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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
NEW WORK

NEW YORK.
Harry Homer got a great deal of
the credit for Moss Harris smash hit,
Winged Victory" after it's United
States Air Forces cast brought it to
Broadway. Now has come what he
considers his greatest recognition to
date: He's been tapped for the next
edition Of Who's Who.
Since he is only 80, it is added
praise for the youthful, good-looking
stage designer to have his name
listed along with five other Hor-
ners, not relatives, in the red -bound
tome. He may be the only Army
sergeant who has gained inclusion
In that collection of millionaires
statesmen, Pole-discoverers, prima
COMMAS and panjandrums.
He has been thus honored be-
cause IL such successful and unusual
lobs ~ me air forces show and his
Monumental frame for Moss Hart S
tribute ~ fashionable neuroses,
'LAdY in ne Dark"
Was Eeinhardt Aide.
FiSFfE CANE 70 rev YORK IN 1850
rs an assistant " Max Reinhardt,
then concerned With foisting a
terrific turkey, The Eternal Road,
on an unsuspecting public AS re-
suit Of the biblical theme, Harry
who had worked closely with Nor
man Bel Geddes on the sets, was en-
gagged to design sets for succession
OF plays with biblical themes.
He thought he had escaped a rut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
lilly Losch, Dancer, Paints Dancing Figures
NEW YORK

NEW YORK.
lilly Losch, ballerina, is deter
mined that she shall not get any
of the limelight due lilly Losch,
painter.
Il am very serious about my pic
lures" said the ethereal, slant-eyed,
young artist as her first show opened
at the Bignour Galleries, and I
don't want people to think this is
just whim."
She waved her expressive hands
In graceful gesture which took in
a wall of pictures filled with slender
t1gures-dreanly, airy, poetical in
color and movement.
i never feel a painting is I'm
ished and now that they are hung,
| am exhausted. Four straight bal
lets wouldn't do this to me-" She
never had teacher. and most of
her paintings (marked for sale from
S75 to $3.50 grew out of hours of
concentration at her easel in her
hotel apartment. They are filled
with full-length figures, all pos
sesing a sort of attenuated flowing
quality, Completely romantic in
nature, their titles run: The Road
Taken, "Evocation,' Anguish"
The Lady of the Sea-" Two
Angels"
She Dreams in Color.
If you ask the artist whose real
name Is Ottillia Losch, whether they
are photographed, she smiles dis
armingly and replies, in her slight,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
HOLLYWOOD.

Of the screen several months be-
cause of a serious illness, Carmen
Miranda returned to the movie wars
full of her old pep and charm. The
unexpected invariably happens
when Carmen tackles a chunk OF
dialogue and today was no excep-
ton.
The picture Is Something for the
Boys" being filmed BIT Goth Century
Fox, and the scene was q Southern
lawyers office. There Carmen
Vivian Blaine and Phil Silvers, cou-
sins who have never met, arrived to
claim mutual inheritance.
First take focused on Carmen's
entrance. Clad in deceptively
simple champagne-beige suit with
plenty of cut-outs, she added color
not to mention height. to her ap-
pearance with pair of 7-inch
wedge shoes in brilliant green and
red. Her lines, addressed to the
lawyers secretary, were easy"
"Oh, you are the secretary?
shake your hand. Please announce
me. I am Chiquita Hart from
Terre Haute, Ind"
Always excited on the opening
day Of a picture, Carmen made her
entrance with as much elegance as
her Latin vivacity could muster
She reached over the railing and
desk to shake the secretary's hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
Susanna Tires of Youth
By Rosalind Shafer

Il haven't had any leading men my
own age" observes Susanna.
When the recent rage for pinur
girls began, Susanna decided that
here was solution of her problem.
She promptly besieged the studio
cameramen to help her out, by
thinking up alluring poses of her.
She worried the makeup depart
ment into trying her with her hair
up in more sophisticated style.
After looking at pictures of lot
OF glamorous ladies from the gay
COS, a period much touted as be-
ing tops in romance, Susanna be-
came sold on the idea that long
black net stockings and form fitting
abbreviated costumes were the sort
Of thing girl could pin her faith to-
Form Young, Not Divine.
Another disadvantage, so far as
being sure-enough glamour type
is Susanna's rapid growth of the
past year, which has left her with
the movements of tomboy rather
than the glide of siren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
Sergt. Horner Is Tapped for Who's Who

toward the acting profession. He
studied with Reinhardt in Vienna,
became an actor of modest note,
then an actor designer. When Rein
hardt decided to amaze America
with The Eternal Road" he
brought Harry along as general
righthand man. Later Homer de-
cided to stay in America, had many
months of Transformation and
pavement-pounding before Joe
Mielziner took him on as an assist
ant.
Designed Many Sets.
Starting with Railroads on Pa
rade" at the Cleveland Exposition
he designed fairly lengthy series
of shows, including Jeremiah,
Escape This Night" The World
We Make" and Family Portrait.
He also has put his talented hano
to films, and numbers stage Door
Canteen" and The Little Foxes
among his screen attachments.
Harry's wife is the former Billy
Felzer of Philadelphia, whom he
met at Salzburg, Germany, during
one of Reinhardt festivals. She
wanted tickets to q Toscanini re.
hearsal, which were as tough to ge'
as Oklahoma" tickets are thest
days. but he scratched around ane
got them.
II am convinced" says Homer
"she was so eternally grateful she
couldn't do anything else but mar.
ry me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14

| lilly, the artist, once again Is
eager to prove to the world that
she is no dilettante. She is deter
mined not to trade on her fame as
a dancer to get her painting &C
cepted, just as she was determined
not to capitalize on her very social
international marriage to the Sixth
Earl of Carnorvon.
Husband in British Army.
AS professional dancer she made
her debut with the opera in Vienna
and was a nun in the Max Rein
hardt production of The Miracle"
Later she captured the hearts of
London in many c. B. Cochran
shows. In 1899 she became the
Countess of Carnorvon. Now her
husband, son of famous Egyptolo-
gist, is a major in the British Army.
She has always wanted to paint,
but had never tried. While sitting
for a portrait by John Churchill.
nephew of the Prime Minister, she
conflded this ambition, and next
day he brought her brushes, paints
and a canvas. That was 10 years
ago. She has been at it ever since.
Like Angina Enters, another dance
pantomimist. Ottillia Losch feels
that one medium is not enough for
her artistic expression. Like Angina,
she is affected by the chaotic world
about her. But, unlike Miss Enters.
she does not comment specifically
upon the political world, but paints.
In a whisper, figures that are eter-
nally young, yet mature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
Miss Crawford in Profile
BY Inea Arvat

But today, In way she stands on
top. She gives you the impression
of having reached point where
she knows what she is after; where
the true delight of living can be
found. She is like tempered steel.
All this went through my head
as she smiled brightly. Apologizing,
she said, II am sorry to have kept
you waiting, but I just had to put
the ham in the oven; Phil will be
home from the studio in a couple of
hours and I want to have dinner
ready for him" When the word
Phil passed her lips something
ignited inside her person and lit up
her eyes, even coloring her cheeks.
Il am a pretty good cook and
have to do everything myself these
days. I just couldn't keep the last
one we had; she came in after we
finished dinner the first evening
and said in a sour tone, Who is
going to do the dishes; because I
am a cook, don't do the dishes.
So I Just told her to get out and
we did the dishes.
But I have made something real
ly delicious for dinner; you must
taste it," and off she went, her high
heels clacking Then she returned
with crackers and a paste which
was a treat. How did you make
that?" I inquired and Joan dictated,
Six sardines, cream cheese, |
avocado pear. mash them up, put
a little juice from the hot peppers
in. Peel an onion. soak it for two
hours in vinegar. Put the stuffing
in iced green peppers and serve the
slices of onions with it.
Il like to- cook. When I was IL
years old I cooked for 80 people: it
was tough" Joan had a look in her
eyes which somehow made YOU know
that she would take care that it
didn't happen to her own children
Has Her Dream Roles.
And when do you start shooting
a picture AGAIN." I asked. Joan
looked at me as though it was a
tnlng She nadnt really given too
much thought or consideration
Then she smiled brightly, and it
was different person who began to
discuss movies.
Il don't quite know, but it ought
to be pretty soon. I think it will
be Mildred Pierce, which is a
wonderful story by James M. Cain
cThe Postman Always Rings
Twice and many other books. I
like to have a part of many
faceted woman. There is still an
other part I would give nearly any,
thing to do, You must read it; /
shall send the book to you" CAnd
she did, too 1t is The Fountain
head" by Avn Rand. Phil and I
always read books aloud to each
other, but, honestly, I can hardly
(See ARVAD, Page C-10J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
Summer Drama
But a Shadow
|Of Former Self
BY the Associated Press


| NEW YORK.
Prospects for the straw hat cir
cult" which in plain American
means summer theaters, are even
more grim than year ago.
Actors Equity reports only seven
producers have registered intentions
of presenting summer series and
have posted salary bonds. Among
quasi-amateur promoters through
out the Nation the situation is not
much better. In all, probably no
more than Is straw hats will oper-
ate, a startling fraction of normal
bucolic Ziegfelds.
With j. j. Shubert himself in per-
sonal command, summer presenta-
tons at Louisville, KY, take on an
impressive stature. j. j. will over
see season of operettas at the
Iroquois Park Amphitheater, spon-
sored by the Louisville Park The
atrical Association. Some of the
great store of Shubert scenery will
come in handy for such popular
nostalgia as 1.-THE Student Prince"
MY Maryland" THE Chocolate
Soldier" and others.
Theron Bamberger, producer of
Tomorrow the World" will reopen
the Bucks County Playhouse in
Pennsylvania. The Greensboro
Theater at Elmhurst, on Long
Island, has Junior Miss" for its
opener this week. The Greenwood
Playhouse, on Peak Island opposite
Portland, Me-, already Is in its 18th
season, with such bright fooleries as
"Blithe Spirit" and Private Lives"
scheduled.
Cambridge. Mass, will see Ethel
Barrymore Colt in Tonight or
Never" as the first bill of a 15-week
season at the Cambridge summer
theater, Brattle Hall.
Most ambitious single effort has
been announced by Stanley Woolf,
who says he will operate a number
of theaters with permanent stock
companies in addition to a straw
hat circuit of Al one-night stands
in New York, Pennsylvania, Con-
necticut and New Hampshire, prob
ably at summer hotels and vacation
spots.
Other straw hat ventures are re-
ported at Toledo, Ohio; Dallas, Tex,
where a series of elaborate musicals
will be presented under the aegis of
the State Fair of Texas, and at
lGrspd Papids Mich
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
Punished Rose
Brings Opera
To Night Club
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Like his sudden yen for the
fancier art masters, when Billy Rose
gets his teeth into opera he really
makes it pay.off.
Carmen jones'" bright adap-
tation of Bizet's tragic opera
Carmen" is bringing the bantam
Ziegfeld record crosses at the Broad
way Theater Now he has opera
en- casserole" as new floor show
at his combination cellar saloon
and basement bonanza, the Dia-
mond Horseshoe.
Billy has covered the showgirls
and chorus cuties, although not
completely, In costumes designed by
Miles White, who performed a SIM
liar chore for "Oklahoma!" Ac-
cording to the Rose press depart
ment, the job cost S45,000
Anyway, Billy has a sly romp
with the metropolitan. good-na-
turedy taking it over the jumps
for everything from its heroic-sized
prima donna to its traditional out
of-pocket contribution campaigns.
In the show, aside from the
famous big bruisers"-showgirls
averaging 6 feet in height or more
are some singers who actually
sound operate, others who start
to sing like Richard Bonelli and
wind up initiating comets, guitars
trombones and saxophones, and the
-Four Rosebuds," who weigh in the
near neighborhood of a short ton
and are a great advertisement fol
the durability of the Diamond
Horseshoes stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
HOLLYWOOD.

HULL WOoD.
Right in the middle of the great
est known shortage of eligible males,
Susanna Foster has discovered that
she has been neglecting her private
life for her career. There has been
ample excuse for that sad state OF
affairs, for Susannas career before
the cameras has been so up and
down, until recently, that complete
devotion to voice and drama lessons
has been a necessity.
Susanna now announces that she
Is taking no more excuses, that ro-
nance is an essential, and that, war
or peace, she intends to get herself
a beau. At the ripe old age of 10
she considers herself practically
tagged as an old maid, for even in
rumors she has never had a beau
No columnist has used her name in
a speculative manner as one of q
twosome, or printed queries as to
the source of the steady stream OF
orchids to her dressing room. All
she gets is bunch of asters from
the studio gardener.
Deanna Gets the Heroes.
On the same lot with another
singing star, Deanna Durbin
Susanna has noted the procession
of personable young leading men in
the Durbin films, from Robert Cum
mings to Joe Gotten. Then there
has been Maria Montez, with Johr
Hall, Turhan Bey and others who
ere Economically sensational or
the screen. In the meantime
Susanna has had only Nelson Eddy
as leading man. Not that Ed,
isn't nice person; it's just tina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
Carmen Improves Her Script

Then her own version of the lines
tumbled out:
"Oh, you are the sexlestary2 I
shook your hand. Please announce
me. ! am Chiquita Hart from Terra
Hots, Indian Anna"
The take over, everybody howled
appreciation. Director Lewis Seller
called it "a perfect first take" Pro-
Queer Irving Starr, sitting on the
sidelines, muttered something about
wasting money paying dialogue
writer's when Carmen mangled the
kings English to such terrific effect
all by herself.
Carmen looked proud, but puzzled.
Usually. I am VARY nervous de
first day." she remarked, but to-
day am hokay, yes? I learn my
lines perfect, MOP"
Ginger Has Rough Day.
Over at Vanguard, Ginger Rogers
was spending the day fighting for
her honor and writing letters to
her husband.
Dressed in pink crepe evening
gown Ginger looked like cover girl
in distress. In an Office setting,
she was fighting off the advances of
her employer, portrayed by Cliff
Lyons. 1t was a serious situation,
but the by-play was highly amusing.
Shall we dance?" said Miss
Rogers kiddingly as she and Lyons
put their arms around one another
to commence the scrap. She then
hummed appropriate Apache music.
Who do you think you are, Veloz
and Yolanda?" said Director Will
liam Dieterle impatiently.
"Okay, then" said Miss Rogers
and she let Lyons have it-a solid
smack in the face. They fought
around the room. Dieterle watched.
The battlers emerged dishevelled
and perspiring, Each sought his
corner while makeup experts and
hairdressers repaired damage. Then
they were back of it. Climax of the
scene has Miss Rogers pushing
Lyons out of the window.
Now, if you'll excuse me-" Miss
Rogers asked one and all, I'll dash
off note to my marine husband
and tell him I just busted off a
maSher"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
Stork Goes On Rampage
By Harold HeFernan

Brenda Joyces son, Owen Ward,
jr., arrived last February is, but
after this date there were no more
babies in six whole weeks, and zan-
uck was beginning to worry. It
wasn't normal. However, maternity
lgot back on schedule again on March
10. when Victoria Elizabeth James
made her first appearance. and her
mother, Betty Cradle, began to con-
slider another pinup problem, the
kind that requires two safety pins.
On April 26 Alice Faye's second
daughter was born. Zanuck hustled
around and found something to tie
lup with pink ribbons and sent 1t to
his studio family's newest member.
He had hardly returned to the lot
when his secretary reported that
Maureen O'Hara had pfloned that
her baby was due in few weeks.
Motherhood at Metro.
While motherhood made its head
quarters at goth Century-Fox, other
studios were not doing SO badly.
Over at MGM they cheered the
advent of Cheryl Christina Crane,
Lana Turner's daughter, last fall.
and a few weeks later Rosalind Rus
sell of Columbia gave birth to Lance
Brisson.
Michele Morgan is scheduled to
become a mother in September.
while Ann Sothern expects her child
to be born about Thanksgiving Day.
The rumor-and- depart
ment has been busy as always. The
denials have featured Rita Hay
worth, Ann Rutherford, Lucille Ball
and Jane Wyman.
There's a financial angle to ma
ternity among film stars which Is
very painful to their bosses. When
Alice Faye or Betty Cradle has a
baby 1t means an absence from the
screen of from six months to a
lyear, even longer. And that means
the loss of picture profits running
into the millions. Newcomers may be
adequate but they don't have the
drawing power So it's with mingled
feelings that studio heads hear news
of coming blessed events.
| And when some of these stars
Announce through the fan maya
zines, as some of them have an
nounced, that they hope to have at
least four and maybe seven chill
dren, YOU can hear the dull thud of
producers beating their heads
against the walls. And it's one of
those problems that can't be solved
by merely inserting new clause in
the players contract.
Substitute Is Delighted.
Vivian Blaine, a neat songbird
from New Jersey. got her big chance
in Greenwich Village" because
Alice Faye was on the expecting"
list. They changed her from a
blond to redhead so the public
would look on her as new star,
not just substitute for Alice.
,, DO l believe in motherhood?"
Miss Blaine exclaimed during dis
cussion of her advent as a musical
film star. Il most certainly do.
Look what it's done for me!''
And then there was the day the
first rumors were printed about
Linda Darnell. zanuck wasn't sur
prised, but he mentioned having
seen the item in somebody's column
Listen, Mr.. Zanuck," replied the
j. beauteous Linda, "just because I
work for Goth Century Fox, do I
have to become mother?"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
HOLLYWOOD.

dOlIb4 WoOD.
Joan Crawford-as a person, and
for that matter as an actress, too,
Is one of the most interesting in
Hollywood. Her home is nothing
like you might expect it to be
that Is, 1t isn't super de luxe, ele-
CANT or Hollywoodish. 1t Is SIM
pie, livable, and has the decided at
mosphere of a place where people
live congenially.
1t was about pm. when Miss
CraWford's secretary opened the
door, and said, please wait a min
ute; Mrs. Terry is in the kitchen"
A few minutes later, quick steps
approached the cosy drawing room.
and there she stood. Her face is
remarkable. 1t is that of woman,
no girlish look about 1t. It's fea-
lures are large. Her eyes are those
of a person who thinks and knows
how to- Her mouth is full She
proba bly, has the broadcast shoulders
and the slimmest hips in town and
she accentuates both.
There was nothing eXtravagant
about her clothes: white blouse
and we'll cut skirt. Her hair was
flaming red but is going back to
its own shade, which isn't quite so
red"
Personality Is Strong.
You want to know her, and she
is willing to be friendly. She warns
the room with her personality. The
thought struck me, that it wouldn't
be easy to be married to that girl
Not that she wouldn't be a very
devoted wife. But are there many
men who feel comfortable when
they have eternal radiance of a
strong personality, which may
partly or completely blot out their
own? Be that as it may. Here
was a girl sitting beside me. One
who knows the world of the film
stars to the nth degree. She has
climbed to success by her teeth, and
will admit 1t. Nothing was ever
presented to her on a silver platter
Her ambitions have always been
boundleSs, but she has known what
she wanted. She probably always
knew that everybody must pay for
what they get, and she seems to be
the kind of woman who didn't mind.
No work was too hard, no sacri-
fees too great. You may like her,
or you may not q certainly did
She has done tremendous Job
She has been through all the
stages-poor, broke, chorus girl,
starlet, top star. Her private life
has been stormy. Her marriage in
Hollywood was something like
crashing the gates of Buckingham
Palace In London, when she be-
came the bride of Douglas Fair
banks, jr. That didn't work out ::
neither did the second one to
Franchot Tone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
Many.Role Casting
Does a Backfre
by the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
It looked like a smart stroke of
work to the casting department
when Victor Moore was cast as six
people in "Battleship Blues" Man
power shortage and all that, you
know.
It hasn't worked out that way.
To get the intricate timing necessi-
tated by playing all these person
alities, Moore has to have six stand
ms to go through the motions as he
works before the camera. Stand-ins
are as hard to get these days as
actors.