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Evening star., 1947-08-31

CUsAN HAYWARD owes her career as screen
- siren anyway, she's the closest thing to
one since the late Jean Harlow to the fact
that she is terribly nearsighted. If she were
not so favorably endowed in all other re-
spects. you might almost call her sidelong
glance squint. But on Susan, under those
long .eyelashes, it looks good.
She has natural red hair, velvety hazel
eyes, a pert nose, and, although she's the
mother of twin boys, perfect Size 10 figure.
Despite these natural gifts, however, she is
strictly synthetic siren.
In real life she is painfully shy, trait which
takes the form of brutal frankness. She is
almost sullen with strangers; certainly, she
makes no effort to please them. Even with
her few close friends she's undemonstra-
tive - but when Susan Is affectionate,
they say, ''you know she means it.
Susan speaks contemptuously of her screen
allure, achieved, she says, with the aid of
''gimmcks.
One of her more obvious screen tricks is
Evening star., 1947-08-31
BY LOUIS BERG

tossing her long hair about like name. II
always feel like whinnying when I do it"
she says Another device is the out-of-the-
corner look, for which her nearsightedness
was originally responsible. Cousin to this one
is what she calls her coming -at-you look"
which starts with downcast head and eyes,
and lifts suddenly.
Mt Gets 'Em"
lNFALLIBLE is the trick of holding mans
hand, as if to steady it, while he lights her
cigarette her eyes meanwhile never leav-
ing his face.
Il guess it gets 'em, she says indifferently.
"At least. that's what it says in the script"
Not only does she despise the use of such
feminine wiles in real life, but on occasion
she seems to 60 out of her way to make an
unfavorable impression. 1t is as if she said:
''You have got to accept me at my worst -
or not at ALL"
Obstinate and contrary she is by her own
admission. The best way to get her to do
Evening star., 1947-08-31

thing, say her fellow workers, is to tell her to
do the opposite.
She was once prevailed upon to attend a
fancy Hollywood party given in honor of
visiting publisher. The strongest methods of
persuasion were used by the studio. They
should have been warned when she finally
Evening star., 1947-08-31

friends now as she wants, and on her own
terms.
Her current picture is Lost Moment" In
it she plays woman with three-way schizo-
phrenia. personality triply split into a frozen
virgin, wam-hearted girl, and venomous
flirt.
The last should have been the easiest for
her to do - she has played it in dozens of
films - but for some reason she found it the
hardest. 1t never came naturally, and she has
grown tired of ''gimmicks." She'd rather be
herself. The End
Evening star., 1947-08-31


For all of her bluntness, Miss Hayward is
not altogether without guile. When she was
entertaining soldiers during the war, she used
to steal the show with trick that was almost
reprehensibie She would come on the stage
wearing glasses - she could not have made
her way up the steps without them - remove
them, advance belligerently, and shout:
''I'm from Brooklyn. How many others
here from Brooklyn?"
1t always worked, of course. Mention of
Brooklyn had the same wild effect upon
servicemen from Memphis or Spokane as the
playinp of Dixie" used to have north of the
Mason Dixon line.
The fact that she comes from Brooklyn
does not suffice to explain Miss Hayward's
beligerent manner. More likely it stems from
the time when she was both umecognized and
hungry - so hungry that for while she lived
on breakfast food samples, without milk.
Miss Hayward had come to Hollywood as one
of the army of Gone With the Wind" candi-
dates, and like many of them, refused to go
home.
A Dollar and Chance
FINALLY she swallowed her pride and asked
her friend, Artie Jacobson, for the loan of
dollar. jacobson, a talent scout at Paramount,
gave her the buck and screen test. Para
mount contract followed.
Gregory Ratoff gave her her first big chance,
in adam Had -Four Sons" In gratitude she
has named one of her twins after him.
Her husband is Jess Barker, Broadway
and Hollywood actor whose career has Jagged
behind hers. This has apparently not troubled
their marriage - Miss Hayward has good
memory of her own years of unemployment.
mo compromise" is her slogan for herself
and her husband, and she will not permit him
to take inferior roles. She once walked out
of a meeting and possible contract -
with David o. Selxnick because he kept
her waiting in the anteroOm.
mo compromise" is the reason her home
is so bare. She and her husband lived during
the war years in furnished apartments, and
on temporary leases. She was evicted four
times in one year when the leases expired.
Now she has acquired her own home, but only
three rooms are furnished she wants to
wait until she can furnish them in a manner
beftting her new station in moviedom.
The same uncompronising spirit made her
very lonely girl when she was broke. She
refused to mingle with people when she could
not do so on equal terms. Now she has for
gotten how to mingle, COM
II plains that she can never
,A give as much of herself as
fH she would like to.
II Triple Split
Her present contract is
q with Walter Wanger, who
:: E: : { :; -; !: :; : :::;::
in HOLLYWOOD as a toker
Evening star., 1947-08-31

gotten how to mingle, COM
plains that she can never
give as much of herself as
she would like to.
Triple Split
Her present contract is
with Walter Wanger, who
has purchased "Taproots"
for her to star in. This has
been accepted everywhere
in Hollywood as a token
that she is finally in. She
can probably have as many
Evening star., 1947-08-31

come to the party, didn't your Well, did"
Most movie stars arrange their business
through agents. Susan is no exception, but
her method is to tell them what she wants,
with instructions that she is not to be both
cred until they get it for her. When the chips
are down, in contract negotiations, she's apt
to step in and conduct the business in her
own brusque but effective manner. She has
had several agents. Oddly enough, they all
speak of her not only with admiration but
even with affection She is hard to get along
with, but they are unanimous in saying
Evening star., 1947-08-31

and sOurly agreed to 1t.
All of the stars made spe-
cial entrances. So did Susan
- after a fashion. She
walked in with tousled hair o.
no lipstick, fiat shoes and a
gleam in her eye. Within
five minutes she had insult
ed half the guests. Hur-
riedly her sponsors rushed
her out of the place.
She offered no apology
for her behavior, merely
said, you wanted me to
come to the party, didn't ye
Mosf movie stars arranp
Evening star., 1947-04-21

lin reyerse. He means that he does
the killing, not the woman.
Nelson Eddy = hrllshing up his
dress suit because he s soon oi1 on
his f1rst concert tour since before
| the war. I'm told that Nelson gives
his best performance to date with
Iona Massey ID their picture. now
called END Of the Rainbow. Z It's
. Western and Nelson lost 20 pounds
riding horses.
4 AA
Preston Sturges and Milton Sperl-
ing huddling over movie property
called @Three Black Pennies. !" with
Preston to direct. and Frances
RamSden to star.
The skeptics who said that Rex
Harrison and his wife, Liili Pal.
'mer, would never return to Eng
land are going to have TO eat their
words. because they are scheduled
to leave on the Queen Elizabeth
August is. Lilli's sister will stay In
their new Holmby Hills mansion
while they are away.
John Mack Brown, who made a.
handsome profit renting his Beverly
Hills home to Eastern millionaires,
has sold the place for $3.50. 900. He's
owned it for is years. Now he'll
buy q small ranch In the valley.
Bob Hope, supposed to be on vaca-
tion,. has done only about i've radio
shows and benefits q week since
he stopped working in Road to-
Rio" and his European so-called
vacation has a schedule of umpteen
shows for GIs stationed abroad. It's
no use, Bob, you just don't know
how to rest.
George Brent and Yvonne De
Carlo are feuding with q camel!
It seems that at the recent sneak
preview of "Slave Girl" q camel
romped Of with most OF the honors,
and now the beast is back at work
to act as narrator for the picture!
released BY North American Newspaper
Alliance, Ine.)
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Popular vs.. IMP popular Prices
Set Drama People Brooding
By joy CuYmodv

i the heate Of all businesses which ahed
throughout period during prices have
popular which, indeed the
odrm
prices popular those who fixed
Evening star., 1947-04-21

tlCui Jul Liz tiiC AdSt uCCd0C.
Producers and managers have
been able to strike poker-faced atti-
tudes, and some have been artful
enough to achieve a naughty ex-
preston that their productions were
the ones worth what is asked at
the box Office. But down in their
hearts, which is pretty far down
at times. they have had misgivings.
This has been evident in the un-
easy conversations of all theatrical
groups, even those whose fixed habit
is to discuss money only when they
do not have 1t.
Even before President Truman
brought up the subject so discon-
certingly within the past fortnight,
drama managers could never really
get 1t of their minds.
They did not know precisely what
to do, and even now, they are un-
sure of their decisions, but they are
beginning to make gestures.
Locally, this is reflected in the
Nationals scaling of Dear Ruth"
at so-called popular prices with a
top of $40, including tax. A fur
ther reflection of the tentative CROP
ing toward some downward revision
of prices is the reduced price"
scale for Elizabeth Bergner's revival
of "The Two Mrs. CAROLS"
The latter will be offered at So,
as against the $3.50 the last time
Miss. Bergner was around.
The Dear Ruth" scale apparently
has tapped an entirely new audi
ence, and If there is anything a
theater manager delights to see, 1t
is new customer, especially after
the original ones have been used
up in earlier appearances of any
production.
The same thing-the appearance
Of new buyers and their girls-is
even more evident in New York,
where producers appear astounded
to discover that more people have
$4.80 than have $3.50.
X X
Washington theater prices, of
course, are fixed in New York and
any change there Is bound to be
reflected here.
The $3.50 as the top price of
musicals Is the aim of several pro-
ducers on Broadway for next sea-
son, instead of the So and $3.50
which have prevailed so largely this
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Hollywood:
Postponements
Mar Diana's
Career
career
By Sheiioh Grohom

Alan Ladd, after finishing "Whis-
pering Smith," stars for Paramount
| in ''Comeback"-a prize fighting
tstory.
The house Jennifer Jones will live
in when she returns here from New
York and Portrait of Jennie" is
costing her studio cool $100, 900.
It's bonus for Jennie.
Dianna Lynn is planning q trip
east for some "stock" appearances.
Diana has been unlucky the past
several months with her career.
After she had stood by for six months
to work for David Selznick in Little
Women" it was shelved. Then she
waited for q month or so for s"The
Sainted Sisters" with Betty Hutton.
That, too, was laid aside. Now she
is wondering when and what her
next movie; will be-and hoping,
naturally. that 1t won't be post
poned.
Andrea Leeds had a busy IL hours
Ione day recently. The former Gold
wyn star, now married to one of the
racing Eowards, was robbed Of her
brand-new car-"right from our
driveway" Andrea says, in agony.
"And then that morning my maid
came running to my room, with
Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Howard, come
quicklyP A water pipe had burst
over the den and our priceless an
tiques, first editions, rugs and
drapes were all ruined!" Making
movies was never as nerve-racking|
as that! -,.-~.e.
Claude Jarman. jr., was wanted
for the boys part in 1.-THE Red
Pony" with Myrna 10y and Robert
Mitchum, but he lost out because he
is now too tall. Myrna, by the way,
Is one OF the few stars not demand
Ing q percentage OF her pictures, and
for "The Red Pony" Myrna re-
ceives a straight $200,000 It must
drive EN- all crazy to receive sol
much and keep so little!
And that reminds mes John Gar
field Is now asking $275, 900 a pic
ture. Also straight. These new
high salaries are one reason why
independent producers are having a
difficult time casting their pictures
with big names. .-
= Lew Ayres and Jacqueline White
are new twosome. They say they
are studying philosophy and astrol-
ogy.
Robert Mitchum, the boy who
usually says he doesn't like to work
so hard-and between RKO and
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National-"Dear Ruth; $50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador-"Dead Reckoning.
1:20. 800, $40, 7::2o and $50 pm.
Capitol -" Carnival in Costa
Rica"; II am, LAS, 4:30, tbs and
10 pm. Stage shows: LOS, $50, 6::35
and 9:20 pm.
Columbia-"It Happened in Brook
lyn": II am, LOS. 3:15, 5::25, 7:35
and 9:45 pm.
Earle-"Dead Reckoning; 10:45
am, /, $40, $40. T:30 and GAS pm.
Hippodrome-"The Ghost Goes
West; 2::25, 400, 6:1o. 8 and $50
pm.
Keith's-"The Best Years of Our
Lives; Ills am, 2:4o, sos and
$50 PM
Little-"Henry the Fifth: 2:ao
and $50 pm.
| Metropolitan Trail Street.:
11:4o am, 1:40, $40, 5:45, 7:45 and
$3.50 pm.
1 Palace -''The Yeariing": 1I:o5
am, lao, AIS, 6:55 and $50 pm.
/ Pix-"My Name Is Julia Ross; 4,
6:35 and sos pm.
/ Trans-Lux - News and shorts.
Continuous from 1915 am.
Evening star., 1947-04-21

year. This viii result, the hope
goes, in a slash OF dramatic offer
|ings from the now standard $3.50
top (which even the Theater Guild
|set for The Icenan Cometh") to
|$3.e0.
The Theater Guild. by the way,
is not waiting for next season but
this very night slices "Carousel"
orchestra prices from $6 to $3.50.
Matinee top prices win be So.
In all the years the theater has
employed the words popular
prices" no one has ever precisely
defined what 1t means. The con-
templated new ones, however, are
certain to be more popular than
those they displace.
&x*
The practice Of leasing story
material to Hollywood, instead of
outright sale. Is being followed by
Frederick Wakeman in his deal
with Universal-International pic
lures for his latest novel, "The
Saxon Charm" For 10-year rights
to the Wakeman composition, the
author will be rewarded with a
check for s150,000 and 10 per cent
of the proceeds OF the picture.
Holiywood's fancy for the work
lof Wakeman began, Of course, with
The Hucksters," an account Of life
lin radio circles which Metro-G Gold
wyn-Mayer has completed. With no
less star than Clark Gable in the
principal male role.
X \ 4
Orson Welles, whose production
budget theories once were good for
"a virtual epidemic OF paralysis
among his employers. is a majesti-
cally reformed fiscal thinker. In
fact, Welles' old course in how to
spend money on movies has been
Evening star., 1947-04-21

replaced by one representing the
other extreme.
His Macbeth" which Republic
will sponsor, is reported down for
q mere $700, 900.
This, too, despite the fact that
Macbeth and his poisonous lady
will be played by such fancy people
as Welles and Tallulah Bankhead.
Miss B. is not definite, but 1t is she
upon whom Welles has set his mind.
You know Orson,s mind.
\ 4 4
Monday memos: The supposedly
fabulous difficulties of producing
king Lear" not only left George
Washington University players
unteazed last week, but came of as
their most impressively mounted
offering Of the season. Mount
Vernon Players production Of 1.-THE
Tanning Of the Shrew" got OF to
such a spirited start that already
an extra week has been added to its
schedule. THE Tender Years"
story Of Protestant clergyman and
his son, will be brought to the
screen by Goth Century-Fox.
Evening star., 1947-04-21

David Selznick he certainly does
is now planning radio series for
the summer.
When Mrs. Ray Milland follows
her husband to England In June,
she hopes to find him in possession
OF cute period house near his
studio. That's the first thing Ray
Is to do when he arrives there this
week-find a house. Ray refers to
his picture for Hal Wallis, $50 Evil,
My Love-" as Double Indemnity
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Now Past His Prime
d ihs 1Essee eisted pE6ss

~ ihs Assesiaied ps6ss
HOLLYWOOD.
Cornel Wilde tails this cxie On
himself
Margaret Metcaife, . year old
daughter Of Actor James Metcalfe,
has always taken Cornel for granted.
He's just another person who drops
around now and then to see her
parents.
Recently she was thumbing
through 3 movie magazine and came
to 2 story Of Cornel's life. "Hubba,
hubba, hubba. " she murmured.
What did you say, dear?" asked
her mother, taking the magazine
from her.
Margaret pointed to 4 picture ,ofI
Evening star., 1947-04-21

Wilde when he Was 10.
= Iae was good looking, WASN'T he,
mother. I. she sadd, when he was
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Audubon Society 10 Meet

Bird photography technique viii
be discussed ct Z meeting 81 the
Audubon Society at o'clock tonight
IN the Palisades Field House. Dana
and SherTier places NV. The meet
ing Is open to the public.
Evening star., 1947-10-09
| Hammond Fails 10 Find
Any Maryland Ban on
Photos Of Accidents
By the Asseeioted Prsxs

BALTIMORE, Oct. s.-Attorney
General Hall Hammond said yes
terday he could find no Maryland
statute which prevents a photog-
rapher from taking pictures at the
scene of fatal accident providing
he does not interfere with officers
or obstruct traffic.
The attorney general made his
informal comment when his atten-
ton was called to a case in Fred
erick where free-lance news
photographer was arrested at the
scene of a fatal highway accident
early Sunday morning, Septenl-
ber %.
Charles w. Roelke, the photogra-
pher, already has demanded $4,000
from the Mayor and Council OF
Frederick, alleging false arrest by a
Frederick city policeman.
The Mayor and Council denied
Mr.. Rockies demand and his at
torney, General Assembly Delegate
C. clifton Virts, said he would enter
suit against the city asking $4,000
for false arrest, embarrassment and
damage to Mr.. Rockies reputation.
1t. Frank K. Dorsey arrested. Mr..
Roelke at the scene Of the accident
on charges of disturbing the peace,
disorderly conduct and interfering
with an officer.
The policeman said he was act
ing on orders from higher author
ity."
If Mr.. Roelke and his attorney go
ahead with their suit, a court test
of the regulation may result.
DR.. Howard j. Maldeis, Maryland's S
chief medical examiner, said the law
gives the deputy medical examiners
in each county authority ito take
possession of everything which
might become evidence"
The rule given the deputies by his
Office tells them to prohibit photo
graphs of homicide, suicide, acct-
dental and suspicious death" VIC
tins. Photographers usually are per-
mitted to take pictures after the
body has been removed, DR.. Maldeis
said.
Evening star., 1947-10-09
Chrysanthemum Supply
Eases Flower Shortage

Chrysanthemums were coming
into the Washington retail florist
market in increasing quantity today
but gladioli and various other out
door grown fall flowers were still
in short supply because OF wide
spread frost damage last month,
dealers reported.
The shortage reached its peak
about week ago and some COM
panies, particularly wholesalers, said
they rationed amounts to retailers.
In many instances the lack of gladi-
oil for funeral flowers increased the
demand for other types such as
roses and thus intensified general
shortage, it was explained.
Retail prices for chrysanthemums
ranged from about $12 to SIS for
the larger variety. One Of the
largest retail dealers reported a
comparatively large shipment was
expected today. The wholesale price
of big chrysanthemums was as high
as So a dozen, about 50 higher than
normal.
One wholesale dealer said business
was relatively light this week. He
predicted the supply in practically
all varieties would be back to normal
in another week.
Evening star., 1947-10-09
G.O.P.Convention Group
To Meet October ~
BY the Associated Press

The committee on arrangements
for the 1948 Republican National
Convention will meet for the first
time in Philadelphia October "a and
Is, the National Committee an
nounced today.
The convention will be held In
Philadelphia beginning next June
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
STATE JAYCEES
TO MAKE AWARD
Selection OF Outstanding
Young Man OF The Year
Is Planned

The North Carolina Junior Cham.
Der OF Commerce will award the
Jaycee distinguished service award
during the quarterly board meer-
ing In Greensboro March 2. it was
announced by Robert B. Howard.
OF Wilmington, chairman of the
state awards committee.
Howard said the award would be
given to the outstanding young
man of 1916 in the state.
Howard added that the Raleigh
Jaycee club will sponsor, on be-
nalf of the state organization, the
DSA key to be presented to the
Young Man of the Year" at the
conclusion of a statewide contest
now underway.
Rules indicate that the man
chosen by the secret committee
need not be a member of the
Junior Chamber Of Commerce, bu,
he must be within the Jaycee age
bracket of 81 to IS inclusive. Bal
loting by secret judges will be
based on the contestant civic con-
tributions to the state during 1916
Complete rules of the contest fol-
lows:
All entries must be addressed
to the DSA committee, Box 1896
Wilmington.
Entries must be postmarked not
later than, Feb. g..
An adequate and complete re
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
AITHFUL STAR NEWS CLASSIFIED SALESMAN. SAYS
180-Legal

point $50 feet south from the point Wher
the NV corner of tract % meets the
Sc corner of tract IS and the SW corner
of tract 80, and where the outside
boundary line of the entire property
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to the NV side of road j: thence along
the western boundary of road ] to the
intersection of road F IT'S feet south of
the intersection of the railroad spur
track and road j; thence westerly along
road F to the western boundary of the
entire property; thence northeasterly
snd easterly following the boundary line
of the entire property to the point of
beginning, including the buildings but
excepting the railroad spur track there
on.
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necessary information concerning the
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PRIORITIES: Acquisition of this prop
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2. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
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3. State and loc7l governments.
q. Non-profit institutions.
PRIORITY PERIODS: The time fol-
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sons not having a priority may also make
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
CAPTAIN MURRAY
IS RECOMMENDED
FOR REGULAR ARMY

Captain Charles P. Murray Jr.,
World War II veteran and the
holder of the Congressional Medal
of Honor. is one of the 1,010 reserve
officers being recommended by
the President for a commission of
first lieutenant in the regular
Army. Captain Murray is the son
OF Charles P. Murray, manager
of the Cape Fear Barber shop,
who lives on the Castle Hayne
road.
Major Richard F. Hill, of Kins-
ton, recommended for major; Ma
jor Lloyd M. Reiser, of Fayette-
vile, recommended for captain:
and First Lieutenant William T.
Creech, of Dunn, recommended for
the commission of second lieuten-
ant, we're also named.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-28
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