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Evening star., 1940-12-21

cussing marriage-although every
one else has.
I'm supposed to have married
George on his boat off Mexico" Ann
continues calmly. "In the first
place, I didn't go with George to
Mexico. went to Catalina-one
trip takes three hours, the other
three days. Which is quite a diff
ference when you're supposed to be
alone with a man. When I came
back my hairdresser said, 'How's the
bride?' But I'm not I told her.
oh, yes you are she said. I gave
up. 'Okay, I'm the BRIDE said.
Another time, when I was at the
studio, some one in the publicity
department told me, The reporters
are asking about your marriage.
What shall tell them?' Mack Grey,
who works for George Raft, was next
to me and had been kidding me, so
I said to him, Would you like to
marry me?' He was scared to
death! All afternoon I chased him
around the set, asking him to marry
me. 1 don't think Mack will ever
kid me again"
The chief result of the publicizing
OF her friendship with this and that
man is, Ann tells me, to put them on
their guard against her.
They think 1 give the items to
reporters. And they say to them
selves. If she thinks she's gonna get
me, she can think again. You know
something" concludes the oomph
girl, Il sometimes wish I had never
left dear old Dallas"
Evening star., 1940-12-21
West Indies Visit
In Trans.Lux Film

This weeks vicarious visit to far
of places via the Trans-Lux screen
is Islands of the West Indies"
cinematic journey to Curacao. Trini-
dad and Martinique, complete with
an inspection of the native ways
and customs thereat. Other shorts
are new Stranger Than Fiction"
release, an Our Gang comedy and
a color cartoon in the Christmas
mood.
War and the Nations defense oc-
cupy, as usual, considerable of the
newsreel footage, especially the de-
fense. The President returns from
his Caribbean cruise with that on
his mind, Labor Leaders Green and
Murray pledge their support. Sec
retary Knudsen warns against lag
in the program, a new aircraft car
rier is launched, new bomber Is
tested.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Cameraman Likes
Blue Ewes Better

The eyes have it-blue eyes. ac-
cording to Russ Metty, ace Holly
wood cameraman these IS years.
Most Photographic" he calls
them
Metty, currently lensing Harold
Lloyds RKO-Radio production, "A
Girl, Guy and Cob" has trained
his camera on just about as many
lovely young women with all shades
OF orbs as any man alive, and in his
expert judgment:
The four most Photographic have
blue eyes"
Katharine Hepburn. Ginny Simms,
Anna Neagle and Lucille Ball, Girl
OF the Lloyd laugh maker on which
Metty currently is engaged, con-
stitute the select quartet.
In announcing his selections,
Metty vigorously denied that he is
influenced in any way by the pro-
verbal preference Of gentlemen for
blonds.
MY rating" he said, 'is motivated
by professional, not persons, reasons.
Blue eyes catch the light and return
brilliance which every cameraman
rates the acme of Photographic art"
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Balinese Dancers
To Appear Here

Devi Dja, noted East Indian bal
lerina, brings her Bali Java dancers
and native gamelan orchestra here
January and for their Wash
ington debut at the Wardman Park
Theater.
All the artists are subjects of the
Dutch East Indies. After touring
Italy, Hungary, Rumania, Germany,
Switzerland, Belgium and Holland,
their European bookings we're dis
rupted by the war and the dancers
fled to America. Their first ap-
pearance in this country was an
enthusiastically received group Of
recitals in New York.
Evening star., 1940-12-21

hills. Instead she lives in a quiet
hotel on quiet street. a modest
place not far away from Para
mounts picture factory.
She prefers that sort of thing.
X Y x
For one reason Miss Fields will
tell you, it is the only way to keep
fit.
When you must get to work at
6 in the morning fitness is i'm
portant,' she says. And it is i'm
portant in other ways, too. For in
stance, in being able to run around
barefoot in temperatures of 18
above zero, as did for weeks dur
ing the making of Shepherd of the
Hills Cold, those hills"
A person with enough intelligence
to stock at least eight average
younger stars in Hollywood, Miss
Field is no one to gush over how
marvellous it is to be in pictures.
The picture counts with her. Some
she has made have made her un-
happy.
Her favorite. naturally, was the
role of that simple. frustrated bum
die of young emotions in "Of Mice
and Men"
Miss Field liked that.
So did every one else. and 1t made
a far wider audience like Miss Field.
X X X
Good news department: Andrew
R. Kelley, the ideal man for chair
man of the Entertainment Com
mittee of the Presidents Birthday
Ball, is chairman of the ball again
this year. The TOY Matinee
of the Hiser Theater in Bethesda
was held this morning, the "admis-
slons" to be turned over to the local
fire department for distribution :.
Christmas. Eve will be day off for
Sidney Lust theater employees. . :.
All the houses will be closed all day.
. Redbook Movie Critic Douglas
Churchill, one of the toughest and
best. has chosen Our Town" as the
most distinguished contribution to
the art of the motion picture for
l940 Anybody want to fight?
Mr.. Churchill is a veddy big
man.
Evening star., 1940-12-21

gent girl who is being called the
Helen Hayes of a decade hence,
and for very good reason, is not
indifferent to the six-month options
in her Paramount contract. Nor
does she fancy herself as indis-
pensable to Hollywood The fact is
that the stage is her major aspira-
tion. She has demonstrated enough
OF skill there to be reasonably occu-
pied so long as playwrights keep on
writing plays.
AS to Hollywood, she is able to
say. quite as if talking about some
one else:
1T is good contract in several
ways. For one thing, it gives me a
chance to do plays between pictures.
/ would not like any other arrange
ment. But, as to go back there for
ever and ever, remember each time
I return, the price goes up. (All
player contracts save a few contain
the option arrangementD Some day
perhaps, some studio executive is
likely to ask: Is she worth it. He
might come to the conclusion I was
not. That has happened to others.
1t might happen to me-"
1t is good bet that it won't, if
Paramount is as smart as many
people think it is.
X
Another respect in which Miss
Field is an individualist in herdlike
Hollywood is that she is likely to
get her name in the cinema columns
only when they are devoted to pic
ture reviews, or when they deal with
the casting of picture. AS for be-
ing seen at Ciro's, the Grove, or the
glittering oasis where the glamour
flock goes to ease its thirst-say, for
publicity-that's not her cup of tea.
II just don't like it," she says.
She keeps her life simple. With
respect to a home there she has
chosen neither house on the
oceans nor a cabin in the eternal
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Ghost Towns
Come Back
Life
Old Days Return
For Several
Pictures
HOLLYWOOD

Several of the ghost towns on the
back lot of the Warner Bros.
studios near Hollywood came sud-
denly to life one day recently when
four production companies moved
into those usually quiet regions to
film scenes for new pictures.
Usually reserved for out-of-doors
scenes, the back lot on this particu-
lar day held five small interior sets
behind the characteristic fronts of
widely varying streets.
In waterfront saloon in old San
Francisco, described by the scenar-
ist as low dive" opening scenes
for The Sea Wolf" in which Ed
ward G. Robinson John Garfield
and Ida Lupino will display vari-
Gus kinds of villainy for the sake of
the Jack London story were filmed.
Michael Curtiz directed with Gus
tomary gusto and the ghostly water
front was alive with action.
Further away, but still within
walking distance, 1900 barber shop
had been set. up inside store build
ing front In it James Cagney, Alan
Hale, playing Cagney's father, and
Jack Carson the heavy, occasionally
meet to quarrel and sing rowdy
songs for strawberry Blonde"
Neither Olivia de Havilland nor Rita
Hayworth. who is the strawberry
blond in this case, were to be found
inside the shop. Nice girls didn't
even go past barber shop in 1900
if they could help it.
A little farther out of the way,
the small town" street was bustling
with the gaiety and activity of car
nival time On it there was cage
of lions, an expert barker selling his
wares, and small-town hero Eddie
Albert matching his wits against
the designs of Humphrey Bogart
and Sylvia Sidney for the love of
pretty little Joan Leslie in THE
Wagons Roll at Night"
Several blocks south by south
west on the same Warner grounds,
Bette Davis and James Stephenson
were making brief added scene
for Bette's latest completed picture,
THE Letter" They were touring
a native Chinese quarter where
Bette had gone in terror with her
lawyer friend to buy back the evil
dence of her murder guilt. A smoky
interior, badly lighted and fairly
bulging with suggested drama, was
the site of this bit of projected ex-
citement.
Thus the back lot at Warmers burst
suddenly into activity for just one
day. Twenty-four hours later it
was deserted again, its windows
gathering dust and its newly painted
street signs - changed with each
picture-f1opping in the wind.
Evening star., 1940-12-21

CIldt We Will Uc AA
husband and wife before 194l. We
keep telling each other, It's getting
mighty close now
Were both so hardened to this
sort of thing that it doesn't interfere
much with the enjoyment we find
in each others company. George
has had at least four so-called ro-
mances this past year. And I've had
about six But one of them-with
George Raft-really did embarrass
me. We were on the set together
and some one showed me a news
paper item that went something like
this, Ann Sheridan has borrowed
Norma Shearer's rumba partner,
George Raft The first lady isn't
going to like that I told George
P. S.-She didn't
~
"And then there was the time I
was supposed to be heartbroken
over Richard Calson. This is what
happened: Walter Wanger's publicity
man decided I should have a ro-
uldIlCS Will 1NlSlldlo VIC UOtll Sdiu
okay, but on the first day he told
me he was secretly engaged to the
girl he afterward married. 1t was
understood between us that our ro-
nance was strictly phoney So you
can imagine how annoyed I was at
the stories later that l was crying
my eyes out over his marriage
There was Anatole Litvak-I was
married to him practically every day
in the press And Cesar Romero
that one lasted quite a while, only
we could never quite bring our
selves to believe the stories of our
engagement. Then I was supposed
to marry Burgess Meredith. But I
didn't. They had an awful time
with me on the City for Conquest
picture. Every one in it was mar
ried already, and their wives sort
of objected to getting divorce on
my account. Fortunately George
(Brent was just around the corner.
And that was the beginning of our
beautiful friendship. So far we
have not gotten to the point of dis
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Where and. When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing
Stage.

Stage.
NatiOnal-"Flight to the West"
new adventure drama by Elmer
Rice, with Betty Field in the leading
role: 2:30 and $50 pm.
Screen.
EarIe-"South of Suez," George
Brent mines diamonds and drama:
IL am, /: 40. 4:25, ITO and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows: 1880, 3:35, $40 and
9:05 pm.
Capitol-"Dr. Kildare's Crisis, ="
adventure No. of the screens fa-
vorite intern: HOS am. las, 4:30,
tbs and 9:55 pm. Stage shows:
los, 3:45, $50 and 9l5 pm.
Metropolitan Dreaming Out
Loud" Lum and Abner solve their
neighbors problems: 1925 am,
l:25, $50, $50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Columbia-"Escape," film version
of the Ethel Vance best-seller: II :55
a M, 2:20, 4:45, 7:l0 and 9:35 pm.
Palace-"Tin Pan Alley" Betty
Cradle, Alice Faye and some famil-
lar hit tunes: II am. los, 3:l5,
5:25, 7:35 and Gas pm.
Keith's-"The Bank Dick the
new w. C. Fields comic holiday:
II, 2, 4, 6, and 10 pm.
Little-"The Great Waltz" the
last local showing of the spectacular
musical II am, los, 3:15, SIS,
7:35 and $50 pm.
Trans-LuX-NeWS and shorts,
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Loew's Employees
To Get Bonuses

Loew's Washington Theaters have
joined the group Of Washington
firms extending Christmas bonus
to their employees, Division Manager
Carter T. Barron has announced.
The Christmas cheer will be ex-
tended to all employees of Loew's
Capitol, Palace and Columbia who
began work before July l, 1910.
Those employed for year or more
and whose salaries do not exceed $40
will receive two weeks salary, this
amount not to exceed $50
Those employed six months, but
less than a year. and whose salaries
do not exceed $40 will receive a full
weeks salary, this amount not to
exceed $25.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Whitlock to Manage
Columbia Theater

William Brock Whitlock. proud
father of 7 pound ounce boy last
week, had a new reason to beam
with pride this week.
Loew Division Manager Carter T.
Barron announced the appointment
of Whitlock to the post of manager
of Loew's Columbia Theater. filling
the post of Frank Taylor, who has
resigned
To Whitlock's position as assist
ant manager of Loew's Capitol.
Charles M. Yerbey, jr, assistant at
Loew's Richmond, was appointed
Both Whitlock and Yerbey al
ready are at work in their new posi-
tionS.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
No More Quips

The ammunition offered to quip-
sters by the film title, ID. o. A." the
police code letters for dead on
arrival" was neutralized by Para
mount when the studio changed the
name of its new thriller to The
Monster and the Girl" The cast
Of "T'he Monster and the Girl" a
mystery drama having to do with
the crimes of a gorilla man. is
headed by Ellen Drew, Robert
Paige, Paul Lukas and Joseph CAL
LEILA. Stuart Heisler is the director
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Screen to Stage

Two Paramount motion pictures,
Easy Living" and "The Night of
June 18th" have been dramatized
for stage production and will be
published by Longmans, Green and
Co.. Inc, of New York, Paramount
Pictures announces.
The dramatizations were made by
Frank Vreeland, former drama critic
and screen editor Both picture
plays are studio originals by Vera
Caspary. In their dramatic form
they will be available for stock and
amateur stage presentation.
Evening star., 1940-12-21

OpClOn WITHOUT
a haunted look,
Miss Field can
talk about the
subject quite OBJ
jectively. Elsie.
the COW, could
n OF b e m ore
bland about it.
tAny eSe m =
blance between
them, however,
e n d S at t h a t
point, it prob
a ably need not be
added.)
Miss Field, a
iarinhf infnlli
Evening star., 1940-12-21
eally ought to call this column

"The Loves and
H a t e S of an
o o m phi Girl. 4"
Over the most
delicious m e a t
! oaf (wit h
onions) that I
have ever tasted,
Annie begins:
These reports
of m arryin 6
G e or ge Brent
one day and
cooling the next
are getting me
dizzy, The latest
thing 1 read is
<Lot ~,a ,,,;1l Lo
Evening star., 1940-12-21
AIMS Getting Mighty Tired
OF Those Stories You Hear
Reports of Impending Marriage,
Which Have Bothered Her Often,
Have Her Dizzy This Time
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.


Ann Sheridan large branch of mletoe the
where will later climbs the edder tells
come in unching with Annie at her North Hollywood home
professional you still fighting
personal always
interesting to a
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Betty Field a Starlet @x
With Many Differences
She Doesn't Worry About Film Contract,
For One Thing, and She Need Not
For Very Sound Reason
BY JAY CARMODY.

Field differs
place
difference between the leading lady Flight West
the National and her fellow Hollywood
remarkable Unlike hem she does no. live in kind Of sustained dread
average young ..r
Evening star., 1940-12-21

TODAY SHE CELEBRATES-Adelita Varea popular Mercan
singer to the Madlon aw back at the beginning of
the Oaue OF popularity Of Latin American entertainment and
she's been riding the the since Tonight
she marks her second anniversary at the Madon starts the
third OF uha to hare been OF those iited
engagements"
Evening star., 1940-12-21

Eddie Albert has a collection OF
ships inside bottles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-12

Chicago, July IL -(UP)-- The
city's hosts are prepared to make
the Democratic convention . thing
Of fun and frolic rs well IS serious
work.
They have provided o wide va
riety Of entertainment, including
special night club shows, major
league baseball, two legitimate
theatrical attractions, horse racing,
and music.
For the baseball fans, Manager
Gabby Hartnett and his Chicago
Cubs will battle the New York
Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers Of
the National league at Wrigley
field.
Horse race fans can 20 to Ar
lington park for some Of the sea-
sons best racing. On July 10 the
$4,000 added Lassie stakes will be
run, and on July 20 there Ii the
$4,000 added Arlington classic.
Lillian Gish is starring In Life
with Father" the dramatization
of Clarence Days book, In the the
alter across the street from the
Stevens hotel convention head
quarters.
al JOlson will have his new mu-
steal, Hold On to Your Hat" In .
loop theater for preview rum be-
fore he takes IL to New York. STAR
ring with Jolson are Ruby Keeler,
: Martha Raye-and . chorus.
Delegates who want to escape
the uproar can stroll to Grant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-12
LOCAL ARTISTS
IN EXHIBITION
First Annual Summer
Event Arranged By Mat
tatuck Historical Group

The Mattatuck Historical Society
announces the opening Of its first
Annual Summer Exhibition by Wa
terbury artists. The exhibition will
|,be In the Society's Little Gallery
and will open on Monday, July 18th,
and will remain on view until the
end Of September.
In previous years the societys ex-
hibition program has been devoted
to winter activities but the increas-
ing interest in summer exhibitions
throughout Connecticut and the
large number Of summer visitors at
the museum has convinced the So
ciety's committee on special exhibits
that this activity will be appreciate
ed both by local artists and by vis-
itors to the Museum. The response
to the committees invitation to ex-
hibit has been most enthusiastic
and gratifying.
Those exhibiting are:
Elizabeth Kirk--"Still Life" evil
lage Snow Scene"
Sally Haley-"Portrait," Temporal;
"At the window" Temporal.
Elizabeth H. 1.-THE Model"
STRAW Hat"
Ethel Chase Hurlburt-"Flow
In the Sum-" Portrait"
Polly Plume-"Watertown Barn."
water color: Covered Bridge" wa
ter color.
Edith Willetts REPRESENTATIONS, y
Tempora; "Lillies," Temporal.
Minnie Rogers Steele-"sand
Dunes" Rose Hill Garden"
Helen E. hase-Fragment OF
1.-THE Drinkers" by velasquez, "The
Little Model"
David r. Guffie-"Autumn," wa
ter color; 1.-THE Pool"
From the Mattatuck Historical
Society:
George H. Word-"A Little Bit Of
Old New England"
David T. Cook-'"The Broker"
George Marinko - Mountain,
View" "Trees in winter"
Miles ia. Martin-"Green River
The Committee on Special Exhib-
It's, Of which Mrs. Ethel Chase
Hurlbut Is chairman, consists Of the
following: Mrs. william w. Brown
Edward j. Balthazar, Leo J. Curley
Thomas ]. Condor, Edward H. Da-
Wis, Mrs. Lucian Derouin, Rawsor
w. Haddon, Frederick w. Holcomb
Miss Margery K. Hayden, Miles
IA. Martin, Mrs. Charles L. Larkin
Mrs. Leavenworth P. Sperry, Mrs
Elton s. Wayland, Mrs. Glenn H.
] Wayne.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-12
In Bankruptcy

The FIRST meeting Of creditors
Of the bankrupt estate Of VIII
liam Rudnils. doing business as
the Rainbow shop, 1873 South
nIain street. dealing in infants
and children's wear, will be held
On Monday before Referee Wal
Ter r. Terrence. John ID. ThOns
has been named trustee Of the
estate. Sale OF the assets win
take place ON Monday, with YER
non L. Hall conducting the auc-
pioneering.
In the case Of Sol and Esther
lehman, operators Of o market
at 1876 Walnut street, Referee
Torrance has accepted an ar
rangement for the payment OF
1870 to creditors, in accordance
with Chapter XXI Of the national
bankruptcy act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-12
NEARLY TWENTY
THOUSAND LOAF
Cloak, Suit Workers Sit at
Sewing Machines, But
Do No Work

New York, July 12-(UPl-Nearly
10000 cloak and suit workers sat
idle at their sewing machines today,
and New York City's $4,000, 0oo-a-
year cloak industry was at stand
still while representatives Of the
International Ladies Garment
Workers Union and representatives
Of four employers groups conferred
with Governor Lehman in an eff
fort to prevent the stoppage from
becoming strike.
A settlement seemed nearer after
a meeting late last night between
the governor and representatives Of
the disagreeing factions in Albany,
but there was no indication that
the workers would be back at their
jobs by Monday.
Meanwhile, in the lofts where
they ply their trade, the unionists
played cards, quarter hacked the
war, read newspapers, all without
interference from their employers.
Unless the disagreementS are set
tied today, the stoppage Is to be-
come a formal strike.
The disagreement is over new
contract the union wants with the
employer groups. Making no new
demands relative to wages or hours,
the union seeks sterilization" Of
the industry by limiting the num-
Der of contractors one jobber may
employ, establishing a board OF
control to supervise the industry,
and keeping the work In New York
City, instead of farming" 1t out OF
the city at lower labor costs.
The tie-up comes at the peak sea-
son for the industry, when buyers
are in the city for the fall season.
It remains heavy through Septem-
Der and October, the daily average
during chose months being about
81, OO0, 900.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-12
COMMUNISTS OF
MASS. IN DANGER
Leaders Will Probably Be
Taken to Capital on
Contempt Charges

Boston, July IL - (U.P0 - TWO
Massachusetts Communist part.
leaders today faced probable re-
moval to washington for trial on
contempt charges growing from
their alleged refusal to answer, ques-
lions posed by the Dies Committee.
u. 8. Commissioner Edward Dom
ovan indicated after an all day
hearing yesterday that he would
permit removal Of Philip Frankfeld,
secretary Of the Community party
of Massachusetts, and Thomas F
(Pat) O'Dea, president Of the
Young Communist League Of Mass.
achusetts. Donovan reserved his de-
cision, however, until Tuesday.
"None Of the questions raised BY
the defense presented a legal OBJ
stacle to removal" Donovan said.
He added that certified copies OF
indictments against Frankfeld and
ODea comprised a case for the gov
eminent and that the only question
before him was wether there was
probable cause
O'Dea testified he did not give
the Dies Committee the name OF
the secretary Of the Harvard Youns
Communist League because he fear
ed the committee would 'persecute
him economically and interfere with
his academic studies and training
evftk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-12
Printing Appeal

II Is not yet nown whether the
appeal to the state supreme court
Of errors taken by the IA men
convicted In the Waterbury con-
spiracy trial last summer will be
ready for a hearing when the
courts next session opens in
Hartford the first Tuesday in Oc-
tober. According to william A.
Bree, clerk of the superior court
at New Haven, the printers are
busily engaged in printing the
appeal, which Is the logest in the
history Of Connecticut, and the
work of checking the proofs Is
just as unremitting.
II the appeal is not ready for
the next session of the supreme
court, 1t may be heard in any
subsequent session. The court
holds monthly sessions from Oc-
tober until June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-12

Waterville, July 1.-THE monthly
meeting Of the Casper s. Davis,
American Legion Auxiliary, will be
held tonight, at 8 o'clock, at Fra
ternity Hall, with Mrs. May Smith,
president, in charge. A special
guest Of the evening, will be Mrs.
Bessie Bassett, president Of the
American Legion Second District,
and all members are urged to be
present. Final plans for the state
convention will also be made and
q social hour will follow.
Delegates to the convention IN
Norwich on July gath, 25th, 26th,
and 9th, have been named as fol-
lows: Mrs. May Smith and Mrs.
Ethel Byrnes, with Mrs. Agnes
Martin and Mrs. Dorothy Cook, al
ternates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-12
Trades Course

The Board of Education tonight
will discuss forwarding a plea to
The state education department for
establishing mechanical apprentice
courses In the local schools. The
course would be in line with the
expanding defense program.
If the courses are established
they would probably be given at
Leavenworth high school.