The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-07


Everyone was wonderful II hsd
eeea the visiting queen from sam
or maybe nmbuktu !
couldn't have been treated more
royalty.
I had luncheon AT the studio
oommisssry with Betty Proctor.
who writes all those interesting
beauty and fashion notes about
Warner Bros. glsmorous stars.
and was called for and returned
&c my hotel. which was no small
distance away. IN a private studio
car.
II was fun 10 see George To-
bias. the man with all those mar
velous accents strolllng nonehsl-
antly down one Of the studio
streets and to see comedian Wal
ter cstlett, complete in costume,
makeup and csrrot-coloned hair
II couldn't quite make up my
mind whether or not II was his
own accepting the thanks Of
three or four pretty girls for what
must have been most delightful
luncheon" but my biggest thrills
came when / saw Henry Fonda,
Dennis Morgan and that Man
Who Came TO Dinner" Monty
Woolley Of New York stage fame.
\ saw Henry Fonda. who
was busy playing In the Male
Animal" twice-once ~ he
WAS striding away from the
Black widow" set ~ only
he esn stride. an amused
expression on his face and =
wsd 81 gum between his
teeth. and n second time m
the stage where they WIRE
busy filming Captains Of the
Clouds" He seemed In hs
thoroughly enjoying his bus
mans holiday" and WAS hay-
Ing q lot Of fun joking with =
group Of studio workmen and
extras.
Dennis Morgan, who appears In
Captains OF the Clouds" was
providing vocal accompaniment
to the piano while waiting for the
next scene to be shot. When I
see the picture. which also stars
Jimmie Cagney and Brenda
Marshall. I'm going In take a good
look at Mr.. Morgsn's hair. He
certainly worked hard At getting
that part straight.
George Tobias also has role
IN the picture az does susve
Reginald Gardiner, Louis Jean
Hyt. and petit Lucia Carroll. All
four were on hand while ! Was
there a. was ace director, Mike
Curtiz.
After seeing Henry Fonda, ]
was bit anxious to pay a visit
to his set-the Male Animal"
Betty Proctor. my guide and host
ess for the day. and I arrived just
In time 10 catch a scens between
rising starlets. Jean Ames and
Joan Leslie. Elliott Nugent, d.
rector and oo-author Of the play
with James Thurber. was busy
showing one IT the girls how to
ooms through me door and the
other how N greet her. NuFent.
incidentally. had ne leading role
when the play was on Broadway.
Aryong the countless little
things, seemingly pnimport-
ant. that ! enjoyed sesinr and
hearing during my trek
through The Stssdio. Wa The
high sompl M ont Monty
Woolley paved actor Grant
Mitchell after . long and er-
tremeIy difficult speech the
latter had made during the
filming Of Tho Man Who
Came To Dinner"
That was certainly . nice piece
Of work. Mitchell" said woollsy.
1T was long speech and = DIFF
fioult one"
Thanks" Mitchell besmsd. But
mis- "besming" wa shoe lived for
Il don't see anything ~ won-
dsrful about that" said the ii
rector. 1T was neither very long
nor very difficult" But his az
preston showed he was actually
greatly pleased. How do know
They didn't shoot II over!
Among the new pictures coming
out Of Warner Bros. studios this
season viii be an adaptation Of
the novel Kings Row" Pro-
duced and directed By Sam Wood.
who directed The Devil and Mis-
Jones" and filmed by that ace
Chinese osmersmsn. James Wong
Howe. who 10 product Of eastern
Washington I'm told. Kings Row
looks Ike sure FIRE hit AlonE
with Sam WOOD and his camera
man. saw Robert Cumming
Claude Rains and newcomer
Nancy Coleman on this sst.
And speaking Of the set. II Wa
one Of the most interesting ! ran
across. An entire forest was
built within is four walls!
I could 20 on and on. but may
be I'd better speed up. Here's a
brief" Of a few other picture
people and sets saw: Edward
Everett Horton eonseientiously re-
hesrsing lines between scenes dur
ing the filming II The Black