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Evening star., 1943-12-26
Unaloneby the Telephone
BY lean Meeean.
NEW YORK. sett]

settle down around 2 am. I've Just
had the best summer Of my whole
life. When we got up to Martha's
vineyard bought a COW and took
care of all the milk work myself
washed the pals, sterilized the
bottles and made butter three time
a week"
Also she rented horse and
bought buggy for $40 ito drive to
town." Ethel Barrymore was her
guest for 10 days; so was Helen
Keller, whom the star described as
another of my admirations and
great inspirations"
In New York, she is a movie fan.
Once she was in one, Stage Door
Canteen," but only briefly with a
medley of other names" Still, II
would like to make a picture-for
the adventure of it." she said.
She is well aware OF the impor-
tance of pictures in her era. "A
complete history of my generation
couldn't be told without motion pic
lures" she acknowledged. And Miss
Cornell is indisputably part of
that history.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Kendrick Hopes They Bury 1t
By J. NJ. Kendrick.

beautiful play, we'll directed and
acted against perfect setting by
Howard Bay.
Mr.. Digges, as in "On Borrowed
Time" is again in the role of a
grandfather, this time an old pro-
fessor, specializing in the 7th and
9th centuries, whose quietude is dis
turbed by the arrival of Grandchild
Masha, acted excellently by Susan
Robinson.
Masha, of course, wins grand
father, works changes in his life,
through the three acts. There is
no excitement in the play, only a
mild love interest, but, as I said be-
fore, it excels in charm and beauty
The evening was one of the most
pleasant I have spent in the theater
this season.
Most all the action and dialogue
center around Dudley Digges. He
has remarkably few lines, but his
Characterization and that of Masha
dominate the play. Listen, Profess
sor" is something different and
should have long run on Broad
way. I hope that it will, but am
doubtful-too much beauty, not
enough excitement.
Milton Baron is the producer. The
direction Is by Sanford Meisner.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Hefernan Picks Best of Everything That Comes Mind

and "Our Hearts Were Young and
Gay" without a bit OF previous act
ing experience.
Most shocking news story-De-
anna Durbins divorce action against
childhood sweetheart, Vaughn Paul,
because that marriage was proudly
pointed to as Hollywood's "unbreak-
able" love match.
Toughest luck studio-20th Gen.
tury-Fox, which was almost forced
to close down because OF mother
hood epidemic among it's principal
feminine stars: Alice Faye, Betty
Cradle, Gene Tierney, Joan Bennett,
Cobina Wright, jr.
Most surprising deal-Joan Craw-
ford departing from MGM after
more than Is years service as star
to join Warner Bros.
Outstanding matrimonial leaps
Greer Carson Richard Ney, Hedy
Lamar John Loder, Eleanor Pow
ell-Glenn Ford, Betty CRADLE Harry
James, Ann Sothern-Robert Sterl-
ing, Maria Montez-Pierre Aumont,
Susan Peters-Richard Quine.
And there you have Hollywood S
log for 1943, year unprecedented
in box -offlce business, a year In
which folks f1ocked to the movies in
such numbers that even the flops
cleaned up like champions. Holly
wood will probably never see an
other year to duplicate its financial
bounties.
(Released by the North American News
peper Alliance. 1ncl
Evening star., 1943-12-26
The lO-Best of the Year
By Jay Carmody

Madame Curie."
watch on the Rhine"
"Jeannie."
This Is the Army"
THE More the Merrier."
BLACK Sea Fighters"
"Lassie Come Home"
"The Adventures of Tartu."
1.-THE Human Comedy"
Holy Matrimony."
Well, there they are, on the last
Sunday of the year, Just as was re-
luctantly promised IN this column
several weeks ago, the 10 best pic
lures Of 1943.
They may not be any one else's
10 best but they do look like a rea-
sonably defensible group. If they
show one quality more than another
1t probably is that this departments
taste runs to comedy. Five of the
films selected fall into that category
definitely. They represent different
types of comedy, however, the lit
crate and sophisticated variety be-
ing represented by Holy Matri-
mony" and "The Adventures of
Tartu." The touching, whimsical
and highly artful type is to be found
in JEANNE" which, in many ways,
was the most enjoyable picture this
department encountered in the 101a
months it spent viewing the movies
The simple-hearted, human species
of comedy was that to be found in
William Saroyan's happily, If arro-
gantly, chosen title "The Human
Evening star., 1943-12-26
NEW YORK.


Santa Claus, who is now, checking
his lean bank account and thinking
about the morning after, apparently
was much too busy elsewhere to do
much for the Broadway stage this
week of Christmas. A revival of
Sidney Kingsley's dull play, THE
Patriots" which won the Critics
Circle Prize last season, came into
the City Center Theater. Walter
Hampden played the part of Jeffer-
son this time and Cecil Humphreys
again was in the role of Washington.
Jefferson, as presented by Mr.. Kings
ley, is a walking speech, with little
characterization. The public ad-
dress system in the large theater is
still defective.
The combination of the two
weaknesses made one hope that from
now on 'The Patriots" will be rele-
gated to the storehouse for a long,
long time. Julie Hayden was good
as Jefferson's daughter.
In addition to being one of our
best producers, managers and di-
rectors, Arthur Hopkins is gentle
and kind man. (Remember "The
Petrified Forest" What Price
Glory" and Anna Christie"?) AL
of which makes it doubly disap-
pointing to report that Feathers in
a Gale" which he produced in asso-
citation with Martin Burton, is a
failure.
The comedy, by Pauline Jamerson
and Reginald Lawrence, has to do
with destitute widows back in 1904,
when it was the custom in Cape Cod
to auction them into servitude. The
play could have been lively, exciting
and amusing, but instead of dra-
matte action we received only dia-
logue, interesting only in spots. The
excellent cast is headed by talented,
cute Peggy Conklin.
Dudley Digges is back with us
again, this time in Listen, Profess
sor," adapted by Peggy Phillips from
the work of the Russian Alexander
Afinogenov. It is . charming and
Evening star., 1943-12-26
What They Are Doing Now

"Since You Went Away" Ella Hall
is dress saleswoman in an exclu-
sive Hollywood shop. Phyllis Haver
is Mrs. Billy Seaman of New York
City. T'heda Bara, wife of Charles
Brabin, lives in Beverly Hills, Is ac-
tive socially in artistic circles, does
charity plays, as does Louise Glaum.
Swing Shifts for Others.
Marshall Neilan works at North
American Aviation plant, as does
Joe Cobb, fat boy of the original
Our Gang comedies. Jackie Searle
is in defense work, emerges for an
occasional role. Olga Stark runs a
punch press at Lockheed. Ruth st.
Denis Is at Douglas, on the grave
yard shift and at "a still has enough
pep to run a dancing class.
j. Warren Kerrigan and Bill Hart,
retired for many years, both live on
ranches, Bill at Newhall, Kerrigan
in the San Fernando Valley. Fran
els x. Bushmen is doing radio work
in Chicago. Beverly Bayne is in
stage productions, having played a
role in the popular Claudia" Hoot
Gibson owns and operates the Paint
ed Post, a dance spot outside Los
Angeles, and occasionally appears
with circuses.
Clara Bow, often rumored about to
return to films, remains retired. the
wife of Rex Bell, on their Nevada
ranch. Reginald Denny is now op-
Grating a radiophone plant for the
United States Army. near Los An
geies. Corinne Griffith lives in Bev-
erly Hills, Is real estate operator.
mas many investments, including a
building with her name on 1t.
At the Motion Picture Country
House Truly Shattuck, Gustav Won
'Seyfertitz, Lionel Belmore. Sheldon
Lewis, Mary Alden, Walter Byron.
FRANK Campeau, Louise Lester. Vir-
.glnla Pearson all have permanent
homes. On occasion some of them
come into town to play roles or do
extra work, just to keep the feel
of things.
A visit to this place is one of the
pleasant reassurances to any one
that Hollywood has a heart, does
care about those who have grown
old in providing entertainment for
others.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLY WOOD.
DO you think I ought to change
the color of my hair? OF course
that purple silk draped around me
is absolutely no good, but just don't
look at it," says Hedy Lamar as we
sit in one of the small, cozy projec-
ton rooms out at MGM and look al
the very first test made of her in
technicolor.
Do like it?
1t is breath-taking. Those few
hundred feet of color film prove
that Hedy is still more beautiful
when her colorings are on the
screen, than in black and white.
Before long you will probably
see Hedy in a technicolor picture
but until then, please relax for a
moment. Sit back in your chair
close your eyes and think of a
young woman with a face devoid of
lmperfection, a nose at once i'm
pertinent and aristocratic, eyes
which look like the North Sea when
storm has just ceased, blue black
hair and mouth which curls up
at the corners, sometimes with a
sarcastic or amused smile, some
times with an expectancy nearly in
fantlle-that Is Hedy Lamar in
color.
Stop Your Day Dreaming.
Now you can open your eyes, and
we will get back to Hedy,, who was
sitting next to me in simple slacks
and a skiing jacket, which is 8
years old, but I like it." AS she sat
there and the lights went on again,
thought that she probably is the
most perfect feminine specimen in
movieland. Her beauty has been
praised with all the superlatives in
Websters dictionary-even new
words have been invented. She was
the toast not only of Vienna, but
London and Paris, before she ever
set foot in America. But, strange
as 1t may seem-her beauty has
been an obstacle.
Il am really not beautiful" Hedy
says with sincere simplicity.
can feel that she is preparing tt
take herself down from the pedesta
which not only her studio but mil.
lions of fans all over the worle
have placed her on. 81 am maybe
a little different. But" and Hedy
becomes serious as we walk acros!
the lot to the commissary for lunch
"The most important thing i!
that I do believe I am an acress by
now. I have been cast in so many
roles that I thoroughly disliked. II
fact, I don't think I ever had quite
the part wanted. Oh, yes! I car
choose my own pictures to certain
eXtent-or at any rate I am asked
what I would like to do
HusbandIy Anchor.
There is one who has been able
to make her feel that at last hel
ship is at anchor and that is hel
husband, John Loder.
I'VE talk everything over" Hedy
continues; when neither of us work
we get up in the morning, have
breakfast, talk, walk around the
garden, play with Jamsie Hedy's
4la-year-old SOM, have lunch. talk
and talk.
Everything in this world has to
be balanced and John and L balance
each other out. He is patient and
understanding: we don't seem to
need much else in the world but
each other.
Some day we would like to play
in the same picture. I don't think
the moment is there yet. But it
will come and that will be pure
happiness.
But until then I would like a real
part: I won't say exactly what Bette
Evening star., 1943-12-26
HOLLYWOOD.

OF course, you've heard that
there's as much drama on a movie
set as gets into the camera. That's
particularly true when some of the
workers on the set are movieland's S
former stars playing extra parts .
and working the whole day for what
they used 10 give the cigarette girl
as tip.
Things like this happen every day:
A famous stage actress, long past
her prime, now earning a living
with an occasional character role in
films, kept forgetting her lines. The
star in the picture, an expensive
blond job whose earning power is
fabulous, became very irritated.
How much longer" she queried,
"am I going to be held up in my
scene by that old bat?"
The "old bat" heard but gave no
sign. Perhaps she remembered her
own gala days when she was just
as notoriously short on considera-
ton for others.
On almost every set in Hollywood
today there is some oldtime star
unobtrusively going about his or her
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Low Ranks Get GRAVY
In Hollywood
BY the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
Laraine Days mush-publicized
plant about being monopolized by
the brass hats on her Victory Com
mittee camp tour finds no reflec-
ton in Hollywood's local hospitality
to servicemen. There are few Off
GERS clubs in town. The largest
ventures of the film capital, like the
Hollywood Canteen, the several
USO centers, the Hollywood Guild,
the Naval Auxiliary and the Mas
quers' Saturday night dinners and
entertainments all are aimed at the
private and nom commissioned men.
Truth is, officers are the forgotten
men so far as organized activities
in which film personalities partici-
pate is concerned.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
HOLLYWOOD

Years end comes again and In
Hollywood that means retrospect
and prophecy. So, for today, let's
take look over the past IL months
and see what was good and bad
about movieland in 1913.
Good pictures, bad pictures flowed
through the mill; real life romances
flourished in great numbers; births
among the top married folks of film-
land reached new highs and di-
vorces, sad to relate, were many and
unexpected.
In other words, it was a typical
Hollywood year-a year replete with
! big surprises and colorful news
stories concerned with the people
who make headlines.
Let's look it over, do a Bit of
skimming and see what gives out
remembering, of course, that the fol-
lowing are mere personal opinions
of correspondent covering the slit
trenches of movietown:
Captivated by Saroyan.
Best picture of 1e43-"The Human
Comedy" Although released early
in the year and thus apt to be over
looked, this adaptation of the Saro-
yam best-seller is still regarded as
logical first choice for the Academy
Award.
Best performance (male)-Walter
Pidgeon in Madame Curie." Long
overdue in the ranks Of Oscar VIM
ners. his brilliantly restrained per-
formance should at long last land
the ever-popular Walter among the
immortalS.
Best performance female)-Looks
like a stretch race between Ingrid
Bergman c'For Whom the Bell
TollsD and Greer Carson rMadame
Curie'D, with odds favoring Berg
man If only because Carson won the
thingamabob for last years Mrs.
Miniver"
TimeheSt picture -"Casablanca,"
ready and waiting for release when
F. D. R. and Churchill turned up
for their historic conference in that
North African city.
Details of an Offense.
Best war Guadalcanal
Diary" because it was the first shot
and-shell drama showing Yank
forces getting somewhere against the
Japs, instead of taking it on the
~, aCo D,o,I],-
We Hail and too many others.
Best supporting performance
(male)-William Bendix in any of
his four starts for the year.
Best supporting performance fe-
male)-Miriam Hopkins, for running
Bette Davis such close race in
"Old Acquaintance"
Best money-making stars (male)-
Abbott and Costello, Clark Gable,
Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Cary
Grant, Enrol Flynn, Gene Autry,
Gary Cooper, Tyrone Power and
Bing Crosby.
Best money-making stars (fe-
male)-Bette Davis, Betty Cradle,
Greer Carson, Rita Hayworth, Ann
Sheridan, Judy Garland, Ginger
Rogers, Claudette Colbert, Dorothy
Lamour and Lana Turner.
Ten best money making pictures
"Casablanca," "Hitler's Children, .
For Whom the Bell Tolls For Me
and My GAL" The Human
Comedy Five Graves to Cairo"
The More the Merrier," Princess
@ORourke," so Proudly We Hail
and This Is the Army"
Toast to a Hero.
Hollywood's hero of the year
Capt Clark Gable. While many
others enlisted, Gables conduct,
plus the break that put him into
action over the European front,
easily landed him top popularity
rating among movie servicemen.
Sensation of year-Frank Sinatra,
who kept 'em swooning over the air
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Limitations or No.
Sets Are Costly
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.

VOOD.
In spite of wartime limitations
motion picture sets are becoming
fabulously elaborate. A set of the
past week, that of hotel lobby
OF the lush '90s for 1T Happened
Tomorrow" represented an actual
valuation of 100000. Rene Clair
combed local art galleries and auc-
ton parlors, rented the expensive
furnishings. Entrance hall and !iv-
ing room of a theatrical boarding
house were furnished in the same
way. To produce the effect of a
rundown but formerly elegant home.
the expensive furniture was treated
with easily removable plaster and
water paint.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
The Stars, Too, Must
Maintain Secrecy
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLD WOOD.
Hollywood Victory Committee has
been warned by the War Depart
ment that unless stricter censorship
is exercised on the movements of
screen entertainers to overseas des-
tinations the entire program may
be abandoned.
The committee has now been ad-
vised that prior publicity in the
future on any projected overseas
trip by an actor or actress will re-
suit in immediate cancellation of
the trip.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

A friendly legend of shyness has
clung to Katharine Cornell since
the beginning of her career 81 years
ago-probably because she doesn't
wear mascara and hang around
night clubs swapping bright quips
with gay, stylish, enameled col
leagues.
She really loves to talk. That
seems a safe conclusion after an
hour and a half of hearing her dis
cuss American, Russians, the re-
turn of the Gripsholm, Martha's s
Vineyard, Buffalo, Ethel Barrymore,
Helen Keller, Lovers and Friends"
cher current play, food and motion
pictures.
In conversation, she probably gets
along best with Russians. eve are
sympathetic" she remarked as she
finished telephone conversations
with Eugene Leontovitch and
Gregory Ratoff. ALSO Russians
enjoy my acting"
Miss Cornell was taking 1t easy
after long night of two benefits,
plus her regular acting stint.
Wrapped in whole series of jack
cts: Flannel, knit and pink satin,
she was in bed on the third floor
of her Beekman place home. Two
Daschunds snuggled under the
blanket cover.
Mellowed Appointments.
The room, furnished mostly In
antiques and done" In gray and
rose well worn after 20 years of
use) overlooks the East River, and
was made cheerful this harsh win
ter noon time by an open fire.
The telephone jingled again and
she lifted the receiver.
Il always answer this myself" she
explained. because it's not fair to
have the servants run up two flights
of stairs just to announce who it is. !"
And then, sitting bolt upright, she
went on with wide gestures of the
famous hands: You get back 100
fold what you send out. I have in
the theater. 1t is just good busi-
ness. I never cease trying to give
the freshest possible performance.
True, it doesn't always come off, but
I honestly try"
Miss Cornell lighted a cigarette
In a long gold and black enamel
holder Ca concession to glamour-in
clothes she is antifashion) and the
conversation turned to Buffalo. her
home town.
Considerate Homefolks.
Annually she goes back there in
the course of her road tour and
annually her presence is announced
in the society columns according
to upper. middle-class etiquette) as
Mrs. Guthrie McClintic. After more
than a quarter of century on the
stage, this billing" tickles Miss
Cornell.
She says: "It's kind of sweet and
old fashioned People at home
mostly call me Katharine. Here it's
always Kit That reminded her
OF her first important appearance in
Bill of Divorcement."
1T was just after Guthrie and I
were married and he was coming I'D
for the opening. I spoke to him
about bringing dinner clothesAfelt
sure there would be something aft
erward. He was reluctant but did
as 1 asked and not one soul even
came back-stage afterward! Every
one thought would be deluged."
No matter where she is now, there
are no parties. Her daily routine |
when she is working is without va
riety. "At $50 in the afternoon I !
have dinner on tray right here.
when I'm finished 1 turn out nv
light and sleep until 10 after 7
when my coffee is brought up and
then l have shower and leave for |
the theater.
Too Busy for FOrmality.
occasionally people stop in after
the theater-alWays very informally. |
We never entertain. And usually T |
Evening star., 1943-12-26
By Harold Hefernan

IEWEUUU.
In bolstering morale Of fighting
troops. And the everyday service
Of the Hollywood Canteen must also
be cited.
Best find (male)-Sonny Tufts
tall, handsome 4-F, scored bril-
liantly in his first movie start, 80
Proudly We Hail and became fea-
tured bet within six months.
Shocks and Motherhood,
Best find female)-Gail Russell,
fresh out of classrooms at Santa
Monica High School, went right into
leading roles of The Uninvited'
Evening star., 1943-12-26

waves all year and made himself a
tought-over subject for pictures.
Years best sleeper "Hitler's
Children" made from a shoestring
by RkO and pyramided into one
of the years top money makers.
Hollywood's best contribution to
War-That star-laden special train,
the Victory Caravan, which popped
up War Bond sales to unbelievable
totals in every city visited on the
swing. Overseas trips by Jack
Benny, Bob Hope, Joe E. Brown and
many other stars we're instrumental
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Tresses?

There seems to be quite a to-do
about Rita Hayworth's rusty red
hair. The last report was that both
the color and the style are to be
copyrighted. Wonder how such a
thing is done?
Evening star., 1943-12-26
TOday's Film Schedules

CAPITOLJack London 10 pm Stage shows
915 pm
COLUMBIA-"Guadalcanal 100 400 525 ond
935
EARLE-"Northern Pursuit" s:15, 7o 1905 pm
Stage shows 2:35, 4:55, 71O pm.
KEITHS-Government Girl" 2:45, 4:35 625 10 pm
LITTLE-"Jeanne": l, 2:40 42o, 7:50 $50 pm
METROPOLITAN" Hostages: l. 3:05 pm
PALACELasse Come Home: 12o 1925 $50 94o pm
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts continuous pm.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Coming Attractions

NAIlONA-Over Twenty Ruth Gordon: starting to-
" ~ -' ''"i'Ais W.
CAPITOLLost Margaret OBrn and lama. .,o.
starting Thursday ~ ' 01"1e'
coLoA6iA-Lassie Come Home" and Roddy Mac
Dowell starting Thursday " ~ ' '~
Tokio with Cary and John GARFIELD:
KETHscorvette with Randolph Scott and Jane, brown
Lincoln In Illinois, with Massey.
MEthOPOLlIAN-The Heats On" West and Victor
Moore; starting Friday WV WAN ~
PAcEIhousands Cheer cast: starting Thursday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-12
NEED VOLUNTEERS
TO SPOT PLANES
Enlistments, Sickness and
Lack of Interest Respon.
sible for Vacancies

Volunteers are urgently needed to
man two-hour watches at the local
Observation Post Of the Aircraft
Warning Service, First Fighter Com
mand Of the United States Army, at
the Observation Tower on top Of the
city hall roof.
The appeal for volunteers seems
to go unheeded time and time again
here in Waterbury and many OF
the observers have done double and
triple duty during the winter months
in order to keep the post properly
manned.
I'VE have lost quite a few observ-
erS to the armed services" states
Chief Observer Wallace j. Englis,
Others have had to leave because Of
III health, while others Just quit.
1T we don't get volunteers In the
immediate future, we will be COM
PEELED to ask the United States
Army to take over. which we do not
wish to do, for taking such drastic
action would be saying that Water
bury was Sinking in its patriotic
duty"
The following are the shifts on
which observers are needed:
Saturday-midnight to 2 a. M,
Sunday.
Monday a. m. to 4 a. M; 4
a. m. to 8 a. m; 6 a. m. to 8
a. M; 8 a. m. to 10 q. m.
Tuesday - 2 a. m. to 4 a. M: 8
a. m. to 10 a. M; ~ noon to 2
p. M; 2 p. m. to 4 p. m.
wednesday - 4 a. m. to 6 a. M;
ga. m. to 10 q. m.
Thursday - 8 q. m. to 10 O. m;
8 p. m. to 10 p. m.
Friday - 4 a. m. to 6 a. m; 8
a. m. to 8 a. m.
Saturday - 2 a. m. to 4 q. m;
a. m. to 6 a. N.
Persons eager to do their bit for
the war program and serve on any
Of the details listed above are re-
quested to call Wallace j. Inglis,
chief observer. Telephone 4-3l84
or 4-57i5.