Evening star., 1940-01-30
$1,000 Will Dance
In Birthday Balls
Here Tonight
Largest Contingent Of
Film Sturs Ever Will
Visit All Nine Fetes
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equipped with minute-to-minut'
schedules for the stars, the night o.
dancing will get under way aroune
9 o'clock
Work stopped at the Distric
Building this morning when the
troop of stars visited Commissioner
Hazen's Office to be wished godspeec
in their efforts to make the 194(
celebration success.
A line of police from the elevators
to the Commissioner office helc
back the District employees who, ir
the back rows of the crowd, stooe
on chairs and cheered enthusiastic
cally as the stars passed through.
Some of the stars had to be in
troduced to each other and the big
moment of little Gloria Jeans day
came when she met Tyrone Power
Red" Shelton, who presided at the
broadcast during the reception
milled around the crowded Commis-
sioner's Office getting autographs Of
the visitors himself.
Mickey Rooney Scores.
Mickey Rooney led the cheering
as the other stars came to the mi
crophone and got generous roune
of applause himself, which turned
into shout when in answer tt
Skeletons query about shaving, he
replied he did it with blotter."
Kay Kyser, who had arrived only
q few hours before the reception
said he was looking forward to see-
ing all the boys and girls at the
birthday balls so he could give his
invariable Lets dance"
AS Dorothy Lamour came to the
microphone and held onto MIR
Shelton for support, he murmured
Don't hold me, I'll faint
Before the broadcast Commits
sioner Hazen presented each of the
seven stars with gardenias ano
promised over the air that if "any
of you beautiful girls get parking
tickets, you just come to me-"
Gloria Jean broadcast a promise
"to do all I can to help the pool
little crippled children" and the
other stars pledged their support tc
the campaign and appealed to the
radio audience to turn out for the
birthday ball.
Cagney and O'Brien Talk.
Jimmy Cagney, in his best clipped
speech manner, wished the cam
paign against infantile paralysis
the great success" and his side
kick, Pat OBrien, followed with
"Thats what I was going to say, but
1t goes triple with me"
Following the reception the stars
went to the White House to lunch
with Mrs. Roosevelt and meet the
President.
Before receiving a welcome from
President Roosevelt. the stars were
greeted at the White House by a
throng of fans who had been ad-
mitted to the grounds, and lined the
sides of the main entrance steps
five and six deep. The Hollywood
visitors had lunch with Mrs. Roose-
welt and later chatted briefly with
the President.
At 6:15 pm. they will gather for
reception in the willard, which will
be broadcast generally, and the invi-
tation dinner for which SOC guests
have made reservations. Walter
OKeefe will preside at the micro
phone for this affair.
Include Theaters Later.
BY $50 pm. they will be on their
way to the Birthday Balls at the
Raleigh, Wardman Park, Shoreham
Hamilton, Washington and May
flower Hotels. BY 11:30 pm. they
will start including the Earle and
Capitol Theaters on their schedules
where the combined stage shows OF
both theaters will be shown. Gene
Authy and some of the other stars
will pay visit to the Atlas Theater
where Pat Rooney will head the
stage show.
Finally, like the good troupers they
all are, they will gather at 2 am. In
the Carlton for the Gold Plate
Breakfast and perhaps take a turn
on the dance floor themselves tc
wind up the evening.
The $3.50 tickets for the birthday
balls, good for one or all of the
hotel events, were on sale today at
leading department stores, Govern
ment Offices, public buildings and
the main ticket Office at Thirteenth
and E streets NV.
Ticket sales for the midnight
shows at the Capitol and Earle The
aters were being handled at the
theaters. Admission to these per-
= formances, which will include the
combined stage shows of both the
aters and the appearance of all the
Hollywood visitors, costs S1.50.
Principal feature of this morn
ing's arrival of the Johnnies- come
lately of the Hollywood contingent
was the complete absence of mot
scenes which have characterized the
appearance of other film luminaries
Station Cold and Empty.
Mr.. Power stepped from hi.
Pullman at Union Station, anc
other than representatives of thu
Birthday Balls Committee and po'
lice officers, on hand to protect th'
star from the crowd that wasn'
there, only two girls advanced fol
autographs.
The hatless Mr.. Power oblgee
Molly Cochran, II, and her sister
Dorothy, 16, of 1911 Wyoming ave
nue. NV, and began an uneventfu
walk to the side entrance of tn
station.
Mrs. Power, movieland's Anna
bella who was among the stars wh'
frightened the city's celebration las
year, did not accompany her hus
band. She remained in New York
She's told me all about the CRANE
time she had last year, however,
Mr.. Power commented, land mad
me promise to call her tonight ant
give a full report"
A few minutes after MIR. PoWe
had headed for his suite at tn
Shoreham Hotel, Prof" Kyse