Evening star., 1945-06-25
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.

Signs and sounds: Like the gang.
ster portrayers who were suddenly
knocked out Of lucrative movie worl
by an edict from the Hays Office
curtailing underworld dramas, spe.
cialistS in NaZi roles are trying these
days to readjust themselves to the
cessation Of hostilities in Europe.
Nobody is particularly sorry about
their plight, either. Look-alikes who
played Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler
Goering, Hess and other members
Of the Fuehrer's family are grad
ually drifting into other lines OF
Characterization. Most of them, for
tunately. can put their ugly mugs
to good use in horror and mystery
movies Of the type SO popular now
since the crashing success of Muir
der, My, Sweet"
Martin kosleck, little fellow who
came over from Germany in 1892,
and who has played Goebbels with
startling realism in 16 Hollywood
war pictures, adopts a philosophical
attitude toward his plight and that
Of others who have banked plenty of
money on the strength of imperson-
ating Nazi miscreants. Kosleck is q
dead ringer for the late and unla-
mented German propaganda min
lister.
We spotted Kosleck on the set Of
"The Spider" one of those "B" mys-
|tery-killer numbers which 20th Gen.
tury-Fox is getting out between its
bigger numbers. Kosleck says he has
a small part in the film and is very
happy to have it.
II feel I had bigger stake than
most actors in seeing that war in
Europe come to an end" said Kos
leck. Il was getting mighty miser-
able playing that nasty little club
footed Goebbles. There was nothing
else for me to do. Every time my
agent telephoned and said he had a
part for me I knew exactly what
it was. I went into the closet,
picked up my club-foot shoe with
the special lift and hiked over to the
studio which had called. And then I
was Goebbels all over again. I must
have done pretty good job of him
though for all the little kids in nv
neighborhood hated me- They some
times threw stones at me-"
Kosleck came to this country In
1882 because, as he confessed, II was
movie struck just wanted to get
into Hollywood pictures"
1t took him nine years after arriv-
ing here to attain that ambition
Now with that war over can look
forward to new and healthier ca
reer in pictures" he said, heaving q
big sigh. you see Goebbels is dead
Starting with this picture am just
plain old fashioned horror man
And from Nazi chieftain to plain
horror man Is a complete moral
elevation. The kids won't throw
stones at me any more"
Japanese souvenirs which 1t. Ty-
rome Power, now on flying duty in
the Pacific, has sent home from
time to time, will soon be used in a
movie. Powers studio, Goth Century,
Fox, obtained the collection from
Tom Noonan, the stars stand-in
and long time friend. The memen-
tos will be used in American Guer-
rilla in the Philippines" picturiza-
ton OF. Ira Wolfert's best seller
which the studio will film in Puerto
Rico.
The collection includes flags, in
sigma, knives and articles which
have proved difficult for prop de-
partments to corral. Other authen-
tic Japanese props have been fur
nished the studio by 1t. Illif D.
Richardson, the real life hero of
Wolfert's book who is acting as the
films technical adviser.
s1N's &c A@E @'9 Hs*atr
Let the girls get look at their
box-office figures and the count on
their fan mail and there's usually
trouble for the studio Dorothy
Lamour made Paramount and her.
self mint Of money by wearing alb
breviated sarongs. Then came the
day when Dorothy decided she was
an actress. She warred with the
studio against wearing any more re-
vealing costumes. s,tr-.- 8.
Betty Cradle suddenly decided it
wouldn't be nice at all for her to
make any more of that leg art which
the boys overseas pinned up with
greater zeal than they did pictures
of any other glamour girl.
And now comes the lament from