Evening star., 1942-09-09

service job as secretary in the De-
partment of Agriculture. Let her
continue:
Even in those days it was prac-
tically impossible to find a place to
live In Washington. We finally un-
earthed a couple of rooms in a
mansion on Sixteenth street. Our
landlady had seen brighter days,
but was reduced to keeping board
ers. We escaped from this early
magnlficence when my uncle, Roy
Britton, who was president of the
American Automobile Association
decided to make Washington his
home. We went to live with him at
Wardman Park Hotel. I went to
an exclusive school for girls with
ballet lessons on the side at Theodor
Belkifl's dancing school on Sixteenth
street. After year and a half my
mother decided that I had enough
OF private school and transferred
me to Holy Cross Academy. I was
graduated from there.
I'm school production of Mid
summer Nights Dream I played
T1tania. and that won me an ad-
mission to the dramatic school
which Clifford Brooke conducted at
the National Theater in conjunction
with his stock company. After about
year I was admitted to the stock
company and played Walk -ons,' one
kid part after another
Between school and the National
Theater, I didn't see much of Wash
ington life except on week ends
and on week ends everybody else left
town. Summers I spent with nv
grandmother in st. Louis. Mother
always wanted to know where I was
when she was working"
Those were happy days for me
and l would probably be there vet
the management willing-if mother
hadn't fallen i'll year after fin
lshed school. The doctor said she
had to go to warm climate, or else.
So we headed for California, the
part of California where movies are
made. I hoped I could get in them,
just as I dreamed of becoming a
screen star when I helped the news
stand girl at Wardman Park, for
the privilege of reading all the film
magazines"
Signed by Twentieth Century
Fox talent scout she has been In is
feature pictures, now rates all the
perqulsltes of studio leading lady.
Her latest release in "Over NY Dead
Body" with Milton Berle. In a
postscript she hopes that Washing
ton will see her sometime this month
when she makes a bond tour, has
requested that the National Capital
be included in the itinerary.
This gives Clifford Brooke's gradu-
ates two alumni OF distinction in
Hollywood? Little Peggy Ann Gar
ner, who made such a hit in pied
Piper" took poise, acting and dane
ing lessons under this experienced
director.
Besides setting down fixed rules
and regulations for Hollywood in the
production code, the Will H. HAYS
Office keeps keen eye on the ethics
of the industry's advertising.
Thus Bob Gilham of Paramount
found himself summoned before the
Motion Picture Producers and Dis
tributors of Americas Advertising
Committee to explain the use of the
word hell" in New York CODY for
Wake Island" Tub thumper Gill
ham was ready with a unique de-
tense. He explained that the use OF
the word was justified by wartime
conditions, especially since all the
United States generals were using II
Tor the purposes of emphasis
Explanation didn't take with the
directors of MPPDA.. No matter
what the War Department does in
the way of relenting, the industry's
advertising code is not relaxed.
Profanity is still out of bounds.
Something was missing Monda,
night when the legitimate theater
season was officially opened on E
street. Manager Edmund Plohn wa,
IN New York for the funeral of hi,
closest friend, Leonard Bergman.
Mr.. Bergman. as CO. trustee O.
the Erlanger estate, was intimate
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