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Evening star., 1943-11-21

The sooner you get that War saw
ings stamp in your book the sooner
you will get victory in the bag.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Music to Be Plentiful
In New Picture
On Texas Asgies
HOLLYWOOD.

noLL1 WoOD.
A chorus of no less than 1000
voices will be heard in Walter
Wanger,s We've Never Been Lick
ed" Universal's saga of Texas A.
and NJ. Colleges part in the global
war.
The voices are those of the cadets
now in training at M. and NJ to be :
come officers in the armed forces
In addition, the picture also includes
the 200-piece A. and M. band, the
100 Singing Cadets, the AggielanG
orchestra and IL musical numbers
The mighty chorus will be heard
in two stirring A. and M. college
songs, Spirit Of Aggieland" and
"Aggie War Hymn"
Tunes now in public domain and
which play prominent part in the
pictures thematic music are First
Noel" Aud Lang Syne." Silent
Night Home Sweet Home" and
Taps"
Two stirring military marches,
Post Command March" by L. s.
Yassel and GLORY to the Marines
by Victor Gravel form the musical
background for the great military
formations in the picture.
We've Never Been Licked" di-
rected by John Rawlins, has a cast
headed by Richard Quine, Anne
Gwynne. Noah Beery. jr., Martha
ODriscoll. Harry Davenport. Edgar
Barrier and william Frawley.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Finds Moroseness
But She Reaches the Conclusion
There's Nothing Between E. F. and A. S

didn't tell me about it until yester-
day. 1t feels like a thousand ants
are running over my face!"
Dantine's next picture, Passage
to Marseilles," has, with the excep-
ton of Ingrid Bergman, the same
cast as "Casablanca" Humphrey
Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, ETC.
But in that Dantine had a small
part. In the new film he gets the
girl. ask him whether he is look
ing forward to the love role, and
he replies. 1T will be an interesting
experiment" Sort of cold, what?
All right. now for Annie. She is
in Animal Kingdom" suffering
with sinus, feels awful and says she
is not in love with the aforemen-
toned Mr.. Flynn. There is a heap
of clowning going on at this set
with Jack Carson, Jane Wyman,
Miss Sheridan and freckle- faced,
adolescent redhead, whose name in
the picture is Orson. Poor Orson
is not in favor with Director Irving
Rapper this morning He's a sort
Of handyman to Annie. but gets
everything wrong. II never saw
anyone do so little and get himself
so confused" says Rapper to Orson,
who hangs his head in shame.
After Miss Wyman has kicked Mr..
Carson playfully and Jack has en-
braced Miss Sheridan. 1 ask the lat
ter for the plot OF the movie. Well"
says Annie reflectively, its a tri-
angle. Alexis Smith Is the wife of
Dennis Morgan. I'm his girl friend.
No one knows yet who gets who In
the end because only so pages OF
the script have been written"
The last time I saw Carson he
was recovering from a flu attack.
II lost 20 pounds" he tells me. I'm
gonna get flu every year; it's a swell
way to reduce
Miss Wyman is all smiles because
Husband Ronald Reagan is on leave
from the Air Corps for his movie
stint in This Is the Army" II
hope the picture lasts forever. she
says, "and that they have thousands
Of retakes!" The, movie version OF
This is the Army" is expected to
be completed in another week or 50,
and will be released July 4, the day
of It's triumphant opening in New
York last year.
tReleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, IncD
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Mr.. Gilroy Blushed
And Accepted Praise
Of Diplomat Davies
HOLLYWOOD


Fred Gilroy, the inside ragman"
at Warner Bros. Studio, will keep
a soft spot in his heart for Joseph
E. Davies, former American Am
bassador to Russia.
Davies is the first of the great
men associated with a picture for
which Gilroy has decorated the sets
who has ever taken time out to
thank him personally for the job
he did and to comment fatteringly
on the results of that work.
Many of the sets of Mission to
Moscow" involved Russian decora-
tions and trim with which Gilroy
was not, admittedly, immediately
familiar.
Under such conditions and with
the studios instructions that every
detail Of the picture must be correct
and exact Gilroy spent several
weeks prior to production with re-
search experts and with Mr.. Davies
personal file Of photographs.
The results, as shown in the sets
built and decorated for the picture,
pleased Mr.. Davies as we'll as Direc-
tor Michael Curtiz in every instance.
The former kept nodding his ap-
proval each time he visited the
set, but before he left Hollywood
he asked to see in person the dra-
perry man who is the inside rag
man" in studio jargon. He told
Gilroy how fine he thought the re-
productions Of the interiors were.
how accurately they represented
everything in Russia that he had
seen and reported.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National - THE Home Front,
John Golden's comedy production
2:30 and $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Slightly Dangerous" in
= blond, beautiful way: 1890 am.
l, $3.50, 8, s::35 and 11:05 pm. Stage
shows: 1920, ass, 5:25, 7:55 and
1925 pm.
Columbia-"Desert Victory" the
record OF Rommel's rout: II am.
1:20, $40, s, $40 and 10:45 pm.
Earle-"Edge of Darkness" re-
sistance In Norway: 1915 am, lis
AIS. Z and $40 pm, 1910 am
Stage shows: 1885, $40, $40 and
9:05, IL midnight.
Keith's-"The Amazing Mrs. Hol-
liday," with the matured Miss Dur.
bin: 11:15 am, 1:20, 3:25, $3.50, 7:3;
and $40 pm.
Little-"The 80 Steps," the Hitch
cock adaptation: II am, los, $40
$50, TAO and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"The Hard Way,
trouble between sisters: 1140 am.
2:05, 4:35, 7:05 and 9:35 pm.
Palace-"Keeper of the Flame
relationships are dangerous: HAS
am, 2:15. 4:40. tbs and $40 pm.
Pix-"Quiet, Please, Murder" with
George Sanders: continuous from
2 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Private Smith
Gets Ahead

HOLLYWOOD.
Bill Terry. who made his film
debut in RKO Radios Private
Smith Of the U. s. A." will con-
tinue the army career of this SOL
dier In another short Of the This
Is America" series, to be titled
Lieutenant Smith" To be filmed
shortly at an Army officers candi-
date school in the South, this will
show the training Of private being
schooled into commissioned off,
Ger.
Terry has just returned East from
Hollywood. where he completed the
leading male role in the Sol Lesser
production, stage Door Canteen. y
Lieutenant Smith" will be filmed
under the personal supervision OF
Fred Ullman. jr., president Of RKO
Pathe.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
|Book>Burnings
Were Too Much
For Effects Man
Waller, A Norwegian,
Had to Stay Away
From Naxi Oufrage
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLY WOOD.
A. small fire, unchecked, started
the destruction Of Chicago. A
huge fire. permitted to burn fiercely,
provides the spark of revolt against
Nazi invaders in a recent Warner
Bros production involving the Nor
wegian underground.
In the making of motion pictures,
fires are usually left to special
effects men. But this fire was so
important to the story that Director
Lewis Milestone took personal
charge. But the man, who designed
the entire setting and the blaze
wasn't there.
The scene was the burning of the
books and personal belongings of one
Sextus Andersen. The well-loved
teacher in little town had been
beaten by the Nazi conquerors and
his possessions ordered destroyed.
The townspeople stood in stony
defiance. threatened by the guns Of
the massed German soldiers.
Extra players, wearing the hated
uniforms Of the German army.
splashed real gasoline on the cart
load of books, magazines, and cloth
ing and applied match. Only one
player was allowed to show COM
passion. He held the old teacher
in his arms.
The member Of the working crew
of the picture who probably knew
most about the story and its real
implications was not on the set to
watch the burning OF the old mans
books and clothing That man was
Halfdan Waller. set designer as
signed to the picture and a native
born Norwegian whose children
only recently were rescued from their
homeland and brought to Holly
wood. Waller, during his stay in
Oslo, Norway, under the German
yoke. was put to work at his trade
as an architect. changing Masonic
temples into less reputable places
Of amusement. He is, he told his
associates, still too closely associated
with the troubles of his native land
to enjoy watching them depicted
even for motion picture.
AS usual. the collection of books
and magazines burned for the scene
came from the studios property
rooms.
One, In particular, was less than
half burned in spite Of Milestone's
gasoline flames. 1t was travel
magazine OF the illustrated variety.
In the part not burned was an ar
ticle which included many fine
photographs Of the country described
and was entitled, Norway, Roman
tic and Beautiful"
Evening star., 1943-05-01

his words. That is not the case at
all. ,Saroyan's people always sound
slightly drunk and look little, ire
sponsible and insignificant. Mr.. An
| trobus Is none of those things. On
the contrary, he Is very substan-
tial fellow. who asks none of your
pity Gas Saroyan's cute people do)
but commands your respect and
admiration. There is kind of
grandeur about him that colors
everything he does, including the
most stupid things. In creating
him. Mr.. Wilder accomplished the
finest thing that ever happened to
the theater even though he could
not take over the critics and get
their prize as Saroyan did with his
fanciful little number called THE
Time of Your Life"
To manage 5000 years of Mr..
Antrobus' life-and that of his wife
and children. the pretty maid and
the pet dinosaur and mammal
requires extremely flexible staging
The f1exibility is achieved by keeping
everything as simple as possible, and
resorting where need be-as in the
case of explaining the ice age that
is creeping up on the Antrobuses in
the first act-to simply telling the
audience what it should know. Time
after time, Miss Bankhead or Mr.
March just walks down to the edge
of the stage and speaks simply and
confidently about what is happening,
even about emotions that usually are
kept private. 1t is an arresting
experience. especially in its intima-
tions that Mr.. Wilder knows he has
an intelligent audience.
The Skin of Our Teeth is
carnival for those who play in 1t,
which is one of the best reasons
why it is a carnival for audiences
except the occasional grouches who
want their money back.
Miss Bankhead, whom you could
not conceive as playing maid in
any other play ever written, is OBJ
viously having the time of her life
as Sabina, the Sabine maid who has
come down through the centuries as
the indispensable helpmeet of the
Antrobus family. In so many words.
in fact, she assures you that she is
having the time of her life. although
she confesses to being little tired
and greatly confused by the meaning
of the play. The same frolicsome
zest marks the work of Mr.. March
as Antrobus, Florence Eldridge as
his wife, pretty young Frances Heflin
as the eternal Antrobus daughter,
Florence Reed as the wise old clair
voyant, and the others down to the
midget who plays the pet mammal
of the family.
Credit is due, too, to such others
as Ella Kazan whose direction adds
so much to the cockeyed wonder of
it all, and to Albert johnson who
devised the settings which make the
Antrobuses so recognizably you and
your neighbors.
AS we say, nothing so wonderful
has happened to the theater since
Adam and Eve and Lillith played
the first triangle drama in the Gar
den of Eden.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD

Every time woman sees me,
she runs" says Enrol Flynn on the
set of ITO the Last Man" He
omitted to mention whether the
female runs toward him or away
from him. A pretty girl messenger
approaches Gall the studios now
employ pretty girl messengers). TT
isn't fair complains Flynn.
They're too pretty. And here 1
am afraid to say hello to girl in
fear she'll sue me for it tomorrow"
I ask Enrol what truth, If any, there
is to the romance rumors with Ann
Sheridan. He smiles cynically and
replies, We're in picture to-
gether. aren't we? You wouldn't
find Warmers missing an easy one
like that, would you? The only
time they didn't say was romano
ing an unmarried woman in my pic
lures was when I made one with
Flora Robson, bless her heart He
concludes by stating that "Annie's
sweet girl and swell companion.
But" The but means no mar
riage.
Miss Sheridan is working at a
nearby sound stage, but before visit
ing her, I spend moment with
Helmut Dantine who gets co-star-
ring billing with Enrol in ITO the
Last Man." Dantine is playing what
he hopes will be his last Nazi. He's
an officer in the Luftwaffe and has
landed on the coast Of Canada from
a U-boat. Flynn is member of
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
and, with John Ridgely the was
Irish" in Air Force"), is inter-
rogating the saboteur. They think
Dantine has landed by plane.
where's your plane?" he is asked.
just at this moment, a P-38 from
a local war plant, zooms overhead.
There it is now," quips Mr.. Flynn.
X
I'm making this Nazi different"
says Dantine when the scene is
finally canned" He will be a
nice Nazi, kind and humane, except
that he has been corrupted by Hit
lerian theology. When he kills he
does it with smile, because he is
convinced that is the right thing to
do Dantine is wearing the messi-
estlooking red beard in Hollywood.
I'D have grown my own. but they
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Agriculture Show
Tryouts Slated
For This Week
Washington Workshob
For Federal Employees
SPONSORS Event

The newest knd most promising
cooperative theater venture in
Washington will hold tryouts We'd
nesday and Thursday for TITS Up
to YOU" the Department Of Agri-
culture Arthur Arent-Earl Robinson
show, to be sponsored by the Wash
ington Workshop for Government
agencies and by Government en-
ployes.
Given an omcial one-night pre-
view at the Department OF Agricul-
ture Auditorium by the original New
York cast on April II, TITS Up to
You" Is scheduled to open . regular
run early in June. Sergt. Carson
Kanin heads the Production Ad-
visory Board, whose other members
are Stanley McCandless. Ben James
and John McGee.
Tryouts will be held at $50 pm
In the Agriculture Auditorium, South
Building. Announcements on Gov
ernment bulletin boards will extend
invitations to all Government en-
ployes with acting. singing or dane
ing ability to participate in the try
outs.
The Washington Workshop is
group of Government workers in
terested in the theater and cultural
recreation. A non-profit organiza-
ton, its sole purpose is the spon-
sorship of worthwhile volunteer
leisure time activities for Washing
tons thousands of civil servants.
Government employe counselors in
the various agencies are co-operat-
ing to bring notices of it's activities
to all Federal workers.
Its Up to You" is an up-to-the-
minute theater -music-movie piece
about food production and conserva-
tion. In New York the show was
directed by Ella Kazan. with scenery
by Howard Bay. 1t was presented
by Skouras Bros. in their theaters
under the auspices Of the American
Theater Wing. the Department of
Agriculture. the food industry and
the Once OF War Information. It's
Washington run will be open to the
public without charge.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Operatic Cartoon

'Try Imagination" the first all
operatic cartoon ever to be filmed,
is now In production by Dave Fleis-
cher at Columbia Studios. The
musical cartoon, done in color, will
contain no spoken dialogue what
soever. An original score, with
the librette by Dave F1eischer and
the music by Paul Worth, has been
specially composed for 1t.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Milland Contends

Ray Milland, who recently COM
pleted co-starring assignment
with Ginger Rogers in Paramount's
technicolor production, Lady in the
Dark" and soon starts work in the
romantic lead In The Uninvited,"
Dorothy Macardle's best-selling
ghost novel, is principal contender
for another important role.
Milland is the choice of Executive
Producer B. G. DeSylva for Min
istry of Fear" melodramatic novel
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Request From Mexico

The Mexican Government,
through Secretary of the Interior
Miguel Aleman, has requested q
print of Paramount's motion picture
film Of the volcano which exploded
out of stretch Of farmland in
Michoacan State recently.
Technicolor sequences of the erup-
ton which forced the evacuation of
several villages, will be used in Cecil
B. DeMille's THE Story Of DR.. Was
sell" which win star Gary Cooper.
DeMille will send Secretary Ale
man a print of the picture for Mex
ico's national record as soon as one
is available.
Evening star., 1943-05-01

tossed out the window, not merely
for the sake of satisfying Author
Thornton Wilder's desire to throw
something, but because it is impos-
sible to write play as good as The
Skin of Our Teeth if the rules get
In the way. That was the smartest
thing about Mr.. Wilder, who figured
out that If you wanted to show what
q magnificent stumblebum man
really is, you would just have to say
to hell with the things you had been
taught about writing drama. 1t does
put something of burden on audi
ences who are unaccustomed to hav-
ing Tallulah Eankhead remark what
Q crazy play 1t is. hearing dinosaurs
talk. watching the scenery fly away,
and seeing all of time compressed
within a few minutes. 1t represents
quite an assault upon the general
conviction that order is better than
chaos, but once you get into the
chaotic spirit Of the play, 1t is like
watching circus and six times as
much fun. Six and one-half times,
the lady with US said, but she has
been losing her head over The Skin
Of Our Teeth" ever since it opened
In Washington last autumn.
Mr.. Wilder's play, as you may
have heard, is about man, the most
magnificent of the mammals. It is
about man in all the states and
stages he has lived. and all at the
same time. Naturally this is not
quite as easy on the imagination as
an Abbott and Costello picture or
Shuhert Bros. musical comedy, but
1t is wonderful for the spirit and the
age. The hero is George Antrobus
(Fredric March, but he is all men
instead of merely one named George
Antrobus. He invents the wheel,
the multiplication table, he thinks
up a way to survive the ice age and
is working on universal peace at
the end. He also gets a little bored
with Mrs. Antrobus and the children
and has an affair with a maid Miss
Bankhead). but he is essentially
good man with deep faith that
everything will come out all right if
humanity uses its head and It's heart
In the right ways.
Mr.. Antrobus, you see. Is a little
fuzzy in outline. but you would be
too if you had lived 5000 years and
come all the way from the Garden
of Eden to Excelsior. N. J. Fuzzy or
not, however, he is the most inspir-
ing figure that ever walked on a
stage. Being such, he fulfills his
purpose Tor Mr.. Wilder'S which is
to make YOU proud to belong to the
same species and to make you conf
dent that no matter how often he
stumbles, man is going places. Good
places. too.
You may think this sounds like
William Saroyan, a writer whose
philosophy has been questioned by
people who have cared to penetrate
the crazy, disordered eloquence of
Evening star., 1943-05-01

The latest news Of Americas pres
ent battle against U-boats will be
inserted in Columbias Destroyer" /"
which stars Edward g. Robinson.
The completed film went back into
production at the studio last week
so that sequences depicting the de-
ternined Allied attempt to track
down U-boat wolfpacks. might be
included.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Backdrop Of Clubs

The most famous night spots Of
the past and present are to be used
in Columbia's forthcoming Techni-
color musical. Cover Girl STAR
ring Rita Hayworth and featuring
the Is outstanding cover girls Of
the Nation.
Evening star., 1943-05-01

The sooner you get that War saw
ings stamp in your book the sooner
you will get victory in the bag.
Evening star., 1943-05-01

The Axis Is watching you; keer
'em signing while you keep buying
War savings stamps.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Human Race a Great Thing,
Wilder's Play Says Gaily
The Skin of Our Teeth Rises Above
All the Rules of the Drama
To Make Its Noble Point
BY JAY CARMODY,
Drama Editor Of The Star.)


The lady left at the Plymouth Theater asked
liking The Skin of Teeth"
perfect
it is nuts laughed
turning the gentleman left.
tn.
Evening star., 1943-05-01

The best way to root for victory
is to dig deep into that pocketbook
or purse and buy War savings
stamps.
Evening star., 1943-05-01

by Graham Greene which Seton I.
Miller will produce as his first Aim
for Paramount.
Evening star., 1943-05-01

You may think this sounds like
William Saroyan, a writer whose
philosophy has been questioned by
people who have cared to penetrate
the crazy, disordered eloquence of
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-05

the medical field. Many in Wash
ington say women doctors should
be eligible for a first lieutenancy
or a captaincy-and more predict
something is going to be done
about IL.
Never since the New Deal came
In 1882 has the Michigan delega-
ton of two senators and II
congressman been as Repub-
lican as it is with the new 18th
Congress
In the first Roosevelt year-the
ratio was 10 Democrats TO nine Re
publicans. This year the ratio is
IA Republicans TO five Democrats
(all Detroiters).
But it's usually been a "Republi-
can delegation" with many veter-
ans TO its credit. Actually, there
were only two incumbents defeated
in the last election-Senator Prem
tiss NJ. Brown and Representative
Frank Hook.
Swamped with letters from CON
stitutents concerned about the
why's and wherefores' of defer
ment, several Michigan congress
men say more details would help
According to the congressman,
the three points causing the most
concern are:
l. What is meant by Essential
industry" in granting deferments
to factory workers.
The exempted are: Those neces-
sary to the war effort or to the
country's health, interest or safety.
Under the War Manpower Commits
sion, 35 essential industries are
listed to include 5000 types OF Jobs
considered vital Industries are
production of aircraft. ships, ord
nance. and ammunition; agricul-
ture, construction, some types of
mining. production of machinery.
chemicals. apparel and rubber. fin.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-05

territory, against the Axis? Gen.
eral Eisenhower. Who's the anti
Axis suppliers Of Allied supplies
against German activities? Why,
General Eberstadt.
II seems obvious that a truly
Americanized German-American is
o. K. even if his name starts with
"Eisen" or ends up with "stadt."
There even are some decent Jap
anese.
I know one who, directly follow
ing Pearl Harbor, did his best to
volunteer as a doughboy. They did
not accept him and don't exactly
know why not. Probably there was
some physical count against him,
for he was too obviously a pro-
Yankee enthusiast to be suspect.
AS to good patriotic Italians
we've got coolies of them.