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the technique so thoroughly she says
she's become positively noisy.
Orphaned oddity-Whenever stunt
men are called upon for dangerous
work for pictures, they sometimes
first inquire of a leading London
surety company what an insurance
policy for the job would cost, then
charge studios at the same rate.
Some of the boys got $500 for staging
mock jeep collision at one studio
recently that required less than an
hour to perform. And they didn't I
get scratch.
Garfield's Profit.
Daffy dillies-John Garfield paid
5 cents for an old, quantity worded
Norton, Mass. school catalog en-
titled The Wheaton Seminary for
Young Females which he picked up
while browsing in book store, and
later sold it to a wealthy Pasadena
alumna of the school for s400.
Special classes on poison gas for
owners and operators of all amuse-
ment establishments in Los Angeles
have been set up by the Theater
Defense Bureau to inform the
theatrical industry on details of
poison gas and methods to combat
any such attack.
Chitter chatter-Otto Kruger. So
year-old actor, has worked as cleo
trician, telephone lineman, telegraph
dispatcher and switchboard opera
tor. :. Elated over a new, huge con-
tract, Clark Gable once bought a
luxurious, custom built car. but sold
it two months later at loss because
it was too conspicuous. Mrs.
Ronald Reagan was born Sara Folks,
but is better known as Jane Wyman.
Evening star., 1942-06-07

several intricate Tahitian dances,
a song and some of the language,
a French-Tahitian instructor was
hired to teach the dance routine
Then an American language coach
was employed to teach her the song
and how to say Ia orna ma oe."
That means Hello to you"
In another instance, Producer
Daryl F. Zanuck's insistence on &C
curacy in speech for scenes in
How Green Was My Valley" cost
him an added $4,000 in WEIGH
language instructor fees alone.
Learned the Rope Trick.
Power also once was taught to
dance the minuet; Claudette Col
bert learned to write Spencerian
script and Walter Brennan alb
sorbed the rugged art of wrestling
alligators.
A staff of three coaches tried to
eliminate John Kimbrough's Texas
drawl; Don Ameche learned the
rumba in three easy lessons; George
Brent found out how to do the
Hindu rope trick, and Miss Tierney,
who never had handled a gun until
she was cast to play a woman
bandit, took lessons in shooting.
George Montgomery shaved for
two weeks SO he could do the black
bottom creditably with Ginger
Rogers, and a magician taught
Donald Meek how to extract rabbits
from hats. Frank Orth was care
fully coached in the operation of
BARRIERS clippers before he cut John
Payne's hair for one film sequence.
1t happened to be scene in which
he had to do it right the first time.
There's even an expert who trains
players how to walk like a convict
who has been in prison for 20 years
and another who coaches stars in
the art of drunk staggering.
So, no matter what the subject
may be, Hollywood can be depended
upon, even though sometimes it
may be a struggle, to produce
"nrOfesS0ro tn taorh n
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instructors 10 coacn actors ana ac-
tresses for their screen roles.
But when the film is finished,
it's usually just so much temporary
education that's soon forgotten.
Generally the players are too busy
moving from one picture to the
next to retain it.
However, when the thespians are
compelled to take their so-called
10 easy lessons for film, it's presto!
and they're ready to fight bulls,
run locomotives, milk cows, wrestle
alligators, do hog calling, juggling.
bagpipe playing, fire eating, sword
swallowing, jitterbugging, play the
piano, turn barber or be a college
cheer leader-whatever the script
calls for!
But the professors should be good
There are about 200 of them in the
film capital and each draws 500 to
$500 week.
A Complete Loss.
It's the old, old story of taking
a clumsy player and making him
suddenly realize he can do the
rumba Or, of perfecting the voice
of a fellow, who has confined his
singing to bathrooms, to the point
of where he can warble before a
microphone most melodiously.
Virginia Gilmore had to learn
to milk cow once for a rather
touching scene in Son of Fury"
but the investment proved a COM
plete loss SO far as the studio was
concerned. 1t finally decided to
eliminate the scene from the fin
ished film.
Tyrone Power once haG to learn
to fight bull, SO two bull-fghting
experts were hired as instructors.
The bull Power fought for close-ups
in the picture, however, actually was
mechanical dummy, but he had
to know all the technique, just the
same
When Gene Tierney had to learn
Evening star., 1942-06-07

the sale of more War bonds than
any individual in the United States.
That's a broad statement. but true.
ASK the very pleased United States
Treasury Department.
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, Doro-
thy, without any tips or suggestions
from Paramount executives or her
publicity department, felt an urge
to help in the bond drive which
was just then getting under way.
She was the first Hollywood per-
Sonality to take to the road. She
was not sponsored by any of Hol-
lywood's several committees. She
went on her own, with the Treas
ury Departments approval and CO.
operation, of course.
She Met Another Drive.
In few short, hectic weeks, Doro-
thy had sold some $4,000 900 worth
of bonds-and lost herself IL
pounds through the strenuous ac-
tivities the task demanded.
Back in Hollywood to make an
other picture, Dorothy ran smack
up against another drive-the cam
paign of the Treasury to educate
the public to buy bonds through
payroll savings. Film leaders leaped
in to solve the problem for the in
dustry. Henry Ginsberg, vice presi-
dent and general manager of Para
mount, was appointed by Henry
Morgenthau, jr., to organize the
industry's campaign. The result
was the formation of the Motion
Picture Committee for Hollywood,
War savings staff, Treasury Depart
ment. Its Executive Committee was
MADE up of representatives from
every branch of the business. Chair.
men were appointed for every studio
and all allied industries.
Finding herself on the Executive
Committee as chairman of a squad
ron of speakers, Dorothy became
even further imbued with the spirit
Of teaching people the value of war
bond investments. The Hollywood
committee had started its campaign
on an entirely new theory-an all
industry effort working from the
employees ranks upward, rather
than from bigwigs down. Boldly,
they set out to induce men and
women to invest 10 per cent of their
salaries In bonds. teaching that IL
(see HEFFERNAN, Page ED
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the hnal and necessary So GOO had
still to be found. The lucky gentle
man, Alexander H. Cohen, producer
of the missing money, insisted on a
o-producership for his share in
angeling the play which is expecting
to run all through 1912 and well
into 1943.
Angel Street." by Patrick Hamil-
$on, opened first in London, two
years before the Broadway premier,
under the title "Gaslight" Author
of Rope" and Hangover Square" ,"
Hamilton currently is toiling for the
British Ministry of Information.
A film was made in England. 1t
must have been pretty bad because
the British version of "Gaslight"
flickered and died without reaching
screens here. But now Hollywood is
going to have a crack at it. Hunt
Stromberg recently paid 100000 to
Columbia-holder of the dud British
version-and will remake it, pre-
sumably under the original title of
"Gaslight." 1t would cost him more
to use the name Angel Street" this
being the property of New York
Producer Shepard Traube.
The story of how leading Lady
Judith Evelyn came to the Broad
way version of Angel Street" is al
most as interesting as the play. Miss
Evelyn was born in South Dakota,
but all her acting prior to Angel
Street" took place in Canada, Holly
wood and England. With war i'm
minent, the actress, then in London,
decided to return to the United
States.
Can't Be Scared Now.
She booked passage on the Athe-
MIA. Accompanying her were her
fiance, Andrew Allen, and his father
The Athena was torpedoed and sent
to the bottom on the first day OF
war. Miss Evelyn, her fiance and
his father were in a lifeboat. A
propeller of the sinking liner hit
the boat and capsized it, throwing
the three of them into the water.
Miss Evelyn saw her father-in-law-
to-be drown.
There was so much real horror
In that awful time that anything I
have to do in Angel Street is, by
comparison, not frightening at al"
Evening star., 1942-06-07
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD,

Pockets and purses of all the
screen personalities bulge these
days with train and airplane time
tables. In every starry home is a
piece of luggage packed and ready
to be whisked of at an hours no.
tice That's the current travel sit
uation in Hollywood, where war
times are teaching stars how to "hit
the road" again.
BY the end of 1912, any actor. or
actress who can't look back on a
tour of at least 100 miles to make
public appearance in behalf Of
bond sales or soldier entertainment
will either have to worry about his
box-offlce appeal or confess to an
overpowering stage fright.
A decade ago, when even the big
gest stars toured the country in
vaudeville and one might stands and
many a trouper learned the mean
ing of that phrase by travelling with
a tent company, hitting the road"
was an integral part of every ac-
tors life. The road" dwindled to
nothing and players began to settle
down in Hollywood or New York
to live the lives of bankers and
clerks SO far as residential perma-
nency was concerned.
Today, all that settled life has
been uprooted. The all-out war
effort is sending stars away from
home for various purposes. The
boys in camps need entertainment
and they are getting appearances
lin the flesh" Up to a year or
so ago. any member Of the public
wishing to glimpse Madeleine Car
roll, Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper
or Mickey Rooney had to come to
Hollywood and hope for a lucky
chance meeting.
And There Is Dorothy.
In 1912, a victory caravan goes
out via special train to donate the
services of screendom's foremost
stars in order to raise money for
Army and Navy relief. A second
caravan is being plotted for later
in the year. Radio stars take their
equipment and programs. right into
the soldier camps to delight the boys
in our fighting forces.
And there is Dorothy Lamour and
Evening star., 1942-06-07
Shave's Expensive
When Movies Do It
With Ceremony
Wide World.
HOLLYWOOD.

Wide World. HOLLYWOOD.
What's your monthly shaving
bill, mister? Here's one shave that
cost s7,500-a half days work on a
picture budgeted at $4,000 daily.
Ronald Coleman wears a beard
through most of "Three's a Crowd, -
then scrapes it off: I'm the script
it was just another scene, but Di-
rector George Stevens envisioned a
comedy high light.
So 1t was done with ceremony
Two cameras filmed it. Two make
up artists stood by, with four stand
in boards. just in case the razor
slipped. But everything went off
to perfection, to the accompaniment
of an orchestra playing the William
Tell overture, the prelude from Loh-
engrin and a Tschaikowsky SYM
phony 1t was all for a reason
nobody cared to discuss. Probably
mood music"
Still, wouldn't something from the
Barber of Seville have been more
appropriate?
Evening star., 1942-06-07
Bv Franklin Arthur,
HOLLYWOOD


HOLLYWOOD.
Life being what it is, and the
times being what they are, we all
have worries.
Even Janet Blair.
Just looking at Janet, you wouldn't
think she'd have a worry in the
world. Not furrow mars her pretty
brow.
But she does. She admits it.
She squints.
You'll see a lot of pictures OF
Janet from now on, because If she
isn't as photogenic as any girl in
this photogenic town, she'll give
ANYBODY a run for it. And she's
had the benefit of the same sort
of publicity that made Rita Hay
worth household name almost be-
fore she'd been in picture.
Looks Like a Lemon
Next time you see a photo OF her,
YOU might try to imagine her giving
herself a pep talk about not squint-
ing.
ITS the one thing I have to
watch and watch and watch" she
says. IF I don't, my face looks Like
an old lemon
It's probably lot more important
to Janet than any one else, because
with her knack of photographing
well it's doubtful that most people
pay much attention to her eyes, nice
as they are.
Is posing easy for her?
"A cinch," she says, except Tor
those eyes. They just don't like the
sunlight, and somehow I'm always
getting posed in the SUM-"
In bathing suits, she might have
added.
II think it's easy for me because
I've been dancing since I was T."
she goes on I'm that time, you
acquire certain poise. You learn
the angles most favorable to you.
Posture becomes second nature"
She Wanted to Dance.
Fourteen years ago, 7-year-old
Janet lived in Altoona, Pa. She
Ewas Martha Lafferty and the Laf-
'Ierty house had big backyard. 1t
Evening star., 1942-06-07

says the actress, who portrays the
wife of a murderer trying to drive
her insane and put her away in an
asylum.
Vincent Price is the boy with blood
on his hands. Edith Barrett, to
whom Mr.. Price was engaged. orig
inally was scheduled for the CO.
starring role in Angel Street" She
had signed her contract but COL
lapsed while playing in Hollywood
film. This was two or three days
before rehearsals for the stage show
were to begin in New York.
Miss Evelyn, who had played the
leading feminine role in Holly
wood stock company version of
Angel Street" received a wire from
Producer Traube asking her to come
to New York. Nothing specific was
mentioned about the role she was
to play. If she had failed to meas
ure up to standard, she would have
received an understudy role.
Traube met her at the train, took
her straight to the theater, stopped
her after the reading of two
speeches and said, That's all I
want to know" A new Broadway
star was born. Miss Evelyn recently
received the award for the most dis
tinguished acting performance of
the year.
The lucky angels" of Angel
Street" are mostly Hollywood writ
ers and directors. They include
Mary Mccall, George Oppenheimer,
Charles Lederer George Beaton,
Producer George Haight and ac-
tresses Rita johnson and Geraldine
Fitzgerald
The 100 per cent profit of the
investors will be swollen in the fall
wben two companies of Angel
Street" take to the road with an
expected net profit of $4,000
week.
Some Stage Notes.
Gypsy Rose Lees Forthcoming
Star and Garter" revue will have
some burlesque competition when
strip for Action" arrives on Broad
way. 1t is sponsored by Howard
Lindsay, Russell Grouse and Oscar
(See GRAHAM, Page ED
Evening star., 1942-06-07
Mr.. Nathan on the Bench
Of His Admirable Bests and Worsts,
One Is Likely to Meet Demurrers
By Jay Cormody.

the criticism, George reputation
word Editors with another with avdy
frequently
the of of his most scurous abectves He Of all the disciples
mantle of Bernard Shaw, glanced scahngy the
he began to write his
who writing creave when he writes destrctvey of the little
literature by the small paywght
his through the hopes exercising
quality of that eude lesser without disturbing Mr.
purpose in peopng the world with such minor coations of atoms
Yet for all his emnence and Mr. Nathan himself
considerably paper picks
his dramatic offerings And his
Generally speaking
they
charming child actress the pretties thea usher and similar items
which show the enormously close attention which he pays to the he
as its most fervid reporter.
There Will
"bes" naturally, that Mr. Nathan
likely to arouse feeling Of Specific
Bright" the best of its kind during the
The play failure arstcaly and commercially although
through before closing
loss That however would NOT minimize the accomplishment of Mr.
the minds of who remember the play something
different namely
play as to be incredible Whatever Mr. kaufman striving for
which
anyone e-he effect he achieved that of tragedy turned to low
desperate
ration of neurotic family revolt virtually apoplecc
Rice institute football PLAYERS irving last minute forward pass When
the last of them disappears there sits
She should be tragic figure
like msh
best theory director could possibly
Mr. Nathan however did not see it the
Nov Take Over These Farces
Which Used to be Barns Fare.
The movies with whimscaty
tatos at
anticipated death
better appropating type had
private advices that the
In recent years has been distinctly to the meadow thea
to the somewhat bawdy
full of
the finest thing
satisfaction
delighted endlessy by the picture the
But for tire and raonng White
its this summer 1t STILL a
The public however win
of
panies heartness White
Cargo" of their outing, make memory
up in Mabels Room another item they dnter
There to that effect. If
theaer will not have anything for.
Evening star., 1942-06-07


from an Eastern theater chain.
They said they wanted to meet a
certain actress then working in a
comedy scene :. >.
Escorted to the set, the couple
soon gained an introduction to the
actress, and Immediately turned the
converse ton, with numerous ques-
tionS, to her dress which only
recently had been especially de-
signed for her for that particular
picture. When the actress was
called back to the camera, out
popped a. notebook from the purse
of the feminine visitor, who hastily
made sketches If the actress dress.
Then the two politely left the
studio.
The matter Immediately was re-
ported to the studio executives . &.
and orders were issued that no
visitors would be permitted to
sketch dresses worn by any actress
in modern roles. {. Studio dress
designers work months ahead on
dress fashions, because of the time
difference between actual filming
and release of a picture. And
they certainly would resent some
commercial garment manufacturer
coming out with copies of their own
dress designs before the picture
is released
Bette Gets Noisy.
Short snort: Some producers
feed their own vanity by casting
themselves for walk-on or bit parts
in their own productions. Uni
versals Bruce Manning gives his
pictures a personal touch by having
one of the characters named after
a former newspaper pal of his. Ed. q.
He always makes the character into
disreputable bum.
Silly sallieS-It makes an awful
mess, but movies have found that in
filming scenes of ponds and lakes,
the water photographs much more
realistically by spraying it with
coating of oil The world will be
glad to hear her studio report that
Bette Davis, who used to have to
get some one else to do her scream
ing for pictures, now has developed
Evening star., 1942-06-07
Comic Plays Role
From Knees Down
HOLLYWOOD,

Wide World. HOLLYWOOD.
Chester Conklin, comedy star of
the silent screen. is coming back in
role which shows him only from
the knees down.
The script calls for Conklin, wear
ing an old pair of pants and bat
tered shoes, to pass a window of
a basement apartment in a peculiar,
ambling walk. The camera, re-
cording a Rosalind Russell-Janet
Blair eyeview, will pick up only
Conklin's legs.
Thanks for discovering me
again." Conklin cracked to Di-
rector Al Hall. 'It took me 40
years to learn to walk like this. "
Evening star., 1942-06-07
Title Is Chaneed

Are Husbands Necessary?" will
be the release title for the film
version Of the best selling comedy
novel Mr.. and Mrs. Cugat" by
Isabel Scott Rorick.
The picture, which co-Stars Ray
Milland and Betty Field, with
Patricia Morrison and Eugene Pal
cite in featured roles, is scheduled
for national release about mid
August.
Evening star., 1942-06-07

was big enough to play football in.
All the boys in the neighborhood
did. So did Janet, thereby acquir-
ing many bruises and a thorough
knowledge of the game. In her
spare time, she played tackling
dummy for her brother, Fred. She
did her part well, for Fred Lafferty
grew up to play halfback at Col
gate q few years ago.
Evening star., 1942-06-07
The Pirates Are Lurking
But Studios Bar Visitors So Dress
Designs Will Not Be Stolen
Wide World.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
which
constantly
difficult crash
strangers and presented
Evening star., 1942-06-07
Listen to Teacher, Riddles
Movie Stars Learn Many Odd Things,
Preparing for Their Roles
By Ted Gill,
ide
By Ted Gill,
Wide World.
HOLLYWOOD.
2 ones operated by

aniest schools in the world perhaps the operated by
big motion studios
of the versatile teaching stats inst
the But what is taught usually
o agile brains later like water off ducks back.
of for
Evening star., 1942-06-07
Angels and Their Street
Backers of Long.Spurned Play
Realize 100 Per Cent Profit
By Sheilah Graham.
NEW YORK.

The Angel play 900
worth profit kicked around by big producers Gilbert Miller
Wldberg
Broadway December 941 the which
stage, already have received profit of 100
And yet "a hours before the Golden Theater
Evening star., 1942-06-07

THEY STUDY FOR AUTHENTICITY'S SAKE-Many and
varied the tricks oue stars before they
play roles they should be Played Without too much
plant from experts at the things they attempt Lett
Lake learns from Director Frank Tue the
"tdnnng" deck of cards. Center Tyrone studies
fighting from Toreador Oscar Boetcher Right Bing Crosby
taught by Director Sandrich properly toHou
a pow Wide World Photos
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

I'm confusion stumble blndy along with prayers for
lips and boodstains hands, afraid for
ward afraid STOP and troubled by strangely perpexed hearts,
wherein savagery and virtue reside intertwned
$50, in my opinion will stop until we nd
viduay fighting them and that's what to do
propose proclaim moratorium all presumed debts Of
evil done to start aesh by wpng the slate clean and
tinuing to wipe it clean.
"Pease allow say that although persons this
brief revelation of views perhaps mild
prise they (the views) file we'll and had
of long been taken for granted by friends
Furthermore and have been, fully of the pos
sbe consequences arising mine
emotional times but against all eventuaties fortified with
inner conviction that to increase proporonatey with
every obstacle face.
This decision not the result of unstable overnight
reformation, do claim found something
unique 1t but the mature result of hours days. and Of
research and reflection principles within touch of
Continued m
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

stated his opposition TO such COM
mittees.
Immediately after the reading
of the plan. Reuther was 10 elab-
crate upon it and then yield the
platform TO Wilson for a rebuttal.
Final rules for the debate. which
was suggested by Wilson and
accepted by Reuther. were fornu-
lated yesterday AT luncheon
meeting attended by Denny. Reu-
Their. Wilson. Felix Bruner. corpor-
alton public relations man, and
Edward LevinSon. chief publicity
man for the JAW.
Denny said that his capacity
would be 10 see that the ground
rules are observed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
Wilson and Reufher
Debate Conversion

With newspapermen and a select
group of company and union
officials as an audience. c. f..
wilson, president of General
Motors Corporation. and Walter
Reuther. director of the GM divi-
sion of the UAW-CIO, today de-
bated the merits of the Reuther
Plan for converting the auto in
duStry 10 war production.
The unprecedented discussion
was presided over by George V.
Denny Jr. of New York. modera-
tor of the radio program Americas
Town Meeting of the Air.
The debate was opened after
the reading OF the lengthy Reuther
Plan by Victor G. Reuther, brother
of Walter and assistant defense
co-ordnator of the
JAW.
The plan, which was advanced
by Reuther more than a year ago.
suggested the utilization Of idle
machinery in automotive plants
for the production of airplanes.
Reuther indicated that ne would
also attempt TO discuss with VIII
son War Production Chief Donald
NJ. Nelson's suggestion that Joint
labor-management committees be
set up in each plant to speed wal
production. Wilson has publicly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
I Ford Workers
Fd(eQuiz by FB|
c. L. WILSON

Two Ford Motor Company
workers who refused TO have
money deducted from their pay
for purchase of defense bonds
were held for investigation by the
FBI today when fellow-workers
refused TO work with them.
Dearborn police arrested the
men after several hundred EN-.
ployes of Department 40l. the
Rouge plant foundry and machine
shop. stopped work in protest.
According to their fellow
workers one Of the men, in re-
fusing 10 agree TO a pay roll
deduction. said:
They'll only use my money
To buy bullets"
One of the men is of German
descent the other of Hungarian
descent.