All's Well That Ends Well" at the
Max Reinhardt Theater.
Gilbert Miller, the Broadway
producer, saw her in this and cast
her opposite Leslie Howard in a
British film he was directing, The
Lady Is Willing"
After that happened I had to
tell my father that I was no longer
in school. that I was now an ac-
tress,' she said.
She and Miss Roach have just
completed their latest roles in
Captain Fury" a new film starring
Brian Aherne and Victor McLaglen.
That being finished she is going on
to London to inform her father
he is st. John Field, who was made
Kings councillor by King Edward
VIII-that she is going to stay in
Hollywood.
Miss Roach is fetching red head
Oh l6 years. Beng the daughter
of Hal Roach she decided to seek
career in some other field rather
than try to get ahead on the basis
of her father being a successful
movie producer since almost the
birth of the industry.
When she was IA she went to
Switzerland and spent three winters
there studying voice with the idea
that she might become an opera
singer.
When I came back from Switz-
erland," she related, they were
making a Laurel and Hardy comedy
called Swiss Miss Just for some
thing to do I played a bit role in
that. I did it under the name of
Diane Rochelle because 1 didn't
Evening star., 1939-05-21

that required all the ingenuity she
possesses. Although it will take
perhaps 10 minutes to show the
earthquake she has to give the au-
dience the impressior-by quick
cuts" from one falling building to
another-that it all is happening
in few seconds time.
Assembling any kind of catas-
trophe-flre, floor, hurricane, tor.
nado or quake-is the most off,
cult part of film editing.
Love scenes?" she asks. They're
a cinch. You just imagine you're
Alice Faye and cut accordingly"
Mrs. Mclean gets 5000 a week for
knowing when to cut.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Another Stand.In
Gets His Chance

There's a reason why stand-ins
consider it good luck to work for
Jimmy Ellison.
Charlie Hayes recently became
the third Ellison stand-in in sue
cession to bridge the broad gap be-
tween just standing in and being
a bona fide actor when Director
John FarroW, at Ellisons urging,
gave Hayes screen test, cast him
in a role in Anne Shirleys new
R-K-O-Radio picture Sorority
House"
Roger Hunt, Ellison's stand-in for
his previous picture, landed term
contract at R-K-O when jimmy
went to bat for him, and Paul Slater,
who preceded Hunt, left Ellison
to become stunt man and actor
in his own right And it was Eln-
son who helped Slater get started.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
hand lies the DESTINY o,


hand lies the destiny of the entire world.
In this exciting story, intrigue, spies,
sabotage, romance and death are woven
into one of the most heart-stirring plavs
ever dramatized on the air. 1t will be
broadcast on the new radio program,
"knickerbocker Playhouse" in its pre-
mlere performance over Columbia coast
to-coast network. This is the first time
play OF this type-a play of such far
reaching signifcance-has ever been at
tempted on the air.
Walter Huston. as the President, faces
the greatest decision of his life. And the
way in which he arrives at his decision
makes most amazing contribution to
the theatrical world.
Be sure to tune in tonight to the
"Knickerbocker Playhouse" at 900.
o'clock over STATEN WJSV and hear
the thrilling dramatization of this truly
great and moving story, starring
Walter Huston. with Elliott Lewis, the
brilliant young Hollywood radio actor.
And listen every Sunday to "Knicker-
booker Playhouse" for prize award
plays,
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Todoy's High Lights
(AH times Pm. unless indicated. J

2:00-WJSV, Howard Barlow conducts the Co.
lumbia Broadcasting Symphony Orches-
ira
leonore Overture No j. Beethoven
Symphony No. as IN B Flat HAYDN
"SinfonIetta' Anthony Donate
Overture to The wasps' Vaughan Williams
3:30-WRC, model airpanes and the part they
have played in development of aviation
are treated in World Is Yours" dramati-
Zation.
7:45-WJSV, Secretary of State Hull opens Ma
tional Foreign Trade Week with a l5-
minute address.
8:00-WOL, a full hour revival meeting pro-
gram is offered
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Walter Huston
ON AIR TONIGHT IN
"knickerbocker
Playhouse"
Plays Thrilling Role ofa
u. S. President Who Mast
Decide between Peace or War
STATION WJSV 900 PM.

In one of the
most a azing
roles of his dis
tinguished career.
Walter Huston
will thrill millions
tonight when he
stars in THE
President Speaks,
asensationalradio
story concerning
a President of the
United States, in
Evening star., 1939-05-21
These Two Are RESIGNED
To Fate of Film StardOm
Virginia Field and Margaret Roach
Play Hockey to See Broadway,
But They'll Go Back
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.


Two girls who curousy didn't aspire to be movie
playing Hollywood
Virginia Field and Margaret Roachre resigned
stare
which suddenly
happened
student Vienna man
Evening star., 1939-05-21
RADIO.
Making Sense Out of 1t All
Is the Film Editors Job
Barbara Mclean, Only Woman With
Head Cutter Title, Likes Her
Work, Despite the Hours
By Hubbard Keavy
By Hubbard Keavy,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.
HOLLYWOOD


Room No l. in steel and concrete building labeled
Twentieth Century studio Barbara
fquakes real
funnier
She is Of half dozen a
irnnor tpintlr
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Irene Rich, Silent Film Star,
Latest to Try Comeback
Returns to Studio She Left IL Years
Ago in Flight From Those
Strange New 'Talkies'
HOLLYWOOD.
.refree and speech

Twenty when the movies careree speech
less, the ads might have read:
IT it's Warner picture
Q Rim picture"
That's the things
persontes-two humans police dogconsued
Evening star., 1939-05-21
MAE DAWSON.

1929 NJ st. and Thos Circle. Natl 33iI
BALLROOM CLASSES, TUES, THURS.
Besinners 3 PM, Practice . PM.
TaD, ballet. toe. Private lesson any hour.
All the Latest Steps.
Men and Women Assistants
Dance ANALYSIS without Charge
Evening star., 1939-05-21
DANCING.

PEYTON PENN STUDIO
1S45 st. NV. Met. 3O50
Fundamental and modern steps Standard
routines. Priv. and class lessons Phone
ewes. for appointment.
The Edward F. Miller Studio
sI4 I1th ST NATIONAL sO93
For Discriminating Pec0le
Evening star., 1939-11-15
Collector Of Celebrities
Finds SibeIius Difficult

Mildred Seydell, widely-known
Journalist, who is a collector" of
celebrities and has cornered them all
over the world, was here yesterday
on lecture tour.
She returned recently from Eu-
rope, where the war overlook her.
The hardest celebrity to reach in
her experience, probably. was the
great Finnish composer, Sibelius, she
explained.
HE was much harder to get to
than Mussolini," Mrs. Seydell said.
But she finally arranged an inter-
view with Sibelius on her recent
European tour, and found him a
delightful host.
She saw Mussolini, the late Kemal
Attaturk. the Turkish dictator, and
other famous personages on previous
trips.
But Mrs. Seydell herself now is
lecturing under the management of
the Alkahest Celebrity Bureau. Her
present tour is sponsored by the
World Caravan Guild, Inc, a relief
organization. She spoke at the May
flower Hotel Monday night on
"Neighbor to a Madhouse," a de-
scription of her recent escape from
the war.
Mrs. Seydells home is in Atlanta,
Ga. She is leader in the National
League of American PenWomen.
Evening star., 1939-11-15
Food Show Visitor
Trims Woman S Hat
To Win Prize
Matinee Boby Porodes
To Be Held Each Duy;
Another Stunt Tonight

BY deftly arranging long feather,
clusters of flowers and veil on lit
tie red hat. Paul Shelton, %, of Ben
ming, D. c.. last night won wom-
ems hat-trimming contest-in which
men did all the trimming-at the
District Grocery Stores, Inc, food
show in the Packard Washington
Building, 1912 Twenty-fourth street
NV.
Mr.. Shelton received cash re-
ward when Miss Marguerite Hudson,
21, of 426 Nineteenth street NE,
who had accompanied him to the
stage, received the greatest volume
of applause after he had placed the
hat on her head. Each contestant
was required to place the hat he had
trimmed on the head of a woman
partner. The hats and trimmings
were provided by the show man
agement.
Baby Parade Prize Awarded.
A large portion of the estimated
5000 persons who attended the
show yesterday were on hand last
night. Many also attended the mat
inee yesterday afternoon, when
2-year-old Burditt w. Ashton, 110l
East Capitol street, won first prize
In the baby parade, one of which
is held at each matinee. Also at
each afternoon show Santa Claus"
Is on hand to give presents to all
children not more than S years old.
Many presents are given away at
each show. Last night a stemware
hand-cut glass set was awarded to
Mrs. Elvira Blue, 2014 Monroe street
NE. Other awards last evening in
cluded a thoroughbred cocker
spaniel. given to Mrs. E. Tally, 2l48
o street NV, and a thoroughbred
collie puppy. given to Ruby Roley,
Takoma Park, Md. Mrs. Eleanor
Jenkins, 2132 H street NV, was
awarded an electric mixer at yes
terday's matinee.
Other Prizes Today.
An electric toaster was to be given
q show patron at today's matinee
and an electric ironer will be given
q show patron at tonight's show.
The show management announced
last night that men will perform
in surprise contest" at tonight's
show. but withheld all details, be-
lieving the contest will be more en-
tertaining if no hint as to its ma
.ture is given until few moments
before it starts.
The food show will continue
through Saturday, with matinees,
each day from to pm. and eve
ming shows from 7:30 pm. to 10 pm.
Evening star., 1939-11-15
War Sidetrucks
Coronation Scot
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 15.-The Eu-
ropean war appears to have side
tracked Britains crack train the
coronation Scot" 5000 miles from
home.
The luxurious train, which began
a 3,100-mile tour here before going
to the New York Worlds Fair, has
returned to its starting point and
may remain in Baltimore indefl-
nitely.
Shipping circles said the steamer
Belpamela, which brought the
"Scot" across the Atlantic, was busy
elsewhere and expressed belief other
misunderstanding vessels were too
occupied with war duties for Great
Britain to take the train home.
The Scot" is being dismantled
and stored at the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroads Mount Glare shops.
Evening star., 1939-11-15
Hebrew Home to Hold
Annual Linen Shower

The annual linen shower for the
Hebrew Home for the Aged, to be
sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary,
will be given December 18 at 7:3O
pm, it was announced today by
Mrs. Dora Stern, publicity chairman
for the shower.
Mrs. A. Podnos is chairman of
entertainment and Mrs. William
Levy, refreshments chairman. Price
Of admission is sheet or its equiva-
lent in cash.
Evening star., 1939-11-15

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