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Evening star., 1945-01-07
Quality, Not Quantity
By Jaw Carmodv.


When people they would legitimate theaters
or four or eight in Washington easy they
four eight theaers that thing thing they
have In mind Until there areand yield
thua Tor the theaerWe prefer fight
for worthy productions money That
to say for three weeks of he Late George Anlev # would he
to give six weeks of such dramatic sp Champagne
Everybody" "Our Fanny"
ridiculous to deny that thousands of persons are dis
appointed when hit play engagement
National in the superatve fortnight
presence thear the booming National Capital
would not modify that disappointment
feasible to modify too limited for such attractions than
building materials out of the WPB.
Lost
The subject which just about the hottest
our social life not to mention the professional one is one that in
spires washngtons
doubt that the Capital missed
such hits Harvey I Remember Mama" and The Hast Heart
would with two theaers
certain than whether might have done had the National been
available for booking Producers get
possible close to it possible until
they they have either that flop.
During the September chronologc
ngton theaegoers staying large numbers from
champagne plays that week
Bloomer Girl which PLAYED Philadelphia because was nearer
huge production required
Miami flop in night Broadway and Men to the Sea-
which survived but slightly longer.
September brought National Gordon production
while the Sun Shines highly wobby comedy that closed very
quickly the road in the
that week called Come Be My Love- which was virtual
sillborn.-
the hits of the opened in
following while Washington putting with
dull comedy called Our Fanny but that the Van
playing date here not in the records
Soldiers Popular
The week September Washington blessed with its first
Rose Frankens Soldiers WIFE,
during the week on the Az
Marriage Samuel Raphaesons
squabbe which far inferior to the Wash
ingon offering.
During fortnight Washington enjoying Ethel
Barrymore that consider
ably the play quality other possible play bookings for
the demonstrating high order feebeness
that Herman shumn is not always
showing that sudden death is the
way productions of its caiber.
The week of october 6 would
ingon have had available heater doubt
the which the National played Charming Poock bombsc
called Tangled Web while Brock Pemberon
forced the delights theaer
Harvey elsewhere That could
have had the Pembon play Washington might have had
Sleep My Pretty One which almost instantly
Out" to which the public showed quick out.
of Week
Two new plays touring the George
Apy proving triumph Washington. them
however were enthusiastically received in their
two Sadie Thompson" Cry"
have done reasonably WELL but neither indispensable hap
pness, nor in the same class with Marquands
1t is this departments contention
not lost good attractions by the nonavaaby
second theater Nor whiles by third
What believes is subject much worthy agitation
however better theae instead of merely
other words quality quantity prioits
terial fight for longer worthy
they be recognized in advance much likely
than any other way that is reasonably apparent.
Evening star., 1945-01-07

and only one other woman besides
her mother, fleeing across Siberia in
the 1920 revolution. They went to
Paris, where she began ballet lessons
at the age of 5, unusually young in
that decade.
A year later, she was discovered
by one of the greatest dancers, Anna
Pavlova, who featured the baby
ballerina in a new Partisan ballet.
Sol Hurok, the impressario, was
present at her first performance. It
was he who brought her to the
United States in 1888 when he spon-
sored the first American tour OF
the ballet Russo de Monte Carlo.
Toumanova, her mother, Geor-
gisn princess, and her father, a
former colonel in the Russian I'M
perial Army, have become Ameri-
can citizens.
Her next motion picture has been
announced as THE Green Hussar,"
with her husband producing and di-
recting for Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Her new MGM contractca for five
pictures in three years but allows, at
her insistence, time for an annual
tour with the ballet company in at
least New York, Philadelphia and
Chicago.
Evening star., 1945-01-07
|'On the Town
|Lauded as
Top Musical
By Jack O'Brian
NEW YORK

When, this reviewer arrived at the
Adelphi Theater for the opening of
"On the Town." I knew vaguely
that it was modern, ambitious and
was written and played by collec-
ton OF comparative newcomers. I
wasn't quite prepared, however, for
the delightful and thrilling musical
comedy which thereupon unfolded.
It was known, of course, who had
fashioned the various departments
of the show. Leonard Bernstein
had been assistant conductor Of the
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
and had written some serious mod
ern music. But his place in the
lighter hearted precincts Of the
Broadway stage wasn't so well estab-
lished and it therefore was a dis
tinct delight to hear his expertly
designed music.
Some critics who go in deeply for
orchestra esoteria may complain
that his music is "derivative," which
is a snioely superior method of as
serting that Bernstein has COM
mitted bit Of contrapuntal larceny.
Music Full Of Verve.
Actually, if there is even a hint
of truth in 1t, it appears that his
musical derivations are not at all
the knowledgeable grand larceny
practiced constantly and without
credit or excuse among tin pan
alleyites.
I found the music excellently
written, bright, gay, full of verve
and push which have been notice.
ably nonexistent since other topical
musical delights as "On Your Toes"
and pal joey"
AS for the ballets, Jerome Robbins
effects can not be questioned. The
entire idea for the show-three
sailors in New York on a 24-hour
pass-stenmed from his Fancy
Free" ballet which delighted Ballet
Russo and Ballet Theater audiences
last year and this. They are, fresh
and modern and even artistic" in
the very lightest sense of that over
worked word. The feathery effects
Robbins evolved both in his choreog-
raphy and staging of musical num-
bers is the first threat Agnes De
Mile has had since she fashioned
the imaginative dances for "OkIa-
homa!"
Book Brightly Satirical.
The book and lyrics were written
by Betty Comden and Adolph Green,
two young people who, as "the Re-
vuers," night club act, went briskly
from a shabby Greenwich Village
cellar to the Radio City Rainbow
Room with their own brittle and
discerningly satirical material
George Abbott. veteran in years
but a perennially adolescent zealot
of this sort of musical comedy. has
tied in a great number of brilliant
young talents into the best musical
show of its sort to hit Manhattan
| in wears.
Evening star., 1945-01-07
HOLLYWOOD,

HOLLYWOOD.
Clark Gable is back in multi. So
are John Payne, Lee Tracy and
Freddie Bartholomew. The war in
Europe should be over=this year, and
then some of the other men who
enlisted or were drafted from their
conf jobs in Hollywood will
come back here to resume where
they left off. If they can. D."
All men, from all walks Of life
and from all sorts of jobs, will find it
difficult to adjust themselves from
the routine of service life to every.
day civilian hving-movie stars in
cluded. Lee Tracy, who saw some
fighting abroad, is now quite a
changed character. Before his days
in uniform, Lee was bit on the
playboy side. He was frivolous. Now
he is serious about everything.
When Clark Gable returned to
Hollywood, his studio, Metro, natu-
rally wanted to put him to work.
But Clark asked for time, out to
adapt himself to the changed condi-
tions of his life. And studio pro-
ducers wisely acceded and Gable can
start his first picture at his own
convenience. 1t seems that you can't
fly on combat missions one day and
make phoney love to a movie maiden
the next.
Montgomery Still Flppant.
Robert Montgomery's face bears
the story of his three and a half
years in the Navy. Contrary to gen.
eral belief, Bob was always serious
in private life, although he masked
this behind wise-cracking and flip
pancy. He still tries to be fiippant,
but he's not fooling any one-includ-
ing himself.
The war has improved the film
prospects of couple of Holly
woodites. When Jackie Coogan was
in Hollywood recently after some
good work in the Pacific, several
major studios offered him film con-
tracts to take effect after the former
boy star was discharged from the
Army. Before the war and his heroic
exploits, Jackie had tried and failed
for movie jobs.
And Wayne Morris. Before the
war, the Hollywood career of Wayne
was in a downward spiral. His pic
lures were veering toward the C
class. When he returned here on
leave after getting medal for
shooting down seven Jap planes,
his bosses at Warmers wanted to
give him the town on silver
platter. And you can bet anything
that when 1t Bert de Wayne Nor
riS returns to his civilian job, the
best pictures at Warmers will be
considered none too good for him.
Stewards Return Awaited.
And this goes double for 1t. Col.
James Stewart. When I talked with
Jimmy on the phone in London, he
begged, mo publicity, please, until
I've done something worth while!"
There is now talk that Stewart is in
Evening star., 1945-01-07
NEW YORK

NEW YORK.
The encyclopedia says there are
81 varieties of rabbits in North
America. That's not quite correct
not since New York, with an assist
from Denver, discovered Harvey.
Harvey is distinctly a new va
riety. He's white, 6 feet IL inches
tall, and invisible, and his principal
hangout these days is the Forty
eighth Street Theater. A play there
is named for him and while Harvey
isn't actually on view, he certainly
makes his presence felt.
But that is Harvey as conjured up
by Mary Coyle Chase of Denver
You might have Harvey of your
own and he would be something en-
tirely different. Indeed, Harvey
himself almost was penguin
named Vernon.
From the Celtic.
Harvey, you see, is pooka. Pookas
have been around, part of Celtic
folk lore, for centuries. Only folk
favored by the spirits can see the
pookas, and they always appear as
diversified animals.
When Mrs. Chase, the wife of a
Denver newspaperman, got the idea
that has produced the Nations No.
pooka, she pictured him as pen
gum. A huge canary named daisy
also was around for a while-and
then she woke up one morning and
"just knew it had to be Harvey" She
gave him a blue polka-dot collar
and a red tie and, sometimes, a felt
hat with holes for his long ears.
The more Mrs. Chase thought
about Harvey the better she could
see him. Harvey, she discovered
likes people, is understanding and
tolerant of their little faults. He
especially likes middle-aged folk
who are little discouraged. Young
people are so sure of themselves that
he doesn't stay around them much.
When Harvey was set for the
stage, it was natural that Mrs. Chase
and Producer Brock Pemberton
should hit upon Frank Fay, another
Irishman, to co-star with the rabbit
Fay not only started his career as a
Teddy Bear in Victor Herbert's
"Babes in Toyland," but he is a
whimsical personality himself.
Knew Harvey From Start.
The minute he read the play, Fay
recognized Harvey ''Oh, yes" he
said, my old pooka friend" Then
he recalled that they last met in a
small Western town as Fay was
leaving a bar one night (some au-
thorities say you can see Harvey
easier after a couple Of drinks)
Harvey was leaning against a lamp
post, Fay remembered, and saio
'Hello."
Backstage these days, Fay enjoys
talking about Harvey and his lido
cyncrasies. He has found, for in
Evening star., 1945-01-07
Those Phony Posies
Have Allergic Powers
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD.
Flowers are always ticklish
proposition when films are being
made in color, for the intense heat
willis real flowers, and paper ones
look too stiff in close scenes.
Things got three times as ticklish
as usual when Cornell Wilde found
that the red rose he was plunging
his nose into for a romantic scene
with Adele Jergens for "a Thousand
One Nights was made of feathers.
1t looked good, but Wilde sneezed
every time he tried to do the scene.
Finally, thorough shaking rid the
ersatz bloom of dust, which was
the chief cause of the trouble and
Wilde got on with the love scene.
Evening star., 1945-01-07
A Once Mighty Oak
Reaches Tired State
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD.
The tremendous oak tree used by
Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood"
has been so weakened by age and
the recent rains that 1t had to be
thoroughly wired and propped to
make it safe for use in ''The Fight
ing Guardsman'
The old tree stands in Sherwood
Forest, in the Malibu Mountains,
about so miles from Hollywood,
where Douglas Fairbanks, ST., made
his Robin Hood" and where Enrol
Flynn and Olivia De Havilland made
the modern version of the same TO
nance. On the tree are carved the
initials of Fairbanks and Enid Ben
nett, his leading lady, and Errol and
Olivia; all done in character, of
course. 80
Once Willard Parker finishes his
"Guardsman" role under the old
tree, it will be uprooted and cut into
firewood, as it's a safety hazard.
Evening star., 1945-01-07
Scorned Oomph, Found NewArt

Ck11CAGfO.
Tamara Toumanova risked two
careers by her unorthodox essay
into acting. The result: A double
triumph.
The stunning Russian-born bal
lerina, noted for her midnight black
hair and smouldering dark eyes,
followed her own determined de-
sign in venturing upon second
career.
IT wanted to open the door upon
"a new life in acting" says Tou-
manova, 'but I wanted to continue
my career in ballet.
People predicted I would fail In
motion pictures because I had no
acting experience. They also said
movies would ruin my dancing, that
I would never be as good. 1t was a
challenge to me-"
She decided not to dance in her
first picture, asked for straight
dramatic part and refused to under
go the usual Hollywood leg-art type
of buildup.
No Oomph for Her.
"They wanted to take pictures of
me in bathing suits. Why-a bath
ing suit means nothing! They want
ed to give me 'oomph'-that means
nothing. I think 'oomph' soon goes
'boomphp" She wanted more, a
chance to prove her ability without
synthetic glamor.
Eye to eye with this aim was
Casey Robinson, who wrote and
produced days of Glory" Tou-
manova starred in that and won ac-
claim as a new actress. She later
married her producer.
She felt her acting achievement,
which came almost six months ago,
was not complete until she could
prove that though she had missed
two seasons her ballet career was
|unimpaired.
Returning this season as guest
artist with the ballet theater, critics
have welcomed her with infrequent-
ly used praise: Brilliant" "imperi-
ous," seductive style" They re-
ferred to her as "the great Touma-
nova"
She enhanced her ballet career in
Chicago when Leonid Massine, one
OF the leading modern choreogra-
pliers, chose her to dance the major
part in his world premier of Moon
light Sonata"
Toumanova was born in a railroad
box car shared by soldiers, horses
Evening star., 1945-01-07
TOday's Schedules

CAPITOL-"The Thin Man
Goes Home: 1:55, 4:35, tbs
and 9:55 pm. Stage shows:
ITO, $50, $50 and 9:10 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Kismet":: 1:25,
3:25, $50, 7::35 and 9:35 pm.
EARLE - Hollywood Cam
teen: 1:25, 4:20, 7:10 and 10
pm. Stage, shows: 1880, $40,
$50 and $50 pm.
KEITH'S-"The Princess and
the Pirate: /, $40, $40, 7::30
and $40 pm.
LITTLE-"The Divorce of
Lady X: /, 2:45, $40, 7:55 and
9:45 pm.
METROPOLITAN - our
Hearts Were Young and Gay:
lao, 3:45, 5:45, TAO and $40
pm.
PALACE - Thirty Seconds
over Tokyo: 1:20, 4:05, Gas
and $50 pm.
P1X-"Appoint tment for
Love-: 2:10, 4:45, TBS and 1905
pm.
Evening star., 1945-01-07
Psychiatrist Meant
Hardly What He Said
BY tie Associated Press

By tie Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
To provide authenticity for Lost
Week End" Billy Wilder's saga of a
f1ve-day drunk, Paramount hired a
technical expert. He is DR.. George
N. Thompson, psychiatrist of the Los
Angeles County Hospital.
DR.. Thompson checked for defects
when Ray Milland played scene in
which he was supposed to suffer the
DTS. The medic observed and cor
rected and as he left said to Mil
land:
Hope I meet you again-not pro-
fessionally, of course"
Evening star., 1945-01-07
Handy Time Pointer
This Man Roosevelt
BY the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
Director Irving Pichel was wor-
ried. He had scene representing
the main street of Fredericksville,
Ga, of the novel, Col. Efhngham' S
Raid" Nothing on<the street dated
the scene-it might have been any
time in the last so years.
Likewise, the scenes principals,
Charles Coburn and William Eythe
were dressed in relatively timeless
clothes. Pichel wondered how to
make the street appear to be of 1910
the pictures time. Then he issued
an order and across the street was
strung banner:
mo third term for Roosevelt
Evening star., 1945-01-07
Art Out for Duration
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
Vincent Price has given up his art
gallery. Reason: Too darn much
business.
After the war, when we can get
larger showroom and hire help,
well open up again." he says.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-06-28

Of 500, 900 an additional $50, 600
will have to be raised. This can
be done by such a district with
the issuance of bonds. The dis
trict will be permitted to levy up
to three mills taxes. It is believed
that half that amount will be SUI
ficient.
The district would operate much
as port district, putting the man.
agement Of the hospital entirely in
local hands. Such an institution
would fit the communityss needs
It is generally referred to as
a Kennewick hospital. More prop
erly it is an east Benton county
hospital, serving the needs Of the
entire area. With the demands
on the Pasco hospital taxing it far
beyond its capacity, many people
in this region have been forced
to travel a great distance to find
accommodations. The need fol
the hospital is urgent.
Sign the petitions with a will.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-06-28
How E. r

The WSCS will meet at the
home of Mrs. Guy Nelson Tues
day, July 3. There will be a food
sale at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Lee Nun returned from
Seattle last Saturday after visit
ing with relatives there.
CPO Lyman Cohen and wife
from San Antonio, Texas, are
visiting at the home Of Mr.. and
Mr.. Carl Evans. Mrs. Cohen
Is Mrs. Evans sister. CPO Lyman
has IS days furlough.
Rev. Smith will be minister
of the church for another year.
He and Mrs. Smith are taking a
two weeks vacation at Lewiston
and other places. Rev. Joseph
Smith will be the minister at the
II o'clock service Sunday morn
ing.
- Buy Another Bond -
NEW WIRING
If she dreams of enjoying the
m any electrical conveniences
available after the war, tn e
American housewife first must be
prepared to have her home re-
wired, warns a Westinghouse ex-
pert. With present wiring, only
one home out of twenty could
handle such appliances.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-06-28
US0 Activities
Tentative plans are being made

Tentative plans are being made
to assist with recreational activity
in CampbelPs Cabin camp. The
mothers there see the need for
games and crafts for the younger
groups and have expressed a will
ingness to assist in the program.
Mr.. Campbell will have the base
ball diamond in good condition
and will make arrangements for
a shady spot with work benches
for the arts and crafts program.
The Area Staff meeting took
place at the USO. office in Kenne-
wick on Wednesday at noon. Re-
ports were made of the progress
in Richland, the Pasco Housing
project and in Kennewick. Pur-
pose of the meetings is for USO
staff in war production to be
familiar with all phases of activi-
ty in the entire area. Reports on
progress and on programs will be
given at each weekly meeting. The
next meeting will be held at the
USO office in Richland, Wednes-
day, June q at noon.
Crafts for adults is under way
at the Community building and
the sewing groups and Bingo par
ties still prove very popular.
The Saturday picnic group are
honoring Grandma Owens on her
birthday Saturday, June 80, with
a birthday picnic at the City park.
The group will assemble at the
park at 1880 on that day and any
of her friends are welcome to join
in.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-06-28
Cooperation


With all of its mistakes, the OPA
learned long ago that without
public support, its campaign Of en-
forcing ceiling prices would fall
flat-enforcement without public
support will 60 the way Of pro-
hibition.
Several months ago the grocers,
both wholesalers and retailers, sat
down with OPA big wigs and
agreed to cooperate in an en-
deavor to obtain q more strict OBJ
servance of ceiling prices. The
campaign was cranked up by the
grocery trade itself, to be certain
that prices stayed within bounds.
As result, the housewife, be-
gan to check her ceiling price
lists, the grocer cooperated in
this endeavor and today the in
flationary balloon is still grounded
to its moorings.
An important cog in this work
of price control is seldom given q
thought. That is the price panel
of each local rationing board.
These people serve without pay
hearing complaints about price
ceiling violations, and are as high
~ respected by merchants as they
are by complaining buyers. That's
democracy in action. You don't
need to 60 to Washington to COM
plain about being overcharged.
Your neighbors on the price panel
right here pass on the case.
- Buy Another Bond Today -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-06-28
FROM OUR
FILES
Is YEARS AGO
June r. 1870

Citizens of Kennewick are ask
ed to undertake the sale of $780,
600 worth Of stock in the proposed
Benton Franklin Intercounty
bridge. The franchise is held by
Chas. Huber and associates.
A very pretty double wedding
took place Sunday afternoon at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Brady
Tyson, when their son, Brady J.
and Miss Nellie May Pritchard
Of Iowa, and their daughter, Miss
Lena Eleanor and Leonard z.
Bushell were united in marriage
by Rev. A. B. Hotchkiss.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-06-28
C.V.A. OPEN FORUM

between federal planning and con-
struction agenciss7
A. It means no such thing. Diff
ferences of opinion are not only
bound to arise, but are in them
selves healthy and a guarantee
that no enterprise shall be rushed
into execution at public expense
without bringing to bear many
opinions and view points. No one,
except those of an autocratic and
totalitarian frame of mind, take
exception to that type Of friendly
controversery.
q. Do the federal planning and
construction agencies each pursue
their own Independent source in
respect 70 their projects?
A. No. by both law and agree
ment they consult and confer with
each other and harmonic their
various plans into the best pos
sible utilization of land and water
resources.
q. What must Be concluded.
then. regarding the claims Of the
6. v. Il. proponents7
A. That their arguments are
put forth purely for propaganda
purposes and that their purposes
are theological rather than prac-
teal and constructive.
q. What about post war unem.
ploYment? Would establishment
Of . e. v. a. further that worthy
objectiv@7
A. On the contrary it would
unquestionably and unavoidably
delay both the commencement OF
construction and the prosecution
of post war projects and then fail
to create employment when most
needed
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-06-28
IS YEARS AGO
June 2&. 1880

In the lot back Of the Kenne-
wick Hotel workmen are busy
laying out Is tricky holes for q
miniature golf course under the
direction of Mrs. Caroline Kilt
ten.
"Kennewick has exceedingly
good chances to become the center
of one of the largest gas and pos
IDLY oil-producing centers in the
country" said Horace r. Burritt,
engineer.
The first straight car of Yellow
Transparent apples was shipped
Tuesday by Lee M. Lampson, who
expects to have four cars more
from his orchard.