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Evening star., 1941-03-09

was banging desks, and maybe
knuckles, in a small high school in
Michigan. Her heart was set on
teaching, but that virulent acting
bug flew in suddenly and swept her
away from claSsrooms. A few vaca-
tion-time bits and walk-on jobs with
the Bonstelle Theater Co. in Detroit
insired Martha with new and diff
ferent ambitions-and Schoolroom
glamour took another black eye.
Of course, being American, none
Of us had a chance to draw Made
leine Carroll as our teacher. Made
leiene and Greer Carson, too, taught
school in London. They both en-
tered films via repertory work.
She Liked Teaching.
Gail Patrick did a teaching turn
after completing her legal education
at the University of Alabama. She
is our idea of the perfect teacher.
Maybe she didn't teach so much, but
no one can deny that looking at
her from Monday through Friday
wouldn't be educational.
Louise Campbell also was a teach
er, and a serious one. before turning
to the stage and then a contract
with Paramount. Louise taught in
Chicago and distinctly liked her
work. She says she will return to
it some day."
Leaving the classrooms, let's look
In On the matter Of dancing. Ger
Evening star., 1941-03-09

wv
Warner bosses.
The switch from drama to COM
edy came at vital stage in Miss
De Havilland's career. She was
getting lost in the swamp of ingenue
drama. For too long she had played
straight for Enrol Flynn's solemn
faced love declarations. Then came
Melanie in Gone With the Wind"
and new hope of better things for
Olivia. But she was yanked back to
the old ingenue innocence. That
wink of hers, though, the most at
tractive wink I have seen yet in or
out OF pictures, gives new concep-
ton of Olivia. And I think that
from now on film things will be all
right for her.
1t is always a good idea to change
your type in Hollywood. 1t prevents
you from getting in or staying in
rut.. Take Ginger Rogers. What a
lucky day it was for her when she
insisted on picture: A, without
Fred Astairs and B, without a single
dance step. You can dance only so
many times in so many pictures.
After that the curtain must fall-for
a while anyway Ginger changed
her act, and has kept on changing
her act, eliminating in her fine dra-
matte performance in Kitty Foyle." 3"
which won her the academy award
for the best performance of 1910.
Even Dyed His Hair.
Ann Sothern is currently playing
another Maisie-type role in Lady
Be Good" And I want to sound a
note of warning for her. How many
Maisie-type roles can she play be-
fore audiences cry Enough? can
go for several more, and I think you
can. But when saturation point
comes, I hope Ann displays the same
good sense that caused her to stay
off the serene for IL months rather
than do repeat of the engenue
roles that were killing her at the
box office. The switch in type
should occur perhaps after the next
two or three pictureS-before we
have a chance to get bored by Maisie.
Not only did Gene Raymond Miss
Sothern's erstwhile romantic part
ner in drearily romantic filmS)
change his type in "Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, but dyed his hair dark so as
to change his looks as well. It's too
early to predict what the new Mr..
Raymond will garner in the way of
pictures. But he might have a new
lease on screen life as heavy"
Heavy" William Powell started
new and better career by switching
from screen villainy to light comedy.
I don't know whether this was Bills
own idea or one or those accidents,
but the change in type has brought
him fortune.
Two AIternates.
How many of you remember Myr-
ma 10y as a Sinking Oriental? All
that Is left of Myrna's exotic past
Is her surname. She should be eter-
nally grateful to the person who
first believed she could play an
American girl in spite of her up
slanting eyes. But word of warn
ing: Myrna. has been the perfect
screen wife" for a long time. Don't
be overfaithful to the role, Myrna.
Hardest screen transition is for
the once handsome young man or
woman who is getting on Ia years
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Cast COMPLETED

Hal Roach has completed the cast
for his forthcoming production,
Broadway Limited" The film, a
comedy with the crack train as
background, is now before the cam
eras and will be released by United
Artists.
Heading the list of players are
Victor McLaglen, Dennis OKeefe
and Marjorie Woodwork, a new
cinematic find, with Patsy Kelly and
zasu Pitts in the leading featured
roles. Others in the cast are George
E: Stone, John Sheehan and Leonid
Kinsky. >
The production is under the di-
rection Of Gordon Douglas from the
screen story by Rian James.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Todoy's Film Schedules

CAPITOAndy Hardys Private Secretary he
high school in his latest adventure 24 $50 1855 1890
Stage shows 2, 4:35, ITO and GAS pm.
COLUMBIA-Te Philadephna Story" Katharine Hepburn
Stewart witty frolic: 2i5 435 and pm
EARLE-"Adam Had -Four Sons of American family life 2,
4:4O 3:45,
Smith" marital comedy with Caroe
Robert Montgomery Ass, 720 and $40 pm.
March of Time: 20 430 6:55 and 95
LITTE-Nght Train melodramac comic British thriller
2, T. 555 7:45 and 9:40 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"Arzon Arthur pushes frontiers
Westward: 220 445 7:10 and $40 pm.
with
$50 7:2O 935 pm
shorts; o'clock
Evening star., 1941-03-09

first World War, has become in
creasingly swift and the theater
gears itself to it. The dramatist
who wants to succeed today,
Hackett found, must not lag behind
that pace.
A conspicuous example of Hack
ett's theory exists in the success of
"Charley's Aunt" This ancient
comedy, was the first hit to arrive
on Broadway this season. And only
(See BARRON, Page F-3)
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Freddie Gets Lead

Freddie Bartholomew, one of the
screens most prominent young
actors, will be seen in the leading
role of Clumbia's new picture,
Naval Academy" which is sched-
uled to go before the cameras i'm
mediately. Erie Kenton will direct.
Young Bartholomew, who has
been absent from the screen for
some time, was last seen in Spirit
of Culver" and Two Bright Boys"
in both of which he shared the
leads with Jackie Cooper. Freddie
came to this country from England
several years ago. His first big hit
was as David in David Copper
field" His later pictures include
Little Lord Fauntleroy," The
Devil Is a Sissy" Captains Coura-
seous," kidnapped" and Lord JEFF"
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Cinema's Scorn for Own
Writers Is Balanced by
Admiration for Others
1t Can't Pay Too Much for Success
From the Stage or the BookStallS,
AsNew Price Scale Makes Clear
Rv law InrmOdv.

writer NAV be the lowest form Of Hollywood
bosses are practically addresses
admiration the cinema magnates for noocal
literature that it won't until industrial CroeSu will be
wishing had concentrated in the subjunctve mood writing
the today And how!
The exquisite example wealth that to the
word wizard at the present has
swahy sort of fellow who has sat
the Bleecks more than once reng the fact that MS
affairs Today as autor
music oIiara is the fellow who
year oHara would have been glad to
script for Columbia which bought it, or
Those are the rates course Broadway 1t
that something less than smash hardly
innocent although very pleasant tts
slS5OOO charming author like Rose
Miss Franken Had No Notion
Play Was Worth All That
1t was just that this department sat in the
National Theae with Miss Fankn who now has s8 ehaens
companion Claudia something OF genuine
merit Miss Franken remained thoroughly unconvineed .on
that's bad produced such an excess
protested Miss Franken knew
don't said with startling variety Of candO Honestly: 59r
second time"
payVrghts Miss FrankenS estimate OF her pay
exactly sl85OOO this side OF the value when DAVID o.
seznck upon it this week. ,
Tolls" which brought neat 100000 to
Ultimate n n oToG m M nooess @ literature IN other forms
A Those
BY for Purposes.
will recalled without mental
strain Grapes Rebecca both adaptations OF
the Out"
straight pages
males where did James stewart
find The Philadelphia Story
Philip play Katharine Hepburn? The single exception
established literature was
The Westerner
(Flm Days derived polling
represented original screen writ
ing Those Correspondent and
the mark including the already mem
toned the bookstals They were All This
Illinois, Northwest Passage Our
Mortal Storm
Evidence just the sort to Hollywood fxation
It an interesting exclusive faith
fields shared by three OF ha
Chaplin Frank Capra
and Preston suges them likely to be caughat
believes firmly qualified demonstrate the point that the
the three
Capa Horizon and You Can't Take With You out
respectively but he never was sasned
his writing associate Robert
Riskin likely henceoh They did
satisfaction and that of great many others IN Mr.
Smith will be ready with Meet John
although there are taes
Horizon
exceptions The rest
successful
from the standpoint OF cash on hand
Evening star., 1941-03-09

standing author directors. notably
that of Gertrude Lawrence in Moss
Hart's musical drama. Lady in the
Dark" Hackett confessed himself
quite confused by the experience.
BY the best London standards he
found these plays over-written and
over directed. But they have a vi
tality rarely found in the London
theater. he added, and that is de-
rived from pace.
The tempo of life in the Broad
way theater, just as it did in the
Evening star., 1941-03-09
New Tempo Makes a Hit
Of an Old Play Revived
Joshua Logan's Direction Adds
Speed to the 51-Year. Old Farce
Called 'Charley's Aunt
BY Mark Barron,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.

Walter Hacke American playwright who contributed hit to
returned write for the Broadway eater But first he realizes
residence
him the esure the British drama
and now; he admits, must unean all that
Evening star., 1941-03-09
He Can Cut andTake 1t
Frank Capra Is One Film Director
Who Edits His Own Pictures
HOLLYWOOD.


Perhaps it's just we'll to prospective visitors to the Warner
they suddenly
wart with long streamers Of film hanging from his mouth
would good
spaghetti
draper Positively
He cutting picture
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Change of Film Character
Means New Lease on Life
Many Screen Star Has Discovered
A Career Can Be Continued
By Flight From Tipping
By Sheilah Graham.


Jimmy lady
other better think I'll
opened field of film work From Olivia will
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
JucosIavs Advance
On Nazi Kew Point

LONDON, April Is CUP)-Radio
Athens broadcast reports again to-
day that Jugoslav forces advancing
from Kachanik pass we're threaten
ing the important Serbian town of
Skolpje, key point in German COM
nunications.
The Serbs are now concentrating
On a drive southwark in an effort
to join the British and Greek forces
in Greece, the radio broadcast i'll
dicated.
The Athens broadcast said that
Jugoslays had taken the offensive
"spirtedly' OH a line from Nish
to Kragujevac, in eastern Jugo-
slavia, and forced the Germans
back on both banks of the Morava
river.
South of Nish, it was said. the
JugoslaVs recaptured Prikuplje.
II Serbian Macedonia, the Jugo-
slavs hold Kachanik pass and have
recaptured Suhareka, northwest Of
Prizen. it was added.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
London Admits New
Retreat as kazis
Drive into Greece
By RUEL S. MOORE

LONDON, April Is. CUP)-Brit-
ish forces in Greece have Swung
back" to meet a German threat
from the Bitolj gap, the ministry
of information admitted today, but
it added that during the operation
British covering troops had inflicted
severe casualties on the Germans
in several sharp encounters.
ct was indicated that the re-
treat might be the one, or an ex-
tension of the one, the British war
office reported yesterday when it
said that on the night of April IL
IL British troops withdrew to new
positions but covering troops in
flicted severe casualties)
Radio reports from Turkey as
serted that Jugoslav troops had made
two successful counter-attacks in
the Topola region 40 miles south
of Belgrade and we're threatening
the Belgrade -Nish railroad by their
attacks in the Morava valley.
The same reports said that on
the basis of late information there
might be no more than $4,000 Brit
ish troops in Greece including air
force personnel.
Such news as arrived from the
Balkan front indicated that the
British and Germans were still
sparring for position and that the
British and Greek troops were pre-
pairing to meet a full force German
attack.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
Pilot Killed When
Bomber Crashes

HONOLULU, April Is CUP)- A
marine scout bomber crashed last
night near the Waimanalo sugar
plantation. killing end Lieut. Rich
ard H. Empie, Jacksonville, Fla,
and seriously burning his passenger,
Fvt. Stephen Bill Springfield, Mo.
The accident occurred a half
hour after an army training plane
fell in the sea off Kahuku Point,
Oahu.
Lieut.. Empie was attached to the
marine air base at the Pearl Har-
Dor naval air station. He was en-
gagged in a routine training flight
at the time of the crash. Bill is at
the Waipio hospital.
1t was announced officially that
those aboard the army plane were
2nd Lieut.. Theodore D. Denjovsky
Jr., %, Salida, Colo, and 2nd Lieut..
Walter j. Tosts, %, hometown ufi-
known.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15

lied columns now were battling III
the region of Ptolemais, 20 miles
south Of Phlorina, which had been
one of the key points in the Mac
edonian defense line. Skirting Ptol-
emais, other German forces were
advancing on Klissoura, village
south of Ptolemais; on Kozani, 20
miles southeast of Ptolemais, and
on Siatista. 20 miles southwest of
Ptolemais, the Greek high COM
rnand said
(The implication was that Phlor-
ina, fourth city of Greece. with a
population of 125,0O0, had fallen to
the Germans. Salonika, second
Greek city, fell last week. Athens is
the largest and Piraeus, the port
of Athens, the third largest.)
Because of the German capture
of southern Jugoslavia, enabling
German troops to use the roads
leading to the flanks and rear of
the Greek army in Albania, Greek
forces were ordered to evacuate
Corizza, Albania, for strategical
reasons the high command said.
THE enemy, perceiving the with
drawal, attacked by motorcycles
after "a hours. Some dozens of these
were captured. At all other points
on the Albanian front enemy Of
fensives everywhere were repulsed
and hundreds were takn prisoner. ."
The reports of German advances
indicated that the British Greek
defenses now extended on virtually
an east-WeSt line, anchored to the
Aegean sea above Mount Olympus,
and to the Pindus mountains almost
due west of there, below Corizza
Corizza, original base for the
italian attack on Greece last Oc-
tober, is Is miles from the Greek
border 1t is 35 miles southwest of
Phlorina.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15

poll, Libya, with the connivance
Of the Vichy government"
Blaming Admiral Jean Francois
Darlan, vice premier of France, for
the alleged connivance, the Daily
Mail said
I'VE cannot afford to ignore any
threat from the pro- Nazi intrigues
of this Would-be dictator of unoc-
cupied France. NeitEH can we af-
ford to handle him with kid gloves.
The Daily Mail cited reports that
Darlan was permitting Germans to
filtrate not only into French north
Africa but into Syria in the guise
Of tourists.
Events in Syria and Iraq display
all the symptoms of The German
process of disintegration from with
in before aggression from without" !"
the newspaper said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
Evacuation Sforv
False Say British

LONDON, April IS CUP) - An
authoritative source said today that
reports the British expeditionary
force is contemplating evacuation
from Greece are false.
British reinforcements are being
moved TO the fighting. lines in
stead of evacuating from Greece,
It was stated in denying what q
spokesman called axis propa-
ganda."
while the general situation. in
the Mediterranean is regarded as
serious it is not considered grave
as there are several satisfactory
aspects.
There is no cause for gloom over
the position at Tobruk where our
forces could fight their way out if
they desired or could be evacuated
by sea Where they are lin Tob-
ruk) they represent a serious men,
ace to the German lines of COM
munication."
tThe Germans circled Tobruk
and drove on into Egypt
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
Reds See New Era
Dawning in Orient

MOSCOW, April Is tUP) Russia
and Japan now enter q new phase
in their relations after many years
of hostility. supposed and famed
at times by various outside powers
Izvestia, the government newspaper
organ said today in an editorial on
the Russo-Japanese neutrality act
Izvestia's editorial was largely
similar to that Fublished yesterday
by Pravda, organ of the Commu-
mist party. Izvestia. however spoke
somewhat more strongly Of the
mistakes" of former Japanese
leaders in their policy toward Rus
sia. 1t reviewed the many frontier
incidents and commented:
These events helped some polit-
ical and military leaders in Japan
to realize their mistake. to realize
that the Soviet Union pursues its
own policy and will never allow
anyone to impose on it an alien
will, and that consequently they
must make raove for establish
ment of friendly relations with the
Soviet Union"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15

BERLIN, April Is. (UP)-German
armed forces led by Adolf Hitler's
crack SIS troops smashed both ends
of the Greek defense line, the high
command reported today, and re-
pulsed British motorized columns
nosthwest of famed Mount olympus
In go mile drive into Greece.
Two German columns striking
Southward through the Phlorina
= sector and along Salonika gulf cap
tured the Greek towns of Ptolemais
and Kozane and crossed the Ajax
mon river in two places-one north
OF Servia which lies about II miles
northwest of Mount Olympus, and
the other on the lower reaches of
the river.
Thirty British tanks were re-
ported destroyed in the fighting
around PtolemaiS and the Germans
said retreating British motorized
forces and infantry were attempting
to delay the Germans by extensive
destruction"
CAT Athens, the British reported
their forces on the eastern or Mount
Olympus sector Of the line had re-
pulsed German mechanical forcess
Ind that elsewhere there was no
further contact with the Nazis. The
British previously had announced
withdrawal to a new line.)
In addition to the German spear
heads driving through each end of
the first British Greek line and
apparently attempted to converge
on the important communications
center of Larisa, 80 miles south of
Mount Olympus, the Italian advance
from Albania appeared to be a third
although slow-line of attack into
Greece.
The high command said that, af-
ter capturing Corizza, the Italians
again were advancing eastward, pre-
sumably along a route that would
take them to the Kastoria sector
and thence southeastward in the
general direction of Larisa.
tThe second British Greek defense
line presumably runs from the re-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
Flight. Surrender
Alternatives for
Athens GoyernFn'f
By J. w. T. MASON
United Press War Expert

With the Anglo-Greek line being
pushed back toward central Greece,
realistic strategy now requires the
Athens government consider wheth-
er to surrender, if the last ex-
tremity is reached, or to retire to
north Africa and continue the
struggle there. German reports
empty transports are in Greek har-
bors may mean the Greeks already
have planned a retirement across
the Mediterranean, should the
worst happen at home.
The present position of the An
glo-Greek forces may be likened
somewhat to miniature reproduc-
tion of the conditions facing the
British and French during the
German offensive in the west last
spring The Greek mountains rep
resent the French Maginot line
while the German penetration of
the Jugoslavi passes is not dis
similar from the German thrust
across the Meuse, west of Sedan
which gave Adolf Hitler his initial
control of the military situation.
The campaign in northern France
was based on powerful pressure
against the east and west wings of
the allies, while the allied center
held fast. The German purpose was
to develop semi-encirclement
threatening to squeeze the enemy
into surrender. Similar tactics now
are apparently being used in Greece.
The center of the Anglo-G
line has been holding but the east
ern and western flanks have been
bending back. 1t is possible that by
thus shortening their curved front,
the British and Greeks can con-
centrate their fire sufficiently to
hold back the Germans indefinitely.
If the German superiority of
equipment and heavy reserves of
men show signs of becoming domi-
nant, then the Greeks must re-
consider their strategy. They may
have to come to a final decision
rapidly if today's reports are true
which say the Jugoslavs are prepar-
Ing to ask for an armistice.
Anglo Greek forces then would
have to face heavy odds not only in
men and tanks and artillery but
also in airplanes.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
British Announce G
7 Tobruk Victory

LONDON, April Is CUP)-Military
authorities asserted today that
British forces in Tobruk. on the
Iibyan coast, had captured between
200 ana 300 Germans in a counter
attack.
Twelve German-Italian airplanes
wars shot down in a raid on To-
hruk, the authorities said. The date
of the raid was not given.
Suspicion was voiced today that
Germany had had the tacit aid Of
France in moving to Africa the
forces which had driven beyond
Libya into Egypt.
The Daily Mail suggested that
the German armored divisions sail
ed from Sicily to The French Tun-
nisian coast and then kept in
French territorial waters to TIL
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
U. 5. Destroyers in
Raid on NORWAY

LONDON, April Is. (UP)-The
daring raid on a small Norwegian
town Saturday by Norwegian nav
al unit was carried out by one of
the four American over-age destroy
ers Britain had turned over to the
Norwegian government, it was
learned tonight.
The destroyer was one of so over
age craft traded to Britain by the
United States for base sites in the
Atlantic.
The crew of the destroyer was
made up of Norwegian sailors and
soldiers, who had escaped to Eng
land when Norway was occupied by
Germany.
The scene of the raid was re-
ported to have been Oeksfjord, just
north of Tromsoe.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
U-Boat Torpedoes.
British Cruiser

LONDON, April Is CUP) = The
British cruiser Bonaventure, $3.50
tons, has been torpedoed and sunk
while escorting a convoy, the ad-
miralty said today.
The Bonaventure was armed with
10 5.25-inch guns, six 21-inch tor
pedo tubes and carried one air.
plane with catapult. Her compile
ment was about 400 officers and
men. She was built in 1899.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
Germans Pierce
British Defenses

gion of Ioannina to the Larisa area,
a shortened line that might be more
easily defended)
Nazi sources foresaw an early end
of the fighting in Jugoslavia as the
high command reported rapid mop
ping-up operations against the Serb
army and foreign diplomats report
ed that the Jugosiavs had appealed
through third power for an armis-
tice. THE Athens radio claimed
that the Jugoslavs were fighting
strongly in south Serbia)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
Italian Colonial
Leader Captured

LONDON, April Is. UP)-Gen.
Ruggero Santini, II, one of Italy's
crack commanders and colonial ad-
ministrators, has been captured by
British empire forces in Ethiopia,
the ministry of information said
today
A communique said Santini was
captured by South African forces
during pursuit of the enemy in
Ethiopia.
"Santini surrendered with brig
ade commander and number of
officers and men," the ministry said
They were without food or ammu-
milton and they were under the
constant fire of patriot (Ethiopian)
snipers.'
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-15
Dogs, Cats Eaten
By BeIqian PeopIe

WASHINGTON, April Is CUP)-
Rep. Louis Ludlow, D., Ind, said
today the people of Belgium are
having to eat dogs and cats to sur
vive, and that even such food is
being depleted rapidly.
Ludlow appealed for support of
Herbert Hoovers national commit
tee on food for the small democna-
cies. He said that chief effect of
The British blockade was to stop
food shipments to the starving peo-
pie of the conquered democracies.
He urged the blockade be relaxed.
Ludlow cited the Hoover commit
tee as the source of his informa-
ton regarding the cat and dog diet
in Belgium.