Evening star., 1942-09-30
By HAROLD HEFFERNAN,


HOLLYWOOD. - Their not too
personal affairs: IN Iceland" p"
Sonia Henie for virtually the first
time) finally breaks down and takes
on a male skating partner in one of
her big specialties-and fans are
now applauding 1t as the greatest
number the ice queen has ever done
in the films.
The boy deserving of almost equal
glory is 2l-year-old Eugene Turner,
one time Los Angeles Polar Palace
ice sweeper. He was so excited over
the opportunity of doing routine
with Henie that his legs got wobblv
and had to be bound up. He will
skate three duets with Henie in her
next film, and will 60 out on tour
with her october Is, when she be-
gins rehearsals at indianapolis for
a seven-city engagement.
Cities included are Indianapolis
(opening November 15), Detroit,
Cleveland, Buffalo. New York
Omaha and Chicago, the latter a
Christmas week run.
Gable Losing Weight.
One of the male stars with plenty
Of domestic trouble on his hands
right now is being tormented by a
bit-actor father who can't seem to
pick the right horses. Bookmakers
have been cracking down on the old
man and the son has been forced to
pay off heavily Even with the
st. Louis Cardinals within overnight
distance from the coast, HOLLYWOOD S
baseball xperts-notably William
Frawley. George Raft and Joe E.
Brown, who seldom miss-cant get
up enough enthusiasm to light out
for this falls classic. They're all
busy selling bonds :. Donald Crisp
and Roddv McDowall, father and
son in How Green Was My Valley"
will be father and son again in
MGM's "Lassie Come Home"
Clark Gable writes he has lost Is
pounds already, has chopped down
on his smoking and highballs and
is eating as he never did since toll
ing in the oil fields.
Judy and Elsie.
Judy Garland and Elsie Janis
lunching with their heads together
In the MGM commissary. Judy's
ambition is to become the singing
darling of this Nations fighting
forces, just as Miss Janis became
the sweetheart of the AEF in World
War I, If the studio okayed the
Idea, which 1t won't Judy and Miss
Janis would fly to Australia for
camp shows Republic is taking
no chances on Western Star Don
Red" Barry's popularity with small
town fans. In The Crooked Circle"
Barry must become a wealthy man.
The studio concluded his customers
wouldn't 60 for that, so they gave
him a line toward the end of the
script where he states emphatically,
Money doesn't mean a thing to
me-" It's just as heretical for a
cowboy star to become rich as it
Is for him to smoke, drink or kiss
the girl . . Deanna Durbin draws
a l0-second kiss-longest of her
six-year film career-in Forever
Yours 1t was only five pictures
ago that Deanna received her first
kiss, an event" at the time. 1t was
a brief two-second affair and Rob-
ert Stack did the lip brushing.
Gradually they've been stepped-up
since that one until now-and you
must admit 10 seconds is a lot of
kiss!
Taxes Going Down.
Here's something to think about
In l94l Clark Gable paid an income
tax on S375,000 He won't pay on
quite that much next year. You
and you and all the rest of us will
be the ones who will make up those
big star taxes as the film bows 20
into the Service-an item a lot of
hollywood critics seem to overlook
Jane Wyman entertained her
mother n-law, Mrs. Jack Reagan
tmother of Ronald at lunch and
then took her over to the Princess
O'Rourke' set for her first look at
plcture-making. Mrs. Reagan then
watched her sons wife go into the
arms of Robert Cummings and kiss
him passionately-for II takes.
Hard to Keep Smiling.
Actors continue to collapse at
every crossroads on bond selling
tours and the Victory Committee,
which okays each trip. has now
decided on medical examinations
first.
What is the most difficult phase
of these tours for the player? We
asked Jimmy Cagney, just returned
from one of the most extensive
bond barnstormings.
1T isn't the one might stands, the
Midwest and Eastern heat, uncer-
tain feeding or the late hours he
replied It's the smilingt Did you
ever try to keep a happy smile on
your face l8 out of "a hours a day
for 30 days? Try it some time and
you'll see what I mean. I'm glad to
get back in Hollywood, but only be-
cause ! can take that smile off my
face for awhile"
Cagnev Meets O'Brien.
And that reminds us of an anus
incident involving Cagney which Pat
O'Brien relates. Players are going
out of Hollywood on such short no.
tees, destination undetermined un-
til the last moment, that one pal
can't keep track of the other.
1t was 10 a m. in the lobby of a
Battle Creek, Mich hotel. Two men