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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-01-03
Obnovlionie socialstisne
~infernucionoIe

Ko SO Sc nedavno zbrali v Londonu zastopniki mednarodnih
delavskih uni, so 81 doloGili nekai casa tudi "a vpraSanie social
sticne internacionale.
Zdelo Sc jim je cello bolj vazno kakor pa vprasanje uni, cato
so govorlh, to Sc pravi, razpravlali O predlogih "a obnovitev
mednarodnega socialistienega gibanja kar cele tri dni.
Tisti, XII so imeli ma tenn sestanku kaj govoriu, so vsi pred
stavniki takih polihcnih gibanj, XII v njihnih dezeah res kaj
pomenijo. Nedvomno so govorii tudi o zmotah delavskega po-
liticnega gibanja v prejsnji vojni, pa o Sovjetski uniji, XII ie
sedaj, kar Sc delavskega gibanja tiee, glavna tocka, preko katere
nihce ne more. Eni udrihajo pc Mi, drugi 10 brezpogojno hvalijo.
Mnoga znamenja pricajo, da Sc Moskva "a enkrat ne misli
spustiti V taktiko bratomorne borbe, kakrsna je divjala v pref
Sji vojni. In pa dive desetletji pc Mi Vendar pa nj Sc mixer raz-
vidno, da bodo socialist in komunisti mogi v enoto, ker Russia
Sc vedno zastopa zgolj svojo drzavno, ne pa mednarodno delav-
sko politiko.
poma prilagodile nasvetu IL Kremlina, pa &c je bill dober ali slab.
V zgodovni DO najbrz tisto poglavie, ko stoita skupai sovietski
komisar vnanjih zadev Molotov in pa Hitlerjev minister "a vna-
nJe zadeVe Won Rlbbentrop naJbolj neprijetno "a ODE vladi. Kajti
ena je nastala, da izvede svetovno revolucijo, druga pa, da jo
zavre in obvaruje sistem privatnega izkorscanja S pomocjo "pla-
niranega" kaptaistienega) gospodarstva. Obljubila sta 81 dvaj-
setletni mir med sabo, a re pc dveh letih sta 81 ba tolko v spo-
padu, da je postala has vzhodna fronta ne lie odlociIna, ampak
tudi najbolj krvava V vsej zgodovini vseh vojsk.
Ko je Sovjetska unija re toliko krvavela, da je izgledalo vse
Mi v pogin, je nastala zahteva pc "drugi fronti'..
Sedaj ameriski izolacionisti, klerkalci in sicni ljudje, XII Sc
boje, da DO Nencija p~orazena, klicejo reakciji, da jo caka bolse-
VIXEN, ako mu ne stopino pravocasno ma prste.
VISA propaganda svetovne reakcije Sc vrSi torej v znamenju
borbe proti komuniznu.
To Sc pravi, proti Rusiji, cato, ker je odpravila nacelo pri-
vatne svojine in pa proti tistemu "komunizmu', proti kateremu
Sc je borila Sc ko v Rusiji nj nihce mislil, da DO kdaj v Mi Lenin
ukazoval.
zastopniki mednarodnega delavskega gibanja SO ma sestan-
ku V Londonu upostevali, da Sc v bodocem mednarodnem delav-
skem gibanju Rustic ne more ignorirati, nti Jim nj "a to, ola hi
lie Mi prepustili vse vodstvo.
zanje je vprasanje, ali Sc DO Russia odlocila It'll v BOZ proti
reakciji, XII jo zastopata sal indirektno Churchill in Roosevelt, pa
papez Phi XII, ali pa Sc DO sprijaznila S staliScem tistega med
~narodnega socialistcnega gibanja, XII je "a strmoglavljenie kapi-
talizma, Ia poraz klerikalizma in "a zgraditev demokraticnega
socialisticnega reda.
Zdi Sc, da Sc toriji jake boje. MANFRED, boje Sc, da Sc sovjetski
prOletariat nagiba V smeri, V kakrsne so conference.-the socialne
demokracije ma zboru v Londonu zidali najvecje upe.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-01-03

me bonn pozabil! Cast Sc bodo
spremenili in DO "a delo okrog
hise zopet tezko dobiti koga. Ali
dokler bonn JAZZ bival v tel oko-
lici, Sc vi ne boste mucili S sne-
gom. To yam obljubljam."
Ia tega SO Sc razlnere zbolj-
Sale in della zopet sin in snaha
in cd casa do casa tudi on. In
Viktor Emanuel je zopet ma
konju,
Svojo obljubo je re davno
snedel, Pozabil je pa nj, kajti
pozimi ga nosijo koraki vedno
lie pc sosednjih ulicah, medtem
ko maha med letom tod mimo
dan ma dan, vedno pripravlien
obesiti Sc ma mas VOCAL in priceti
prijateljski pogovor. Njegove
nekdanje obljube Sc ticejo nam
rec lie snega in snega poleti nj.
"Pojdi Sc solit Viktor Ema-
nuel! Uteha mi je lie, ola nisi Slo-
venec, marvec Lab in je tudi
tvoja obljuba laSkai" Tako mu
pravim ma them in Sc ne me-
MIN zanj.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-01-03
KATKA ZUPANCIC:
" iii

herno leto umirala cd zeje.
MIN Sc zeja nikoli nj poznala.
Kako tudi? Sal SO ii pijanci po-
srkali vso podtalno moco in Sc
nato prevrtali Sc do vode v Cd
vodnih ceveh. cato so marali
pasti.
Moi tovaris zivljenski in hise
gospodar Sc je skoro sesedel, ko
je tisti dan vrnivSi Sc z della
ugledal namesto mogocnega
drevja nekaj borih, mrsavih
brestovih prekelj. Oberoe Sc je
prijel "a glavo in vzdihnil ter
catarrhal: "Joj, nasa hisa je zdai
kakor ma COLO obrita buea
Dalo bi Sc bio povedati kai
vee nezmernosti V pijaci in
kan to vodi, pa nj bio casa.
Kajti vzdolz OBJ hist in pred MO
je lezalo lesa strah bozji. Bila
pa je takrat Sc zmerom vse-
stranska stiska in je bill les ne
katerim sosedom dar bozji. Ka-
kor mravlje SO ga raznasali ma
VSe Strani.
Najmarljivejsi med mimi je
bill Viktor Emanuel. Cudila sem
Sc njegovi moci, ko je dvigal de-
bella debla, jih nosil, vlekel in
vozil domov cd ranih juter in
Sc ponoei, Povedal je, da mu sin
ne della, snaha takisto ne, in
diva vnucica ina. Zena da mu je
hvala Bogu umrla, sicer hi bila
ena usta vec. Pa smo mu Sc mi
diva pomagala nalagati -.
Nc in ko je nedolgo potem "a
padel sneg, je prisel. On da DO
odmetal sneg, kajti je tako delo
ZANE tako in tako pretezko, GO
spodar pa da ne utegne. Kar je
res. Naso lopato je odklonil in
81 skocil pc svojo, XII je bila vsaj
trikrat manjsa, pa betkal z MO
YES dopoldne. Prinesel 81 je Sc
ostanek nekdanje metIe, tako
je incl della Sc popoldne.
"Celih pet, skoro Sest ur sem
delal! Ne, nj igraca imeti hiso
ma vogalu! Skoro sest ur!" in
me zvito pogledaval.
Da je treba pravega orodja,
sem ga opozorila. No, no, sal mi
casa ne namerava racunati in
koliko ola zahtevajo "a tako de-
10 drugi, je vpraSal.
"Samo toliko?" Neznansko
zdaljsani obraz Sc mu je zopet
skrajsal, ko sem precej dolozila.
Tako je par zim zaporedoma
incl v oskrbi mas sneg lie on.
Dobro vedoe, ola SO 81 priloz-
nostnega zasluzka potrebni lju-
die takorekoe stopali ma pete,
mi je svecano ponavljal:
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Viktor Emanuel

Zine Sc koledarskih predpi-
SOW tocno ne drze. Tudi letos-
MIA Jill je grdo krsila. Kdaj je
re cd tega, ko je vse ma skrivaj
slekla drevje in nagnala vse
mehkuzce spat, ali pa kar ven
il dezele. Nato je nekai tednov
tho pomivala in glasno pome-
tala ceste, da je nazadnje vse
pregrnila z debelo belo prepro-
go in 10 pricvrstila z ledom. Use
poslednje dni 81 je re kar pc ia
nuarsko vlivala debele ledene
svece, dasi nj imela "a tako po-
cetje Sc nobene pravice.
Toda kaj Sc We? Nemara je
imela zveze z nasimi mestnimi
oceti =, Kajti oblastni SO ii mo-
zje in Sc radi igrajo S casoynim
kolesjem. Kar ma lepem Sc uni
slijo in zapovedo: euro pomak-
mite "a emo uro naprejl Take
bono prihranili ma umetni raz-
svetljavi.
Mi nesrecne kreature seveda
protestiramo in Jill zavrnemo
prvic z gromovitim "Ne!!!".
drugic z ne, tretjic pa stisne-
mo celjusti in pozenemo uro "a
uro naprej, Luc namrec, XII ic
pozgemo zjutraj ne Steje, steje
pa vecerna, XII jo mestni veljaki
vidijo z odprtimi ocmi.
In tako smo re trudni in sko-
70 tudi re siti dneva, ko nam
zimsko jutranje solnce pome.
zikne iznad streh, zelec nam
"Dobro jutro!" Nj cudno, de
razocarano krene ma levo in Sc
skrije cimprej mu je mogoce
Poleti pa je vecera has dovolj
da utegnemo kihniti dvakrat
Ko kihnemo tretjic, je re pol
noe.
Ali naslov je Sc vedno liver
okvirja. Pa sal elovek, XII ga
imam V mislih, nj pravi Viktol
Emanuel, nj kraljevske, ampal
je samo navadne laske krvi il
zategadelj lahko pocaka. Tud
nj Viktor Emanuel njegovo pra
vo ime. Pridobil 81 je ia vide.
vek lie radi svoje vnanje slicno,
sti S Savojcem, ceprav ie oe
MEGA morda nekaj let mlajsi
In kakor omega, bi tudi tega
eevlji vred lahko vtaknili v 70.
kavico.
Seznanili smo Sc z MIN ta
KRAFT, ko SO delavci cd WPA DO.
dirali nase topole pred hiso
Enajst, jih je bilo! Lepih, viso.
kin, koSatih enajst topolov
Trava pod mimi je vsako sic
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-01-03

Re v kampanji jim je znova poudaril, da je prot "izmomo
razen amerikanizmu, karkoli to je, Vseeno, S tenn je dolocno ma
CLASH, da je "a sistem, kakrsen ie.
Kapitalizem Sc nj incl boljsega zascitnika, kakor ga ina v
predsedniku Rooseveltu, kajti noben Hoover in noben Coolidge
he bi mogel vrsiti reslne voge zanj boljse kakor 10 je on.
10 DO vojne konec in bodo delavci dobili dopust, pa Sc bodo
morda domislii, da bi bio vTedno nekaj casa posvetiti tudi takim
razglabljanjam. Deodajalci} imajoe v TAX namen najete vescake.
A DELOJEMALCI pa SO sedaj v svoje sihte tako p%ogoblieni, da
Sc jim ne liubi misiti.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-01-03
OSKO OVEN:
RAZGOVORI

nj kriv Roosevelt, so krivi Rusi
ali pa Anglezi. craven pa slisiS
bahanje, ces, "jaz lahko kupim
kar hocem, samo prave stike
moraS poznati''.
Kadar govorimo o 'crnem tr.
gu" (black market), je tudi me-
kaj nash fantov ma oni strani
oceana slo v biznis. Eni so pro-
dajali cigarette, drugi gasolin in
eden Sc je pa odlocil "a nekai
boljsega. Kupil je V Parizu "zlo-
glasno hiSo" (bordel) in kSeft ie
bill tako dober, da Sc je odlocil
"a nabavo Sc enc take hiSe. Je
pac verjel V verizno trgovino.
Ali kot je re navada pri takih
ambicijoznih ljudeh, je Sci ma
10 predalec, pa SO ga zaprli. Kot
izgleda, SO ameriske vojaSke OBJ
lasti zelo stroge. Nekaj Timed
teh vojakov - dosedaj Jill je v
zaporu re okrog sto osemdeset,
casnikov in vojakov, je bio OBJ
sojenih ma dvanajst let jece.
Kajti prodajali SO gasolin v vol
mem casu, ko visi stotine XIV
ljenj ma niti, je V resnici velik
zlocin.
Kot smo citali V listih, je bio
vprasanje takozvanega "St.
Lawrence Seaway", V senatu
zopet porazeno. Kombinirani in
teresi privatnega velekapitala,
kateri ukljucuje Melonov trust,
Du Points, Duke, General Elec-
trio, kombinacija zdruzenih
ameriSkih zeleznic ter Morga-
now interesi-so ponovno zma-
gall, Glasovanje V senatu je BIZ
10 Sc prot in Is glasov "a pro-
jekt. Ia velekapital, kateri az
polaga z milijoni, ina V Wash
ingtonu "lobi", kateri S svojim
denarjem vedno pridobi dovoli
glasov, da zbije vsak predlog,
kateri bi bill V prid ljudstva. In
Sc posebno, kadar Sc gre "a kak-
Sno municipalno napravo, kate
IA bi Skodovala privatnemu mo-
nopolu. Kadar Sc gre Ia kaj ia
kega, takrat nastane vpitje o So
cializaciii, socializmu in komu-
niZmu.
Vlada je ponovno zasegla
Montgomery Wardovo kombi-
no. Izmed vseh kapitalisticnih
korporacij je ia skupina najaro-
gantnejSa, ne samo napram or
ganiziranemu delavstvu, ampak
tudi napram vladi. DuSa vsemu
je seveda predsednik njenega
direktorija Sewell l.. Avery.
Kaj MEGA briga vojna in donna
ca discipline, katera je absolut-
no potrebna v vsaki demokrati-
chi DRAW, katera Sc danes bori
ma smrt, samo da more kljubo-
vati vsaki naredbi, katera sluzi
delavstvu. PRAY bi bio, da Sc
temu arogantnezu dopove en-
KRAFT "a vselej, da je doba indu-
strialnih baronov minila.
Noveletne resOlucije
Nimam mic posebnih, ola hi
Jill bio potrebno omenjati. Sku-
sal bonn delati kakor sem dose
daj. In isto velja menda "a mas
vse. Dolznost je mas vseh, da
stojimo ma strait, kajti naSe de
10 Sc dolgo, dolgo ne DO dokon-
cano. Pred vsem, ne pozabimo
nasega Proletarca, kateri stopa
letos v Stirideseto leto. LIE ma
delo, sodrugi!
AnkO mn no GRO
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Pri mas

Zadnjic v restavraclji sem
sliSal razgovor par precej de-
belusnih fantov, kateri SO kri-
tizirali move drzavne odloke
glede razdelitve mesa in raznih
konzervnih jestvin. SIEVE, pc
njih nazoru je vsega kriv Roose-
welt in pa chose g. damn De-
mocrats". Tudi ukinitev koni-
skin dirk jim nj bila pc wolff.
Takih ljudi je ogromno stevilo.
In najdes Jill Y vseh krogih &c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
By Harold Hefernan

proved only mediocre attractions at
the box Office have catapulted to un-
usual crosses because of theme
song that hit a popular note with
the crowds.
All you have to do to prove this
Is to go down the Hit Parade week
by week and pencil out the top num-
bers that are derived from movies.
THE Trolley Song" for instance,
is a sensation right now. 1t is a
much better song than Meet Me in
St. Louis" Is picture. The trolley
ballad undoubtedly did lot to make
Meet Me in st Louis" one of MGM's
best grossers.
Song Gave Hope Start.
Going back few years, check on
what song Thanks for the Mem
DRY" did for Bob Hope, that up
and-coming fellow Of today. He was
virtually unknown just limping of
the dying vaudeville pastures when
Paramount sent him into 1.-THE Big
Broadcast of 1885," Bob and Shirley
Ross played pair of quarreling
sweethearts who marry and divorce
The way they sang Thanks for the
Memory" at each other threw fam
dom for a sentimental loop and
brought both scampering to fame.
Shirley didn't stick-but how about
Bob? He still uses that ballad as a
theme number for his radio pro-
gram. And he should.
Love Affair."" with Irene Dunno
and Charles Boyer, had a touching
theme song called Wishing win
Make It So" 1t made Boyer and
Dunno the greatest lover team in
movies-and almost took RKO out
Of its 1880 state Of bankruptcy.
"Casablanca," with Humphrey b.
CART and Ingrid Bergman. reverted
to an old song, LAS Time Goes By"
and the fans babbled in ecstacy.
That old song also showed right back
on the Hit Parade.
Laura" murder thriller with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
Broadway in a Few Words

the Broadway original will be re-
tanned: Speak Low
Morton Downey is back from over
seas. . F.. Radio provided George
Abbott with youngster to play one
of the leaders in his stage produc-
ton "Snafu." She is Arlene Joyce,
who has stepped into her part after
serving several weeks as an under
study. Heard regularly on eight
programs, and with her new role to
boot, she still finds time to serve as
gray lady" at Halloran General
Hospital and also sing at USO en-
tertainments.
Little Margaret O'Brien celebrated
her 9th birthday at the Village Barn,
q bucolic night club in the middle
of Greenwich Village, New York
City II. $50 patrons sang Happy
Birthday" to the little star and she
responded by climbing on chair
and reciting THE Nativity" A
touching little event, according to
those present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
Todd Produces Another Hit
Bv Laurence Perry.

"SC CfS
Cannon, Noah Berry, ST.; Charles
Irwin, Walter Burke and all the
rest of an enormous company are
at ease ntheir portrayals of metro
politans Of a simpler-if more pred
atory-era.
Now I come to the story-rather
reluctantly. AS you may have heard,
Central Park came into being in the
days when the Tweed group at
Tammany Hall ruled the city. Lay
ing out the park offered a fair field
for graft, what with park benches
charged up at $500 each and SO on
and SO forth. At the time the New
York Times, assisted by Thomas
Mast, cartoonist of Harper's Weekly,
was conducting a campaign against
the grafters which resulted ulti-
mately in prison sentences, suicides
and in general wholesome clean
ing up. John Matthews Wilbur
Evans, Times reporter, is doing
the investigating and falls in love,
with the daughter (Maureen Can
nom of Tammany heller. After
a tiff with her lover, she marrieS
one of Tweed's chief ieutenants
and then-but say! Let's throw
away the book and be content with
so much more that is lustrous In
this happy revival of old New York.
WAC Comedy Fails.
Alice in Arms" by L. and M.
Bush Fekete and Sidney Sheldon at
the National Theater, is a comedy
that falls short of fulfilling its hui
morouS intentions. Ingredients
which might with more imagination
and skill have been combined to
make an amusing play were present
but nothing came of them and a
|saccharine romantic ending, out of
drawing with all that had gone
before, added to the disaster.
Briefly outlined, a WAC lieutenant
returns to her home town, invaded
out of service. AS her flance, a
young industrialist, is about to take
her in his arms, she confesses to an
overseas love affair with corporal.
Nonetheless she will marry her
civilian lover, not having heard
from her soldier boy for three
months. On the eve of the wedding,
however, she does hear from him,
in person. Thereupon, without
rhyme, or reason, and after many
complications, she goes with him to
be married.
There are some amusing home
life touches in which Peggy Conklin,
as the WAC, does the best she can
with forlorn part. A sad evening.
released By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04

bring tears of appreciation from an
audience when Janet Gaynor and
Charles Farrell were kissing, while a
jazzed-up version Of Memberships
Spring Song" would make a similar
scene between Buster Keaton and a
Mack Sennett girl riotous comedy.
Before talkies, every picture 60
ing out of Hollywood was accom-
panied by music cue sheet. Real
izing the Importance of music,
studios even then maintained or
chestras and leaders who worked
over these cue sheets to see that
appropriate patches of musical COM
positions were tied to the silent
action by theater orchestras or
organists.
Forbestein recalls that Victor Her.
bert and Carrie Jacobs Bond were
the composers most commonly used
to accentuate true love on the silent
screen. In the cradle days of the
movie-and Forbestein can still re-
call 'em-"Hearts and Flowers" was
the favorite piano accompaniment to
death scenes and "cru-elp treatment
of Mary Pickford or the Gsh
sisters.
Theme Must Fit Team.
Kiss music can serve one romantic
team and then be improvised in
later pictures for other kiss-and-
clinches. In this way Goodnight.
Sweet Dreams" which provides the
love theme for Hollywood Canteen, :"
will probably be heard many times
In the future behind other players
making protestations of love as
earnestly as do Joan Leslie and
Robert Hutton.
Actually, kiss music has been in
strumental in elevating many per-
sonalitieS to stardom. A pair of
appealing lovers hitched to a ten
derby sentimental ballad, properly
worked up on the sound track, gets
under an audiences skin-uncon-
sciously, of course, and that's the
way to worm your way into the af-
fections of a movie fan.
Likewise, pictures that might have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
Coming Attractions

NATIONAI-''Dark of the
Moon" with Richard Hart and
Carol Stone, for two weeks be-
ginning tomorrow night.
CAPITOL-"Sunday Dinner
for a Soldier" with John Kodiak
and Anne Baxter, starting
Thursday.
COLUMBIA-"The Fighting
Lady," Navy documentary mar
rated by 1t. Robert Taylor.
EARLE-"Objective Burma"
with Enrol Flynn.
KEITH'S-"House of Frank
enstein" with Boris Karloff.
MTTLE-The Inf form r.
with Victor McLaglen, starting
Wednesday.
Observation-Disclosures
ing Heights" with Laurence
Oliver and Merle Oberon, start
ing Thursday.
PALACE-"Keys Of the King
dom" with Gregory Peck.
PIX-"First Film Concert"
with cast Of noted musicians,
starting Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK.
Broadway briefs: Alfred Drake,
leading male singer of the Theater
Guilds Sing Out Sweet Land" is
the papa of a 7-pound daughter
Alfred met his wife when both were
appearing in oklahoma. When
Mrs. Esther z. Preyss, first Icelandic
bride of an American serviceman to
arrive in the United States, landed
in New York, she expressed three
wishes: First, to meet the parents of
her husband, Sergt. Leonard Preyss
of the Bronx, N. Y; second, to get
a job in war plant; third, to see
Oklahoma"
Mike Todd opened his new hit,
Cup in Central Park" exactly one
day before the first anniversary OF
his other musical smash, Mexican
Hayride." New York Is getting
another huge night club, to be called
THE 400 Club" at 400 Fifth avenue.
Tommy Dorsey's Band will be the
initial toe-teaSer. Milton Berle
is the composer Of a tune attracting
attention on the juke boxes. It's
called Leave Those Dishes in the
Sink, Ma"
Kurt WE'LL will write new tunes
for the movie version of Zone Touch
of Venus" !. At least one from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
Technical Adviser
Made Point Well q
By the Associated Press.


HOLLYWOOD.
Judge of jolts and shell shocks,
connoisseur of conclusion, is the
informal title of Capt. Milton NJ.
Thornton, technical adviser on "GI
joe. (The title is so unpopular with
some groups of servicemen, it may
be changed) A French farmhouse
in Tunisia has been duplicated for a
scene in this story. which calls for
house to rock with shock from q
shell. It's been built on giant springs,
and Is to be battered by huge hy-
draulic ram to simulate the effect.
Capt. Thornton stood In the build
ing, hollering Harder! Harder!" as
the ram battered away, until finally
one blow shook the structure so
hard 1t threw Thornton fiat on his
face.
''That'll do! That's Just right"
said Thornton. busting himself of
TIE captain is a veteran of the
North African campaign, SO he
should know,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
Fitzgerald MUSES. on Love
By Sheilah Graham,

It. Lana was genuinely in love with
Greg Bautzer at one time. But
every time they had q fight It got
into print and that, OF course, mag
nified the quarrel. And 1t was dur
ing one OF the latter that she met
up with Artie Shaw and he swept
her OF her feet. And then there
were reams Of publicity about the
elOpement and brief married Me.
And the same for the stormy inter-
lude Of marriage with Steve Crarle.
How can love, which Is delicate at
the best OF times. stand up under
such heavy beating? She is wiser
now. The dates with Turhan Bey
have quiet locales.
Every time I see Van johnson I
have to delve into his love life
which happens to be nonexistant.
l. have to ask him, rs there any
particular girl?"-just in case there
Is, and I must not be scooped. Tho
answer Is always the same-"I'm too
busy" So, while Van himself has
already received several thousand
valentines from adoring adolescent
maidens, he won't be sending any
this year-except in a kidding vein.
Some one told me the other day that
Van is getting more relaxed, about
his ambition to be the top star in
Hollywood. and in that case he may
have more time to fall in love.
Miss Bacall Is Visiting.
Lauren Bacall would like to re-
ceiye a valentine from a certain
actor who will soon be divorced. She
already has been bracketed with the
boy and If anything does prevent
them from getting married, 1t will
be all the premarriage publicity. It
breeds self-consciousness in the
couple concerned. Every one expects
them to get married and so in public
they feel compelled to behave as
though in love. And soon they begin
to wonder-"Are we?" I've seen this
happen, time and time again,
budding romance and probable mar
riage killed because of overmuch
limelight.
It's a wonder to me how any ro-
nance can get going in Hollywood,
because if an actress goes out on one
date, every one next day has them
in love. Two dinners in one week
means marriage here. They don't
need gun today-just a mention in
a column.
That reminds me, the old-time
standby of publicity boys, the pub
licity romance, is almost dead. Most
males here are already married and
the only boys you can pin a girl to
today are Enrol Flynn, Helmut DAN
tine, George Raft, William Eythe
and Van johnson. The situation is
SO bad that they have been reduced
to building publicity romance be-
tween Esmeralda and Blue Boy, the
two pigs in State Fair"
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