Evening star., 1944-09-25
Miss O'Dare, who is 5 feet 8 inches
tall and Inks IN aller has pever likAd

Miss O'Dare, who Is 5 feet 8 inches
tall, and looks taller, has never liked
working in night clubs particularly
since then, even after she has In
spected the ceilings and decided
that she is not likely to hit any Of
them. She prefers stages, the bigger
the better.
The amazing things which Miss
O'Dare has learned to do. and for
which she is paid very prettily, rep
resent a sort Of accidental career in
way. Her mother, who had been
dancer, discovered one day that
Eileen was q child with an un-
usually stin back. It hurt her so
much to lean backward that she
would cry.
She should have some special
caleSthenics," her mother decided,
so Eileen started to dancing school.
She is 10 now. and the calesthenics
worked so well that she can bend
over backward, grab her ankles and
walk about as fast as you can in
your normal upright position.
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Despite her Sensational develop
ment as an acrobatic dancer-she
does ballet, tap, ballroom and all
other kinds Of dancing except
Hindu, which she is going to take
up shortly-Miss O'Dare does not
care for it exclusively as a profess
sion
She also had studied dramatics,
which she likes better, and as soon
as she makes up two high school
credits which she lost during those
four months she was i'll with the
battered arm, she is going to COL
lege. She needs language and a
history credit and when she has
made them up, she will do four
years Of university work, with all
the accent possible on dramatics and
commercial art.
incidentally, she is working her
way through school, a thing she
could do with just few weeks work
if that were necessary. Her salary
as an acrobatic dancer, and the
other kinds, too, is pretty good.
Looking at them realistically, she
does not think the movies are par
ticularly pleasant for acrobatic
dancers.
Look at Miriam La Velle," she
says, an amazing girl to look at if
YOU remember her from some of
those lavish Technicolor musicals
in which she has played dance spots
with Carmen Miranda.
Il went to school with Miriam"
Eileen says. "and I thought, as she
did, that Hollywood would be Won
derful for her. 1t has not worked
out that way"
Miss ODare, who took the name
because it goes with Eileen and
catches the spirit of her perform
ance, is Miss La Velle's greatest ad-
mirer. She thinks both of them
would do better in musicals in the
theater, and hopes they both will
eventually get chance at dramatic
roles. Miss La Velle, it turns out,
also has studied dramatics and is
going right on with them.
Acting is a lot less hazardous and
does not leave a pretty girl so badly
Scared, with two RS by all means,
since scared" is something she
never has been.
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Addenda: Most spirited perform
ance night club has seen in years.
so far as we know, was that the
Duncan sisters put on cne night last
week at Troika. 1t was a lively.
larklish reunion performance they
were putting on for Maj and Mrs.
Max Goodwin, the KenWood Good
wins Mrs Goodwin, as Irene
Daily, played in many productions
with the Duncans back in the
Dillingham; days. :. Aside to Sergt.
Arthur C. Barschdoff: We certainly
did not mean to overlook the Army
infantry, but we just happened to be
writing about a marine picture. ..
MerVyn lie Roy. one of Warmers
brightest production lights for many