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Evening star., 1944-01-23
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK.
Time hung heavy with Ruth Cor
don last summer in Washington
Her husband, Carson Kanin, once
a Hollywood director, was a lieu
tenant In the Army. House clean
ing and marketing were au-too-
brief chores.
So. one day, Miss Gordon who,
like most New Englanders, hates
to waste anything, particularly time,
grabbed paper and pencil and
started to write
From July to January, she worked,
stopping only to eat, to sleep, to
receive suggestions from her hus-
band and observe Army friends to
get more meat" for her plot.
There were days when she felt
like giving up the whole idea. Temp
tation interviewed in the form of
swell offer" from Hollywood.
But Miss Gordon stuck to it.
The result was the new Broad
way hit "Over Twenty One," in
which she stars herself.
Why to Write Play.
"Of course, I wrote the play ex-
pressly for the purpose of acting
in it," she confesses. But took
an awful gamble, especially since
it is the first time I have writ
ten a play" Now that the hump
is over, though, she intends to go
on writing plays.
Miss Gordon has been writing
articles for the Atlantic Monthly,
Forum and the Readers Digest for
10 years, basing them on a diary
she kept in her high school days
common every day occurrences in
her home town of Wollaston, Mass.
1T is from the diary and those
articles, that hope to do another
play" she says, then hastens to
add, "of course, that is If it doesn't
interfere with my acting career"
Acting always has come first with
Ruth Gordon, ever since she saw
Hazel Dawn in THE Pink Lady"
and promptly decided that she, too,
would have her name billed on
theater posters.
Her determination was not swayed
by her fathers desire that she be
a physical culture instructor and
she started her career with $50
and a six-month course at the
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Movies to Sell
American Life
To All Nations
By the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
Hollywood is sending out for the
Fourth War Loan Drive the great
est galaxy of film luminaries ever
dispatched on such a mission. In
return, the Government is not
neglecting the film interests.
Members of the new Motion Pic
ture Division of the State Depart
ment say they hope to have repre-
sentation of the industry at the
United Nations peace conference.
Plans are also included to show
American films in all countries, as
most of them, even before the war,
have had more or less stringent
limitations on American films.
Stress is laid on films as the most
potent means of promoting world
peace through selling the American
way of life. Furthermore, in the
piping days Of peace, when Amer
ican films and trade were world
wide, before restrictions, business
surveys showed that trade follows
the films. This, in addition to their
propaganda value, is doubtless one
reason foreign countries limited
American films in their theaters.
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Calendar Markings Measure Her Happiness
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Annabella, the French actress,
has special kind of calendar, and
it's no Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day AFFAIR. 1t red-letters the sig
niflcant dates in her life.
For instance, July IA is signif-
cant for Annabella, not so much
because it is a French national hol-
iday as because it is her birthday.
Until she was 6 Annabella thought
the yearly f1ag-waving, gayety and
f1recrackers were in her honor.
Another date recalls her first real
movie part in "Suez" That began
her career of fame in America and
introduced her to her husband, Ty-
rome Power.
One of the dates on Annabella's s
calendar is new one-and not too
far around the corner. Late in
February she will make her Broad
way stage debut in the Theater
Guild play, "Jacobowsky and the
Colonel"
1t will not be the first time Anna
bella has played before an audience; !;
she has had plenty of summer stock
experience in France, England and
here. Nevertheless, the Broadway
opening is "veree exciting adven-
ture."
ut Is not only because Broadway
is glamorous to me but also because
of my perfect part" Annabella said.
She took a deep breath, searched
her mind for the words to describe
the role and continued, 1T is a
French girl, young, warm and SIM
ple-not the peasant class, you un-
derstand-more Of the burgeoisie. I
feel it portrays the spirit of the peo-
pie of France-perhaps I say that
because I am French. But it gives
me great personal satisfaction. I
am happy. Bon!"
She apologies for her occasional
lapses into French. when I talk
I forget, and, besides, in French I
can speak quicker. Very stupid,
because I am not in hurry. Plen-
ty of time and no worries!"
Dressed in smartly simple black
dress that showed off her short
blond hair, she talked rapidly, ges-
turing with her manicured hands
Il do them myself''-and OCCASION
ally tugging at her hair. Given half
a chance, she would talk about her
husband, 1t. Tyrone Power, who is
completing his training as a marine
flyer.
He is very glad I am going to
play in Jacobowsky and the Col
onel, but" she sighed, II don't think
ne will be able to come to opening
night. But I report to him every
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Time Palled on Miss Gordon

American Academy of Dramatic
Arts.
First Comes the Stage.
Her first appearance on the stage,
as Nibs in Peter Pan" was fol-
lowed by brilliant portrayals in such
plays as Three -Cornered Moon, "
"A Dolls House." The Church
Mouse" and Serena Blandish."
Miss Gordon has been on the
stage for % years. During the of
season, she usually busies herself
in Hollywood, appearing in pic
lures like Edge of Darkness, " Two
Faced Woman" and ABE Lincoln
in Illinois"
Movies are glamorous to me. -
she says, "it always surprised me
a little to see myself on the screen.
But the stage is my job of work.
It's familiar ground and solid. I
feel completely at home with it."
Born Al years ago, she has a
trim figure and dark brown hair,
worn off her face in a long bob.
Her one extravaganza is clothes
although Il don't understand clothes
actually; rather I have a great ad-
miration for them"
Evening star., 1944-01-23
BY Frances Lonq.

day and tell him about the people
in the play and how the rehearses
CO."
Annabella never studies her script
and gestures In front Of mirror.
"1t would make me stop acting
forever" she laughs. But she does
learn her script thoroughly before
she attempts to put any physical
movement into her part.
When she was making her first
English-speaking film, wings of
the Morning." in England she stud
led every other characters role as
well as her own. Her English still
was little shaky then, and she
wanted to be positive that she
would make no mistake in the con-
versation.
"The only trouble was that I
could not understand le directeur!
He was American and used slang.
Evening star., 1944-01-23
There's Travail in Travel, to Be Sure

One of the classic stories OF the
theater, illustrating the affection in
which it is held by what is called
provincial America, is that of
Katharine Cornell's performance in
Seattle, which began at midnight
after the audience had waited four
hours. A railroad Washout was re-
sponsible for the company's late
arrival but the show went on and
every one was enormously happy.
including Guthrie McClintic, who
looked vainly all over Seattle for
an egg with which to make Miss
Cornell sandwich. 1t is fine
story and people of the theater de-
light to tell it over and over again,
and to each other If they cannot
find a new auditor.
Henceforth, members of the Bal
let Russo de Monte Carlo will have
their own version of that story to
tell. AS Irving Deakin narrated
1t to this department., it sounds
just fine and will make a good
one for you to be reminded of when
some one is telling you perhaps
about Miss Cornell and Seattle.
The Flyer Wasn't Flying.
1t was Colorado Springs the bal
let company was headed for. Mr.
Deakin, an old hand with railroads,
having been making arrangements
with them for many years, had
found out that there were two ways
of getting to Colorado Springs. One
was to get the company's baggage
cars, and the company, of course,
attached to the flyer. The flyer,
the railroad told him with ad-
mirable honesty, was not flying as
fast as 1t did before the war, in
fact, 1t was running anywhere from
five to six hours late. The rail-
road thought Mr.. Deakin ought to
know that. Mr.. Deakin thought
so, too. 1t suggested that he might
better ask what alternate ways
there were of getting to the scene
OF the next performance.
Well" the railroad said, there
is the fast freight which is probably
your best bet. OF course. the fast
freight is not very comfortable, be-
ing Just fast freight, but if your
company is willing to ride mostly
IN the caboose, we can hook the
baggage cars onto the train and YOU
will arrive on time"
The fast freight turned out to be
rather like the flyer, however, nol
as fast as it formerly was.
I'VE arrived" says Mr.. Deakin,
Evening star., 1944-01-23
KendriCk Would Recommend.
BY J. NJ. Kendrick.

Homeier, the Nazi boy who becomes
a terror to every one in the home.
That is real accomplishment, be-
cause Skippy carries most of the
continuity and forcefulness of the
play upon his shoulders.
Miss Van Patten is nothing short
Of marvellous to watch. Elliott
Nugent's direction, of course, has
much to do with her acting, but no
matter the extent of his ability,
without real artistry in Miss Van
Patten, the role would not reach the
fulf1llment that it does.
Neither Miss Van Patten nor
Master Homeier gets top billing.
That goes to Ralph Bellamy and
Shirley Booth. Both Miss Booth
and Mr.. Bellamy are excellent in
secondary roles.
Tomorrow the World" scores on
all points-play, acting, direction
and interest.
Here are the musicals worth your
time and money:
'Oklohoma," Carmen Jones'" "A
Connecticut Yankee" The Merry
Widow" "One Touch of Venus"
Early to Bed" and, if you like Mil
ton Berle, The Ziegfeld Follies"-
all shows I have mentioned IA
vorably.
Turtle" Comes First.
How to get down, or up, to the
comedies, "The Voice of the Turtle"
is swell. Written by John Van
Druten, it has Margaret SULLIVAN
and Elliott Nugent and Audrey
Christie as its whole cast. About
the best play in town.
/ The others are:
"Suds in Your Eye story about
three elderly ladies who like their
beer. 1t is slap-stick, cock-eyed-
and funny.
over Twenty-One. which has
Ruth Gordon both as author and
star.
The Doughgirls," with the red
headed Arleen Whelan.
Kiss and Tell" with that fins
actress, Jessie Royce Lands.
And don't forget Life With
Father" now in its fifth year and
still one Of the best shows in New
York
I don't care for JAMIE" but 1t
enters its 73d week Monday, 50 who
am I to judge?
If you are interested in murders
and mysteries, see:
Elisabeth Bergner, in THE Two
Mrs. CAROLS" Angel Street" and
Arsenic and Old Lace"
Helen Hayes is appearing in "Har-
riet" and Katharine Cornell is in
Lovers and Friends" They are
and don't need to tell you-among
our favorite actresses.
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Coming Attractions

Stage
NATIONAThe Student Prince with
next Sunday
CAPITOLRidng High with William Powell;
starting Thursday
EARLEIhe Fighting seabees" with
Wayne; starting Friday.
KEITHS-"II Deanna Durbin and Franchot
LITTE"Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Massey
Mystery" with Johnny
muller and Nancy Kelly; starting Friday.
PALACE-"Standing Room Only" MacMurray
Pauete Goddard.
PIX-"Dark Claire Trevor John
revival starting Friday.
Evening star., 1944-01-23
By jay Carmody.

who used to be head Of Warner
Bros story department and still
likes a good story. "at 11:15, which
is hardly respectable hour for a
ballet company to be getting in for
performance. But, bless it, there
was the audience, and bless it again,
If 1t was not determined to see a
performance. Well, it takes some
time to set up for our program
and we were tired, but set up we
did and forgot all about being
tired.
The Secret Wasn't Kept.
"We did a sort of Our Town
chat play without scenery, remem-
berD, by which I mean we raised
the curtain and allowed the au-
dience to see behind the scenes
while the stage was being set. 1t
was a sort of double feature in that
our orchestra was giving a concert
at the same time. Finally, we were
ready to go and so we went-until
after o'clock the next morning"
Just as in Miss Cornell's wonder
full misadventure. which turned out
so happily, the audience was enor-
mously pleased, and so was the
company which Mr.. Deakin is sure
will be telling the story enthusi-
astically ever after.
Wartime travel for big projects
working one and two night stands,
carrying 70 persons and two bag
gage cars full of props and settings,
is a thing of vicissitudes, Mr.. Deakin
Is ready to report. He has come
back from the travel and the vicis-
situdes full Of a new and deeper
admiration for the group which
may be temperamental In some re-
spects but takes travel hardships
like a little man or woman.
An illustration that Mr.. Deakin
recalls with glow of enthusiasm
for his artist associates Is that of
the four-day trip from Colorado
Springs to Seattle-which seems to
figure almost embarrassingly in
stories of how hard it is to get
there.
The Hungry Got Left.
I'VE could get only old-fashioned
coaches, with straight un-
adjustable seats Mr.. Deakin re-
members Nobody minded that.
AS matter of fact, no one ever re-
marked that there was a war on.
To make matters little bit more
difficult, there was no diner on the
train. What food we ate, we man
aged to pick I'D at various junction
Evening star., 1944-01-23

points, which sometimes seemed
very far apart, as places are in the
West. Nobody minded that, either
The nearest we came to dismay was
when a couple of unduly hungry
male dancers turned out to have
been left behind at the last stop.
The really embarrassing part of
that was not their being left, but
more the fact that they were bare
foot, clad only in pajamas and
overcoats"
The truants turned up a couple
of days later, no worse at all for
their experience as wards of the
lost and found department of busy
railroad.
Mr.. Deakin's travelogue, which
makes good listening, is the more
colorful for its philosophic and
other asides. Virtually without
prodding, he is pleased to talk, for
instance, about the big. rich. new
audience which the ballet has found
wherever 1t goes.
The Audience Is New.
America" he says, sis like this
today. We not only have new pa
irons by the slews, but they are so
obviously of the new-rich that the
only seats we ever have trouble
selling are the cheaper ones. We
usually sell them wherever we have
gone, but they are the last to be
demanded"
In his conservative Eastern way
Mr.. Deakin could not help looking
out of the corner of his eye and
the manifestation of this new rich
ness and its correlative quest for
culture which, he Is sure. is what
the ballet represents to many who
saw it on the latest tour.
"One proud ticket wicket woman
at one of our Western stops" he
IS enchanted to tell you. invited
me into the box Office to see for
myself how things went. She had
told me that I would see more $40
bills passed through the window-it
was a manufacturing town-than !
had seen anywhere on the trip Not
having been making a census OF $40
bills, l don't know yet whether she
was right or not, but 1 do know that
not only were most of them of that
denomination, but there were others
as high as $50 and $l00."
Mr.. Deakin is not sure that the
new audience understands the sub
tleties Of the ballet. He is conf
dent, however, that 1t enjoyed the
performances very much, IT only
as an acrobatic exhibition"
Evening star., 1944-01-23
NEW YORK.

NEW 1o1N1A.
This being a week in which there
are no new plays on Broadway, per-
hapS the time is right for a quick
look at what is being offered.
The first thing that strikes your
eyes as you look down the list of
the plays is that those of a serious
nature have not come of we'll. AS
a matter of fact, only two are worth
seeing.
One is the excellent Tomorrow
the World" by James Cow and
Arnaud D'Usseau, which concerns
the complexities of a Nazi youth
transferred. as a refugee. to the
home of a Midwestern professor.
The other is by an author of whom
you have heard. occasionally-Wil-
liam Shakespeare. The play is
"Othello."
You may recollect that I wrote,
at the time of the opening some
weeks ago, that, for the first time
in my memory, Paul Robson. the
distinguished Negro actor and singer.
had made Othello the main role of
the play, instead of that of Iago.
Otheuo Asserted.
Many have disagreed with me.
Jose Ferrer, on the opening night,
gave splendid performance. The
first act was all his. Then Robson,
despite Ferrer, came down the
stretch, If you are one who follows
the horses. to make "Othello" really
the play of its title
I don't know that Robeson's inter-
pretation of the Moor has fallen off
or whether Ferrers acting has be-
come better Iago. so far as the
writing goes. has most of the literary
filet mignon). But, in any event
most of those with whom I have
talked recently tell me that Ferrer
is now walking off with the play.
Mr.. Robson has one great natural
obstacle: With his great, deep
musical voice. you expect him at any
moment to break into "Old Man
River" On all sides I hear of "Old
Man River" The reason, possibly,
as I have said previously, is that
there is to omuch tonal beauty in
Mr.. Robeson's manner Of delivery
as the Moor.
I went, the other night, to see
Tomorrow the World" again. 1t
was hit on the first night. The
performances now are even better.
Mellowing Show.
Joyce Van Patten. who has the
role Of Patricia Frame, the daughter
in the professors home, was good
opening night. Now her acting is so
smooth, in timing and delivery, that
she is even better than Skippy
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Twenty Years Ago
There Were These
By the Associated Press.
HOrJvwooD

HOLLYWOOD.
Twenty years ago in Hollywood:
Agnes Ayres was being bugled by
her press agent as having driven a
racing car 100 m.ph. for Racing
Hearts" though rose culture was
rated as her No. ! offscreen hobby.
Charles Chaplin had given the
world The Pilgrim" and was plan
ming his present home in Beverly
Hills. Rudolph Valentino had COM
pleted The -Four Horsemen,' his
first bid for real fame.
Evening star., 1944-01-23

My boarding school English could
not keep up with him."
However, wings of the Morning"
still Is one of Annabella's favorite
movies, and she thinks "Jacobowsky
and the Colonel" will be her favor
ite play.
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Today's Film Schedules

CAPITOL-Corvette K225": 435 and pm Stage
shows los, 345 $50 and pm.
CoLUMBIA-"Lost Angel" l. 3o 52o GAS pm
EAF1E-"What Woman: pm. Stage
shows 2:45, Sis, TAO 1910 pm.
KEITHsF1esh and Fantasy" $685. pm.
LIIIIEC"Jeannie": l, 240 420 7:5O and $50 pm.
Toxic: 1885 415 655 and o45
FaLACE-'Madame Clrie': 1885, 415 6:55 and 9:35
PIA-Ihe Major and the Minor: 3:55, pm.
IFeANS-LUx-News and shorts; continuous / pm.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1944-05-01
Roosevelt Receives First Report On
Activities OF War Refugee Board

WASHINGTON (JTA)-Presi-
dent Roosevelt this week received
the first oral report on the activ-
tiles of the War Refugee Board in
rescuing Jews from occupied
Europe. The report was given by
John w. Pehle, executive director
of the WRB, who spent fifteen
minutes with the President.
Speaking in the House Of Rep
resentatives, Rep. Thomas ]. Lane
mass. Dem.) and Rep. Clare
Booth Luce Conn. Rep.) support
ed the establishment of free
ports" in the United States to give
shelter to refugees from Europe
for the duration of hostilities
without affecting the existing i'm
migration laws.
For IL years now Americans
have been deploring the fate Of
Europe'S refugees" Mrs. Luce
said. while we deplored and Ia
mented, millions of refugees were
Savagely murdered by Hitler'S
henchmen. Others escaped death
only to wander as refugees across
the face of a world which was
sympathetic but colby inhoSpit-
able. They have life but no place
to live. They have not been able
to find temporary haven of
shelter until the war blows over
and they can return to their old
homes or settle in new and per-
manent home. The idea of free
ports for refugees deserves the
most serious thought and investi-
cation by those who want to offer
some small comfort and hope to
their stricken fellowmen."
Rep. Lane called upon those
who treasure our American ira
ditions of speaking out for the
oppressed and offering them the
sanctuary of our free institutions"
to assist the work of the War
Refugee Board 80 that all the
world will know that Americans
are intellectually united in the
humanitarian task of rescuing
those whom hostility and terror
ism threaten to annihilate."
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1944-05-01
NO JEWISH QUESTION
AMONG ARABS,
WRITER SAYS

New York (JPS)-"The Jewish
question does not arise with Arabs
who live far away from Pales-
tine" and "even those who do i've
in the areas of controversy are
less concerned over what makes
the headlines in the Occidental
press than in rural administrative
matters which concern no one but
Arabs involved" according 10
Major Ronald v. c. Bodley, Brit
ish author, writing in Town &
Country, a Hearst monthly.
Basing his observation OF Jews
on those he had encountered in
Arab countries, he writes: PROM
the Arabs, the Jews were indlS-
tinguishable. To a tourist, a He
brew in his robes and an Arab IN
his looked alike" Using inter-
changebly the terms Palestine
and Arabia, he says: 1.-THE ques-
ton which never seems to be
made quite clear is whether the
Jewish people really want to go
and live in Arabia There may
be Jews who long for the discom-
forts of Palestine. These should
be allowed to go (there). If the
Occidental politicians do not med
die and stir up strife, they will
have no trouble with the Arabs"
He makes no mention of the
achievements Of modern Jewish
Palestine, nor of the Balfour Dec
laration.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1944-05-01
ON THE AIR

A dramatic picture OF Tei-AviV
and it's people at war against tne
Axis will be presented over the
columbia Broadcasting System on
tuesday evening, May 23rd' as a
feature of the Columbia Presents
Corwin" series.
written by radios foremost
neutrality-suspicious., Norman
Corwin, and starring film actor or
Robert Young, the broadcast Will
tell the story of Palestine Jewrys
whole-hearted devotion to the
cause of the United Nations ana
will describe life in the jewish
National Home.
Mr.. Corwin is the winner OF
manv awards for his work IN
radio and a number of his plays
have been included in anthologles
of the years best dramas. TWO
volumes containing his outstano-
ing scripts have been puoilsneo {.
and are entitled "13 by Corwln
and more by Corwin."
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1944-05-01
800 ANTI-SEMITIC
SOCIETIES HERE

New York (JPS)-Cornelius
Vanderbilt, writing in the New
York Post, reported that 800 anti
Semitic societies were at work in
the United States spreading race
hatred. ut is no secret any long
err" he writes, that there are
today in the U. S. A. more than
800 anti-Semitic societies, all in
tent on spreading the very type of
stuff our men are fighting in the
four corners of the earth to stamp
out"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1944-05-01
Laws Alone Can't Curb
Prejudice, Says
Mrs. Roosevelt

New York (JPS)-Endorsing
the Fair Employment Practices
Committee, Mrs. Franklin D..
Roosevelt warned that laws and
government regulations are in
sufficient to eliminate racial and
religious bias. Speaking to
group of high school students here
she declared that young people
will have to change prejudices
which have grown up about
races She called upon them to
help reduce concentrations about
racial groups.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1944-05-01

The Woman's Home Companion
issue this week has an article that
should be included in your read
ing It is: Your Town Could
Do It Too" by Helena Hunting
ton :. The article tells of Spring
field, Mass, which is trying to
bring up its children without
racial and religious misunder-
standing