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Evening star., 1941-06-08

tenant colonel little Gloria learned
to call 16 Army posts home"
Interests Turned to Arts.
Gloria's education was, under
these circumstances, of necessity
cosmopolitan. She attended school
in Chicago, New York, Puerto Rico,
Key West. Utah and Texas-to
name but a few of the locales in
volved.
1t was only logical. therefore,
that her interest would turn to
such universal subjects as the arts,
rather than to more prosaic things
of the essentially practical va
riety.
In the Swanson case, her initial
enthrallment was sketching. And
as a matter of fact she was quite
good at it. About the time she
was IA she studied at the Chicago
Art Institute, and all indications
then were that she might well have
d Sd1CCI dIl al IISl
Her true vocation, however, was
acting, and Gloria was only IS
when she embarked on her cine
matte career.
Her screen debut was made as a
result of a chance visit to the old
ESSanay studios in New York with
an aunt. who was friend of di-
rector there.
Signed Immediately.
1t was a film starring Greta
Holmes that provided the initial
opportunity. BY way of lark, the
director gave Gloria walk-on role
in the film. And when the first
rushes were flashed on the screen
the megaphone impresario dis
covered that he had found a new
star.
Essanay signed her immedi-
ately to a long-term contract and
starred her in such early films as
(See SWANSON, Page F-3J
Evening star., 1941-06-08
By Ira " oifert.
NEW YORK.

NEW 4OfIh.
Although ouantitatively this has
been the poorest theatrical season
since Broadway began to have them,
there is no difficulty about work
ing up the annual 10-best list.
This departments personal choices
are as follows:
l. Watch on the Rhine" by Lii
lian Hellman.
2. arsenic and Old Lace" by
Joseph Kesselring.
3. Native Son." adapted by Paul
Green and Richard Wright. From
Richard Wright's novel.
4. The Talley Method" by S.
N. Behrman.
S. Lady in the Dark book by
Moss Hart. music by Kurt WE'LL
Lyrics by Ira GershWin.
6. My Sister Eileen" adapted
from the Ruth McKenney stories.
7. The Beautiful People" by
William Saroyan.
8. Pal joey" book by John
O'Hara, words and music by Rod
gers and Hart
9. Boys and Girls Together ed
Wynn's part of it,.
10. THE Corn Is Green" Emlyn
Williams.
There is only one irritant on the
list-the fact that mo for an An
swer," by Marc Blitzstein, never
got a commercial production. If it
had it would have been right up
there at the top of the list.
Won't Last a Decade.
The nice thing about the list
this year is that everything on
1t is at least average good, while
some of the things are memorable.
watch on the Rhine" for in
Evening star., 1941-06-08

Linda, and her career means NUN
to me, but I don't think We nave
to do things any differently now
Linda doesn't 60 out much. she
only II. The studio adds two or
three years to her age because 1t
believes the public doesn't like to see
children playing grownup roles. But
If the actress is convincing or beau
tiful. or both, what difference does
it make?
Linda is too young and too mex
perienced to rise to any emotional
heights. but she is lovely TO look
upon. Her limpid brown eyes alone
would put her over. She was con-
vincing enough as Tyrone Powers
wife in Blood and Sand" as she
was. in her dovelike way. in six
other films.
A Friendship Spoiled.
The young lady is grown up on
the screen. but she is being grad
uated from the studio high school
this June. She has gone to school
three hours a day, working or not.
She majored in art and Spanish
and to prove she studied, she read
Ibanez's Blood and Sand in the
original Spanish while making the
picture.
Linda usually doesn't have dates
when she's working. Young actors
she meets in the studio are her
companions generally. She had a
few dates with Mickey Rooney. but
their studios made too much of the
friendship.
Mick is a lot of fun and laughs
Linda reported. but when they
started pulling that romance gag
we had to break it up. Publicity
really spoiled a swell friendship.
There are all kinds of stories
about Mick, but he certainly was a
gentleman around me. OF course,
once in awhile he really likes to goi
out and cut up and don't. That's
the only thing we disagreed on"
Linda won't marry, she insists, for
a darn long time" I wondered
how long is darn long.
We'll, three or four years any,.
(See KEAVY, Page F-2)
Evening star., 1941-06-08

stance, dealing intensely with the
intense heroism of an anti-Nazi,
speaks more loudly to today's au-
dience than it will to an audience
10 years from now (that, brothers,
sisters and cousins, too, is the
hope. anyway just as a dinner
bell speaks more loudly to a hun
CRY man. But it is an extremely
well-made play, too. 1t gets be-
low the surfaces Of its emotions and
presents, in terms of violence,
portrait of heroic good and tragic
evil.
This will be nice stuff at any
time of the night in which we,
now living, can expect to spend
the balance of our lives, and l
shall not soon forget the tremble
of rage, hatred and fear in Paul
Lukas' voice as he tells his black
mailer he will not yield up penny
of the anti-Nazi money he holds.
Il did not buy a roll for my chill
dren for breakfast when they were
hungry" he Says-and We know
he had S23,0OO IN MS pOcKet-"do
you think I will give it to you?"
My goodness, I got gooSe-fiesh all
over again just writing it. Il, too,
reading it.-Ed.)
Arsenic and Old Lace is the
funniest rowdy comedy we have
had in many years-funnier, I
thought, than You Can't Take 1t
With You" which won Pulitzer
prize. Native Son" is distinguished
for its staging by Orson Welles and
acting by Canada Lee.
The Talley Method could easily
have been the best play of the year
and I still am not exactly sure
that it isn't. To me it seemed for
a long time the best play S. N.
Behrman ever Wrote-the definitive
Evening star., 1941-06-08
There's No Difficulty Selecting the 10 Best
Watch on the Rhine Is Called the Top Play of Season
Which Has Been Sad One Quantaively

amalgam of his talent for comedy
and tragedy-and thus one OF the
contributions of our stage to time.
But it seemed as much as all that
to darn few others and finally l
decided that I must be wrong, that
the play had not disclosed its inner
meanings to all its audience as II
had to a small part of it. This is
a fault. A play must be articulate
or what is the use of it. Just how
articulate a play must be to be sue
cessful and just how inarticulate 1t
can be and still remain successful
is point I expect to lecture you
on in days to come when the time
is long and the drinking liquid cool.
Musical, but Unusual.
There are, you may notice, three
musical shows on the list. That is
because all of them were distinctly
unusual Lady in the Dark" is a
play with music. Moss Hart did not
carry his weight as we'll as his
colleagues, but Mr.. WELLS music has
great distinction. Mr.. Gershwin' S
lyrics are more brassy and not quite
so literary, but otherwise they are
in the same league with w. S.
Gilbert's and the acting, lighting,
costuming, directing and all-around
production is so expert that it is
really pretty good.
Pal joey" is distinguished by the
fret nnISjco1 cOrnedy hook ever tn
make sense as we'll as nonsense.
Blame that on John O'Hara, who
has deserved worse blame in his
time.
Boys and Girls Together" was
not a remarkable revue, but 1t had
Ed Wynn in it and where he is
there is great art.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Todoy's Film Schedules

CAPITO-A Womans Face" Joan Crawford in psychological
melodama 430 720 and 1910 Stage shows 3:4O $50
and 92O pm
COLUMBA-Road Zanzibar" Crosby Hope and Lamo loose in
the jungle: g. 3:45 9:55 pm
the the assembly lines:
245 5l0 80 and 95 pm Stage shows O. 420 64 and 9l0
KEITHS"Citizen Kane" Orson Wees initial film venture
distinguished $50 pm.
without passion with humor
2:20 4:10, 6, 7:55 and GAS pm.
plight of
today: 45O 7:15 $40 pm.
the discussed Disney Interpretation OF
music conducted by Sokowski: and $50 pm.
exciting: 145
4:20 7 and 935 pm.
TRANS LUX-News and shorts continuous from o'clock.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

l11LTOUuCe IleT DOilluSIlel PRESUMABLY
in R-K-O Radios forthcoming
modern comedy, Father Takes a
Wife" in which she is co-starred
with suave Adolphe Menjou. The
role she portrays is practically per-
feet for her.
It's the part of temperamental
stage star who steers a tempestuous
course. And as Gloria herself as
serts. it is, in its implications, a
sketch of herself.
Nothing Like Her Since.
Probably that's why the lady in
question finally yielded to the
Establishments of the film conoly,
which these seven long years has
been flashing fabulous offers in her
direction to induce her to return to
the screen.
Gloria was at the height of her
career when she retired, and there
has been nothing like her in Holly
WOOU SlIlCo. f1STS WAS d COuI Sc lila
included a frantic Broadway ticker
tape demonstration in her honor, a
still-deserved reputation as the
worlds est-dressed woman and a
comet like tour of the capitals of
Europe.
Chicago is the Swanson birthplace,
but the world at large is her home.
It's typical that on her return to
Hollywood she sought an apartment
located at busy intersection so that
the hullabaloo of traffic could form
a cacophonous background to her
presence.
The spirit of constant change
that has always characterized her
career probably came from the fact
the her life, from her earliest years,
was always a hectic, transient af-
fair.
Her father was Capt. Joseph
Theodore Swanson of the United
States Army. And in the course
of his elevation to the rank of lieu
Evening star., 1941-06-08
By Hubbard Keavy,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.
HOLLYWOOD.

I1oLb WOoD.
Movie Starlet Linda Darnell was
wearing red jersey slacks.
I had just asked her mother how
she enjoyed life in Hollywood. as
compared with Dallas. Tex, from
whence the Darnells came two years
ago.
Mrs. Darnell said she thought
everything was just fine except
that she sees too many young girls
smoking and drinking and wearing
short skirts.
II don't like slacks, but Linda
seems to- her mother said. But
if I had to choose for her be-
tween slacks and cigarettes I'd
take slacks."
Mothers a little old-fashioned," "
said Linda, sotto voce, and aloud,
laughingly, Why mother won't
even wear jodhpurs on horse.
She wears split skirt"
Il think skirts are much more
modest than pants" Margaret Dar-
nell observed
Mrs. Darnell volunteered the in
formation that she is and always
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Glorious Is the Word
For Gloria Swanson
Still Scintillating, She Comes Back
After Seven Years to Take Up
Again Spectacular Career


captains glamour
saional trail.
petite chestnut d Gloria who has returned to
unparalleled in the annals of moviedom
glorious" the wod-wll
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Leonard Looks to 75-Win Year,
Despite Low State of Mats;
Tiqers Give Him No Trouble

Chief tormentor of Leonard this
has hammered him for four defeats.
It was the Yankees. incidentally,
who presented Dutch a discouraging
beginning by beating him in his
first three starts. Seven of Dutch's
eight wins have been compiled at
the expense of Western teams, with
Chicago bowling to his fluttery Spe-
cialty three times and the Tigers
twice. Leonard also has whipped
st. Louis. Cleveland and Philadel-
phia once each.
Leonard has represented so per
cent of whatever success the Mats
may boast on their journey. for he
has won two of Washington four
victories in Is games on the road.
CoaSted Yesterday.
Dutch enjoyed the rare expert
ence of coaSting to An easy win
yesterday against the Tigers, for
the Mats mustered five runs in the
second inning of Johnny Corsica
with singles by Cecil Travis. Leon
ard. George Case and Doc Cramer
and a double by Jake Early.
Rudy York blasted a mighty
homer into the upper deck of the
left field stands with two out and
none on in the fourth and that
represented the Tigers only score
The Mats whacked McKain for three
more runs in the sixth on singles
by Jimmy Bloodworth, Case,
Cramer, Travis and Mickey Vernon.
Rain, which delayed the start of
the game for an hour and IS min
utes, washed out the ninth inning
after the Mats had accumulated
is hits.
The Mats were to face the Indians
in a single game today.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
By BURTON HAWKINS,

CLEVELAND, July le.-Plump
Dutch Leonard, whose sparsely set
tied head seems to be approaching
the climax of strip tease. stroked
his pitching paw over his cherished
remaining hair. wrinkled his round
face into what resembled a frown
and predicted he'll win IS or Is
games this season despite the COM
pany he's keeping
I'm confident I can win seven
or eight more games" said the
Mats amply cushioned right-hander
after whipping Detroit, 81, on six
hits yesterday to register his eighth
win. I've had a lot of hard luck
so far this year and I figure to get
better breaks from here in"
The neat, somber Leonard. who
seems to glow with a pleasant en-
barrassment after each victory.
creating the impression among the
uniformed that here is a fellow who
has Just been named chairman of
the Sunday School Picinc Commit
tee, isn't one of those individuals
who absorb defeat in stole fashion?
Long on Confidence.
There is faint strain of Alibi
Ike in the reserved, conservative
Leonard, arising perhaps from his
consuming delight in pitching win
ming ball games. 1t is inconseivable
to Dutch that he is anything but
an excellent pitcher and that may
be a portion of the reason why he
is an excellent pitcher. He isn't
short on confidence.
Those who speak with Leonard
after losing game, however, are
surprised to learn his side has
been bothering him for several
weeks. He obtained absolutely no
sleep on that bouncing Pullman last
night, and the hotel food put his
stomach on the blink His assorted
excuses are no novelty in baseball
ranks. He merely doesn't want you
to feel he could have lost had he
been in form.
Dutch. on the other hand, doesn't
broadcast his accomplishment after
winning game He is properly
modest and seems a bit embarrassed
in receiving congratulations, grim
ming sheepishly and usually allow
ing the conversation to lapse unless
prodded.
Il think only Bob Feller and
Thornton Lee have pitched more
innings than I have this season."
says Leonard Last year Feller was
the only fellow in the league who
pitched more innings. I haven't fin
ished so many games this season,
but I've been taken out a lot for
pinch -hitters in late innings.
Some Tough Ones Lost.
I've lost some tough games this
season. Let's see, in Boston I got
beat, SO, but they should have had
only one run. 1t doesn't make any
difference, though, because We
didn't get any and I'd have been
beaten anyway. I got licked, 80, in
the opener with the Yankees and
there have been some others like
that, but 1t hasn't been as bad as
last year"
It was last year that Leonard lost
10 games, all except eight Of them
by a margin of one run. Dutch also
won IA games and in 1899 compiled
an amazing 20 triumphs against
losses. His current 8 wins and
10 defeats gives him winning
percentage of .532 for the past three
seasons, which surpasses: the Mats
less f7atterine record over the same
span.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
International Typos
Facing 31st Tourney
For Baseball Title
Washington Will Seek
18th Championship
At Indianapolis
BY the Associated Press.

INDIANAPOLIS, July l9.-The
Union Printers International Base
ball League, claiming to be the old
est amateur baseball organization
in the United States, announced to-
day its 31st annual tournament
would be held at Riverside Park,
Indianapolis, July rs through Au-
gust l.
Cities holding league franchises
are indianapolis, St. Louis. Chicago,
Minneapolis-St Paul, Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Washington,
Baltimore, New York. Boston, Buff
falo, Detroit and Hamilton, Ontario.
Competition on an elimination
basis will start daily at 10 am. in
accordance with drawing the pre-
ceding night.
The winner will receive the IS 900
perpetual championship trophy
given by the late Garry Hermann,
union printer, who became owner
and president of the Cincinnati
Reds.
To be eligible for the meet a
player must be union printer or
apprentice registered with the In.
ternationsl Typographical Union at
headquarters here.
Washington has won Is of the 30
tournaments.
Evening star., 1941-07-19

Tulsa, Okla. and others: Write
George Halas, care the Chicago
Bears. Chicago, Ill.
Todays guest star-Banjo
Smith, Columbia IS. c. Record:
with Joe Di Maggie betting out
new records and Vic Ghezzi win
ming COLTS toughest tournament,
the P. G.. A.. the Italians seem to
be doing all right-on this side"
People you know-Frankie
Frisch is wearing basket ball
shoes to relieve his gout. Sam
Miller, Indiana us great quar-
ter miller of Is years ago, soon
will begin plotting Clipper ships
across the Atlantic. Your old pal,
AL Schaeht, guest-stars on The
Sports Newsreel of the Air" to-
morrow night. Most expensive
bench-warmer in baseball is
Charley Gehringer-at $4,000
per. George Stirnweiss, former
U. Of North Carolina grid star,
now with Newark. already has
Evening star., 1941-07-19

five years old. Well, We only
mentioned it for the benefit Of
those who had just tuned IN.
The mail box-Gary johnson,
Fort worth: Ruth set the modern
home-run record-60 in 1927. He
broke his own record of So made
in 1921. j. E. Madigan, Talla-
hassee, Fla: That's the Swedish
angle wrassling in Florida. The
real Mccoy is on the coast. Vic
Clasen, Homewood, Ala: If a
third strike is tipped by the
batter and dropped by the
catcher, it's a foul and the
ball is dead. John Mclaughlin,
Torrington, Conn: Haven't seen
those race selections in liquor ads.
Franckie Mack, Worcester, Mass:
Ty Cobb hit .42O in 1911, .410 in
1912 and .402 in 1921. Eddie Har-
vey. Sioux Falls. S. OAK: You are
wrong. Any ball hit over the fence
is a homer, whether the score is
needed or not. F. r. Allsorp,
Evening star., 1941-07-19
BY JAY VESSELS,


MINNEAPOLIS. July 19.-Ihat
torrid Philadelphia-B Buffalo rowing
rivalry sizzled toward settlement to-
day-for one year at least-on very
neutral waters.
On the ruffed course of the
mighty Mississippi, which behaved
rudely for its arst national amateur
regatta test, the Nations top non
collegiate oarsmen fought it out IN
yesterdays preliminaries.
Penn A. c. Holds Lead.
As they began today's finals, Penn
A. c., Philadelphia, was out in front
with So points and West Side
Rowing Club, Buffalo, was tied Tor
second with Undine Barge Cluo,
Philadelphia, with 48 points.
The payof, according to the vet
erans doubtless hung between Penn
A c. and Buffalo West Side. The
latter was national champion for
three years until dethroned in 1910
bv Penn A. c. In competition here,
however, Penn A. G. was minus the
unfailing help of Joe Burk, singles
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Paul Dernger Walks Streets at Night Fighting Pain
oyden Conceal Identity Thief

swiped more bases in the Inter-
national League than young Ed
die Collins did to lead the loop
last year. Billy Evans, the old
umpire, can take bows for his
eminently fair treatment of the
Cleveland ball club situation IN
the current Esquire. Make Baer
can pick up five grand by lighting
Patsy Perroni in Syracuse.
And that's a. fact-"1f Louis
retires, what them" asks the New
York Sun. Just this: Thereu be
no real heavyweight champion, no
matter who inherits the crown.
He catches on quick-You can't
fool wise old Bill McKechnie. "1t's
high time we got started" he said
yesterday.
Di Mag Should Worry.
Shed no tears for Jolting Joe,
All good things must end, you
know,
So far you go before you blow.
But next year you collect the
dough.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
By EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, July 19.-Among
those who came up with a low
number In the new draft was Joe
Di Maggio-the New York U. out
fielder. That injury Paul Der
ringer got in spring training is
giving him trouble. Has to get up
nights and walk the streets. Some
of the redios think he may have
to go under the knife If both the
Yanks and Dodgers win and all
the series games are played in
the stadium, the winners share
should reach $500 per man, or
Just about a new high. Gar FL
n1er Layden will not reveal the
identity of this years National
Football Lea que officials until the
men step on the field, Not even
owners and coaches will know. A
wire from Dallas says that Jack
Derpsey-Bob Manziel oil part
~ line we ran yesterdnv is
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Owen Says Turner Will Have to Pay

pappes AS these lines written the Con-
Conen-
will illegal the
collected the Mr. Owen admitting that
trying collect 10 of the next show
onM Nigh a
until decision the corporation
Congress will
bill this is done won't have to worry about the
gates"
eventually will
Turner have his shows re-
blessings and supervision
is be fsupportlng Mr.
we'll given Job We don't intend
who
all will have to
$40 to
have be raised to least 500 and
probably more increase the cost Of
fighters and managers licenses
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Defense Work Check!
Yearly Drive al Main
Speedboat Marks
Pilots, Mechanics Toll
In Important Plants,
Cor Wood Reveals
By the Associated Press.

PENSACOLA, Fla. July 19.-
Speedboat records are standing pat
at the moment and 62-year-old Gar
Wood. who designed, built and raced
10 trophy winning Miss Americas,
thinks it's a mighty good thing.
The drivers and mechanics, the
men who make new speeds and rec
ords possible, are where they belong
now-turning their talents to the
much more important record-goal OF
national defense" says the silver
haired dean of power boat racing.
Set Record in 1893.
His own company. Gar Wood In
dustrieS, for example, now is at full
speed in defense production,
About 80 per cent of the stuff we
are making" he said, lis off-the-
record defense stuff"
So the record he established In
1888 against Britisher Herbert Scott
Paine in HarmsWorth competition.
can stand for the time being as far
as he's concerned.
WOOD ana MS son. Gar, Jf., stopped
here to look over the naval air sta
ton. A pilot himself, the sports
man-inventor has his flying boat
along and plans an air tour of Flor
ida before returning home to De-
troit.
Campbell Holds World Mark.
Woods Miss America X set the
American mile record of 1249l miles
in 1882 and in 1888 in the last of the
Harmsworth Trophy races estab-
lished a record with an average Of
8407.
The world water speed record OF
l41.74 was set in 1889 in England by
Sir Malcolm Campbell in his Blue
bird II.