The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

HOLLYWOOD, May l. There's something inspirational in the fact that Susan Peters, partially para tyzed for the past year and five months as the result of an acciden- Aal gunsl1ot, and perhaps doomed 6O q wheelchair for years to come, hes still found the courage to adopt Q baby.
 I've always distrusted armchair philosophers who like to prate about tragic diversity being a blessing in disguise. Certainly an argument of that kind would have seemed cruel ly grOtesque in Miss Peters case a year ago. At that time, it seemed that she had lost everything that made her life worthwhile. But now I'm beginning to wonder, for she has grown amazingly as a person, no matter how she may have di- unfinished as a star.
 She's proved beyond dispute her ability to triumph over disaster. Cut off from one career, she's well on the way to building another as a writer and a radio actress. She's cemented her marriage to Richard Quine, and made it one of the hap pieSt in Hollywood. Despite her wheelcfair, she has achieved req sonalble amount of social activity more satisfying than that of most Hollywood stars, for she at least can be sure that the friends who have stuck by her through her misfor- tunes are real friends, not sycflo- plants interested only in her po- sition.
 And now, to round out her re- narlnahle growth as a person, this Ralbyl I find it hard, from now on, .Ao say, as I've said heretofore, ~poor Susan Peters" People who are happy can't be poor"
 IDOL CHATTER: Plenty of Hol- lywood marriages are "open books, ,'' but alarmed few are first editions. = Add girls who should never Wear elAclDs, end are smart enough A0 kmow 1t: Anne Baxter Van .Toa1nson will never be happy until AAGM casts him as a kilted Scotch gnan-and with his sandy hair and 9NecAles, it's 6 swell idea Peas an-a-po0: 38-year-old Phil Began and 1Ag 2O-year-old son, Joe !. m a1 Hollywood, there's no more regular cllGrch-goer than Irene DuEaae Secret ambition: To have physical StaInina enough to Survive % minutes of jitterbugging, Peggy Ryan style There's no truth in the report that Gary Cooper nifoernates at this time of year; he's merely in seclusion to overhaul his fishing tackle .. Financial ambi- etion: To back Jerry Colonna against all corners for the national hog calling championship.
 The Hollywood Parade: Tanara Toumanova, worrier. Miss Touma- nova's current apprehensions are gengendered by the disappearance of her beloved toncat, Moola, which she fears will be terribly unhappy with strangers because he under stands nothing but Russian" .. Douglas Fairbanks, Jrs dlItiful son Since his return to the screen 'Youngdoug" has sought out, and procured employment for, almost all of the elder Fairbanks favorite trainers, Stuntmen and extras Fern Barry specialist. Miss Barry who works almost constantly as a ''leg double" for less shapely stars has moderate chance of winning fortune in Hollywood. in little chance of ever gaining fame Ed die Albert, researcher. MT. Albert at the moment, is conducting an investigation to determine why level-headed g1rlS always wear hair-dos designed to keep anyone drom noticing 1t.
 Smau Ealk: Jack Carson, having Installed Q private theater in his home, invited 50 of his friends tc attend showing of "tllat one o1 my pictures which gave me the greatest thrill" The picture proved ho be Views Is Made At Night, filmed more than decade ago. In 1t, Carson had microscopic bit as a policeman and delivered his first Mne Of dialogue .. Thanks to Pro- dascer Buddy Rogers' irisistence or gAwing preference to veterans, 4 members of the Little Iodine" cast and crew are former servicemen When Director Reginald Le Borg wants quiet he yells Tenshun!'