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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-04

Dire(tor Is
Now on jon
BY ROBIN COONS

HOLLYWOOD M erie Oberon
and Carl Esmond stand at hos
pital doorway, waiting to go into
their scene.
From behind the camera a voice,
gentle but carrying authority, says
start After the scene the same
voice says cut" It's the most I'M
usual directors voice in Hollywood
because it belongs to woman, the
only woman director in town, Dor
othy Arzner.
Miss Arzner has been that-the
only woman director-since 1927.
when she made Esther Ralston's
first starring picture, Fashions for
Women, These are times when
women more and more are stepping
into mems jobs, but so far there
has been no great rush of appli-
cants for the job of directing pic
lures. There probably never will
be, because directing-with all its
griefs and day-to-day problems, to
ay nothing of its physical strains
is one of the jobs least likely to be
preempted by women.
From this you would expect Dor
cthy Arzner to look like an ANA
zon, with a fog-hcrn voice and at
least some semblance CT Ratchet
face to brighten actors into line.
Actually, she is a completely gentle,
completely feminine woman, small
and trinity attractive. Concessions
to her job are her close-cropped
nair, now handsomely touched with
gray, and her neatly tailored suits
Behind her camera or desk she has
the forcefulness of a person who
knows her job, Away from it. She
is retiring, almost shy.
l suspect that one of the main
reasons for her success is that she
has never asked allowances for be-
longing to the weaker sex. She
came up the hard way-from stu
dio typist on through the mills of
writing, holding script, assisting the
film editor or cutter, editing, assist
ant directing on to her own job as
e director.
Il haven't given any particular
thought to why other women
haven't become directors" she
says, but I suppose it's because
nowadays the picture industry is
so much bigger When I started it
was small, the studio was a closely
knit family, and had a chance
to learn all the technical details
that go into picture making"
Miss ArZner now is directing a
psychological action picture, at
tack by Night 1t features Com
mando raids and SUCH Many direc-
tors turn over such action stuff to
second units but Miss Arzner
intends to direct her own.
Arzner. sets always have a quiet
atmosphere, probably because crew
men feel more than usually re-
strained in language and behavior
But Dorothy Arzner says the incest
compliment" she ever had came
from an electrician: When &C
home from this Set" he said, 81
never wrangle with my wife. Some
times after day on other sets my
nerves are shot and I'm SO jumpy
I'm not fit to live with"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-04

Since the French acquired Casa
blanca IS years ago they have spent
more than $65,O00,000 on harbor
improvements.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-04
COUNCIL WILL HOLD
MEETING ON FRIDl

Routine business will be tran
sacted at the City Council meeting
tomorrow night in the City Hall
chambers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-04

The year l943 marks the 10th
anniversary of the Copernican
system of astronomy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-04
wHITEHEADs TO RETURN

WHIIEHEADS 10 RETURN
1t is reported that DR.. w. M.
wife and three chill
dren, expect to return to Juneau
from Virginia, sometime in Sep
TENDER
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-04

Empire Classifieds Pay!
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-04
TIDES TOMORROW

High tide-1:13 am, Ill feet.
Low tide-7.05 am, OF feet.
High tide-1:13 pm, 1879 feet.
Low tide-7:35 pm, 81 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-04

Pass, indicating that Rommel is
surrendering all his gains at the
center in the interest of gaining
greater security to the south, fol-
lowed the announcement that the
nearby town of Sidi Bouzid was
reentered by the United states
forces without opposition.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-04

Musicians Dance, March s. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-04
ALLIES PUT
pIN(ER50N
AxISF0RCES
Both Ends Of Tunisidn
Front Being Closed
Contact Patrols

Continued from Page One)
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BUY WAR BONDS
Evening star., 1943-05-09
George Abbott
.Contenplates
A New Musical
Baseball the Motif
For His Latest,
And He Enfkuses
By Lawrence Perry.
NEW YORK

NEW YORK.
The sunlight Of a perfect spring
day flooded through the windows
of George Abbott's Office, an aerie
dizzily aloft over Fifth avenue
Here the roar of midtown Manhat-
tan, rising at noontide tempo, was
not even "a mufmur. you heard
only the voice. Of the eminent theat-
rical producer raised in song:
''Oh, what a beautiful morn
ing
Oh, what a beautiful day!"
He was right about the weather.
But this was not the thought that
Immediately occurred. Instead you
marveled at the .lmagnanimity of
the producer of musical comedy
that went bust to the tune of s125.-
900, singing an air from rival
musical, a smash hit.
Il love that tune" George Abbott
raised his head from something he
had been reading and which-so at
least it seemed-he was trying to
hide by covering it with an arm.
What is it," I asked, "a new
playa
The producers blue eyes glinted
defiantly.
It's a new musical he said
shortly
Here was a man who not so long
ago OccllDiad the role 0f OrnhellS
bowling before a storm of disap-
proval which blew Beat the Band"
off the boards. Now, posing as
Ajax about to defy the lightning.
the impression was admirable. Fact
is he simply cannot resist the musi-
cal comedy impulse. There is music
(See PERRY, Page E-2.
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Susan and HOLLYWOOD
BY SuSan Peters.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Am I dreaming? If So will some
one please pinch me now, before its
too hard to wake up. Honestly,
things have happened so fast. I'm
still not sure it isn't all just won-
derful dream.
Only a few months ago Susan
Peters was the most discouraged girl
in Hollywood. Then, just when
everything was blackest, 1 found
myself on Stage Is of Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer Studios, playing in a
scene with Greer Carson and Rom
aid Colman. How I landed there
will forever remain mystery. 1t all
happened too quickly.
1t was during the last week of
boarding school, which J. attended,
we were in the midst of final exam
nations. My own worry was the
oral exam in dramatic class Imagine
my feelings, when I walked in the
classroom and found a studio rep
resentative sitting in on the. pro-
ceedings. hoping to discover hid
den Sarah Bernhardt among the
group.
My turn came. After dying seven
times before reaching the impro-
vised stage from where we were to
deliver ouS recitations, 1 faced the
class, mentally shut my eyes and
Evening star., 1943-05-09

plunged into the speech. When it
wa sail over the professor asked me
to remain after class
After every one left the talent
scout looked right at me and said,
How would you like to be in pic
tures?"
That was the closest I've eyer
been to dropping dead from sudden
shock!
The idea that a studio representa-
tive would pick the poorest student
in high school dramatic class as
potential star, began to strike me
funny. That was after the shock
wore off 1 thought he was kidding,
but after he convinced me that he
did mean do you want to be in
pictures?" told him to call the next
day. In the meantime, I would talk
it over with my mother.
That, night. another family con-
ference was held. Mother said that
it was entirely up to me. One thing
stood out, as far as was concerned
Acting paid well and if I didn't take
it too seriously and allow myself to
(See SUSAN PETERS, Page ESD
Evening star., 1943-05-09
All the Facilities
Of Detroit Couldn't
Help Mr.. Vidor
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLY WOOD.
King Vidor. directing America"
story of the industrial develop
ment of the United States, has a
problem in the automobile sequences
that all Detroit can't solve for him,
Vidor wants to show an automo-
bile assembly line of the vintage of
1917, of which there are none in this
year of 1913.
In order to accomplish his purpose
Vidor must:
Cd Find 30 autos of 1917 model.
co Dismantle them, part by part.
80 Build an authentic assembly
line of that year.
ca Reassemble his 1917 parts in
1917 cars on that assembly line.
Once arranged and photographed,
the assembly line will be contrasted,
in the climactic sequences, showing
the fulflllment of the assembly line
technique in American industry,
with the 100000 parts of giant
bomber brought together as if by
magic. In comparison, the 1917
auto factory is major project.
Evening star., 1943-05-09
By Max Hill.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Forty years on the road have not
dulled the appetite Of Ethel Barry
more for a first-hand look at more
Of America than she saw on her re-
cent 23000-mile jaunt through 80
States by automobile, bus and train
On the other hand, it is just as
true that Broadway welcomes her
back with hearty enthusiasm, and
it's likely that The Corn Is Green
will remain at the Martin Beck The
ater until new engagements require
Miss Barrymore to set out on a tour
of the other nine States.
Monday nights audience was en-
tranced by her performance, al
though almost every one there had
seen the show before it started on
tour. The story of The Corn Is
Green" is familiar by now to virtu-
ally all theatergoers. 1t deals with
a Welsh coal miner and his teacher
Miss Barrymore-Who finally is
able to arrange scholarship for
him at Oxford.
AS much as she loves the play,
Miss Barrymore would rather talk
about America at war, of her two
sons, Sam and Jack Colt, now both
in the Army, and her daughter,
Ethel Colt, who is studying opera
and hopes soon to try for a place
of her own in the Metropolitan.
They are so much more conscious
of the war on the West Coast than
you are here that it amaZes me-" she
told me. They have special ha-
tired for the japanese. San Fran
cisco is alive to the menace of ia
pan, and so are Seattle and Port
land"
Miss Barrymore is in her middle
SOS, but she is living proof of the
fact that years don't always make a
person old. She reads one or two
books on the war each day, and the
theater is only part of her life.
Touring agrees with me-" she
continued. America is so exciting
I never stop looking. It's a great
country at any time, but now, with
the camps and soldiers and sailors
and busy factories, it's more inter-
esting than ever.
why, we only played a week in
Texas, and / think show could
stay there year We didn't even
get to Kentucky on the last tour, but
we will next fall. And we are going
to play Chicago and Detroit and
Milwaukee again.
Stages Personal Touch.
"The people want living actors
more than they do figures on a
movie screen. Why, in most places
we sold as many seats as the fire
departments would allow, and usu-
ally some standing room.
That tour was an achievement.
We always got there on time. And
difficult the way trains are crowded
now. The soldiers and sailors al
ways helped us out. They were
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Thousands Cheered,
So the Producers
Changed Their Minds
HOLLYWOOD.


It was something like producers
heaven the night they sneak-pre-
viewed For Whom the Bell Tolls"
In a Riverside theater. 40 miles from
Los Angeles. The picture, of course,
has had more build-up than any,
thing since Gone With the Wind"
and when its title flashed on the
screen men literally threw their hats
in the air, while women screamed.
The only time Hollywood recalls
such a demonstration was when
"GWTW' was first "sneaked" at
Pomona.
The picture runs three hours and
18 minutes and while Paramount
had originally planned to cut at
least 80 minutes from it, there are
indications now that it will remain
intact. They are debating the idea
of sticking in an intermission. which
is a dangerous thing to attempt.
Very few "intermission" pictures
have ever done big business, and
Hollywood sages long since have
abandoned the idea as imprac-
tical.
Test runs probably will be given
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" in five
key cities-New York, Detroit,
Chicago, Washington and Philadel-
phia-probably around mid-June.
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Swedish Katharine Cornell
Succumbs to Hollywood
But Movies No New Experience for Signe,
Who Probably Had That in Mind
When Critic Nathan Chided Her

and went to introduce herself to the
manager of the Royal Dramatic
Theater, Olaf Molander. She was
put into a production the very next
night.
Her career hit an early snag be-
cause the Government authorities
thought she was too young to travel
and behave like a grown-up. How
ever, by the time child labor laws
aimed at her had been put through,
she was 18 and could crawl under
the fence.
Signe became the youngest actress
ever to play professionally the title
role in Schiller's Mary, Queen of
Scots
She was II when she married a
wealthy engineer. Harry Hasso. They
managed to combine two careers
happily for few years and son
was born. But in 1910 they parted
agreeably and she set out for Amer
lea by way of Russia, Siberia and
Japan.
Il asked the studio holding my
contract 10 permit me 10 SeleCL my
itinerary. for suddenly I didn't know
what wanted to do more-travel or
act"
Between acting assignments at
Metro. where she has just played a
fetching vixen in Assignment in
Brittany" Signe is scribbling notes
for book dealing with her travels
in Europe, Asia and America.
Signe has been correspondent for
a Swedish newspaper right along.
George Jean Nathan once said
Signe was the most interesting for
eign actress in America and pointed
his finger at her for deserting the
stage for the movies.
But a girl who has made pictures
in Sweden. Norway, Finland. Austria,
England and America must have
the habit. There seems little chance
of Mr.. Nathan having his way.
Evening star., 1943-05-09
America, the Fascinating g
= Ethel Barrymore Talks About Her Land
After Touring $4,000 Miles of 1t

grand-and we'll behaved. too. I'm
proud of our Army and Navy
Miss Barrymore is virtually the
same person at home that she is on
the stage. Her husky, throaty voice
reminds you vaguely of Lionel, her
brother This is especially true
when she chuckles.
Her hair, done in a short, curled
bob, is no more than touched with
gray, and her mobile face, constantly
gesturing hands and alert eyes stamp
her as woman who is vitality inter-
ested in all she does.
Take the East River scene from
her apartment in the East Fifties:
Il could stand for hours Just
watching the river traffic. It's fas-
cinating. Tugs and Navy launches
and old rusty freighters, every one
with dramatic story to tell. and
battleships and submarines. It's
scene that changes every minute,
day and night"
Miss Barrymore. in running back
through her memories of other plays
ollC lldo OOlic, Was qulle lJIOuu Ol
what happened to her when she was
in Baltimore playing Farm of
Three Echoes" She was cast as
97-year-old woman.
Every psychiatrist at Johns Hop
kins came at least four times" she
said. They thought it was the best
depletion of senility they had ever
seem"
1t was after Farm of Three
Echoes that she became interested
in THE Corn Is Green" After more
than 470 performances on Broadway
the production opened it's tour in
Chicago just after the war broke out
and continuing through that season
and this one in the hinterland.
Not once in 902 performances has
Miss Barrymore failed to appear,
this despite 78 one-night stands,
some of which meant bus trips and
emergency connections. Herman
Shumlin, the producer, thinks we'll
of THE Corn Is Green He should,
for it has crossed $1,5OO,0OO for
him, more than any other hit he
has handled, hits like Grand Ho-
tel" THE Children's Hour" and
"The Little Foxes"
Evening star., 1943-05-09
A Desert Warrior Impatient
By Inea Arvad.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Col. David Macdonald, the man
who filmed this wars finest picture,
Desert Victory" paced up and down
in his hotel suite, wishing that those
thick carpets were the fine yellow
ish sand of the Tunisian desert.
A man of average height with
steel blue eyes, cynical smile. quick
wit and compelling personality, he
looks strapping in the battle dress of
the Sth Army. The best fighting
force in the world today" he proud
ly says.
Certainly I am going back" he
said as he looked out of the window
while he smoked necessarily. But
first 1 am returning to London In
about three weeks time I should be
in Tunisia.'
You mean that you want to be
there for the march into Tunis?"
asked teasingly.
That is it. I have 40 photogra-
pliers working with the 9th Army
all the time, but for that 1 want to
be there myself"
We talk about this and that, but
every sentence somehow leads back
to the desert.
you want me to tell you of an
average day in the desert" says the
man who filmed the British raid on
Lofoten Island in Norway and the
big fire in London when the city was
first raided. He and a cameraman
shot the London pictures from the
golden dome of st. Paul's.
Forward the Cameras.
"All right, here we 60. Let us take
day during last June when we had
the push with Auchinleck and we
started to do an advance.
AT dawn went forward to a GER
tain element of the 9th Army. The
enemy was shelling and we were an
swering with the same. I attached
myself to one of our tanks. Two and
half hours later we had a Stuka
raid. They're such damned personal
things. Somehow, you feel that they
aim directly at you, and there is no
place to hide. You just throw your
self face down. But the Raj drove
them off and the whole thing prob
ably only lasted five minutes.
1--WE sat around while the sap
Evening star., 1943-05-09
By WiHa Gray Martin.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Wearing shoulder length bob
and man-tailored overcoat, shy,
unknown actress arrived some years
ago in this country from Sweden.
She did not remain unknown long
The continental background plus a
personal intensity and mystery all
her own made Greta Garbo one OF
the most fabulous of American
screen actresses.
A little over three years ago. an
other Swedish actress, as tall as
Greta and as blond, appeared in a
shorter -than-s shoulder bob and with
her 3-year- -old daughter papoosed to
her back. She. too. was on the verge
of screen prominence: Ingrid Berg
man.
Now it's Signe Hasso-5 feet 4,
with gray-green eyes and reddish
brown hair-who is here as third
bright representative of the royal
dramatic theater in Stockholm. And,
she expects to remain. having taken
out citizenship papers.
1t has been two years since she
left home. where she was often
called the Katharine Cornell of
the Swedish stage
Talent did not spring unheralded
in Signe. Her mother. Helfrid Lars
son. was writer and painter. Her
maternal grandmother, the dlstin-
guished Eleanor Henig Lindstrom,
was one of Europe's foremost pain
ters: her grandfather was an emf
nent architect.
But when she was 4, her father
died and Signe's mother had to leave
her paint brushes and pen to con-
centrate on any prosaic job which
would assure food for Signe and her
younger brother and sister.
/ In 1927. when Signe was IL. she
/ braided her pig tails about her head
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Todav's Film Schedules

CAP1TOL"Hangmen Also Die Czechs underground $50
6:45 and $40 Stage shows 3:20, 6:l5 and 9o5 pm
COLUMBIA"The Human Comedy saroyans little people:
Sis, 7:30 and 9:45 pm.
EARLE-"Happy &c Lucky" Mary Martin Dick
1885, 3l5 $780, 745 and $50 Stage shows: 235
$50, 7:O5 and 9:15
KEITHs-"Flieh Uncle
l. $40 5:25, 7:35 and pm
L1TILE-somewhere in France more suspense from England l.
PAS, 4:25, 6:05, 7:50 and $40 pm.
METROPOLITAN-'Reap the Wild Wind" DeMle DeMile
scale: 1885, Ais pm.
PALACEKeeper of the Flame
$40, $40, 7:30 and $40 pm.
P1X"Corregidor action Philippines 450 $685. 800
and 1915 pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts Continuous
Evening star., 1943-05-09
She'll Even Jitterbua
For Her Country

BY the Associated Press.
Helen Walker is learning to Utter
bug at the Hollywood canteen and
finds the process confusing.
Some boy steps up and asks me
to Dance she says. Before I can
get good look at him, we're dane
ing. Then he sends me spinning.
When I get turned around again,
there are lot of boys in the same
uniform and I can't tell which is
my partner. I sorta stand there a
minute, am finally grabbed by some
one, and the whole business starts
over again.
But don't get me wrong; I love
IL"
That is patriotism.
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Early Faitl,
In Irwin Shaw
Is Justified
Sons and Soldiers
OPENING on Broadway,
ImbreSSeS a Critic
By J. NJ. Kendrick.
NEW YORK


Back in 1885 a 22-year- former
football player, Irwin Shaw, emerged
on the New York theatrical scene
with an unusual and impressive one
act war play, Bury the Dead" 1t
was evident that here was a play
wright capable of contributing much
To the stage.
The new .Theater League had
sponsored q playwright contest.
Bury the Dead" came along two
weeks too late to compete for the
prize. but the judges thought so
much of it that they published it
in the league magazine.
Shaw and group of young actors
finally succeeded in producing the
play in Fourteenth street theater.
where it quickly attracted the atten-
ton of uptown managers. Shaw
had sold his writing talent to the
Hollywood producers, but he flew
here for the opening in the Barry
more and found the enthusiastic
praise of crticics heaped upon him
the following morning.
Since then his work has been
appearing at intervals in the theater
and as short stories in magazines.
In 1887 his play Siege" based on
the Spanish revolution, was pro-
| duced and lasted only six nights.
Then came THE Gentle People" an
anti-Fascist drama, in 1889. 1t was
! a hit.
Retreat to Pleasure" in 1910, was
another failure. But this week
Shaw's "Sons and Soldiers" arrived
at the Morosco Theater. 1t is
brilliant, highly original, deeply
moving drama. l left the theater
with the feeling that Shaw had
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Coming Attractions

Stage
NATIONAI-The Merymakers vaudeville show opening
week from tomorrow night.
Screen.
cAPITOPilot 81 with starting Thursday
COLUMBIA-"The Hardwicke and
Henry Travers; repeat engagement starting Thursday.
EARLE-The Merrier Arthur
KEITHS-"This with Laughton
OTIara; starting Thursday
of Fire with Barbara Stanwyck and Cooper
Darkness with Enrol Flynn
Sheridan
PALACEHelo, Frisco Hello with Alice Faye and John Payne
starting Thursday.
P1x"r Walked With zomse with Frances Dee and James
Ellison; starting Saturday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-12-30
Pleasant View


Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Zimmerman
and family of Defiance and Miss
Margaret Habegger of Dayton were
Christmas day guests of their
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Habeg-
ger and daughter Frances.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. B. Rickly of
Columbus, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Rickly and family of West Liberty
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sutter and
family of Toledo spent Christmas
day with Mrs. Arletta Rickly and
Alva and Mr. .and Mrs. Myron
Reichenbach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carol Harris and
daughter Marcella of Toledo visited
over the holidays with Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Shaffer and daughter Blanche
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Frantz and
sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Frantz
and daughters and Mr.. and Mrs.
Melvin Williamson spent. Christmas
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-12-30
In Thick Of Arawe
Battle

Sgt. Emmor Mullenhour of Lima
was right in the thick of the fight
when the American troops staged a
landing operation recently at Arawe
on New Britain, according to dis
patch received recently.
Written by Peter Hemery, Inter
national News Service correspondent,
the story relates the part that the
Fifth Air Force played in his land
ing operation. 1t discloses that Sgt
Mullenhour was in the rear gunner's
compartment during the attack. He
manned a so calibre machine gur
which he used to strafe targets after
forward guns had done their jobs as
well as to guard against interceptine
Jap Zeros.
Hemery's story tells how the
American headquarters received
word that Jap troops were approach
ing the Arawe landing scene. Pow.
erful echelons of Az Havoc bomber!
escorted by Lightning formation,
were dispatched to halt the enemy.
at will be some days before th'
success of the mission can be as
sessed", the correspondent comment
ed, shut there probably will be an
other mute, white-crossed tale o
what jungle bombing can accomp
lish."