Evening star., 1940-01-30
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A quartet of stars arriving last
night met such large Grove, at
Union Station that one woman was
thrown to the ground and a half
dozen policemen had to use their
sternest tactics to get the celebrities
and their escorts to the limousineS.
The four stars, Edward G. Robin
son, Mr.. OBrien, Mr.. Cagney and
Ona Munson, stepped into another
reception at the Carlton Hotel,
where a delegation of teen-age fans
awaited them. The wives of the
three male stars had to keep riding
up and down in the elevators until
the coast was clear, while the men
were hustled to their suites.
The O'Brien- -Cagney team imme-
diately Topped on the nearest chairs,
explaining that they had "had their
brains knocked out" during their
week in New York, but were per-
fectly willing to go J.lrougn it again
for the celebration.
Then they subsidized into an in
comprehensive vocabulary which
stunned reporters until they ex-
planned it was Australian lingo they
had picked up on the West Coast.
One of their directors, they ex-
planned, used it all the time just
for fun.
For instance, the director might
| ask if Mr.. Cagney planned to wear a
whip and lash on the cherry pip"
which means moustache on his
lip, they explained in unison.
They do almost everything in
unison and still are fast friends
after making seven pictures to-
gether.
No Fighting on Set.
Do they fight on the set? Not at
all, said Mr.. O'Brien. Temperament,
he explained, is just a longer way to
spell temper.
Then he stretched his long legs
to reveal black wool socks just
barely peeking over his shoetops.
He told his wife he wanted them
short when she started to knit
them, he explained, and he got
them
Nice for evening wear" grinned
Mr. Cagney.
In a more serious mood, Mr.. Rob-
inson reminisced on his way from
the station about Washington in
the old days, when he used to play
the legitimate theaters.
I've been away too long" he
sighed. Then, as the car passed the
White House, he stared at the
lighted portals and remarked, "A
great man in there, a very great
man. I hope he runs for a third
term"
Noted as a collector of fine paint
ings, the man who plays grim roles
on the screen expressed desire to
see the art galleries here and the
Folger Library.
Miss Munson, the feminine men,
ber of the quartet and Mr.. Robin
sons lieutenant on the Big Town"
radio show, looked at Washington as
one coming home. The Belle Wat
ling of Gone With the Wind was
once in the National Theater Play
ers here. For the trip from New
York to Washington, long red
hood covered her blond hair.
Mr.. Robinson and Miss Munson
will pause in their round tonight
to broadcast the Big Town" show,
using as their theme the fight
against fighting infantile paralysis
and dramatizing the terror that
enfolds a city when an epidemic
strikes.
A few hours before this contingent
of celebrities came to town Repre-
sentative Caroline ODay of New
York gave her annual party for the
stars at the Mayf1oWer Hotel, with
Mickey Rooney, Gloria Jean,
Brenda Joyce and Olivia de Havil-
land and quorum of mem
bers of Congress. Miss Iamour
and Ella Manchester, also here for
the celebration, were not present.