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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20

ADJUSTMENTS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Respite From Hard Knocks
Kay Aldrdge Quits Lava Pits
Of Serials, but Only for While

Il may look as If I'm from a
very rich family" continues Kay,
but We were very poor I'm one
of five children. I was born in
Virginia and our house had-and
still has-no plumbing, and when I
was 10 I had to pick tomatoes.
My great ambition now is to make
people laugh, and put plumbing into
our house" In Hollywood Kay lives
with another beauty, Georgia Car
roll, which is almost too much
pulchtritude under one roof.
Kay worked two years as ste
nographer before she became a
Powers model in New York. Her
uncle went to the big city for a
chicken convention, and he took my
picture along in his pocket. He met
some one from the Powers Office and
1 received call to New York"
She returns there again soon fol
a stage role with Mary Martin in
Dancing in the Streets" but when
that is over Kay comes back tc
Hollywood to continue where she
left off in her last serial, Dare
devils of the West"
I'm that I wear cowboy clothes
and the idea is to build me up tc
where can be a female Gene
Autry."
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.

I'm very rugged" says the new
Pearl White of 1913. Il get boiled
in bubbling lava, have knife in
my back, I get hit with a toma-
hawk, l fall into a distillery vat,
which catches fire. I'm submerged in
alcohol, almost die at the end of
each inStallment, but always man
age to come through for the be-
ginning of the next"
Meet Kay Aldridge, former ste
nographer, eX-model, ex-movie show
girl, and the prettiest actress to es-
cape from Is episodes of blood and
thunder She talks about it through
a hamburger and onion sandwich
at the Hollywood Brown Derby.
In the old days." says Kay
through a cloud of onion odor,
serials were for grown-ups. Now
they are strictly for kids. That's
why there is no love stuff in them,
it would antagonize the children.
saw an episode from my serial,
"Perils Of Nyoka," the other eve
ming and sat next to a boy of about
8, 'D'ya think she's pretty?' asked
him. No. he replied, but she fights
good!'"
In the old days the serial queens
did their own stunt work They are
not quite as hardy these days. Kay
will climb up a rock, crouch as
though to spring onto her horse, but
some one else makes the jump
However. Kay does the fall from
the horse to the ground.
Nerves Will Out.
I'm quite frightened most of the
time" she tells me. She has rash
on her pretty skin caused, accord
ing to her doctor, by nervousness.
But I still like it better than the
movies I used to do" she states.
I'm outdoors most of the time, and
like the people I work with-they
are not theatrical. Most of the boys
are from Texas and Montana. In
stead of being a Still in movies,
I'm an action girl in the wide-open
spaces
Kay's last normal picture was
"Dubarry Was Lady" She played
a showgirl, and had tiny part as
blond BADLY. Mostly I had to
stand around, though" she says.
Her height was against her for big
roles. She is S feet inches high,
and too many of the leading men
are less than that. When Kay was
in Washington last year for the
Presidents Birthday Ball she took
off her shoes to make George Raft
look taller for a photograph they
had taken together. But camera
man sneaked up behind and TO-
cussed his lens on her feet!
Miss Aldridge was recently de-
scribed by Gregory Ratoff as the
girl with the most virtue and the
biggest appetite in Hollywood. She
is also one of the most amusing.
Plumbing Her Goal.
"Since I've been in Hollywood
every man I used to know seems
very attractive" says Kay. But
I'm still the marrying type. I'm
more interested in men than in a
career. I'd rather wait, though, and
get the right one for marriage. I've
never had to escape from being
hungry, or from a typewriter, or
from a family, which is why many
girls get married. I like being in
the movies. It's better than being
secretary, and it pays more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Camels Come Costly
Since Africa Invasion
HOLLYWOOD


Popularity OF North African pic
lures since American troops moved
IN on the Axis has boosted the act
ing price of camels from SIS a day
to $25.
With only IA camels available for
picture work, the studios not only
are willing, but anxious, to pay the
increased tariff. The desert "taxis''
are supplied by the Goebels Lion
Farm, and until nature does her
stuff, the supply will not be aug
mented, at least for the duration
The Goebel people received their
last shipment of five camels from
Egypt five years ago.
Warner Bros, having started the
camel boom with "Casablanca, has
Its orders in early for the hump
backs 1t will need for the new North
Africa drama, "Brazzaville." And
at the new price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
After Some Confusion
The Movie Is Titled
Hangmen Also Die
HOLLYWOOD

AoA-AS w oOo.
Arnold Pressburger's Forthcoming
screen drama of underground pa
trlots, fighting heroically against
Nazi tyranny, will be released under
the new title, "Hangmen Also Die"
1t was announced yesterday. For
merly called Never Surrender" and
"Unconquered," the picture stars
Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan
and Anna Lee.
"Hangmen Also Die" is based on
an original story by John Wexley,
Bert Brecht and Fritz Lang, who
also made the screen adaptation
Mr.. Lang also produced and di-
rected the new picture.
The cast includes Gene Lockhart,
Dennis O'Keefe, Alexander Granach,
Margaret Wycherly, Tonic Selwart,
Jonathan Hale, Lionel Stander,
Byron Foulger, and many others.
James Wong Howe supervised the
photography. A special musical
score, including a new Song of
Freedom was contributed by the
noted German composer, Hanns
Eisler, who also conducted. Hang
men Also Die" is the first full
length picture for which Eisler mas
written original music.
The picture will be released by
United Artists,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Star>Spangled Musical Back
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Is Triumph for Cagney

, Myer. Call it flag waving de luxe,
if you will, but it's stirring, will make
you want to cheer.
The story is the simple chapters
in the lives of the -Four Cohans, a
theatrical family of the gas-light
era, who had their lean days in the
side street boarding houses before
George M. found a lit in his pen,
that all he needed was a pencil to
write a play. They were the -Four
MuSketeers Of early vaudeville, sing
ing and dancing and counting bows,
until E. F.. Albee brought them to
the big time. Slowly the beloved
clan began to realize that the spark
of genius glowed in George M. and
gradually the other lives basked in
his reflected glory.
To miss James Cagney Is to pass
up the top musical performance of
the year. Walter Huston, Jeanne
Cagney, Richard Whorf, Joan Les
lie, Rosemary de Camp, Irene Man.
ming, George Barber and Minor
Watson are admirable in the sup
porting cast. Cagney's impersona-
ton is not an imitation, but one
in which Cohan's legion of friends
can recognize gait and mannerisms,
1t is 80 minutes of pleasant nos
talgla, made fragrant by delightful
song, most of them from the men,
DRY album.
X X X
On stage is typical Harry Anger
revue, which means that there are
sparkling, rhythmic 45-or-so min
utes Of diversion between each run
ming Of the Cohan story. The
DIvons, in short, provide suave and
sophisticated ballroom terpsichore.
the Oxford Boys vocal trio rolls
out the song barrel and the Roxy
cites appear in their accustomed
group OF dance routines which rarely
fail to delight the customer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
This Rationing Is Problem
For Today's Chorus Girl
She Wears Out Pair Every Weeks,
But She's Optimistic That Proper
Steps Will Be Taken by OPA
BY JAY CARMODY.

Critics OF the size of governmental establishments sometimes
right
the problems with which the establishments must deal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY.

In early September The Stars
motion picture reviewer called Yam
kee Doodle Dandy" a star-span-
gled musical. 1t still is in it's popu-
lar priced return at the Earle
Theater, with its star, James Cagney,
closer to academy gold recognition
BY now, as everybody knows, this
is the screen story of George M.
Conan, a genius of the theater, who
was composer playwright
director actor dancer, did all things
well. Before his death George M.
picked Cagney to be his screen
counterpart, and chose wisely.
AS Jimmy Cagney re-creates him
he becomes an endearing figure.
chasing away life's cares with an
other tune, or perhaps another play.
The scenario envelops him as Pres
ldent Roosevelt is pinning on the
decoration awarded by Congress for
writing the marching song of World
War I. AS he tells the President
OF his career the scenes unfold in
absorbing sequence.
Inc era OF his greatest success
was colorful and dramatic, and
Yankee Doodle Dandy" succeeds
admirably in telescoping it's five
decades of buoyant theatrical &C
ton into fast moving, song and
dance punctuated sequences. The
picture plucks upon the heartstrings
for its strongest emotional appeal
when it conjures the tender mo-
ments which conceived such roman
tic lyrics as "Mary's Grand Old
Name" and so Long Mary" For
patriotic impact it would be hard
to surpass the hoorah and feverish
swing provided for You're a Grand
Old Flag" nor the inner surge and
thrill that comes with the birth of
over There" at neigADoring Fort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20

are her own worry. is six weeks.
Moreover, unlike the average per-
sons shoes, the six weeks is final
| There Is no such thing as repairing
dancing shoe. When it wears, it
wears all over. To put it in shape
is not a matter of Soles and heels.
but Of new ''uppers" as we'll. That
means a new shoe.
AS matter of fact, it is even
worse than that. A Roxyette gets
SIX weeks wear out of her average
pair OF shoes because she constantly
changes them. -Four pairs are kept
working constantly, the changes be-
tween numbers serving to prolong
the lives of each pair
The shoes used at the Earle are
quite special. too, we'll beyond any
thing prescribed in the proclamation
on rationing-at least to date.
AS Women'S shoes go, they are not
very expensive, mere $500 a pair.
That is wholesale, naturally. And
wholesale" belongs in the dead part
OF the language today.
Dancers and their employers, an
almost clasSically optimistic group
OF people, are not exactly paralyzed
with despair at the sudden turn of
events. They think that suitable eX-
emptionS will be made in their cases.
1t is part Of their unquenchable faith
in both human and government ma
ture. Shoes are the tools of their
profession and they do not think
they will be taken away from them,
at least not until some one has time
to develop whatever it
might be.
Not to indicate an excessive care
freeness on the part of dancers. it
is only honest to report that many
OF them are more worried about
their personal shoes than their pro-
fessional ones. 1t is a valid worry,
validity come by.
Unlike the average feminine hui
man in that they spend so much
of their lives in hotels-where they
neither need coffee, fuel or other
ration cards-many members of the
profession have neglected to get
them.
The neglect, of course, is cor
rectable and is being corrected as
fast as the forms can be filled out.
Every one knows how that is.
At the risk of sounding like
fashion note, although it probably
still is in order in a dancing shoe
column to report that Hollywood
people who used to dance before
becoming strictly glamorous are
suddenly keenly interested in their
old ballet slippers. These are being
dug out for not merly casual, or
sports, wear, but for occasions when
the dress is strictly formal.
Cleaned up, the old satin ones
still have a few hours of service
ability about them.
And the praiseworthy novelty of
1t eliminates any sense Of sacrifice
*
Bulletin board: Road to Singa-
pore the first of the Bing Crosby
Bob Hope road shows, will be added
TO the Titles program starting
Monday. d. . Thunder Over Mexi-
co. the Steinbeck- Eisenstein collab-
Grafton, will be tomorrow nights
attraction in the film series at the
king-Smith Playhouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Delegation to Chicago

Rudolph Berger, Mid-South At
lantic district sales manager for
Metro-GoldWyn-Mayer, has left
Washington to attend the annual
Variety Club meeting in Chicago
over the week end. Mr.. Berger,
head of the local Welfare Commit
tee, will be accompanied by Samuel
N. Wheeler, chief barker Vince
Dougherty, past chief barker; Eddie
Fontaine, A. E. Lichtman and Sam
CALAMITY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20

ferrous even lew weeks ago. ina
situation is profoundly in the max
ing, however, and where it will lead
in the labyrinthine way of even
the most minor situation today-no
one knows.
The fact is that on three profess
sional pairs of shoes a year, an
Earle Roxyette would be able to
work Is weeks in II months. unless.
of course, she decided to dance bare
foot the remaining "a weeks. To
assume that she could do SO. even
II she would, is to reckon without
nature who neglected to make pro-
vision for barefoot dancing when
she designed feet. True, a certain
amount of it is done in the ballet,
but it is very limited amount, moth
ing like that required in two or
three numbers danced in four shows
a day. Or, worse still, five as on
Saturdays and holidays.
Research inspired by shoe "a
tioning has informed the manage
ment of the Earle that the life of
chorus girls public shoes, as dis
tinct from her private ones which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

and lime OF Showing
Stage.
Harriet" Helen Hayes
as Mrs. Stowe: 2:30 and $50 pm
Screen.
Capitol - "Chetniks," Yugoslay
patriots tackle the new order 1876
am, 1855, $40, $40, COS and l1:3C
pm. Stage shows: 1910, $50, 5:35
800 and 10:45 pm.
Columbia-"Palm Beach Story,
fun on a train, with Claudette Col
bert: 11:10 m, l, $50, 4;45, 6:35
$50 and 1920 pm.
Earle-"Yankee Doodle Dandy,
James Cagney as the great Conan
1920 am, Ito, 4, $50 and 9:4(
pm, 1890 am. Stage shows: y 40
3:35, $40 and $40 pm, II midnight
Keith's-"They Got Me Covered,
Bob Hope on a spy hunt: 1l:l5 am.
1;20, 1925, $50, 1875 and $40 pm.
Little - Road to Singapore,
Hope -Crosby-Lamour on an earlier
tour: 1890, $50, $40 and $50 pm
Observation-Disclosures Strike
at Dawn workout for Canadian
troops: HOS am, ITO, 800, SIS
7:30 and $40 pm.
Palace-'In Which We Serve,
Noel Coward's life of a man war
II 40 am, 2:10, 4:40, ITO and 9:4(
pm.
Pix-"Seven Miles From Alca.
traz,' with Bonita Granville: lis
1886, SIS, 8:l5 and 1926 pm, IL s.
am.
Trans-LuX - News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Correspondent Had
A Wonderful Time
HOLLYWOOD,

Cabled New Years greetings from
Russia have just arrived for Erskine
Caldwell, noted novelist who COL
Elaborated on Warner Bros screen
play of Mission to Moscow" the
book by ex-Ambassador Joseph E.
Davies. The long delayed wire, sent
by Vladimir Suchov, Soviet war cor
respondent, read:
New Years greetings. You're
missing the greatest show on earth.
Wish you were here"
1t was sent from Stalingrad.
Evening star., 1943-06-21
OAR Bridge Party
TOAidMacArthur

Three periods for bridge-morning
afternoon and evening-have been
arranged by the Red Cross Commit
tee of the District Daughters of the
American Revolution for its benefit
card party and bazaar Wednesday
at the OAR Chapter House.
The proceeds will go to the pur-
chase of a clubmobile to be sent by
the committee to Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur in Australia.
The bazaar will feature tables SELL
ing various home baked items,
candy, aprons and fancy articles,
grab bags" and white elephants"
A Red Cross canteen also will be
on hand to serve a cold supper for
approximately 300.
Bridge sessions have been sched-
uled from II am. to ! pm, from
2 to 4 pm, and from to 10 pm.
Patronesses for the benefit include
Mrs. Geoffrey Creyke, State regent;
Mrs. William H. Pouch, president
general; Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins,
honorary vice president general;
Miss Lillian Chenoweth, vice presi-
dent general; Mrs. Samuel j. Camp
bell, treasurer general; Mrs. Ralph
L. Crockett, librarian general; Mrs.
Evening star., 1943-06-21
Mile. Artaud
To Be Haiti's
Delegate
Named To Serve
On Inter.A merican
Commission

Mile. Rachel Artaud secretary
to the Ambassador of Haiti,
has been appointed delegate from
Haiti to the nter-American Com
mission of Women. Only % years
Of age, the new delegate is very much
interested in women's problems and
belongs to several women's organi-
cations in Haiti.
Mademoiselle Artaud graduated
from the Normal School at Port-au-
Prince and speaks English huently.
Senorita Minerva Bernardino, vice
chairman Of the commission, was es-
pecially pleased with the appoint
ment as Haiti has not been repre-
sented in the organization since 1899.
Established on permanent basis by
the International Conference of
American States held at Lima in
1888, the commission is composed Of
one delegate from each of the 81
American republics. 1t has an office
at the .Pan-American Union.
Evening star., 1943-06-21

w. H. Belk, chaplain general: Mrs.
Roy G. Bowker, Miss Viola Reece,
Miss Ethel Martin, Mrs. j. Edwin
Lawton, Mrs. r. H. Lyle Seaton, Miss
Margaret Smith, Mrs. Wilbur v.
Leech, Mrs. Wilfred j. Chairman and
Mrs. Lois M. Hicks.
Mrs. Oscar Knox, Mrs. Charles
Carroll Haig, Mrs. Gaius Brum-
baugh, Mrs. Rex H. Rhoades, Mrs.
Harper D. Sheppard, Mrs. Harvey
Hunt, Mrs. j. William Johnson, Miss
Nellie Thomas, Mrs. Leo Kasehagen,
Mrs. Edward Sasnett, Mrs. Harry
Howard, Mrs. Julian Goodhue, Mrs.
Angus Lamond, Mrs. Frank Sher-
man, Mrs. Robert Van Denbergh,
Mrs. TOMS j. Holzberg, Miss Phebe
Ann Ross, Miss Mary E. Black, Mrs.
Roger Williams, Mrs. William H.
McGlaufin, Mrs. Harry G. Oberhol-
ser, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Steele
and Mrs. Annie Steele.
Evening star., 1943-06-21

an exchange of pupils between diff
ferent countries. If this program
were carried out, the next genera
ton would be much more under
standing of people OF other lands
and it would go far in contributing
to world peace"
Mrs. Eaton will commence "prac-
ticing what she breaches" on June
% when she will begin instruction in
French to class of about 20 chill
dren at the Childen's Museum She
will also teach little girls sewing and
cooking, domestic sciences she be-
lieves essential in the education of
all of the "gentler SEX"
Little girls love to make things"
she said. Il will never forget the
first handkerchief I hemstitched
when was six years old. They like
to cook, too, and I thought it would
be nice to teach the museum chill
dren to make cookies and candies
which they can sell for the benefit
OF the museum"
Peter, who enjoys the exhibits
dllo CtoooCo az UllC LluoS ulll, LIDS dll
interesting program scheduled for
him during long vacation days He
is taught to care for his room, clean
his shoes and practice daily on the
piano.
HE also helps me in the apart
ment and Sunday mornings prepares
and brings breakfast to my room,"
his mother smiled.
Even Bibishe, the faithful old
shepherd now 13 years old, has
learned that life has a serious
mission.
Patting the head of the dog lying
at her feet, Mrs. Eaton said, "she
was expecting a family when we
were forced to leave France. 1t was
not comfortable for her but she was
very good during the entire trip
and made no trouble. The week after
we arrived in Washington, her fam
lily of nine puppies was born"
1t has been over a year since Mrs.
Eaton has heard from relatives and
friends in France. Until the COM
plete occupation by the Nazis, she
received an occasional letter from
the maid who remained at their
Evening star., 1943-06-21
Club Federation
Opens Drive to
Buy 50 Bombers
s15.OOO.OOO Project
To Include Groups
In All States

A "Buy Bomber" campaign with
a feet of so Anchored bombers as
its immediate goal has been
launched as a War bond project by
Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, president
of the General Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs.
The entire fleet will represent a
$15,000,000 investment in War
bonds toward which affiliated clubs
in the 48 State federations, as well
as the District of Columbia and
Alaska, will be asked to contribute.
Each State federation has been
assigned a $780, 900 quota and when
that amount has been reached will
be entitled to have its name, fol-
lowed by the general federation's
initials, painted on the nose of a
bomber. All War bond purchases
made in the campaign will be
reported to the United States Air
Force.
Mrs. John D. Robinson of Wallace,
N. c., chairman of the federation's
U. S. Bond and Stamp Committee
and Mrs. Gustav Ketterer of Phila-
delphia, chairman Of the War Serv-
ice Department, are assisting in the
campaign.
when this initial fleet Of so
bombers has been launched and
named" Mrs. Whitehurst said, "in-
dividual clubs or groups Of clubs
within a city or county should set
themselves bomber goals. These
bombers may bear the name of the
individual club which has sold
enough bonds to finance their pur-
chase, or where several clubs have
worked together, they may name
their bomber for the city or county
in which the group of cooperating
clubs is located.
"All friends and relatives of club
women will be urged to buy bonds
in this campaign. Arrangements
must be made with each State War
Finance chairman, who will set a
time limit and explain how certifi-
cations of bonds sold for this cam
paign may be obtained from banks,
postofflces, or other issuing agencies
The sooner the campaign is under
way, the nearer we will be to vic
tory"