Evening star., 1942-08-02

matinee and night, judging that it
was sure to close after those three
performances.
Instantly the play was q hit and
Traube had to do q frantic search
to get the printer back from his
week end holiday to start printing
tickets for an advance sale.
No Explanation.
His lighting problem was surpris-
ingly solyed more easily, and thu
lighting y NeEy important 10 tnIs
rdran11tio in1pres1ion q Victorian
murders. Ifaube, before he lefi
his Hollywood production assign
ments, sent for Abe FEEDER who had
lighted motion pictures on which
he had worked. FEEDER had disap-
peared and no on knew where he
was. Traube gave up his search
came to Broadway, rented an of1ice
and the following morning he walked
In and found FEEDER waiting there.
Il heard you wanted me to light
q show" FEEDER said and offered no
further explanation of how he left
his movie sets and came East. But,
he lighted the show and exciting
ly 50.
In . murder melodra1na lights
and shadows create a definite mood
In the plot" Traube said. II knew
the effect wanted to get, ano
FEEDER experimental with vari-col-
ored filters on the different scenes
until he got the exact effects de-
sired.
"A light depicting impending mur-
der must not be too gloomy; it still
must carry enough light to establish
that there is just a threat Of death
Traube, now that he has gotten
over his homesickness for Broad
way, is busily working on his new
production, Winter Soldiers" a
drama about saboteurs in the
European countries overrun by the
Nazis.
TT is really a play about the
underground fight in Europe" Taube
says. But 1t is a drama about q
flesh and blood fight rather than
q fight Of words"
Service Mems Sweetheart.
Frankly Broadway is a hot and
perspiring oasis today, redeemed
only by the fact that it has numer-
GUS good shows wrich have their
unsold seats occupied as guests by
the visiting soldiers and sailors.
They are given their tickets through
the UsO.
But, when you roam up and down
Broadway. you find' that outside OF
that glamorous authoress- -striptease
Gypsy Rose Lee, in the musical
Star and Carter" the sweetheart
OF the lads in uniform is Twinkle
Watts.
Although only years old (she in
sists she Is 7 and one-half years old
OF this moment) she is the star of
the most profitable show on Broad
way. The soldiers and sailors and
the civilians cheer her as enthu-
stastically as they must have
cheercd the stage queens in those
eRrlier days of the theater when
Diamond Jim Brady staged a pa
rade to take new Leading lady to
dinner celebrating another Broad
way first night.
She Bowls, Too.
Miss Watts story of her life is
something Of q complete picture
that might be believed In a person
OF age 50-but healthy, youngster
Of well, you wonder about Mother
Goose tales and when you see
Twinkle skimming on the rink YOU
realize that Mother Goose did exist.
She Is the star Of STARS on Ice"
Wrinkles case history is simply
this. She is not only an expert
artist on skates, but she Is also an
expert at bowling. That combine
ton should win over any males
previous infaturation with Greta
Garbo. But, Twinkles came up the
hard way to be q glamour girl.
-Four years ago she had an all
ment that kept her in the hospital
conttnuously, and then the doctors
discovered that she had 10 much
nervous energy that the best way to
eAln hsr was with her fsyofite
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