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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-07
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THE INCEST surprises in smallest packages 49,.
And Mayfair's fashionable weddings are often the
smallest
Such was the case Of the Lieut. George H. Russell nMar
orie Strong wedding of yesterday which took place IN
picturesque Christ Church Chapel, Cranbrook
The carlton peaed wedding songs for their marriage al
o'clock . with Rev William c. Hamm officiating
Lieutenant Russe is the of Mr.. and Mrs. Phip ;
Russell Of Detroit the bride is the daughter OF Col
Mrs. Frederick s. Strong Jr. OF Orchard Lake
recently ordered to Fort SILL Okla for special
service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-07
vernors Settling in Their New Hills Home

THE VERNORS have been deep in the throes of settling
In their new Hills home. Magnolia Terrace -.
Which understand is perfectly charming and very
colonial. -.
It's about mile from Stonehurs the home
land in place that is deep country and extremely billy
Magnoias imported here from Louisiana live up
the name of the gardens. of Magnolia Terrace
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-07
Rumneys
Plan Cruise
On SaiIboa+
By BILLY THE BACHELOR

IN JUST about 10 days, the
Mason T. Rumneys. complete
with Miss Barbara and Mason
Jr.. will be off aboard the sail
boat Josephine III for a Geor-
gian Bay cruise.
They plan 10 be gone at
least a couple of weeks during
which time the handsome Miss
r. will try her hand at obeying
any nautical orders flung her
way.
Young Mr.. r., having been
graduated from the Asheville
School in June. is looking for
ward TO entering the University
Of Michigan this Autumn.
MRS. WILLIAM B. COL
BURN, you'll find, is entertain
ing Friday with a tea for her
recently-married daughter, Mrs.
James s. Munroe, the one-time
Miss Nancy Jane Baldwin.
The MunroeS, in case you've
forgotten. were married in Las
Vegas, New. a few weeks ago.
HOME FROM his mintary'
duties at Fort Flagler in Wash
ington is Pvt. First Class Shell
don Bingham.
The warrior is spending his
furlough with his mother and
sister, Mrs. Marguerite Bing-
ham and "Frannie," at their
home in West McNicholS road.
Monday, however. will find
The young man speeding back to
his post.
DID YOU know the Frederick
Stofflet Halls Jr. have another
baby?
Miss Valerie Ann Hall arrived
in town July 81 10 augment
their delightful little family.
WE CAN'T help but envy the
Orville f.. Reeds of Santa Bar
bara drive who sailed asoard
the freighter William A. Reiss
for Erie, Pa. and return.
They were met on board by
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Ward,
who hail from Wisconsin.
HOWARD DAVIDSON will
be quitting his bachelor digs at
The Kean tomorrow for a week
end dash TO Saginaw.
STEVE KENT writes from
Beverly Hills, Cal, where he's
sales promotion manager for a
carborated beverage, that he
and the perSonable Mrs. K. often
think of you and that after he
attends that big convention in
Philadelphia this Fall. he'll stop
by here for a look-see.
CRACK OPEN your August
Town and Country for a glimpse
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Hodges,
Miss "Buffy" Derrick and
Messrs Sandro Girrard, Sam
Bell and Jack Newberry.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. f. Vedder of
McGraw avenue are making a
visit in New York and staying
at the Waldorf Astoria while
there.
Thomas Robertson of Hamil-
ton drive is spending several
days in New York City at the
Beekman Tower Hotel.
Final plans for Labor Day ac-
tivities at Detroit Golf Gu b
have been completed by their
entertainment committee and
will include a full day of fun
with the exact program to be
announced later.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-07

She wore her wedding veil of melowed ivory
lace.
Her flowers gardenias and white stephanotis.
Rosamond Strong her sisters maid of honor in
pale blue organde with bandeau of blue flowers in her
locks.
Bridesmaid Virginia Ward wore pink organdie. =.
And the little flower girl Ann Ward. also in
pink organdie
All attendants carried armsful garden flowers
Henry uHommedeu Russell Brothers Best Man
HENRY LHoMdEDIEU Russell. his brothers
best
And groomsmen
John Strong brother Of the bride Charles F. Del
bridge Jr....
Lieutenant Russell and his bride left for Fort Sill.
Following the informal wedding supper the home Of the
brides parents.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-07
ONLY Family and Closest Friends Present

ONLY FAMILY and friends occupied pews in the
church. -.
To see Marjorie gown of traditional ivory satin
with high neckne turning over into
prim collar :. long fitted sleeves. and full skirt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-07
Walter A. Andersons Give Dinner Party

MR.. AND MRS WALTER A. ANDERSON Of Lake Park
drive Birmingham gave dinner party at the Detroit
Athletic Club last evening. 90.
To the engagement Of their daughter. Ruth
Helen TO Weldon Wales Price Of Mr. and Mrs Henry
Wales Price, also Of Birmingham. -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-07
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ford u in East

Mr. AND MRS. HENRY FORD II Of Crosse Ponte
Will arrive today IN Southampton, Long Island
To spend five weeks with Mrs Fords parents Mr.
and Mrs James Francis Mcdonnell Of Wckapogue Cottage
Long Island
And we hear that the young Benson Fords Edith Nc
Naughton) aren't thinking returning
Ponte home at this point out there California. -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-07
Jimmy III Nieknames His Baby Sister

INCIDENTALLY. Jimmy III. has already nicknamed
his baby sister. 80.
When he talked to Mrs. Vernon the telephone
other day. he kept insisting Gamma Gamma Gamma
Which at first mistaken for mana" his for
Mrs. w..
But it's combination Of Mana and Grayce and will
probably stick to that young the Of her life
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Don't Try to Buy Off the Three Rascals
That's the Message of Philip Barrys Liberty JONES',
But His New Play Is Just Play on Words

try mems souls, but there doesn't
seem to be any reason why they
should be allowed to try the
patience, too. For the plain fact of
Mr.. Barry's play is that it isn't any
good. It's earnest and Well-inten-
toned, a patriotic effort in fact,
but makes only a limited amount
of sense, and that not very well.
Tom, Dick and Harry.
The play begins with a Miss
Liberty Jones Nancy Coleman in
bed. i'll to the point of death
with a mysterious ailment. Three
sinister QuackS are bringing an evil
nurse to feed her medicine that
sickens her all the more. Her
mother-who turns out to be the
American Revolution-has died in
giving her birth. So she is no help.
Her father, Uncle Sam, is very busy
as a manufacturer of "needleSses"
and is worried about Liberty's illness.
He has summoned letters, medicine,
divinity and law to heal her, but
they can't do anything except
mouth platitudes. Her Aunt Gloria
Bunting is so busy hurrahing at
parties that she can't be very dis
tressed by Liberty's illness.
So Uncle Sam summons an odd
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Really They Are Entirely Different
Film Stars Drop the Characteristics by Which
You Know Them When They Leave the Set

suspect from the long, almost un-
broken procession of tough, under
world characters he has portrayed.
Really, Cagney's rightabout is the
most radical of all the actors we
know. He is one of the most soft
spoken men you ever could meet.
He never drinks; he smokes SPAR
lngly and it's a real occasion when
the Cagneys are discovered in a
night club.
Jimmy has shot down more peo-
pie on the screen perhaps than any
other actor. and yet he has no fire
arms around the house A crowd
at the Venice Park amusement pier
gathered around him in front of a
shooting gallery one night and
hooted and howled as the movie
'gunman" missed Is straight at
tempts to hit a row of slow moving
ducks. Cagney was a daring pilot
in two stirring airplane pictures,
but flying actually makes him i'll
Boating does the same.
He's Several Presidents.
And then there's rotund, jolly Ed
ward Arnold. who sets up another
real-life antithesis. Arnold, as you
Evening star., 1941-02-09

Nathan. Somewhere in his previous
travels, before he arrived at the
garden party, Mr.. Nathan had COME
across. perhaps while in flight from
a pack of ravenous actors, Miss
Haydon's film triumph in THE
Scoundrel." He also remembered
her from a play called Bright Star"
which had turned dim on her rather
too quickly some time before. So
Mr.. N. had words with Miss Julie.
New York is the place for you,"
or something to that effect. he told
her. And there is a play called
Shadow and Substance coming up,
in which there is a perfect role for
you" Washingtonians who remem-
ber Eddie Dowlings production Of
Shadow and Substance" and every
one who saw it certainly must have
a warm memory of it, will hardly
find fault with Mr.. Nathan's judg-
ment.
Not For Julie.
Surely Mr.. Bowling hasn't. Last
season when he and the Theater
Guild embarked upon the produc-
ton of Mr.. Saroyan's elflsh comedy,
Mr.. Bowling would have no one but
the ash blond Brigid of Shadow
and Substance" as his co-star. This
season when THE Time of Your
Life" returned, with it returned Miss
Hayden, who is, as you might guess.
supremely happy about the whole
thing. She never, never wants to
enter a movie studio again"
Miss Hayden is another who ad-
mits that many actors and actresses
are doing splendid things on the
SCREEN" but she says the medium
is just not for this Julie Hayden
who loves, not Hollywood less, but
the theater more, ever so much
more.
It probably Is just as well. not
(see MACARTHUR, Page Esd
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Coming Attractions

Stage
NATIONAL-"The Life" William Saroyans long
awaited comedy presented by Eddie Bowling and the Theer
Hayden
and Mr.. Bowling play the leading roles.
spectacular film version of Clarence Burlington
Kelands novel about Phoebe Titus with Jean Arthur in the
leading role arrives Friday Others in the cast are William
Holden Warren William and Porter Hall The new stage
show will be affair called Valentines"
CAPITOL-"The of Monte Cro in which the of that
swashbucklng tradition to
princess Thursday Bennett Louis Hayward
George with Benny Merof
and his orchestra. will be the stage
British thriller that New York
critics and fans alike into vertab ecsacs of praise when
with late show Tuesday night
for its first downtown Washington showing Margaret LOCKWOOD
Rex Harrison those cricket ends The Lady
among the players
PALACE-so Night motion picture version of Erich
Fosam," will follow "The Philadelphia
Story"
KEITHS-"Mr and Mrs. Smith," marital comedy with Carole
Lombard Robert Montgomery, after the current
Street"
the technicolor photopay much of
which Charlottesville here Fri
downtown Madeleine Carroll lin techni
rememberD MacNdurray Marie Wilson, Stirling Hay
den and Carolyn Lee the important players involved
Evening star., 1941-02-09

(See HEFFERNAN, Page F-3)
Evening star., 1941-02-09

young mana fighting, flying son
of the Sea--Who seems to have a
couple of other selves that follow
him around. AS Tom, he is heroic.
AS Dick, he is practical. As Harry,
he is a very nice guy. Tom is played
by John Beal and gets all the breaks
and does most of the talking.
He diagnoses Liberty's illness as
fear and says she has become weak
enough to be overcome by fear be-
cause of the luxury with which
Uncle Sam has surrounded her and
the powerful, rich, dazzling, at
tractive or merely peculiar acquaint-
ances Aunt Gloria Bunting has
made her dance for. A half-dozen
of these acquaintances are called
Morgan. Another has name like
Earl Browder. Some seem German,
others italian.
But They Want All.
Anyway, all of them adore Gloria
Bunting and feast off Uncle Sam,
but don't like Miss Liberty Jones.
When she becomes afraid of the
three" they are no help to her. But
heroic Tom says he will help. He
ruShes off to settle matters over a
table with "the head man" of the
three" and returns wearing a gray
shirt of his own (for convenience
sake, he says; so as not to show
the dirt, says the scornful Miss
LibertyD He tells Miss Liberty he
has rescued her from ."'the three"
by promising a few of her adorn-
ments and a piece OF park that she
likes. More than that, he has agreed
to clip his wings.
Miss Liberty refuses to allow him
to clip his wings, which turns out
to be good thing. For "the three
are not satisfied with what they
got and want more. In fact, they
want all of Miss Liberty. So Tom
fights them and dies in the fight,
but Dick and Harry live on with
Liberty happily ever after.
The trouble with the world, says
Mr.. Barry, is that they arc begin
ming to think Liberty is word and
are not willing to die for her. And
one of the troubles with Mr.. Barry's
play is he produces nothing to show
that Liberty is more than a word.
He doesn't say at all what Liberty
Is and, in fact, at one point, threw
me right into the aisles by making
one of his villains say to Liberty,
We'll fight at your side If you'll feed
and house U.S."
There is no excitement to the
play The play never seems to
amount to anything more than
play on words
OF Dour Miracle.
Barry Fitzgerald is a miracle by
himself in lanyard Street" new
Irish play by Louis dalton, but
unfortunately the author wrote his
play about quite another miracle
altogether-quite dour one. The
result is more confusing than any
sentence of mine can make it sound
The dour miracle the play con-
Germs itself with is the cure of an
Irishman who returns paralyzed
from fighting Frances and Musso-
lini's and Hitler's war in Spain. No
happiness comes from the cure. In
stead the miraculously healed SOL
(See WOLFERT, Page F-3)
Evening star., 1941-02-09

pictures he directed. They worked
together on Forbidden" The Bit
ter Tea of Gen. Yen" Platinum
Blond" Lady for a Day" and 1T
Happened One Night"
When they were trying to sell
studio executives the story of TT
Happened One Night" Riskin, re-
membering Capra's enthusiastic but
halting tory-telling powers. said to
his friend: Let me tell this one"
He sold it.
He recalls that when Clark Gable
reported to work on the picture.
having been borrowed from M-G-M.
Gable said to Capra a little bell
ligerently;
I've been sold down the river.
Here's the body. Where do you
want me to put it?"
Claudette Colbert fought long
enough to double her salary before
she would accept the role. Most Of
the other players were equally un-
enthusiastic-and most of them won
some sort of academy recognition
and much subsequent fame for their
parts in it.
Occasionally Separated.
This taught Hollywood lesson It
probably needed to learn. From
that time on Capra and Riskin had
no difficulty getting the casts they
wanted for their pictures. There
are 80 well-known names in their
new picture. The list is headed by
Gary Cooper. Barbara Stanwyck,
Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan
and James Gleason.
Riskin and Capra wrote and
directed Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"
Broadway Bill" Lost Horizon"
and You Can't Take 1t With You"
Occasionally they separated to
work in other writer director COM
binations but always they gravitated
back to each other. Capra, accord
ing to Riskin, still tells a story
abominably but directs it beautifully.
Capra would rather direct a Riskin
story than any other.
They see eye to eye in Judging
story value With few exceptions,
all the pictures on which they have
collaborated have been simple stories
of ordinary people-but with a twist.
They work together painstakingly to
get those twists.
Gradually the idea of pooling their
interests financially as we'll as ar
tistically began to intrigue both Of
them. They left Columbia at diff
ferent times. but eventually got to-
gether in their present partnership
including arguments.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

good entertainment-W which Is i'm
portant because father was enter
tanning.
There are 100000 practicing
members of Protestant churches in
the United States alone. and in
one respect I am representing them
in this picture of my fathers life.
If the picture is not an honest
portrayal of the Protestant faiths
at work, then 100000 Protestants
will be disappointed.
Hence I had some anxiety, on
my arrival, lest the picture as
planned might not be all that the
100000 might wish. But after
only two days of conversation with
Robert Lord, who will be associate
producer of the film, and Casey
Robinson, who will write the film
story, I have thrown that anxiety
out the window.
For I know already that so far
as "One Fot in Heaven" is con-
cerned, Warner Bros. have both
feet solidly on the ground.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

was Oul IIlOSJ ItCeIlJ NlSllUl WIlOSc
approach to the locale of her ife's
work is embodied in the line, Yes,
some people are doing fine things
in Hollywood, but give me an audi
ence I can see and hear" Miss
Field, of course, is currently with
us in cinema form, too, in the
Metropolitan Victory" but she
has seen to it that the movies have
only time call on her services.
Then there is Julie Hayden, who
will be at the National this week in
William Saroyan's THE Time of
Your Life" She hasn't given Holly
wood even a part-time call on her
services since once upon time
when the world was young, back
in 1887. Then there was a motion
picture called "a Family Affair" "
destined to win considerably more
fame then any of those connected
with it ever dreamed it would. An
adaptation of Aurania RouveroPs
"Skidding," it was the beginning of
the Andy Hardy series, the point
at which Mickey Rooney's career
started it's spectacular rise.
1t Started at Party.
Miss Hayden had a part in that.
But "A Family Affair" is the last
photography listed to her name in
the Motion Picture Almanac.
Mickey Rooney stayed in his role,
but Julie just left Hollywood fiat,
with her success in "The Scoundrel"
behind her and with better things
cinematic promised, to return to
the stage where her heart was and
still is.
Miss Hayden thinks her career
really started that time she went
to one of those movie-town garden
parties, not because she wanted
to go particularly. but because a
friend very much wanted her to
meet a certain Mr.. Nathan. He
turned out to be, as almost any one
could plainly guess, George Jean
Evening star., 1941-02-09

know him, Is usually the rapacious
capitalist, the political chieftain or
the smooth, high-poWered embezzler
on the screen. But in real life you
can scour Hollywood and not find a
more socially conscious citizen. He
holds a dozen Offices, each demand
ing hours of his time. each devoted
to a cause that will help few or
many.
Just so you won't sneer too Bit
terly next time you watch his screen
tactics, we'll enumerate few Of
Arnold's private life jobs: President
of the Screen Actors Guild, presi-
dent of the American Federation Of
Radio Artists, chairman of the Am
an American Organizing Commit
tee. vice president of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
director of the Theater Authority.
member of the Pacific Geographical
Authority, grand muscle of the Up
lifters' Club, and so on
The list of actors who cross YOU
up completely once you peer into
their private lives goes on and on.
Who would think, for instance. that
(See HEFFERNAN, Page F-3)
Evening star., 1941-02-09

as pIedSeQ OUT mere PROVIDED L
kept regular Office hours from 9 to
6 daily and went to bed early nights
SO I'd be in tiptop shape to help out
with any chores which might be
assigned in connection with the
motion picture adaptation of my
book.
I have the feeling that the War
ner Bros. staff expected me to be
a prima donna Before I arrived I
had written piece of advance pro-
motion about what I thought the
motion picture version of "One Foot
in Heaven should be. Much to my
surprise I discovered on arrival that
the studio executives had read the
book. Furthermore, they had read
1t so carefully that I had to go
back and read it again myself to
catch up to them. This was a stun
ner because 7 had heard that in
Hollywood they bought books with
out reading them and that after
the picture was completed they
brought out new edition of the
book to conform to the changes
they had made in the picture.
Not to Be Repeated.
Also I had heard that in "pic-
lures" nothing was sacred, not even
the beloved title of an authors
book, and that probably they would
refer to my book under some sue
cinct appellation such as Foot"
So I got the jump on them by re-
ferring myself to the book as Foot"
"Foot?" said Mr.. Executive with
perplexed look.
"Yes," I said. my book, you
know"
"Oh," was the reply. IT thought
it was named One Foot in
Heaven"
So I didn't make that mistake
again.
I have been compelled to revise
all my ideas about the film capital,
and the people who work here.
They work for a living. (Harder
than I do in New York; And if
their approach to my book is any
indication, they have as intense a
sympathy for the fundamental feel
ing of book as has the author
himself.
No More Anxiety.
Therefore, after only two days
here, I am impressed with the fact
that this motion picture, when it is
completed, will be a faithful presen-
tation of my fathers life. 1t will
have the same spiritual uplift that
characterized my fathers ministry.
And at the same time It will be
Evening star., 1941-02-09

bungalow was eventually agreed
upon between them.
They are partners in one of Holly
woods unique and interesting expert
ments but their original association
was accidental
Riskin. who had been busy in New
York producing plays, was signed by
Columbia studios to write for pic
lures. A few days after reporting
to the Hollywood studio. he was in
vited to a studio conference. He
took his place as inconspicuously as
possible and gave full attention to
small man who was speaking to the
other assembled writers and eXecu-
tiveS.
No Last Act.
He looked like mug recalls
Riskin now, land he was telling the
story badly-very badly Even so, as
he stumbled along l thought recog-
nized it. The recognition was pain
full because the story was the plot of
a play, Bless You, Sister, which I
had written and which had been
AulGc ullSlSOCSS1ully III
New York. The mug doing the
talking was Frank Capra."
When Capra had completed the
story Riskin was asked to tell what
he knew of the play. He explained
that he didn't think Bless You,
Sister" would make a good movie,
because it had not been a success
full play 1t had not been sue
cessful play, he suggested, because
it had no last act and because the
public did not want religion mixed
up with its entertainment.
Capra, he recalls, was on his feet
again Immediately, shooting ques-
tions at him. Riskin answered
sharply. When it ended Capra and
Risklin we're friends
Gable Was Unhappy.
At Capra's insistence Riskin was
assigned to write the scripts Of the
Evening star., 1941-02-09
By Ira WOlfert.
NTI7yIy UNDD

In his latest play-"Liberty Jones"
Philip Barry earnestly tells the
United States what to do next with
the rascals.
The rascals are not named, prob
ably because Mr.. Barry. being a
man of poise among words, doesn t
go in for name-calling. Anyway. he
refers to the rascals as "the three.
One of them has red hair, another
Is dark. oily and suave. a very Ciano
OF a man, while the third is a
rootin'- -tootin' Teuton. hairy Aryan
If there ever was one. The Nippon
doesn't appear. It's just these three.
Well, SAYS Mr.. Barry, don't appease
them. Don't borrow their methods
Stick them like cheese and they'll II
60 away
That's the play. Don't try to buy
them off. Don't compromise with
them. Don't (to borrow from Harold
Ickes> make the American eagle an
ostrich Just button on a naval
greatcoat and run the beggars
through. Then they'll 60 away and
the world will be okay again.
These. of course, are times that
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Todoy's Film Schedules

Show comedy in travelling show troupe 425
ITO and 955 pm Stage shows 1885, $40 9:05 pm.
COLUMBIA With the Wind" first anniversary showing
5:35 and $50 pm
EARLE-"This Thing Called Love-
Russell and Meyn Douglas plus continuous after
and evening from o'clock
KEITSBack Street Margaret SULLIVAN
the tragic romance. 2, 3:55, $50 745
LITIE-Queen of Destiny" with Anna Victoria in
techncoor: 2, 3:55, $50 745 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"Vctory,"
South Seas: 2, 3:55, SIS, 7:55 and 9:55
PALACEhe Philadelphia Story Katharine Hepburn
and witty frolic: 2, 43o 705 and $40 pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts; continuous 2 o'clock