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Evening star., 1942-07-05
It Remained Unchanged
Claudia One Event of Jan. 27, 1911,
Which Went on Just the Same

ton In the history Of the New York
theater to have lived so long.
1t Is an event which somehow
takes the mind back to that week
In the theater, the events of which
at least have significance to recon-
mend them.
There was, for instance, the trepi-
dation of John Golden, produce Of
Claudia" One might have thought
that Mr.. Golden was novice en-
barking upon the treacherous COM
merce of the theater for the first
time instead of being an old and
almost infamously successful fellow
in the field. Night after night he
fluttered around the house, worry
ing and wondering, counting laughs
and trying to analyze them, listen
Ing to every word and watching
every gesture on the stage.
His constant companion was Rose
Franken, his playwright. who had
taken her beguiling Claudia char
acter out Of popular fiction and off
the air and wrote her into COM
pletely charming comedy of young
marriage and the always simple, ever
mysterious facts of life. Miss
Franken, with just as much at stake,
was quite as hopeful for Claudia
bNt no more confident in it. Shs
did not know, as no one ever knows,
that on July 4, 1942, different day
in an different world,
Claudia" would be as much alive
and as vibrant and fascinating as
ever.
News plays are born in the mental
pain of everyone connected with
them and it was not surprising that
the producer, playwright and cast
felt as they did.
Star Doubtful, Also.
There was one surprising aspect
of it all, however, which Mr.. Golden
has forgotten as any man would
want to forget anything so unrea-
sonable. That was his concern over
whether Dorothy Mcclure was the
right actress for the Claudia role.
(See CARMODY, Page ED
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Hereafter They'll Let Studio Heads Pick Stories

singer with Rudy Vallees band
some years back when Rudy got
a role in a movie version of George
Whites Scandals" The leading
feminine part had been assigned
to Lillian Harvey, but the British
star wanted no part of it. Rudy
suggested they give his little blond
vocalist break-and see what hap
pened!
Another who owes his first break
to the strange rejection malady
that aff1icts actors is Enrol Flynn.
He was just another husky young
stock player around the Warner
lot when Robert Donat refused the
lead in Captain Blood" Flynn got
the role. What happened is sweet
box office history.
Rita Hayworth's success is due
in large measure to her fine per-
Torrance in "Strawberry Blond"
Ann Sheridan had turned up her
pert nose at the role and walked
off the lot.
Luise Rainer became star as
a result of "Escapade," a movie
Myrna 10y refused to touch.
Also, there's the case of Lloyd
Nolan, who became one of the
screens best heavies through his
performance in THE Texas Rang
ers." Chester Morris was offered
the part but refused it because he
wanted to play straight roles. P. S.
Morris is doing heavies nowadays.
Strangest refusal of all was re-
corded at Universal the other day
by Slapsie Make Rosenbloom. He
wouldn't do juicy role in What
Happened, Gardiner" because it
called for him to slap Diana Barry
more. So Big Boy Williams, who
has no such lamentable inhibi-
tions, got the role. And he sure
did slap the youngest Barrymore
Maybe it'll make a star out of him.
CRsleassd By the North American
Nswpapse AlnAneA Ins)
Evening star., 1942-07-05

in anguish as he found yet another
man who did not have the neces-
sary filthy and, when silence re-
turned to Broadway, we went home,
got out our stick and high hat pre-
pared to attend Mr.. Todd's opening.
So "Star and Garter" finally
opened, a little late, although not
too little, bringing Gypsy Rose Lee
into town and some other burley-
cueties and Bobby Clark, dog act
and several which might be called
human animal acts and couple of
our friends from way downtown, as
they say, meaning Georgia Sothern
and Carrie Finnell. And is now
hit. Mr.. Todd has nervous pros
tration, but he has a box office hit,
too.
The show is curious one, bur-
lesque show without much burlesque
in it, staged and lighted real high
class by Hassard Short, featuring en-
thusiastic and beautiful chorus girls
and songs and antics that 60 like
Dlue DIdZeS. n Uluc UldLC slNCo HidhA-
mum heat with minimum light. Al
though never blushed, I wished I
had been able to- The single entend-
ers are very tedious unless one can
animate them with blush. So, we
suggest that you do not take your
girl friend unless you think her
blush is pretty.
Some say around town that,
wherever Mr.. Todd found his last
$4,000, he also found restraining
hand. Anyway, whole sections of
the show look newly filled in, but the
filling is the most toothSome part of
it, consisting of tried and true night
club acts that Mr.. Todd was able to
grab up on short notice here and in
Chicago. The plane service from
Chicago is very good and some OF
the acts were air expressed from
there.
Miss Lee is still struggling to
(See WOLFERT, Page ED
Evening star., 1942-07-05
HOLLYWOOD.

Screen performers are notably in
competent judges of story material
and the roles they should play.
Their errors in judgment over the
past decade would add into the
millions and several blasted careers.
If Hollywood had mind to
obliterate the institution of movie
making its quickest mode of de-
struction would be to allow actors
and actresses to buy story material
and cast themselves as they pleased
About six months of that and the
movies would be no more.
Clark Gable wanted to play Par
nell" and thought it would be the
last clinching nail in his drive to
the top of the ladder. The film
went down in history as an un-
paralleled dud. Only by super
human effort did M-G-M pick up
the Gable pieces and save his career.
Flushed by her academy award
triumph via Kitty Foyle," Ginger
Rogers decided she should set her
self up as a story mentor. She
selected Roxy Hart" 1t proved the
least successful of any Ginger Rog-
ers film in the past five years. Here
after, this actress will let expert
enced studio heads do her story
picking.
Tracy Likes buds, Too.
If Spencer Tracy could choose his
material, chances are he would sink
to oblivion within a year-and take
a long studio bankroll down the
skids with him. Tracy is noted for
disliking all his stories that make
the most money and favoring those
that prove f1ops. M-G-M officials
worried during the making of DIR
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" and with very
good reason. Tracy liked the story
and his role immensely. He had
seldom shown such enthusiasm over
q film job That was bad sign
and the boys In the front Office
groaned. Sure enough. "Dr. Kekyll'
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Coming Attractions

CAPITOLMoonde American debut of French Cabin
with Lupino Mitchell Claude starting
Thursday. New slate for the stage.
Flat" Stenbecks Pasanos-Frank Morgan
John Gareldretrn for third downtown
week, starting Thursday.
EARLEThe Mans Lady, with Barbara
Brian Donlevy starting Friday
Magnificent Am5ersons Wees latest
ring Joseph Cotton, Ann Baxter and Tim Holt.
Philadelphia Story Katharine Hepbun version
METROPOLITAN-My Blond"
the antics of Bop Hope and Madeleine Carroll
PALACE-"Take Letter Darling" comedy with Rosaind
and Fred MacNdurray, starting Thursday.
P1XKeep En- Laughing" another Jack Benny vehicle starting
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
By Jay Carmody.

On Monday, January ~, 1941, the
Greeks counter attacked the Ital-
ians In Albania with enormous
losses" to the latter. The British
were 80 miles within Eritrea with
$4,000 new Italian prisoners on
their hands. To the north, in Lydia,
they were preparing their drive on
Derna. Secretary Cordell Hull told
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee that efforts to achieve mu-
tual understanding and co-opera-
ton with Japan were fruitless and
that the Far East situation was
growing more acute. Premiere
Matsouka, in Toxic, declared that
the policy of the United States in
China made amity impossible be-
tween his country and America. The
Senate passed a $300,O0O,0O0 naval
bill and France, starving, asked for
aid from the United States. Wendell
Willkie presented note from Pres
ident Roosevelt to Winston Church.
i'll at 10 Downing street and SEN
ator Burton K. Wheeler made an
other speech in which he declared
lend-lease aid for the staggering
democracies of the world was an
unpardonable weakening of this
country's defense.
1t was busy and dramatic day
whose events found conversational
competition in Washington's first
tWo-inch winter snowfall and the
presence in town of dozen stage
and screen celebrities gathering for
the Presidents birthday celebration
on Thursday night.
There Was a Play, Too.
That night Washington went to
see new play. Claudia" open at
the National. If it came away feel
Ing, as many of the audience did,
that here was something which
happened that day which was
destined to remain a long time and
unchanged, it was right. Claudia
yesterday reached its 50Oth Broad
way performance, the 56th produc-
Evening star., 1942-07-05

was soundly kidded by the public
and went the hard box Office way.
On the other hand, his bosses were
cheered during production of "Wom-
an of the Year" when they found
Tracy complaining bitterly about
the story and his role. That was a
good sign. The picture is hitting
M-G-M's biggest crosses for 1912.
Actors, in position to do so. are
constantly turning down roles that
are ideally suited to them A few
months later they discover some
comparatively obscure performer
has grabbed the part and used it
to gallop up the road to fame and
fortune.
Mary Wickes, the lanky come
| dlenne from st. Louis, did exactly
that few weeks ago. When Uni
sal was casting the heroine role for
the Abbott-Costello comedy, "Pri-
vate Buckaroo," they offered the job
to Joan Davis. Miss Davis turned
it down cold, saying she'd be no
foil for a couple of slapstick comics.
Mary Wiekes, best remembered for
her impressive nose and her por-
trayal of the heckled nurse in THE
Man Who Came to Dinner" had no
such inhibitions She leaped at the
| chance and made such a sweeping
success of 1t that Universal gave
her>a long-term contract with star
dom in the offing.
| Those New Tangled Talkies."
This may well prove a turning
point in Mary Wickes' career as it
has for many another present day
| celebrity who was catapulted to
marqle billing by a role some one
else had turned down.
Probably the prize error of all
times was committed by George
Jessel. Hollywood still talks about
the time he refused to play in The
Jazz Singer" and AL Jolson took it
George had heard 1t was going to
be . picture with sound and dialog
Evening star., 1942-07-05

and he wanted no part of such
novelties. On top of that, the
slightly hard pressed Warmers
wanted Jessel to take part OF his
salary in Vitaphone stock. Well,
until Gone With the Wind" the
biggest crossing picture ever made
was The Jazz Singer" Jolson
made fortune from the stock he
took in lieu of cash salary. No one
can pe right all the time, but it
seems tough for nice guy like
Jessel to have been wrong at such
a terrible right time.
Bette Davis is another who capt.
talized neatly on the miscalcula-
tions of others. She won overnight
fame for her portrayal of the
Wretched girl in 'Of Human Bond
age" a role previously refused by
not one but many established stars
of that day.
Barbara Stanwyck is still doing
all right, but Claudette Colbert has
her to thank for ''It Happened One
Night" which put Claudette in the
front ranks and won her an acad-
emy statuette. Barbara turned down
the role because at that time she
was doing only drama and didn't
think she could be funny. Recent
ly she has disproved all that, with
The Lady Eve" in particular.
BY the Grace of Raft.
The experience of Humphrey Bo-
CART with roles turned down by
George Raft amounts almost to
running gag. Bogart climbed into
the star brackets in High Sierra"
which had been rejected by both
Raft and Paul MUM. More re-
Gently, Bogart added to his fame
with THE Maltese Falcon" which
Raft also wanted nothing to do
with. 1t led to the film colony wise
crack: There, by the grace of
George Raft, goes Humphrey Bo-
CART"
Alice Faye Is q big-time winner
VA the rejection route. She vas
Evening star., 1942-07-05

always hearQ nOWllng alOuQ W1LIls
the reticence of a steamer in fog.
The sounds of his anguish PROSTATE
his friends, but before they can
pull themselves together and ask
what the matter is, he is seen dust
ing along in his familiar way, look
ing for new trouble. Whats the
matter?" they ask. with who?"
he replies, puzzled. He always
bustles into trap, but bustles right
out again, reminding the trap Of
what it knows, that only a cheese
feels at home there.
It's hard to remember a show or
knick- -knack by Mr.. Todd that got
to Broadway with the normal
amount of hysteria and tempera-
mental nerve-gnashing. When his
show finally opens, the curtain rises
and exposes a stage that somehow
looks like a mouth wide open with
surprise. Then the chorus comes on,
twitching their hips, true, but also
struggling their shoulders, as If to
say, We'll, we got here, didn't we?"
Then come the principals, looking
pale and harassed and somewhat
dazed, as if reprieved at the last
moment and routed out of some not
too-distant turmoil.
A little while ago, we heard Mr.
Todd bowling again. When we did
not turn our head, he sat in our
lap. That made us turn our head.
Got $10,000?" he said "Ah," we
hinted, about to have new hit,
we see." Il can't have anything" 4"
hoWled Mr.. Todd, unless I find
$4,000 somewhere" We searched
dutifully in our pockets, turning up
some mutuel tickets on trojan
horses and an old match. We Of
fered the match to enable Mr.. Todd
to see where he was looking to find
what he wanted.
So Show Finally Opened.
Subsequently we heard Mr.. Todo
rushing up and down Broadway
pausing every now and then to how
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Always Out of Turmoil
Michael Todd Suffers and Suffers,
Bringing Forth Another Hit
By Ira Wolferf.
NEW YORK.
capn Is q handy

Our Michael Todd Broadway Snowman out Of Chicago handy
getting trouble which wouldn't dean
unless also pretty nimbe about getting of it.
a
naned long,
Evening star., 1942-07-05
HOLLYWOOD.


Hollywood long long pitch
glamour mold has been thrown away.
we'll pretywth especial
directly that lovely
beautiful holds More
background
second
Harvest" If Is
looking like a
little probably would last With
servatve Clothes much like the girl But
before That's where
Born Spokane WASH knocking peary
studio inside tested
roles greatbu else always
pars Ironically Random Harvest
without that's life Hollywood When told that
what 1t entertain
them rude Oh feel
it, That's brandnew kind
Of crack among cut throatng career girls
A Phi Beta Kappa Key.
pretty efevescent who
by from
Diego Calf graduate University
Kappa key the Phi Mu Gamma award
please member of zeta Phi Eta
father Col Thomas Hall of the United
Philippines Hawaii Guam Mexico Canada
the girl
act, times changing in Hollywood.
points they comebut the old
farm
Courtshp OF Andy
released in Denson
proclaimed Mulengr day. That's Donnas family
Hollywood Studio Club
College head shoulders
in her
straight and there's girl
Evening star., 1942-07-05
You Might Even Pass
Teresa on the Street.


Teresa Wright who scored heavily in THE Little Foxes and again
Nniver" with Pride the Yankees"
would unnoicedaddiona
flash and show but acting ability that counts
born New looks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
Test Lies at Hand

But the buoyancy and extent
of the rebound were suggestive
that the momentum of the Sep
tember-December market de-
cline had been definitely lost.
One early test lies at hand.
If the market holds here (say
around 10 for the Dow Jones
industrials, or around 95i2 for
100 stocks(. il Will be a very
favorable indication. 1t will sug-
gest the beginning of at least
an intermediate. recovery. If il
does not hold here, The best that
would he likely 10 occur would
he An irregular sideways move
ment.
ON Tho favorable side. II can
he said that the rebound of the
week before last carried the
composite averages up through
the previous line of descending
tops In other words, the down
trend was broken.
II is worth noting that on the
little reaction Of the past few
days, the volume OF selling has
fallen off considerably. Il can
again be said that there is no
llQuldatlnG pressure. I h 9 2
seems 10 he even less follow
through on the down side than
on the up side.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
Recspped Tire Tips

Tire dealers handling recapped
rs vcll ~ new tires are further
advised 10 pile stored castings
fiat directly on top Of another.
20 avoid kinkng tho wire beads
and d.storting tho tire
a Before they are stored used
tires should be cloaned and re-
paired and precautions should
be taken 20 prevent the rubber
from coming IN contact with oil
or grease Air pressure in tires
mounted on rims hut removed
from Tho vehicle should be re-
duccd 20 few pounds In spite
Of an these precautions. II is
generally not advisable 20 store
tires longer than three years.
Tubes not m castings should
be Debated and folded. then COW
cred 20 protect them from air,
moisture, grease and oil accord
ing 20 the QuartermaSter Corps.
They should not be creased or
stored fo moro than two years.
Also avoid initiating tubes in
storage since initiation weakens
or stretches them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
Auto
Graphs
sac. Meeting Brings
Best Engineering
Brains together
BY SiLER FREEMAN

The Society of Automotive
Engineers. composed of 5000
members throughout the United
States, opens its annual con-
vcntlon here today. The De-
troit section will be the hosts
10 the imposing array OF tech
ncianS. all Of them bending
their efforts 10 give the United
States the best and most eff
cent weapons and as quickly as
possible.
This is the thirty-seVenth con-
vention OF the organization, the
nineteenth to be held here.
Tonight's session will be de-
voted 10 the Junior student
group under the wing Of the
Detroit section OF which Tore
FranZen is chairman. There
VIII be a dinner and then two
speakers, T. A. Boyd Of the Gen.
cral Motors research laboratory
and Roland Chiffon Of Wright
AeronautiCal. Their topics are
diverse. BOyd'S on the auto OF
1872 and Chiffon on the effects
of air raids on Englands morale.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
Tips on Storing Tires

Are YOU planning 10 store
your car for tho rest OF the
winter 10 conserve what rubber
You haye-nn your tires? Here
arc some timely suggestions
from a-nv-quartermaster gen.
cral s office
Il orrect tire storage il very
important part az tire main
tcnance. Vehicles In storage
should be placed on blocks 80
that the weight does not rest on
the tires, and the air pressure
should he reduced 10 a few
pounds. II the vehicle cannot
he blocked up. &c air pressure
recommended for the vehicle In
storage should he maintained.
Tires that must remain out
doors should be coated with
synthetic rubber paint as pro-
tcCtive covering \ cover of
wrapping Of heavy canvas. or a
similar material. may be used
for the same purpose.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
Good Performance

In line with this fact. is the
good performance of the most
active stocks. Since December
%. the Is stocks most active
each day have shown a definite
tendency 10 point up. Activity
thus leans toward the stocks
which rise.
More than this. a ma iority of
all stocks bought and sold has
at no time during the current
llt'le reaction shown any large
excess of number OF declines
oNcr advances Probably a ma
ieftty closed last week al least
rs hlgh as A. the end OF the
preceding week
II can be SAID that activity
has tended 10 lie IN good stocks.
and not 50 much IN the cats and
dogs There have been enough
new highs 70 offset the effect
OF new lows
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
Stocks Indicate
Low Point Gone;
Selling Falls Off
Good Performance
OF Active ssues
last z Weeks Noted
~ LEWIS HANEY

Professor ~ Economics. =. Y. a.
Much difference Of market
opinion continues 10 exist among
brokers and expert observers.
Naturally there is still A good
deal Of pessimism concerning
taxation. labor demands and the
governments economic policy.
The war news IS none too
gratifying.
Fh4S y no time 70 look for
a sustained rise in the averages.
But the evidence seems 10 me
10 favor the general conclusion
that during The dark da%s-ef
December the average of stocks
probably saw its worst.
The rebound which began in
the last week of December seems
10 me 70 have been sufficiently
pronounced 10 indicate that the
general direction has turned.
SCibaCkS arc bound 10 come,
and no investment policy should
proceed IN the spirit of hurry
or reaching for stocks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
Staples Rise Aqain

The railway stocks have ,hown
strength. and utilities have held
rather Wcli
Bonds have risen
Commodity prices continue %
rise
Tho yields OF stocks are very
attractive.
The inhationary implication Of
the Presidents budget message
are strong and II seems that i'm
The end The governments spend
ING ~ credit currency should
more than provide 10 It's citizens
the means of paying The in
creased taxes In the next fiscal
year. say L. billion dollars Of
government bonds will have to
be taken by tho banks
Finally. note that The burden
NJ taxes rs bound 10 become
les, discriminatory When The
people arc plnched by taxes.
they VIII hp less enthusiastic
about government in business
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
Stocks
Quiet.
Steady

NEW YORK. Jan. II HNSA 49,
The stock market was quiet anC
steady AT the opening today with
most issues holding within eX.
.tremely narrow limits.
Allied Chemical started with a
loss of 2l2 points al lis
Minor declines were incurred by
Anaconda, kennecott, Du Pont
Lockhead. Consolidated Aircraft
and Southern Pacific.
Similar gains were shown by
Montgomery Ward Bethlehem
Steel, YOUNGSTOWN Sheet and Tube
General Electric. Santa Fe, Penn
Syfvania Railroad Consolidated
Edison and Texas Corporation.
American Telephone opened a
half.point higher and on its next
sale increased the gain of ! .
points
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
Dark Storage Best

Rubber is rotted. 10 varying
degrees, by light. heat, air In
motion, ozone, oils, dust and
dirt. stored tires will last
longer If protected against these
agents
New or dismounted tires can
he protected against light, air.
and dirt nv covering them with
tarpaulin or other heavy.
tightlN-woNcn fabric. The darker
the storage place the better.
Heat and air have very de-
StruCtiie cncCt on casin gs.
seventy or eighty degrees Fahrx
crhcit should he the maNimur
storage temperature. Drafts anS
moving air replenish the supply
Of oxygen. causing the castings
20 drterlorate more rapidly"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
MARKETS
M. S. Rukeyser
M. ,. RukeYser
Axis Attempt 10 Block
Lend-LeaSe Aid Fails

WASHINGTON, 70 The United States has answered
the attempt American bchgcfencS to dilute lend
other by taking TO augment such ma
tcrlal assistance
Pearl Iarbor the and practice OF The lend
lease administration have changed somewhat
The that be in Washington taking Worldwide
tho antiAXS military campaign and sending avail
able materials various fronts in accordance with the new idea
of grand unified strategy.
Accordingly the decisions where the ehal weapons
60 transferred civilian officials
SrategSS their nominal directive quality
civilian officials plttng their Judgment against that OF
military and naval men.