Evening star., 1943-05-02
Tears Are Many
In Miss Dunne's
Film Existence
Actress Reflects
On the Problems
OF Being Weety
Rv Ted Gil.
By Ted Gill.
HOLLYWOOD.

Fair haired Irene Dunno, who has
wept her way successfully through
most of her 80 pictures, Is looking
for something new to cry about!
Whereas most people never lack
for something over which to shed
an occasional tear, this slender.
Louisville-born actress says she has
about exhausted all her cry-produc-
ing resources.
You see," she explains with a
smile, whenever have to weep for
the cameras, I prefer to cry real
transporting I have time to re-
cover my emotions before I have
to make the next take.
But if have to do another and
greatly different scene Immediately
afterward, it frequently is easier on
my emotions just to put glycerine
or some other tear substitute in
my eyes.
However, when I do cry real
tears, usually sit for a few min
utes and think of something that
has happened to me, something sad
that might have happened, or some
thing sad that possibly may hap
pen-then the tears flow freely.
Its funny, but I have played in
so many weepy scenes, find that
one sad thing will produce tears for
awhile. But pretty soon it wears out
and won't work any more-then I
have to find something new to cry
over.
Perhaps my one real standby is
myself. If get to feeling real sorry
for myself, think that everythings
all wrong and the whole worlds
against me, it's not long before the
tears start. But finding new things
to cry over is problem!"
Oddly enough, Miss Dunno orig
lnauy was screen-tested as a pos
sible singing star, but has warbled
little on the screen. And she much
prefers light comedies to drama, but
has played in only few.
Moisture in the Future.
Making her first real screen hit
in tear-jerking "Cimarron," Miss
Dunno tops her long succession Of
Weepy roles with another in "A Guy
Named joe" war picture in which
both she and Spencer Tracy get
killed. And after that, she goes into
more pictures. All calling for more
tears.
| Considering everything, she says
she really has got lot to cry about!
Short short-Gracie Allen thinks
those guerrillas who are knocking
the Germans back across Russia are
certainly the "Dnieper's creepers."
Daily dilly-Since real chinaware
is getting to be too expensive to use
for sound effects in off-scene dish
dropping episodes, studios find that
White-hot iron, when thrust into
a pail of ice water, produces a sound
that does just dandy.
Orphaned oddity-When directors
finish scenes they think are excep-
tionally we'll done, they all have
pet phrases to express their ap-
prevail
Sam Wood, once real estate op-
orator, says I'll buy that one!"
Mitchell Leisen, Its lilly!" Pres
ton Sturges, Its a masterpiece"
John Farrow, merely Thank your
While Mark Sandrich says That's
it!"
Most extravagant is Billy Wilder's
champagne for Everybody" But
the trouble is, co-workers say, the
drinks so far have been wholly imag-
mary!
Building Around Song.
Silly sally-Buy a hit song title
and make movie around it! That's
Monogram's philosophy. And 1t ap-
parently works, judging from box
office receipts.
Three Little Sisters" Is Jane
Withers' new picture. Sleepy La
COON" is being prepped for Judy
Canova. While Brazil" will be q
lavish musical. Thumbs Up" was
based on the tune Sleepy Time GAR
and Johnny Doughboy" also drew
upon song titles.
Now they're also making Rosie
the Riveter."
Ch1tter chatter-Charles Coburn,
who frequently plays English roles
but who was born in Savannah, Ga.
mas offered his huge collection of
monocles, including several rare
specimens, to the New York Public
Library. Producer Harry Herman
wanted a photograph of the first
railroad tracks in Missouri so he
could re-create the scene for a
Western picture. And where do you
suppose he found it? Not in any
American files. But in a copy OF
the Illustrated London Daily News
for 1870