Evening star., 1947-01-13

caused by the latter's cieverness at
Award" The girl, formerly known
as Gloria Arbor, but lately re-
christened professionally as Ingrid
vergman has billed herself as the
Anatomy Award winner Of 1946."
Miss Ingrid Bergman, whose name
obviously has had its influence upon
Miss Arbor, Is yet to be heard from.
Gloria, among her other skillS,
clearly is one Of the fine parodists
of her time. Hollywood, which al
ways picks up outstanding people,
might find profitable use for her,
If only in the publicity department.
incidentally, after its first squeam-
ishness about Gypsy Roses profess
sional origins, the film colony began
to use some OF her literary wares
with credit given under her best
known name.
And, it certainly missed a bet
when it called her Louise Hovac
instead of making it Havoc, as 1t
subsequently did in the case OF her
sister, June.
It will be interesting to see what
future Hollywood holds for Ingrid
Vergman, nee Arbor-a lush con-
tract, a law suit, or just naughty
disdain.
Shakespeare department: The in
ternational honors, plus the box
office triumph of Laurence Olivier's
Henry v" has convinced the actor
director producer that there IS a
world market for whole cycle OF
cinema. He ventures,
therefore, upon making complete
record of the Bard's works, the next
of which will be Hamlet" As in
Henry "" Olivier will produce, di-
rect and play the principal role in
the film version of the melancholy
Dane.
With war Interruptions out of the
way, Olivier will be able to keep the
new production on a much tighter
schedule. He has allotted 1t 16
weeks. Shooting is scheduled to
start Immediately.
In its 10 weeks in Washington at
the Little Theater, Henry v" al
ready has played to more than 5000
patrons. Seats are currently being
sold through February.
Technical department: Movie
makers are only too willing usually
To disclose their technical tricks, II
only to enjoy your wide-eyed sur
prise and admiration over their
cleverness. The exception to this
consequently, makes news.
It will be found, and rather amaz-
ingly, in "Blue Skies" In that film,
which the Earle will screen for
critics today, audiences will be given
the illusion of 10 Fred Astaires
dancing when actually there is only
one.
Mirrors" the audience will say
10 itself.
Paramount has anticipated just
that. however and denies that
mirror was within mile OF the set.
Alert audience members can see for
themselves that the mirror trick is
not employed, in that the 10 Astaires
are not quite together in the intrica-
cies of the dance.
The new stunt is known as the
split screen technique" and If you
think Paramount is going to tell
how it is done, you don't know Para |
m6uiit.
Doa, u re gou* *Hxox :uoiA b,sLs-
Monodrama department: When
she was here at the National last,
some seven or eight years ago, Miss
Ruth Draper, the diseuse, told this
department that she was running |
out of material.
''But you write your own, why
don't you just write some new
;ketches?" this department asked
nnoeently.
THAT is what I mean,"~ Miss
Draper explained patiently. "Im out
Of ideas. It is not matter OF find /
ing time, I could always do that"
For the past six years, Miss Draper
has been absent from the American