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Evening star., 1943-08-08
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Evening star., 1943-08-08
BY the Associated Pres

bS tHe hSSUCldlcQ fTeSS.
HOLLYWOOD.
The present golden era of new
faces in films is beginning to show
signs here and there that male stars
may be drawn from the ranks of
servicemen who have seen action
and have been invalided home.
Up to the present, the loss of so
many male stars to the armed forces
has tended to glorify the 4-F and
overage actor, and it is bound to
be so for time at least. But the
new route to film fame may we'll be
by way of battlefields, and sky and
sea lanes. AS the war continues,
this can be expected to be increas-
ingly so, as films concerning the war
naturally are more appealing to au-
diences when they know the heroes
are real ones. not strictly celluloid
In the era when What Price
Glory started long line of sue
cessful war stories, the American
Legion urged the use of men. as
extras, who had seen war service.
Studios found it a practical as we'll
as sentimental idea, for their
veterans looked like veterans.
Earliest veteran of this war to be
signed to a film contract as a lead
ing man is Bill Carter, whose first
screen appearance is the romantic
lead in MY Kingdom for a Cook"
Carter was among the first volun-
teers to join the American Field
Service. and as a member of the
first contingent, went to North
Africa, attached to Montgomery's
9th Army. He went through the
siege of Tobruk (the first one), and
after being wounded at Ell Alamein,
got through the lines of the Afrika
Korps and made his escape. He was
invalided home.
Melvin Francis, one of the en-
listed men on the Marblehead, lost
an eye in the battle of the Java
Sea, and was one of the nine men
brought out alive by the heroic DR..
Corydon Wassell. After being treat
ed, supplied with glass eye, and in
valided out of the Navy, he came
down to Hollywood to see DR.. Was
sell, then engaged in conferences
about making his life into a film.
De Mile met him, became inter-
ested, and gave him 10-week film
contract at $3.50 week, along with
Evening star., 1943-08-08
Why Directors
Must Possess
Steely Nerves
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
That scene they shot at Para
mount the other day will probably
be very amusing but it can't possibly
be as funny as the antics the unit
had to go through to get It on
celluloid.
The scene, between Fred Mac
Murray and Paulette Goddard,
seemed simple enough but 1t actu-
ally was pretty intricate, for in ad-
dition to running some two and
half pages Of dialog it called for
several bits of business, including
the making of bed by Paulette.
First came a series of Interrupt
tions by lady gossip columnist,
who practically took direction out
of Director Sidney Lanfields hands.
MacMurraY, upset at her loud talk
ing, blew his lines, then Miss God
dard, detained off stage by the same
writer, was late making an entrance,
throwing the timing out of gear.
Lanfield was in a state of mind
by this time. Some one whispered
as the cameras rolled again, and he
sarcastically told every one to talk
it up"
The next attempt was well under
way and going smoothly when an
Army bomber roared overhead and
the soundman ordered a cut The
next time an innocent bystander
jingled coins in his pocket and Lam
field, who has ears of bird dogs
acuteness, called things off again.
Lanfield was slowly going crazy,
but he ordered another attempt.
That's when the bomber returned.
MacMurray blew his lines twice
more, and when the thing was
finally completed Lanfield fed, bab-
bling, from the set.
Evening star., 1943-08-08
Bergner Returns in Jalopy
Bv J. NJ. Kendrick,

been active in the neighborhood.
These scenes and the one in which
he is foiled and commits suicide are
the most effective in the play.
Victor Jory comes from the films,
which have also taken most of Miss
Bergner's time and talent in recent
years, to play the role of the artist.
Irene Worth Is the Cecily Harden
who inspires his poisoning of the
second Mrs. Carroll.
This is her New York stage debut
and her performance Is excellent.
She Is handsome brunette who also
halls from the Hollywood studios,
which claimed her from the Uni
versity of California.
The melodrama is from the pen
of Mrs. Bayard WELLER, widow of the
late playwright who wrote within the
Law" and THE Thirteenth Chair"
She writes under the name of
Martin Vale" The staging is by
Reginald Denham; the settings by
Frederick Fox Robert Reud and
Paul Czinner are the producers.
The two Mrs. Carols" is worth
seeing If for no more reason than
it has the red-headed Miss Bergner.
Too bad, she does not have a We
hicle worthy Of her splendid ability.
M-Chosen Comedy.
Remember THE Great Express
Robbery" ''Deadwood Dicks Last
Shot," Nelly, the Cloak Model"
Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl"
Getting Gertie's Carter" The
Trial of Mary Dugan," THE Green
Hat" Shanghai Gesture" and Par
lor, Bedroom and Bath?
Well, A. H. Woods, who produced
these and many other successes
down through the years, entered the
new season this week with TRY and
a
Evening star., 1943-08-08
oklahoma for All?
By Jaw CarmOdp

survive the fact that when Miss
Roberts later was forced to drop
out because of a throat ailment-
singers do seem to be subject to
throat NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." went
along just as vibrantly as II the
original cast was intact.
A Success Inherently.
At various other times others of
the principals have taken a night
off or longer and nothing has made
the slightest difference.
The conclusion gradually has been
forced upon every one associated
with the operetta that it is a thing
of irresistible appeal, but one which
is inherent in the book, the music
and the dancing. About them there
is freshness that lends itself to
any fresh singing, dancing, comedy
or other variety of talent upon
which the guild may lay its hands.
There Is much of such talent
about in spite of wars and cor
relative disturbances.
The guild probably will assemble
it into a road company and take
oklahoma" to the people every
where. with Washington at the top
of the list when and if the project
is launched. 1t feels as keenly about
its obligation as the public is keen
to see the most talented of operetta
in years.
Speaking of casting this depart
ment was corrected during the past
wee kon its conviction that Patricia
Peardon. the cutely corpulent child
who played Judy in Junior Miss"
here and on Broadway, was the
ultimately perfect player for the
role.
"She was splendid" our informant
admitted, land thought the same
thing. That is until I got chance
to see a couple of other Judys. They
seemed equally good, probably be-
cause Jerome Chodorov and Joseph
Fields wrote the role so playably.
You never realize that, of course,
until you have seen more than one,
and I don't mean to detract a bit
from the work of little Miss Pear
don. She was marvellous. But it
was because Judy is marvellous, too."
Local Moppets in Miss"
Incidentally two Washington
youngsters are among the members
of the cast which will do Junior
Miss" at the National for the next
fortnight. They are Joel Marsh
(Friedman) nice youngster who
used to come into the drama de-
partment when he was a student of
Rose Robinson Cohen's drama
school, and Dorise Bell.
Elizabeth Bergner fans, virtually
the most enthusiastic people in the
world about six years ago, will be
glad to know that in the opinion
of New York's drama critics Miss
Bergner has lost none of her magic.
Her appearance there this week in
THE Two Mrs. Carrolls"-which
died aborning in Washington five
years ago-was a personal triumph
for Miss Bergner, sufficiently so that
the melodrama is given a chance
to run despite its essential weak
nesSeS in structure.
Those weaknesses are not the
grievous ones of the play when it
was presented here for Miss Bergner
is appearing in the London version
of the play, one which ran two
years.
Her success IS another one CAL
culated to make Hollywood rue the
fact that it could find nothing worthy
of her when she was waiting out
there for work
Now she probably will be in great
demand, which so many actresses
are after they have scored brilliant
ly on Broadway.
Evening star., 1943-08-08

family name before Donald was
born.
The death of his father left Dom
aid and the rest of the family un-
der the management of his mother,
an astute, firm-handed woman who
has shaped Donald's disposition and
talents to his present success. The
constant mutual razzing and kid
ding of the O'Connor household
has given Donald that valuable gift
of poking fun at himself and taking
it when It's handed out AS he
plays cock-sure roles before the
camera his gift of self minimizing
enables him to avoid the label of
smart alec.
Show business and public atten-
ton is just way of making a liv-
Evening star., 1943-08-08
HOII.XMOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
The incest people in Hollywood
are sometimes the worst copy. And
the nastiest people in Hollywood
sometimes furnish columnists with
the most interesting news items
again, not always. I'll take you with
me on a grand tour of the film
heavens, and you may see what I
mean.
There's Rita Hayworth. Few girls
in Hollywood are as anxious to
please as Rita. From tip to toe she
spells good copy for the reporter
lucky enough to catch up with her.
But she is in the category of pas
sive" copy. I mean, just the fact of
being Rita Hayworth is interesting.
Rita herself is not. 1t Is too hot to-
day to add up the number of times
I have spent in the presence of Miss
Hayworth trying to extract from her
a newsworthy item. The gal has q
reporter-proof defense-a giggle.
When question is put to her that
Evening star., 1943-08-08

Oklahoma !, the only 0peretta that
ever truly deserved the exclamation
point in its title, may yet go to the
people who cannot go to it. That Is
to say, the Theater Guild, sponsor
of this piece of magical music, is
seriously considering the project OF
a second company. Its happy fate
would be to tour the country, letting
the provinces see for themselves
what a wonderful thing the Guild
begot in the Lynn RiggsRichard
Rodges- Oscar Hammerstein work.
Mr.. Lawrence Langner of the
Guild was saying as much at the
Willard the other afternoon. Mr.
Langner of Fifty-second street and
Connecticut-the latter making him
a constituent of Americas most
beautiful lCongreSswoman-wondered
only a little bit at the practically
of the project.
'It would be shame to keep 1t
away from the country" Mr.. Lang
ner's tablemate said with as much
passion as could be mustered by the
time the hot day had reached the
cocktail hour. ''It is the finest piece
of Americana in the modern thea
ter Maybe in the anterior and pos
terror theaters, too, for all that.
THE people"-the man by this
time was beginning to sound like a
Southern anti-New Deal Congress
man on the 4th of July-"the people
must not be denied the privilege of
seeing it while New Yorkers have
only to wait 10 or II weeks"
Mr.. Langner thought that was fair
enough. He felt the same way about
it, especially in view of the fact
that the production is likely to re-
main two full years on Broadway.
That would be keeping the country
waiting too long, not that okla
homa!" is not timeless, but because
the peoples patience is less than
infinite.
Casting Would Come Easy.
One of the advantages of "Okla-
homa!" over any other piece of mu-
sical drama any one at the table
could think of is that it lends itself
ideally to second company casting.
,ts bright young people who con-
stitute most of the cast-and its few
greatly gifted older ones-owe their
prominence to the operetta. In
other words, they were little ones
who were swept into the public
affection by the fundamental charm
of the vehicle in which they appear
ed. The operetta is marvelously
interpreted by them, splendidly COM
plemented by their presence, but
they were not stars until it made
them so.
mo one could complain, there
fore, that second company for the
road was inferior as to cast simply
because there were no star names, u
Mr. Langner mused aloud.
There was more to the estimate
than Mr. Langner's words disclosed.
At one time or another in the vivid
history of "Oklahoma!" it has been
without the services of the per-
sonalities who, with it, have become
Broadway bywords.
Alfred Drake, for instance, has
been out of the cast with throat
infection on one occasion. Until
illness overlook him strong case
could have been made that he was
the perfect baritone, for the role of
Curly. When, however, an under
study stepped in and there was no
effect upon the ecstasy induced by
the operetta, the assumption was
disproved.
The operetta, however. still had
Joan Roberts, the blond little hero
inc. Perhaps Mr.. Drake was not
missed because hers is the more
alluring contribution to the en-
chantment of the show. That point
was made, too But it could not
Evening star., 1943-08-08

(See KENDRICK, Page C-9)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-31
BY BETTY MACDONALD
NEA Staff CorreSpnndent

Washington.-The boys on the
graveyard shift at the TWA main
tenance hangar here are unanimous
in their approval:
Lesley Frost? She's tops"
They are referring to the 1.-the,
blue-eyed lady in coveralls, pre-
variously a-straddle the nose of
a huge four-engine Army trans
port. Maybe she's checking wires
that must be perfectly attuned,
maybe she's changing some Of the
% giant spark plugs in a 2000-
H. P. engine. Whatever she's do
ing, she's doing it well.
At the hangar, she's No, j.
only woman on the graveyard
shift; a skillful team member get
ting a mans salary, doing a mans
job. She knows the work. In
World War l she carved mahog-
any propellers for wooden planes.
In this war, she worked up from
trainee ranks, cutting props with
steel blades; rivieting bolts in
plane parts; weighing propellers
Will c ohiiilul eye anu BOOu
feel: inspecting precision instru-
ments. Now, she's an electrical
"man."
Out Of her working clothes, you
meet a different Leslie Frost. You
meet the daughter of one of
Americas foremost poets, Robert
Frost. You see Imagination, vi
tally. a woman with an interest
ing past. an intellectual present,
cynical future.
Out of her coveralls, off the
graveyard shift Lesley runs a
pension" that is unique in the
busy annals OF Washington life.
With 10 girls from all parts of the
world Robert Frosts daughter
conducts o school for the open
mind" where college graduates
continue their education by in
formal. round table discussions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-31
HEALTH COLUMN
WARTIME HEALTH COLUMN -
Simple Blood Building Diet
Prevents Prenatal Anaemia

token, the red blood cell count does
not indicate blood loss when it shifts
from four and one-half million in
the nonpregnant state to three and
one-half million during pregnancy.
Levels for hemoglobin and red blood
cells lower than the standards for
normal pregnancy indicate a true
anemia.
The vomiting of pregnancy and
the gastro-intestinal disturbances
associated with that state may in
terfere with the dietary factors nee
essary for the stimulation of the
blood cell formation. Furthermore,
pregnancy eXerts an increased die
tary demand on the mother which
is not always met by proper Sc
lection of foods. Besides these fac
tors, the fetus constantly demands
the substances out of which blood is
produced, and takes them at the ex-
pense of the mother.
1t is rare, indeed, of an infant
to be born anemic, an observation
which means that its supply is as
sured, regards of the intake on
the part of the mother. If the moth
er is anemic, the infant may also
become anemic some months after
birth because of deficient storage of
iron by the fetus. The administra-
ton of iron to the mother during
pregnancy or to the infant after
birth will prevent this type of ane-
mia.
DEFICIENT DIET is FACTOR
Although anemia may occur in all
groups of pregnant women. regard
less of economic status, all surveys
emphasize the fact that the condi-
ton is much more common at the
lower income levels, in which groups
dietary deficiencies are likewise more
frequent. Also anemia due to preg-
nancy is more infrequent in women
whose dietary history is known to be
satisfactory.
The increased demands exerted
by pregnancy may result in anemia
if there is not a simultaneous in
crease in the supply of bodybuilding
materials. Additional iron-contain-
ing foods such as liver green, leafy
vegetables and protein foods such
as meat. fowl, and dairy products
will balance the stepped-up nede and
prevent anemia. The periodic pre-
natal examination will verify the
result and detect the onset OF any
other complication.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-31

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The school is run as a sort of
home. All the girls work during
the day at war jobs, return at
night for seminars. Sometimes
Robert Frost drops in for a few
days; sometimes lis crony, Pad
raic Colum, holds forth on Irish
mysticism; about every two weeks
Warren Mullin, the news COM
mentator, drifts in to discuss cur
rent affairs; exciting visitors from
all parts Of the world - Painter
Init kaufman from Vienna - a
Wellesley professor who fought in
the Spanish war-a Mexican po-
lltical hero-all mingle in discus
sions at Lesley's school.
But her career dates back, be-
yond the school-beyond the plane
factory job. Miss Frost was a
member of an eight-man crew on
motorless, radioless sloop from
New York to the Baltic Sea; she
sold books around the world on a
cruise. She toured New England
for five summers with a caravan
bookshop. She raised two pretty
daughters, and taught them in the
same informal, progressive way
she teaches at her school. She's
written many books, including
mot Really" a juvenile best
seller. She was a professor Of
English at Rockford College,
Rockford, Ill. She's been an edi-
tor. author, press agent and re-
porter.
Miss Frost has no postwar
plans. In her estimation, the war
won't end In this century. 1t may
have a brief armistice, but the
social and religious and race up
heavals will go on and on through
our generation, she believes.
Her one post World War II am
bition, however, is to learn to fly.
She also wants to travel again,
between wars, with the money
she's making now"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-31

steering-W wheel as she had never
done before.
On through the night. A short
rest. Then on again
A look at the tank. Plenty juice
thank God! And more petrol, in
tins, slowed away in the back.
Both the girl and the man were
silent, Their hopes and prayers
ran parallel. Then. finally. the
edge of the jungle; and pygny
popping out of the grass not TIE
medicine man, but another Man
Mann whom the later had sum-
moned.
He made clicky noises; pointed
into the wilderness. They stopped,
jumped out OF the car, followed
hut.
There, where he had been squat
ting on the threshold, rose small.
ocre-smeared savage,
Without word, but with as
much pride in his achievement Is
any great American doctor, lo
stabbed finger into the cool
shadows of the hut. The man
whom he had nursed and called
back from the gates Of death with
his queer jungly craft, lay there,
pale, emaciated but Breathing
regularly, sleeping calmly.
Momentarily, Nancy felt like
throwing her arms about the little
savage and kissing him. The Al
CHAN must have read her mind
What" he inquired, docs a
monkey know of the scent of jas
mine?"
What do you mean?'
81 mean that you should give
the sweetness of your lips to those
who appreciate. To me, for in
stance, since the saheb is asleep"
She smiled happily.
Il must give the little man
something
Il have a string of beads in my
pocket"
Beads she interrupted. for
saving a mans life? I guess there's
drop of Scotcvh in your Afghan
blood.
her finger and gave it to the Mann
MAN. He broke into joyous, high
pitched laughter; was out of the
hut into the jungle.
Zaman Khan followed; and
Nancy was alone with Lincoln
The medicine mans shrill mirth
had awakened him. He saw Many,
and he did not seem astonished at
all. and his first words were.
Il love you, dear"
And I love you," she replied
She leaned down. He reached
up. He felt her lips yield to him.
Then, after minute or two
as men count time = that seemed
an eternity, he heard her voice,
husky and with a tremulous laugh:
"You know-if you were a gen.
tleman, you'd tell me your name
Go Be Continued
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-31
PRODUCTION SHORTS

John Garfield will star in Deep
Valley" as soon as he finishes Dis
tination Tokyo" for Warner Bros. 3.
Ray Milland handed starring role
IN "TomorroW's Harvest" Nancy
Coleman and Helmut Dantine, riv-
ais in Edge of Darkness" will be
teamed Economically in Coffin for
Dimitrios" Jean Cabin, back
from New York, starts work in
Passport to Dakar" Rod Rog
ers, ex-vaudevillian. signs for i'm
portant role in Shine On, Harvest
Moon" Charles Boyer reports
to MGM for first time since 1887
with start o f"Gaslight" with In
grid Bergman :. With start of
Passage to Marseille," Humphrey
Bogart starrer, Warner Bros. now
has six top-bracket productions be-
fore the cameras Charles Bick-
ford signs term deal with Twentieth
Century-Fox as result OF work III
1.-THE Song of Bernadette"
Thorn Mitchell set to play the role
Of the father In THE Sullivans."