Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-05

and three men,
probably Hol-
lywood people.
because h e
was talking TO c.,so
them. stared NM
at her and she looked me over
very carefully. and went back
TO chewing gum.
I imagine that the stars get
tired of being stared at. But
Joan Bennett looks as lovely as
she does on the screen. sus-
pect her of being a rather nice
person.
Tpstairs we found stars, pub
hcity agents. police guards and
reporters running all over the
place. Jane Schermerhorn, fresh
from interviewing c harl es
Boyer. insisted 'He could make
me like him even II he was play
ing Rasputin." i.
I'm no hero-worshipper but
no debunker either. It's my
opinion that the stars are stars
because they have personality.
II isn't just lucky accident.
And they're human. Jimmy
Cagney didn't push a grapefruit
in anybody's face. In. fact. he
kept crawling into the back
ground TO let the others take
The linelight,
And here are some other
thumbnail impressions:
ELEANOR POWELL (who
seemed 10 be the best liked OF
anvil: Its the most wonderful
thrill" she said, Ito travel with
all these stars. Now when L go
10 the Brown Derby I'll be able
to say hello 20 them.
OLIVIA DE HAvILLlAND
wanted to ride I'm an army jeep,
but II was too cold; might hurt
her throat. She was dissp-
pointed.
OLIVER HARDY signed auto
graphs on the nth fioor for the
chambermaids, but In crowd
ne land all the others) had to
refuse.
GROUCH0 MARX slipped by
unnoticed because he didn't have
his painted mustache on. But a
clothing salesman. caught In the
crowd, complained because he
couldn't get 60 his room.
"a fine state Of affairs" he
yelped. IL gotta customer wait
ing for me-" Then he spied
Eleanor Powell. told her imper-
tinently that he could have
gotten the fur coat she was
wearing for a better price, and
finally got IN his room.
Austin Kenny Ia years old,
son of the manager of the Stat
lar. heard three girls in the drug
store soda fountain saying.
Lets get some dark glasses
and sec if they think we're
stars"
They didn't-but after they'd
left Austin heard another fellow
whisper sharply. 'Look-there's
some of the stars" and pointed
at the same three girls, then
going down the sidewalk.
bob HOPE ran true to form.
'Where do we put on the
show" ne asked. AT the Coli
scum" said somebody. Gosh"
said Hope. II haven't been there
since I was q horse"
Frank Settler. public relations
chief. told me. "Conf1dentially,
I've had only 17is hours sleep
since VIZ left Los Angeles. but
got Bill Hendricks 10 lead me
To the room Of Juanita Stark,
stsrlet
She was fixing her makeup,
and said. You don't mind II /
kick my shoes off, do you? My
feet are tired
Juanita was q Cleveland girl.
Had no Hollywood dreams. She
went 10 Los Angeles with her
family eight years ago. She's II
now, and will be q July s. She
got a job as waitress and
brushed of the fellows whose
line started, Say. YOU oughts
be in pitchers"
One day she brushed off the
same approach by man named
Lewis Greene. Didn't hurt his
feelings. He returned again, but
Juanita had been laid of. Get
ting SO week unemployment
compensation.
He went 10 her house and
talked 10 her parents. lie was
an agent for Paramount. That
was II months ago. So those
things really do happen.
We saw Cary Grant reading n
paper nj supper In the Cafe
Rouge; saw Bellboy Joe smiths
face light up when Miss Stark
wrote an autograph for him and
his wife Msrge; laughed when
we heard that Del Raymond
(bomicide squad detectivel had
grsvely signed autographs for
fans who thought he was in the
caravan; liked Claudette Col
bert because she keeps offering
20 pay incidental expenses, and
generally liked all the starr,