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Evening star., 1944-04-30

They have to have them before they
come to see u.s."
There's an exception to every rule
and a girl named Donna Mullenger,
Grady points out, was the "one in
10000 to this one. She stepped out
of junior college and into a lead
ing role in her first picture, with
no prior experience. Today she is
Donna Reed and from that first
start as novice has come right
through into starring roles.
When his studio signs q beautiful
girl, Grady's first move is to place
her on a set. Possibly she'll be a
show girl in some musical film. Or
maybe she'll merely supply attrac-
tive atmosphere for some scene.
But this is the start of her ap-
premiership.
Her next step will be to read
scenes with new prospects under
consideration. Often she will make
screen tests with them. All the
time, If she is mentally equipped for
stardom, she will be learning. Her
"embellishing" period is in progress.
The studio may experiment with
this girl. Tests will be made Of
various hair styles and make-ups,
the shading of her eyes and what
types of clothes she wears best.
But, and Grady is adamant on this
point, none of this will take place
If she doesn't first prove that she
has the fundamentals of an actress.
THE fellow who said beauty Is
only skin deep really had some
thing" concluded Grady. TITS what's
underneath that interests U.s."
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Evening star., 1944-04-30
Helen Also Goes to Town
By Jack O'Brian.

Having amassed a considerable
amount of cash from it's two previous
smash hits-"Rosalinda and 1.-THE
Merry Widow"-the new opera COM
pany has what appears to be a
third hit on its corporate hands.
One of the most spectacular tune
shows of any season, "Helen Goes to
Troy" opened Monday night at the
Alvin Theater and the first night
audience and critics sent up rockets
and braves of more than moderately
extravagant sort.
This, therefore, will be somewhat
of minority report. I like the
Ofenbach music tremendously and
Jarmila Novotna sang in a fashion
familiar to Metropolitan Opera au-
diences. The sets were lavish and
the costumes brilliant to gaudy.
Several of the principals. including
Miss Novotna, Ernest Truck and
Ralph Dumke, were fine, and some
of the minor roles were sung by
excellent voices.
The exception here is the way the
entire show was adopted Taking
what is supposed to be Max Rein
hardt's version of LA Belle Helene"
with more modern, jazzedup, over
and under tones, the book emerges
as sometimes ponderous, most
times obvious takeof on some of the
earlier and more glamorous bits of
history. The new book is by Gott-
fried Reinhardt and John Meehan,
jr., and their hand is heavy, their
approach familiar to burlesque fans
rather than to operetta or musical
comedy audiences.
Despite this quiet exception, the
show is better than interesting"
word used frequently when a critic
does not want to come right out and
say something is bad but wants to
impart the kiss of theatrical death
1t has sparkling moments, there is
a fine pit orchestra of larger size
than usual directed by a proven
craftsman Of the European school,
Eric Wolfgang Korngold. !
Korngold put together what might
have made a colossal musical
balderdash If not handled expertlv
Evening star., 1944-04-30
A Lady of Many Facets

cally. Last time I was here I had
poor parts and I hated the place,
but this time" and you can see
that Gypsy is going into raptures
about her part, which is that of the
queen of dance hall in 1898 in
Alaska, by the name OF Bell De
Vale, in Belle of the Yukon"
with Randolph Scott and Dinah
Shore.
ut is so much fun" Gypsy con-
tinues, that I never bulge from
the studio, though I rented a IA
room house at Santa Monica Beach.
l live in this fiat, cook my own
luncheons, mostly a chop, and very
often l have some friends in.
He is in the picture, too," she
says, pointing to that one pound of
Chihauhau. The dog senses some
attention, sits on his hind legs,
which are no thicker than tooth
picks, and as I try to remove him
from the comfort of his surround
lngs he takes a good snap with
small, but efficient teeth at my
thumb. Then he shivers with dis
gust and lies down Indignantly.
Why have I such a small dog?"
Gypsy repeats my question. Be
cause Hercules is easy to travel with.
l can bring him anywhere, even
places where dogs are not allowed; :;
besides he isn't demanding and
makes no fuss If he doesn't get his
meals on time. He is wonderful, -
and Hercules, seeming to under
stand his mistress, looks up trium-
phantly.
Don't think that Gypsy got on the
(See LADY, Page C-9J
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Blond Males Have Their Dav

months ago that blond Gene Ray
mond, desperate for a comeback
dyed his blond hair black to get
back in the running.
X II * X
After many years Of being kicked
around Hollywood casting depart
ments, Chinese actors finally are
getting a break. Benson Fong,
Sacramento-born Chinese who is
playing the role of Joseph in "The
Keys of the Kingdom" says:
They're even using Chinese actors
for Chinese roles-which is some
thing"
Casting directors used to obtain
Chinese actors almost entirely
through Tom Gibbins, unofficial
Mayor" of Los Angeles China
town. Now they're getting top roles
and many have individual managers
who debate with the studios about
screen credits and billing, in addi-
ton to salary.
James Cagney brought back a
swell story from England. He was
rushed into a landing field in great
hurry and told he was "just in time
for the christening" They wanted
him to christen a new bomber, but
the payoff was that 1t was named
1.-The Lucille Ball" Cagney, always a
good sport, quipped, We'll. we've
both got red hair" andasmacked the
champagne across the nose of the
fighting ship.
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Evening star., 1944-04-30
HOLLYWOOD.

Time was, and not so long ago,
when Hollywood turned an emphatic
thumbs down on blond leading men.
They were said to wash out" pho
geographically and not to boast the
appeal that the dark-haired, dark
eyed boys had for making femme
fans the world over sigh.
Looking around today's gallery of
fame, such a contention proves to
have been a mere phase. Yet the
anti-blond idea gripped the powers
that-be of motion pictures suffi-
GENTLY to have kept any number Of
likely young candidates for acting
success off the gravy wagon for
many years.
When Agent Sue Carol began
beating the drums in behalf of a
find named Alan Ladd she got no.
where because of the popular dis
belief in blond males and their
chances for success Today, Ladd is
|Paramount's top leading man.
The same studio has another win
nier In Sonny Tufts, good-natured
blond giant who rose to overnight
fame as Kansas In $50 Proudly We
Hail." and who Is now being
groomed to succeed Fred MacMur-
ray as No. l hero on the lot.
Columbia has It's money on Jess
Barker from Broadway, whose in
PRODUCTION in Good Luck, Mr..
Yates" brought him a new deal,
with big hike in salary, a loan-out
to RKO for "Government Girl" and
further important plans at his home
studio.
Star blond boy at Warner Bros.
is Paul Henried. whose reputation
has been established for some time.
Carl Esmond in THE Story of DR..
Wassell" is flaxen-haired youth
who seems destined for top honors,
and Universal's David Bruce is an
other who has Weathered the storm.
MGM's leading candidate in the
| Ilight-eompleXioned sweepstakes is
Van johnson, who is winning more
leading roles at that studio than any
other star with the exception of
Spencer Tracy.
Light or dark, Hollywood takes
'em as they come today, glad to have
anyone to take the places of big
timers drafted by Uncle Sam.
doesn't seem more than q few
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Gotten Style Has Glamour
Bv RosaIind Shafer.

by charm and hard work. He has
enough tough stuff in him that he
battled his way from being a poor
boy with a champagne appetite, in
Petersburg, Va, through being a
paint salesman, potato salad manu-
facturer, professional football play.
er and other things, to being a sue
cessful actor, his original ambition.
Orson Welles is a close friend, one
of the exciting coterie in which
Gotten moves, who never find any
thing boring, who find adventure
and amusement in any experience,
prodded and exalted by their own
imagination. The pair met in a
radio show, where they were guests,
and were expelled for laughing out
of turn. Eventually the radio and
theater and film ventures of the
Mercury Theater group found them
together.
Is Loyal to Welles.-
Gotten loves to 'expatiate on this,
and on Welles, whom he regards
with both humor, loyalty and devo-
lion. There never was anything but
an office to Mercury, and little in
that but Welles himself; there were
no contracts, usually no money
either. Whenever project was
|afoot. players Of the group came
running, drawn by the lodestone of
excitement and loyalty to Welles
himself. Even last year Gotten
aided Welles In his Mercury magic
show for soldiers when there were
plenty other more lucrative things
to do. 1t was fun, and it was Welles.
Professionally, Cotten's battle on
the screen has been to get out from
under character parts into younger
roles. Shadow of a Doubt" showed
him younger, but as a villain. When
he was selected for Deanna Durbin' S
Hers to Hold" his first straight
lead, 1t was because other important
actors were not available at the time.
In his latest, the lengthy epic, "Since
You Went Away" he plays a young
mans role, says he expects his newer
vehicles will get him into the
juvenile class where some inspired
press agent will take him into court
for one of those under-age contract
approvals. Actually he is SO.
Evening star., 1944-04-30
HOLLYWOOD.

AAoA4A3 L w FoOO.
Enthusiasm, so apparent that she
never could hide 1t, mixed with
boundless energy, stunning looks,
wit and plenty Of charm, go to make
up the ingredients which spell out
Gypsy Rose Lee" To make the
dish complete sprinkle on top a
disarming, never-failing sense of
humor.
Americas most famous strip
teaser actually never strips but she
does tease. Sure, Gypsy removes
those large bows with saucy
smile, to the right music, with a
timing unmatched. She does appeal
to the audiences Imagination, but
in way which has made her popu-
lar with both sexes. She has been
in show business all her life. but
her knowledge of human beings has
mot been gathered only from behind
the footlights.
With one pound of shivering
brown and white Chihuahua en- hel
lap, Gypsy is sitting in her dressing
room apartment hoping ana pray.
ing that she will be called on the
ISet, because she loves it out here
now. A few years ago he kicked
the dust of Hollywood off her feet
and sWore never to return, but she
was persuaded by Bill Goetz, vice
president of goth Century-F Fo1
to come back, and her signature
now adorns a flve-year contract.
Good Parts Come Now.
1T all depends on where you have
Isuccess-that is, where you want tc
be-" Gypsy comments philosophi.
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Brief, Musicals
Net Hollywood
A Neat Profit
BY the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
Those little two-reel shorts, known
as musical quickies-usually a series
of snappy song and dance numbers
built around a big name orchestra
are proving one of the biggest
money-makers for the movies.
1t takes only one day to film them
and they last just Is minutes on
the screen, but they return their
producers approximately 400 per
cent on their investment. Exhibit
ors grab them@up as fast as studios
can make EN- and cry for more
Will Cowan, who used to- book
novelty acts for theaters before the
movies put the skids under vaude-
vile, Is a typical musical quickie
producer. He visits gayety clubs by
night, signing up good floor shows,
then works days with them before
the cameras grinding out lively
screen entertainment.
1--we spent 20 years In show busi-
ness" says Cowan, land this is the
fastest money-maker I've seen yeti"
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Casting Boss Asks Energy and Brain as Aids to Beauty
By Harold Hefernan.

pretty secretary who is slow on her
shorthand or who can't type isn't
going to make good at her job.
Neither is the beautiful girl who
doesn't have ability and intelligence
and the will to succeed going to
make good in the motion picture
business"
Grady likes to cite Lana Turner:
in fact, she seems to be his favorite
example. They say Lana caught on
simply because somebody saw her at
a soda fountain and tipped off pro-
ducer," he continued. well, maybe
that was the way she first was no.
ticed, but she'd be right back in that
drug store If she hadn't had the
ability and the dramatic makeup to
go with 1t. Look at all the beauti-
full girls who have been signed and
then dropped by the wayside after a
Evening star., 1944-04-30
HOLLYWOOD.

4AOLI 1 FOS4|s
Movies have no room today for
che lazy actor. The girl who is not
fired by determination to advance
is through before she starts. Beauty
Is always impressive at first glance,
but our big job is to discover in the
first interview, if any brain matter
lies behind that glamorous surface"
These were the observations of
Bill Grady, dapper head of Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer's talent department,
today as we sat in his Office trying to
discover if there were any new rules
TO follow for ambitious newcomers
seeking fame in the movies.
Grady's eagle eye for prospective
salient roves in behalf of the largest
pany has under contract more play
ers than any two other major stu
dios in town. And practically all of
them parade through Gradys Office
and before his eyes prior to being
signed.
Makes Them Feel at Home. ,
Grady is a fast talking Irishman
with keen sense of humor who in
variably makes the candidate feel
right at home. He forms his i'm
presSions of these newcomers almost
instantaneously. If one of them
seems embarrassed and off balance,
he walks out on some pretense or
other and gives her a chance to re-
gain her compoSeure. There
are other types, however, who are
perfectly at ease, and some of these,
Grady says, have to be aroused to
the point of anger before they can
be appraised.
Along that line, Grady points to
the case of a beautiful youngster
named Edith Leech name soon to
be changed, who was recently
placed under contract by his studio.
Miss Leech first visited Grady for
an interview about one year ago.
Il was certain that this girl had
something when she first came to see
me-" said Grady. "She was quiet
and it was extremely difficult to
draw her out on any subject l de-
cided that she might react if made
mad. So l proceeded to insult her
told her that her high-pitched
voice was terrible, that it would drive
people out of theaters. She picked
right up and walked out. She stayed
away year She got a job in an
Office and put every dollar she could
spare into dramatic lessons.
She came back to me just a few
weeks ago. She was just as beauti-
full as ever and her voice was low
pitched. She was ready. We put
her under contract, and my predic-
ton is that she will go places. Miss
Leech is an excellent example of my
point-that girl must have courage
and determination to get places in a
studio these days. The average new
conner would be discouraged and
quit"
Earl CAROLS famous portals have
nothing on Bill Gradys Office. Beau
tlful girls of every size and descrip-
tion sit themselves in his waiting
room, awaiting interviews. Their
beauty is noted only in passing. Ac-
cording to Grady, beauty isn't worth
q quarter by itself. What lies be-
hind the eyes is really what counts
This is no different than any
other business" he comments. "a
Evening star., 1944-04-30

and in musicianly fashion. He re-
arranged and reorchestrated the
original Offenbach score, also added
IA other Qffenbach numbers to the
Helena music.
They were taken from more or
less forgotten Offenbach operattas,
including "Perichole," "Genevieve, )"
Doctor OK" "Roi Carotte" and
Robinson Crusoe." These, it was
stated, were substituted for some
wilted music from the original. Only
the best known tunes were kept,
such as Helen's entrance air, the
Judgment of Paris. the dream duet,
the concert-overture and, of course,
the finale.
One of the Korngold interpola-
tions is "The Barcarole," which be-
comes Love at Last" with new
lyrics by Herbert Baker. Others in
clude 6/8 serenade from 1.-THE
Bridge of Sighs" changed into mod
ern fox trot tempo as a gesture to
the jazz idiom, no doubt.
"The Barcarole," incidentally, is
not creating a precedent by jumping
from Tales of Hoffman" In the new
operettta. 1t originally was COM
posed for another Offenbach opera,
"Die Rheinnixen," and later lifted
into "Tales" after Offenbach's death.
The minority onlooker would
rather have seen the modern
adaptation done more in the mood
of Boys From Syracuse" or "By
Jupiter" which took similarly
ancient history and touched it up
with deft, light, modern strokes to
make them more nkable and enter
tanning.
Helen Goes to Troy" however,
will prosper despite this solo carping.
First nighters made great fuss over
the principals and minor players.
The leonide massine ballets are at
tractive, but depart not whit from
similar. earlier attempts. The
humor stems from bathroom and
bedroom scenes and from word OF
mouth advertising through the CEN
turies and with accompanying leers,
that Helen was quite a gal.
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Horror Picture
Calls Monsters
Out En- Masse
BY the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
A horror picture to surpass all
previous horror pictures has Just
been started by a director who used
to get his ideas by hanging around
morgues.
He is Jack Pierce, who admits that
in his "a years in the movies he has
never before made such a chiIler-
|diller as THE Devils Brood" which
practically is a reunion for murder
by all prominent film monsters.
Heading the cast is the redoubt-
able Boris Karloff. Also included
are such other screen bogey men as
j. Carroll Naish as a psychopathic
hunchback killer, John Carradine as
Dracula, Glenn Strange as the
FrankenStein monster and Lon
CLANCY as the Wolf-man.
What kind of person is this man
Pierce, who makes all these horror
pictures?
Well, he's a thin, little, soft
spoken chap with big imagina-
ton. He lives on a one-acre farm
nearby and spends his idle time
working in his gardens of petunias
and periWinkles!
Evening star., 1944-04-30

few starts. Lana is one who had
ability-and courage"
The talent boss says a girl calling
on him must first sell herself while
seated before his desk. If she can't
display a spark of intelligence and
an interesting personality, her card
will 60 into his file marked mo tai
ent." And that's that.
Grady doesn't pretend to develop
ing stars. That's up to the girls
themselves and the opportunities
they might help dig up fer them
selves once they're placed on the
studios rolls. All his department
can do is embellish the talent with
which they were born, or which
they absorbed from training in little
theater or drama schools.
I'VE just round out, we don't
invent" he explains. eve don't
give them the tricks of the trade.
Evening star., 1944-04-30

1oLL1 I WOOD.
Going on location Is one OF the
incest things that can happen to
anybody-provided one Is not an
actor, actress, director, wardrobe
woman, makeup man, grip, prop
man or any other mortal who be-
longs to the industry. They must
rub the sleep out Of their eyes
around 4:30 am, and that, my
friends, Is a little early, even in
sunny California.
But for that esteemed, catered to,
adored (by some) and violently
hated (by others crowd called the
press 1t is delight. When we
climbed into a studio limousine at
$3.50 in the morning the sun was
shining and the wind was brisk.
But this is the time Of year when
everything is just the right color.
As we drove by the fields they
looked crisp and green, and flowers
were in abundance.
Mountains are everywhere around
HollyWood-some stern and forbid
ding, some with that soft, moss
colored look which makes you want
to stay till doomsday. And then,
suddenly, after 40 miles, you reach
your Destinations huge ranch,
with hundreds of head of cattle
wandering over the landscape.
Wayne a Modest Man.
John Wayne and Ella Raines
greeted us. They make a we'll
matched couple for RKO's Tall in
the Saddle" which is a super West
ern. Neither looked as If they had
risen with the SUM- John, or Duke.
as everyone calls him, is the kind
of male who makes a girl feel
awfully feminine. He is perfect
6-foot-4 specimen, and he is the
least conceited actor I ever came
across. In fact, if you didn't know
he was the star of the picture, you
wouldn't suspect it by looking at
his sun-tanned, weather beaten face
that didn't have the slightest speck
Of makeup. Even when he talks, it
isn't about movies. Mostly it is
about his overseas trip. He sort of
started where Gary Cooper left OF
in the Southwest Pacific, and his
main hobby at present is collecting
old radio sets for the boys out there,
especially In the hospitals. Uf you
have one. write to John, and he will
see it is forwarded to the right
|place)
When John returned to Holly
wood he didn't blast his experiences
on the front pages. In fact, he
said, II don't want anything written
about my trip. The boys don't beat
their chests and say how wonderful
they are, so why should those who
entertain them?"
But he told me a few humorous
incidents. He said, II wore g. I. uni
form, but big hat, and did take tc
ribbing on that. The boys used tc
say, Where is your horse?' What
faith they have in their Uncle Sam
They feel sure they are not going tc
be let down, SO 1t Is up to us a,
home to make sure that they won't
be. They never grippe, and all their
complaints are said In fun. One
boy showed me a biscuit-his outfit
hadn't seen bread for months-and
as he looked at the thing he said
You know what? This has 10000
calories and I can taste every one OF
Evening star., 1944-04-30
There's Writing Job
For Tired Comics
Rv the Assnciated Press

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
A successful film comedian doesn't
really need to worry about how he'll
make a living once his joints get
stiff and he can't take those falls
any more.
Harry Langdon, Buster Keaton
and Mack Sennett, the latter origi-
nally comic before he became IA
nous as comedy producer, are all
employed writing comedy material
for the younger laugh getters in
films. 1t doesn't bring the huge
pay checks and the public adulation,
but they say it's fun, and a way of
making living that they know.
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Coming Attractions

NATIONAL" "Roalnda" with Dorothy
night.
CAPITOLAndy Hardy Blonde Trouble" Mickey Rooney
and Bonita Granville Thursday
Albert
Dekkar, Thursday
EARLE"Advenures of Mark starring March
and Alexis Smith, starting Friday.
KEITSLadies Courageous with Loretta Young
Fitzgerald.
Journey Margaret" starring Margaret OBen
METROPOLITAN Lady," with Ella Rains starting
Friday.
PALACE-"Gasight" 1ngrd Bergman and Charles Boyer.
PIX-"Sprng Song" with Lanny