Evening star., 1944-10-15
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
Dinah Shore is back from Paris
and London, from the much bombed
roads crisscrossing France, from a
dinner at the Ritz, hairdo at An
tones, a swap with paratrooper
for his boots, a performance for
10000 GIs in the gardens of Ver-
sailles, from singing the "Marseil-
laise" with French children, lunch
with Gen. George Patton, a dinner
with Gen. Omar Bradley and many
more experiences which make her
large brown eyes fill with laughter
and tears as she talks.
In Benedict Canyon Ito be exact,
No. 1100) there's a beautiful big
house which Mr.. and Mrs. George
Montgomery (Dinah Shore) bought
recently. Dinah asked me out to
admire it and her own enthusiasm
Is so contagious that her green rugs
seemed greener and her large, honey
abode extends it's welcome to the
visitor.
Dinah, a petite girl with a warm
personality and a voice about which
one GI admirer recently said "It's
the kind of voice I'd like to bring
home to Mom," showed me all over
the house. It isn't actually important
that her taste is exquisite, that the
coloring is cheerful and the garden
well kept. What matters is that here
two young people live who are so
much in love that their affection fills
the air and makes you want to stay
just to keep warm in cool world.
But the Robots Came.
"You know I have never been
abroad before and it was such a
thrill to fly to London, had room
in hotel and they told me that I
was located ideally so that the buzz
bombs wouldn't hit. 1t must have
been strategic spot, because when
I returned two months later, there
just was no room left.
II suppose" Dinah went on, that
the most fascinating part of the trip
was going through France. What
astonished me was that Normandy
actually looked so much like my
home State, Tennessee, with its roll
ing hills and hedges.
Five minutes after I landed on
the coast, dressed in heavy fatigue
suit. was standing on a landing
craft singing to the boys. I looked
like a fright with my long page bob
practically falling to my waist be-
cause the rain made me soaking wet.
Usually when sing, have to go
to bed early the night before and
sleep in a comfortable bed. I always
bring my cough drops to the studio
but during those two months with
the GIs I only slept in a bed three
times and never saw cough drop
1t rained most of the time and
don't ever remember putting on dry
clothes, though it certainly was
much better for me living in a tent
than for the boys, who often slept
without a roof over their heads.
Il carried my glamour equipment
consisting Of slip and dress, in q
gaS-maSk cover. used to hang II
inside truck, jeep or on a bicycle
whatever happened to be nearest
The trip through France Is an ex-
perience which cannot be described
Worried About Snipers.
"At night used to worry that q
German sniper might come into my
tent but that actually never hap
pened. Only once did see one, who
was caught after the show. He hac
been listening all the time and never
even took pot-shot at anybody.
only once was / scared and that
was an evening when / returned tc
my tent and found a sentry, who
asked me to step forward to be rec
ognized / didn't know the password
but I did notice his accent, which
for the moment seemed to be Ger.
man. felt sure that he was one
and just wondered what / could de-
fend myself with, for the only
weapon I carried was q fiashlight
He got me pass when he heard my