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Evening star., 1941-01-05

a.. me names OF tne most prOmiS-
i new players who have appeared
the past year.
The entertainment trend is vital
r. The welfare of Hollywood. The
r." directors who have come into
r-.minence. Vincent Sherman, who
directed Flight From Destiny" and
CWis Bernhardt, pilot of Lady
VIII Red Hair" at Warmers. are
important. But the new players who
already have caught the eye and
heart Of the public are the discoy-
e, that mean the most to future
h.. Office receipts.
Producers don't try to fool them
selves. The search for promising
rev talent never ends, no matter
VII, the casting director told your
col-n Minnie from Minnesota when
$ asked for a screen test. A newly
discovered player who becomes a star
nav mean an eventual $5.00O,O00
r. he studio that discovers him. or
her. Small wonder then that so
many are called, although so few
are chosen.
Twice Re-chriStened.
Young PLAYERS, new in Hollywood
n The last few months, whom War
Ter Bros. officials believe have eX-
ceLent chances for eventual stardom,
irclude Joan Leslie, Arthur Ken
nady and George Tobias.
Miss Leslie, who was Joan Brodel
when she first came to Hollywood
and worked in Winter Carnival"
for Walter Wanger. became first
Joan Brooks, and then was rechris-
tened the second time Joan Leslie,
BY Warner Bros.
Not vet 16, Joan is pretty and
reGheaded and extremely popular
or the Warner lot. Since signing
there she' has worked in High
Sierra and as Humphrey Bogart's
leading lady in The Wagons Roll
a. Night"
Many at Warner Bros. studio con-
Si5er Joan Leslie the studios best
be. of the year for eventual STAR
dom.
Tall, Lean and Blond.
Among the young men who have
made a bid for recognition during
recent months for Warner Bros,
the consensus seems to favor Ar
thur Kennedy. New York stage
actor, who played Jimmy Cagney's
young brother-composer in City
for Conquest" He appeared there
efter in High Sierra with Hum
phrey Bogart, Ida Lupino and Miss
Evening star., 1941-01-05

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Evening star., 1941-01-05

Joan Brodel-B l-Brooks-Leslie Chr.
rently he is the star of Knockout ="
Kennedy is tall, lean, blond and
nails from Worchester, Mass. where
ne was born 26 years ago. He has
spent several seasons on the New
YORK stage and in various repertory
companies in and about New Eng
land. Out of this hard school and
the Carnegie Institute of Tech
nology, he has emerged a promising
young actor. His bosses think he
Is one of the best.
No selection of the most promis-
Ing new players from the Warner
lot could be complete, however,
without at least the mention of
George Tobias, who never will serve
as leading man, perhaps, but who,
as comedy bandit in "Torrid
Zone and in other recent pictures
has created what almost amounts
to sensation.
Certainly Tobias has to be con-
sidered when any list of promising
new players is being prepared this
early winter. He appears, sometimes
briefly and usually comically. in
City for Conquest" and in "The
Strawberry Blonde" Directors have
begun to ask for him for their pic
lures. There is no surer sign of
success.
Evening star., 1941-01-05

LOy, dllllOuSIl oCpdl dICu 4lOill 1lCl
husband, Mrs. Arthur Hornblow?
She may have lost some sleep run
ming over the names of Mrs. Joel
Pressman, Mrs. Frank Ross. Mrs.
Clark Gable, Mrs. William Powell,
Mrs. Rudolph Sieber and Mrs.
Robert Taylor.
The problem was weighing heavily
so she sought counsel.
"Always-but always-use the pro-
fessional name" advised Hollywood
friends.
But those outside the movie busi-
ness counseled: This is not a busi-
ness affair, you are not introducing
them from the stage, they will be
accompanied by their husbands :"
Came the party and the picture
girls and their husbands and the
latter got first billing.
1T seemed the natural thing to
do" the hostess told us later. why.
none of them was upset and they
all acted so nice"
Don't Puncture an Ego"
Lady" interrupted a veteran of
the Hollywood social wars, you
have made yourself some very fine
enemies.
Il don't care what goes on, or
where, you must always use the
professional name. I don't care
what the social authorities say, you
puncture a career lady's ego some
thing awful when you address her
or introduce her by her husband S
name. Another thing, you might
get the wrong husband. >"
This veteran recalled that when
he was a press agent years ago for
Mary Pickford part of his job was
to warn mayors and masters of cere-
monies and presidents of womens S
clubs not to introduce Mary as Mrs
Douglas Fairbanks.
"She didn't like it," he said. 1T
upset her very much to be called
Mrs. Fairbanks. And today, she's
still Mary Pickford and not Mrs.
Buddy Rogers"
I hear that sometimes Claudette
Colbert is introduced as Mrs. Press
man and Diana Lewis as Mrs. Will
liam Powell, but those who do so are
apparently unaware of the unwrit-
ten Hollywood rule.
Ego is what makes an actor S
wheels go around" said our veteran
Otherwise, how could he be pea
Evening star., 1941-01-05

cock? 1t offends him very much,
makes him awfully mad at you when
you offend his ego"
This line of talk reminded some
one of this story about an actor-"a
typical actor story" he called it:
A very conceited actor liked to
admire himself in the mirror, so
much so that he never could pass
up a weighing machine. He'd step
onto every one he saw and, while
admiring himself, put in a penny to
get weight card.
One day he got a fortune ticket
reading: "177 pounds. You are
much too egotistical to succeed" He
tore up that ticket and inserted an
other penny. The second one read:
"177 pounds. You are much too
egotisticai to succeed" He tore up
that one in disgust.
Then he put in another penny.
The ticket read:
You think I'm kidding?"
Evening star., 1941-01-05
BY Carlisle Jones.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Geraldine Fitzgerald's firm but
dainty chin means something, as her
friends and associates in Hollywood
are beginning to find out.
Miss Fitzgerald can be sWeet-oh
very, very sweet-and she can also,
on occasion, be as stubborn as an
Irish donkey.
She was stubborn about her new
picture, Flight From Destiny" and
the kind of role she wanted to play
way this time-and thereby hangs a
tale.
Her first picture for Warner Bros,
the studio to which she is under
long term contract, was with Bette
Davis in Dark Victory" She played
an understanding friend and con-
slant companion and she played 1t
very pleasantly. She received much
public and private credit for the
performance.
Then She Went Home.
Next Miss Fitzgerald climbed into
hospital nightgoWns and had a baby
for the sake of drama and the pay
ing customers. They called it "A
Child Is Born"
Then she went home to Ireland
for a six-month vacation and when
she came back she announced that
she expected a baby, her own and a
real one, this time. She had time
before the arrival of the child to
play In one picture and the one
chosen for her was "'Til We Meet
Again" in which she was once more
a sympathetic companion to the
leading feminine character, PLAYED
by Merle Oberon.
linen, because war had started in
Europe and she couldn't 90 home
as she had originally planned. Miss
Fitzgerald went to New York, where
her baby was born.
She came back to HOLLYWOOD a
lew months later as sweet and mild
as overland twice as stubborn.
Shortly thereafter, Miss FITZGERALD
gave out with her startling dictum.
No More Namby- -Pamby.
Come what may" she said in
effect, I'LL not play another SYM
pathetic companion role. Never!"
To this she added later, by way of
explanation to the astonished studio
officials, Il would like to play a
hell-cat. At least I want no more
namby-pamby companion, best
friend or sympathetic neighbor
roles. I want to be a-a-oh! !
I cant use the word that fits what
I want to be on the screen"
She waited for the right role. It
came along in the script of the pic
ture, Flight From Destiny" and
it. was the role of a woman who
was no better than she should have
been, if as good, and who could, by
no stretch of the Imagination, be
considered a companion" to any
heroine.
Geraldine called the studio before
she finished the script.
She Was Already Cast.
II want to play that role" she
said, "the role of Ketti Moret, who
wasn't sweet or nice or companion
able. I want a chance to show I
can be something besides gentle and
sood-natured on The screen.
Evening star., 1941-01-05

diapered her as he boasted he was
one-pin man, dressed her and
then handed the infant back to Miss
Dunno.
The operation took eight minutes
OF business, with little dialogue.
1t was we'll that it took no more A
lady from the Welfare Society stood
on the sidelines, nervously eyeing a
StOp-Watch You can't overwork
baby actors in California and get
away with it.
Stevens and his jittery troupe were
well pleased with themselves. The
most troublesome shot in the script
any scene involving an infant is
so labeled by moviemakers-
been conquered in one take.
Released by the North American Newspaper
Alliance, Inc.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Western Heroine
Can't Gid a Lilv

Virginia Vale was discovered in a
beauty parlor - having brilliant
enamel removed from her finger
nails and the latter trimmed down
from their fashionable length to
fngertip rims
You can see" said she, that
vacations over. I'm going back to
work"
Miss Vale, statuesque blond starlet
from Texas, had just been informed
by her studio. RKO Radio, that she
was being cast as leading lady to
Tim Holt in his next Western,
Range Robbers" Previously, she
was leading lady in six successive
Western pictures with George
O'Brien.
TO play western" she explained,
a girl must be the pioneer woman.
I even have to give up French heels
and wear a pompadour.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Sweet as Ever and Twice as Stubborn
Geraldine Fitzgerald Didn't Get Her Way This Time
But She'll Play the Role She Wants Some Day

wasn't always pleasant on the stage
you know. 1 don't care who is in
the picture. I want that role!"
Miss Fitzgerald's sweetly firm in
sistence almost carried the day
almost, but not quite. Not that the
studio executives didn't believe she
could portray the marble-hearted
adventures Ketti Moret was. But
they had already cast Geraldine, in
their own minds. for the part of
Jeffrey Lynn's wife. They felt that
no actress could do it quite as vividly
or sincerely as she could. And, after
a brief impasse, Miss Fitzgerald
sighed, turned her back on Ketti
Moret and prepared to be the
charming though neglected wife of
Flight From Destiny"
Don't get the demure Irish actress
Evening star., 1941-01-05

wrong, however. She hasn't given
up her desire to play what she calls
"go-to-hell baby Not by jugful.
She has set her heart on it more
firmly than ever. And the next time
she sees the role she wants mate
rializing out of the pages of script
she'll play it, or know the reason
why. 1t will have to be a good
reason. too
Evening star., 1941-01-05
NervOusA Air
Over
This Set
Jittery Players
Prepare to Face
Risky Scene
HOLLYWOOD.

The atmosphere on stage II at
Columbia had all the feel of risky
make believe. Close by the set of
Penny Serenade" stood three ST.
lent, serious, White-garbed nurses.
On the sidelines were the studios
fire chief and a pair of policemen.
The set was completely incloSed to
bar outside gawkers.
From all the precautions it ap-
peared that Cary Grant and Irene
Dunno were about to Jump from a
burning building, f1irt with death in
front of train or leap over Mag
ara Falls. Miss Dunno was Wis
IDLY nervous. Grant, too, appeared
jittery and kept Whistling a somber
tune to quiet his nerves.
Think you can go through with
it. Irene?' George Stevens, the pro-
director, wanted to know.
I'll try, but the thought of it has
almost made me nervous wreck"
Miss Dunno admitted.
No Doubles Allowed.
Even Stevens was not as calm as
usual He kept cracking walnuts on
his chair with big hammer
How about you, Cary?"
II don't know. I've never gone
through anything like this before.
Couldn't doubles do it just as well?"
Not for close-ups."
The rehearsal started. Miss Dunno
and Grant blew their lines several
times. Stevens called time out
STEADY" he said. 1T won't be as
bad as all that" The rehearsal con-
tinued and Edgar Buchanan. the
comic find of Arizona" stepped into
the scene just before the big mo-
ment.
All Right, Let's Go.
Stevens halted the rehearsal.
Lets take it." he announced.
Bring on the baby"
One of the three nurses carried
10-week-old Judith Fleetwood onto
the set. tucked her into a big dish
pan. Stevens ordered the cameras
to roll.
Still nervous, Miss Dunno toted
| the baby to a bathinet. She fun
bled with the infant. She lifted it
from the dishpan to the bathinet
while Grant perched on the ice box,
Whlstling. Buchanan eavesdropped
from the door.
Buchanan advanced to Miss
Dunne's rescue. He dipped his elbow
into the bath, undressed the baby,
dunked her in the bath and scrubbed
her. He dried her, powdered her
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Producers Scan Trends
For Signs to Guide Them
Especially Are They Interested
In Appeal to Audiences
Of Their New PLAYERS
HOLLYWOOD

The eyes folwood most producers are annnp nv th
tn ~ w eO-"o 'hen curing
From this survey they discover public taste in e
mcn the type of story audiences IA
have learned to tickle the American palate and most nor
Evening star., 1941-01-05
When Introducing a Star
1t Is Miss, Not Mrs.
Use of the Professional Name
Is Hollywood's Social Rule
For Soothing Egos
By Hubbard Keavy,
Associated Press Staff WriteE.
HOLLYWOOD.

A who elected 10 %
a oaites picture people at charity tea
problem of ntroducons
expect married celebrities in town.
Merle Oberon Mrs Alexander
Macdonald RAYMOND? And Myrna
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-04-24

Order Nisi-
In the Matter of the Mortgage
from Frank C. Darcy and Vir-
ginia R. Darcy, his wife,
To
The Citizens Bldg. & Loan Assn.
of Montgomery County, Inc.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS
A COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 9877 Equity.
ORDERED, this Bird day of
April, A. D. 1941, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, as
a Court of Equity, that the sale
made by William F. Prettyman
to Citizens Building and Loan
Association of Montgomery Coun-
ty, Inc, and reported in the above
entitled cause, be ratified and
confirmed, unless cause to the con-
trary thereof be shown on or be-
fore the 3rd day of May next:
Provided copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in said Montgomery Coun-
ty, once in each of three success
sive weeks before the said 3rd
day of May, 1871.
The Report states the amount
of the sale to be $250O.O0.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
672 Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-04-24
T. HAMMOND WELSH, JR.
819 14th Street, N. w.
Washington, D. G..
Notice To Creditors

Notice To Creditors
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that the Subscriber of Montgom-
cry County, has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Letters Of
Administration c. t. a., on the
Personal Estate of
CLARA BLISS FINLEY
late of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons having Claims
against the deceased, are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
Gated, to the subscriber on or be-
fore the 10Th day of September
next: they may otherwise by law
be excluded from all benefit of
said Estate. All persons indebted
to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 10Th
day of March in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and forty-one.
BLISS KINDS,
Rockville, Md.
633 Administrative C. t. a.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-04-24
Notice To Creditors

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscribers of District of
Columbia and of Montgomery
County, respectively, have obtained
from the Orphans Court of Mont
gomery County, in Maryland, Let
tiers Testamentary on the Per-
sonal Estate of
MARY C. BLUNDON
late of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons having
Claims against the deceased, are
hereby warned to exhibit the same,
with vouchers thereof, legally
authenticated to the subscriber on
or before the 18th day of October
next: they may otherwise by law
be excluded from all benefit of
said Estate. All persons indebted
to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under their hands this
18th day of April, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand nine hun
dred and forty-one.
CARLTON R. BEHRENS,
626 14th St., N. w.,
Washington, D. G.
LOUIS C. DLSMER,
1898 Georgia Avenue,
Silver Spring, Md.
715 Executors.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-04-24
W. J. ROWAN, Atty.
Bethesda Bank Bldg.
Bethesda Md
Notice To Creditors

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of District of
Columbia has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Auxiliary
Letters of Administration c. t. a.
on the Personal Estate of
WILLIAM MARTIN SMITH
late of District of Columbia, de-
ceased. All persons resident and
nonresident having Claims against
the said deceased, are hereby
warned to exhibit and file, the
same, in said Court, with vouch-
ers thereof, on or before the 18th
day of October, next: they may
otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said Estate.
All persons indebted to said
Estate are requested to make
immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th
day of April in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and forty-one.
MATHILAE INHRAHAM SMITH
Stoneleigh Court Apis.
Washington, D. C.
Anc. Admrx. C. t. a.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-04-24
LEONARD MARBURY, Attorney
900 F st. N. w.
Washington, D. C.
Nofico To Cr.odif0v.c

1NOtlCC ~ NICuACOIS-
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of Montgom-
cry County, has obtained from
the Orphans Court of Montgom-
cry County, in Maryland, Letters
of Administration c. t. a. on the
Personal Estate of
HARRY PERCY BAINES
late of Montgomery County. de-
ceased. All persons having Claims
against the deceased, are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
Gated to the subscribed on or be-
fore the 18th day Of October next:
they may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said
Estate. All persons indebted to
said Estate are requested to make
immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 10th
day of April in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and forty-one.
NELLIE LOUISE ROSS,
5612 Wisconsin Ave.
Chevy Chase, P. o.
718 Maryland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-04-24
Notice To Creditors

Notice To Creditors
VINCENT A. Shelby, JR.,
Attorney,
900 F St., N. w., WASH, D. C.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber, of Montgom-
cry County, has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Letters Of
Administration on the Personal
Estate of
MARY LACKEY,
late of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons having Claims
against the deceased, are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
Gated to the subscriber on or be-
fore the 18th day of October,
next; they may otherwise by law
be excluded from all benefit of
said Estate. All persons indebted
to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th
day of April, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and forty-one.
ESTHER ]. LACKEY,
1904 Jamestown Road,
Yorktown Village, Md.
sos
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-04-24
Notice To Creditors

Notice 10 Creditors
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that the Subscriber of Montgom-
cry County, has obtained from
the Orphans Court of Montgom-
cry County, in Maryland, Letters
Testamentary on the Personal
Estate of
BENONI D. ALLNUTT
late of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons having Claims
against the deceased, are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally anthem
ticated to the subscriber on or
before the 18th day of September
next: they may otherwise by law
be excluded from all benefit of
said Estate. All persons indebted
to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th
day of March in the year Of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred
LAWRENCE E. ALLNUTT,
Seneca, Maryland,
623 (Boyds. R.F.D.)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-04-24

Order Nisi-
In the Matter of the Mortgage
From Joseph S. Harper and
Bessie C. Harper, his wife,
To
Mary Farmer, Assigned To
Thomas M. Anderson For The
Purpose of Foreclosure.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
AS A COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 9768 Equity.
ORDERED, this 29th day of
January A. D. 1941, by the Cir.
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
ty, as a Court of Equity, that the
sale made by Thomas M. Ander-
son, Assignee for the Purpose of
Foreclosure to Mary G. Farmer
and reported in the above entitled
cause, be ratified and confirmed,
unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the
22nd day of February next: Pro-
vided a copy of this order be
inserted in. some newspaper pub
lished in said Montgomery Coun-
ty, once in each Of three sue
cessive weeks before the said 22nd
day of February, 1941.
The Report states the amount
of the sale to be $4,000.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True COpy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS, Clerk.
618
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-04-24
Mortgages Sale
OF VALUABLE
IMPROVED REAL ESTATE
NEAR SUNSHINE,
Montgomery County, Maryland

BY Virtue of the power and
authority contained in a certain
mortgage from Thomas A. Ridg-
ely and Marguerite D. Ridgely,
his wife, to the Savings Institu-
ton of Sandy Spring, Maryland,
the undersigned, as surviving
agent named in the mortgage,
will on
Saturday, April 26, 1941
AT $3.50 O'CLOCK P. M.
offer for sale on the mortgaged
premises all the land and prop
erty conveyed by and fully de-
scribed in said mortgage, being a
parcel of land containing a y
Acres, more or less, in the forks
of the old Westminster and the
Baltimore Roads at Sunshine,
Montgomery County, Maryland,
near Mt. Carmel Church, Fifteen
miles North Of Silver Spring on
Route 81.
Improvements consist Of two
story frame dwelling-house; a
store building. S0x40 feet; a large
barn; poultry house and other
out-buildings; electricity, bath
and water. The property con-
tains beautiful shade trees and
fruit and nut trees. The prop
erty is located on two paved
highways and is a good buy for
dwelling and mercantile purposes,
there being no other stores in the
vicinity.
A deposit of Five Hundred Dol
lars ($500) will be required on
the date of sale. Balance upon
ratification thirty days thereafter.
Conveyancing and all revenue
stamps at the cost of the pur-
chaser.
If desired by the purchaser
reasonable first mortgage loan not
in excess of fifty per cent (5Oq6)
Of the purchase price will be
made by the Savings Institution
Of Sandy Spring, Maryland.
FREDERIC l. THOMAS,
Gao