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Evening star., 1944-12-18
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOJJYWOOD

I1oLL "oob.
This is the Cinderella town where
success has been striking with such
lightning like suddenness during
the past few years that one is in
clined to overlook the player who
trudges the long, arduous road to
success.
So, today let us nominate as our
hero, a tall, fandsome-and very
persevering-fellow named Dana
Andrews. If Horatio Alger were
writing a Hollywood column, An
drews would most certainly be the
subject of a treatise called Work
and Win" or From Gas Pumper to
Movie Star" Hero Andrews fol-
lowed true to the Alger tradition. 1t
took him nine years, not "a hours, to
attain the ladders top rung.
Just in case you've been a bit lax
in your current movie shopping, An
drews is Hollywood's great new ball
of fire. He got that way as the re-
suit Of Laura" which presents him
as the detective assigned to a muir
der involving Gene Tierney. Sounds
like trite assignment, but Andrews
made it anything but that. He
tackled 1t with such gusto that he
rolled himself into big romantic
blaze.
Nine years ago he was pumping
gas in Van Nuys, suburb Of Los
Angeles. At night he went out to
the Community Playhouse and
speared bit roles in stock shows.
This routine continued almost four
years, when a scout for Samuel
Goldwyn signed him to contract,
pact now shared with Goth Century
Fox.
But a signed contract doesn't
mean stardom in Hollywood. 1t more
often means obscurity. Every major
studio has 80 or 40 young fellows
under contract and with each stu
dio making not more than 40 pic
lures year, the chances of most of
these young men are pretty slim
Nothing much really happened to
Andrews until Fox made Swamp
Water" 1t was not big hit. but
fans liked this tall, broad -shouldered
chap with the square chin, curly hair
of the leads in ''Ox-Bow Incident, "
an innocent young raneher hanged
for killing that never occurred
This one, also, won high critical &C
claim for Andrews, but few people
saw 1t.
The focus on Andrews began to
get sharp when Daryl Zanuck
placed him in the lead Of "The Pur-
pie Heart" which related the cruel
fate Of the flyers captured by the
Japs after the first Tokyo raid.
Then came Laura" And with 1t
came examples of the special An
drews technique the muscular
twitch of the cheek when he hears
the girl he loves say she isn't going
to marry his rival-the sudden re-
laXing of his shoulder muscles when,
while questioning her at headquar-
ters. he learns she is innocent. Such
as these constitute the fine dramatic
understatement of an actor who
Evening star., 1944-12-18
By SHEILAH GRAHAM


Claudette Colbert says it isn't true
that she is adopting one child. IT
am adopting three babies" she tells
me. Il kept hoping I'd have one of
my own, but I've been married nine
years"
The infants will not join the Col
bert-Pressman menage until after
the war. when my husband is back
from active service" Doctor, now
captain, Joel Pressman is on duty on
a small carrier somewhere in the
Pacific. Il want two boys and a
girl" Claudette concludes. But Joel
wants two girls and boy" This
sounds like the beginning of another
war-the friendly kind. Talking
about babies, and If you're not, you
are not fashionable, Don Ameche,
with four boys Of his own, is about
to add two girls to the family by
way of adoption.
Helen Hayes has received bid
from Sam Wood to play the impor-
tant mother role in "This Land Is
Bright" It's wonderful part and
Sam is good director, so Helen may
change her mind about movies. i.
How would you like George Raft
for your agent? He's done all right
by his buddy, Mack Grey, who knows
less about the art of acting than
piece of stone.
X X
Twosomes in our town include Ida
Lupino and Helmut Dantine-this
boy gets around with the stars. i. (.
Anne Baxter and John Kodiak. :.
Van johnson and June Allyson, but
Evening star., 1944-12-18
of Time and Dana Andrews

hasn't grain of corn in his make
| up. w..
We asked Dana If he'd ever be-
come discouraged about acting in all
those nine years.
We'll, there were times when
started to grippe" he said. But they
never lasted more than a moment.
All I had to do was to think about
selling 2 gallons of gas to a woman
who wanted her windshield and all
the other windows cleaned, the tires
checked, radiator filled, battery
checked and the floor of the car
busted. Then l became very happy
about acting.
Actually. I've always been we'll
treated. I've had a lot of good
breaks. I have wonderful wife,
two swell youngsters, house nearly
paid for and what 1 hope will turn
out to be steady job" ~
The son of Baptist minister,
Dana for time thought he was 60
ing to spend his life adding figures.
But one morning he told his en-
ployer at Houston (Tex) oil COM
pany where he functioned as an ac-
countant that he was going to Holly
wood. He packed his bag, went out
to the highway and started thumb
ing toward California.
The first job he landed was in the
gas station. After a few years his
boSses-there were two of them
said they'd decided to finance his ef-
forts to become an actor.
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National-"The Cherry Orchard"
$3.50 pm.
Abroad With Two
Yanks":: IL am, 1:50, 4.35. LIS and
10 pm Stage shows: los, $50
6:35 and 9:15 pm.
Columbia-"M "Maisie Goes to Reno:
1880 am, 1880. $3.50, $50, 7:35 and
9:35 pm.
EarIe-"The Very Thought of
YOU: II am, lao. AIS, ITO and
$50 pm. Stage shows: los, $50,
$50 and 9:15 pm.
Keith's-''Woman in the Window.
1885 am, 1:35. 3:35, 5:35, 7:35 and
9:35 pm.
Little-"The Magnificent Amber
sons: 11:05 am, 1855, 2:40, 4:25,
6:15, 8 and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"The Doughgirls"
II am, ITO, 800, 5:25, 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
Palace-"And Now Tomorrow
II am, 1:10, 3:20, $50, TAO and
$50 pm.
Pix-"Nothing But the Truth:
2, 4:30, 7:20 and 9:55 pm.
am
Trans-Lux-Newsa and shorts, con-
tinuous from 10 am.
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day when he was out to luncheon,
that Mr.. B. walked into a bank to
cash small check in order to
make eating possible. In the course
of that transaction, he was inter-
rupted by an old friend whom he
recognized as a play agent.
Here's play for you, THE play"
the agent said, handing Mr.. Bam-
berger a script.
The same thing had happened
numerous times, but Mr.. Bamberger
had a feeling that this was to be
different. He got his money and
promptly forgot all about eating.
Instead he took the script, hoped
cab and went directly to his apart
ment and plunged into the drama.
He recognized at once that it was
precisely the item for which he had
been looking all those years.
1t was his instantaneous notion
that one of the things the play
needed was Hollywood name The
paper on the floor beside his chair
had the news that Ralph Bellamy
was in New York, so Mr.. Bamberger
called him. Bellamy had read a lot
Of scripts with the hope of finding
a role that would be suitable to
bring him back to Broadway, but
none of them appealed to him and
he thought perhaps the sensible
thing would be to go back to Holly
wood.
That mood lasted, however, only
long enough for him to read the
script of which Mr.. Bamberger
spoke. He read it and said yes" he
was all set for the role.
The play, in case you have not
already remembered, was "Tomor-
row the World the work of a
couple of relatively unknown Holly
wood script writers who subsequent
ly turned around and sold it to the
movies-Lester Cowan, to be exact
for $350,000.
Miss Dalrymple. who is not think
ing of Hollywood as a future for
her play script, so far at least, makes
her debut as a producer with Hope
for the Best" thoughtful comedy
by William McCleery whose regular
job is working for the newspaper,
PM.
She, too, ran into the Hollywood
situation with reference to a couple
of aspects of the production. One
was to get Marc Connolly to direct,
the other to induce Franchot Tone
to play the leading male role. In
both deals, Miss Dalrymple was
successful Mr.. Tone, it seems, had
been wanting, like so many cinema
stars, to get back to Broadway for
a long time. The right play, how
ever, was not available, had not been
since he last appeared in New York
in 1910.
Hope for the Best" turned out to
be just what he was looking for,
just as it had been for Miss
DalrympIe.
Evening star., 1944-12-18

kept in the back of her mind
through years of press representing
the works of other producers. In
that interval, in addition to ac-
quainting the world with the merits
of other producers plays, Miss
Dalrymple has managed, promoted,
and/or sponsored large collection
of allied artists, couple of whom
are Grace Moore and Jose Iturbi
Miss Dalrymple, in becoming a
play producer, is following the ex-
ample of numerous others who have
had their introduction to the thea
ter as press representatives.
The most successful of the lot, at
least a highly defensible nominee
as the most successful, could be
Russell Grouse, who formerly toiled
for the Theater Guild. Mr.. Grouse,
of course, is more than a play pro-
ducer, his most recently distinguish
ed drama being one which he and
Howard Lindsay co-authored from
the works of Clarence Day, Life
With Father" That five-year
Ia OooWdy ouSCCoS, WlllCll lcCcllIly
sold to the movies for a down pay
ment of $500,000 plus percentage,
was making Mr.. Grouse richer along
with another, arsenic and Old
Lace" written by Joseph Kesselring
but produced by the firm of Lindsay
and Grouse.
X X
Another happy set of footsteps in
which Miss Dalrymple is following
are those of Theron Bamberger. For
years Mr.. Bamberger called on
drama departments, this one and
many others, in behalf of other
peoples wares. Always he kept in
mind, however, that some day he
would lay his hands on the right
playscript and the right amount of
money and that when that day came
along he would hire his own press
agent.
1t was a couple of years ago, one
Evening star., 1944-12-18
does not care about . new piece Of

does not care about . new piece Of
jewelry.
Jon Halls accident" to his nose
has resulted in some fancy facial
surgery. A piece Of bone was re-
moved, and now joins nose is
straight and cute, where, before the
Tommy Dorsey fracas, 1t was aaui-
line. With his new proboscis, 1t is
predicted that joins career as q
leading man will follow suit and
take a straight course to new
heights.
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Evening star., 1944-12-18
Another Press Representative
Becomes a Play Producer
BY JAY CARMODY.

JAY CARMODY.
How handsomely don't
will realized the
The of the ambition pretty Dalymple
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verely, a good deal put out that this
little ruse had been discovered SO
easily.
Look" he said, "here we work
up to be Thomas A. Edison slow
like. Starting from the ground. I
think you heard the Captain men,
ton something about procedure
sheets. You got yours?"
Mr.. Wrinkle held it up.
What's it say you do?"
First" Mr.. Wrinkle read,
crank engine by starter; if en-
CINE fires but motor won't run, pour
gas in the carburetor.'
"Now you got the idea," the Cor
poral ordered.
Mr.. Wrinkle cranked the engine,
which fired but didn't run. He took
up can and poured gasoline in the
carburetor and tried again. The en-
CINE ran for a moment and then
spluttered to stop.
Mr.. Wrinkle glanced longingly at
the carburetor adjustment and then
consulted his procedure sheet once
more.
He learned he now knew that the
seat of the trouble was the fuel
system. He checked the gas sup
ply, the lines and the connections.
Finally he came, according to pro-
cedure, to the carburetor. He swiped
with his screw driver again, and
this time, when he pushed the start
er, Army procedure was triumphant.
When he shut off the engine, he
stood back with puzzled expression
on his face. "Can ask a question,
Corporate"
Something you don't under
stand?"
WELL" proposed Mr.. Wrinkle,
"supposing I'm out in stalled truck
with the enemy after me. Do I go
through the procedure and get cap
tured, or do I adjust the carburetor
and escape?"
He knew by now it was heresy to
make such inquiries, but the answer
to this one worried him genuinely.
The Corporal regarded him with
eringly. Maybe your skin will tell
you that if you think it's worth saw
ing"
Mr.. Wrinkle and his friend, Mr..
Tinker, were in town to celebrate
their completing the Motor Mechan-
les course and having received their
certificates of graduation.
They stood outside the bar Mr..
Tinker patronized. Mr.. Wrinkle was
about to be on his way down the
street alone, as usual, leaving Mr..
Tinker to the attractions within. Mr..
Tinker had been wishing that he
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Getting along all right?" he
asked.
would join him this time. How
about it?" he inquired.
NO" Mr.. Wrinkle replied judi
ciously, II don't think So
II know you're married and all,
but that amt any reason you can't
enjoy yourself"
Mr.. Wrinkle shook his head.
Il amt trying to get you to do
anything you don't want to do" ar
gued Mr.. Tinker.
While they stood discussing it, with
Mr.. Tinker making most of the COM
mentS, they saw two soldiers COM
ing along the street. One was Jack,
but they couldn't believe their ewes
at first when they recognized the
other.
They hadn't seen Jack or Freddie
since the fight. Incredible rumors,
which they refused to accept, had
reached them that Freddie had final
ly been broken into small pieces and
was being put together again in an
other form.
Now the soldier on Jacks arm
stood straight. He was confident,
but not arrogant. And no mustache
blackened his upper lip, which was
shaven clean.
Mr.. Tinker was the first to speak.
to Freddie. THAT amt you, Tin
DALI"
Mr.. Wrinkle stared, perplexed,
from one to the other of the young
men. 1T can't be-" he said.
Jack laughed. Sure it is. He's
an Army lug now" He nudged Fred
die. go on, yardbird, speak your
piece"
Freddie had been standing with
his face slightly flushed, making no
comment. Now he looked sheepish
for an instant before he said II
guess l owe you an apology, Mr..
Winkle."
(To BE CoNTINUED)
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In hot weather store the bread,
well wrapped, in the refrigerator.
When an iron sticks, sprinkle
some salt on a newspaper and rub
the iron over it.
In washing a sweater, sew the
buttonholes together before put
ting it into the water.
To keep greens from packing in
jars, cut through two or three
times with sharp knife.
When filling salt and pepper
shakers and you haven't a small
funnel, put the salt and pepper into
envelopes, tear off a corner of the
envelope and let the salt and pep
per sift through. Then none will
be wasted.
A newspaper used in place Of a
damp cloth for pressing pants will
remove the danger of scorching.
The iron slides much easier. Use
a sheet of plain paper when doing
light trousers.
II you have an army cot to put
in a cool place in summer, or to
move up close to the stove in win
ter, and you find the canvas torn or
worn out, it can be repaired with
a good grade of feather ticking. 1t
is necessary that the ticking be the
required width and length and it
should be tackled closely on both
sides.
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Frankly Stated

"Do have some more wine,"
said the host, who didn't believe
in spending a lot of money on
entertainment. This is what I
call an honest wine"
"Ah, yes" murmured one guest.
"Poor-but honest"
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CHAPTER VIII

Once more Mr.. Wrinkle fired the
machine gun. BY moving it about
sufficiently he managed to send sew
eral bullets where they we're sup
posed to go. He chung to the trig-
ger desperately, hoping to do well,
if only by accident
The Sergeant had to yell for him
to stop. Pop" the Alphabet told
him fondly, eff it was anybody ex-
cept you, I'd know he was gold
bricking. In that case I'd make him
into the best machine-gunner on the
range. But I guess you and any
kind of gun amt the kind to make
friends. You got to learn some
more, but you'll never learn much.
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NIX MkkZE
1; :s$$; CO.'S W@

THE STORY THUS FAR: Forty.four.
year-old Wilbert Wrinkle, who operates =
repair shop in the back Of his home, is
notified by his draft board that he Is In
IA. He breaks the bad news to his
domineering wife, Amy, who is quite
perturbed. On arriving at camp Mr..
Wrinkle is given his physical, and to
his great surprise and dismay, is accept
ed for the army. He takes the oath of
enlistment and gets so many "shots''
he cannot remember Just what they all
are for. He Is sent to Camp Squibb, a
thousand miles from home, where he
meets Mr.. Tinker, man Of his own
age. Mr.. Wrinkle gets KIP and some
bayonet practice, in which he does not do
SO well.
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Early Birds

The enthusiastic shouts of rob-
ms and other early birds, that you
hear in early spring, are not en-
ticing love-songs designed to win
mates for themselves, as poets
tell us, says Science Service.
The first-coming birds are ex-
clusively males, and there are no
prospective mates within several
days travel. These lusty singers
are doing exactly what our pio-
neer forebears did in the days
when the West was wild. Each
one picks out what looks like a
good piece of worm-mining ground
and proceeds to stake claim to it.
Early spring songs are notifica-
tons to possible trespassers to
keep Off, or else.
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He chung to the trigger desperate.
iy, hoping to do we'll, if only by
accident.
All right, Private Tindall, let's see
what the master mind can do"
Freddie sat nonchalantly at the
gun. 1t was the first time he had
followed an order with any kind of
grace. He looked around. The Lieu
tenant was far down the line.
"You see that target?" Freddie
asked Sergeant Czeideskrowski.
That's you"
Shoot the gun instead of your
mouth" Jack advised.
Freddie glared at him.
Freddie took his time at the gun.
Finally he fired. Delicately he ham
died the bouncing death. He sliced
the up and down marks on the tar
get. He sliced those running across.
He cut to ribbons those marked on a
slant.
When he was through he asked
triumphantly of the Sergeant, How
do you like yourself now?"
The Alphabet regarded the target
with regretful admiration. eff there
was somebody else than a rat who
did that, he observed, sit would be
One-A nice and l would send him a
gold-engraved invitation to join the
machine-gun crew l think the Lieu
tenants going to let me make up"
The first Mr.. Wrinkle knew of it
was the sound of loud voices coming
from the rear of the barracks. Run
ming out with other men, he discov-
cred that Jack hadn't waited to get
Freddie away from camp.
When Mr. Wrinkle rushed forward
to stop it, he was caught and held
by one of the huge arms of Mr.. Tink-
'er, who advised fiercely, "Let'm
alone"
The battle was progressing on
pretty much of an even basis by
the time the Alphabet arrived on the
scene. Afterward, Freddie claimed
that he was swinging at Jack when
he hit the Sergeant. Jack recounted
the same tale when one of his blows
caught the Alphabet instead, and
in his case he was sincere but not
appreciated by the higher authori-
ties.
AS they were led off to the Lieu
tenant by Sergeant Czeideskrowski,
Jack called to Mr.. Wrinkle, please
don't"
II WON'T" promised Mr.. Wrinkle.
He didn't even write home about
the incident when both the warriors
were given terms in the stockade.
Mr.. Wrinkle was ordered to report
to the orderly room. Wondering
what serious breach of military Ell
quette he had committed, he de-
parted to the accompaniment of en-
couraging remarks from his COM
rades.
1T was nice knowing you, Pop"
when you get to England, drop
US a card"
The Lieutenant leaned back in his
chair behind his desk and regarded
him. Getting along all right?" he
asked.
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Did you hear about the hen
pecked husband who finally
rebelled? He didn't mind being fed
bird seed, but when his wife en-
tered him in the poultry show, he
flew the coop!
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sue of the month
ly release on the
marketing a n d
TT Spor ia ton
situation, pu b.
lished by tn e
bureau Of agri-
cultural econom-
les. The article is
devoted to inter-
territorial freight
rate differences.
This report COW
erS some Of the
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'RY this costume in shocking
pink, fuschia or a violet-toned
cotton-all colors which are high
style this summer. The smartly
fitted jumper dress becomes per
feet midsummer street costume
when the jacket is added.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1855 Is de-
signed for sizes II. 10. IS. IT and 10. Size
10. dress. requires 2la yards of 39-inch ma.
terial: bolero. yard.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions. slightly more time
is required in filling orders for few of the
most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
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Let's Face Facts
USDA Report Biased
Regarding Problem Of
Freight Equalization
By BARROW LYONS
WASHINGTON, D. c.
BY BARROW LYONS
-WNU sfoF corresooodeni-

WASHINGTON, D. c.
Under the guise of impartial and
balanced analysis, the United States
department of agriculture has just
issued an extremely biased piece of
propaganda, primarily in the inter-
est of the railroads, but incidentally
against the interests of the average
farmer.
This propaganda is contained in
the principal article Of the June is
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Town COttOns

A S SOPHISTICATED as can be
and yet pleasingly simple and
charming-a cool midsummer aft
ernoon frock with the new, loose
over-the-shoulder short sleeve, a
long and lovely neckline ending in
big bow of the dress material.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1887 Is de.
signed for sizes IL. a. 16. ID. 20: 40 and A.
Size IA. kimono sleeve. requires 32s yards
of 39-inch material.
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Old Affection

Hobo-Won't you help a poor
crippled man?
Man-You look healthy enough.
In what way are you crippled!
Hobo-Financially
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The End

Circus Man-Here's a cabIegrnm from
our animal trainer in africa. Hes send
ing us some lions tails
Boss-Lions' tails9 Are you cra=yo
Circus Man-Read it for yourself. Ii
says here, Just caught three lions. Send
ing details by mail"