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Evening star., 1946-07-07
Autrys Back in That Republic Saddle
Out of the Army, He Now Is Seeking to Regain His Old No.
Cinema Cowboy Title

Will Rogers, who was passing
through town and heard Gene sing
ing and strumming guitar. L
think you're wasting your time on
this railroad" Rogers told Autry.
You ought to get into radio" Came
the depression and the railroad left
Gene. Remembering the advice of
the famous Rogers, he landed job
on the radio in Tulsa, Okla.
Battle of the Shirts.
I'm one of the few actors that's
been married to the same girl (the
former Ina May Spivey) for IT
years" Gene tells me. They own
a four-acre plot in Laurel Canyon
and will build house to replace
the one burned down just before
Gene went into the Army.
The amusing angle on the Autry-
Rogers rivalry is that both celluloid
cowboys never appear in public
without full western getup. Il was
the first one to wear floWered
shirts" says Gene, but everyone
else (and he means one person in
PARTICULAR is wearing them now,
SO I've switched to plain shirts"
Gene flies his own tWin-engined
plane all over the country. It's
five-seater. Among other interests
he has a share in an Arizona ranch.
Il can always get steaks" he tells
me, with a grin. Just how lucky
can man be?
(Released by North American Newspaper
Alliance Inc
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Todav's Schedules

CAPITOL-"The Dark Cor
ner": 1:50, 4:30, tbs and 10
pm. Stage shows: l:05, $50,
6:35 and $40 pm.
COLUMBIA-"The Blue Dah-
LA: 1850. 1925, $50, 7:35
and GAS pm.
EARLE-"Janie Gets Married.:
l, BIS, 5:35, TAO and $50
pm.
HIPPODROME Grand Illu-
SION: 2:10, 5:25 and 8:35 pm.
KEITH 'S-"Without Reserva-
tons: lis. 3:25. $50, 7:35
and $40 pm.
LITTLE-"Laura":: 1:25, 3:35,
$40, 7:50 and 10 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"The Walls
Came Tumbling Down: 1:40,
$40. 5:45. 7:45 and $50 pm.
PALACE-"The Green Years:
1890, 2:45, 5, 7:l0 and 9:25
pm.
PIX-"A Night to Remember:
l. 4:05, 7:l0 and 10 pm.
L r A N S l. u x - News and
shorts. Continuous from /
pm.
Evening star., 1946-07-07
A Dancers Notes on Some Dancers Antics
In Which VeraElen Fimdoms Leading Terpschorean Gives
Some Pointers Ballroom Behavior
try intricate steps whether his

try intricate steps whether his
partner is up TO them or not.
Fera-Ellen paused here for a
chuckle and remarked that she
hadn't realized until now how many
mistakes one can actually make on
a dance floor.
There's the girl who insists on
teaching her partner the dance step
size learned the night before" she
went on. whether it embarrasses
him to be instructed in public or
not She's holding up the other
dancers, too, but she can't be
bothered by a little thing like that.
And the girl who chatters in
ceSsantiy, throwing her partner out
OF step and caroming from one
collision to another to a chorus Of:
sorry pardon me- my fault and
SO on And the girl who thinks a
rumba is hula dance and wiggles
all over the place, showing her neck
from side to side like Hindu snake
dancer when her head should e
held rigidly still-why you could
go on forever And nobody should
dance the samba unless he or she
knows what to do and has stopped
to consider just how they look
STOPPING over"
Some Dos and DOnts.
According to Vera Ellen, there are
some cardinal dos and don is that
should be memorized-and what's
more, practiced-by every girl or
boy who has any ambition to be-
come a social favorite in the ball
room. And here they are:
THE DOS.
l. Good manners are more inn
portant than the ability to do in
tricate steps.
2 Apologize by saying sorry" or
pardon" if you make misstep that
throws your partner off balance.
But leave elaborate apologies about
your poor dancing out of it.
g. Hold your head perfectly still
in the rumba.
/ 4. Determine your manner of hold
! ing your arms ana the type OF steps
you will take by the number of
people on the dance floor.
| THE DON'TS.
/ l. Don't chatter like d magpie
when dancing. If you feel like talk
ing extensively, remain at your table
and leave more room for people who
want to dance.
2. Don't dance with your wife Cor
husband once and then ignore your
mate for the rest of the evening.
g. Don't dance for the onlooker's
benefit. It's more conSiderate to
please your partner.
4. Don't cut rug in space too
small to cut coupon.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Working for Pop

Cecil B. De Miles daughter
Katherine has been signed for a
top supporting role in Paramounts
"Unconquered," the producers next
picture, which will star Gary Cooper
and Paulette Goddard. She will
portray the Indian wife of a white
trader played by Howard Da Silva.
Miss De Mile won the role in COM
petition with 30 candidates tested
by the studio. De Mile decided
against his daughter after her first
addition. but his staff of writer's and
production assistants held out for
Katherine through three months of
competitive auditioning and per-
suaded him that she was first choice
for the part.
"Unconquered,' to be filmed in
Technicolor, will be Miss De Miles
second picture under her father
banner. She played Alice of France
in The CrusadeS" in 1885. She has
appeared in seven other films since
the start of her film career in 1888,
including Viva Villa" Belle of the
Nineties" and "Aloma of the South
Seas
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Old Formula Becoming a Bore
By WilIo Mortin

write the movie rather than the
original author shocks Pascal, who
had George Bernard Shaw sit on
his set while filming Caesar and
Cleopatra and asked Shaw to write
three scenes which were needed but
which were not in the original play.
1t was exactly 10 years ago when
Pascal-actor, film producer. cavalry
officer in the Hungarian Army-ar-
rived in London to ask Shaw's per-
mission to film The Devils Dis
ciple.'' Shaw said No" as he had
to other pleas to make movies of
his works, but he did give permission
for "Pygmalion
Later Pascal made Major Bar
bara," and now has completed "Cae-
sar and Cleopatra"
This movie, costing $4,000 900
stars Vivien Leigh and represents
the climax of Pascal's career. He
worked for five years under wartime
conditions to complete it.
Evening star., 1946-07-07

her name out of his telephone book
The same thing holds true of dane
ing while wearing an angora sweat
er, which leaves him looking as if
he'd been romping with white
poodle
Vera-Ellen paused and smiled
apologetically. L don't want to
sound as if I know it all, she said.
And, now then. what about the
dos and don IS for men, we invited?
We'll. every one laughs at the
man who looks resolved to dance
or die she offered. He generally
graspS his partner around the waist
with a death clutch which hikes
her skirt a couple Of inches higher
in the back than it should be. He
has his eys fixed on a far-away spot,
frequently bites his tongue and gen.
orally cleVes through the crowd in
a straight line leaving a wake of
very resentful humans behind him
That's dancing the hard way-its S
hard on the girl and hard on the
other dancers.
kOOiIeLllIleS man OI ltllS type
merely needs to be shown what he S
doing. Perhaps he's had trouble
learning to keep time to the music
or he doesn't get much chance to
practice and he feels grim deter
mination and aggressiveness will
make up for his other shortcom-
ingS.
Like a Chiropractor"
But there's type who has been
dancing for years. He is determined
to do solo. He really should hire
a hall or get up on stage He
goes in for wide tWirls or he sepa-
rates from his partner to do a series
of energetic solo steps or commences
a violent jitterbug routine every
time he finds himself in a corner
This usually leaves passers-by with
black and blue ShinS.
He has another horrible trick
He shifts his hand up and down
his partners spine like a chiroprac-
tor. He isn't dancing to please his
partner-he wants to get a hand
from the onlookerS. He also will
Evening star., 1946-07-07
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLL1 WOOD.
Gene Autrys back in the saddle
again--at Republic Studio-and is
aiming to recover his position as the
No. cowboy of motion pictures.
While Gene was in the Army-he
served four years-his No. l rating
in Westerns was taken over by Roy
Rogers. Both movie cowboys are
now working on adjoining sound
stages. Gene is starring in Sioux
City Sue Roy is singing and shoot
his way through Home in Okla
homa"
Il wanted to leave Republic when
I came out of the service" Gene,
Is pounds thinner than he was six
months ago, tells me at the studio.
II didn't think there was room
enough in the same studio for the
two of us, But before I went into
the Army l signed special one-year
contract and 1 decided to work it
off rather than have long law
suit Rogers has about l8 months
to go on his present contract. And
the next II months will be i'm
portant for both of them
I've had it soft for SO long"
says Autry, referring to his years
as an air force pilot flying supplies
and men to the Far and Near East
that I find making pictures hard
work" He looks better than I've
ever seen him and I mean it. Il
lost the weight" says Gene, "by
giving up bread and potatoes and
hiking six or seven miles in the
mountains every morning, having no
breakfast and just grapefruit and
tea for lunch" He deserves all he
gets after that!
Has New Steed.
Gene is back on the radio again
on his usual Sunday spot and in
addition to making pictures has
been appearing in rodeos in Los
Angeles, Washington, d. c., and
Cleveland, Toronto and Pittsburgh
The figures look good for Genes
future-in Pittsburgh the show COL
lected $4,000 against the SCI ,000
Evening star., 1946-07-07

last year, and all the crosses were
$4,000 to SIS 900 more than similar
dates last year.
In my new pictures" Gene tells
me, I'm introducing a new horse
Yes, we'll still call him Champ, but
the old Champ has done his share
and l think he's entitled to a
rest" The new Champion is 5
years old.
Autry came to Hollywood II years
ago-to sing one song in a Ken
Maynard film for Mascot Pictures
There was no Republic Studio then.
In 1887 Gene was voted the No.
motion-picture cowboy and held
that spot until he enlisted in the
Army in 1912. In 1910 Gene was
rated third at the box office among
all Hollywood movie stars. And all
the time he has been in the Army
his fan mail has averaged around
0,000 letters a month. My fan
mail from England is now three
times what it was before the war,
Gene tells me.
Bought Hit at Party.
He was in England when war
broke out in Europe in September
1899 Il was in Birkenhead, and
came back to the United States on
the Manhattan Norma SheareI
was on the boat and Elsa Maxwell
and Jim Farley. On our first day
out to sea the Athena was sunk! %
That must have been quite a jolly
little trip.
South of the Border" the song
made famous in this country by
Autry, was bought in London at a
cocktail party Gene gave at the
Savoy. 1T was the biggest hit song
to come out Of England" says Gene
and was written by two men, Ken
nedy and Carr, who had never seen
a cowboy or been TO the United
States"
Gene was born in Texas, 38 years
ago He started his working life
toiling on the railroad, and he
might have still been there, but fol-
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Reverting to Types
Recent Screenplays Cast Their Stars in
Oldest, Most Popular Roles
By Joy Cormody


public picture producers pass the buck
when the complaints pour in about the tipping"
airs of injured innocence professional
sentence:
The public fol it."
They ready with Hollywood
equivalent illustrate just what they Several dozen ustra
classics
following is typical:
Take the They formula
derum fantasy 1t has worked only the box office has
earned them highest critics those with the longest
hair the that bald Jack Benny What happened?
The picture a
mate stage comedy Room All OF sudden they found them
selves sanged by somebody ese plot 1t terrific comedy
RKo paid s25oooo for it, Terrhc 1000 Howoodo
But wasn't for the Marx brothers 1t drove them out of pictures for
several years.
The public just wouldn't stand for it, see?"
Succe of
The number pictures against the
predecessors is
tipping" public
Claudette
ladies in ridiculous
deous be there and the
reception given Without
Tomorrow Is Forever
romantic misery which Orson Wees her costar already has
been forgotten.
Coberts back the office has got 'em
that S
cattle nerms cnahs of xceenc in anv tvn Of role will sop
counting while She will remain Screwbal comedy without
Reservations become the classic bit of evidence in support OF
the the which kept when
it is time to pass the buck on that again.
Still Example.
Even those critics who themselves their artistic aooness
their comments for and against certain Hollywood exhibits
Few could restrain the The Blue
Dahia Alan
brittle which
Why, should it? ALL is moth
bueing humll
alton which shall He dramatically
effective when depicting manhe lesSthan-a
szetakng circumstance his hands showing how it
be mastered The Ladd always sure OF
brutal they in the script department But in his
cod tougher than the who symbolic es evil
example high heartedness of justice with pair
tough quick his umph something
to of hours such dispired times these
which public and critics happy the
Daha" romantic thing he
Tomorrow its title and the male
deastic scientist His court
idests instead of his usual
the pubics liking,
,yeronic
Miss Lake, to a which
sve welcomed enthusiasm
The Blue Daha welcome for the codness she
had the pubc affections by being of namby
pamby Sagles" soning effect of that
found public giving rather wreched
So, three pictures in
blanca, without Reservations
Marxes Miss Colbert Ladd
which the public likes them best has
terms of dollars and at the box odcethe language
producer and public understand other
Clearly is malice
typed the 1t that public
won't stand and do something about.
Evening star., 1946-07-07

NEW YORK.
Gabriel Pascal, the movie director,
who won George Bernard Shaw's
permission to film his plays, says
that the English and Europeans are
getting tired of American movies.
For years the public in England
ran like mad to American pictures.
Children upset parents by using
American slang. Every one seemed
to find some escape in the in
credible world across the ocean, "
says the swarthy, dynamic Hun
garian-born Pascal, who recently
arrived in New York.
"A slow trend toward disillusion-
ment was accelerated by the War"
he says. Now your producers and
directors and writer's may have to
get out of California and travel
in England and Europe to be con-
WINGED that they must make another
type of picture to keep their foreign
trade"
Pascal holds the writer's chiefly
responsible for the sameness of
Hollywood movies. The writer's,
he says. take their money and rush
away from Hollywood. He feels
that they should insist that they
have a responsibility for the finished
product.
Go Back to Humanity.
The director speaks English
facilely with a throaty Hungarian
accent. He enjoys talking and makes
dramatic gestures as he warns to
his subject. He punctuates almost
every sentence with you under
stand?" And he hardly waits for
an answer.
Hollywood will have to give up
its so-called sophist. Gated formula
movies to go back to good stories
on human behavior. After all, peo-
pie who have been bombed out
and starved and imprisoned either
become defeated or experience a
spiritual upheaval.
Europeans are thinking simply
but on a high spiritual level. They
have terrific courage-more than
You could have suspected. They
have traditions to lean back on and
a belief in their culture which is
unimpressed with superficial ma
terialism"
Art, Not Entertainment.
Europeans, he says, have always
looked on movies as an art more
than entertainment. Now, more
than ever, they will demand simple
but great stories-comic or tragic
which tell them something of hui
man relations. He thinks the
French are making the best current
movies because their artists live
simply and as normal human beings
The Hollywood practice of buying
q book and having contract writer
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Coming sAttractions

CAPITOL Centennial Sum-
mer," with Jeanne Grain and
Cornell Wilde, starting Thurs
day.
COLUMBIA-"Two Sisters
From Boston" with Kathryn
Grayson and June Allyson,
starting Thursday.
EARLE-"To Each His own"
with Olivia de Havilland.
KEITHS-''Lover Come Back"
with George Brent and Lu-
cille Ball.
LITTLE-"It Happened at the
Inn," a French film.
METROPO LITAN- Our
Hearts Were Growing Up"
with Diana Lynn and Gail
Russell, starting Thursday.
PALACE-"The Well -Groomed
Bride" with Olivia de Havil-
land and Ray Milland.
Heart of Paris" French
film, starting Tuesday.
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Numbers Racket

1t was strictly a numbers hunch
Jack Carson, the Warner star, has
six letters in his last name, as you
can plainly see.
So be bet on the sixth entry. sixth
race, 6 furlongs on the sixth day OF
the sixth month of 1916 June 6
lasD at Lincoln Fields
The entry was Old Silk.
1t worked perfectly.
Old Silk came in sixth.
Evening star., 1946-07-07
HOLLYWOOD.

With the retirement of Fred
Astaire and Eleanor Powell, dancing
threatened to become a lost art in
Hollywood, but just in the nick Of
time there sprang to the Pickering
foreground a 1.-the young lady from
Cincinnati named Vera Ellen Kobe
And in the short space of a year
and half. Vera Ellen tshes
dropped the Kobe, has completely
taken over.
The sort of a dancer who makes
you think of humming bird,
butterfly or any other creature that
defies the force of gravity, Vera
Ellen's services are guarded jeal-
ouSly by Samuel Goldwyn, to whom
she is bound legally to make pic
lures. However, Twentieth Cen
turyFoX executives, after borrow
ing her for Three Little Girls in
Blue and seeing the rushes of her
work in Carnival in Costa Rica, -
now in production, are moving
everything but the cornerstone of
their handsome administration
building to get Goldwyn to share
his deal with them.
So far it's no dice, for Samuel
Goldwyn is shrewd bargainer, but
| Twentieth hasn't given up hope If
it can't clinch a sharing deal, it
wants to continue the loan-out pro-
gram and actually has had Christ
mas in Havana" especially written
as a big Vera Ellen color spectacle
to go before the cameras in No.
vember. That's optimism.
None Is Better Fitted.
/ From the moment Arthur Murray
named her the best feminine
dancer in the country" she's been
very much in the spotlight, for ball
room dancing rates with baseball
football and horse racing in the
affections of the American public,
young and old alike
/ Even at the tender age of 81
there's no professional in Holly
wood today who seems better fitted
to offer some tips on what consti-
tutes good ballrom dancing. We
found her in corner of a tropical
market square setting of her Costa
Rica' picture and put the matter
right up to her.
I'm just a girl who dances" she
said humbly when it was suggested
that she might act as a sort of
Eimly Post on one of Americas IA
vorite pastimes. That seemed like a
slow and discouraging start, but
Vera Ellen soon warmed to the sub
ject. for it is one she lives and loves.
That's taking quite lot on my
self" she continued, but I'd dare
venture offhand the most conspic-
uous offense on the dance floor
goes back to exaggeration. There's
as much bad taste in dancing as
in grooming. Most of that is due
to everstressed posture and steps.
when any couple rises to dance.
the first thing they should consider
is the number of people on the floor
OF course. the correct position for
a girl is with her left hand resting
lightly on the right shoulder OF
her escort, her right hand, some
what extended, in his. You cannot
always maintain this position in
jam packed night clubs when you
have to keep the hands and arms
closer to the body. since the stance
must be regulated by the amount
of space in which you have to
dance.
Don't Leave Stains.
But even if the floor is crowded
densely, a girl mustn't drape her.
self on her partner, wind her arms
about him, lean her head on his
shoulder or dance cheek to check
And, of course, if she wants to be
popular, she mustn't leave power
marks on his suit or lipstick on his
Shirtfront. He can remove such
stains, but he's also apt to scratch
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Massey in Secret

Raymond Massey, one OF the
screens foremost character actors,
has begun work in Warner Bros.
The Secret" starring Joan Craw-
ford and Van Hedin. Massey re-
Gently completed a long run in the
New York stage hit, "Pygmalion
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-04
Draft Evdder
Draws 5 Years

Richard Vreeland. %, of Hills
dale today was sentenced TO serve
five years in prison by Federal
Judge Frank A. Picard after he
was found guilty of violating the
Selcctive service law.
Nreeland. who ignored a draft
summons. claimed that he was a
minister in the Jehovah Witnesses
sect and a conscientious objector,
There Is no more fighting
and killing. Won't you join up
and let some veteran come and
reioin his famlly?" Picard asked
before passing sentence.
"a still refuse To obey the
draft law" the youth replied.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-04
West Indian ParIey
Called February Il

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 QNS)
- The state department an
nounced today that the second
session of the West Indian con-
ference Will be held Feb. - Al
81. Thomas. Virgin Islands.
First session of the conference.
held under auspices of the Anglo
American Caribbean commission
met at Barbados. 3, W. l.. last
March
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-04
Franco May Offer
Throne 10 Don Juan

LONDON. Jan. 4 INSl Exiled
Prince Don Juan of Spain today
was reported considering an offer
from GeneraliSSimo Franco "a
place him on the Spanish throne.
The offer was reported in a Lis
hon dispatch 10 the London News
. Chronicle. The newspaper said
Jose Oriol 4 Spanish millionaire
Of the rayoliSt faction. had gone
10 Lausanne 10 visit Don Juan
bearing a letter from Franco.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-04

why veterans are walking the
streets hunting for a place to
hive.
Four congressman appeared,
Reps Louis c. Rabaut George A.
Dondero. John LcSinSki and
George y OBrlen, The OPA was
not represented
GIST or ARGUMENT
The complaints boiled down 10
this
Contractors say they can
build 10000 houses in a year
If they can get supplies.
SuppIcrS say there arc no
materials available. But # OPA
would change IT'S restrictions.
the bottleneck could be broken,
they say and lumber held AT
present levels,
Finally. labor'S view is. in the
words OF Ed Thai of the Build
inc Trades Council:
III OPA thinks it's going To
hold these prices they're nut
tier than a bunch Of cuckoOS.
-ErtS not kid ourselves.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-04
. HOW TO BUY

You're invited visit the plant Corner OF Rust and
Jefferson Avenues, Saginaw, Mchigan) any time between
the hours OF 10 A. M. and p M, anuary Sh through
January 18TH All items prce-tagged. You inspect
machines and complete all negotiations with RFC statesmen
who will be there you under procedure which
enables them process cash sales without delay. If
qualify for credit, terms may be arranged, |
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-04

made mistake. hut it's never
had the policing power IL ought
10 have. Our greatest intia-
tion was after World War I,
not during il. Let's not let II
run away now, like after the
last war"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-04
Dealers Aid els

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 GNS)
The American Retail Federation
announced today that thousands of
"knowhow" merch ants have
iolned retailer-veteran COM
munity program 10 give eN-GIS
going into business the secrets OF
the trade"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-04
Plane Crashes Up

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 tINS)-
An upward swing in the rate OF
alrplane crashes was traced by the
army air forces today 10 the rapid
rehabilitation OF key men.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-04
PROTEST GRADING

Edward HorninC, president OF
the Detroit Lumber Dealers AS
sociatlon, charged that compli-
Gated grading systems and special
prices for certain types of proc
.oSSing resulted in keeping stock
types of lumber needed for houses
of the market
Hc was backed up by B. A.
IChaplow. who insisted that. with
such restrictions corrected. lum-
her could be sold under present
price ceilings and possibly y
cheaper.
& T. Elicit secretary ef the
Plumbing and Heating Whole
SalerS of Michigan. reported SINH
lar shortages m other major sup
plies, citing ceiling prices as the
obstacle.