Evening star., 1941-11-24

frank as frank in admitting their
Judgment when MetrO-GOldwyn
Mayer coyly approached them with
reference to the job. To q woman,
they remembered that the only Sec
ond woman even vaguely readable
in a Garbo picture was Ina Claire
in "Ninotchka"
Impliedly, they admitted they
were not Ina Claires. but that was
better than the alternate destiny
they could see for themselves.
M-G-M, usually poised studio,
was getting worried, beginning to
mutter to itself on the way home at
night, until some one happily re-
membered Miss Gordon. She had
not been in Hollywood very often,
preferring like the lady she is. to
remain at home in New York. The
two pictures she had made, however,
had necessitated long enough stays
in movieland to enable her to put
a mark on local people who recog-
nize talent, a small and exclusive
group.
"Why not Ruth Gordon?" one OF
these rare citizens asked himself.
Next day, rem e m bering. he
thought to ask Miss Gordon by long
distance.
She was preparing at the moment
to do summer season in Ladies
in Retirement" season on the
barn theater circuit. 1t took her,
however, just few minutes to
abandon her preparations and leap
at the opportunity to play with
Miss Garbo. 1t took her just a
short while longer to dash out to
Hollywood and get busy on the
then untitled picture.
That is one of the differences be-
tween Ruth Gordon ana so many
other actresses. A very admirable
difference.
What the movies can do with a
new and beautiful subject. a Wash
ington subject, will be disclosed this
afternoon at o'clock with the
premiere showing of The Building
Of a Cathedral" at the Maytiower
Hotel. The picture, in color and
with sound, traces the story OF the
National Cathedral through 20 min
utes of detailed and searching
photography which covers every
aspect of the projects long de-
velopment.
An especially invited audience
will see the first showing OF the
film this afternoon.
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Addenda: A note on Miss Jay
Presson, who sings Princess Mar
garet in The Student Prince" next
week at the National. says one of
the annoyances of her life is getting
letters addressed to Mr.. Jay Presson
Another side Of the story Is
that of fellow we know, chap
name of Jay. whose mail frequently
comes addressed to Miss Joy So
and-So >. Now lion actors, or actor
lions, have taken up the personal
appearance business. King TarZ,
the best in the Tarzan pictures,
is the one which will visit Wash
ington this week He will act
an excerpt from the picture (.
Where hasn't been decided {.
Aside to Mrs. Jerye PinkStOn. 1t
has been a long time between
asides, but it is nice to know that
your and N. B. C's Sue Read is
finally coming to Washington. And
certainly we'll keep that rather
antique promise to meet her and
listen to her success story, and
perhaps write how it all came about
:. /. Aside to Civic Theater: Tut.
tut. Every actress who has played
Cindy Lou in Kiss the Boys Good
by" has had a press agent who
wrote about how she had to go
back to her Southern accent after
years and years Of study to rid
herself of 1t for stage purposes . {.
Aside to Mrs. Guy Allison: Didn't
Fridays review of The Guards
man" answer your question? In
, cidentally, q lot Of people asked it,
which inspired the explanation.