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Smyrna times., 1941-11-13

Totals -. S628.38 S1,321.75
The amounts for costs are coll
lected by Probation officer David
S. Wilds. The amount due the
prisoners are detained in their ac-
counts and paid them when they
are released from Jail.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
Prisoners Fare Well

Records of the Office of John c.
Slaughter, clerk of the peace and
clerk to the Levy Court, show that
in the last three months $1,321.75
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
NOTICE

LICENSE APPLICATION
|. William t. Doughten intend to make
application for license to sell alcoholic
liquors on and off premises of Hi-Way
Diner. Smyrna, Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13

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Evening star., 1941-11-16
BY Tern Haneland.
Associated Press Staff Writer.

It's a ticklish assignment Au-
try's fans don't like leading ladies.
What's more. they don't like Autry
to like them.
But Fay. who is just q despite
her 20 years of acting experience,
likes her new job.
Genes pictures have such good
circulation and such big audiences"
she says. that it's wonderful
break for me to be in them.
Already my fan mail has started
to pour in-one post card. 1t said.
I seen you in the picture and you
was swell
Also. She'll Marry.
Fay says that. of course. some
day she hopes to progress to nom
Westerns, which provide better
roles for women. And then" she
jokingly adds. Il won't have to carry
Autry any longer"
She also plans to marry, some
day. but not until she's ready to
retire. She believes it's almost i'm
possible to be successful in pictures
and marriage simultaneously. Mean
while, she's pleased because the
feminine roles in the two Autry films
in which she's already worked have
been quite important to- the story
Especially in Down Mexico Way
where I'm fiery senorita"
Fays looking gal herself
very dark hair. dark brown eyes.
olive skin and a figure whose ten
dency toward plumpness she coun-
ters by eating salads. On film she's
the sultry type. but in person she's
quiet, ready-smiling and unsophis-
ticated.
Her favorite dancing partner is
Edgar Bergen, in whose act she
once worked as nurse to Charlie
Mccarthy. She has just learned to
drive an automobile, but her father
usually drives their small sedan
when they 60 to their hillside home
six blocks from Republic Studio
for lunch at noon.
The elder Mckenzie also is a vet
eran actor, usually appearing in
Evening star., 1941-11-16

work on the daily studio call sheets.
Principals are almost invariably
marked down for o'clock. Stand
ins, the men and women who take
the places Of those principals on the
set while lights are focused and
cameras adjusted, are called an hour
earlier. Musicians, who always have
to tune up before actually working
on a set, are usually called even
earlier.
An Indefinite Call.
The 12-piece orchestra used for q
scene representing the Club PEN
gum in the Warner Bros. picture
Captains of the Clouds" for in
stance, was ordered to report at 7:30
am, the extras needed had a call
for O'Clock and the stand-ins for
Jimmy Cagney, Brenda Marshall
and others were told to arrive Just
between the other two groups, at
7:45 am.
Only occa asionally is a studio call
left indefinite as TO time. A nota ton
that -four Gestapo men" should be
called for 2:30 pm. for the new
Humphrey Bogart picture, "All
Through the Night" carried the
slightly uncertain additional com.
ment, Might get TO them"
According TO Director Vincent
Sherman, who was guiding the
company through that picture. they
did.
Evening star., 1941-11-16

aided and abetted by seven elderly
assistants in compiling a new en-
cyclopedia. He sets out to learn all
about Slang" in order to define 1t,
and in so doing gets all involved
with Miss Stanwyck, strip-tease
danseuse in night club, and
whole kit OF gangsters.
At one stage in the proceedings.
the gangsters are holding Cooper
and his assistants captive while
their head devil is away somewhere
trying to lure Miss Stanwyck TO the
altar.
Crudgingly. He Saw.
That" said Bracket, is when
you use this assorted language. You
exercise your vocabulary on them
in a kind of lecture, and they be-
come so dazed you fellows can jump
EN- and turn the tables. See?"
Grudgingly. Cooper saw. SO he
returned to the set with promises
ringing in his ears that Bracket
and Wilder would continue to comb
the dictionary for some more poison
gas to use on the gangsters.
Sympathetically tentirely spurious
sympathy though, you may be sureD
he was greeted by Miss StanUyck
and Hawks. 1t seems those perverse
creatures were really enjoying the
joke on the man who doesn't like
words if they come in more than
one syllable.
Too bad" said Hawks, about
that "paleocrinoidea.'
| 1t shouldn't be too hard to guess
/ the monosyllabic Cooper's reply.
Evening star., 1941-11-16

morning. If the player allows an
hour for makeup and wardrobe flt-
tings. this means that he or she
must be on the studio grounds not
later than 8 o'clock on working
mornings. When the company Is TO
work on some location outside the
studio. the player must allow time
for the trip to the location and
arrive at the studio that much
earlier.
1t is not unusual to find, during
heavy production. that the makeup
and wardrobe departments are open
and at work by 6 O'Clock and that
stars and featured players are num-
bered among the busy crowd. Since
they presumably have driven from
their homes and have eaten their
breakfasts, it is evident that they
must have been awake or awakened
long before daylight.
Some Must Readjust.
Before long, these early hours be-
come a habit even with those who
have previously enjoyed the topsy-
turvy hours of stage life, which are
almost the exact reverse of the
screen world. A young person like
Ann Sheridan. who came to pictures
from Texas and had had no prevl-
Gus stage training in late hours and
noon arisings. finds the early hours
of motion picture work no great
hardship.
Others. like Bette Davis. James
Cagney and Edward G.. Robinson.
with long stage experience behind
them. had to readjust their whole
schedule OF life when they started
in Hollywood, and this was not
always simple and easy to do,
A players relative importance to
a picture can be judged fairly well
BY the hour he or she is called for
Evening star., 1941-11-16

Editors note: Here's another
OF James Montgomery Flaggs
impressions of Hollywood folk,
,uritten for The Stars Special
NeUS SerDice)
HOLLYWOOD.
In spite of Jinx Falkenburg's de-
served popularity as model lots OF
people haven't heard of, her yet.
Jinx is the kind that Americans
like to f1atter themselves is typical
American girl. 1t would be nice for
us if it were so.
She has beauty of the kind I like
to draw. Her features have class.
Her eyes are thrilling but not come
hither. They seem to be rising over
the horizon of her lower lashes-
joyfully, as if sure it would be a
beautiful day. She has generous
lips, lovely mouth.
She loves life, action. Shaw's wit
tiest epigram, Youth is much too
good for young people" does not ap-
ply to Jinx She is youth. 1t looks
good on her!
She may possibly be too sweet to
everybody to become star. I use
the word star in the movie sense.
| This is not meant as a criticism but
an observation and speculation.
There is nothing exotic, provocative
or sultry about her
| I like her name and I asked her
how she got it. 1t seems her parents
wanted son and so started calling
i her-months before she was born
"Jinx." Somehow the name stuck,
but she was christencd-for formal
ity's sake and probably to please
some conventional aunts-Eugenia
Jinx was born in Spain, reared
in South America. A revolution
drove the family out of Chile and
they came to Los Angeles because,
the whole family being avid tennis
players. there were more tennis
courts in Los Angeles. What . rea-
son to 60 to Los Angeles!
Unlike 70 many girls I've net
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Russo
Has Three
Dances
Group in Sixth
Appearance Here
This Week

Three ballets new to Washington
and three familiar to local dance
audiences will be included in the
two programs of the Ballet Russo de
Monte Carlo Wednesday and Thurs
day nights at Constitution Hall.
This is the sixth consecutive season
the group has appeared here with
the National Symphony Orchestra.
Many dancers who have become
favorites during past appearances
of the Ballet Russo will again be
seen. The company still is headed.
of course. by Leonide Massine.
Principal dancers are Alexandra
Danilova, Tamara Toumanova and
Igor Youskevitch. Among the solo,
lists are Nathalie Krassovska, Fred
eric Franklin. Andre Eglevsky,
George Zoritch, Roland Guerard and
Marc Platoff.
New this year to the roster of
soloists is Milada Mladova. who was
elevated from the corps de ballet
by Warner Bros. recently when the
group made motion picture shorts
Of two ballets.
Wednesday nights program in
cludes Saratoga" with libretto and
music by Jaromir Weinberger and
choreography by Massine; "Laby-
rinth." libretto by Salvador Dali
choreography by Massine. to Franz
Schubert's Seventh Symphony"
and -"Capriccio Espagnol." the Mas
sine ne-Argentinita ballet to Rimsky-
Korsakof music.
Thursday night the Ballet Russo
will present "Bogatvri," revival of
the Massine work to the Borodin
music; Spectre de la Rose" the
Fokine tone poem, and The Nut
cracker" Nine. A. Federova's re-
vival of the Petipa original to
TschaikoWsky music.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
BY Hubbard Keavy,
Associated Press staff Writer.

like" De Mile was stumped TO
simile Il don't keep man ;
minute if he doesn't reveal minC
Of his own
Prim little Gladys Rosson has beer
his No. l secretary for % years Fol
"a years he has had the same cap
tain on his boat, The butler anC
the maid have been in his home |!
years apiece He has had the same
valet 90 years. He was married Il
Mrs. De Mile in 1902.
We're getting to the yes-mar
myth. Cullen Tate, nicknamed Hezi
red-haired bundle of energy. was
De Miles assistant director. One
day De Mile said to Hezi:
First thing tomorrow, want six
white sheets"
The story has had many varia-
tionS. but here is the true and cor
rect one:
Next morning. after spending all
night at very disagreeable task
HeZi herded six white sheep into
the presence of and almost onto the
lap OF De Mile.
Few can be more sarcastic than
De Mile when he is aroused Hezi
and the sheep aroused him.
still Says Eyes"
thereafter. when I give an order, -
lie thundered at Hezi. "and YOU do
not fully comprehend it. ask me
what I said. Then. when I have
repeated, tell me what you under
stand
With elaborate courtesy, Tate re-
piled:
Yes. Mr.. De Mile"
Hezi Tate still yesses his boss, on
occasion.
The toast-ah. yes. There is a
story in that" my host began. MY
grandchildren never say papa or
mama flrst-they say grandpa s
toast They like it as well-well.
as we'll as YOU do De Mile found
a simile.
De Mile looked at clock on his
dresser. He never leaves his bed
room without his watches. plural.
Before he put on his coat. he paved
around on the dresser among quar-
terS and dimes and pencils and keys
and gold-plated hair brushes to find
a watch. 1t is special watch which
hangs upside down on a belt loop
Then he opened a drawer in the
dresser which contained 80 or 40
or more little leatherette boxes.
From one he extracted wrist watch.
1t was mounted on heavy gold
and leather bracelet, adorned with
a Mexican eagle with snake in its
mouth. From President Avila
Camacho of Mexico.
Then the Procession.
There were other watches with the
De Mile name as numerals, some
with diamonds as numerals. There
we're watches in colors, in yellow
Evening star., 1941-11-16
After Two Decades, a Leading Lady
Fay Mckenzie Takes Up the Task of Being the Girl
In Gene Autry Films and Making His Fans Like 1t

sheriff roles. His other daughter
Fay's older sister-is married to
Comedian Billy Gilbert. the sneeze
champion, and like Gilbert, Nc
Kenzie is fat and jolly.
When Fay was 10 weeks old she
played Gloria Swanson's baby. At
months she was in the Oliver
Hardy comedies. She was still play
ing in Hardy comedies 20 years
later. when her Republic contract
came along.
She has worked in extra and bit
roles most of her life. Her first
real recognition came last year, for
a singing and dancing role in Meet
the People" the Hollywood Theater
Alliance show which had a long run
here and then went on the road and
played on Broadway.
sought to Be in Pictures"
Fay says her Autry picture break
was the result of black bathing
suit. She had been in Billy Gill
bertS swimming pool and walked
into his house in the bathing suit.
Herbert Yates. head of Republic
Studio, was there
Il had met him before. but he
never particularly noticed me-" says
Fay.
The first thing he said this time
was. Are you in pictures?' Not
right now told him. You ought
to be- he said-and that was it.
Eyes, sir, I'm going to have that
bathing suit preserved in formalde-
hyde"
For still better gift to posterity
Fay might have it stuffed-with a
reasonably exact image of Fay Nc
Kenzie
Evening star., 1941-11-16
HOLLYWOOD.

Let's visit that legendary Holly
wood figure, Cecil Blount De Mile
The putteed movie director The
only one still using that early badge
OF his craft, the megaphone. Still
active, as are no ether directors I
can name, after % years
He lives in two houses on De Mile
drive in a fashionable part of Los
Angeles. The houses are connected
by long, glassed-in corridor. One
is called the house" The other,
"the Office" Each is something of
a mansion, IN a quiet way.
When he is not making pictures,
which is to say about eight months
each year, De Mile breakfasts in
his bedroom. on card table,
promptly at lois
When I was ushered into his bed
room, by the genteel, silver-haired
Mrs. De Mile, the butler already
was lowering. He hoVered with a
dish Of strawberries in one hand.
platter containing p huge slab of
Persian melon in the ether. I indi-
Gated the Str9 r9Wherrios. but De Mile,
with q recall gesture, indicated 1
must have beth.
He moved the sugar bowl from
rp1Nh o1r6 Y,iol-oI aF
honey. "HOney?" he inquired I
agreed. He covered the berries
with honey. There was a choice of
three cereals to sprinkle over the
honey. Over the whole mess, cream.
An Old Myth.
Came then the toast. It was Rus
sian rye. minus the crust. cut thin
ner than a skinny potato chip, and
dipped in melted butter.
I decided to refrain from asking
how the toast had been cut so thin
until after I heard De Mile debunk
the yes-man story.
It was in 1914 or Is, De Mile
recalled. that the silliest. stupidest
myth of all the silly. stupid myths
in Hollywood. got started This is
the one that he demands all his
assistants say but one word: Yes"
II pay pretty generously" he said.
so why should I pay man more
than $50 a week if all I wanted him
to say was yes? On the other hand
I don't want an aide who contin-
ually noes me. He'd be just as
worthless. I want assistants and
I have them who, if they disagree
can give me good reasons for so
doing. When they agree with me,
1t must not be to flatter me, but
because they think that way.
"Why, I shed assistant directors
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Cast in Fight Film

Eddie Albert has been engaged By
Universal for the title role in The
Panama Kid" prizefght picture
being directed by Ray Taylor. Peggy
Moran VIII be the leading lady and
other principals include LLOYD Cor
rigan. William FraWley, Truman
Bradley. Joe Crehan and Mantan
Moreland.
Evening star., 1941-11-16

lllul WllCIl llc lcil.
But Cooper shook himself like a
dog coming out of the surf, started
away purposefully.
Whats the matter?" asked Miss
Stanwyck, as If she didn't know.
Over shoulder, Cooper tossed
back:
Words. Ten-buck words
"Just the Start
Thereafter, the strong, silent man
OF the screen could be seen logging
1t across the studio lot TO the office
Of Charles Bracket and Billy Will
der. authors Of the screen play.
No man of words in private con-
versation either, Cooper shook the
new pages of script without uttering
even a monosyllable
"Ah," said Billy Wilder brightly,
II see you got it. That's just the
start. Wait1l you see the rest"
Yeah" said Bracket. working
on it now. Get load of this, Gary"
Rapidly he ratified off:
The totalitarian mastoiditis of
the basic paranoiads prematurely
extracted will condense into molecu-
lar cadenzas."
Who Wants Sense?
Groaned Cooper:
Doesn't make sense"
Pleased as Punch at having wrung
from him this all but unprecedented
outburst of garrulity. the writer's
broke down and explained. Said
Wilder:
Not supposed to-"
In his screen role in Ball of Fire -
Mr.. Cooper plays young pedant
Evening star., 1941-11-16
She's Young and on Her It's Becoming
Youth May Be Too Good for Some Who Have 1t, but Not
For Jnx Fakenburg, Who Ought to Be Typical

By James MONTGOMERY FIae9.
| here-maybe it's the climate-she
has bounce"
They call her a natural blond. She
has brown hair! Maybe it's like
Paris, where a woman q shade
lighter than raven black is q blond.
Evening star., 1941-11-16

She Is a tall girl out here IN
feet 7. A girl is tall
in New York at S feet 10 and up.
But they can't use them as tall as
that In movies-they don't have
enough men taller than that!
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Up Before Breakfast
Film Newcomers Quickly Learn
Just What an Alarm Clock Is
HOLLYWOOD.

Hollywood habit Established players
quickly
calls established
film colony
others directly involved the
filming picture cuomarly
Evening star., 1941-11-16

HOLLYWOOD.
After two decades of the movies
in and out of them-Fay Mckenzie
has graduated to the rank of lead
ing lady to Cowboy Gene Autry.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
A Word for Mr.. Cooper
Several, in Fact, Full of Sound
And Fury, Signifying Little
HOLLYWOOD.

tha
found the brachycephac and
"paleocrinoidea"
though
Goldwyns Ball Of
Howard catch
Evening star., 1941-11-16

(Editor's note. Here's another
OF James Montgomery Flagg's
impressions of Hollywood folk.
1Uritten for The Stars Special
NeUS SerDice)
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Then the Procession.

There were other watches with the
DE Mile name as numerals, some
with diamonds as numerals. There
we're watches in colors, in yellow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
BRADLEY
 TWISTED GUESTS
National and State G. 0. P. Officials Flying to High.
 land Lake Tomorrow

Support for Republican State Chairman J. Kenneth Bradley as successor to National Committee man Samuel F. Pryor, Jr., will be voiced tomorrow at Highland Lake, Winsted, as c. o. P. leaders from oil parts of the state gather at an outing sponsored by the Litchfield County Republican Organization, Russell Patterson, member of the state central committee, Is In charge of arrangements.
 An outdoor supper will be serv- ed In the evening. A sports program will also be enjoyed.
 Samuel r. Pryor, Jr., of Greea- wieh, national committeeman and J. Kenneth Bradley, of Westport, state chairman, will arrive at the lake by plane, according to an aia- founcement made today by Mir. Patterson. Other state party lead. CTS who will attend include Col. W. Ellery Allyn of Waterford, secre- tary of the state committee, Senator William J. Shea of Manchester, Representative William l.. Hadden of West Haven, and House Speaker Hugh Meade Alcoi1i, jr,, of Suftleld as well as others who were proini- nent In the recent legislature.
 About one hundred are expected to be present, including all the town chairmen and legislators of Litchfield county. Arrangements are being made by the three iflem- bers of the state committee from that county-Russell Patterson of Torrington, George L. Benedict, Jr., of Winsted and E. R. Kaiser of Thomaston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
Ring, Phalen Being
 Ordained Saturday
Beech Street Neghbors Celebrate First Masses at Sa.
 cred Heart Church June %, July 6, Respectively

ton college and Mir. Phalen at Bos- ton college high school. Tn prepara- . ton for their ordination to the priesthood, the seminarians have just completed e thfee-year course in theology ct Weston college and will return to the college for . years course in advanced theology.
 Rev. Cornelius P. Teulings of Hart- ford, former pastor of st. Johns Church, Watertown, will be deacon at both first Masses. He was prin- cipal of Sacred Heart school here when Ring and Phalen were pupils there,
 Rev. Edmund o'Connell of Bridge. port a Waterbury native will be sub- deacon at Father Rings Mass JoS- eph Madden, s. J., and James Dee- leyp 8. J., also Waterbury seminar ians at Weston college, will assist. The sermon will be preached by Rev. John L. Bonn, S. J., professor of English literature at Boston college and Q native of this city.
 When Father Phalen sings his first Mass in his home parish the following Sunday, his sub-deacon will be MT. Madden, with Raymond Sullivan, S. J., and MT. Deeley As- sisting. Rev Bernard Finnegar, 6. J., formerly of Waterbury, who was or- dained last year, will deliver the ser. mon.
 At his first low Mass after his which, Father Phalen will celebrate in the chapel at Weston college, his acolyte will be his brother, William P. Phalen, N. s. J., also studying for the priesthood.
 During his grammar and high school days. Father Ring was active in the Boy Scouts, having attained the rank of Eagle Scout as 6 mem. Der of Troop ' before he left the movement to pursue his theological studies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

the presentation of diplomas to the seniors of the school that boasts the highest enrolment of students for the coming year, in the city.
 Claire Capaldo, valedictorian, and Rodney Reder, salutatorian, will ad- dress the assembled graduates. The program will be featured by the singing of class songs, and the play- ing of musical selections by the Leavenworth High School orchestra. At one point in the program the audience will rise, and join the class In the singing of America"
 Tho program is as follows: Procossional
 A. Morch of the Sword ,..u,,.,,,, 'I,,II,tp,rIttpt,,, OttenpAch 3. Sogell Spanish March) .,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,..,,t,,.,,, Borel-C -Clerc Leayenworth High School Orchestra
 WE ARE AMERICANS
 Claire Capable Selection "The Merry Widow" ...., Leavenworth High School Orchestra
 TRUE PROSPERITY Il Rodney RedeF ], N0cturne .,.,,,,,,,,,,,,, Fibich Q, Prelude .,,,,,,,,,, Ronald Gain
 LeAvenworth Cleo Club
 AWARDING OF PRIZES
 Presentation of Diplomas
 Thomas P. Ashton
 Chairman, Board of Education Leavenworth Song