Evening star., 1943-01-02

u hDGLCINC T. Nh"1toLL.
British subject herself, but the
war prevented.
Deep in war work of one sort anc
another-relief, bond selling and thu
rest-she went back to Hollywood
made four pictures
Il hated to do it and tried to gel
out of it, but l was bound by
contracts"
The pictures were MY Favorite
Blonde Virginia" Bahama Pas.
sage" and One Night in Lisbon"
Quit Movies for Good.
The work did in One Night in
Lisbon turned me against movie
making. There was an air-raic
shelter scene and I was in the shell
ter with Fred MacMurray, exchang-
ing light repartee Two weeks be-
fore my sister had been killed in
an AFRAID shelter.
L told them ! would not make
any more movies after these"
Miss Carroll insists she never was
a real movie star anyway, not in
her heart
Il wanted some sort of diploma tic
| career" she said. only there is sc
little place for women in that work
! Il wanted to be in the center OF
/ world events, to watch history in
the making, to know the people who
made things happen"
Her schoolmaster father, John
I OCarroll, encouraged her to study
| She got her A. B degree from Bin
ningham University and then, to
make money, she taught French in
girls finishing school in Brighton,
England.
Wnereupon The theater caught up
with her. She didn't seek an act
I ing career, she only listened to the
fame and fortune Establishments of
an agent who happened to see her
in an amateur play in Brighton.
He said Ia have to start in a
company at 2 pounds 10 shillings
a week That's about $40"
Miss Carroll saved money on that
salary, and paid certain debts. but
she didn't eat very well, mostly
potatoes.
Refused First Contract.
Six months later she was offered
the lead in movie, and played
leads ever after, a bad thing, Miss
Carroll thinks, for a person who
still has a lot to learn.
She gave Hollywood the first Of
its many Carroll shocks when she
refused it's first offer of a contract.
When she finally went to Holly
wood she continued her individual
istic way
1t never occurred to me to buy
a mink coat. Such waste Of
money. What's the matter with
this coat?"
Miss Carroll gestured toward the
navy blue REFER hanging on a tree
in her office.
But Hollywood fame helped her
realize some CT her ambitions.
My movie name opened doors
for me wherever I went. in London
/ in Paris, in Washington. l got tc
know the people l admire
Thomas Mann and Bernard Shaw
People like that. There's no false
front about them
Miss CAROLS lifelong interest ir
seafaring men was heightened wher
she married Sterling Hayden, ar
actor who put all his spare time into
sailing.
After Pearl Harbor he carried
Government cargoes in his owr
schooner across the Caribbean, ano
Miss Carroll accompanied him or
/ one trip. (He is now in the Marine
/ CorpsD She saw that merchant
| seamen were not treated as we'll as
they might be in foreign and Amer
lean ports, and set out to help
them.
| Director for Entertainment.
Admiral Land, chairman Of the
Maritime Commission, gave her the
| job Of entertainment director of the
United Seamens Service. But she
says her work has a much bigger
purpose than mere entertainment
Il want the American public tt
learn to know and appreciate the
| job these un-uniformed heroes are
doing. I want the public to give
its support to the work we're tryine
to do for this unsung but vita
branch of the service"
The immediate object is establish
ment of seamen's clubs in ever,
major seaport here and abroad
wherever there are American sea
men.
A few years back college boys votee
for Miss Carroll as the woman the,
would most enjoy as a shipwrecl
companion on desert island.
This year another group of youns
men. merchant seamen cadets ir
California, voted her the title Miss
Merchant Marine"
She thanked them for the honor
and remarked, Il notice you dom
say you'd like to be wrecked on q
desert island with me. Is that 2
wartime precaution, perhaps?"