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Evening star., 1946-01-13

NEW YUM.
The weeks big news is that the
new production of SHOW Boat"
proves pretty completely that the
famous Kern and Hammerstein
musical play, produced first in 1927
by Florenz Ziegfeld, is the best musi-
cal production of its type in the
history of the American theater,
"Oklahoma!" Notwithstanding.
In the first place, the score for
Show Boat" is indestructible. There
are more hits to the hour than any
other show in memory. Jerome
Kern won a permanent place in
Americas theater history by this
score alone, even if he had not writ
ten so much other theater music.
Oscar Hammerstein's book and
lyrics, too, are contributions of ajor
importance. Hammerstein did lit
tie work on the book in order to
remove any dated tone, and the re-
suit is complete delight. Kern
wrote one new tune for this produc-
ton just before he died, a lively Tilt
called Nobody Else But Me-" 1t
is the only major departure from
the 1927 ziegfeld musical, and this
change was made simply because,
in the original, the late Norma Ter
ris had given limitations of stars of
the '20s in that spot and something
else was needed.
usually. this new production is
breathtaking I have it on the
word of Emil Friedlander, owner of
DaZien's, a firm which supplied
fabrics to both the original show
and the one now delighting fans at
the Ziegfeld Theater. that the
physical production is by far more
beautiful than the original. Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer permitted Ham
merstein to pour 100000 of its
money into Show Boat" and for a
change this sort of extravagant
Broadway expenditure has not been
poured down a drainpipe. but into
something which runs pretty good
race, for sheer beauty, with the Tai
Mahal. There are IA sets, each one
more tastefully mammoth than the
other. The costumes are once dis
tinctively riotous, then delicately re-
strained. The colors are brilliant or
soft, as occasion demands, and al
ways with a fine hand controlling
the lighting which turns it into a
visual delight, the like of which I
haven't seen equaled in 20 years of
theater-going.
Performances Are Good.
The cast does excellent work, con-
sidering the nostalgia aura which
surrounded the original players.
Despite such a brilliant picture as
the memory of the late Morgan
arouses, Carol Bruce manages a
deeply moving performance as
Julie. Her singing of MY Bill
is the high light of the show. AS
Joe, Kenneth Spencer did not
come off quite so we'll opening night,
singing "Old Man River" off key
once or twice in the high register
but that almost surely was nervous
ness; his low tones are amazingly
fine, deep and clear and with a
rich, roundly-ringing timber.
AS Magnolia" Jan Clayton is ex-
cellent, both as an actress. singer
Evening star., 1946-01-13

two years before his first picture
reached the fans.
Before going into Wallis earlier
| years, I'll tell you a bit about his
home life-he does somehow con-
trlve to be a husband, father and
householder. He married Louise
Fazenda about Is years ago when
she was working in THE Gold Dig
gers for Warmers. 1T was a studio
romance" says Hal. They have
son, Brent, aged IL, who currently
shows leaning toward the medical
profession.
Hes always dissecting things
like snakes" says his pop proudly.
They live, snakes and all, on a 30
acre ranch in the valley with chick
ems, fruit trees, etc. Also a pro-
| lection room, and that's the room
where Wallis spends most of his
evenings-Seeing the daily rushes
from his films and all the other
films he can lay his hands on.
What Makes a Starr"
Hal was born in Chicago and came
to Los Angeles in 1922 from an ad-
vertlsing job to manage a down
town theater. He began his movie
career as press agent at Warmers.
The staff at that time consisted of
/ the publicity director, a secretary
and an assistant. Wallis was the as
s1stant. but when the boss left four
months later, he promoted himself
into the job. With the merger of
First National and Warmers, Wallis
found himself producing pictures as
well as publicizing them. From 1888
to 1912, Wallis was in charge of all
production at the studio. During this
time he discovered Enrol Flynn,
Olivia de Havilland, John Garfield
and Edward G. Robinson. The latter
achieved stardom in Little Caesar" +"
Other Wallis Warner successes in
cluded "Casablanca" and Yankee
Doodle Dandy" And when he left
the company he received a signing
off" payment of a million dollars.
asked Wallis for his definition
of what makes a movie star. He is
stumped. Each time it's different" +"
he says. land you can't tell any
thing until you see them on the
screen Take Lizabeth Scott-she's
not pretty. but there's something
about the lines of her face. and her
voice, and her hair" Her diScoverer
says that he had no part in the
campaign that compared her to Lau-
rem Bacall.
THE two girls are not alike" he
asserts, except for their hair and
their voices" Miss SCOTS low voice
is her own. Miss Bacall's throaty
conversation is synthetic.
| We get to talking about Bacall
and husband Bogart, and Wallis be-
lieves it is not good business to CO.
star any husband and wife. when
it comes to the love-making, he
says, "the gilt is off the gingerbread. +"
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Evening star., 1946-01-13
HOIIYWOI

HOLLYWOOD.
Joan Bennett is Hollywood S fore
most exponent of planning. If one
plan doesn't work, she tries another
But there's always a plan.
Joan's career, public and private;
upholds her philosophy. It's taken
courage at times, and self elf-discipline,
but the youngest of the Bennett sis
ters has plenty of both 4
Today, after l6 years in pictures,
Joan has emerged from relatively
mediocre career, artistically speak
ing. and gained place in the front
rank with roles of her own choice
in Man Hunt" Woman in the
Window" and her latest film Scar
let Street"
Now free lance, with the addi-
tional advantage of being partner
with her husband, Walter Wanger;
Director Fritz Lang and Writer-di-
rector Dudley Nichols in Diana Pro-
ductions, she plans at least one i'm !
portant film a year.
On the personal side, Joan has
had long and difficult struggle
to achieve her ideal of home and
family, and to overcome the strong
inferiority complex she had as a
young girl.
my first plan," Joan told me, as
we visited in the charming sitting
room of her Bel Air home, was to
get away from the unhappy home
life I had as child to home of
my own. I was dead set against the
theater, for was sure that the trou-
Bile between my parents (Adrienne
Morrison and Richard Bennett) was
due to their both being in the the
ater and always going off on tours,
leaving Barbara and Constance and
me in schools.
Turned to the Theater.
''I was Is when I eloped with John
Fox. After two years, during which
my oldest daughter Diana was born,
1t became apparent our marriage
wasn't going to work out"
That plan for happy home hav-
ing< failed. Joan was faced with
forming another. This time, on her
fathers insistence, she turned to the
theater, to do a play with him,
"Jarnegan," which led to her film
career.
Personality trouble had beset Joan
from her girlhood. She was not a
pretty child, had straight hair and
wore glasses. Constance, the oldest,
was the glamour girl of the family.
Barbara, her fathers favorite, was
a pretty brunette. Joan got Bar
bara's hand-me-downS.
II wouldn't have had the courage,
I'm afraid, to try for a film career
If Constance hadn't been absent
from films at the time" Joan con-
fessed. Barbara had retired to be
married. Then, just when I had
started, Constance came back to-
films: you remember what a sensa-
tlon she was, the fabulous salary she
made. 1 was overwhelmed, but Il
had to keep trying. I had little
daughter to take care Of"
Another Try Failed.
first met Joan in those early
days, in hotel suite where she was
in bed, with one leg held in a net
work of ropes and weights. She had
broken her hip in her determination
to ride spirited horse. The next
time I saw her, in her trailer dress
Evening star., 1946-01-13

things work out. Now I have what
want without any trouble"
With all his indifference to the
things that matter greatly TO most
other actors, Mature has two quail
ties which have put him in the front
rank of highly competitive profess
sion. In the first place, he has a
lot of energy and enthusiasm.
When he goes to work in a picture,
he tries to give a performance and
ne does all the work that the job
requires and he likes to do the work.
Secondly, he has an instructive
showmanship. Life is colorful
experience to him. and color is the
essence OF showmanship
Furthermore, Vic has a shrewd
sense of an actors place in the
scheme of things. He realizes that
publicity is an important part of
his job. He likes to see his name in
the public prints, never complaining
Wnen the press as sometimes hap
pens, pushes him around little. He
has often confounded news corre-
spondents by talking learnedly about
type designations and sizes.
His Own Press Agent.
He is popular with newspapermen
because he is honest, outspoken and
cooperative. Most of the big timers
hire independent press agents to
overcome their colorless, shy per-
sonalities and get them breaks"
Mature needs none. He gets men,
toned more often than any five
actors in the place. That's not only
because of his personality-hec cum
ningly fashions Mature items by
himself. He might have become one
of the worlds greatest advertising
men.
We recall meeting with Mature
shortly after he returned to Holly
wood in the wake of that brilliant
Broadway success with Gertrude
Lawrence in Lady in the Dark" He
was starring in musical at RKO.
He shook hands warmly and We
traded small talk for awhile.
Now, then, what about Mature?"
he demanded. L haven't hit your
column since that stinker I made
for Hal Roach!"
Why don't you write piece about
yourself?" we stalled
That didn't stop him. He grabbed
our arm and headed us straight to
his dressing room In one corner
was a small desk, topped by a port
able typewriter In 5 minutes he
had clicked out a story, perfectly
typed, styled and margined accord
ing to newspaper practice. And it
was a clever yarn, too, with a Mature
snapper on the end that made it
subtle. funny and readable-but all
adding up for Mature Any press
agent would have been proud of the
effort.
His standard farewell to a corre-
spondent is You spell it Ma
t-u-r-e. Try and get it right-but
| if you hit the wrong key, that's all
right, too"
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Evening star., 1946-01-13
In a Word, Revival Is Great
BY Jack O'Brian
NEW YORK. and oc

and occasional comedienne. Ralph
Dumke disappointed me completely
as Captain Andy" the role which
made Charles Winninger famous.
Buddy Ebsen and Colette Lyons, as
Frank and Ellie, performed more
than adequately. Charles Fredericks
is a stiff "Ravenal," but with a good
voice. and the Partly Ann Hawks"
Of Ethel owen clearly derived from
the original as played by the late
Edna May Oliver.
Space doesn't permit credit of a
sort which could do justice to Helen
Tamiris' choreography, nor to Pearl
Primus. young Negro ballerina
who dances superbly. Nor to Howard
Bay for his fine sets, Lucinda Bal
lard for excellent costumes, Robert
Russell Bennett for fine orchestra
tlonS of the Kern tunes and Edwin
Macarthur for understandingly bril-
liant conducting.
Credit must go, too, to Edna Fer
Der for writing the original novel
which gives the stage a chance to
present a musical play of such
sweeping visual and musical stature.
In word-great.
To report briefly on two other
Broadway premieres: The Desert
Song" came to City Center for a
limited run. 1t is, with modern gag
writing additions to the book, a
corny, near -Minsky affair whose
largest attraction remains the ROM
berg -Hammerstein score, the same
Hammerstein who produced and
wrote Show Boat" making it quite
definitely an Oscar Hammerstein I'd
week. Walter Cassel and Dorothy
Sandlin are starred in the sort of
over-stuffed operetta which ages
badly.
Archie Thompson and BIevins
Davis presented Guy Kibbee in a
comedy called "A Joy Forever" at
the Biltmore Theater. 1t might bet
ter have been called "A Joy Hardly
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Mr.. Wallis Had a Busy Year
By SheiIah Graham

If you have talent and want to see
yourself on the screen in a hurry
the Hollywood producer to contact
is Hal Wallis. Hal has had his owr
producing company for exactly one
year and this is what he has accom-.
plished: He has signed Robert
Cummings to a four-year deal al
two pictures year. He discovered
and signed to a Seven-year contract
Lizabeth Scott. Also Don De Fore
to seven-year contract. He owns
Barbara Stanwyck for one picture q
year. He owns half of Ann Rich
ards. young Australian actress
RKO has the other half for seven
years. He has split Michael Strong
of the New York stage with David
Selznick on a long-term contract
He has signed Spencer Tracy. He
owns the future working rights OF
Wendell Corey, also of the New
York theater, said by Hal to be a
Humphrey Bogart type He has
completed The Affairs of Susan
starring Joan Fontaine, You Game
Along" with Lizabeth Scott ano
Robert Cummings, and Love Let
ters," with Jennifer Jones ano
Joseph Gotten.
Currently Wallis is cutting ant
editing Love Lies Bleeding" with
Stanwyck, Scott, Van Hefin ane
Kirk Douglas, and is working or
THE Searching Wind" with Sylvia
Sydney. Robert Young and Anr
Richards. Pretty soon he starts "Th.
Perfect Marriage"
After that the producer takes of,
for England with Ray Milland tt
star him in Whenever I Remem.
ber." He'll stay there four months
then come back to make Desert
Town" for which he paid $4,000
The Desert Town" script is already
written, so there will be no time
wasted. And after that he makes
movie of "Beggars Are Coming
to Town"
Never Stops Working.
"And after that how about a nice
case of stomach ulcers?" I ask Wal.
lis. Never had 'em in my life,'
he assures me. And that's miracle
because, in addition to above activi.
ties, Wallis previously put in q
years with Warner Brothers, anc
worked like a dog for them, too.
when I started my own com.
pany." producer Wallis tells me, 50
did it with the IDEA of taking life
easier, but somehow I did not gel
around to it," He never stops work
ing. Even when he indulges in hi:
one Observation-Disclosures riding
his companion is usually Mike Cur.
tiz and their horses have to lister
to film shop talk. And he takes hi.
work home with him in the evening
It's so much quieter there" he eX.
plains.
When Wallis left Warmers a veal
and bit ago and founded Hal Wal.
lis Productions, Inc, he signed 6
deal with Paramount for them tt
release his pictures, in their the.
aters, and to allow him the use o.
the studio sound stages. "Other.
wise" says Hal, I'm completely in.
dependent. My pictures are financed
by Eastern bankers"
A Studio Romance.
An important clause in the Wal
s-Paramount deal states that al
his pictures must be released BY
Paramount within four months oil
receiving the finished film in New
York. That's why his first three
films have already been released
and the next three are coming along
quickly. If Robert Aida, for ex.
ample, had worked for Wallis
Rhapsody in Blue" would have
gone to the public within foul
months after it had been completed
instead of which Aida had to wal
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Coming Attractions

NATIONAL -" You Touched
Mel" with Edmund Gwenn,
starting January 81.
CAPITOL-"Doll Face" with
Vivian Blaine and Carmen
Miranda, starting Thursday.
COLUMBIA-"They Were Ex-
pendable," with Robert Mont
gomery and John Wayne,
starting Thursday.
EARLE-"Kiss and Tell" with
Shirley Temple.
K EFT HIS Scarlet Street."
with Edward G. Robinson
and Joan Bennett.
LITTLE-''The Last Chance" a
Swiss film, starting Wednes-
day.
METROPOLITAN San An
tonic" with Enrol Flynn and
Alexis Smith, starting Thurs
day..
PALACE-'Leave Her to Heav-
en-" with Gene Tierney and
Cornell Wilde, starting tomor-
row.
PIx-"Dr. Knock" French
picture. starting Tuesday.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Stee|s and Blue Chip,
Lead SeIective Stock
Market Recovery
By Victor Eubonk
Associated Pres, Finaneioi Writer


NEW YORK, Mar. 18.-Steels and
industrial "blue chips" led the stock
market on another selective recovery
jaunt today, although a number OF
pivotals failed to get aboard.
Dealings slowed appreciably after
= moderately active opening. Gains
OF fractions to more than a point
predominated near the fourth hour.
Brokers credited bidding mainly
to the belief that a further tech
nical comeback was probable. Eas-
Ing on foreign tension and hopes
that, with major strikes settled,
large scale production soon would
eventuate, also propped sentiment
to some extent. Doubters were plen-
tiful, however, and these continued
to stand aside.
On the upside most of the day
were United States Steel, Bethle-
hem, Du Pont, Allied Chemical, Dow
Chemical, Air Reduction, Interna-
tional Harvester, Chrysler, Western
Union "a" Union Pacific, Northern
Pacific, Montgomery Ward, Good
rich, Goodyear, Anaconda and Ken
necott. Among laggards were
Southern Railway, Baltimore g.
Ohio, Douglas Aircraft, American
Can, Texas Co. and Glenn Martin.
Bonds were steady.
In the curb support was accorded
Aluminium Of America, Aireon, Cities
Service, Electric Bond 81 Share,
Solar Aircraft and E. W.. Bliss.
Continental Motors, on the big
board, suffered an early drop in the
wake of announcement that direc-
tors had deferred action on the
common dividend due at this time.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Food
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or food saved could be turned over
to agencies for overseas relief.
Meanwhile, the Famine Emergency
Committees proposal for a 10 per
cent cut in the weight of bread
loaves continued to cause problems
In washington. Louis A. Spiess.
attorney for the Employing Bakers
Association, informed the District
Commissioners that bakers, because
OF q District weight regulation, will
be placed In an unfair position with
bakers in nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
He asked that the corporation
counsel render decision on whether
the weight law is to be suspended for
the emergency or whether Congress
will have to take action. At present
bread is sold here in pound, pound
and half and two pound loaves.
City officials have said pound loaves
could be cut in half, properly
wrapped and sold to customers.
However, there is no provision for
cutting the size of any type loaf 10
per cent.
Chairman Mcmillan of the House
Evening star., 1946-03-18
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. C. s".A-13
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District Committee said that II leg
islation were needed he would spon-
sor 1t. He suggested the Commis-
sioners first study the problem.
In another food development. 1t
was announced that J. Morton
Franklin, who supervised the Dis
trict's wartime Victory garden pro-
gram, has agreed to take on the
revived program resulting from the
food conservation drive. A recon-
mendation for the formal appoint
ment Of Mr. Franklin is expected to
be presented the Commissioners
tomorrow.
Bible Class Dinner Cancelled.
The Vaughn Bible Glass OF CAL
vary Baptist Church fell into step
with the voluntary drive to conserve
food by canceling its 55th annual
dinner set for March 90. Other
church organizations planning din
ner functions were considering
either following the lead set by the
Vaughn class or cutting down on the
menu already arranged.
Typical Of the efforts made by
the churches and their congrega-
tions was the 500-calory luncheon,
given yesterday at the Friends
Meeting House, 2l11 Florida avenue
NV. Some 80 members of the
church ate meal typical of that
consumed daily in liberated Europe.
The food for each person was
ladle-full OF corn chowder, about
400 calories, two slices of ry-krisp
(no butter), % calories each, and
celery and carrot sticks. Coffee,
which has no caloric value, was also
served, but those wishing to use
cream and sugar were told this
would bring the total caloric count
up to about $50.
Tells Of European Trip.
James Read, who recently made 4
relief survey in Germany with the
American Friends Service Commits
tee, spoke briefly about food con-
ditions there. six potatoes and a
couple of slices of toast make I'D
the daily fare.'' he said. The
monotony of such a diet can readily
be imagined. Yet this is in the
American zone where potatoes are
grown. The British and French
zones are much worse off; in the
French zone the daily ration is
nearer 900 calories."
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Deaths Reported

Adell J. Cod, IS, 361o South Dakota
ave. NE.
oline Q. Bergh. 81, 5424 Nevada ave. NV.
Michael Di Stasio. s6. 4I12 18th At ns
Efne startzman, 70, 739 7th st. nv.
Agnes benson, II, 1888 South Carolina
John P: Smith, 90. s1e 1st st. NJ.
Edmund V: Rice, 6s, 1870 Allison 1t, na
Jonn D. weaver, So: 400 Z st. Sc.
James Cox. So; 5 18th st: ne.
Lester s. Jones, so, s24 A st. Sc.
Maud v. Beall, 81. 1881 S st. sc.
henry r. Alexander, rs, 1928 Massa-
Mary H. Longanecker, 40, Falls Church, Va.
Harry .: Jennings. 30. Milledgeville Ga
Infant Pedone, Greenbelt, Nd
Infant Wade, Fort Belvoir, Va
Henrietta Hawkins, 20, 2342 PomeroJ
Joseph NJ. Clutch. 6s, 1545 columbi.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Market AVERAGES
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Mar. Is P,.-Cotton fu-
lures moved higher today on mill buying
and New Orleans demand, which readily
absorbed persistent hedge selling against
purchases Of Government cotton.
Gains OF So cents Q bale were registered,
although the market subsequently eased
OF partially on trade offerings. The Bu-
reau Of Census reported February cotton
lower than trade expectations.
Opposition to the Pace parity bill from
secretary Of Agriculture Anderson was
representatives with price oficiais on
higher margins
Late afternoon prices were 80 to As
81 sssnss bale higher May, 26.6s; July,
Evening star., 1946-03-18

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Evening star., 1946-03-18
Washington Produce

From the Department of Agriculture.
Prices paid fob. washington.
EGGs.Markst steady: Receipts from
Demand is generally fair, but dealers
report slower movement and backing up
Of supplies. Prices paid for Federal-State
sraded eggs received from grading stations
March 1S): Whites. browns, mixed eolors,
q. 8. grade A, large, $3.50, average 80;
mediums: 35; U, S. trade B. large. 34-35.
...Ss 81; Somwe5siall. an ss graded f. larse s7-3s
current receipts 1898, mostly 32a.
LIVE PouLTRY-Market continues very
hrm. Dealers report country point pro-
ducers ask full ceiling for future deliveries.
Receipts very light and volume insufficient
to determine market values. There was
no indication. however; Of any ehanse
and frysrs, with some higher and lower,
and 29.3Oc for fowl
DRESSED POULTRY (iced packl-Mar-
kst irms; Activity was rather limited to;
no change in Fridays listings, as follows
Broilers and flyers, . pounds and under,
5sastsrs 70 ss1 noIos pounds, 1926; ~ pounds;
lots. 1885: fowl, "a 30-34 90