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Evening star., 1943-11-20
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD.
Celluloid parade

Celluloid parade:
It's no fun playing Hitler. On
the contrary it's a personal menace
to body and soul, according to Rob-
ert Watson, who has played him
five times in the movies and is now
engaged in his most important and
extended portrayal of the Fuehrer
for THE Hitler Gang" being di-
rected by John Farrow at Para
mount.
In previous, less auspicious Hit
ler impersonations, Watson had
been allowed to stick that mustache
on in the morning and remove it
when going home at night. Now
it's the real thing. Farrow made
him grow a typical block Of hair
above his lip, and that. added to
the beady Watson eyes and the
construction of his face, gives him
a shocking similarity to the one
time house painter. Incidentally,
he's the same height as Hitler and,
except for the recently developed
Hitler paunch, Is just about a tie
for him in all other physical meas
urementS.
Watson's dressing room is off in
a far corner of the set where he
won't be bothered by practical
jokers. Although he's been on the
stage since 13, starting off in medi-
cine shows and winding up in spe-
cialty roles for George M. Cohan
shows, Watson is a sensitive fellow
who feels his present plight keenly.
* X X X
worst part of it is I'm not a
family man and I have to eat out
in restaurants every night" he said.
Il walk into cafe and I hear the
chairs scrape as people push them
back to get better view. Smart
crackers he'll me all over the place.
If I could only rip off this tell-tale
mustache!"
A policeman on Hollywood boule-
ward saved Watson from a beating
the other night.
Il was strolling along n1inding
my own business" said this phony
Hitler, when a group of playful
marines approached. The biggest
one-he must have been feet O.
took one look at me and his eyes
popped. He pushed his comrades
aside, squared off and said, Il saw
him first-he's mine!"
He meant business and I started
to run. l tripped over a curbing
and the marine pounced right on
top of me. Fortunately, that cop
pulled him off. But then when the
law took look at me he grunted
Evening star., 1943-11-20
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing
Stare.

Stdkc.
National-"Uncle Harry" with LIE
Gallienne and Schildkraut: 2::30 and
$50 pm.
Capitol Top Man." Donald
O'Connor as he: 11:10 am. 2:10,
$40, 8 and 1O:45 pm. Stage shows:
.1:10, 4:10, and $50 pm.
Columbia-"Johnny Come Lately"
Jimmy Cagney in a past era: l1:O5
am, ITO, 3:15, $50, 7:30 and 9:35
pm.
Earle-"Princess O'Rourke," roy
atty meets commoner: 10:30 am,
1880, 3:15, $40, sos and 1890 pm,
1855 am. Stage shows: 1905. 2:30,
Ass, 7:20 and GAS pm, 1910. am.
Keith's-"The North Star" Rus
sian town fights back: 1880 am,
1:35, 3:35. $40, 7:45 and GAS pm
Little-"Jeannie,' introducing a
fine actress: II am, 1880, 2::35,
4:20. sos, 7:50 and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Let's Face It." Bob
Hope in the musical: II 80 a m, :35,
1885, 5:35, TAO and $40 pm.
Palace-"Claudia," the Broadway
lass: 10:45 am, 1855, 3:O5, $50,
7:30 and GAS pm.
Pix-"Amazing Adventure" with
Cary Grant: 2:10, 4:20, $40, $50
and 11:05 pm, rs am.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts:
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1943-11-20
Bv JAY CARMODY.

Thoughts of drama co1umnist
about to take off for New York for
a To-day furlough of play-going:
So drama criticism does not have
its old power to MAIN? The
~theater now enjoys that paradisiacal
state of the critics having their
most vituperative say with a -four
lshing box Office coming along right
behind? That's what New Workers
tell the hinterlanders these days.
1t is very interesting. AS it
was when Life came out point blank
and said The Naked Genius" would
run forever in spite of the strident
demurrers of the reviewers e.
Then why is it closing tonight, this
very night? And why did Man
haitian Nocturne" fold quietly and
steal away during the week? :. 1t
must not be entirely true that New
Workers will buy any entertainment
in these hectic days. Nor, as
some insist, bad plays profit because
people cannot get into the good
ones. :. OF course, there are some
bits of evidence to that effect :.
Another Love Story" is selling out
nightly and matineely and there
was unanimity among the critics
from Washington, through Boston,
to Broadway that Frederick Ions
dale had written dull, liche-filled
boudoir farce. . Earlier, there was
the case of "Threes a Family" an
utterly simple-minded item which
opened to a sturdy rebuttal here,
got the same in New York and still
is doing handsomely by Producer
John Golden's purse. Like all
generalities, the one about bad plays
invariably becoming hits in New
York seems an eXaggeration.
OF Another Love Story" and its
success comes an echo of Roland
Young's estimate of the reviews.
. The critics, he agreed, were
right it was not a good play.
=. But, said MI Young, whose role
was the one good thing about the
Lonsdale comedy. it has something
in it the public wants. 1t will
survive. Which proves, for
once, that actors are not always the
bad judges of play endurance they
are supposed to be.
Evening star., 1943-11-20
Three Naval Officers Here
Presented Legion Of Merit

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
yesterday presented the Legion of
Merit to three naval offers on duty
in the Navy Department here.
The awards were for meritorious
conduct while on duty afloat. The
recipients were Capt. Lorenzo S.
Sabin, jr., A, of 1926 Window place
NV, who received the decoration
for conduct as commander of an
attack group during the assault on
Sicily and as commander of all
naval units at Licata during follow
up operations; Capt. Oswald S. Col
clough of 1913 Quebec street NV,
who received his award as COM
mander of submarines operating in
the North Pacific and as chief of
staff to commander, North Pacific
Forces; and Capt. Logan Mckee of
230l Fort Scott drive south, Arling-
ton, Va. who was decorated for
meritorious conduct as material Of
f1cer on the staff Of the commander
Of a task force In the Atlantic Fleet.
Evening star., 1943-11-20
Thoughts of One Columnist
On Eve of BuSman's HOLIDAY

1t will be interesting to check
on the boastfulness Of visiting New
Workers that their town has be-
come as harried. congested and con-
fused as Washington. no hotel
rooms bad transportation i.
never taxi, especially in the rain.
:. Maybe so, but at least the dim
out is a thing of the past. No
city ever wore more skulking look
in its dimout than did New York
And the diverse was Miami
Beach. which must have been the
most beautiful of all the unlighted
coastal cities. You never saw
one without thinking of the other.
What particular pieces of enter
tainment does an out-of- town critic
look forward to with the greatest
excitement? Critics do get excited
that way despite their efforts to
look blase) The answer to the
question is easy. Winged Vic
tory" Moss Harts drama of the air
forces, is easily at the top OF the list
A repertorial job in dramatic
form by man who is one of Amer
ica's finest writers. Imagine a
dramatist making use of cast of
$50. How? and how?
Wonderfully, the first reports say,
and one hopes that they represent
understatement. >. The Air Force
is an unfailingly dramatic subject.
. But playwrights have been
known to muff it. . Unlikely, in
deed, that Hart has. He is the
other kind of playwright.
The Theater Guilds "Othello,"
with Paul Robson in the title role,
is another exciting prospect. :.
Mr.. Robson is one of the most
versatile men of his race. And
"Othello' should be a natural for
him, his greatest acting oppor-
tunity since Emperor Jones'" :.
Jose Ferrer. who plays Iago. was
saying in August in a little tavern
on Forty-eighth street that you'll
never see anything like it." We
shall check on Mr.. Ferrer this very
night.
Another bright anticipation is that
of seeing Jimmy Savo's new musical,
Whats Up?" Wispy Savo 20
years ago was one of the theater's
great comedians. It's greatest,
many said, pointing out that he had
no equal at keeping an audience on
that narrow band which separates
laughter and tears. The most
wistful figure of his time, they
said. -. And then. for almost a
decade, Savo ran into disaster. :.
Nothing worked. His one-man
vaudeville show was a flop. He
has lost his wistfulness, friends ex-
planned sadly. He has grown fat.
and fat little comedians do not END
themselves to Mr.. Savo's style. ;.
He tried night clubs with indifferent
And now he has a new
comedy, starring thing
again for him. 1t will be some
thing to see. No one who ever saw
Savo in hisSheyday could pass it up.
And Mary Martin is back on
bToauWay, IeXaS most precious gift
to the theater. Last time this
saw Miss Martin she
was running through some new
songs in the music department at
Paramount in Hollywood. She
was hoping something would take
her back to Broadway. :. That was
nearly three years ago :. Now she's
back in "One Touch of Venus"
which not only has her as its star
but Kurt WE'LL music, and Agnes
De Mile dances.
Maybe also to see the Duncan SIS
tiers and Mary Howard. night club
triumphs in Gotham now after their
appearances here at Troika.
Helen Hamiltons graduates seem to
do very well.
Evening star., 1943-11-20

mentary, comes over the scenes, ex-
planning how 1t happened and the
reactions OF all concerned.
So, after the film is cut and
edited, it will be run of in a
clubbing room, where Fred will re-
cord all his commentary. This is
the most extensive job of commen-
tating undertaken by a star since
Spencer Tracy spoke throughout
the sound track OF Stanley and
Livingstone.
Evening star., 1943-11-20
Lithuoniuns to Meet

The Observation-Disclosures Society
OF Washington will discuss a pro-
gram Of winter social activities at
meeting at pm. tomorrow at the
Immaculate Conception School Hall,
Eighth and N streets NV.
Evening star., 1943-11-20
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Sun. Mon -Tues.-3 Big Days.
IRVING BERLIN'S
"THIS IS THE ARMY"

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Cont 2-11-Double Feature.
MAN FROM THUNDER RIVER" Also
RICHARD TRAVIS. RUTH FORD in
TRUCK BUSTERS"
Evening star., 1943-11-20

Sunday. Monday. Tuesday.
RED SHELTON. ELEANOR POWELL in
IT DOOD IT."
The sub., 1943-04-08

We'll, the new E. B. Co. dance band was heard in their first broadcast on WNLC two weeks ago. I heard many fiattering comments from workers who tuned in. There was also some sincere criticism by workers who, of course, men, toned these things because of a genuine interest in the band. Some listeners thought, as I do, that the broadcast was not something to rave about or compare with Bob Crosby offering, or that 1t was a poor effort either. No, I think 1t was, for the first broadcast of a group of musicians, formed for the purpose and in the manner this group was, a good start and good broadcast.
 The boys were unquestionably nervous on the first number and, consequently, held back slightly and didn't punch their notes and loosen as they did on the later numbers. In the vocals, Ann Wes- ley did well, and displayed a good mike voice. Some of the choruses were slightly out of her range, which will be remedied in future broadcasts.
 So, think in their first appear ance on the air, the new dance band did well, and gave assurance of becoming the very good outfit we predicted it to be, with the necessary polishing, which will come with rehearsal.
The sub., 1943-04-08
SMEU Ask
 New Contract

The Shipbuilders Union has made Q formal request of the Electric Boat Company to commence nego- tiations for the new agreement to replace the contract which will eX- pire in June. This letter was writ ten in order to definitely raise im- mediately the question of who is entitled to exclusive bargaining rights and to avoid possible loop hole for delaying the election for which the Union is seeking. The full text of the letter is as follows: Electric Boat Company
 Groton, Connecticut
 Att: MT. o. p. Robinsoni
 Dear Sir:
 "We direct your attention to the matter of the bargaining agreement between the company and the Ship builders & Marine Engineers Union of Groton which will expire ln June.
 "There are number of very In-
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pOrtant substantial changes which the ShlpbuIldero Union has ready for proposal In a new contract. These changes Involve naQy aspects Of work Ing conditions as well as actual rates of pay and reclasslfIcatIons. "HaVlnp In mind the possibility of necessity for War Labor Board ap- proVaI on certain changes which may be agreed upon and also having In mind the great length Of time which has been consumed In prior neuOtla- tlons and collective bargaining, we herewith formally request that nego- tlatlons for a new agreement be com- menced immediately.
 "klndIy advise your Intentions In thIs matter at once.
 every truly yours,
 "CHARLES SUiSMAN." In response the company has re- piled that it desires proof of repre- sentation in a letter as follows:
 March 29, 1O43 ShlpbulIders & Marine Engineers Union of Groton, Conn.,, Inc. 325 State Street
 New London, Connecticut Att: MT. Charles Sulsman Gentlemen:
 We beq to acknowledge tho receipt Of your letter of March 20 relative to the expiration or our eAIStln0 agree. ment and the continuing of negotia- tions for a new agreement.
 Prior to the start of negotiations cuInln atlnp In the existing agreement, you supplied proof that you had been selected as the sole collective bargain Ing agency by a majority Of our em- ployees as described In the agreement. We feel 1t only proper that you now supply proof that you stiIl represent a majority Of our employees, and therefore are their authorized repre- sentative.
 Yours very truly,
 ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY
 o. p. Robinson, General Manager As . result of these two letters the question of representation has been formally raised and must be decided lawfully.
 March 20, 1043
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chords that feature, so unusually, the trombone and horns are the strong points of the Wagner style. Many people prefer this type of opera, while others lean toward the lighter, yet more melodious Latin type of opera.
 To continue concerning Verdi, there is good reason for his selec- tion as the most versatile compos- CT. His style changed completely during his lifetime.
 Of course, all composers who lived long lives, had what is known as their three styles" of com position. The first being the style of their first few works; the sec- ond, the same style usually more rounded and sound; the third, a branching out of the style that brings in new chords, effects and sometimes a borrowing of another composers style.
 Verdi, however, did not follow this pattern entirely. He went through the first stage as, of course, he had to-the introducing of his first style. But, his first style was not immature as in most cases, it was definite and strong, with fow- ing melodies and a style of or- chestral accompaniment h a t seemed to rhythmically murmer behind the singing.
 This flowing orchestral accom- paniment is, in my opinion, one of Verdi's strongest attractions.
 So, he seemed to cover, in one jump, what most composers need ed several years to accomplish the establishing of a great and strong individual style of compo- sition. Examples of his first style are the operas La Traviata" and "Rigoletto."
 At the age of f1fty-eight, Verdi wrote one of his greatest operas, Aida" which the world thought was his swan-song. Then, after sixteen years of silence, at the age of seventy-four, produced "Otello." /" Here was new and dramatic Verdi. Not that his other works lacked drama, but, this opera had more punch and drama in the score than his other works. Some critics said he was copying Wag- ner, yet in comparing the works of each, 1t was easy to see that there was no theft of Wagner's chording style.
 At the age of eighty, Giuseppe Verdi composed his last opera "Falstaff," his first comic opera. Comic, though the libretto might have been, the musical score was in the style of "Otello," deep and stirring.
 Is it any wonder Verdi is rated one of the two greatest operatic composers.
 The recordings that are played on the loudspeaker system during the lunch period are giving us a lot of enjoyment and, of course, is good for our nerves, in these hectic days. The boys kicked a bit, at first, about the many min- utes spent of the news, as they could read the papers and listen to the news broadcasts at home. This trouble seems to have been remedied, because, lately there is
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Johnny WeIders, Inc.

With the hiss of melting steel And the flash of welding fiames We know that Johnny Welde1 Is still playing the game. Ten thousand times ten thousand The welders' torches leap, Preparing subs, and tanks and
 ships,
 Airplanes, down to jeep. And in the heart of every flame Is burning one desire, Not thought of medals or of fame, But service under fire! Ten million times ten million Speed forth supplies for war, For we in our United Front Know what we're welding for.
 Rowland Bishop d6-18S)
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Words and Music
By JOHN FERGUSON

Giuseppe Verdi is considered the most versatile of all operatc composers by most critics This statement is made concerning only the French and Italian operas.
 Wagner is unquestionaby the greatest composer of German operas His great orchestral budups and haunting
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way toward the spot where it stood.
They kept to the cover of trees and
bushes, since they knew that Scot
lands red deer are very shy.
When almost within range of their
prey they scared up grouse,
which flew away through a glen.
They were pleased that the bird was
not headed toward the stag, since
it might have given an alarm.
Meanwhile an eagle was perched
on nearby crag and caught sight
of the grouse. Swooping downward,
it short distance before dropping
it near the stag.
For a few moments the hunters
lost sight of what was happening
as they hurried to get in a good
position to shoot. When they came
within what they thought was prop
er range, the stag no longer was
where it had been; it was racing
away, and on it's back was the
eagle!
Feeling very sorry for themselves,
the hunters watched the deer run for
several hundred feet with the eagle
still clinging to its back. Then the
big bird let go of its hold and flew
back to the spot where the stag had
been.
By this time the two men felt
somewhat disguised. They arose
from the cover which they had
chosen and walked toward the eagle
which promptly flew away. On the
ground they saw the dead grouse.
AS nearly as they could figure
out, the eagle had wanted to make
a meal of the grouse but had felt
bothered by the presence of the stag.
To drive the large animal away, the
eagle had leaped on its back and had
taken ride! Then the bird had
come back to enjoy its game in
peace.
Eagles rank among the large and
high-fying birds of the world. To-
morrow we shall take up the habits
of the golden eagle, and on Friday
plan to tell about the bald eagle a
national emblem of the United
States.