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Evening star., 1943-08-20
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

HOLLYWOOD.
Behind the loan of Olivia De
Havilland to RKO for the lead in
Government Girl' is an amusing
story, typical of what goes on in the
Offices of the big shots of Hollywood.
Olivia herself tells the story.
"a year ago." she says, David
Selznick had a deal with Warmers
to lend them Ingrid Bergman for
'Casablanca' in exchange for a pic
ture with me. He did not make the
picture. A few months ago Warmers
wanted Bergman for Saratoga
Trunk David said he would lend
her again on condition that he could
sell his deal with me to another
studio for as much as he could get.
"All right. The conversation now
switches to my agent, Myron Selz-
nick, David's brother, who called me
up to say: Olivia, you're going to
make thousands and thousands of
dollars knowing I was still under
contract to Warmers, for whom I
don't make thousands and thou
sands of dollars, I yawned and said,
oh, really? When?' Within the
next eight weeks Myron replied. I
was still skeptical. but asked him,
How much actually am I going to
make?' One hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars he said. He
then told me was going to RKO
for Government Girl
We'll, now I really was interested.
1t seemed wonderful to make $125,-
0o0 Am really going to get all
that money! I asked Myron. oh.
no. he replied. You're not going
to get it-you're going to make it. >
David Selznick. who sold my picture
deal to RKO, is going to get it. All
I get is one-flfth of the money, out
of which I have to pay Myron Sez-
nick 10 per cent for handling the
deal!"
Olivia looks mysterious when I
ask her future film plans. Her con-
tract with Warmers expires at the
end Of six months. All she knows
lOi sui lso tlidb SllN W1ll llot iAIdhC n
picture for David Selznick-unless
she gets a real share of the profits
he makes from lending his super
stock company. AS free lancer,
Olivia will be in very pretty spot
to make some big deals for herself
Gary Cooper. on the set of THE
Story of Doctor WaSsell." consoles a
visiting Marine who tells him that
he lost go pounds from the heat and
malaria of Guadalcanal. 1t seems
that many years ago, Gary lost 40
pounds in weight and was ordered
off the screen by his doctor. Those
were the days when his best girl
friends were Lupe Velez and Coun-
tess Di Frasso. With happy mar
ried life, Gary is now as fat as he
will ever be
Alexis Smith is always visiting the
sets of other stars in hopes of learn
ing something from their acting
Evening star., 1943-08-20

lures has usually been on the South
Americans.
"Saludos Amigos" takes the form
Of whimsical travelogue. In col
ored, straight Photographic Sc
quences it shows the Disney troupe
visiting Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
and Brazil. Then, in the imagina-
tive way of the master, each of these
stop-overs is illustrated in brief,
vivid anecdotes making use of fa-
miliar Disney characters, supple
mented by native ones of equally
beguiling charm.
In Bolivia. where the journey be-
gins, the sequence involves Donald
and a naughty dancing llama. a
pair who combine some of the finest
elements of comedy in Donald's
furious life.
In Chile, the film hits one of its
two highest spots in telling the story
of Pedro, the baby airplane who
risks the frightening elements of the
highest Andes to bring through the
mails. Pedro, new character in
the gallery of Disney. is one of the
most beguiling additions conceiv-
able, weak little airplane whose
foolhardiness gets him into more
trouble than his luck has any right
to save him from.
Over the Andes. Goofy comes into
the picture. as Gaucho. His tenn
pestuous job is to illustrate that
there is not much difference be-
tween the life of the Western United
States range country and that of
the Argentine pampas.
Goofy does his job with almost
more violence than good will but,
as it is, it is much less en-
than Donald Ducks re-
appearance AS an American tourist
in the final Brazilian sequence. That
is the one in which Joe Carioca
pops up. Joe, brilliantly dressed
parrot who knows his way about the
night spots of Rio de Janeiro. is a
beyond the Imagination
Evening star., 1943-08-20

leased-became apparent to Wash
ington yesterday when "Saludos
Amigos" opened at Keiths. From
now on, from the standpoint of en-
tertainment as we'll as international
good will, Donald Duck, Goofy, Joe
Carioca, etc, are our nominees for
the Mission to----" jobs
Whatever their ignorance of the
language of diplomacy, they speak
that of humanity with such heart
warming charm and humor as to
disqualify other aspirants to the
task
'Saludos Amigos" peopled with
DiSney's familiar characters together
with a number of new ones, is a pic
ture that leaves but one regret. 1t
runs but As minutes and even though
the interval is packed with whimsi-
cal comedy. drama dance and song,
the mind and the heart asks for
more.
Keith's provides a well -contrived
supplemental feature in Next of
Kin" dramatic. suspenseful, utili-
tartan piece of screen-craft which
illustrates the tragic effect of ILL
advised talk in wartime. British
made, originally for soldier audi
ences, Next of Kin" is arresting
enough. but not enough to compen-
safe for the brevity of "Saludos
Amigos"
In waving the hand of hemis-
pheric fellowship over the Americas,
Disney has put more Imagination
into his picture than has gone into
all others of the type combined. He
has made. first of all. a good piece
OF entertainment. He has been
thoughtful of much more than that,
however. Donald Duck, for instance,
Is used not merely as an amusing
fellow but one whose furious
dudgeon has been tanned to fit the
pictures spirit of good will. 1t takes
courage to turn D. Duck into
stooge. 1t takes wisdom. too. Disney
had both and when that Brazilian
sophisticate. Joe Carioca, takes
Donald for a ride. it is not merely
hilarious, but good diplomacy. The
joke in other South American pic
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Career of Ameche, Playboy

HEAVEN CAN WAIT" a Goth Century
Fox picture. starring Don Ameche and
Gene Tierney. produced and directed by
Ernest Lubitsch, screenolay by Ssmson
Rapha elson, based on the play Birth
day by La2io BuSFakete. At the Pa ace
III CaS
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Where and When
Current Theoter Attroc tions
and Time Of Showino

Stage.
NationalE"Junior Miss" Max
Gordon's hit: Tonight at $50.
Screen.
Capitol - Above Suspicion" a
hegira through Nazi Germany: II
am, lao, 4:20, Ills and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows: l2:45, $3.50, $40 and
8 pm.
Columbia-"Dixie," Bing Crosby
in the land of: II am, 1:10, 800,
$50, TAO and $50 pm.
Earle-"This Is the Army" the
almost-all-Army show: 10:15 am,
12:40. $40, 5:35. 8 and 1890 pm.
Stage shows: 1910, 2:40. sos, 7:3O
and 10 pm.
"Saludos Amigos" Dom
aid Ducks goodwill mission: ll:l5
am. l 80, 3:45, 6, $40 and 10:35 pm.
Evening star., 1943-08-20

Littie-"My Tavorite Wife" the
Cary Grant-Ir Irene Dunno farce: ii
am. 1850, 2:30. 4:20, $40, 8 and
$50 pm.
Metropolitan pride OF the
Yankees" tribute to great athlete
Ills am, 80, 4:25, 7 and 9;35 pm.
Palace Heaven Can Wait" a
fantasy for Ameche: 1875 am,
2;o5, 4:35, 7:05 and 9:40 pm.
Pix-"The Leopard Man." death
by clawing: Continuous from pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Sessions With West

Almira Sessions, New York actress
who was Charles Coburns nemesis
in MY Kingdom for a Cook" at
Columbia, returns to the studio for
an importants character role in
"1ropicana,' the Gregory Ratoff
musical which co-stars Victor Moore,
William Gaxton and Mae West.
Evening star., 1943-08-20

Ameche's portrayal during these
stages could have stood some of the
eff1caciousness of his makeup. The
makeup department, indeed, turned
in one of its best performances of
all time, the kind reminiscent of
Citizen Kane" The same may en-
phatically be said of the props,
whose lavishness is further bene-
fitted by technicolor.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Made

AS result of his performance In
the Merle Oberon- Brian Aherne
starrer, First Comes Courage" Erik
Rolf has been given a long-term
contract by Columbia.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
IFareVeuParties
Given to Honor
Chilean Couble

Vice Admiral Vicente Marino,
head Of the Chilean Naval Mission,
and Sonora de Marino will leave
Washington the end Of this week
to return to their South American
home. They have made many
friends during their stay here, and
their attractive apartment in Dor
chester House has been the meeting
place of many diplomats and ofncers
of the United States forces. The
news that they were leaving was the
signal for numerous parties, which
are continuing through this week
are continuing through the week
Vice Admiral and Sonora de Ma
rino were guests of honor at dinner
last evening at the Shoreham, when
the Naval Attache of the Embassy
and Sonora de Holger acted as hosts
for the members of the Naval Mis-
sion and their wives. The Ambas-
sador and Sonora de Michels were
the ranking guests, and others in
cluded Gen. Oscar Fuentes, head
of the Chilean Military Mission, and
Sonora de Fuentes; the Counselor
of the Embassy and Sonora de Rod
riguez, the Military Attache and
Sonora de Lopez-Lorrain. the Air
Attache and Sonora de Ruiz-Diez,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. w. o.
Spears, 1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Howard
c. Adams and a number of others
from the Chilean Embassy staff and
their wives
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Miss Ann SteYett Is Bride
Of Cyrus Wiley Crundy w

A lovely wedding of yesterday was
that Of Miss Ann Sterrett, daughter
OF the Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Henry
Hatch Dent Sterrett of Washington,
and Mr.. Cyrus Wiley Grandy W,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Wiley
Grandy of Norfolk.
The ceremony took place at $50
O'Clock at All Souls Episcopal
Church, which was decorated for
the occasion with white chrysanthe-
lmums arranged against a back
sground of magnolia leaves and lacy
palms.
Mr.. William Dent Sterrett, uncle
Iof the bride, escorted her to the
saltar, where she was given in mar
sriage by her father, who also off,
!ciated at the ceremony.
For her wedding gown the bride
chose an exquisite model of ivory
faille which had been worn by
her grandmother at her wedding
The elbow-length sleeves were edged
with lace ruffle and deeper ruff
fle Of the lace bordered the oval
neckline and formed a panel to the
hem of the full skirt. Tiny orange
blossoms stitched to the lace also
ornamented the neckline and the
skirt, and the latter ended in a
court train. In keeping with her
costume she wore an ivory lace veil
which fell from tiny poke bonnet
and carried an old-fashioned bou-
quet of white roses and valley lilies
! Mrs. Christopher Smith Sargent,
I cousin of the bride. was her matron
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Walnut Hill
Is Setting
For Wedding

Chrysantnemums in lavish profu-
sion and artistic arrangement deco
rated Walnut Hill, the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph L. Arnold in Falls
Church, for the wedding last eve
ming of Miss June Macintosh and
1t. Robert Wright Holland, which
was attended by nearly hundred
guests who remained for the re-
ception which followed the cere-
mony.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs
Ernest King Macintosh of Wash
ington and the late Mr.. Mackin-
tosh and cousin of Mr.. Arnold.
1t. Holland is the son of Mrs
Herman Holland of Easton, Md
and the late Mr.. Holland and is
at present stationed at Fort Mon
mouth, NJ j., as aide de camp to
Brig. Gen. w. o. Reeder of the
Army Signal Corps.
Innumerable white candles lighted
the wedding, reception and refresh
ment rooms and the inprovised al
tar of red velvet was set before the
large drawing room mantel, which
was banked with white chrysanthe-
NUNS and had lighted candles in
branched candelabra at each end
In the dining room the brides table
centered with large wedding cake
was set before the solid mirror
which forms one wall of the room
Escorted by her brother in law
MI. Mackall Hunt, the bride wore
the blush satin wedding dress OF
her sister, Mrs. Hunt, who served as
her matron of honor and only at
tendant. Her full-length veil was
caught with orange blossoms and
she carried large bouquet of white
chrysanthemums.
Mrs. Hunt was dressed in green
velvet and she also carried a large
arm bouquet of chrysanthemums.
Corpl. Albert Holland of Fort
George G. Meade was best man fol
his brother, and the Rev. James
Henderson, canon of the Washing
ton Cathedral of St. Peter and st
Paul, officiated at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Hauuiiian Delegate, WifeHosts;
ColorfuI Leis Ciren to Guests

having arrived from Honolulu only
few days ago. Mrs. Harrington
Whittemore of Honolulu, sister of
the host, was also among the guests.
Those assisting the hostess yes.
terday included Mrs Benjamin B.
Cassiday. Mrs. Herman Nichols. Mrs.
Blake Clark, Mrs. o. NJ Hustvedt,
Mrs. Oliver S. Picher, Mrs. John
Alfred White. Mrs. R. William
Turner and Miss Maris Chilling
worth. several of whom wore typical
Hawaiian dresses called "holokus,"
which are old-fashioned princess
style gowns made with bright fiow-
cred material in pattern some
what like our Mother Hubbards and
with short trains.
The daughter of the household,
Miss Beverly harrington, a student
at Holton Arms, danced some of
the native Hawaiian dances in cos
tune, and presented colorful Ha-
vain leis to number of those in
the company.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Qhb1
Departure Regretted
Popular Envoy
And His Wife
Ito Be Missed
By Katharine Brooks.

Washington In all its circles will
regret the departure next month
Of the very popular South Afri-
can Minister and Mrs. Ralph Will
liam Close, for they have made
friends among young and old, the
exalted and those of lesser rank.
The Minister has been accredited to
this Capital since January, 1884,
and during his regime the gov
ernment Of the Union of South
Africa has purchased the ground
and built its own Legation under
the personal supervision OF the Min
lister and Mrs. Close. When they
leave this country they probably will
go to England to be with their
daughter, Mrs. Mann, wife of Capt.
William S. Mann, Royal Navy, who
is living in the south of the British
Isles, and during her husbands
active duty is occupied with war
work. She visited the Minister and
Mrs. Close not so very long ago
and made many friends here.
The Minister is the second envoy
from his government; the Lega-
ton having been established in
1929 by. Mr.. Eric Hendrix Louw,
who came in November of that
year. He first lived at 1907 Twenty
second street and moved to the
house at 1929 New Hampshire ave-
nue. within a few months and that
address remained the chancery for
sometime after the arrival of Mr..
Close. The Minister and Mrs. Close
occupied the house at 1921 New
Hampshire avenue until they moved
into their own Legation opposite
the British Embassy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Close are both en-.
dowed with delightfully."- keen humor,
the humor that is universally under
stood and enjoyed In building their
Legation they saw to it that the wood
was all native to South Africa, even
much Of the furniture is of that
wood. When the war became so uni
versal the work at the Legation in
creased to such an extent that 1t
became necessary to have larger
quarters. So the Government pur-
chased the ground adjoining the
Legation to the south and erected
a typically South African building
for the chancerv
Mrs. Close is a charming hostess
making her guests very welcome so
they lirger in the pleasant rooms
where artistically arranged clusters
OF flowers always are to be found. She
is very fond of flowers and her friends
back home send her many of the
native blossoms prepared against
whiting. These the chatelaine of the
Legation arranged in lovely clusters
in bowls and vases. Behind this
stately building on Massachusetts,
avenue is yard of velvety green
lawn edged with tall trees and here
in warm weather the Minister and
Mrs. Close have tea-which is an
institution with them for whatever
else happens. the Minister and Mrs.
Close always have their tea.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

tSee NOTED VENEZUELAN, OLA.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

A number of engagements that
are being announced today will be
of widespread interest in service
circles as we'll as in residential So
. ciety,
Marine Corps and Navy circles will
be particularly attracted to the an
nouncement of Brig. Gen. Russell
B. Putnam, U. S. M. c., retired, and
Mrs. Putnam of the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Mary Russell
Putnam, to Mr.. Charles M. Bounds
jr, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bounds OF
West Point, Va.
The bridegroom elect is a gradu.
ate of the United States Naval Acad.
emy, although he is at present con.
nected with commercial airline.
Another engagement of interest tx
the service set comes from Maj. anc
! Mrs. Charles Landolin Seeman Of
New Orleans, whose daughter, Mis-.
Jane Austen Seeman, will be mar.
ried December 13 to Mr.. John Fran.
els Crosby, jr., son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Crosby OF this city and Spring Lake
N. j.
Miss Seeman is a graduate of thu
Louise McGehee School in New
Orleans and she attended st. 10.
seph's College in Emmitsburg.
Mr.. Crosby was graduated from
Georgetown College and next month
will be graduated from Georgetown
Medical School, where he is enlisted
in the Naval Medical Corps Reserve
The wedding will take place in tn,
Holy Name Church in New Orleans
The engagement of Miss Lucill,
C.. Barker to Mr.. Gordon I. Henr,
of Omaha is announced by he
mother, Mrs. Nanncye E. Barker.
Miss Barker was graduated from
Evening star., 1943-11-14

Mrs. Robert H. Dunlap. widow of
a Marine Corps brigadier general
and authoress of note, has been
chosen by the American Red Cross
the chairman of the recently or
ganized unit of arts and skills for
the District of Columbia Chapter.
A charming cultured woman
whose interests for many years have
centered about the arts-Mrs. Dun
lap can we'll call Washington
home" Her great uncle was Will
liam w. Corcoran, donor of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art. her uncle is
Mr.. Corcoran Thorn, and her moth
er, Mrs. Thomas Newton Wood,
still makes her home in the family
house on K street
During World War I Gen. Dun
lap was on Gen. Pershing's staff and
Mrs. Dunlap went to France ahead
of him. At that early stage of our
part in the war there were no
American soldiers needing help in
France, so Mrs. Dunlap devoted her
time and attention to helping the
French war blind. She was made
program director at the Phare de
France and it was here that she
first learned the tremendous value
of this general re-education plan.
She worked with the men, saw
and understood that the greatest
problem was to keep them occupied
and to give them confidence. To
make them feel that, because their
lives had been shattered, did not
mean the end-that they yet had
much to live for and useful place
and share in the future. Under
this program the men were taught
braille and typewriting and given
business courses. There were classes
in knitting and weaving and model
ing and massage for them. Every
thing, In short, that would build
morale and help lay a foundation
for useful future.
After a year of this work Mrs.
Dunlap went over to the American
Red Cross since our own wounded
men were then beginning to come
In and she naturally wanted to work
with her fellow Americans. Now
Evening star., 1943-11-14

The delegate from Hawaii and
Mrs. Joseph R. harrington gave a
delightfully."- informal party yester-
day at their home on Kalorama
Circle. the event being planned for
5 to 7, though number of the
guests fingered on and were invited
for a buffet supper which was served
later in the evening.
The party, which was attended by
the Governor of Hawaii and Mrs.
Ingram Stainback and the Gov
ernor of Alaska and Mrs. Ernest
Gruening, was given especially for
q number of newspapermen and
former newspapermen who. with the
host, were members of the press gall
lery 20 years ago. Over a hundred
guests were present.
Mr.. Porter Dickinson, assistant
general manager of the Honolulu
Star Bulletin, of which Mr.. Far
rington is president and publisher
was among the guests last evening,
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Arts-Skilb Unit Begins Here;
Mrs. Dunlap Chosen Chairman
By Betty Smith.

| in her present new volunteer job
she is combining the work she
knows best-Red Cross and training
in arts and skills.
Although the Washington Unit of
Arts and Skills has only recently
been launched many applications
have already been received from art
lists and craftsmen who are volun-
teering to help with the program.
Mrs. Dunlap is at her office in the
OAR building every day. She has
the application blanks and all the
information right at her finger tips.
She loves the work. She's mat
urar for it. AS Katherine Dunlap
she is the author of Encore for
Love" Lady Be Good" and "Once
There Was a Village"
Since her return to Washington
Mrs. Dunlap has been an ardent
supporter of the National Symphony
Orchestra and is publicity chairman
for the Women's Committee. She
is a close personal friend OF Mrs
Walter Bruce Howe, chairman OF the
Womans Committee, who as Mary
Howe is a well known composer and
pianist. They have spent several
weeks in the summer together at
the Mcdowell Colony where each
carried on her own creative work
Mrs. Dunlap has worked tirelessly
for the National Symphony and not
only is chairman Of the Publicity
Committee but has aided other
chairmen in their drives for COM
(See ARTS-SKTIIS TINIT D.1ll
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Presidential Guest
Chief Executive
Of Venezuela
Plans Visit
By Marearef Hart,
Society Editor.

In the ot-too-distant future ON.
cialdom in the Nations Capital will
be polishing up the golden key te
the city to present to the President
Of another of our sister American
republics.
The President of Venezuela, Gen
1saias Medina Angarita, some time
ago accepted the invitation of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to visit in this coun-
try. He now Is in the midst OF
plans for his journey to the United
States.
The forthcoming visit Of President
Medina will not be his first in WASH
ington. In 1910, when he was Min
lister Of War and Navy for his coun-
try, he spent several days here. 1t
was during the time of the compile
tion of Venezuela's new Embassy
building on Massachusetts, avenue
At the opening of the imposing
house the distinguished visitor stood
with the Ambassador and Sonora
de Escalante to receive the 1000
guests who were invited to meet
him and also to see for the first
time the new Embassy,
Orchids in profusion were flown
from Venezuela to decorate the
white and silver mansion and the
then cabinet officer of Venezuela
was warm in his praise of the fur
nishi1gs and appointments of his
governments new Embassy in this
country. Many of his compliments
were directed to Sonora de Esca-
lante, for it was she who had much
to do with the arranging and plac-
ing Of the furniture. In addition,
Sonora de Escalante selected many
OF the articles that were purchased
in the United States to be used in
the building. Particularly was Gen.
Medina, then Col. Medina, pleased
with the bronze statue of the great
liberator, Simon Bolivar, which Is
a reproduction of the famous sta
tue by Nicholas Veloz and made
especially for the Embassy.
When Gen. Medina was here
before he was bachelor. Since
then, however, he has married a
prominent Venezuelan society leader.
1t is regretted that President
Medina is not expected to bring
his wife to Washington. She was
among the attractive Venezuelan
ladies at the housewarming and it
would be pleasant for society to
again meet her, this time as the
wife Of the President of Venezuela.
President Medina's wife is the
former Irma Felizola. Their mar
riage took place a day or so after
Gen. Medina was elected in May,
l94l, and when he was inaugurated
his bride of only a few days was
with him when he took his oath
of office.
a The Venezuelan chief executive
ISee NOTED VENEZIIFJ AN n.1A1