Evening star., 1942-11-09

tight until the Government rules
officially.
Eddie Shipstad and Oscar john
son, entrepeneurs of the Ice Follies,
will celebrate its seventh birthday
party with a press supper at the
Willard after tonight's performance.
ice Follies" at Riverside Stadium
is enjoying the benefits of Wash
ingtons war prosperity. Up to last
nights performance, the extrava-
ganza gliding on skates had crossed
$58, 900, and on it's 16 performances in
Washington will play to more than
$4,000 people, with total receipts in
excess of $4,000. Truly big busi-
ness.
Theater Scrap Matinees.
Prospects are for new mountain
of scrap metal after Al Washington
theaters hold their niatinees next
Saturday at 10 am. Ten pounds OF
scrap will constitute an admission.
Trucks will be stationed in front of
the movie houses in which the scrap
will be weighed and deposited before
the patron enters the theater.
This should be good news for
Horace Walker-whom the amuse-
ment world once knew as Baton
Wielder Happy Walker, with his
band-now engaged in doing his best
to toll the bell for Hitler. He's exec
utive secretary of the scrap cam
paign.
For information as to the screen
programs readers are advised to
follow the announcements of their
favorite theater.
To Honor Helen Hayes.
Helen Hayes will be honored by
the American Legion on the Armis-
tice Day program at the Stage Door
Canteen. Star will come down from
her Nyack IN. " home to receive
the award for outstanding effort
in behalf of the serviceman and for
stimulating activity for the war
effort. District Legionnaires will be
in charge of the program.
Miss Hayes is planning to do
Harriet" play about Harriet
Beecher Stowe, on her next footlight
appearance Turns out that Milton
Shubert of the Stage Door Canteen
is co-author of a play on the same
subject. LET My People Co. was
written by Mr.. Shubert in collabora-
ton with Ian Hay Keith.
Champions of Radio.
Harry Anger, managing director
of the Earle, has his own priority
problem. Recreation room in the
basement of his Virginia home was
burned out, his task to find lumber
and workmen for replacement. . {.
Douglas Simmens, former assistant
manager at the Tivoli, has just
been commissioned pilot with the
Royal Canadian Air Corps. :.
Those American soldiers in French
North Africa will find Hollywood
films there before they arrive.
Vichy 10 days ago agreed to give
free entry to American film products
in this area. In the October
commercial ratings of radio pro-
grams here is how the network
champions rate: l. Edgar Bergen
and Mccarthy. 2. Fibber MCGEE
and Molly. g. Walter Winchell. 4.
Aldrich Family. S. Bob Hope. g..
Frank Morgan. Z. Lux Theater. g..
Jack Benny. 9. Bing Crosby. 10.
Rudy Vallee. What's become of Red
Shelton? Fred Allen will nudge in
there very soon. He started too late
for october rating.
What Screen Characters Want.
Seems that most girls on the pic
ture screens seek love. At least that
is what the scientists report. The
Public Opinion Quarterly, School of
Public Affairs, Princeton University,
conducted "quantitative analysis
of motion picture content"
| Mrs. Dorothy B. Jones of the
Office Of War Information Holly
wood Office conducted the survey
examined 100 pictures, and COM
pleted findings. They sorted out 1873
principal characters and studied
what they wanted most from life.
OF those whose ambitions were
examined 126 were men and 81
women. Their roles indicated that
68.1 per cent wanted love, 26l
wanted fame, 15.9 wanted safety
1873 wanted way of life, 9e
wanted money or material goods
9 per cent wanted "rightness-to do
their duty" Love was more i'm
portant to heroines, 70 per cent, as
compared with 63.7 per cent of the
men.