Evening star., 1940-07-10

matter what the number, the sys-
tenn never has failed him.
At the end of the quieting con-
certs, Robinson starts to work on a
typewriter. That Is all right so long
as the writing mood is largo. Rob-
inson is snail on a typewriter
Therefore, when the mind begins to
OUTRAGE the fingers, he abandons the
typewriter, races over to his desk
and works furiously with a pencil
For such emergencies, the Robinson
desk always is neatly implemented
with two dozen sharpened pencils
and a suitable mound of paper.
Another aspect of Robinson's her
metically sealed artistic life which
interests observers is that he has
few gregarious moments when a
picture of his is in the making
Most screen authors like to get to-
gether with others of their kind, OF
at least roughly similar, for a cup
of black coffee in the morning OF
a midday meal. Not Robinson
He stays right in his music con-
servatory office, always on tap
should the director decide revision
would be in order To avoid starry
ing to death in observance of that
ritual Robinson has at hand an
electric toaster and grill. He can
cook with one hand and just few
brain cells while he goes on writing
with the other hand and the re-
mainder of the brain.
Robinson, whose latest workout
of his music library was dedicated
to the script of "All This and
Heaven, Too" cracked Hollywood
without any difficulty. He was
working as newspaper man on the
old New York World cas- who
wasnt?) when he decided he
couldn't write any worse than the
fellows who were writing Hollywood
subtitles. Friends of his already
in the cinema capital encouraged
him in the notion, so he went out
there. He got his first assignment
to work on the subtitles of a Bar
writer's were supposed to work slow
ly in the tropics in order to escape
the plaques, fevers and neuroses, he
finished the job in day.
When the big shots recovered
from the shock of the experience
they hired Robinson. He has been
hired ever snice.
Bob Crosby who comes to the
Capitol with his band on Friday
may admire Brother Bing more
than any other human creature,
but he does not carry his admira-
ton to the point of copying Bing IS
vivid wardrobe. The younger
Crosby, a considerable athlete be-
fore, during and since college, has
an athletes attitude toward night
clubs. He doesn't like them
except as places to work and make
money in. He was practically
a Ounce in algebra and is proud of
1t, to cite one more fact about him
:. Lewis Stone, Judge Hardy to
nearly every one, celebrated four
decades on stage and screen with
the making of Andy Hardy Meets
a Debutante." .. With more posi-
tive positivelies than you ever saw
in one announcement. Hardie Mea-
kin lets it be known that Sunday
night is positively the positive clos
ing date of My Favorite Wife
-. Thereafter, positively, the Keith
screen will be tenanted by Private
Affairs" starring Nancy Kelly and
Robert Cummings. Mr.. Meakin
seems very determined about it
The Earle's Roxyettes, the
bravest girls in town. who never
have failed to come back alive from
some of the most dangerous aero
batic dance adventures, have worked
out a new test of their intrepidity
:. 1t is silt dance in the show
starting Friday. Starting out
as a precision number, it was turned
into tap routine when the girls
found it did not look difficult enough
in the original form.