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Evening star., 1941-03-09
Coming Attractions

Stage
NATIONAL-"TWeh Night" with Evans
the Viola Guilds production of
the Shakespearean comedy
cast the original New York Sophie
Mark Smith Wallace Acton Donald Gilbert
mond johnson, Alex Courtnay and Ellis Irving.
WARDMAN PARK-"The Apple produced Washington
Civic Theater starts
Watson Audrey Fenshaw Harrison Libby head
the cast.
CAPITOL-Rage in Heaven the
novel about man driven mad by jealousy of his imagining
starts Thursday Robert Montgomery ngrid
George Sanders the principal players AL Taan will
line the stage show.
for Three a romantcaly enanged
secretary, Friday
Ann Sheridan the others
Massen, Wyman Charles Rugges Streets of
Paris the famed Worlds Fair will be stage
traction
PALACE-The Great Dictator Charlie Chapns satire the
dictato for popular price following
Western Union"
Olivia De Haviand and Rita Hayworth, here Friday
second week downtown
KEITHS-Nice Durbn picture
follow MIR and Mrs Smith, the current Carole Lombard
Robert Montgomery comedy.
COLUMBIA"Come Live With Me-" comedyromance with Hedy
Jimmy Stewart starred starts second
week Thursday.
Evening star., 1941-03-09

zation that by the end of the first
week I had stopped worrying"
In Edison, the Man playing
Thomas Alva Edison between the
ages Of 25 and 30. Tracy spanned
a far wider age cycle than in any
previous role. The other real life
characters which Tracy has played
are Henry Stanley in Stanley and
Livingstone, Maj. Rogers in North
west PaSss ge' and Father Flana-
gan.
Most of the actors friends at
tribute his wrong-sightedness" in
large measure to his genuine mod
esty, quality rare enough in Hol-
lyWood to attract attention.
The one property that Tracy in
his stage and film career was most
enthusiastic over was an Owen
Davis play called Dread" which
he figured would be a box office
sensation. 1t never got nearer
Broadway than Brooklyn.
Tracy. except when he's compelled
by unavoidable pressure to appear
at such functions as academy award
dinners, dislikes social events at
which the spotlight is focused on
him. He is fond of horses, owns
a dozen of them, and likes to play
polo.
Edison. the Man" in Tracy's
opinion, was the most eXacting job
he had ever tackled. with its age
range and many problems Of make
up and mannerisms. The star feels
that Men of Boys Town" was the
vehicle which provided the greatest
inspiration and lift" for the players
working on the set.
Evening star., 1941-03-09

ness. She insisted on photos with
out makeup and casual coiffures
and tried to convince studio heads
that it was smart not to be CLAM
orous She was being the real
me-" but by f1attery she was talked
out of it.
Ginger seldom goes out in public
and occasionally dimes in a quiet
place with her current romantic in
terest, if he can be so called. She
was seen for a long time with How
ard Hughes and the grapevine had
it that she was determined to marry
the millionaire flyer. But friends
said she had no intention of marry
ing Hughes or any one else. Lately
she has been seen with Raymond
Hakim, French movie producer.
Her interests are as changeable
as the winds. She decided to be-
come a painter and lost no time ac-
quiring all the materials. A man
whose art opinion I respect described
the result of her dabbling as pretty
bad She tried sculptoring for
a while. Sundry sports interest her
occasionally. She has written some
music, too
Lost Her Composure.
OF her personal life, Ginger will
say little. She holds that what she
does at home, on week ends. who she
sees and where they go are strictly
her own business. She has become
quite an enthusiastic Christian Sci
enlist, but dislikes to even admit this
interest.
Usually she is extremely well
composed. almost poker faced. But
on the day of the academy dinner
she was too excited to eat (and says
she couldn't Sleep and almost too
excited to act. Her nervousness
| reached such pitch at the academy
dinner while awaiting the an
| nouncment. that she gulped four
fingers Of straight Scotch. She is
not drinker, so she must have been
quite nervous.
She had been f1attered into be-
| lieving that she was a cinch to win
the award, which seems like carry
ing f1attery too far. Had she not
won, Ginger would have been a
pretty sick girl
The picture C"Tom, Dick and Har-
ry'D on which she was working had
long, difficult scene on that Thurs
day of the academy dinner. Ginger
was so much on edge that it required
38 takes to get it.
|. 1t was the first time she ever blew
up more than once or twice a day.
But the producer and the director
and the other actors didn't mind.
They were pretty sure, as they kept
telling Ginger, that they had an
Oscar winner.
Evening star., 1941-03-09

Hepburn performed it on Broadway.
The camera tells a more leisurely
narrative and although the film is
admirable entertainment, its altera-
tions are noticeable. The charac-
ter played so successfully for COM
edy on stage by Shirley Booth is
played for romance in the film by
Ruth Hussey. That slackens the
pace.
1t is worth noting also that only
a few Of the George Abbott stage
farccs. which are played at a head
long pace in the theater, are as sue
cessful before the cameras as they
are behind the footlights. Which
may be the reason that Hollywood
studios are Turing Abbott out to di-
rect mis- own movies.
Even Abbott's production of the
comic Room Service" with the
stampeding Marx brothers starred,
lost some of the fury in the movies
that the farce had on stage.
Tempo. apparently. is a quality
that directors have never properly
appreciated up to now as they have,
for instance, "Glamor Girls" and
gross box Office receipts.
"Charley's Aunt" never pretended
to be a glamor girl, but to be a box
office hit after 81 years seems an
adequate triumph.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Barron
Continued From First Page.

last week it celebrated the 5lst year
of its life, dating from a first per-
formance at Bury st. Edmunds,
England, on February 90, 1890.
He's Added Speed.
This story of Fancourt Bobberly,
who impersonates Charley's aunt
and chaperones his friends and
their girl friends, is today hardly
the same play that greeted its first
audience. 1t has been streamlined
to the American tempo by the direc-
ton of Joshua Logan.
Study of the manuscript enables
one to understand how thoroughly
Logan has modernized the original
lines of Brandon Thomas. Not that
the text has been altered to a great
extent, but Logan has added speed
All the tricks he employed in such
modern dramas as "On Borrowed
Time" and the musical shows he di-
rected-"Higher and Higher" and
stars in Your Eyes"-have been
varied to speed up this farce of OK
ford University life in the nineties.
Skeptics in the audience liken a
farcial scene played by Jose Ferrer
and Reynolds Denniston to a piece
of business once employed by the
more modern musical comedy CO.
medians, Clark and Mccullough.
But, it was Brandon Thomas orig
inal scene and Logan has now or
dered it played a bit more franti-
cally to meet the present Broad
way concept of tempo.
Abbott Doesn't Translate.
The recent motion picture version
Of THE Philadelphia Story" is no
ticed to lack some Of the sharpness
of the stage play when Katharine
Evening star., 1941-03-09

him and appeared for at least one
f1eeting glimpse in each of his pic
lures.
She no longer does this and she
when Eddie is working. She ap-
peared only once during the filming
of his latest picture, The Sea
Wolf" She is still an energetic
person, however, and she has busy
hand in many activities, charitable
and otherwise.
If Mrs. Robinson advises her hus-
band about his work she does it pri-
vately, for no one can be found who
has heard her make suggestions.
She becomes a good listener-which
makes for family happiness.
Few married couples have had a
more hectic married life, so far as
the newspapers are concerned. than
have Enrol Flynn and Lii Damita.
The handsome Irishman and the
fiery French girl we're naturally at
tracted to each other and just as
naturally disagree about many
things. She was an actress of con-
siderable note before she met Enrol,
but she never attempts to guide his
professional life.
Those who know the Flynns best
say that no two people in Holly
wood are more in love or have more
trouble convincing one another of it.
Lili takes no part in his picture
work, but neither has she renewed
her own screen career.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
New Cinema Stars Abound This Year
And They All Show
Definite Ability
Before Cameras
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
It's still only a babe, this year
1941. but look what's already hap
pened! Will 1t go down in movie
history as the astronomical" year?
Five young women and one man,
all of definite starring ability have
been uncovered in 1941's first eight
weeks. Their performances have
been of such outstanding quality
that producers and critics are al
ready hailing them as important
additions to the current list of
screen celebrities.
Here's the record of 1941 upstarts
to date:
Veronica Lake, 20, blond and pro-
vocative, who gets a top featured
role in "I Wanted Wings" to be
released in April
Susan Hayward, %, red-headed,
who after four years of Hollywood
run-around suddenly tossed the
town on its ear by her work in
Adam Had -Four Sons"
Dorothy Comingore. 21, who
| changed her name from Linda
Winters, sold" herself to Orson
Welles and becomes the leading
feminine figure in his much-dis-
puted Citizen Kane" Release date
uncertain
Joan Leslie, 16-year- old beauty
booked for stardom by Warmers
after four years of small parts. She
has made four unreleased pictures
A Former Sailorman.
Kathryn Grayson. 18-year-old
singing discovery of M-G-M mag
nate, Louis B. Mayer, makes debut
in current Andy Hardy movie
Proves she can act as well as warble.
Stirling Hayden, blond, tall, husky,
former sailorman who makes fans
sit up and take notice in Virginia" 1"
now in theaterS. It's his first start,
too.
If Hollywood could continue pull
ing such promising personalities
out of its collective hat at such a
sensational pace, flock of estab-
| liShed old-timerS would be out OF
"OIh COIIle iStZ- Olh Ile" SIdI DcbS
within eight weeks is freak record.
It's not so surprising that these
six upstarts of 194l include five
women and only one man. 1t only
adds up to the old Hollywood axiom
that it's much more difficult to find
a prospective male star than femi-
nine star.
Plucked From a Magazine.
OF the six, the fans may have
some little difficulty placing Veronica
Lake and Dorothy Comingore. The
others are somewhat more familiar.
Hayden, to give the gents prefer
ence for change, was plucked out
of nowhere, you might say. Director
Edward H. Griffith, who introduced
him in Virginia" with Fred Mac
Murray and Madeleine Carroll as
running mates, plucked Hayden
out of a magazine illustration.
Previous TO that he had been a
sailor. He's feet inches tall
(rangiest leading man in Hollywood
weighs 212 pounds and has a fine
personality.
Griffith has scheduled HAYDEN TO
Evening star., 1941-03-09

alone, for she has acting ability IN
addition TO her undenied vocal tall
ents. Her real name is Zelma He
drick and she was born in Winston
Salem, N c. Watch her ride the
skyrocket
No stranger to the screen, Vero"
MICA Lake is a newcomer to star
dom. She used to be known as Con-
stance Kent, and had a few small
parts here and there. When pro-
ducer Arthur Hornblow was looking
for girl to play in Il Wanted
Wings" he ran across a test made
by Miss Kent and promptly hired
her for the part Paramount is now
somewhat concerned because it be-
came known that Veronica was
secretly wed about the time Of her
discovery" and is shortly to be-
come a mother This may cut into
the studios elaborate ballyhoo CAM
paign in her behalf.
Still to Be Seen.
Dorothy Comingore is another
youngster who got no place until
she changed her name. AS Linda
Winters she did nothing except pose
for a flock of leg art at Warner
Bros. Later she went to Columbia
for few pictures, but quit in dis
gust over background roles. When
Orson Welles was getting ready to
make Citizen Kane he looked over
many prospects and made a lot Of
tests. From them all he selected
Miss Winters. All critics who have
looked at the Welles picture are en-
thusiastic in their praise of Miss
Comingore-the ex-Miss Winters
and certain future stardom.
Joan Leslie holds a contract with
Warner Bros. and in addition to
her recent part in High Sierrar
has acted in four other pictures yet
to be released. When they're all on
the market, Warmers venture the
forecast that Joan will be one OF
fandom's greatest favorites. Trained
on Detroit movie house stages. Joan
came to Hollywood with her parents
six years ago She worked from
one studio to another and had some
very formidable B" assignments.
Warmers spotted her in one Of these,
decided to give her the buildup and
chance her ability seemed to merit,
She's only IS, but looks and acts
much older.
The upstarts Of l941 are really In
there pitching. Can Hollywood coma
tinue this swift discovery pace? Ten
months hence we'll have the answer
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Newspe per Alliance Inc.)
Evening star., 1941-03-09

tween pictures. Twas ever so with
Crawford.
When Ginger is playing a part
she lives it,
II can't afford to let down." she
explained to me. Il have to stay
in the mood. I spend all of Sunday
studying my script, getting an
exact picture of everything I must
do during the week"
The girl who refused to do any
more dancing pictures with Fred
Astaire, because her identity was
coupled with his, must have a great
amount of will power. Size was
determined to be on her own, a
star in her own right, and to do
it she was willing to boot away
certain success to gamble that she
could succeed as dramatic actress.
Roughly, half of Ginger'S asSo-
ciates are for her 100 per cent;
Evening star., 1941-03-09

appear with Dorothy Lamour in his
next production, "Dildo Cay" a title
which battles most every one, but it
a stirring romantic story designed
to show Hayden of to his best love-
making advantage.
Praise, Indeed.
Susan Hayward's sudden triumph
in Adam Had Four Sons" is a vic
tory over adversely. Paramount had
this beauty under contract three
years. 1t did little with her, so
Susan was completely happy when
Columbia borrowed her for the Adam
assignment, a fireball vixen role
Now Paramount is hurriedly prepar-
ing to capitalize on her neW-Won
fame. Susan is a Brooklyn-born
girl, and one of the first to be tested
for Scarlett O'Hara.
Kathryn Grayson, sweet looking
slightly plump little brunei, gained
her permanent fame when, after the
previeW of Andy Hardy's Private
Secretary the critical concensus
labeled her as the first person ever
to steal a picture from Mickey
Rooney. That is praise. indeed
After her Hardy introduction, Kath-
ryn will be important enough to 60 il
Evening star., 1941-03-09


Cregar, of course, isn't ordinary
More, he weighs 300 pounds plus
That was the biggest cause of his
troubles.
Getting anybody to consider you
for any kind of work when you
weigh 300 is a tough job in itself" &"
he says. That goes double for act
ing. The average producer was sorry,
but he just couldn't see where Id fit.
After awhile I began to wonder my
self.
81 tried to get clerking jobs, or
anything. Maybe if the bitches were
wider I'd have tried for the w. p A."
He reached the movies by the
devious route of selling his ability
to stage producer. The latter,
under all the pressure 300-pounder
can generate, was finally convinced
he should produce play about
Oscar Wilde, with Cregar the star
The production was only lukewarm
success, but Cregar was a bright spot.
A role in "Hudson's Bay" followed.
He was one of the movies few at
fractions to win critical attention.
Before the stage job, Cregar slept
for months in the back seat of
friends, ,car. He ate irregularly-
which was not only unsatisfying but
discouraging to 300-pounder's ap-
petite.
His self-salesmanship had been
demonstrated convincingly before h
Evening star., 1941-03-09

met the Wilde producer. The Phila-
delphia Rotary Club makes loans to
aspiring career men, but most of the
recipients had been doctors, lawyers
and the like
The club, Cregar reports, received
his request for funds with some mis-
givingS. Never before had an actor
been considered. Wasn't it a some
what uncertain calling financially?
But he won them over, spent the
money training in the Pasadena
Playhouse, and is now repaying it,
he says, on the installment plan.
Like every other portly individual,
Cregar thinks he should reduce. He
also believes it would not hurt his
screen chances. He tipped 800 in
"Hudsons Bay" now is down almost
to 300 for a part in Blood and
Sand"
But I think" I'll drop another
40 or so pounds. I'll feel better
about it, and I don't think any one
else can tell the difference"
Evening star., 1941-03-09


James Cagney married Billie"
Vernon more years ago than either
cares to remember. They had been
on the stage together before that.
and as long as there was any need
for her to do so, Mrs Cagney con-
tinued her stage dancing, but when
her red-haired husband clicked"
she retired without protest or regret
and became the understanding wife
of rising young star.
She has been the silent partner in
Jimmys battles in and out of the
studio, but she has rarely been seen
at the studio. Not even once, in fact,
during the eight weeks he worked
in THE Strawberry Blond" was she
on the set. She has many friends.
but most of them are the wives of
Jimmy'S friends She is content to
be just what she is, and Jimmy is
appreciative of all the sacrifices she
made for him both before and since
the attainment of his success.
Mrs. Edward G. Robinson was an
established actress when she first
met her future husband. 1t was a
case of love at sight with Eddie, and
within a few months he had per-
Suaded the lovely Gladys Lloyd to
give up her career and marry him.
Shortly after that they came to Hol-
lyWood, where Robinson became an
important star and Mrs. Robinson
gave up acting in favor of home
making and motherhood.
For long time, at her husbands
lnsistence, she sat on the sets with
Evening star., 1941-03-09

another half get along with her be-
cause they have to. Those who get
along with her best are those who
use unadulterated f1attery to win
her over.
"Naturalness" Didn't Work.
Once she was very rude TO a
newspaperman. Explaining tand
apologizing later a studio repre-
sentative said of course there was
no excuse but Ginger has a one
track mind"-these are the exact
words-"and she was worried about
something that day" The news
paperman, I can assure you on the
very best authority, forgave Ginger.
She has occasional differences
with her studio-as what star
doesn't?-but the one that was the
most amusing was when she decided
on a course of complete natural
Evening star., 1941-03-09

cO-StdrreQ, ana Norman 1durOe,
who made Boys Town" is again
the director
When Tracy is hesitant about a
part being right for him, the augury
for Metro-G o-Goldwyn- Mayer stock
holders is a favorable one The
more squeamish and worried he be-
comes, the more black ink is likely to
adorn the final boX-offiCe audit
pages. And when he just feels like
running away from the lot and
hiding in the Mojave Desert, hit
is in the making.
after Captains Courageous had
been under way for a couple of
weeks" Tracy confessed, ''I used to
pray that something would happen
to halt production. I was positive
I was doing the worst job of my
life. I just felt sure I couldn't sur
mount the singing and the dialect
and the curled hair. If any one had
predicted that part would win an
academy award when l was working
before the cameras I'd have thought
he was delirious."
TEST Pilot" another success, was
a part that Tracy SHE'D away from,
and the part of Father Flanagan
in BOYS Town" and Men Of BOYS
Town" to use his own phrase.
scared him to death.
Il suppose what made it harder
and more disturbing for me-" he
remarked. was the fact that I knew
Father Flanagan personally, and felt
that nobody could put over his
warmth. inspiration and humane
ness of feeling in a picture. I ad-
NIT that this time, though, l be-
came so absorbed in the characterl-
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Herbert's Next

Hugh Herbert, following his lat
est film triumph, Meet the Chump,"
steps into one of the leading roles in
THE Black Cat" with Basil Rath-
bone, Brod Crawford and Anne
Gwynne.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Just a Good Listener
That's What the Wife of a Film Star
Must Be, They'll Tell You
By Carlisle Jones.
HOLLYWOOD.

smart motion picture wife not "best friend and verest critic
husband listener,
half affection
If honest male would
willing greatest bring