Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-05

it's prison for the rest Of your life.
This is good enough for me. Well
get used to it,"
Nope, we CO." He turns away
Irene snatched the gun. And when
he looks back the pistol is pointed
at his eyes.
In the first take, she held 1t with
two hands. The gun was too long
and too heavy. 1t wobbled. 1t
wouldn't have frightened Girl
Scout, let alone this fellow Bogart,
the screens most sinister toughie.
Bogart walks out of the scene,
gently removes the weapon from the
girls hand.
You hold it like this, baby" he
explained, palming the butt and
shaking a finger around the trigger
"And don't stick it out like a heroine
in a gay nineties meller. Hold it
close to your body-like this"
Irene got it the next try. She
pulled the gun on Bogart and held
him up convincingly. She backed
away and leaned against the door
and said she'd shoot him if he
didn't change his mind.
Bogart looked as if he thought
she might let him have it.
Not a hard scene to act" he said
afterwards. That's just the type
that will shoot you nodding to-
ward his leading woman. Never
know what gals like that1l do when
they get their fingers on a gun"
y Y
Rudy Vallee is departing from
the usual straight Rudy Vallee char
acters he has played in past movies
and in THE Palm Beach Story"
has been transformed into a SLAP
stick comic. And Preston Sturges,
who is directing. says Rudy may be
funny enough to steal the whole
shAT.
The camera is lined up to shoot
down the length of a corridor out
side the stateroom of a Pullman
train. Rudy sticks his head around
the corner. in the distance. Sturges
offers last-minute instructions ::
When Miss Colbert throws those
clothes in your face, you might
bounce back enough to bump your
head. Don't knock your brains out,
but little sort of a bump"
Rudy mods, the camera starts
and he comes into the scene smil-
ing broadly. He carries an arm
load of feminine clothes. Behind
him walks a Negro porter. also
laden with clothes.
He stops by certain door and
knocks. The door opens. Vallee
says: Here are some more clothes
to try, or are you satisfied"
Out of the door comes a bundle
OF flying clothes. They are followed
by the angry face of Miss Claudette
Colbert, who Immediately withdraws,
slamming the door. Meanwhile, the
clothes strike Vsllee in the face. His
head goes back against the wall with
a boom. Sturges howls his glee.
That's great" he yells. Print it.
= But Vale stands there soberly
holding his mouth, gingerly lingering
a front tooth. Out comes Clau-
dette's head again. oh. heavens
what did I dol"
Vale stops fondling his tooth
Something hit me-" he says.
Il know" says Claudette. I'm
terribly sorry. When I picked ur
those clothes, I picked up a hair
brush. too. Did it 80. ?"
1t did.
Clothed in nothing but big towel
James Craig appears on the set OF
Valley of the Sun" and looks suSpi-
ciously at the crew and other studio
workmen totaling some so persons.
why is it?" demands the actor
that when a girl does a bathtuh
scene the set is always closed to
visitors? This place looks like Grand
Central Station at the rush hour"
A great show is made of clearing
the set of all but essential workers
Craig hoists himself into a barre
and is Immediately covered with
billowing clouds of soapsuds. The
property man has surreptitiously
dumped a large quantity of bubble
soap into the water Craig howls
and fights the suds from his face.
You are now" Director George
Marshall solemnly informs him, "a
duly initiated member of the Cecil
B. De Mile bathtub girls brigade"
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