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Evening star., 1942-09-06
Musical Corn
& les on
Atop Willard

The gay olio numbers of the cur
rent melodrama, From Rags to
Riches" in the music hall atop the
Hotel Willard will be carried over to
this coming week. along with the
play itself, opening on Tuesday
night. September 8. with an s:45
curtain. The entire bill there is
proving the biggest seller of the
entire summer season under the
direction of Richard Midgley.
Helen Ault, popular Washington
singing comedienne, has come back
into bill, offering her own solo hits,
including Take Back Your Gold"
as well as her vastly diverting Rid
ing on Street Car" which she
sings with Isham Keith. Yucona
Cameron, in her Failing in Love
With Someone" and I'm Old New
York" in which she is nightly
Joined by the audience, and Rose
Kessner in her "show-stopping'
song and dance, That's How Rag
time Got It's Name" are other solo
bits of the olio.
lSlldili hCitli oilClS . bWU VI llls bCSt
songs. THE Curse of An Aching
Heart" and She's Only a Bird in a
Gilded Cage" and Dick Midgley with
Ellen Love are heard in a duet or
two, including Call Me Pet Names
and Its Delightful to be Married. p
1t still remains for the Willard
Roofs own version of the famous
sextette from "Floradora" to leao
the field in this Gay Nineties show
Due to the demand the policy Of
the management now makes re.
served seats at tables available II
advance at the Willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
A Play w hic h
Kids the AWCS
isits National

Frank Mandel, fugitive from the
Broadway stage these past eight
years. will bring "Vickie," a new
farce by S. M. Herzig, to the Ma
tional for a weeks engagement on
Monday night. Mr.. Mandel serves
"Vickie" not only as producer, but
with Jose Ferrer as director of the
play.
"Vickie" spoofs the women who
have donned uniforms to serve on
the home front, spoofs them and at
the, same time applauds them for
their effort. their zeal their integ-
rity and patriotism. The play con-
Germs the activities of the AWCS
american Women's Camp Service
more particularly of Vickie Roberts,
who makes her home the headquar-
ters OF an organization variously
dedicated to airplane spotting, spy
hunting. first aid, sandwich making
and godmother services to soldiers
on leave. Thus her home becomes
q veritabfe tower Of Babel a noisy
bazaar where the militant ladies re-
hearse their tactics to the great
discomfort of husband George Rob-
erts, who is deep In blueprints Of a
machine which will embarrass the
enemy. George has yet another
complaint. He feels that 50 great
Is Vickie's devotion to her militant
chores that she is remiss in her con-
jugal OBLIGATIONS. =
Before the final curtain falls
there are many comic climaxes in
voiving amorous soldiers, Jealous
AWCSS, refugee opera singer en-
ployed as q maid, irritable husbands
and a Washington tycoon trapped
In philandering.
Mr.. Mandel has assembled a cast
OF rs Broadway players to animate
the uproar, among them Jose Ferrer
and Uta Hagen, as the Roberts .
Margaret Matzenauer, formerly
prima donna Of the METROPOLITAN: :
Taylor Holmes, Charles Halton.
Frank Conlan, Collette Lyons. Red
Buttons, Edward Glover. Mildred
Dunnock, Wynne Boze and Lynne
Carter.
Vickie" viii be shown here prior
70 its opening at the Plymouth
Ineater. New York, on September
al
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Wars Anniversary
Has Grim Meanind
For Judith Evelyn
NEW YORK.
~ the Associated Press.

NEW YORK.
~ the Associated Press.
Broadway's star newcomer, Judith
Evelyn, thought the curtain had
cropped forever on her career three
years ago last Thursday.
She can hardly believe she has
the coveted Drama League Award
Tor the seasons best performance.
In fact, she thought she would never
hear applause again.
Inree years ago today Judy was
aboard the Athenia-the big British
passenger liner which was sunk in
the North Atlantic with a loss OF
liz lives, the wars first big sinking.
There were 80-odd people jammed
into our hfeboat," she said, but
we were desperately short of men.
Somehow we had lost two oars on
one side. rowed one oar, or
rather, tried to row. The oar was
so heavy could hardly lift it and
then I never knew whether it would
come down in the water or an air
trough.
There was = little baby lying at
my feet whose mother was too in
Jured to take care of 1t. wanted
to shelter the baby in my lap, but I
couldn't do that and row. too. I
can still feel that baby's little hands
clutch my ankles every once in q
while"
Judy was one Of seven to survive
when the lfeboet was hacked to
splinters by the propeller Of the
first rescue ship.
In two weeks Judy was on her
way to Canada again. Although
born in Seneca, S. OAK, she had
grown up in Canada and begun a
stage ard radio career which had
been continued in Britain.
She resumed radio work and made
Aims for the Red Cross. Then she
went to Hollywood and the Pasa-
dena Playhouse.
Her debut as Broadway star
came last December in the role
Of the harried wife in Angel
Street" The show, which almost
closed two days after its opening,
has run more than $50 performances
and Judy has signed to stay with it
| unt1 June, 1943.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Coming Attractions

NAT1ONALvckie farce by Herzig; opening
night.
Screen.
CAPITOL"Invisb Agent" Massey
Lore Gen Krupas band the stage Starting Thursday
COLUMBA-Friendy Enemies" with Craig
Wnninger.
EARLEYanke Doodle Dandy with James cagney as the great
KEITHsPardon My sarong with Abbott Costello; starting
Thursday.
LITTLE-"We Were Five" with Jean Cabin.
METROPOLITAN Shot with Humphrey returning for
a second downtown week.
PALACE-Holiday Inn Irving Fred
Astaire, Rita Hayworth and Bng Crosby.
PIX-Tour Feathers" with c. Smith Clemens
starting Wednesday
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Broken Ankle
Proved Benefit
To This Skater
BY Wide World.

By Wide World.
What with Sonia Henie produc-
ing ice shows in Rockefeller Center.
Dorothy Lewis prancing across the
frozen surface of several New York
headlining new ice revue in Mad
ison Square Garden. it appears that
most of the new Broadway revues
are seeking frigid atmosphere and
background.
The Ice Capades Of 1943" is a
new circus of brilliant skaters who
combine their skill as athletes with
the graceful beauties of ballet
dance. They skim across the multi
colored ice on the wide floor of the
garden in a speedy series of dances
and acrobatic routines that make it
seem like a regular Broadway mu-
sical show that has been speeded
up 100 per cent.
The two stars OF the show are
Donna Atwood, graceful miss from
Newton, Kans., and Adele Inge, a
pretty 18-year-old girl from st.
Louis who skated with Sonia Henie
and who is the only professional
skater who can do the forward and
backward somersault without using
her hands.
Although Miss Atwood was born
In Kansas, she had to move to the
sunny climate of California before
she learned how to skate on ice.
With her fiery red head skimming
across the ice, she won the Pacific
Coast junior championship. In an
exhibition at Tulsa, Okla, however,
she broke her ankle and thought
that her skating days were over.
But I was pleasantly surprised
to learn" she said, that my ankle
healed apparently stronger than 1t
was in the beginning. know that
in doing a 2-foot spin or a camel
twin or q back camel whirl now I
can rely much more on the ankle
that was broken than I can on the
ankle that was not broken.
California, think, is really the
most enthusiastic skating center in
the country. I did several skating
movies out there, although my most
difficult Job was teaching Mickey
Rooney how to skate. It was fun,
though. There's never . dull mo-
ment with Master Rooney, and es-
pecially when you're trying 10 escort
him around q rink Of very treacher-
GUS ice"
"One thing I have kept up seri-
ously with my skating" she said,
land that is that I continue my
ballet dancing daily. Not only does
it give my skating routines more
grace, but the dancing also counter
acts any overdevelopment OF leg
muscles which the more athletic
skating is likely to cause"
Evening star., 1942-09-06

ONeill's @Ah. Wilderness" which
would be In 1884. Then the friendly.
yea affectionate, lampoon of the
New Deal, I'D Rather Be Right"
with George NJ solving the Ma
tion's troubles as F. D. r. in Central
Park. Madam. VIII You Walk"
short lived, and Return of the
Vagabond" bring us up to date.
If George M. Cohan had a peeve
on Hollywood before the bright
chapters of his career promised
lush days for Warner Bros, it dates
back to the time when he appeared
on the Paramount lot to make THE
Phantom President" Some bright
mind in the front Office sent a pro-
duction executive to his dressing
room to gather professional details.
Have you ever" he queried. done
anything in the theater2" The
writer and producer of IS plays and
composer of more than 500 pub
hshed songs. hasn't recovered from
that one yet.
His first published song was why
Did Nellie Leave Her Homer" a title
which suggests something lachry-
NOSE. This was turned out, words
and music, in 1893 when he was IS
years old. Though "Over There"
brought him congressional medal
and became the marching song Of
World War I, he calls Venus, My
Shining STAR" written in 1894, his
favorite.
His Favorite Song.
A fabulous fellow, this George M.
Cohan. Some day a book will be
written about him that will en-
/ phasize more than song and dance.
He just can't resist an appeal from
any one in the theater who has
fallen upon sadder days. His per-
sonal benefactions are large and Sc
cret, although he got public recog-
milton for his 100000 contribution
to the Actors Fund. Much of the
endearing charm of the man has
been fabricated into the picture,
but, as Edmund Plohn, who was
long his general manager, says,
George M. is Of, by and for the
theater. He wanted to be the great
est little guy on Broadway and, from
all accounts, he has succeeded"
1t is heart warming that such
a great and versatile talent Is being
recognized while he can still enjoy
the fragrance of the tributes. Vivid,
In recollection, is the first time
over There" was publicly per-
formed by q military band. 1t was
at Fort Myer, by the light of auto
headlights, since the regulation il
Elimination had failed. Everybody
seemed to appreciate that q great
song had been born. Cohan wrote
1t In q few hours, his inspiration
the stirring notes Of the bugle call.
Knowing him for years, as friend
and critic, this department feels if
there is any formula for his sue
cess 1t is that he has always been
close to the heart of the people.
His cardiac beats, and his creative
efforts, have that human quality
which comes from this mutual un-
derstanding.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

luIlCl ptIlOQ. 1Ildt exdCUly LHe
experience facing some so Holly
wood kids come September 10, when
new semester begins on the most
glittering campus in the world.
The alma mater Of these children
will be the particular studio at
which they are highly paid actors
and actresses and their campus will
be the handsomely decorated set of
the movie on which they happen to
be working.
Required Studies.
The Hollywood version Of the lit
tie red schoolhouse doesn't other
wise differ much from the original
model, especially 80 far as curric-
ulum Is concerned. However, out
here on the West Coast, with its
present danger of sneak visi-
tations from the sky by the little
brown men, AFRAID drills and first
aid work are to be required studies.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

At Goth Century Fox young Roddy
Mcdowell will begin his second year
of education while working, and so
will his sister Virginia, who this
year goes into the 10th grade. Their
classmates will be Elena Verdugo,
Ann Todd and June Haver.
At Warner Bros, Joan Leslie,
Dolores Moran, Patty Hale and
their teacher will take the same old
school seats they filled last year. At
Paramount, Diana Lynn, Susanna
Foster, Gail Russell and Ann Roo
ney have just enrolled. Universal's
lovely Gloria Jean. Peggy Ryan and
Sabu have already started study
ing in preparation for school open
ing and at RKO. Joan Carroll and
Nancy Gates will be two lone oc-
cupants of the school.
MGM will have the largest en-
(See HEFFERNAN, Page C-1O)
Evening star., 1942-09-06


hope of running William over
William Is, compared with Orson,
an upstart in the boy genius business
and, what is more, got both his start
and his up in the business while
Orson was not looking. Orson has
been out of town somewhere the last
few years and has allowed the up
roar about him back here to go to
seed somewhat.
But, after week or so of effort
by Orson, the town is once more
willing to concede that it remembers
him, This has to do with the band
wagon Orson drives around on. It
is ponderously rollicking, gargan-
tuan, personally driven wagon by
Orson, personally powered and pro-
PEELED by him, as well as manned and
manipulated by him and after being
in the same joint with it for 10
minutes, the least you are willing to
concede is that William is, if not
quite an imposter, at least an
arriviste.
Orson Has Iron Nerves.
1ne cOmpetlJlon between OrSOn
and William for outstanding boy
genius in the business has been
spirited, William has the advantage
in years. Also there is a bit of first
class creation in his work which is
lacking in Orson's. Orson has been
working under the handicap of hav-
Ing no flrst-class creative ability at
all, his talents being of the second
class kind required by interpreters
and actors of the creations of others.
However, this never embarrassed
Orson publicly nor did Williams
modest allotment of creative ability
embarrass him. Neither boy seems
to want to be genius. concentrating
exclusively on desiring to be &C
claimed as one.
In the clutch, Orson has proved
himself to be a man of iron nerves.
Contrary to popular impression, he
has an Achilles heel. This is the
fact that. in an irritating moment
of absent-mindness, his creator neg
lected to endow him with the ability
to write. All other abilities seem
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Father and Son Are
Working on Picture
By Wide World.

HOLLYWOOD.
For the first time in film history q
father Is q producer and . son Q
writer on the same motion picture.
The producer is B. p. Schulberg.
The writer is Budd Schulberg. who
wrote q best seller, What Makes
Sammy Rum" two years ago.
The movie is "City Without Men,
Screen work is no novelty for young
Schulberg. He grew up In the
studio atmosphere, for it was his
father who helped Adolph Zukor
launch Famous Players Co. In 1912,
two years before Budd was born.
The Schulbergs are at Columbis
Pictures now.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

(See HEFFERNAN, Page C-10D
Evening star., 1942-09-06


ography has been carefully captured
and confined in Holywood's tin cans
as Yankee Doodle Dandy" fond
recollections spring up wherever
show business and the Cohan legend
has penetrated These set down
here are authenticated In George
MS own handwriting, given day
and date as appreciation for appear
ing with him in q radio interview.
II never" he said had stage fright
but ! get scared to death when I look
at one OF those things" He was
referring to the mike" which he
later was to conquer for some profit,
and which long since has spread
his songs and fame to far corners
Of the earth.
Really Played Violin.
Picture on the immediate left
shows him with a violin tucked un-
der his arm. Master Cohan actually
played that fiddle. In 1886, when he
was only 8 years old he toured as
second violinist in Daniel Boone
on the Trail"
Reverting to the local angle,
Washington first saw George M. CO.
han in 1891 when the 13-year -old
prodigy created the mischief in
"Peck's Bad Boy" They still call
him that at the Lambs Club, says
George M.
He came back in 1894 with Gus
Williams in piece called April
Fool" I'VE didn't fool any one
with that one" he AYERS, an indica-
ton he was q bit of a critic. So
he continues:
TN 1895 I was back with Hyde's
Comedians. Helen Mora, the female
baritone was the star. Baritones
were as big hit In those days as
the Barrymores Of today.
"I played Washington again In
1897 with the Weber and Fields
Vesta Tilley show. An All-Ameri-
can company headed by an English
girl
"I played here In 1893 with Harry
Williams Own Company. Williams
didn't own the company. He said Sc
himself.
"In 1899 I came here with the
Four Cohans Own Company. The
Four Cohans didn't own the COM
pany. Tom Behman did"
Critics Ran Away.
'In 1901 I played here in The
Governors Son. I wrote the book
and lyrics and composed the music
The production looked like I had
painted the scenery.
"In 1908 I was back In Running
for ONCE The critics are still run
ming. Next season, 1904, was bach
in Little Johnny JONES' with my
picture on the program, n every.
thing.
"In 1906 I played Washington ir
George Washington, Jr' The frs,
and only time I ever waved the fiat
on the stage.
IT played here in 1908 with Fifty
Miles From Boston This Is tn,
play that ran three years on the
road and only three nights In New
York.
I'm 1909 I came here In Tht
Yankee Prince and made curtain
speeches like Mansfield. Broadway
Jones brought me back in 1918, my
first play without music. The critic.
hollered for my dancing shoes.
Then came 13 years when T mus
have been busy elsewhere. The
town seemed to get along all right
without me.
II returned TO Washington h
American Born in 1926. Mrs
Coolidge came to the Saturday mat
inee. The President didn't. Some
mean guy tipped him of was q
Democrat.
Irritating Hollywood.
And 80 through Gambling" ir
1929, which was soon seized BY
Hollywood. In 1890, return en-
gagement Of Tavern" Then, In
1882, Pigeons and People" of which
he says. "The pigeons were crazy
about the play"
Then for the Theater Guild In
Evening star., 1942-09-06
George NJ. Cohan's Impress
First Made Here in 1891
Milestones of His Career
Captured by Hollywood
In Yankee Doodle Dandy
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY.

Once time this collector Of star autographs and foosh
trivia He
sent back with original and chorus dedicated Kelley
Though made still unpublished
sitons it Is a Cohaniana cherished
Not know that Cohan his
full plays quiet willard
tween midnight solitude
after the wchng worked and third
and perhap the first
Evening star., 1942-09-06
School Bells Are Ringing
For Hollywood's Children
Roddy Mcdowell Is Among
Those Attending Regularly
Classrooms of the Studios
By Harold Hefernan.
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD.


School bells ringing millions
and Los Angeles County those bells will glamoos
Some fun ehgong to school Imagine passing
Betty Cradle Mickey
sitting right next Hdy
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
Sports Roundup

LINssecond round play IN the Sugar Bowl tennis
tournament following postponemen OF all
basketball will be
played Wednesday the Lakes Naval Training
nsouls Montana fresh or
the armed forces in the last few
months consequence director the Mssoula High
remainder OF the
handling He Will take the
varsity basketball this week.
Miami FaAP-Arryng here early to finish preparations Tor the
Boston College the Alabama a
Bowl football Players and coaches we're tired after me
Head Coach
Frank the squad 10 take easy today
1912 wrestling season al the Arena Gar
viii triple windup program Meeting in
Frankie and Eddie tBad Man
Kmko and Leo Jensen and frankie
falls so minute time limit
Iockpor YAP Originator OF the Of volleyba William
Morgan 20 the 1895 while
physical director AZ the Holyoke Mass, YMCA
Heavyweight Harry Babo who barred
month Tuesday when he anse
Buddy Walker Columbus leading bout Of
mediocre national boxing program.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
Redskins Lose
All Star Tilt
BY BILL WEART
ONS Sports Writer)

'i-No CpOl 70 w I liFl
Philadelphia, Dec. 2S--INS The
talented and equally hefty cleated-
foot Of the Chicago Bears Lee Ar
toe today was the toast of profess
sional football enthusiasts every
where but in Washington, D. c.
For technically, it was Artoes
powerful toes that gave the All
Stars their tnree-point margin of
triumph over the 1912 champions of
the National Professional League
the Washington Redskins, in Sun
days PRO Bowl" game at Shibe
Park.
A chilled and thrilled crowd OF
1851 fans saw the ultimate in
bruising and brilliant football as
the All-Stars set down the Red
skins. 17-l4, in the latter's first ap-
pearance as champions.
And it was all in good, clean fun
for just cause since every penny
Of the profits, estimated at close
to $4,000, will go to the United
Seamen's Service, which attends
the needs of merchant sailors. now
conservatiyely called the wars I'M
sung heroes.
In addition TO Artoe's powerful
field goal, 1t took one Of the sea
sons top thrills'-a 97-ysrd touch
down by vinged-footed Bill Dudley,
Pittsburgh rare rookie, to bring
the Stars back into the game. The
Stars, whose squad included 10
members OF the ex-title-holding Chi
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

New York, Dec. 2s-lNS-Base-
balls badly bevildered executives,
wandering smlessly through mud
died plans for the past week as
they tried 10 figure out how 10 as.
sembls their 1913 squads-aud
where TO train them-hsd a some.
what brighter chance OF getting out
Of the forest Of confusion today.
II vas a plan submitted for their
consideration by I'D Barrow, hea
OF the New York Yankees. where
by the opening date OF the season
he set back till April p, Delay
ing the start OF the campaign for
approximately l. days would en-
able all the teams to conduct their
spring training schedules in their
own ballparks, according to Cousin
Ed, eliminating the necessity for
long and costly train trips on al
ready jammed railroads
This is the first sensible sug.
gestion by a baseball executive
since ODT Director Joe Eastman
recently threw them into a panic
with a simple ra~r--. 10 alter
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
CHATTER SEVENTEEN

YOUNG DR.. Bradshaw wore his
dinner clothes with the ease and
grace that comes from a complete
lack Of self-consciousness. But
when he had given his battered hat
and old coat to the Kilcran butler
and was left alone in the great hall
that divided Stormwold. he was
conscious of a sense Of nervous an
ticipation that was unfamiliar to
him. 1t was the coming meeting
with Tom Kilcran that induced 1t.
He was not at all sure that the so
cial approach to the mill owner was
a wise one.
He stood a trifie uncertainty be-
fore the bright fire that cracked
IN the hearth. Should he. he won
dered, follow the butler or wait to
be retrieved? He looked In the mir
ror above the hearth and passed
the palm OF his hand over his hair,
pulled down his dinner jacket and
added apother eighth Of an inch to
the display of his pocket handker-
chief with frowning concentration.
you'll more than do, Doctor"
PameIa's throaty voice was be-
nign and slightly amused. She
spoke from the stairs where she
stood midway.
Tony looked up quickly and said,
Thanks" He gave her a half-em-
barrassed grin, looking up at her
and running his quick glance from
the top of her head. where her hair
was drawn, into a black snood,
and down the slim length Of her en-
cased in lusterless black. She
looked inches taller and at least
FIVE years older than when he had
seen her in the book shop.
She stood motionless, prettily
posed against the background of
the wide, maroon-carpeted stairs,
completely aware OF what he saw
and was thinking.
"Well," he said, do you come
down or do we sit on the stairs 2
She pouted. "You were supposed
to say, Very nice picture you
make, Pamela"
He did his best to look crushed
81 was afraid to say anything
You've looked in your mirror and
it must have told you more than
anything I could say"