Evening star., 1945-01-25
BY SHEHAH GRAHAM.
HOI IXyMO0n

l1OLLI 4 WOO0.
"You look much thinner" / tell
Fred Astaire on rehearsal stage
at Metro. Cred is practicing some
steps for "Yolanda and the Thief
That's funny" says Fred, some
one just told me looked fatter!'
Fred recently returned from a dane
ing tour of Europe. when I ar
rived In England" he tells me, 81
could hardly walk. I'd strained my
back at the airport picking up two
heavy suitcases. I met Bing Crosby
in London and he, too, had strained
back. We both had hundred mile
ride in a jeep and at the end of it
our backs were cured!" In France
Bing was detailed to the American
Sd Army and Fred went with the
LIST. He was entertaining at 'front.'
line headquarters when some Ger
man planes came over and dropped
bombs at intervals for five hours.
"We kept on getting in and out
Of bed and putting on and taking
off our pants" Fred tells me. He
finally decided to stay in bed and
that If he were to be killed the
question of being without his pants
would not be important. When
ask him, What was it like in the
Ritz bar in Paris?" Fred replies. Il
didn't have time to 60 there; was
too busy" He saw his sister Adele
for two days only, in London. The
rest of the time was work. When
Astaire finishes "Yolanda and the
Thief" he hopes to 60 out on an
other entertaining jaunt, But" he
says. Il hope the war will be over
by that time" AS we -all do.
X X X X
Lynn Bari tells me this story OF
how she sold her house in the can
yon. 1T was. a dark house and
gloomy. The only time the sun
came in was between IL am. and
pm. So it was shown to pros
pective buyers only at that time!"
Lynn has not called on the new
tenants. Irene Dunno says she
saw this sign over drugstore door:
Even if you bring a doctors GER
tiflcate, we still have no cigarettes.
=. Dick Powell has Humphrey Bo-
gart as a guest star on his radio show
next month. And they will both play
their Philip Marlowe roles. But
Bogey will sing, and then Dick will
shoot him dead. It's good idea.
Every time I visit the set of Betty
Hutton's picture, TOO Good To Be
True" something wildly exciting is
going on. The last time I was there
Director John Barry was carrying
Betty to her dressing room and
Betty was pretending to struggle
while Berry was making remarks
in the tradition of "Ha, my fine
beauty, now I have you in my
power" ETC., etc. This is what is
known in the trade as getting the
player in the mood-to emote
Overheard at Metro: Judy Garland
pleading with makeup expert Dot
Pondell, please make me beauti.
full; that's all I want. You know
I'm not beautiful, don't you, but
please make me beautiful" It's a
cinch, Judy.
LdIld Turner wears ngQre-
hugging white dress for the ball.
room sequence in weekend A,
The Waldorf" It's a good thine
that only the front of the dress is
being photographed because the
back is pinned up with huge baby
diaper pins! 1t was the only way
the dress would stay on Dana
Andrews has a fan, Jeanette Knapp
who lives in Long Beach. The gal
hitchhiked seventy miles to see
Dana on location at Agoura where
he was working in "A Walk In The
Sun" She brought her scrapbooks
in which she had saved every item
concerning Dana, and with COM
ments like, "The way I like him
best" They took a photograph OF
the girl with Dana. But she will
never receive it. It was torn up
by Dana's studio bosses. They were
afraid the picture with her idol
might be too much for jeanette
The news that Mrs. Humphrey
Bogart is planning a return to