Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-04
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD,

Personal, but not private: Only a
half dozen years ago mothers were
holding Shirley Temple up as the
shining example. Little girls wore
their curls the way Shirley did.
They ate their spinach because 1t
was reported Shirley consumed all
kinds Of 1t. Now what happens? The
chicks have come home to roost.
Since Shirley announced her en-
gagement (before her 18th birthday
IA and is year-old girls have been
writing directly to her for romantic
advice. Many implore her to write
their own mothers and tell them it's
okay for an early teen-ager to get
engaged. The letters aren't coming
in by dribbles, either.
Shirley will probably get up form
reply, explaining that news Of her
engagement was q slip-up. 1t
shouldn't have been announced un-
til her 18th birthday. And that she
won't get married until the war 4
won on both fronts.
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The closed" town presents a
problem the film industry will have
to batter down after the war.
In case you don't know, there are
many sizeable communities through
out the country-some $4,000 and
over-that play only those movies
the exhibitor wishes to play. In
these cases he monoponzes the
towns theaters and virtually pays
what he wishes in rentals. # the
price of a picture is too stiff, 1t
doesn't play. Samuel Goldwyn is one
OF the most valiant fighters against
the CLOSED" town and after the war
you can expect to find him donning
his armor and smuggling away at the
municipal monopolies.
Dorothy B. Hughes. one of the
leading mystery fiction writer's
THE Fallen Sparrow" and THE
Delicate Ape" are a pair of her tor
numbers-lives in Santa Fe, N. Mex
She and her townfolk have yet to SEE
a showing Of 1.-THE Fallen Sparrow,
one Of the most popular pictures OF
two years ago.
Santa Fee, with It's IS 900 popula.
ton, Is a city producers referred tc
as CLOSED" town. It has beer
closed to good movies so long tina,
many citizens think Hedy Lamar
is a cigarette and Van johnson g
motor cycle racer.
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Several years ago when Warner
Bros, decided, appropriately enough
to stage a f1ashy world premier Of
their picture, Santa Fe," right ir
Santa Fe, natives set upon the visit.
ing movie stars and tried to beaI
them up-Errol Flynn and Wayne
Morris included.
| Santa Fe is an art colony, one o.
the qualntest, most beautiful cities
you'd hope to come across in all YOU,
travels. It's in these United States
too. And yet it's the last city ir
which one could hope to see a gooe
movie, or to hear the faintest dis.
cussion about the worlds most popu.
lar amusement medium.
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Close-ups: After previewine
Wonder Man." starring Danny
Kaye, Sam Goldwyn decided t.
spread out on exploiting Dance,
Vera-Ellen, who scores heavily. Sc
he sent a still-photograph company
to Arrowhead to lens her in front Of
woodsy background-at a cost OF
5000. Carole Lands is due t.
report at 20th-Fox in a week te
make her first film in 10 months
It's been too long a time between
pictures for Carole. =. Usual slip
ulation that all resemblance t,
characters living or dead is purel,
coincidental will be missing on tn,
main title for Back to Bataan.
Story is factual with most of tn,
characters drawn from actual Lii,
and RKO doesn't care who knows it
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Ingrid Bergman's roles are s,