Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-05
Detroit Delights
Film Stars; They
Delight Detroit
Bob Hope Loses
TO Jeffries al Coli;
cssnsy Needs Haircut

Hollywood's Victory Caravan
left Detroit early today for Chi
cago after treating Detroiters to
the greatest array OF theater or
film talent ever assembled for
road show purposes.
Nine of filmland's brightest
stars and eight budding starlets
left the city at\1 a. m. after a
three and -a-half hour show in the
State Fair Coliseum for the bene-
fit of the army and navy relief
funds.
Their 11-car Hollywood special
arrived at the Union Station at
los p. m, five hours late, to be-
greeted by a crowd that waited on
roofs. station. street and windows
OF nearby buildings to give them
a rousing welcome.
The train was sidetracked In
Ohio to permit them some much
needed sleep and wes delayed iur-
Their when II struck an automobile
on a grade crossing near Monroe,
demolishing the car but sparing
the woman driver.
HOPE LOSES GOLF MATCH
Bob Hope, the troupc's master
of ceremonies. arrived by plane
from Cleveland. the previous stop
ping point, during the night IN
order TO keep a golf appointment
with Mayor Edward J. Jeffries Jr.,
which incidentally, Hope lost.
Joan Benefits black. and oddly
clipped poodle was first to leave
the train. For fully half hour
she paraded along the station
platform with a maid on the other
end of the leash before the Brit
ish-accented Stanley Laurel left
the train.
He was followed in a few min
-utes by Charlotte Greenwood. the
Ionglegged Coincidence. who exec
uted one OF her high kicks for the
benefit OF admirers in the win
dows of a nearby corset factory
and then shivered in the 5l-degree
temperature with Laurel and
members OF the reception CON-
mittee.
THEN CAME THE sTARLETS
Rise stevens. throaty from
overwork, lack OF sleep and a cold.
Joined the group followed closely
by Eleanor Powell, the queen oil
tap dancers, who wore black hose.
Then came the starlets.
Finally all but Jimmy Cagney,
loan Bennett and Bert Lahr as
sembled and, after 10 minutes oil
picture taking. left between lines
of military policemen. who held
hack the crowds, for the Hotel
Statler.
The women members OF the
caravan were dressed as movie
fans know they dress, but the
men. with the exceptions OF Cary
Grant and Desi Arnaz. made no
great effort TO show of in that
direction.
Charles Boyer seemed 10 hog
the attention of the women in the
tbrong, but the biggest hand was
accorded Pat O'Brien. especially
when he passed up some Luxurious,
army cars placed at the disposal
of the stars and rode 10 the hotei
in a DSR bus provided for the
lesser lights.
FEW RECOGNIZE GROUCHO
Falstaffian Oliver Hardy needed
a shave and few recognized
Groucho Marx in his short stature
and without his cigar and mus
tache. Frank McHugh, likewise
drew less attention than his repu-
tation in pictures seemed TO war
rant.
loan Blondell. in her mink coat
and big hat seemed 10 be the most
nonular of the female stars. al
though Juanita Stark. the stariet
who was a waitress not so Ions
ago and was enjoying her flrs'
train ride on the present "Trip
drew her share OF signs,
Cagney tagged along in silence
wearing a raincoat and needing
haircut.
The 81 individuals who made w
the caravan, including a key or
chestra of Ia men and conduc
tor. occupied the entire fourth
noor of the hotel, together WITT
members of the local committee
and police and army guards.
VISIT sANITARIUM
During the afternoon the Mise
Blondell and Stark and Cagne,
and OBrien visited Essex Sam
tarium. outside of Windsor. an
spent several hours with the pa
tents. even missing broadcast Z
complete a tour of the institution
O'Brien spent some time with
girl of 6, who Is not expected I
live and left her cot with tear
yelling In his eyes. When the
were noticed. O'Brien. the lathe
of three small children, half wins
pered: =,
"This Is swell, but II sort OF
gets you down.
Grant left his room threater
ing TO see everything OF intere'
in the city and the remainde
were kept busy with various Cd
little duties. Only the lack OF tim
prevented a trip to the Willo
Run bomber plant at the invit
ton of Henry Ford.