Evening star., 1940-06-02
fine until one night as the end Of the

fine until one night as the end Of the
run was near.
This evening, as he pondered Miss
Cowl's death scene. awaiting the
cue to pull the curtain, Stage Man
ager Stewart heard a great clatter
marring the quiet solemnity of the
latter moments of Camille" In
the alley he found happy inebriate
tossing rocks against the roof,
solemnly watching them roll down.
He performed his duty, chased the
man away. rushed back to the
wings. A long and eloquent silence
greeted him from the stage. Imme-
diately he leaped to the conclusion
that he had been too long In the
alley. leaped then to the curtain
ropes.
Miss Cowl was very unhappy. He
had rung down the curtain right in
the middle of her death scene.
Mr.. Stewart's Theatrical career
did not, as you well know, end there
and then. however, much as Miss
Cowl probably thought it should.
Soon he had found an Irish brogue
and was playing Sergt. O'Hara in
yellow Jack" BY 1884 he was a
romantic lead opposite Hancey
Castle in Divided by Three"
He was romantic lead in "Di-
vided by Three" for just three weeks,
the extent of its run. The three
weeks were long enough, though,
for a talent scout to see him and
arrange for a screen test. It was
not an enthusiastic Jimmy Stewart
the scout found, however. He had
been tested during the run of "Yel-
low Jack" with an appalling lack of
reaction on the part of the testers.
But by now most of the members
of the Thursday Night Beer Club
had transferred their activities to
Hollywood and Stewart thought it
might be fine to join them.
Miss Sullivan Steps In.
This time, or his story would not
be being told here now, the test
was more favorably received. Shortly
Jim was playing in "The Murder
Man," then played jeanette Mac
Donald's brother in Rose Marie"
This won enthusiastic where has he
been?" praise from fans and critics
alike, even had Hollywood talking.
But talk was all there was for
Stewart until he renewed his ac-
quaintance with Margaret SULLIVAN.
Miss Sullivan was preparing for
Next Time We Love-" awaiting a
leading man, her studio having trou-
bic finding one She went to work
for Mr.. Stewart, built up his stage
career to such proportions that stu
dio executives couldn't gracefully
refuse to test him for the part.
"Next Time We Love" Gt goes
without saying that he won the
role) started the Stewart fan mail
pouring in. After several other
films his career was given further
impetus when he played opposite
Joan Crawford in "The Gorgeous
Hussy."
Now, after five years in Hollywood,
Jimmy Stewart has an impressive
list of pictures to his credit. It in
cludes, among others. Born to
Dance" AFTER the Thin Man."
Seventh Heaven" Navy Blue and
Gold" "Of Human Hearts," "Viva.
cious Lady" "Shopworn Angel" "Mr.
Smith Goes to Washington" "Destry
Rides Again" and ''The Shop Around
the Corner" Soon he will add to
this 'T'he Mortal Stnrm"-i, which
Margaret SULLIVAN plays the leading
feminine role.
Jimmy Stewards Hollywood life
today is simple one, free Of af-
fectation. His bachelor (at the mo-
ment Of writing) home is his para
disc, where he devotes his idle hours
to broiling steaks. working on his
model airplanes, listening to SYM
phony recordings.
His one absorbing interest still is
the one he first encountered at the
age Of Aviation. He flies his own
monoplane (not one he built himself
this time) and recently gave his
friends some bad moments by at
tempting, and passing, . blind flying
test.
Jimmy still feels this Is all q lucky
accident, his screen career. If Vir-
ginia had been big enough to man
age that Christmas accordion he'd
be working Ia the hardware store or
desiyning houses.