Evening star., 1941-01-30

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toWn-but Hollywood-can hold to-
gether under the impact of more
than one Ritz.
Gridiron Represented.
Tommy Harmon. Michigan's great
backf1eld man, and Charlotte Green
wood. the long-legged comedienne,
Joined the celebrities last night and
Jean Hersholt arrived on an early
train today.
AS they breezed through town yes
terday, they left Washington google
eyed. There was a reception for
them at the Mayhower yesterday
and then they were left free to
wander where they pleased in the
city last night.
Inc stars assembled in the office
OF Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
IN the District Building at II am.
today to receive the official greeting
and to participate in a half hour
broadcast. The women wore mink
or silver foX coats, while the men
were wrapped in the tan polo coats
which are standard garb for Holly
wood actors.
Cheered by Spectators.
They entered the District Building
through lanes of cheering spectators
and were introduced over the radio
by wisecracking Red" Shelton.
Wallace Beery's 9-year-old daughter,
Carol Ann, stole the show from the
veteran performers when she went
on the air with the bland announce
ment that she didn't have much to
say because Daddy stole my
speech"
Photographers were delighted to
discover, in the course of their pic
ture-taking, that Kay Aldridge,
former model who lowered over most
of the others, had taken off her
shoes. They made pictures of her
walking in her stocking feet at the
ceremony. When the broadcast was
over, the stars returned to their
hotels to prepare for the White
House luncheon.
The reception, which was given by
Mrs. Alben w. Barkley and Mrs.
Robert M. La Toilette, was attended
by something slightly more than a
capacity audience.
Autograph Seekers Take Over.
It started off calmly enough, but
as time went on autograph seekers,
by a process of inflltration which
none of the doorkeepers was quite
able to fathom, took over the show.
The stars did their best, but re-
treated to adjoining rooms from
time to time to relieve writing
cramped fingers. The party finally
broke up when the autograph fans,
the cocktail Slippers and the fans
concluded that there wasn't room
enough to raise a hand.
The motion picture stars sched-
ule tonight begins with banquet
at the Willard, takes them to the
five hotel dances, to two midnight
shows, to the White House for the
Presidents broadcast, to the Gold
Plate Breakfast at the Carlton
and then, they hope, to sleep.
They were making their head
quarters at the Carlton and May
flower hotels and most showed every
sign of getting a kick out of their
visit to the Nations Capital, which
has become mecca for all those
whose names appear in mazda.
Big Names Become Usual.
Switchboard girls were getting
used to picking up the phone and
hearing a voice announce This is
Wayne Morris" and pedestrians
found it a positive pleasure to al
most get run over by Lana Turner's
limousine, instead of almost getting
run over by nobodies.
The committee in charge found
itself with a seizure of the shaking
frenzies, which will not abate until
the break of tomorrow's dawn
drives the last star under cover.
Melchior to Sing.
Lauritz Melchior brought his
famed tenor voice to town shortly
before noon to be on hand for the
Willard dinner. The towering Metro
politan Opera star, who will be the
sole performer on the banquet pro-
gram, singing the Star Spangled
Banner" and possibly one or two
other numbers, arrived at the windy
Washington Airport accompanied by
his wife and Allen Corelli, executive
secretary of Theater Authority, par
ent organization for most of the
stage, screen and radio artists
union.
Miss Turner, who is 10 years old,
was accompanied by her mother
and two books, which seemed to be