Evening star., 1942-05-15


in 4 lot of pointed letters. In one
recent major release there were ID
different cocktail drinking sequences
and, Missed the reformerS. the other
wise righteous hero seemed thirsti-
est Of all.
Hundreds Of letters still pour into
Goth Century-Fox asking the iden-
tity of the eloquent voice that
narrated How Green Was Ny VAL
ley" The voice" is Irving Pichel,
. fine director and once = great
actor. More mail than I used to
get when I was acting" said Pichel.
Just goes to show what q handicap
. face is in Hollywood"
Irving Berlins all-Soldier musical,
This Is the Army" now In Broad
way rehearsal, may also be 4 movie.
Paramount is bidding Buster
Crabbe. turned down by both the
Army and Navy. is the only rough
tumble Western actor who
won't let double perform his fight
scenes . Mickey Rooney is all in
favor of his new leading lady in "A
Yank at Eton." Her name is Tina
Thayer. Shes shorter than Mickey
by full inch.
Outf1tted in flashy red negligee
against a green background, Gene
Tierney is being portrayed by Acadia
Newman. who is back in filmtown
to do a new series of star paintings.
Joan Crawford's little daughter
Christina will be the next New
man subject.
Patricia Morrison, just returned
from an Army camp tour says there
are a lot OF things Hollywood girls
must learn about dressing for the
soldiers" Glamour gals, Pat says,
should wear evening dresses with
able. Long hair Is better than short.
Coincidence: Patricia is one Of the
few long haired lassies of movie
town. Ann Sheridan had an I'M
fortunate experience when she
turned up at a camp wearing q
Daring sleeveless, backless, nearly
frontless creation. The boys started
= riot. Annie changed to some
thing less lessless Spencer Tracy
had sorry bout with makeup in
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" but he's
right back for more. He'll play old
Lin Tan in Dragon Seed" and
that means a 2-hour daily makeup
job George Sanders refused
to wear a false nose in his pirate
role for The Black Swan" and for
. very lazy reason. He was afraid
it would interfere with his mapping
between scenes. Sanders is the
sleepingest man since the days OF
Stepin Fetchit W. c. Fields re-
former sketch in the episode Tales
Of Manhattan was taken out OF
that 15-star feature not because it
was bad-as an air gossiper recently
reported-but because it was too
good 1t will be released by 20th-
Fox as special short subject.
Jack Benny's face falls as a prop
man on the set Of George Wash
ington Slept Here" sprinkles Full
ler's earth all over his suit to get a
dust and dirt effect After the
scene, Benny calls out: Attention
i want every one at Warmers to
know that I paid $135 for this nice
gray suit and they didn't throw in
set of golf clubs either II this
stuff doesn't come out, the studio
pays"
The boys will grow up. Jackie
Cooper is playing the role of a
snarling two-gun outlaw in Uni
versal's Deep in the Heart of
Texas Paramount seems to
be iinxed by leading men who want
TO get away from 1t all First.
Sterling Hayden walked out OF 4
promising star career. Now Fred
MacMurray Is fretting to 60 into
the business world. After he I'M
ishes THE Forest Rangers" Fred
wants q six-months leave 50 he can
devote lot of executive time to his
Polar Pantries, Inc, big refriger-
ating plant for storing vegetables.
Max Factor. ir.. who knows prac-
ticauy all there is to know about |
makeup, accuses Hitler of another
deceit. Factor says the Fuehrer, |
fearing assassination, is employing
doubles to make his public appear
ances. Such doubles were clearly
detachable in recent news reel shots |
and pictures in the newspapers, he
declared. Says Factor: This de-
ception is most easily discernible
through his eyes and facial ex-
preston. 1t isn't much of trick
to duplicate Hitler's undistinguished
features or his stylized mustache and
hair trim-but the eyes are the
give-away. From pictures I have
studied. would say Hitler has been
using at least three doubles" And
that would be no particular trick !
the makeup impressario points out.
because Hollywood has already
duplicated Adolf successfully five
times in films.
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