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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
STAGE AND DRAMA
BY Gark, Gentry
Katharine Cornell
May Yield TO Demand
and Make Movie

TNIIE woman who held out on
Hollywood. the lady the
fickers could never get 10,
Katharine Cornell, may finally
break down and make a movie.
The first lady OF the Amcri-
can theater is seriously conSid-
ering making a picture. AS
Miss Cornell told US earlier in
the year. it is not just that she
is afraid OF not being photo
genie, although she has never
liked any screen test she has
ever made. but that she feels
that she would have 10 Guido
herself on the screen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Monument TO Business He Loves

George wanted the world this picture of his life
his thought Of his wife has been i'll.
and his faithful staff Of who have been with him for
Shadycroft. lie wanted
before else.
showing the and seriously
ILL., by himself from watching the
poverty his and fortune before him
When he waited for the review that
other him.
Mrs. Conan him. put her around his neck and
kissed him. She said:
It's wonderful, George It's you"
1t what he had been waiting TO hear.
Now that famous life plays packed houses daily
Cohan has lived know his story monument the show
business he loves well.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

Harry Langdon comedy al
Columbia and the other day tn
camerman was lining up on hej
for a closeup when Betty
thought he looked familiar Il
her.
Haven't i seen you some|
where before ?" she said.
Whereupon eameraman Shin
ley Martin broke into a broad
grin.
Yes, you have, and I've see(
plenty OF you. 1 photographed
you In The Queen of ShcbSl
years ago."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Difficulties Solved

She couldn't afford a fasco
and undoubtedly the public,
even her SinccreSt followers
would expect from Cornell
something out of this world.
Also" Cornell said. III I ever
did anything in pictures. II
would have To he something
connected with my name. IL
would either have TO he a play
or story with which had
been closely associated. The
only one which has ever pre-
sented itself was 'Barretts OF
Wimpole Street. and nj that
time I couldn't spare the weeks
needed 10 film H."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
IN HOLLYWOOD
WITH |
ORa ,jou, /
Story Behind the Story of Yankee
Doodle Dandy Is Thrilling Part
Of Hollywood Film History
HOLLYWOOD, Juno %.


WITH success of Yankee Doodle
w Dandy colorfu But story story
perhaps the most dramatic thrilling
OF all movie history.
Today this is written George NJ by
thread The and dance
than Is pounds
Yet he knows weak and sick and
every maid and millionaire
Broadway of his fabulous contributed S550O00 Uncle
Sans treasury via the New York premiere living tribute
to him.
takes nothing accomplishments Jimmy Cagney
the Warmers every person picture
the personality of Cohan did
had nothing with the production. is star.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Announce RecitaIs

THE ART CENTER MUSIC
SCHOOL will present the fol-
lowing recitals this week: Pupils
of Maryan Fleisher on Tuesday
evening; pupils of Evelyn Cur
witch on Friday at BIS p. m.
and pupils OF Mary Sumner on
Saturday at Sis. The public is
invited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Miss Burke as Laura

1t is many years since Miss
Burke has returned 10 the
legitimate stage back East and
her appearance AS the dotty
Laura Merrick should excite
considerable attention.
Because she has a film as
Signment 10 complete, Miss
Burke Will be unable to reach
Detroit before Monday, allowing
her just four days Of rehearsal
before The Vinegar Tree
opens al the Lafayette this
coming Thursday night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Waldron Plays Merrick

Surrounding Billie Burke, pro-
ducer Henry Duffy. who also
staged the successful engage
ment Of "Springtime for Henry"
with Edward Everett Horton,
has picked a cast which in
cludes Charles Waldron, who
Continued on Next Page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Public Interest Ripe

Most of these difficulties have
now been solved by the cabled
approval of George Bernard
Shaw for screen adaptation of
Candida. 10 be produced
under the aegis of Gabriel
Pascal, the man who made such
brilliant prescriptions of
"Pygmalion' and Major Bar
bara.'
Miss Cornell's recent hit re-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

vival ri Candida has proven.
not only that public interest is
ripe. but also that such an all
star affair can reap great divi-
dends for the United States
Treasury. since the proceeds
this spring all went 10 the gov
eminent.
Probably a similar deal would
be made with M-G-M If Miss
Cornell should consent 10 do the
role Then, too. this is a play
which has long been a Cornell
favorite. She loves the role and
the public loves her in IT.
AT the present time there is
only talk of her doing Chekov'S
The Sisters" but she would
have plenty of time to go to the
coast before fall rehearSalS.
Evening star., 1942-12-23
Betty Hutton Described as
Another Ginger Rogers
Producer Declares She
Can Do Everything,
Comedy, Drama, Dance
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM,
North American Newspaper Alliance.

HOILYWOOD-Preon Sturges leading lady
Betty everything
Ginger does-comedy drama. sing
time I a
in Panama Hattie" the New
pounds Now she tips the scale at l2o
she lnues She:
Evening star., 1942-12-23
Sentimental
'CensOrs Retouch
Pirate Morgan
He Drank and Killed.
But He Also Became
Servant of Groom
HOLLYWOOD

Even though Henry Morgan, the
pirate, piilaged English ships of mil
lions in gold and silver bullion, the
British Empire stands ready to de-
fend him against any attacks.
Twentieth Century-Fox was re-
quired to submit its treatment of
Morgan in The Black Swan" to the
British Board of Censors of the
lord chamberlain office.
The English protect their crown
and all its appointees, and they are
interested in Sir Henry, not as a
pirate, but because they named him
governor of Jamaica after Charles
II had pardoned and knighted him.
Laird Cregar plays Morgan in the
film, which is a technicolor portrayal
of the Fafael Sabatini novel. To
avoid offending the censors, Cregar
lops of no heads personally, al
though his men do. and Tyrone
Power, who plays a fictitious char
acter, duels George Sanders to the
death
Cregar never appears drunk in the
film, though Morgan was famous for
his drinking. The script also does
not involve him in any love affairs
Nor does he play cards or gamble
In the scene in which he becomes
governor of Jamaica, Cregar wears
the exact robes of that day (Which
look unbelievable, especially on the
colossal CregarD and reads Nor
gan's own proclama tions He swears
fealty to England, although some
historians, such as the Flemish doc
tor, Esquemeling, maintained that
Sir Henry encouraged piracy and
protected his old friends.
Evening star., 1942-12-23

Kyser. Ginny now owns = 40-acre
farm, and Is not troubled by the
current butter, milk and egg short.
age. She has "a cows and dozens of
chickens. The only snag in her liv-
ing bliss is that the farm is is
miles from her studio CUniversaD,
and war restrictions prevent her
from getting telephone. She has
to drive half q mile to use phones
of her neighbors-Lucille Ball or
Martha Scott.
The transportation problem is
solved by Fat Boy Abbott with his
two scooters, and a tiny station
wagon that gives him 40 miles to
the gallon. 1t is one of the funnier
sights Of our town to see him squeez-
ing his huge bulk into tho small
door Of the wagon.
Also in the picture is the attrac-
tive Elyse Knox, who married Pho
tographer Paul Hesse eight months
ago. Elyse was powers model
before her marriage, and tells me
that the chief difference between
now and then is that her husband
used to pay her to model for him.
Now. she does it for nothing. twas
ever thus, Elyse.
Evening star., 1942-12-23
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
NatiOnal-"The Russian People, -
English adaptation of the play by
Constantin Simonov: 230 and 8 80
pm.
CapitoI-"Journey for Margaret" "
story of orphans of war: IL am,
1:45, 4;;30. tbs and 955 pm. Stage
shows: l, 3:45. $50 and 9:15 pm.
CoIumbia-"We Are the Marines. ="
what makes the corps glorious: 1l:35
am, 1:3o, 3, 445, 625, $40 and
p:55 pm.
Earle-"You Were Never Lovelier, >
Fred Astaire and new partner: IL
am. lao, 4:30. 7:l5 and 10 pm
Stage shows: LOS, $50, 6:35 and
e25 pm.
Pittsburgh" two -hstel
with Dietrich. Scott and Wayne
ll:40 am, lao, $40, $40, TAO and
9:40 pm.
Little-Dance Film Festival, II
featurettes of folk and classic dance
IL am, l, $40, Sis, 7:25 and 9:3C
pm.
Metropolitan - Gentleman Jim,
Enrol Flynn AS Mr.. Corbett: 1:2(
am, 1:2O, 1925, $50, 7:35 and 9:4t
pm,
Palace "Springtime in the
Rockies" music by Miranda, Cradle
and Harry James: ll:55 am, 2:25
$50. 7:20 and GAS pm.
Pix-"The Undying Monster" anc
DR.. Renault's Secret" double horror
feature: Continuous from pm.
Trans Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1942-12-23

nard when 1t is finished, but I'll
probably be assigned to entertain
the boys overseas. If not, I'll prob
ably 60 on another bond selling
tour. I guess our marriage will be
over before it ever gets a chance to
begin"
Laraine tells me that Barbara
Hutton sometimes visits the set to
watch Husband Cary Grant emot-
ing tmost of 1t is making love to
Laraine) "She looks smart" COM
ments Laraine. But then any
woman can look smart with all that
money" Not always. One Of the
richest women I know is the worst
dressed. Cary, by the way. departs
January IS for the Air Corps.
Comics Like Gin Rummey.
The last time I saw Abbott and
Costello, we were all on a plane
going to Washington. They were
playing gin rummy with pile of
dollar bills stacked on the side
When visit the set of "Oh, Doctor, "
18 months later. the boys are still
playing gin rummy, with another
pile of dollar bills (or is it the same)
staked on the side. This is the
eleventh picture in three years for
the fat and thin comics-which
might be OVERRIDING
The boys have a new leading lady,
lovely Ginny Simms, who used to
perform the same chore for Kay
Evening star., 1942-12-23
Hollywood Girl Writers
Decorate FavOrite Stars
Cary Grant Improves,
Voted Best Interview
Subject During 1912
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY.

When stars visit Washington their
victims
Evening star., 1942-12-23

mas 1OunQ love mere.
MY beau Is In the Army" Betty
tells me.
who is hep" I ask.
'Perc Westmore," she replies. The
makeup man and hairdresser was
formerly married to Gloria Dick
son. Hes stationed at Fort Mac
Arthur" Betty continues, "and I
go down there once a week to en-
tertain the boys land Perc).'
where's your engagement ring?"
I want to know.
MY hairdresser wears it for me
during the day" she explains. And
sure enoughr the huge yellow soli-
taire diamond reposes on the finger
OF the girl who does her hair For
a moment I thought she meant
that Perc was wearing it.
Talking about hairdressers and
hair, Miss Hutton is natural plat
mum blond But" she explains.
Il have to dye it yellow for the
screen" Even when you are
natural blond in Hollywood (of
which there are about two) you
still have to be phony blond for
picture-making.
Rudy Vallee Scores.
To 60 back to Preston Sturpes-
and you can't keep away from him
for long, I compliment him on the
amazing job he did on Rudy VAL
lee for Palm Beach Story" Rudy
plays 4 millionaire of Rockefeller
riches and is excruciatingly funny.
L saw him once play a romantic
part, and he was terrible" SAYS Mr..
Sturges. He played it straight.
and the audience merely laughed at
him. decided to put his talents
into a different channel where the
audience would not laugh at him
but with him. As lover he is stiff,
But this same stiffness as a comedy
actor gets roars Of laughter"
In short, Rudy plays the role
straight, makes love to Claudette
Colbert, and gives, in my opinion,
one Of the best comedy portrayals
Of the year. Preston concludes by
describing him as "a hayseed with
a Yale accent" which isn't bad.
Delayed Honeymoon.
On the set Of From Here to Vic
tory" Laraine Day tells me that
she is still trying to get honeymoon
with Ray Hendriks, the boy she
married six months ago. He is a
civilian flight instructor and lives
at Oxnard, some so miles from here.
The day we were married I
caught flu" says Laraine. "On the
day that he came here on three
weeks leave, had to start this pic
ture. I have planned to 60 to Ok
Evening star., 1942-12-23

regular avenues of ballyhoo Their
new list has just been issued, makes
interesting reading.
Cary Grant, the club voted, was
movieland's least cooperative actor
in 194l. But the girls got together
to compare notes the other day and
discovered that Grant, in 1912, was
their favorite interview subject.
Maybe his marriage ito Bar
bara Hutton changed him" sug-
gested the Press Club in announc-
ing this years golden-apple awards.
The girls agreed Rosalind Rus
sell was the years most co-opera-
tive actress.
Jean Arthur they voted the least
cooperative actress, and George
Sanders the least cooperative ac-
tor. Runnersup to Jean where Gin
ger Rogers and Marlene Dietrich:
to Sanders, Bing Crosby and Fran
chot Tone.
Bob Hope and Vic Mature were
a close second and third to Grant,
while Barbara Stanwyck and Gene
Tierney were runnersup in the fem
mime division.
The club gives gold lapel pins in
the form of an apple to the actresses
and bookmarks, likewise adorned, to
the men. And the leasts?
We just ignore them" said the
spokesman.
Christmas Play Called Off.
Washington this season will be
without one of its most picturesque
and traditional Christmas events,
due to the omission of the Yuletide
music drama, The Other Wise
Man." which for many years has
been given here in the historic
Lutheran Church on Thomas Circle,
as an event of the holiday week be-
tween Christmas and New Year Day.
Among other important and
poignant reasons, is the actual loss
of manpower in the big cast of
Washington actors, many of whom
are serving their country in the
armed forces in this country and
abroad. Local actors who have
played in this Christmas drama for
many years and who are not here
this season to play their parts include
among others, S. Carlton Ayers and
Howard Whitfield, who are in the
Army stationed at Camp Lee, Va;
Sidney Bassler and Eugene Kressin,
who are in the Navy; George Far
rlngton, who is in the army, sta
toned somewhere in Mississippi;
James Rawls, in the Signal Corps,
stationed in Missouri, and John Van
Sikken, in the Marine Corps, sta
Evening star., 1942-12-23
March of Time
Focuses on
North Africa
Views Nec Campaign
As Prelude to
European InvaSiOn

With the successful landing OF
Gen. Eisenhower's forces in North
Africa, President Roosevelt has de-
clared that we have reached the
turning point of the war. prelude
to Victory" the latest March of
Time, takes for its stage the great
North African battle front which
has been the springboard Of many
European invasions in the course
Of history.
In story which serves to make
clear many of the hidden moves of
the strategists who planned the
North African campaign. this issue
shows that this is actually the first
master blueprint of final victory"
Now planning that final victory are
the men who made this one possible
- President Roosevelt. Winston
Churchill, Admiral King, Gems.
Marshall, Eisenhower Somervell,
and their supporters on the diplo-
matte front, Cordell Hull, Sumner
Welles, Admiral Leahy. Robert
Murphy.
oCSdlSC tIlc SOI I'll African bcI-
rain plays an important part in the
planning of future strategic moves
to occupy the European continent,
Prelude to Victory shows the
places where the fighting is now
going on, with particular emphasis
on the great naval base at Bizerte,
only 160 miles by air to Sicily. Italy's
fortified island of Pantellaria can be
seen, from the mainland, in an ex-
elusive March Of Time shot
Americans, naturally eager to see
how our boys are fighting in North
Africa. up to now have had to rely
on censored radio and newspaper
reports. Prelude to Victory" brings
to the screen for the first time the
actual places where we are coming
into hand hand conflict with the
NaZiS.
Evening star., 1942-12-23

toned on the West Coast, or maybe
farther away by this time.
Letters have been received from
all these men, wishing they might
be here to play in the Christmas
drama for its eighteenth consecutive
season. but the directors and Spon-
sors of The Other Wise Man" have
decided to hold of the eighteenth
annual production until December,
1943, in the hope that the entire
cast may be assembled once again
to play their parts in this story of
the life journey of Artaban the
Median in his search for the Christ
Child.
About A. H. Woods Play.
A. H. Woods, absent from the
managerial ranks for almost five
years, returns to the production
wars this season with a new melo-
drama, This Little Hand" by Will
fred H. Pettitt, young Hollywood
film writer, which he will launch for
a weeks engagement in advance Of
Broadway at the National Theater
on Monday evening, January 4.
This, incidentally, marks the 404th
play to bear the Woods imprint since
first the veteran impressario
launched his still memorable Bow
cry After Dark" in 1902.
Said to be unique in theme, This
Little Hand" has already excited
Broadwayites privileged to sit in on
some of the rehearsals, all of whom
concede Mr.. Wood has something"
The play is further enhanced by
the novelty of an all-female cast,
all of whom are colorfully described
by Mr.. Woods discerning press staff
as dazzling deceivers.' And we'll
they are since all are young, beau
tiful and dramatically impressive.
The company includes Adele Long
mire, Barbara Bel Geddes, X. T.
Stevens, Mary Mccormack, Kayo
Copeland. Ruth K Hill. Irene Daily,
Marilyn Erskine and Maxine Stuart
Mr. Woods has engaged one of
Broadway's foremost directors of
murder plays to stage This Little
Hand" He is Reginald Denham,
who has to his credit such successes
as Suspense" Rope" and Ladies
in Retirement" all OF them unfor-
gettable thrillers. John Root has
designed the setting.
This Little Hand" concerns a
group OF sorority girls who quite
betake themselves to a
cabin in the lonely Sierra Nevada
Mountains OF California for what
they expect will be joyous excur-
sion Death. however, stalks the
party even before the rise of the
Before the others can de-
eide on the next move, one of the
girls on the premises meets a sim
liar fate. 1t is when the murderess
is discovered by her best friend In
the eerie quiet of the cabin that
the malevolent dramatics OF the
plot reach thriller heights.
Rogers Grant Screening.
To make happy holiday for crit
les, Hardie Meaklin of RKO-
Keith's will screen once Upon a
Honeymoon today. 1t opens at the
Fifteenth street house tomorrow,
with Cary Grant and Ginger Rog-
ers co-starred in a story of two
Americans in love who become tar
gets for Nazi fury, yet the main
idea remains comedy.
Evening star., 1942-12-23
Preminger Has Much
On His Mind
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Otto Preminger, actor in Goth
Century Foxs picture Margin for
Error" is sometimes a problem to
Otto Preminger, director OF the
same production-and vice versa.
But they are both problem chill
dren to Cameraman Eddie Cron-
jager.
After he had been thrice mur-
dered (shot, stabbed and poisoned)
in the film version OF that Broad
way stage hit, Otto the actor, opened
one eye so Otto the director could
watch the rest Of the cast play the
balance Of the scene.
Look" Cronjager finally de-
clared "As live director you may
need your eyes open, but as a dead
actor 1 gotta have 'em closed"
Evening star., 1942-12-23
Minor Set Speaks

Education is finishing a poor sec
ond to romance on a Warner Bros.
sound stage. Ann Sheridan is ad-
vising a group of 10 "dormitory
dolls" on love as a speciality number
in Thank Your Lucky Stars Four
of the 10 are under l8, and must
attend classes four hours daily under
Schoolteacher Lois Horn, also on the
set. They voted to 0 in favor of
the Sheridan class in a popularity
Evening star., 1942-12-23
Special Contributions
By Bob and Gertie
HOLLYWOOD

Star written material, as we'll as
the stars themselves, will be used
In Sol Lesser's forthcoming Stage
Door Canteen" Gertrude Lawrence,
already signed for a part in the
picture, is at work with Johnny
Green on song which she will
sing herself.
Robert Benchley, comic writer
and actor, has also been engaged to
write special material for GYPSY
Rose Lees appearance in Stage
Door Canteen."
Evening star., 1942-12-23
Fair Warning

Hunt Strombergs costume de-
signer, Natalie Visart, seems to have
pretty good understanding Of a
show girls problems. In designing
the outfit Gloria Dickson wears
supporting Barbara Stanwyck in
"G-String Murders" she has given
the actress very abbreviated cos
tune butt includes a pink rib
bon with tiny pistol attached.
Evening star., 1942-12-23

be diff e r e n t
with a large bat
talon OF syndi-
cate writer's and
in d e p e n d ent
scribe!s who want
these celebrities
at their beck and
call. 1t has be-
come an annual
custom for the
Hollywood Wom-
ems Press CluD
to decorate the
stars who are
most co-opera-
tive, and those
who Scorn the
Evening star., 1942-12-23

VaIue. 1eC Cney are COHSeHIaI SEW
ants Of the publicity offlces.
Out in Hollywood it appears to
Evening star., 1942-12-23
Likeness Rewarded

Because she more closely resem-
bled Dolores Moran than any other
candidate, 8year-old Francine Ruffo
has been awarded a role as Miriam
Hopkins daughter in Warner Bros.
"Old Acquaintance.
Evening star., 1942-12-23

ADJUSTMENTS.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-05-01
ON TlB1E w ASHIINGT0N FRONT
HH By Jack Stinnett Associated Press

WASHINGTON=Restriction 9 consumer goods are coming so fast these days almost anything can hap pen here without greatly surprising most of Us.
 But let's suppose a citizen of the Coolidge era had awakened on a recent spring morning after doing a Rip Van Wrinkle for 15 years and had glimpsed one section of the front page of a newspaper before anyone could tell him what was go- ing on in the U. S. A.
 Side by side are three news arti- eles which cause him to wonder whether the good old land of pro- fligate abundance he knew has gone completely wacky.
 A headline with the familiar word "bootlegging" catches his eye But to him the headline as a whole is utterly fantastic: Wives Warned on Bootlegging Pants Cuffs for Husbands" He reads on: "The wife who sews cuffs onto her husbands trousers legs may face federal prosecution, WIPE warned yester- day"
 Just beneath that story is an- other strange headline: U. S. Freez- es Bicycle Stocks; Rationing Order ed" He reads the body of the story: Faced with a terrific run on bi- cycles, the WIPE halted the sale, shipment, delivery or transfer of all new adult models, effective at l1:59 o'clock last night"
 To the man who has been doing a Rip Van Wrinkle since 1927, it just doesn't make sense. As he re- members, a bicycle so far as adults were concerned. was a fading relic of an early transportation period
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-05-01

expanded production and to the in- troduetion of new processes. Of course we must expand production and use new processes. but what is the use of doubling the production of a war materials plant if we are going to lose the entire production in a fire?
 Expansion of fire protection must progress step by step with ex- pansion of production"
 Dr. Price emphasized that nei- ther the FBI nor any other agency was to blame for not preventing these fires. for after all there was no criminal intent
 What he does say is this. We have the technical Knowledge on how to prevent fires. and we must bring t into play
 There is nothing mysterious a. bout fires or explosions. pr. Price maintains-"There must be some thing to burn in every case. The job is to find out what is present that might burn, or explode. and take steps to prevent that happenfng.s