Evening star., 1942-10-26

This cause is so worthy everybody
should chip in with a contribution, y
she said
Paramount agrees that wearing
her hair as an eyebrow is dis
tinctive trademark, and it has
brought the star so much attention
she is not inclined to dispute the
studio.
OF her new pictures, Veronica
Lake thinks that audiences will find
THE Glass Key" very exciting.
Il really enjoyed making Il Mar
ried Witch which has Freddy
March, Robert Benchley and Eliza
beth Patterson. 1t was directed by
Rene Clair, and he injected many
ideas into this fantasy that are from
the conventional. There are inno-
vations that audiences should find
intriguing. The story is by the late
Thorne Smith. It was his last
story"
Veronica Lake believes that re-
gardless of the war, America should
continue the Birthday Ball Cele-
brations in January for the Infan-
tile Paralysis Foundation. perhaps
its because I'm mother. But
when I think of all the good this
money does for little sufferers. there
seems a peacetime obligation tt
continue this grand humanitarian
work"
Commissioner Young Honored.
District Commissioner John Rus
sell Young was inducted as honorary
associate member of Tent No. IL
Variety Club. today at Hotel Will
lard luncheon.
Wendell Willkie found room in
his plane returning from the world
tour for a print of Siege of Lenin-
grad Short. made by the Red
Armys official photographers. was
delivered to the White House for
the Presidents inspection.
'Moon and Sixpence."
THE Moon and Sixpence," w
Somerset Maugham's novel pub
lished in 1919, finally reaches the
screen after varied transactions
, which involved almost every pro-
ducer in Hollywood. Story was
deemed too torrid to win approval
of the Will Hays Office production
code.
Negotiations began in June, 1921
for the movie rights. At one time
or another, Metro -Goldwyn-M Mayer
Paramount, Twentieth Century, Fox
RKO, Reliance, Columbia, Warner
Bros. and United Artists figured in
the parleys. Warner Bros. actually
owned the script, sold it to MGM
in a blanket story deal. MGM
eventually sold the script to David
Loew and Albert Levin for $25 500
They cleared the Hays office with
a scenario which had the eccentric
! artist marry his Polynesian mate
which was not exactly according tc
Maugham'S book.
X
Bad Taste Is Involved.
There isn't much that the Office
of Information can do about Sonia
Henie's picture, iceland" except tt
see that such things don't happer
again. The Reykjavik Morgunbladic
has been conducting an editoria
campaign against the feature, con-
tending 1t is not true picture Of
Iceland. and that it is hardly con-
sistent with being good neighbor tt
portray natives as clumsy clodhop.
pers. owl agrees and makes amends
by wiring such critical opinion as Il
unfavorable. to prove that American
movie audiences know better.
"Yank at Eton" is another picture
on the border line of good taste. II
happens that the Mickey Rooney
picture was previewed by Lord Hall
fax in July, and the one or two minol
suggestions for revision have beer
made. With this Embassy tacit ap
proval picture is being circulated, al
though the hooligan antics OF Micke..
Rooney make sport of respected
English traditions.
owl has no powers OF censorship
but its suggestions weigh heavil,
with producers. =,