Evening star., 1943-10-06
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD.

Their not-too- personal affairs:
Busiest fellow on the recent Hol-
lywood bond cavalcades special
train, behind the scenes, at least,
was Dr. Henry w. Ephraim, who
was invited to 90 along Just for
the ride" A few days before the
train pulled out, the doctor was
called by an executive Of the Vic
tory Committee and told: Fine
chance for you to take good rest
Nobody ever gets sick on these
things. Come along and see the
sights-but bring your medicine kit,
just in case"
The doctor hadn't had a vacation
in four years. The picture looked
good. He hired physician to take
over his practice and accepted. AS
1t turned out. he became the most
in-demand figure OF the whole en-
tourage. He was administering day
and night
There were few cases OF sniffles.
considerable indigestion due to
change Of water and some minor
ailments among the players" said
DR.. Ephraim, but on the whole We
got away in grand style AS a mat
ter Of fact, the biggest scare We had
was not sickness, but a grave situa-
ton that turned up in New Orleans
due to lack Of police protection.
1T was beastly hot and We were
all piled into huge bus headed
for the performance at the Sugar
Bowl. We looked out into a vast
sea Of faces The bus was entirely
surrounded and not a policeman in
sight. Soon arms began to stretch
through the windows, tugging and
tearing at the clothing of the play
ers. There was nothing for me to
do but order all the windows in the
bus closed. 1t became sitting Many
Of us grew faint and I had visions
OF wholesale collapse.
The bus had to erope its way
through that solidly packed mass
of humanity all the way to the bowl.
We We're ALI in bad way by the
time We arrived and got into the
air I almost passed out myself
And I certainly don't know how
those great troupers managed to
give a performance that night"
Hero Of the cavalcade. the doctor
said, was Kay Kyser. who although
suffering from an aggravating case
Of leg arthritis, never missed a show
during the trip. He should have
been of his feet entirely, DR.. Eph-
rain said.
On the first night out, the doc
tor was reused from slumber at 3
in the morning to attend Kyser,
who was in great pain. AS he STUN
bled back TO his room. couple of
night hawk card players sympa-
thized with him. That's all right"
said the doctor, tomorrow morning
at I'm calling Kyser to come to
my berth and play a number"
The roses were red and they
helped to make it a red letter day
for Joan Harrison, Hollywood's S only
feminine movie producer. But it
was the note which accompanied
the box of elegant, long -stemmed
American beauties that most pleased
Miss Harrison, as she set to work
this week on her first effort, "Phan-
tom Lady" at Universal.
For the note was from Director
Alfred Hitchcock. master of sus-
pense on celluloid, with whom Miss
Harrison was associated AS writer
and assistant for eight years. The
note read:
Il have more than once been
accused Of posing as the man who
knew too much. but in this case
there isn't the shadow of doubt,
not the ve:iest suspicion, that you
will not make Phantom Lady the
kind of excellent picture that every
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith in America will
want to sec. You'll never need a
llfeboat, lady. Luck, HITCH"
X X X
1ngrid Bergman developed a Sc
we're case of the giggles and before
production on "Gaslight" could be
resumed at MGM the stage hai
to be cleared and a fresh start made.