The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-14
Promising Pictures Feature Programs Of Local 7heaters
M - Hollywood
wR ERsKENE JOHNSON NEA stan ousseupunaeaa


 MollywoDds finn stars spend al 1nost as much time in front of slil eamngas ns they eio facing fls movie cameras. Thousands e poflraiAk. production. publicity an fashion phoi0Eraprs ere turned ou of the i'm factories every montf Waaat goes on in tfe pg1ravy Q thaze sfin ealleries when a star ] asked Co ~Esold ft. please" Is tn least publicized part of their over M pubiicized lives.
 Most particular about faslaiol and portrait sitting are Marlenl Dietrich. Greer Carson. and Tor mfta Yu1nR. All use fun length mir Ecrs beside the camera in whicl they can see exactly how the pho togrsph win look. Posing for stil pictures makes Clark Gable hungry Hes been known 10 consume a doz en sandwiches and a pot of coifel during a two hour sitting.
 Cameramen find it difficult tl mnfrecze Bing Crosby and usuali' have him Fbine a friend inot th' gallery so he can talk horses ans EulE between shots. Boris Kaslof breaks up the tedious and some times hours-long work by ribbtnl the photographer.
 Daanna Durbin likes to lister Co swing music. Gary Cooper is a nervous as a race horse af thl harried and usually is given : piece of rope to fiddle with. I'd ward e. Robinson and Pat OBIiei gre never without their eser-pres' ent cigars and park them any where that's handy
 BERGEN NEEDS CHARLIE
 Edgar Bergen lacks his usna personality when pfotographes wilhout Charley Mccarthy. H' nends Charlie as much as s0ins actors need their toupees.
 Grace Moore radistes only wheE she's wearing clothes she likes. Sonia Henie sends out for ic. cnenm during sitting. You'D al' m1nyB find c hairdrnsser present Nhes Aiioe Faye Is looking at the birdie The late Will RoRerg would nesel consent to a portrait sitting. III photographs were sslade wllile b. was relaxing or conversing witf someone on the set.
 Don Ameche likes 10 tell joke ko anyone R'ho gili listen. Hum' plarey BogaEt paoes the floor be- tween shots. Gar9o comes iD fol portraits the day after a picture ' 0olnuIetec. poses from a. m. . 6 ans then can't be br9ught baei until the day after completion Q, her next picture. It's in her con- tract.
 Eleanor Powell and geannetta NdacDonald arrive al the still gal lery Rdtb a retiDue Itvaiing { mnaemas. Included are hairdress' CTS. stand-ins prop and make nE men.
 g0aD Crawford plays ph0nO graph records. Claudette ColbeF' keeps the gallery closed to every one except the photographer. Georg' DreIgf is so seif-c0nscious befor a nil1l camera tlsnt photographers never tell him when they're going C anRp flaR picture.
 RzDGEDM USES 6TAAD-tA
 walter Pideeon finds stills ai mrces1 because of holding one frog an pee while lights are being se and camera focused. He saves htm' self end gives spontaneity to ba pictures by having his stand-ip as anme an approximation of the pos mhile the mechanics are being ad' auEtae.
 Bob Hope invariably ereets th' pIaotographeF with: Well, let's ge thas oyer Ritb as fas as we can, Then he settles down 10 goEl and Eemaias as long as he's needed
 No. 1 pain in the neck to Holly w0ods portrait photographers ar' ahouehiiess friends who insist oi engaging the stars in lengthy con Wentions between poses.