Evening star., 1940-11-11

in Washington, starting Friday. She
comes for the triple purpose of
seeing Washington, the opening of
her picture at Keith's and be
guest OF honor at Variety Clubs
annual dinner Saturday night at
the Willard.
Gloria Jean at 13 has focused a
new interest upon Universal. Its
essence is a curiosity to see how she
will be developed. In both talent
and appearance, she is pretty much
like Deanna when the studio signed
her. The primary question about
her is whether, like so many younger
children in this best of all possible
worlds, she will inherit Deanna's
old stories, or the same wise treat
ment. So far, in "The Under-Pup"
and "A Little Bit of Heaven" (the
next one) it sounds as if it were a
case of the latter.
Heartening the hope for that,
Universal has not taken the at
titude that its youngsters are the
cuteSt things in the world, or that
there are not very many good stories
for teen age children. On the con-
trary, it has figured that youngsters
not only survive the period but that
they manage to be sufficiently in
terestlng to their elders to become
story material if some one will just
dig out the idea and put it into
shape.
Unlike most stars who drop
around in connection with the open
ing of their latest pictures. Gloria
Jean won't be able to make per-
sonal appearance in the theater.
District ordinances with reference
to child labor say she cannot. They
do not say, naturally, that she cam
not 60 to see the picture-Whlch
she has not Seen-so it is virtually
arranged that she will be at Keith's
on Friday night.
This is not her first Washington
visit She was here last January 80
for the Presidents Birthday Ball,
a cute mite who managed not to be
lost among such stars as Jimmy
Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Tyrone Power,
Brenda Joyce, Ona Munson, etc,
etc. She did not have a chance to
see what Washington was like at
that time, however, and was prom
ised another later visit for that pur-
pose.
This is it.
4 u u ~
If MILDLY blouses, pleated skirts,
mesh stockings and things like that
affected all girls school students at
they did Nirska. the ballerina and
premiere danseuse professions would
break out at the seams. At any
rate NirSka, the Earle's dancer this
week, attributes her choice of pro-
fession to the psychologist markings
she got from having to wear those
awful" standard clothes of a girls
school, With her soul dragging the
ground she would 60 around telling
the other girls she was going to be
a dancer
So by heck. she's dancer
If the Earle only used q ballyhoo
gent outside the theater he could
honestly say of Nirska that "She's
danced in all the great capitals
of the world, London, Paris, Berlin,
Buenos Aires, etc" 1t is a fact,
all those distant cities just going
to show how far girl wants to
get away from that standard cos
tune.
(How are we doing, kidsO
At least one movie star has got
that play all the movie stars always
are talking about :. He is Bruce
Cabot, who has just been hired by
John Shubert (of the most recent
generation of Shuberts) for "Otf
the Record" new play Betty
Furness and Mary Brian are an
other pair recruited from the same
zone of reduced employment E.
Screenings become mysterious some
times. as implied by the following
note from Dan Terrell: I'VE will
screen Mark of Zorro or Escape
Tuseday - depending upon which
print can be obtained" People
who want to stay out late night
before Thanksgiving can 60 to the
Capitol A special after-the-
regular show preview of Noel Cow
ards Bitter Sweet" will be shown
:. Tickets will 60 on sale this week
.. When Don Zelaya, pianist, fin
ishes his current engagement at
the Capitol. he will rush back to
Hollywood to resume his interpre-
tation of an Eskimo in The Girl
From Gods Country" -. Despite
the fact that he was born in Mica
ragua and lived for many years
in Washington. Don turned out to
be the perfect type, the talent