Evening star., 1942-06-19

since tne nrSL OF Une year. buI dll
and are drifting into service from
week to week. Tagged an essential
industry" by the Government, Holly
wood may be forced to borrow back
some of its khaki-clad boys If it's
to continue as such Warmers
are moving heaven and earth in an
attempt to sign Spencer Tracy for
The Life of Will Rogers" And
Tracy wants the part so much he's
willing to contribute his salary TO
war relief . Only long shots will
be made of Mary Martin doing her
Tara Boom decay" number
for Happy Go Lucky" And the
longer the better, says the Hays
Office Stars country and sea-
side homes are rapidly going on
the auction block because Of tire,
cim-out and the general war situa-
ton. Cary Grant has moved in
from his spacious beach home to a
modest bachelor single at $50
monthly.
Joe, the Brown Derby head waiter,
who carries refreshments over to
Radio City daily, didn't get back
the other afternoon. When he
showed up hours later and his boss
Jumped him about it, he flashed a
pack OF greenbacks and said: They
were having script trouble and I
stayed to help 'em fix it,
As an investment against pound
age. Maureen O'Hara has bought
Bel Air home with a badminton
court. She and her husband, Will
Price. soon to become full-fledged
director at Twentieth Century-Fox,
plav two hours every night E.
Deanna Durbin and Universal are
slightly at odds again. Deanna
wants to make another tour OF
Army camps after finishing For
ever Yours" and her studio wants
her to rush right into Three Smart
Girls Grow Up"
Her husband, Vaughn Paul, Is in
the Navy and stationed in the East,
which accounts for Deanna's travel
enthusiasm Movie fans are un-
predictable. MGM feared q dis
astrous reaction when Lew Ayres'
face was shown on the screen after
his conscientious objector publicity.
Instead, patrons in Hollywood are
wildly applauding trailer in which
he appears to advertise the next DR..
Kildare movie Unusual dining
groups at the Beverly Brown Derby:
Laird Cregar, 335-pound character
actor, accompanied by a 95-pound
blond: Clark Gable and the Zeppo
Marxes and Cary Grant with the
Mickey Rooneys =. Tall, shaggy
faced fellow playing tennis on the
Beverly municipal courts attracted
plenty of attention Sunday morn
ing. Turned out to be Walter
Pidgeon and his self-cultivated
White Cargo" face, but few recog-
nized him Republic Is using
blue ice" for its new ice Capades
Revue" Camera experts say It's
the best color to contrast white
legs of the skating players.
Government ) SuSsCStiOii NiAoe
folks keep OF the lcng-distance
phone much as possible Is taken
to heart by Roy Rogers, the cowboy
star. Travelling around the country
via auto trailer with his horse. on
band sales and rodeo appearances,
Roy Is sending messages back home
via carrier pigeons. The actor owns
a stable of racing birds and thus
while being patriotic is also getting
in some training for them.
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Basil Rathbone is considered one
of the screens foremost exponents OF
pure speech and perfect diction and
takes. great pride in that reputation
So, he was annoyed no end when
he found Universals script fol
Sherlock Holmes Fights Back re-
uuired him to speak in broken Ger
man accent while. disguised as 8
Nazi agent. Rathbone finally recon-
ciled himself to the task by model
ing his accent after that of Thomas
Mann, world famous refugee writer
who fled from Germany to escape