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Evening star., 1946-08-11
Small Fry Getting Larger
Richard Ney Turns to Free Lancing tc
Prove Self as an Actor
By Sheioh Grohom

always thought Ney was English
because of his British accent in
Mrs. Miniver." But he was born in
Connecticut and started his work.
ing life writing Broadway column
called The Barker On Broadway
for the Lakeville, Connecticut, Jour-
nal, his hometown paper, and re-
ceiVed all of ST a week for the
chore.
Then he contrived to land a part
in the road show of Life With
Father" and received 500 a week
He was due for jump to S125 a
week, when his old French professor
from Columbia University, Professor
Mitchneck, invited him to come to
Hollywood, stay with him and try
out for movie career. Mitchneck
then was coaching Michele Nor
gan for her movie dialogue and he
now is giving Charles Boyer an
Austrian accent for Arch of Tri-
umph."
"On my first day in Hollywood ]
was taken to an agent who insisted
on taking me to Billy Grady, casting
director at Metro. He took one look
at me and said, Vincent Miniver
and I was tested with Is others for
the part" But it seems that when
Director William Wyler saw Rich
ards test, he turned to his producer
Sidney Franklin, and said, why
go on? We've found Vincent" After
Miniver, Richard had a role In The
War Against Mrs. Hadley." Then
came the war.
Free Lance Has Problems.
His first few months of film free
dom were worrysome. "As a free
lance you have to be more careful
about your pictures" That's why he
refused the leading role opposite
Yvonne De Carlo in "Scheherazade. u
Ney also turned down the top role
IN the new series On Bulldog Drum
mond. Now he seems to be in
trenched firmly at Goth Century
Fox where. in addition to The Late
George Apley,' Dick probably will
have the lead with Victor Mature in
No Wedding Ring" He also is hope
full of landing the role of Miles in
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"
Apart from Greer and his work,
hobby No. 3 on Richards calendar
Is gardening. Il hope to make $4,000
on my flowers this year." he tells me
Being a great horticulturist, he tells
me means blowing around in piles
OF fertilizer But he likes it.
Richard already has evolved The
Greer Carson Rose" and The Mrs
MiniVer Rose" He's working on
The Greer Carson Orchid" which
he expects to complete in March.
When I'm really successful" says
tnis very likable fellow, there's
one thing I'm going to do-sleep in
a hammock! It's the best way to
sleep restfully."
Evening star., 1946-08-11
Busy Institution, the Guild
By Lawrence Perry

tract. First will be The 1ceman
Cometh," rehearsals of which will
begin September 2 under Eddie
Dowling's direction with production
set for October 7 at the Martin
Beck Theater. AS for the two other
ONeill plays, "A Moon for the
Misbegotten" and "A Touch OF the
Poet" it is still undecided which
will follow The Iceman." Curtain
time for the October presentation is
still set for $50 pm. but the present
plan is to set it back to 8 pm,
thanks to current cuttings by the
author.
Still another venture will be
Jane comedy by S. N. Behrman
based on short story of the same
name by Somerset Vaughan. This
will come, according to present de-
sign, after The Iceman Cometh'
has reached the boards.
One From France.
Devil Take a Whittier" a folk
fantasy with music, is now being
tried out on the straw-hat circuit
and will be whipped into shape-it
is hoped-for production here in
New York this season. George
Kellys new play-his first since
THE Deep Mrs. Sykes" also the
first he has done for the Guilds
on the agenda for this season. En-
titled, The Fatal Weakness" it is
described as one-set comedy with
six or seven characters. The Guild
has selected Ina Claire for the
leading role. At present she is
living in San Francisco with her
lawyer Husband, william r. Wal
lace, jr. This will be her first
Broadway appearance since Febru-
ary, 1888.
Marcel Achard. author of "Aupre
de ma Blonde" has signed a tenta-
tive agreement with the Guild for
American production under title
Next to My Blond" S. N. Behrman
has agreed to adapt it when all final
details of negotiation are completed
A huge success in Paris, now run
ming at the Michaudiere Theater
Yvonne Printemps and Pierre Fres.
/, nay have the leading roles.
Finally, Reginald Lawrence's new
play, Dream of Fair Women" will
be tried out at the Westport Coun.
try Playhouse the week Of August 10
; Yes, that is all as concerns guile
plans. There isn't any more. MOI
| yet.
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= Alliance)
Evening star., 1946-08-11
Today's Schedules

CAPITOL-"O. S. S.: l:4o,
4:35, 7:20 and 1905 pm.
Stage shows: 1855, $50, 6::35
and 9:20 pm.
COLUMBIA-"C n tennial
Summer: 1:25, 4:2O, 7:10
and 1905 pm.
EARLE-"Night and Day:
LIS, 4:05, 6:45 and 9::25 pm.
HIPPODROME-"The Man In
Grey: 2, 4, 5:55, 1855 and
9:55 pm.
KEITHS-''Make Mine Music:
1:45, $50, $50, 7:55 and 10
pm.
LITTLE-"J ohnny in the
Clouds: l:25, 3:25, $50, 7:35
and $40 pm.
METROPOLITAN "A Stolen
Life: /, 3:15, $50. 7:45 and
10p.m.
PALACE-"Anna and the King
OF Siam: 1890, 2:45, S, tbs
and $3.50 pm.
PIX-"Black Market Babies:
/, 800, 5:45, $40 and 1920
pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts.
Continuous from l pm.
Evening star., 1946-08-11
HOLLYWOOD.

If a mans bank account ano
friendships among the so-callec
unimportant people can be used as
measuring sticks, Dick Powells /;
years in motion pictures have beer
a success.
True enough, there have beer
financially rocky times since Rich
ard Ewing Powell was born Al years
ago in Mount View, Ark.
He deserted a SOFA week job with,
telephone company in Little Rock
to seek a break as a dance bano
singer in Pittsburgh and Louisville
He was a crooner with a personality
that was either ingratiating or
grating, take your pick, and some
decided he must be overly conceited
to say the least.
But people, those unimportant
people who have worked around
Powell these many years, say he is
ambitious and conservative, not
self-centered, undeniably independ-
ent, but never SNUG.
Powell, informally spraWled in q
deck chair in the patio of his home
in shady Brentwood, summed up g
lot when he said:
Those musicals. I never did like
the darn things. But they Ger.
tainly did all right for me-"
"All right" was an unconsciou,
understatement. Powell is one o
the most affiuent actors in pictures
Preston Sturges was the first tt
try Powell in a straight role. Ther
young. imaginative RKO direc.
tor. Eddie Dmytryk, looked at {
script that called for a likable bu
rough-guy detective He thought O,
Dick Powell. Dick was uncertain
about such drastice change ane
| it took a test to convince him.
| Out of all this came one OF the
Evening star., 1946-08-11
By Robert H. Myers

best mystery pictures of the year,
Murder, My Sweet and a brand
new Dick Powell.
"Cornered' came next, and every
one started bidding for the new non
singing Powell. Columbia grabbed
him to play a smooth but rugged
gambler in Johnny O'Clock" with
blond smoothie Evelyn Keyes, and
RKO is awaiting his presence fol-
Build My Gallows High" Geof-
frey Homes killer-thriller.
Back to Powell in person.
II wouldn't mind doing musical
again, maybe" he unused, "but
don't know whether I could keep ur
with these young kids today. Screen
musicals are hard work"
One rather envious critic recently
said Powell was currently concerned
with only three interests-his new
(and third wife. June Allyson; Air
planes and Dick Powell
Evening star., 1946-08-11
HOLLYWOOD.

Richard Ney is the husband OF
Greer Carson. 1t is not easy to be
the husband of a famous movie
actress, but I think that Richard
Is doing a fine job.
Il fell in love with Greer" says
Richard, now resuming his movie
career after four years in the Navy
while we were making Mrs. Mini
ver.'" If you remember, in this sue
cessful movie Richard played the
son of Mrs. Miniver.
| But" he continues, Greer woulo
have nothing to do with me, so ]
decided to approach her through
her mother. I'd play cards with
Nina (Greers mother) and instead
of playing for money, I played fol-
dinner. If she lost, she had to have
me at the house for dinner; if I lost
had to take her out for dinner
One time Greer asked us how We
were doing and Mrs Carson said
Terribly. I already owe him Il
dinners
| Richard and Greer were married
in July, 1943. Before that. Ney was
receiving $500 a week at Metro
Came the war and Richard was a
naval lieutenant. The question o1
being small comparatively fry
didn't arise until Richard returned
here last November.
They wanted to put me back on
salary, but I knew if I accepted .
cent from the studio I was lost
says Richard, who is now 80 and in
telligent. You see," he explains
Il just had to leave Metro because
I would never know if people there
were being nice to me because of my
acting or because of my wife"
| A Persistent Man.
When Richard was in New York
recently with Greer. thev called or
Metros head, Nicholas Schenck. who
offered to raise Richard to $1,000 a
week II he would STAY with Metro
And this was temptation-"Imagine
a punk like me getting $1,000 q
week" says Mr.. Ney.
Even Greer thought he was max
ing mistake to leave the company
But he persisted. And today he is
free-lancing, although he may sign
contract at Goth Century Fox
where he now is playing Ronald
Colman's son in The Late George
Apley."
"One day shall 60 back to Metro
to make pictures" says Ney, when
I've proved myself as an actor"
I've wondered often about the f.
nancial arrangements between a
movie couple where the wife earns
more than the husband and I ask
Richard how he manages to hold
up his end financially.
I'VE each pay for what we can
AFFORD" he replies. But actually, ]
have more left out of my salary than
Greer does. She has to pay heavy
income tax and keeps only 4 or 5
cents out of each working dollar
When I brought home my first pay
check from the Apley picture and
showed it to Greer, she reached out
her hand and said, Give it tc
baby And Richard did!
Evening star., 1946-08-11

between countries held up the i'm
port Of new pictures.
Assets have been frozen in some
countries, and the buying abroad of
such things as films forbidden.
Now, though, says the association
new movies are being sent tc
Europe
Resistance Movement.
Another stumbling block has been
the resistance by European movie
people They fear their own strug
Cling industries eventually may be
smothered by high-voltage competi-
ton from America.
In Italy, 10000 movie workers
from prop-pusners to actors anc
producers-appealed to their gov
ernment for legislation to assure &
break for Italian films.
That is being solved, the asso.
citation promises, by agreements be-
tween importers and domestic film
companies which set aside a giver
Evening star., 1946-08-11
His Dead Art

Dying a thousand deaths is no
mere phrase to Harry Woods. He's
the villain who gets his just dues
in film after film. RKO Radios
Forthcoming Sunset Pass based
on a Zane Grey story, finds him for
the five hundreth time meeting his
death on the silver sheet.
Most of Woods film deaths have
been suffered by gunfire On one
occasion he was trampled to death
by stampeding elephants. Another
time, bolt of lightning caused his
end. Tornadoes. venomous snakes,
sledge hammers, falls from high
cliffs, and drownings have played
their parts in bringing Woods to
no good end"
Evening star., 1946-08-11

NEW YORK.
In the Theater Guild balance
sheet. oklahoma and "Carousel"
stand like twin Banks of England
in the palmy days of British finance.
They, the musicals, are sources of
gold or its legal equivalent in suff1-
cient measure to justify any entire
preneur in playing further dra-
matte cards close to the thumb. But
not Lawrence Langner, Theresa
Helburn and their associates in the
Theater Guild.
No more apt simile than that of
q rural grist-mill in a season of
opulent harvest can be applied to
the present state of this gallant Or
ganization. For, though the pulse
of Broadway has diminished in pro-
found summer repose, the palatial
Guild headquarters on West Fifty
third street huns with vast enter
prise either actually under way or
in stage of rehearsal, tryout, cast
ing, lease negotiation and all varied
processes of paper work.
pldilo Gu dllOt dL
the end of the current season, ma
terialize, the Guild will have as
sumed increased stature not only as
q purveyor of significant metropoli-
tan entertainment, but will stand as
q national dramatic institution.
In this latter respect, it will spon-
eor drama in 81 cities throughout
the country from Boston to the high
Northwest to Los Angeles, augury of
which may be noted in the present
migrations of The Merry Wives of
Windsor"-at this writing in Los
Angeles-and Oklahoma now ir
the vicinity of Seattle.
Broadway Plans, Too
In addition, three more plays will
soon be setting forth on tours COM
prising the 81 Guild cities: THE
Magnificent Yankee" with Loui
Calhern; Apple of His Eye" with
Walter Huston, and Lutte Song,
the female star of which remains tt
be selected. The Guild does not owl
these three plays and will receive
only a few hundred dollars each
from the individual producers who
on their part. will have advantag,
of the label, "A Theater Guild Pres.
entation," on programs and in ad.
vertisements.
OF no less interest are plans re
lating to Broadway. where the sea
son will be especially notable through
production of two of three plays b,
Eugene O'Neill now held under con
Evening star., 1946-08-11
Anything for a Laugh
'Showmanship' Is Everywhere in Sports
and Theaters Are Rightly Nettled
By Joy Cormody

group possesses ingenuity up many crimes
evils and Ills Hollywood has been Of but the
movemakers will that rapidly
becoming national in The the sin "howmanshp
which the movies cultivated
though showmanship
with the possible banking
painted to look startling than Maria Montez
gaorized and the major impulse behind the dawning
see who the most Of the most useful
only by keeping the tightly closed and
stopped.
somewhat dramatic oshoot of the tidal of Snowman
beginning original
being
right and left with the result that getting
everything buying outlet looking
being True there Americans but
somebody's
The theaers hope 1t won't be theirs
Sports Moguls Producers"
competitors traditional
industries beginning
be called.
of these young Bill veeck, S
Bob Hopes owning the Cleveland
line of the clown which all unne Indians
right here Washington where former Pitchers rock and AL
schcht had showmansp realize paid funny after
they both
tho M hat cd hsnnen to anv hasebam oapnate with
worn-out players his payroll
Weeks deliberate of Hopes
radio scripts.
Crosby Buys a Ball Team.
sobermnded fellows traditional field
porten day managers will umpires
fashioned lineup Their this
nowise ssened the last Friday that
greater Hope Bing Crosby bought
Pittsburgh Hope
the pitchers they other ideas that
the regular entertainment mediums.
The public which ball baseball eventually
find ballet there waiting blond
instead the familiar males white
mel uniforms The equivalent of this already happened Holly
baseball carnival everything
slapstck comedy sedate toe-dancers.
of comfort the old entertainment busi
whole
logically Angeles native He
Ellsworth Vines who before Brought honor
tnon movie belt winning world championships
professional always
hitting rather than howonmanhip prominent
golf circles AS performer that combined athletic
vaudeville circuit would
gallery him.
that golf followed
maintained that should
told attitude would
that would
suitable price maintaining dignity which he
later when the committee deducted than his
check
Attendance Gain Pleases Players.
This is the solitary instance athlete objectng the gmor
ing of his profession Most athletes welcome the invasion Of their
exclusive clowns dancers bands and the other
tanment dreamed flies
while counting house they their the
Anything attendance their dish
that much
of reform will from them And,
the entertainment fields would heavily
obviously selfish interest Some day the public
that baseball should be baseball night clubs should
night clubs and that the twain should meet.
Some maybe but not Sports shoVmanshp paying big
Evening star., 1946-08-11
He's Admired by the Unimportant People

There's no doubt about the first
two. OF June, he demanded, isn't
she a cute hunk of talent?"
Evening star., 1946-08-11
Coming Attractions

NATIONAL-"Life With Fa-
ther,' starting August 10.
CAPITOL - "Cluny Brown"
with Charles Boyer and Jen-
infer Jones, starting Thurs
day.
COLUMBIA-"Easy to Wed"
with Van johnson and Esther
Williams, starting Thursday.
EARLE-"The Big Sleep" with
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren
Bacall.
KEITH'S Canyon Passage"
with Dana Andrews and
Susan Hayward, starting
Wednesday.
METROPOLITAN - jungle
Princess" with Dorothy La
mour, starting Thursday.
PALACE-"Caesar and Cleo
patra,' with Claude Rains
and Vivien Leigh.
FIX-"Hostages," with Luise
Rainer, starting Tuesday.
Evening star., 1946-12-24
MEALY BUGS;
SJPVIp TAFFYo

MEALY BUGS;
CANE-SIRUP TAFFY?
From Mrs. M. B., Falls Church,
In answer to Mrs. A. B. T., Wash
ington, / am giving her sure and
prompt riddance of mealy bugs on
any plants.
Get a pound of naphthalene flakes
no substitute will do-take tight
container; use a new. clean metal
garbage can. Spread the flakes In
the can, on these set the pot OF
plants, seeing that the leaves do not
come in contact with the sides OF
the can. If the top is not tight,
spread a cloth over the can and jam
the cover down over that.
Leave the can containing the pot
of plants, tightly covered, for "a
hours, when the job is done. The
flakes, if they we're kept dry in the
can, may be tightly closed in a mason
fruit jar and will keep indefinitely
to use again. This she may need:
for the coleus is natural host for
mealy bug.
Now, I need something badly-a
recipe for GOOD, pulled, cane-sirul
taffy-pleaSe!
From Mrs. I.sW. H., Washington. ]
To Mrs. A. B. T., Washington. In
structions given in an agricultural
magazine for mesly bugs. Dilute
rubbing alcohol with equal parts o1
water. Use a small paint brush tc
touch each insect with the solution
Do not spray plants with alcohol.
X y y X
MULLED CIDER.
From Mrs. E. C. K, SilDer Spring J
-Four cups sweet cider, / teaspoon
whole allspice, 8 whole cloves, l Ia
blespoon cinnamon stick (broken)
Place ingredients in saucepan AND
heat slowly to boiling. Strain and
serve hot.
POEM FOR RADIO PROGRAM.
from Mrs. P. E., Washington.)
May I add my sincere thanks to
the RICH for many helpful hints
and recipes. To me it is all that
the title line implies, real clear
ing house of things of interest to
women (and to the mere male
also).
TO v. r. of washington, who
Evening star., 1946-12-24
SINGER rely,
5<71Xs>'E"

DEAR MRS CASWELL: another asking for
suffering of motherlove and
bad worsea
O nothing but year-old
like with friends in the evening
especially She has almost given all this sort OF thing
fooswe live in big reproof apartment and the
would look out for the baby anything
happen baby se why must wife
be fussy?
whole schedule of living must conform to
the breakfast after getting Sun
isn't possible for he
to be fed early and Then
bath Heaven knows what and my wife
like having get another breakfast after that
wrote that think wife is foolish
a example might have
enect."-JD
can't write that think wife is foolish
that silly about leaving the
while dancing enough
don't the They've chok
statistics about the faacy of repoof buildings and
pictures Atlanta be
And the neghbors promise to OF the
anything occuthey probably would be busy
saving time to think of
the sitter situation wife wise there for lust
danger Should wife find someone
trustworthy healthy intelligent then by
baby the ss
friends But until she is
right thing refusing take anybody
breakfast there add self
fooshness child cared for by its mother
After all
important than pleasure and wife
mother let nothing interfere with it,
to show this to her!
Evening star., 1946-12-24
Readers Clearing House

clear shellac instead OF sugar and
starch. Apply shellac with a brush
I've also experimental with this, but
it doesn't turn out as pretty.
The basket is made to fit a glass
q inches in diameter at bottom, and
2b inches at top and 31a inches
high.
From Mrs. A. A., Brandy,0ire, Nd
The following directions are from
book No. 191 Gift Shopping With
Crochet:
Stiffening Basket: Have ready
straight pins, a large square OF card
board with a tall heavy glass turned
upside down in the center Of it.
Then, in pot large enough to hold
crocheted pieces, mix ls cup OF
water with / cup of sugar. Boil for
2 minutes. Put pieces into mixture
and boil 2 or more minutes, stirring
continually to insure even distribu-
ton Of sirup through pieces. Pull
basket over glass and pin points te
to cardboard Let stand until al
most dry but still flexible enough h
mold into shape. Shape basket as II
Illustration or as desired. Allow tt
dry thoroughly. Handle is stretched
fiat and dried. If desired, run wirt
through handle before sewing t
basket.
I made q crocheted basket for
gift and used this method success
fully, but it's pretty tough on the
sugar ration.
Evening star., 1946-12-24

and pcks junk ewe youthful feminine ppsries m m
additional small gifts 1t takes lot OF innings 70 I'LL
three of socks
This year. we agreed p that wouldn't bother
with Christmas stockings there ought to be some % e The M
mature and dignhed college college esnan ~1u @
tss o of the P old sock The
both of whom can be almost @ chdsh ous
Christmas scene showing three @ .a SHOUTS
ge We be sensible about this business Nobody men0nea
When said casually that we guessed @ we
Ing to abolish Christmas ense emotional the
made quite clear that they soos were os gong g III em
just usual that we do not have enough small
bought perfume psck junk wy and feminine trippee To,
the from putting p up the the a M as usua
packages and stuff them M INTO ee Oh ms d last
year. before Christmas eve say 90 we keep up
To which our answer is we Wln we couo'
full Of things rejecting scientific wonders Of the postwar age
ars So any ontanss aT na ug the
ucite plastic born s a ana M
be pee ags seem pretty Wonderful different
You out Of the bright beautiful store Allied led " with H. people
scientific of and ucite and ,yon and there ERE
The simple valiant everlasting Salvation Army hop
not much bapont and nyons playing Little
Bethlehem loudly on you dea @
sometimes drop the kettle The pn-faced woman shakes
tamborln and the man WIN e colet ooAs so ' a" " ~
notes of Night the Christmas crowds
Every remember the Salvation Army stooo
Just sidewalk playing the old hymns as they were
kettle into which you throw quarter the man
with the tanpourne are simple ao u
noble In an age
pens pass perhaps the more important tnan
Modern youth moments in casual way that
annoying battling enchanting Our h & IN "rons
college Christmas wasn't just what we
home; cleaned and polsheo ner
could find for dnner we got e
living room We prepared Tor strange per
the old home bit worn from oveTors & ma'rg M
and young quite at having coese s
in didn't know just how TO act'
Evening star., 1946-12-24

tearing with snudge on n no nose @ @
missing from her coat ana na nan h % ofa and
threw the coat on
her that flew open and nr
hello everybody just as
coming the street and was SVEN TO oe @
something quick anu
we'd saved the could see the 1unnies one
the symphony on the vlctroia ana e
crackers ana " .o
kitchen and her things of the Vng foo
The Oldest from college 1t exactly as sne
which, after all very nice way Tor TO o
We love the annual entertainment for parents
with the Young voices singing the
angels beautiful in white cheeecoh American yout
the
looking lovabe singing
nerfec annoying they be
automobile
the radio.