Evening star., 1941-03-03

the truth, or even a modestly large
fraction of it. 1t might be Difficult
to combine the colonel and hi
daughter with, say, the festivities a
a "sugaring-off" in the Kentuck.
mountains, but 1t might make ,
more Representative and better pic
ture. In the case of Maryland,
one could see ways Of making th'
film more exciting and even hand
somer by injecting a few sequences
dealing with the bay country ane
perhaps the mountains in the west
Naturally it is too much to ex'
pect that Hollywood ever woule
photograph State in the guise o
a villain. 1t has ventured the i'm
plication that New York City /!
heartless, that Dodge City had
dark past and even that a plact
called Boom Town was not morally
sound. But 1t Is 10 to l 1t won't
imply that Louisiana, for example
was a pirates den, or something
1t wouldn't be polite even If it were
true.
1t may not be necessary to com.
pletely reverse the sentimental
idealistic treatment Of a States
story to achieve better results. Ever
after Texas" there will be some
a States left to work on. Before
the final returns are IN some writer
may hit upon just the thing.
Re stations wagons:
Dear Mr.. Carnody: Last week
you were kind enough to men
ton in your column our crying
need for station wagon to cart
the cast of Gods Stage" around
the country on our forthcoming
tour. Up to now we haven't
received the station wagon and
we are wondering what in the
heck happened to it.
Now, I see a lot of station
wagons around town every day,
and the failure of one to arrive
at our door subsequent to your
generous line brings us to sew
eral alternatives: ID People who
own station wagons don't read
your column; (2) people who own
station wagons don't care about
our perambulating actors; CD
people who own station wagons
can't spare them; a. people who
own station wagons can't read.
There is another alternative,
which, in view Of the circula-
ton of The Evening Star and our
friendship, I hesitate to men
tion.
What I have been thinking is
that maybe the station wagon
did arrive and you are hiding it
in the bottom drawer of Harry
MacArthur's desk. The only
reason I bring this up at all is
that it's a long walk to Chicago
and, in spite of the angels in
Gods Stage" we just can't fly
the whole company West.
Anyway, thanks lot.
Sincerely, LEO BRADY.
Catholic University.
Maybe we should have asked for
a seYen-passenger dim like the
one in THE Thief of Bagdad."
Re the Hellmans:
Dear j. c.: There's a new
continental concert piano duo
named Bob and Bertie Hellman
at the Neptune Room over which
I think we should establish close
watch. You'll see why in just a
second, or let's take a look at the
record. Once upon time, BERTHE
told me the other day, they
owned a couple of night clubs
in Shanghai. So for no partic-
ular reason, she said, they de-
cided to move on, then sold the
night clubs. Shortly after they
moved on the Japanese moved in.
Then, before long, they found
themselves back in Vienna, from
whence they came originally.
BERTHE looked about one day,
shuddered, told Bob she didn't
like it very much in Europe
and couldn't they 60 somewhere
else. That was a January when
they went somewhere else from
Vienna and in the following
March one A. Hitler moved into
Vienna. I just think we ought
to keep a check on the Hellmans,
so we'll know about it the minute
they leave the United States.
HARRY MACARTHUR.
perhaps they had better read
Rebecca Vests story in the current
New Yorker-Ed0
Trans-Lux gets the cinema's latest
International Forum"
That is the round-table discussion
of the world and its wars with
Dorothy Thompson, Wythe Will
liams, Linton Wells and william l..
Shirer. 1t will open March Z,
with preview for public officials
and the press as a prelude. :. =.
That tabloid version of Streets of
Paris" which ran so long at the
Worlds Fair (remember it?) after
its Broadway run, will be the Earle's
stage attraction starting March IA.
The tabloiding has to do with
the script, not the cast. 1t in
cludes rs members. 1t is the
Capitol's turn on the next Preston
Sturges' picture. "The Lady
Eve" it's called. Critics already
have been "red-appled" about it.
The apples were completely
harmless. -.. g..