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Evening star., 1947-07-05
Studio Won't Let
Siane Play Bits
BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLY WOOD.
Swedish Actress Signe Hasso can't
understand why her studio won't let
her play bit parts.
Some of her critics can't under
stand it either, but that's neither
here nor there. The point is that
Signe wants to play some of the
smaller roles, and actually insists
they are more interesting than the
starring parts.
In virtually every script sent to
Signe for her study of the leading
role she has found one or more
character parts she'd like to play.
That's a bit,Y she is told. 1--WE
want you for the stars role"
But the stars role doesn't fit me, .
Signe insists. This bit does. 1 can
do a better job in that role than I
could as q star"
Swedes are stubborn, but so are
Hollywood producers. So far the
producers have wen.
IF an actress is not a character
actress" says Signe, "she isn't an
actress at all" So why shouldn t
she play the character parts as well
as the parts without character?
Hollywood's answer is that this is
matter of economics A stars
salary Is too high to justify putting
her in secondary role.
Evening star., 1947-07-05
Hollywood:
Hedy's Thoughts
Dwell Mostly
On Vacation
By SheiIoh Grohom

I called Hedy Lamar for her "last
word" anent John Loders statement
that she charged him for board and
lodging when he, wasn't working
And here is what Hedy said: Il don't
want to indulge in a mud Singing
contest But its quite different from
the truth" well, are you going to
divorce him?" I asked. who woulo
want to stay married to some one
who says things like that about
you?" was the lady's reply.
Putting her words into action
Hedy filed her suit against Johr
on Thursday, charging that living
with him caused her much "menta
suffering"
Humphrey Bogart has more thar
"last word" for the British maya
zine writer who did piece about
what he called Hollywood freaks
And Bogey's bride, Lauren Bacall
was includedt Il will punch that
guy on the nose when see him,
says Bogey-adding, as cautious
afterthought, "if he isn't too big!"
Linda Darnell cabled me a "last
word" to deny the printed story that
she was having a nervous breakdown
in Europe. 1T was only cold.
Linda gets back to the United States
some time in August.
X
Rex Harrison will have a sad "last
word" if his picture, Escape is
called off in England because Of 8
union technicality about not en-
ploying Americans without the
Americans employing the same
number of Britishers. Under Eng
Evening star., 1947-07-05

they gave me the girls lead in a
Corporal Hargrove picture with
Robert Walker. So what happens?
They never gave me another pic
ture-only loan-outs to other stu
dios. And always when I try for
something good. I'm told, you're not
big enough name for big parts.
How are you going to be big name
if you don't get big parts?"
Peter Lind Hayes passes on this
last word" for Hollywood producers
-anent his wife Mary Healy. "She
wants to work, and I want her to
work. And I'd like her to work in
Hollywood, but the offers aren't
forthcoming. So Mary is talking
with the Theater Guild about star
ring for them in Allegro on Broad
way" After that, Peter, Hollywood
will discover her all over again. It
never fails.
Released by North American Newspaper
Alliance, Inc
Evening star., 1947-07-05
Jose's a Fast Man

BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.
Jose Iturbi has just completed
so, 900 miles of air travel within so
days. He covered Central America
Evening star., 1947-07-05
Palace FlavOrs Its Fourth
with a Mexican Fiesta"
By Joy Cormody

Fiesta" the Palace Theaer yesterday and con-
dng the Fourth of July outside it probably was not
inappropriate.
MGM musical quite holiday in spirit
epochal It's flavor Mexican its
spiredy Latin and its people are
eny swarthy OF actors pretending TO be
Co1fh
Evening star., 1947-07-05

lish union law" says Rex, Director
Joe Mankiewicz and Producer Will
liam Perlberg are classified as tech
nicians.' And they can't accept
them in the country on working
basis. It's too bad because wanted
to make a picture in England again
and I wanted to spend six months
in England. This way. I'll 60 for a
vacation only and return here in
October to make Lady in Ermine'
for Ernst Lubitsch." Rex would very
much like to have some one like
Rita Hayworth or Gene Tierney as
his lady. I doubt whether he can
get Rita. Columbia wouldn't let
her go.
Clark Gable is not angeling Vir-
ginia Grey in the "Parlor Players"
in the valley - according to Ross
Hunter, the boy who is paying the
bills to put on the series of plays.
Clark" says Ross, has nothing to
do with the parlor players outside
of the fact that Virginia is one of
our leading ladies'" Ross tells me
that the third play on the list is
Another Language" in which he
will co-star with Constance Moore.
Ella Raines is upset over the re-
cent item stating that she and hus-
band, Maj. Robin Olds. would leave
for a vacation in Honolulu when she
finishes THE Senator Was Indis-
Greet" HE can't go away just like
that" says Ella, "he's in the Army!
And when items like that are print
ed it makes it so much harder for
him to get furlough."
Frank Sinatra has burning "last
word" for the Los Angeles sports
promoters who are pooh-poohing-
and worse-his attempts to put on
local sporting events. Los Angeles" +"
says Frank, "is the fourth biggest
city in the United States. There's
room here for more and bigger and
better sports events" frankie says
that nothing will stop the building
of his huge Hollywood Square Gar
den. And he hopes to lure some of
the biggest sports figures in the
country to Los Angeles.
X
| Little Jean Porter, now playing a
role with Shirley Temple, has a
last word" about the difficulties of
getting going as an actress in Holly
wood. Il was at Metro for four and
half years. and I thought I was
building up to big chance when
Evening star., 1947-07-05
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
Catholic University-"All Gaul Is
Divided; $50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassa dor-"The Unfaithful';; !;
los, 3:15, $50 7:25 and $40
Capitol-"Living In A Big Way;
10 am, 12:45, $3.50, 6:15, 9 and
HAS pm. Stage shows: 11:50 am,
2:35, $40. sos and 10:45 pm.
Columbia-"Sea of Grass; 1925
am, 1855, 4:3o, and s:35 pm.
Earle The Unfaithful"; 11:10
am. lis. $40, 5:25, 7:35, $40 and
11:55 pm.
Hippodrome - Before Him All
Rome Trembled"; 2:05, 4, $50, 7:45
and $40 pm.
Keith's-"Ivy"; II, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20,
s:45 pm. and 1915 am.
.LiAle-"Storm In Teacup"; 1870
am, 1:30, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and
$40 pm.
Metppolitan-"Dear Ruth; 11:10
am, lis, 800, 5:25, 7:35, 9:45 and
1l:55 pm.
Palace Fiesta; 10:45 am,
1855. 3:05, Sis, 7:25, 9:35 and 1l:45
pm.
Pix-"That Uncertain Feeling;
1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 1915 pm. and ITO
am.
Trans-Iux-N News and shorts
continuous from 1915 am.
Evening star., 1947-07-05

un0r 1890 c s.. NE.
AAVAN1 TR. slss Nat. Pm.
Today Only, Buster Crabbe in Law
and Order" at 2:20. $40. 8; George
O'Brien in "Windjammer.S at $50,
6:35. 9:55. Plus Laugh Hour. One Full
Hour Of Cartoons and Comedies at l.
4:20. 7:35.
Evening star., 1947-07-05

FIESTA" an MGM picture with Esther
williams, produced by Jack Cummings,
directed by Richard Thorpe, screenplay
and original story by George Bruce and
Lester Cole. songs and arrangements by
Johnny Green, Eel Solo4 Mexico by
Aaron COPELAND, dances by Eugene Loring.
At the Palace.
Evening star., 1947-07-05

ARLINGTON Col. Pike : as s. 5aoo FL,
THE YEARLING." GREGORY PECK
JANE WYMAN, CLAUDE JARMAN'
Evening star., 1947-07-05

crATr Phone Falls Church 1855
, AAh L Shows Cont. Ill Pm.
CIT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVE
NUE., DON DE FORE. ANN HARD
Evening star., 1947-07-05

TIT A Treo, for the Entire Family.
AhA Cont. Ill Pm.
wolf CALL" and RANGE BE-
IYOND THE BLUE
Evening star., 1947-07-05

after another, between Miss Will
liams and some spirited black bulls,
it looks quite like minuet. The
matador leads and the bull responds
with the effortless ease of one OF
Arthur Murray's prize pupils.
If this Is the top speed Of the
sport, it is harmless enough to be a
between halves act at George
Preston Marshall football fiesta.
While it was sparing of top-fiight
names as compared with. most of
it's musicals, M-G-M assemblies a
capable subordinate group for
Fiesta" These include Mary Astor,
AKIN Tamiroff, Fortuna Bonanova
and John Carroll. The latter's
glamour, If he ever had any, seems
to be dissolving these days in his
own fat.
Evening star., 1947-07-05

If Fiesta" were to lay any claims
to distinction, its case would rest
upon its presentation of more bull
sfighting than any other picture this
Iseason and its success in keeping
Esther williams out of a bathing
Isuit in all sequences but one.
! The producing studios idea, like
that of any fiesta day committee,
was simply that every one should
have a good time filling his ears
with lively music and his eyes with
beautiful people and scenery. This
lit realizes better than most such
committees on entertainment.
Mexico is more than the setting
S(actuaD of Fiesta" 1t also is the
natal place of Miss Williams asso-
:ciate star of the screenplay, Ricardo
!Montalban. The mahogany-hued
actor is quite at nome before the
tcameras in the part of young man
Bwho prefers music to bull fighting.
He Is even more at home in the
, dances of his native land which
+, he performs with vigor and grace
as the partner of Cyd Charlse. Miss
Charlse is another newcomer to
cinema prominence. Her welcome
| is assured not merely by her dance
artistry but probably even more so
| by the circumstance that she is
| quite at home in ''Fiesta's" CLAM
orous company.
The neophyte pair are quite be-
coming to the music Of Johnny
! Green and Aaron Copeland. The
latter is responsible for the pictures
major musical number. "El Solon
! Mexico" which reflects a sound
; neighborly feeling on the composers
part for the Mexicans.
How the Mexicans will like his
idea of an anthem for them Is for
the Mexicans to decide.
The story told by "Fiesta" Is
almost as old and threatens to last
longer than the Aztec civilization.
| 1t is a tale of Mexican family life,
whose principal members are twin
! brother and sister played by Mon
talban and Miss Williams. Their
father is retired bull fighter,
which apparently leaves a man
richer than being retired movie
star does in this country. Their
hacienda, at any rate, is bigger than
the Pan American Building and
every one living there is reasonably
happy, as why shouldn't they be?
The single fly in the ointment OF
the celebrated old bull batter is the
twists in the personalities OF his
two children. Bull fighters, like steel
tycoons, great surgeons and the late
George Apley dream of sons who
will succeed them and be equally
brilliant in the same groove.
Not Antonio Morales son, how
ever. Almost from babyhood. he
hears distant music which he must
get down on paper He learns bull
fighting, but his heart is so little
in 1t that he chucks his first great
public bout to follow the will-o'-the-
wisp that captured Sibelius, Shosta-
Aovitch, etc.
Just as you have been thinking all
along, however, the daughter turns
out to be the best bull-f1ghter since
her old man. AS such, naturally,
Miss Williams has no opportunity
to don bathing suits. Still, those
matador suits with their jewels and
enbroideries become her well
enough.
When it is not being musical in
one form or another, Fiesta" Is a
sort OF grand tour of the bull rings
of Mexico. Whether the sport is
actually as tame as shown on the
Palace screen, let the Mexicans dis
pute As performed in one arena
Evening star., 1947-07-05
Roles Are Switched

Joan Caulf1eld has been chosen to
star with Alan Ladd in Paramount s
The Long Grey Line" and has been
withdrawn from the lead of Night
Has a Thousand Eyes" as the pro-
duction dates of the two films con-
| f1ict.
The union times., 1947-10-18
And This Is Not A Dream

We invited should the diets held Yorks Hotel Pierre dEscoer Society," Chats French for we're o the cOOk.)
 The hndig eportedy whipped mady
 witty by chairman Cavel Lange who noted that the absence vodka wasn't intended a hostile gesture.
 Appetes slightly by of riche fumet de c ah, chicken soup) in plates instead
 
 Burgundy Charemagne agreed companion for the Colorado brook which bedded white crawh tails shells filled with caviar"
 From this sinful splendor the proceeded bit of inter national will in shape er roasted casserole blaze of brandy and served with decorative bunting of sherrycogfac soaked trufAes
 Climax of triumph Completely the edible possibilities the of glazed aOw filled of whipped with (whatd think nilk?)
 tables hOloed bombe Ono getting from They washed this with champagne of 
 did Completely omitted from the meal soda No telling what they did when they
The union times., 1947-10-18

Unless they purchase Union La bel goods and use Union services, job security for union members cannot be assured.
The union times., 1947-10-18
Under The Nutmeg Tree
By Nathan Sherman

Screen Actors Guild the Los Angeles daily press, the American Civil Liber- ties Union and other groups active in fighting the ban. Of course, Hal Roach, no radical, is the producer. We are still waiting for similar industry action in defense of "The Burning Cross," banned in Virginia, or Black Narcissus," banned in Chicago But we're grateful for small progress.
 have been told that I was thor oughly unrealistic recently when this column suggested that dress manufac- turers make both long and short dresses. No need to go into the reasons it seems that | just didn't know what I was talking about.
 Now comes Dr. Andrew C. Ivy physiologist and vice-president of the University of Illinois, who believes tight corsets, proposed for American women by Paris designers, help cause peptic ulcers" Research disclosed, Dr. Ivy said that women had more ulcers when they laced themselves tightly.
 Since the long dresses require tight corsets, and tight corsets pro- duce ulcers the inference is that every female reader of THE UNION TIMES will stick to short skirts. I suspect this is too logical to be true. Reminds me of the fellow who defined logic as "the art of proceeding wrongly with confidence"
The union times., 1947-10-18
AS WE SEE IT.

SaIt Lake City (Utah) Telegram tells writers how to report their stories-like the marine colonel told his World War H staff officers ''Write stories like a modern girls bathing suit Long enongh to cover the subject, but brief enough to be interesting"
 Sharp denunciations of the Taft Hartley act from James M. Shields, who resigned as an NLRB director in protest against the new law, were heard this week.
 Shields said that during his 10 years of government service the Hatch act had prevented him from expressing himself politically ex. cept at the polls.
 ssNow," he said, 'I'm de-Hatched and I'm going to say what I damn please. I'm going to fight this i'm famous law until it is repealed"
 The former government official also called for unity among pro. gressives and labor groups in the coming elections. ''Every Jack and Jenny of the labor movement mus, stop weeping and pickering and go to work,' he said, lauding the steps taken toward unified action by the meetings which were attended by AFL, CIO and railroad unionists.
 In the movie industry, 1946 profits were 5O%o to 3OO9o above the 1945 level.
The union times., 1947-10-18

A reader the other day asked for the name of our cheese-cake editor. Cheese-cake, as you know, is highly technical word used to describe pie lures of good-looking gels who be- lieve that too much clothing IS un- hygenic. They are nature lovers.
 I regret that this editor must re- main anonymous. Despite his passion for cheese-cake, he also has a passion for anonymity. But-I would be grate- full for letters giving your thoughts on whether or not labor newspaper should give part of its valuable space to pictures of maidens in scanty drap- cries. The business agent of one of our building trades unions suggested several years ago that the space we now devote to girls should be given over each week to picture of build ing built by union labor 1 have the suggestion under consideration. How do you vote, folks: do you prefer cur vaceous Miss Isotope of 1947" or do you want picture of the State Office Building?
 The banning of "Curley," in Mem phis, because it shows intermingling of white and Negro children, has started campaign that has even some of Hollywood's latest advanced think CTS joining in. The Hollywood Report CT, Hearst's Loue1la Parsons and the Johnston Office have joined the
The union times., 1947-10-18

(Continued from Page One) er-Dispatch, in an account of dice game raid:
 'The hushed whispers of the men about the table turned to re- gretful mumbling.
 s'What'll my wife say?" one of the younger men walled.
 'Paygwasts .. is-lks shrdaa.
 |" Shut up,' warned his cOmpan- ion." CONSUMER RRY.CO-ROUND:
 Prices on choice cuts of meat have dropped slightly, due to con- sumner resistance.
 People have instead switched to buying cheaper cuts of meat.
 As result, prices on cheaper cuts are going up.
 So lots of consumers are decid- ing they might as we'll buy the choice cuts.
 Which means prices on the choice cuts will start rising again.
 This is an example of the law of supply and demand, which the Natl. Assn. of Manufacturers wants us to love, honor and BUY.
 HOUSEHOLD hint i'm SaIt Lake City (Utah) Telegram: ''For clean ing soiled wallpaper, take a loaf of ordinary white bread, break off the crust and quickly run up the wall
 With the paper shortage still on,
The union times., 1947-10-18

The Union Times for one year for only $2. Every reader is ''Committee of One" to get new subscribers.
The union times., 1947-10-18

up the sponsoring group, a board of directors has been selected conn posed of 35 representative leaders of labor, business, the professions, religious and civic groups. The board includes AFL Pres. William Green, CIO Pres. Philip Murray, Mrs. Gladys T. Edwards of the Natl Farmers Union, Research Di- rector Marion Hedges of the Intl. Bro. of Electrical Workers, Pres. Frank Graham of the University of North Carolina, and Shishkin.
 Johnston called the forthcoming meeting "one of the most important national events to take place in 1o48." He said the conference will first "take stock of the family in the modern postwar world" and then develop guideposts for voluntary programs of action which would help achieve greater security for the family and all its members, including mental and emotional as we'll as physical and eco- homie security"
The union times., 1947-10-18
Catholic Coop Group Opens Office

ST. LOUIS-The Catholic Council for Cooperative Development, organ ized to coordinate the work of several Catholic societies in the fields of CO., operatives and credit unions, has been set up under the lead of Queens Work, with Mary Dooling, who re- gently completed six-weeks tour of the Caribbean Islands in the interest of cooperative development there, at the invitation of St. Georges College Extension School, Jamaica. The office of the Council will be in Chicago.
The union times., 1947-10-18
Labor In On Family Life Conference

WASHINGTON-(FP)- Ameri- can labor has joined with other major national organizations to call the first Natl. Conference on Family Life at the White House May 6-8 to make a searching inquiry of the many prob lens facing the family today.
 Pres. Eric Johnston of the Motion Picture Assn. is chairman of the con ference and AFL Economist Boris Shiskin, vice-president.
 With no organizations making
The union times., 1947-10-18
AFL's Growth Shown Over Last 10 Years

San Francisco (LPA)-TThe AFL'' growth in membership during the pas 10 years was emphasized by the AFT executive councils report to the cor vention here last week.
 In 1o37, the AFL had a member ship of 2,860,933. It picked up mem bership during the toughest depres- sion years; in 1888 it listed 3,623,0& in 1o39, 4,OO6,354.
 The AFL's record for the last foul years shows: 1944-6,806,913; 1o45- 6,o31,221;' 1o46 = 7151,8 sos; 1oH = 7.577.716.
Evening star., 1947-06-07

lately been active as a shorts ex-
pert for Paramount. He will use
regular movie equipment and stu
dio facilities for his television pro-
duction. Summing up his purpose
Fairbanks says succintly:
Television stations are crying
for good films made especially fol
televiSion transmission"
1t is frequently true that Holly.
wood has need for, and pays high
salaries to. ballerinas. Few of them
however remain around to become
stars. An exception of which Metro.
Goldwyn-Mayer is being proud i.
Cyd Charlse. Miss Charlse, whe
was ballerina in 'ziegfeld Follies'
and singer-dancer in "The Har.
vey Girls" is now up to second femi.
nine leads in Fiesta"
For all the alien sound OF tha
name, Cyd is another Texas girl
Her genealogy chart shows a mix
ture of such immediate forebear
as Scotch, Irish, French and Eng
lish. In her teens, which she i
barely out Of, she was membe
of the famous Ballet Russo.
American and European branches
Evening star., 1947-06-07
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

| Stage.
NationaL"Lue Song; 2::30 anc
$3.50 pm.
Ambassador-"The Two Mrs. Car.
rolls; /. 3:05, 5:15, 7:20 and 9:35
Capitol-"The Homestretch";; II
am, 1870, 4:05, 6:35, $40 and II: AZ
pm. Stage shows: 1880, 800, 5:55
8:25 and IL pm.
Columbia-"Alexander's Ragtime
Band; 11:15 am, lao, 3:25, $50
7:30, $40 and 11:45 pm.
EarIe-'The Two Mrs. CAROLS;
11:15 am. 1:25, $3.50, $40. 7:50, 1C
pm. and 1905 am.
Hippodrome-"Angel and Sinner:
2:20, AIS, 6:10, 8 and 9:55 pm.
Keith's-"The Egg and T.; 11:3C
am, 1:40, 3:45. 5:55. 8. 1905 pm
and 1915 am.
Little-"The Well-Digger's Daugh-
ter; 1o:40 am. 12:45, 2:55. sos
tbs, $50 and 11:3o pm.
Metropolitan "The Farmers
Daughter; II am, 1:05, 3:15. 5::25
7:35, 9:45 and HISS pm.
Palace-"Duel in the SUM-; 1o:5s
am, 1870, 4:o5. 6:35, $40 and
Pix-"open City,; /, 2:45, 4:45
6:35, $40, 1o:45 pm. and 12:45 am
Trans-Lux- News and Shorts
continuous from 1918 am,
Evening star., 1947-06-07

BUSY MAN-Charles Bickford
is one OF the films most in-de-
n,and stars these days. The
able character actor is occu-
pied currently in the Metro
politan and Palace holdopers,
"The Farmers Daughter" and
"Duel in the Sun" Coming up
is woman on the Beach" In
Uhtch he co-stars Nth Joan
Bennett.
Evening star., 1947-06-07
Ordnance Disposal
Provides Clouds
HOII.YMC

HOLLYWOOD.
Back in the frontier days the old
Wingate Ordnance Depot near
Gallup, N. Mex, provided ammuni-
ton for Kit Carson and his men.
Today temporarily it is providing
man-made clouds for Harry Sher-
mans documentary western "They
Passed This Way" starring joe
McCrea and Frances Dee and pro-
duced for Enterprise Studios.
Now a $4,000, 900 war time supply
base, the ordnance plant is de.
stroying much ammunition which
has been stored for too long a time
Destruction in 2,000-pound lots pro-
duce~ clouds suggestive of the not.
too. ant White Sands, N. Mex.
projects. But for the camera they
provided perfect clouds in the early
morning cloudless New Mexico skies