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Evening star., 1944-03-05
Intense Variety and Box Office
By Russell Landsfrom.

Heading most of these bills is the
old-timer, Max Miller. His jokes
and quips are of the smoking car
species, but mixed audiences lap
them up. He exhibits chatty,
ribald insolence which makes it ap-
pear his stories are the audiences
choice, as indeed they frequently
are.
The Carroll Brothers, musical
clowns who actually are father and
son, are another mainstay.
Rawicz and Landauer, pianists;
Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler of
musical comedy; Ivy Benson and
the only professional all-girls' band
in the country, and chief vocalists
with leading British dance orches-
tras have their profitable innings.
Apart from the headliners, the
mold of many a season lies upon
much of the routine.
oldest of all is the "Old Mother
Riley" burlesque of the Irish temper,
in the corniest kind of way. Not
since the Cherry Sisters defied vege-
table-packing audiences from behind
scrim curtains, has such unblushing
travesty been seen. Yet the provinces
crowd the theaters to crow over the
absurd antics Of Arthur Lucan as q
hag Of Erin with revolving exhibi-
ZIONIST tendencies, and the leggy pos
turing Of Kitty McShane as q hus-
band-hunting daughter. Incredible
as it seems, "Old Mother Riley" is
in the movies as well, although not
shown of course, in the West End.
Another kind Of variety pays of
handsomely at London's Whitehall
Theater, where the big brains from
the war Office, as well as CT Joe,
relax in the presence of Britain's
mo. l glamour girl" the prudently
undraped Phyllis Dixey.
Phyllis goes as far as she can in a
country where the Lord Chamber
lain and a set of ancient rules, de-
tested by the public, clamp down on
glortfication Of the living body.
The Dixey show, called Good
Night, Ladies!" Is not burlesque as
Americans know it. Precisely speak
ing, it Is neither variety nor revue.
Rather y It Z combination Of both,
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Especially Mr.. Cooper's Smile
Bv Rosaiind Shafer.

all another world, another life.
Hollywood and Hollywood people
never would possess him again.
Pride for Maria.
Cooper's marriage to Veronica
Bale, socialite who had played
enough with the idea of a career
to take the name Sandra Shaw, was
a complete surprise to Hollywood.
Emanuel Cohen, then a Paramount
producer, put on a: lavish dinner
party at his home, thereby perform
ing a public service for the curious
who wanted to see the bride. Few
people paid much attention to the
gorgeous white flower decorations
they were looking at the statuesque
smartly dressed brunette who was
the new Mrs. Cooper.
Maria, their little daughter, aged
6, is a constant topic of conversa-
ton with her father. He told me
how he likes to watch her little
fingers as she plays the piano. "She
does very well, too," says Gary
flashing that grin.
Somewhere there must be some
flaws in this Cooper-I'm just not
the gal to try to find out any of his
failings. Every time he smiles It's
impossible to be critical,
Evening star., 1944-03-05
He Looks His Past in the Eye
By Harold Hefernan,

I had four children at that time.
One day was UP on a pedestal; the
next day-literally the next day-myI
face was in the mud. The reaction|
was so violent producers were afraid
to have me In their pictures. I was
out Of job.
So He Relaxed.
$50 what? So I had fortune and
a lot Of time on my hands. took
that trip around the world had
been talking about for years. I was
gone about a year. When I came
back didn't have to work but was
too young to retire-so between oc-
casional pictures Zone Of them was
Ben Hur) I went on vaudeville
tours with Beverly Bayne, who had
been my leading lady and who was
then my wife.
Incidentally, I met President VIII
son during one tour. That was after
he left Office He came to Keiths in
Washington to see our show. I saw
hi min the audience and paid him a
little tribute from the stage, and
you never heard such applause in
theater for any man. Afterward I
chatted with him for a few minutes.
Next morning he sent me personal
letter, thanking me. had it
framed for one Of my boys"
They cost him stardom and his
film career, but he's proud of his
children, all six of them. The three
girls are married, respectively, to
Jack Conway, the director; Dr.. w. L.
Marker, a Beverly Hills physician,
and John w. Ford, carbide execu-
tive.
OF the three boys. Ralph, who had
brief movie fling as francis x.
Bushman, jr.," is now an essential
executive in the butadiene industry;
Francis B. is director Of Walt Dis
ney and Richard is pilot in Italy
Gold Followed Glory.
Although he was a star before the
days of really fabulous salaries,
Bushman accumulated fortune, for
besides his salary he received GER
tain share of the profits. Then came
the stock market crash Of 1929. Like
the glory, the gold evaporated over
night.
THE day learned I was broke" ;"
he related. II drove my big snazzy
car, with my two Great Danes, up
to Hollywood boulevard, parked the
car and took my two dogs for q
jaunt along the boulevard. That
started rumor," he chuckled, that
I had made $4,000, 900. Actually, I
didn't have enough money to buy a
good cigar
He went back to Chicago, his old
stamping ground, and landed on the
radio. Three years ago he thought
he had made enough to retire. He
bought house in Pacific Palisades,
west of Hollywood, and sat back to
relax. After IA months he found
his savings going faster than he had
anticipated. So he went to work
again-on the radio this time in
Hollywood. He has been working
steadily ever since in character
parts, playing prime ministers,
presidents, governors, bankers and
other dignif1ed characters"
It's surprising how many people
recognize him and ask for auto
graphs. Like David Wark Griffith,
another pioneer who is still to be
seen around the night spots fire.
quently, Bushman draws double
take" everywhere he goes. Maybe
the new generation of movie fans
has taken to reading the screens
history books.
(Released BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Short Pause for an Interview
By Ward Morehouse.

mously efficient. Haven't had so
much fun since all the Nugents were
together in 'Kempy.'"
"Kempy" was a popular comedy
and 1t came along before The Poor
Nut" a Nugent college show and a
hit. There were several plays after
The Poor Nut" and flops here and
there. In 1929 Elliott signed up with
Hollywood, acting. writing and di-
recting, and since that time he's
been two-coast man. He wants to
continue serving both screen and
stage. He did the staging, you know,
for Tomorrow the World" and now
he's having another directorial fling
with Mrs. January and Mr. Ex"
He reached for fresh cigarette.
Yeah, we've taken this place on a
tWo-year lease, and we've settled
down little. Our house in Bel Air
is rented. Our daughters? Lee
is 18. Barbara is 16 and Nancy is H.
They all like living in New York and
I guess Norma and I do, too.
Probably be seeing you in Philadel-
phia, won't I? Billie Burke
should be great. And Frank Craven
too"
Released BY North American Newspape,
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Coming Attractions
Stare.

Family with Charles Burrows, Barbara Bell
Wright and Helen Senbog starting from
Ratoning with Wallace Berry Marjorie
COLUMBIA"song Russia with Taylor Peters,
returning Thursday.
EAFLE-"Hgher and Higher with Frank
Morgan
KETHs-"Gung Randolph and Grace Mcdonald
LIITLEThe Scarlet Pimpernel" with
Oberon.
MEIRoPoIITANDesert Song" with Dennis Morgan
Manning, returning Friday
PAACE-Song enifer Jones Charles
Bckford
PIxAmphyon" with Henri Carat Bernard and Jeanne
Boitel starting Tuesday.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Salone Heads West
For Next Dances
HOLLYWOOD.


Producer Walter Wanger at Uni
versal yesterday announced an ar
rangement under which Laurence
Stallings will write the screen play
for a picture called "Salome-Where
She Dances" At the same time,
Wanger made known that this pro-
duction will call for three top film
personalities, one a woman and
two men.
The story title, "Salome- Where
She Dances" refers to the name
of a lusty Western community, such
as mentioned by adventure writers
of the Bret Harte- Mark Twain era.
The tale on which the screen play
will be based is short story writ
ten by Michael j. Phillips.
Wanger, recent producer of "Gung
Evening star., 1944-03-05
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Gary Cooper usually can be found
sitting with his chin cupped in his
hands, elbows on his knees, in the
midst of group of extras and crew
men on his set. He may be listening
to a heated political argument or a
typical Hollywood bull session.
Sometimes he joins in, If he's
asked. Mostly he prefers listening.
The beautiful leading lady looking
for a Irritation may as well go else
where, because Cooper Is not inter-
ested.
Cooper has what the long-haired
boys would call social consciousness.
He believes In the rights of men. and
all that, bat he's not vocal about
it, doesn't join organizations. That
speech he made in For Whom the
Bell Tolls" explaining what he was
fighting for, night have been writ
ten by Coop himself. In an unob-
trusive way, he lives by that code.
A Heckler Silenced.
One director had a habit of sin
ging out one person for heckling,
to let off nervous steam. The vic
tim always was some one who
couldn't talk back. Everybody re-
sented it, nobody did anything until
one day it got too much for Coop.
He picked up his coat and started
sauntering off the set.
The director called after him.
Cooper turned around, said coolly,
There doesn't seem to be any work
going on around here" and kept
walking. The heckling stopped.
Cooper is a natural. rather than
a technical actor. Faced with COM
pliments, he says with a grin, Il
try to get in good pictures.
Man Unpossessed.
There's always been sort of silent
sagacity about Judge Cooper's boy,
even In his early days when his
charm attracted first Clara Bow,
then Lupe Velez, the greatest extro-
verts who ever hit town. To all
rumors Of love and marriage, Coop
said nothing. He went to Africa,
then Europe for his health. He'd
worked too hard, had been careless
with eating.
On his return I talked to him.
He'd made friends with the Count
and Countess di Frasso Dorothy
Taylor Of New York;, had visited
at their villa outside Rome, had
seen swal1k Roman society. It was
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Favored Position
of Mr.. Benny
NEW YORK.

BY the Associated Press.
Jack Benny can change sponsors
in the midst OF a career and hold
his same time on the network, as
he has announced from Hollywood
he is doing for next season, because
he has a contract rare in radio.
Jack, rather than the sponsor,
owns" the half-hour he uses on
NBC Sundays at pm. under an
option arrangement. Thus, when
he takes on a new sponsor he doesn t
have to move around to some other
spot that might reflect itself in q
change in his listening audience.
Jack hasn't exactly said So, but
it Is understood that by the shift
he will increase the price for his
program complete from SO, 500 to
$25, 900. Jack will continue with the
present sponsor, for whom he has
been broadcasting 10 years, until a
17-week vacation from June, and
return in the fall under the new
banner
Evening star., 1944-03-05
HOLLYWOOD.

AAOAIA@ = w oOA~s
Today. If romantic movie hero
wants to get married he finds him.
self girl and gets the knot tied
If he wants to have kids, that's all
right, too-one, four, half a dozen
Fans no longer seem to mind if their
idols act like human beings of the
screen and start raising families.
But 1t wasn't always thus, an
aging but still stalwart and hand
some Francis Xaxier Bushman re-
marked, little grinly. on the set
Of Wilson" the other day.
It was the news Of his wife and
several kids that blasted Bushman's
sensational career as the. screens
first matinee idol. That was 81
years ago, he recalled. In those days
a movie hero had to be unattached
and eligible" otherwise he was
quickly crossed of the list. INC
marriage" clauses were the rule on
all contracts signed with prospective
film heroes. They originated after
the Bushman debacle.
Now In his early COS, Bushman Is
impersonating Barnard Baruch
head Of the War Industries Board
during World War I, in Daryl r
Zanuck's production Of Wilson.
He remains a fine figure OF a man
and, what's more important, he isn't
shedding any tears about the glory
and gold that once were his.
| No Point in Weeninx
TITS only q small role in a biz
picture" he told us with a chippeI
smile. But it's one more proof that
there's a lot of life in the old boy
yet" He gestured around the set, 8
replica OF the east room in the
White House. where a diplomatic
reception was about to be enacted
I've bumped into a flock of old.
timers in this crowd" he went on
actors who were young when I wa.
young. They've come up to me with
tears in their eyes, hoping III weer
with them about the passing of THE
lgood old days But don't have any.
1 thing to NOPE about. I've still goi
my health. I've still got living ir
show business and I'm happy"
| Without the slightest trace of EN-.
barrassment or wistful sentimental.
ity, Francis x. answered all tn.
questions we could throw at hin
about the era when his name was
household legend and his photo
graphs preferably profile) were tn,
first "pinups."
Birth Of an Adonis.
Bushman broke into show busines
"A years ago, at the age of 18. H
started in stock and, on the side
posed as model for famous sculp
tors and artists. Some one connect
ed with the movies, then very mucl
an infant industry, investigated tn
model and discovered he also wa
an actor. Presto! he was in tn
movies-acclaimed as "the American
Adonis," "the handsomest man il
the world" the hero who could fiut
ter any feminine heart.
"The men, I think, hated me-. sait
Bushman dryly. ~
! From 1910 to 1918 he was at tn
peak of his fame. The old Essana,
company in Chicago had to maintain
a corps Of secretaries with no othe
duties than to answer the Bushmal
mail. It came by the carload.
Then, overnight, one girl coul
handle all the mall" recalled Bush
man. WORD leaked out that wa
getting divorce. That meant tina
I was married, and had been marrie
all the time. That was catastrophe
enough. But the clincher was tina
Evening star., 1944-03-05


The man Of the theater who will
be looking at the smokestacks of
New Jersey for the next two weeks
as a commuter between New York
and Philadelphia is an actor play
wright who has been shutting from
coast to coast for the past decade
or 50. His name is Nugent; given
name Elliott. Born Of theatrical
family and born, be it recorded, in
Dover, Ohio.
1t now so happens that Mr.. Nu-
gent of the acting Nugents, not yet
49, is part owner and one-third of
the cast of "The Voice of the Turtle" :"
probably the biggest hit the Morosco
Theater has had since 'The Bat"
The Morosco job would be enough
for most actors but not Elliott. He
quietly takes over the direction of
an impending comedy, Mrs. Janu-
ary and Mr.. Ex," hence all the
scurrying between the Penn Station
and Broad street. The new comedy
opened a two weeks engagement
last Monday In Philadelphia.
Time for Interviews.
If you're to track down the on
the-rm Mr.. Nugent you have to get
to him very early or very late; I
found him after midnight at his
penthouse apartment.
He touched match to his Gig
arctic and poured drink.
II admit" he said. that The
Voice Of the Turtle has amazed me-
1 liked it the first time read it and
I put money in it and I thought it
would be a hit-but only polite
hit, like The Distaff Side But
now it's practically Oklahoma.
Every time our phone rings it's a
friend wanting to buy our house
seats"
He sank deep into the divan and
went on:
"1t all happened last summer. I
had funny summer. Delly (Alfred
de Liagre, jr) was in Hollywood with
the play. He gave 1t to me at the
Garden of Allah. Anyway, I was
sort Of crazy about it: so was Norma
(Mrs. Elliott Nugent). I had an
offer to do Hope-C Crosby picture at
the time, but i think Norma and my
daughter wanted me to do the play.
Our daughter Lee didn't think it too
immoral for papa to play, so I did
the show.
Wifely Advice.
Norma really saved the title. John
Van Druten liked the title we now
have, but Delly was doubtful. When
she spoke up John had all the sup
port he wanted and that clinched
it. Now I'm back in New York and
we've taken this apartment. Funny,
but when you're in Hollywood you
forget New York and when you're in
New York you forget Hollywood. But,
liking the theater as much as I do,
I try to keep in touch with Broad
way when I'm out there"
Prior to joining the forces Of De
Liagre, Van Druten and Sullavan
(Margaret), Elliott Nugent was
Katharine Hepburn's leading man in
without Love-"
Sure" he smiled, It'll tell you
about Kate. I really got along swell
with her: fun working with her
Different from Maggie, particularly
at rehearsals. Kate took more of a
hand in the direction-you know, in
on all the huddles. Maggie SULLIVAN
works very hard at rehearsals and
very quietly and keeps more to her
self. Both of them are tremendous
ly intelligent and lot oS fun.
Peace Among Directors.
IAN odd thing about The Voice
Of the Turtle is that there was nc
friction or trouble Notwithstanding
the fact that there were thru men
around with directorial experience
Delly, Van Druten and myself. John
did the work. Delly? Quite q
guy. Very considerate and enor.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Today's Film Schedules

CAPITOL-Ifeboat" 1885, 4:25 pm Stage shows
$50, $40 and pm
CoLUMBIA-standins Room Only" 1885, $685. 5:s5,
935 pm.
EARLE-"1n Time" 1:45, 4:25 and $50 pm Stage
shows, l, 34o 6:25 and 905 pm.
KEITHS-"Tender Comrade," l. $40, 525 pm.
LITTLEThe Heart Of Nation L. 3:l5. 5:2o 7s0 PM
NfETROPOLITAN-"Where Children?" l:45 3: 55
745 and 9:45 pm
PAIACE-A Guy Named joe" l:lo 42o 7 and $40 pm
PIX-"Dr. Cyclops" Ais, 4:5O, 7:25 and 10 pm
TRANS-LUX-News shorts Continuous from. 1 pm.
Evening star., 1944-06-13
U. s. Subehaser Lost May 9
In Mediterranean Action

The sinking of the subchaser PC
$50 by enemy action in the Medi-
terranean on May . was announced
late yesterday by the Navy. The
vessel, a 173-foot. 334-ton patrol
craft, was commanded by 1t. q. g.
Edward c. Leber, jr., Blauvelt, N. Y,
who was wounded in the action.
The Navy did not disclose details
on personnel losses. Such vessels
normally carry go men. The next of
kin of those lost or wounded have
been notified, the Navy said.
The loss of the $50 brings to 159
the number of Navy vessels lost in
this war. OF this number 121 were
sunk as result Of enemy action.
1t. Leber's wife lives in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1944-06-13


1t. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, chief
of Army Ground Forces. will present
the four men Combat Infantrymen
Badges, an honor reserved for those
who have served in an exemplary
manner in action against the enemy.
Pvt. Hudson engaged in many duels
with enemy snipers, aided in the
destruction of machine gun nests
and suffered injuries which invalid
ed him home when a shell exploded
near him. He is now assigned to
headquarters company
Others who will receive the badge
are Sergt. Michael Mandziuk, Hart
ford, Conn; Pfc. Louis Raybin,
Brooklyn, and Pvt. Charles e.
Shoemaker, Hooven, Ohio.
Gen. McNair will deliver q brief
address to troops here on the i'm
portance of the day and its histor-
ical significance.
The ceremonies will start at 7:30
am. on the parade grounds. Gen.
McNair and other high-ranking
officers will inspect the troops be-
fore the badge presentations and a
review will follow the awards.
Evening star., 1944-06-13
Two More Dogs Here
Found Rubies-Infected

As the Health Department re-
ported two more rabid dogs yes
terday, the total number Of animals
found infected with rabies this year
rose to 86.
The dogs, both picked up Satur-
day, came from the 800 block of
Sixteenth street NE. and the 1900
block Of Benning road NE. The
latter dog was said to have bitten
one person.
Evening star., 1944-06-13

quarters OF the
Army G r o u n d
F rces, Army
War College, Is
25-year-old Pfc.
Charles r. Hud-
son, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ray
mond Hudson,
l 126 Robinson
street S.W., for
% months q
member OF a.
mobile combat
re c onnaiSsance
platoon in the
American In =
fantry Division
on Glladalcanal.
Evening star., 1944-06-13
D. {. Douehboy 10 Get
Infantry Day Honor

One of the four battle-seasoned
doughboys singled out for special
honors as part Of Infantry Day OBJ
servance Thursday at the head
Evening star., 1944-06-13
The Rest Is Up to You

The President by his coura-
geous action has made a start on
the problem of saving human
lives threatened by Nazi bar
barity, but there are hundreds
of thousands of human beings
in imminent danger. The Presi-
dent needs the support of the
Congress which he would obtain
by the passage of Senator Gil
lette's resolution by the United
Evening star., 1944-06-13

States Senate. He needs the help
and support of a united public
opinion. In short, he needs your
support.
Write to your Senators and
Congressman, to the members of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, urging them not to
delay one more day in taking
this necessary step to rescue
those who are doomed to death.
Evening star., 1944-06-13

Col. Robert M. Gussen.
helm
Mrs. Robert M. Guksen.
helm
Mrs. Fowler Harper
Mrs. Godfrey T. Hellmsn
Mrs. Frank Kent, Jr.
Wilbur J. La Roe. Jr.
DIR. Albert J. Mccartney
Mrs. Albert J. Mccartney
James A. McLaushlin
Robert Lincoln O'Brisn
Evening star., 1944-06-13

Mrs. Paul Appleby
Fowler Harper
Sidney II. Scheuer
Rose Keane
Ellsworth c. Alvord
William l.. Bait
Mrs. William l.. Bait
Mrs. Raymond Clapper
Mrs. William Y. Elliott
Mrs. Dorothy Smith
Gruenins
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Paper Collections
In Schools Tomorrow

Following is the schedule for
collection of newspapers, magazines,
cardboard and cartons in The
Evening Star-PTA Salvage for Vic
tory program tomorrow in the fifth
district, together with the five lead
ers in the District and their pound
600 to date.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Patty Conventions Barred
To Soldiers. UIio Says
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press :
q-.sNILWAUKER, gan: T Lansing
Hoyt,. chairman of the Wisconsin
MacArthur-fo r-for-President Club, last
might made public a letter from Maj.
Gen. J. A. Ulio,, adjutar1t general
of the Army, which said the War
Department Cannot permit men,
ber Of the Army on active duty to
participate in the convention of a
political party"
Replying to query by Mr., Hoyt,
Gen. Ulio wrote:
"As long ago as 1920, Army general
orders provided that persons on
active duty in the military service
shall take no active part in political
management or in political cam
paigns. These orders were carried
over into Army regulations almost
20 years ago, and are still in effect.
Their continued enforcement is
considered essential to the national
interest, and the War Department,
therefore, cannot permit a member
OF the Army on active duty to partic-
ipate in the convention of political
party"
Evening star., 1944-01-27

rationing Of scarce commodities
until stability Is attained.
Earlier the council apparently
foreclosed the possibility Of rein
stating the United Mine Workers at
this session.
Request Acknowledged.
President William Green, ac-
knowledging he received a request
from UNIV President John L. Lewis
for clarification of the councils
loffer to take back the miners, said
the council would have no further
statement Of Qualification at this
time but that Mr.. Lewis could OBJ
tain any information he wanted
from the AFL's Negotiating Com
mittee.
The council has instructed the
committee to meet with the UNIV
committee again, If Mr.. Lewis is
willing.
The Federation's Executive Coun-
Gil on Monday proposed that the
UNIV return with the Jurisdiction
they had when they left the AFL." /"
The report Of Secretary Treasurer
George Meany to the council showed
per capita tax payments on an aver
age Of 6,586,470 members during the
four months ending December 81,
a net gain of 758,970 members over
the corresponding period of 1912.