Evening star., 1943-04-12
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.


Fred Astaire dancing on the bar Of
a swank saloon and breaking 200
glasses! It's for his picture, "The
Sky's the Limit" An agonized
watcher is Mrs. Fred Astaire. Fred
does the dance six times, each time
breaks 200 glasses, and each time
Mrs. Astaire shudders. Fred man
ages not to get hurt by the broken
glassware. but as he leaves the set.
he catches his little finger in the
door, and roars with pain! {.
Marsha Hunt is taking dancing les
sons from Arthur Murray. She says
she is tired of stepping on the feet
of the boys at the canteen. {.
Helmut Dantine, who co-stars with
Enrol Flynn in ITO the Last Man."
gets his American citizenship papers
any day now. Sonia Henie uses
her own voice for song in winter
Time" That's what her press agents
say, anyway. This reporter is at first
skeptical, but convinced when she
reflects that it would be impossible
to match up Sonja's accent!
William Powell at Palm Springs
with his wife and taking his time
about returning to Hollywood to
resume his film career. Bill would
rather stay at the springs and con-
tinue his long honeymoon. {.
Mrs. Mickey Rooney at Mocambo
with Eddie Buzzell. He is short
and she is tall. But Eddie likes tall
girls and Ava likes short men. {.
Mary (movie- -meanie) Anderson rae
ing around the Fox lot in her tiny
car. 1t IS no bigger than a baby
carriage. Jack Oakie boasting,
1--WE never been on time in my life
but I've never been late!" If you
had sat around as long as Jack has
on movie set you'd know what he
meant.
Linda Darneu in the Fox commits
sary wearing slacks-and fresh from
the arms Of Tony De Marco. He is
teaching her to dance for their next
picture. Its my first musical" says
Linda. "Ive never danced before
and I have to click my heels in the
air. I'm losing weight through ner-
vousness." Columbia can't find
accommodations for the IS models
who portray themselves in Cover
Girl" The local shortage of apart
ments and houses is terrific. So
they are going to advertise for a
big house in the name of Rita Hay
worth. If, as they expect, they are
swamped with offers. all the Is
beauties will live under the same
roof :. Arthur Hornblow giving
cocktail to Gilbert Miller at the
Garden Of Allah. Hornblow used
to be the press agent for the play
producer.
Jacqueline White, niece of Secre-
tary of the Navy Knox, has been
made mother in Russia" The
child was originally her sister, but
the script has been changed and
now she is her daughter. Miss White
tells me that she could not under
stand word said by Director Greg
ory Ratof until he made me speak
with a Russian accent for my role!"
Michael Chekhov, nephew of the
great Anton Chekhov, has an i'm
portant part in the picture. He has
been in this country five years. But
his accent is so per cent better than
Ratoff's, who has only been here %
years! I overheard Greg tell Star
Susan Peters: after this picture
you will be the greatest star this
| company CMetrO) has ever had.
This is my understatement!"
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The boys on Guadalcanal have
named their canned corn Abbott
and Costello stew! Franchot
Tone laughs at the shortage Of baby
equipment. He's born carpenter
and Is himself making the crib for
the expected Tone infant . The
reason Nelson Eddy's hair was hid