Evening star., 1943-03-22
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

Preston Foster. driving by in his
land-yacht, stops long enough to tell
me that he hasn't made a picture in
f1ve months. He doesn't know why,
either. He's a sound. reliable actor
and, with the current shortage of
men. Preston should be working.
But everything is all right" he
assures me. My option has been
taken up by Fox" Joan Fontaine
has to cry for "a hours in Jane
Eyre" and the set is closed by Or
ders of the director or Orson Welles.
You'd think ii would be easier to
emote with an audience That's
what stage folk always say. But I
suppose it is difficult to turn on
the tears for take" after take
without benefit OF continuity.
Betty Cradle is sight for all eyes
as she sings a song in a bathtub. of
all places, for a scene in Sweet
Rosie OGrady." There is little
soap on her shoulders and lot OF
soft soap in the direction of the
Hays Office. Ernst Lubitsch is
doing a terrific job with Gene Tier
ney in Heaven Can Wait" What
has he done? Merely returned her
to type. On the stage Gene played
a nice. simple, average American
girl. Hollywood almost ruined her
by casting her as beWitching, ex-
otto creature going to the dogs. In
the Lubitsch picture she is a lady
like girl who lives on the right side
of the tracks-until she meets Don
Ameche And even then she doesn't
go too far. Every one on the lot
is convinced that Gene will be
top-grade star after the release of
the picture
I'm just a background for A
dream by Ginger Rogers" Warner
Baxter tells me when I bump into
him on the Lady in the Dark" set
Apart from that I've only done 10
days work in nine weeks" But
Warner is not unhappy in spite of
his words 81 took this role to
break myself into pictures again"
he confides. when it's over 1 will
wv bLlC Vi AOStol It.
tired two years ago." he continues.
but my hobbies ran out. I got
bored doing nothing and that's why
I'm back in a studio. But I never
again want the burden of carrying
a picture. From now on I'm coast
ing"
Jean Arthur and Husband Frank
Ross on location in Palm Dale
They pick up 20 cadets, bundle them
into station wagon, and show them
the sights and sounds of Aim max
ing . Sonny Tufts in a hard
looking beard has to make love to
Paulette Goddard in 80 Proudly We
Hail" Paulette takes it as long as
she can, then explodes. Now I know
what it's like to be a bearded lady
in the circus and hit yourself in
the face!" :. A lovely sight Greer
Carson, covered in black velvet from
neck down, posing against a green
background for color still at Metro.
That red hair of hers is fantastically
beautiful.
All the happily married movie
couples want babies. The Charles
Boyers would give all their possess
sions for visit from the stork. So
would the Ronald Colmans. Also
the Brian Ahernes. The male half
OF the latter tells me tht Joan has
been instructed by. her doctors to
rest to attain motherhood. But
the only time I can get her to rest
says Brian, lis on fishing trip"
And now fishing has been prohibited.
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The new messenger girls on the
major lots are prettier than most
OF the stars they run errands for :.
A startling sight on the Metro lot
the Wilde twins. They are 10 years
old, have bright yellow hair, red
shoes and red coats and how any one
can tell them apart don't know