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Evening star., 1947-03-02
By Jack O'Brion

George Abbott's new musical
Barefoot Boy With Cheek" will
tenant the Martin Beck Theater
opening several days after the de-
parture therefrom OF Eugene
ONeill's "The Iceman Cometh, ~
which hits the road with Baltimore
its first stop.
Call Me Mister" broke all Boston
records for musical comedy engage
ments and its stay was heightened
to make it a total of II weeks in the
Hub City, a marathon never before
achieved by tune show. i. Ray
mond Massey will appear in Donald
Ogden Stewards How I Wonder
next fall, with Ruth Gordon and
Carson Kanin producing. The
latter pair, wife and husband in
private life, are authors respectively
of the current hit plays Years Ago
and Born Yesterday"
The closing of "Christophe1
Blake" March 8 at the handsome
little Music Box Theater will permit
Rodgers and Hammerstein to move
their latest hit, John Loves Mary
to that pretty bandbox. Man.
agement of 'Finian's Rainbow
Evening star., 1947-03-02
The Broadway Notebook

proudly informs us that reservations
for two Christmas Eve tickets al
ready have been made and that mail
orders are being accepted through
December 81, 1947!
Julie Hayden will head the cast
of Miracle in the Mountains" a
Ferenc Molnar legend first produced
in Budapest in 1888. Ballet
Theater will play in Cuba and Eng
land this summer. -. Miriam Hop
kins has been signed to co-star with
Mady Christians in Message for
Margaret" current London hit by
James Parish. Elliott Nugent
will stage the production for STAN
ley Gilkey and Barbara Payne, who
presented Three to Make Ready,
starring Ray Bolger, now in Chi
cago. Betty Hutton, of all people
has been given the Betty Field role
in the screen version Of Elmer Rice's
Dream Girl" One of last
seasons major comedy hits, it was
acquired by Paramount Pictures fol
what later was considered a COM
paratively small amount, the film
firm, through its cagy Broadway
seer, John Byram, having made 9
heavy reproduction investment.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
BY Harold Heffernon

Even directors don't always know
the names Of these little giants who
so many times steal the show.
Some, like ]. Farrell Macdonald
who has played every sort Of a
character with an Irish progue, have
appeared in 100 or more pictures.
]. Farrell, now 72, is Yale graduate
and has been working in movies
since the Broncho Billy days of
Biograph. He chalked up his 150th
role the other day with a f1ve-day
stretch in Cary Grants "The Bache-
lor and the Bobby Soxer."
Lumsden Hare, scholarly Irish
man who played on the New York
stage in the great days of Daniel
Frohman, is another on the screen
since 1916. Hare was an unbilled
but important atmospheric figure in
Sister Kenny" with Rosalind Rus
sell. In the same picture, he had
the character role company of Paul
Stanton, Dave Thursby and Francis
Ford. Ford, brother of Director
John, co-starred in "Clifhangers'
with Grace Cunard many years ago
Unlike Ford, few ever attain star
dom. One who did, of course, Is
William Farnum. Highest-pricec
star in the days before the market
collapsed-which wiped out his saw
ings and broke his health-Farnunl
now accepts small. Western sheriff
type roles, and is happy at these
menial tasks. Another Is Herbert
Rawlinson, star of the silent screen
who has put .f1eeting honors aside
Evening star., 1947-03-02

attorney in Pasadena, Calf, when
the stock market crash of 1925
wrecked his fortune. He gave up q
nice practice in law to play In films
And how did the movie folks put
him to work? Sure enough-playine
lawyers. Hes still at 1t.
Up and down the casting chan
nels, you find 'en-hotel clerks,
toastmasters, fioorwalkers, italian
street vendors, hamburger stand
chefs and scores of other strictly
typed performers. They are all-im-
portant to the successful presenta-
ton of the movie scene, but un-
heralded on the marquee lights
their names making little or no
impression on the fans. It's only
their faces and actions that are
recalled from one picture to an
other. However, they make good
money, live well and keep function
ing while better publicized personal
tiles come-and go.
Few of them ever attain featured
ratings. They get no preferred bill
ing. No big-time agents dicker on
their behalf with producers to get
their names in type of such-and-
such size. They demand no fancy
dressing rooms or the usual cod
ding that the name players seek
and obtain.
When a part turns up suited to
one of these men, the casting di-
rector calls to an assistant, Phone
Central and tell 'em to send over
that red-faced Joe with the lisp who
plays ,doorwalkers-five days work.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
The Biggest Publicity Stunt
By Bob Thomos

is Jean Hersholt, the able and popu-
lar president of the Academy. Be-
cause he now has no studio con-
nections, he feels he is equipped
to lead the fight for more impartial
voting. This year he sent a letter
to each Academy member in which
he declared:
Each year there is criticism of
our awards and there have been
complaints that studio politics in
fuence the voting. I am sending
you this personal letter to urge you
that when you receive your ballot
you will realize that you have a
responsibility to the Academy ideal
that individual achievement comes
ahead of studio af1liation."
Many Independents.
Hersholt argues that although
MGM has 290 votes. 2oth-Fox 230,
Warmers 2O5, Paramount ITO and
RKO 80, there are 500 mere who
are either free-lance or work at
smaller studios. Thus, he contends,
the large, independent bloc can
swing the election. Hersholt led the
move which this year changed the
awards from an industry wide cleo
ton to one restricted to Academy
winners, "a picked group of indus
try leaders"
But some observers, such as Pro-
ducer Lester Cowan, feel that the
awards will be incorruptible only
if the balloting is further limited.
Cowan, who was executive secretary
of the Academy when the awards
were started, fayors return to the
original methods of selection by a
COMMITTEES of respected industry
leaders. This smaller group, he de-
clares, would limit their considera-
tion to artistic values, and not be
overly impressed with costly, COM
mercial productions. He says we'll
done, inexpensive films are over
looked because of the tremendous
publicity for the epics.
""The Informer' was one of the
few exceptions" Cowan says, land
it never could have won in the
same year with a Gone With the
Wind"
Despite all the criticism and
grumbling, most of the important
film folk will show up in their best
duds at the Shrine Auditorium
March 13. For the night of the
Academy Awards is still Hollywood's
biggest show.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
On the night of March 13, 5000
people will sit in rapt attention at
the Shrine Auditorium of Los An
geles. They will be breathlessly
awaiting the 18th awards of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences.
The annual Academy Awards have
been called Hollywood's biggest
publicity stunt. In blunt terms,
they are just that. There were two
purposes when the awards were in
stituted in 1927: ID To give the
industry more prestige in the eyes
of the world; (2) to provide incen-
tive for better picture making. They
were designed, like the auto shows,
to display the best product of the
industry And perhaps they might
mdnentarily take the, spotlight from
less favorable publicity about Holly
wood.
In the beginning the awards were
made by a committee of 10 industry
leaders. Then the voting was ex-
panded to all workers in motion
picture production. This year it
has been limited to the approx
mately 1000 paid-up members of
the Academy. No matter what the
ballot procedure, there has always
been an undercurrent of opinion in
some quarters that Oscar was being
tampered with.
Few Exceptions.
Many critics have contended that
Academy balloting can be maneu-
vered by the big studios, which con-
troll large blocs of votes. Let's look
at the record. In 1888, Frank Ca
Ipra's rolicking "It Happened One
Might" made at Columbia, swept
nearly everything in sight. Since
then every "best picture" selection
has gone to a big studio with two
Observation-Disclosures >"You Can't
Take 1t With You" {193D and David
10. Selznick's "Rebecca" (1939).
| (Selznick's Gone With the Wind
which swept the boards in 1888, was
released through MGM.) And since
1888, every star award has gone to
performers at big studios.
! At the end of each year, movie
studios wheel their guns into line
and start aiming for Academy
Awards. Despite strenuous objec-
tions by Academy leaders, the cam
Ipaign continues, often without re-
gard to the rules of warfare.
Striking out against the politickine
Evening star., 1947-03-02
HOLLYWOOD.


You have your own idea of what
a Mayor should look like. A bank
president, stock broker, policeman,
detective or town barber carves out
a mental image the motion picture
screen must try to capture in a man
fner as broadly convincing as possible
when introducing such a character
in film story.
That is why Central Casting Bu-
reau has on its ready call sheets no
less than 800 comparatively obscure
character actors who can pop right
into a screen story in a type role
and make the performance very be-
lievable, at least from the visual
viewpoint.
The late Burton Churchill, never
well known to the fans because he
seldom got screen credit, played so
many Mayors-the pompous, strut
ting, throat-clearing type-that he
probably could have settled in any
community and taken over his hon
or's seat without toe many double
takes from new constituents.
The same went for Guy Kibbee.
After starring In Sinclair Lewis
"Babbitt," Guy was indelibly stamped
in succeeding pictures as the lead
ing citizen Of the average 9 O'Clock
town. Kibbee still carries the nick
name "Bab" among his friends
One Broadway actor, Edward Nc
Namara, came from New York
shortly after sound and played
nearly all top detective roles in the
cycle of gangster movies that fol-
llowed. He was so realistic that,
when the ce1luloid siEut ring busi
mess faded with the passing ef ain :
derWorld films, the Los Angeles 70
! lice Department hired him a
crime hunter. .,.essss7ss1 -
On the reverse angle, Samuel S.
Kinds was a wealthy and successful
Evening star., 1947-03-02
Today's Schedules

CAPITOL-"The Perfect Mar
riage":: 1:50, 4:30, 7:10 and
$50 pm. Stage shows: ITO,
$3.50, $50 and 9:10 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Love Laughs at
Andy Hardy: 1:25, $3.50, $50,
7:35 and 9:35 pm.
EARLE-"The Jolson Story:
12:45, sos, 5:25, 7:45 and 10
pm.
HIPPODROME - Carmen:
2:05, 1855, 5:45. 7:35 and 9:25
pm.
KEITHS-"It's Wonderful
Life: 1:20, 4:05, 6:55 and
9:45 pm.
LITTLE-"Henry the Fifth:
2:30 and $3.50 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"The Beast
With Five Fingers: 1880, $3.50,
5:35, 7::35 and GAS pm.
PALACE-"The Beginning or
the End: 1890, 2:45, sos,
7:20 and $40 pm.
PIX-"Men of San Quentin:
2::20, S, 7::30 and 1910 pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts.
Continuous from pm.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-31

M Is. MI have been correspond
ihs with man and recently he
LETT here to find a job. He was
supposed to send me a present and
haven't heard from him vet r
don't know whether to believe
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him or not. He lied to me about
how many kids he had and he
lied to me about his age and o.
Their things. Now if he doesn't
mean any good, please tell me as
| don't want to lose any more of
my time waiting for him.
Ans:-He fed you a line he's
back at home with his wife and
kid. That's where he belongs.
Look elsewhere for companion
ship and next time choose a single
fellow.
M. d. Tt am very much i'm
proved since following your
Guide. 1t has been a tremendous
help to me. / have another prob
lem. l am living with husband
No, 2 and it doesn't seem that he
loves me as he won't support me.
l want husband No. back and
he wants me. Should I 60 back
to him or just divorce husband
No. 2 and stay single.
Ans:-Your first marriage should
be a closed chapter in your life.
Husband No. l didn't satisfy you
when you were together and he
wouldn't If you took him back.
You're being very silly to renew
this affair. Stop acting like a child
and begin approaching your pres
ent husband and you will find
the happiness in life for which
you are searching. He cares for
you but you aren't playing the
game fair with him.
HAPPIER LIVING LESSONS
Lesson No. 1-Abbe's 1947 Inspira-
Reading (sive birthdate) price
IS cents.
Lesson No. 2-How To Hold Your
Mate, price rs cents.
Lesson No.3-The Way To Hap.
piness, price rs cents.
Lesson No. Allow To Win A
Man, price rs cents.
Lesson No Show to Gain and
Hold Money, rs cents.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-31

Effie Walker prepared dinner at
the Home for the Sick ........ Rev.
Lumos Gulley spent last Wednes-
day with Mr., and Mrs. E. B. Sock
well 49,. Luke SockWell Is still
on the sick list .,..... Elder Harr q
held his Quarterly Conference at
Writers Chapel last Sunday .......
Rev. Mays delivered the three
o'clock message ........ Mrs. Mary
Randall is in Waldo Hospital to
undergo an operation. She is the
wife of d. F. Randall $500. The
Sunday School lesson at Good
Hope Church last Sunday on the
subject Creative Power of Faith"
was well discussed ........ 1--WE ......,.
T. M. was dinner guest of G.. B.
last Sunday -. p. M. M. is on
like a red light with E. NJ C. ........
J. M. is solid with J. L. C. ........
S. l.. r. was really blue Sunday
because she couldn't see that
Ford -. A nickle is a nickle, a
dime is dime, L. v. c. says she
can get l. M. any time . G. v.
A. thinks she is on the ball with
R. B. but you had better watch
G. l.. c. for you know she can get
him any time -. What's happen
ed between c.. L. C. and ]. M,
........ A certain chick got angry
with certain cat because another
chick and she had the cab.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-31

chick is singing Il Wish | Didn't
Love You So" to Tommie Ready
How about this Tommie No.. Luz
Gle smith and James Smith are
sun letting the good times roll.
l wonder If there will be wedding
pells soon ......,. WANTED: A girl
'rleha Tor Arthur Jackson. He's
tall' dark and handsome, very in
teiligent, Apply in person at Jones
High School. Senior Glass
Mable Meany has been calling
Herbert Tyson very often lately
l wonder what they could be talk
ing about ...-.. Why wasn't Doris
Ehoeh at the social Friday night
was 1t because of the trip she took
or because of certain guy -.
RUBY Wade was at the social Fri
Gay night and seemed to be bav-
ing good time $50. Theodore
eurr has recently been walking
1he street since Evelyn has gone
wonder what he will do when
she returns Who is the cat
VINO has been asking, when -
ioa Mae coming back?" Ret,er
hurry nome, child, and see what's
pelng put down.
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p. O. BOX 2179, LITTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS

M. p. Gin having boy friend
trouble. When he asked me to
marry l refused and now he is
going with another girl whom l
think will marry him. | find N.Y.
Sell very much in love with him.
Now | don't want to marry, Just
want boy friend. In other words,
l don't think he would make a
good husband as he loves to drink,
dance and run around. We get "a
long wonderful as sweethearts
and | want to keep it that way.
Ans:-'He's tired of playing around
and wants to settle down. You re-
fused him and he is seeking a
new love. 1t is just as well it
worked out this way as you had
nothing in common and YOU were
only using him until Mr.. Right
came along. You can't have your
cake and eat it too.
ID. C.-l have been here with this
family 3 years and they were real
nice up until recently. l believe
they want the room. Should |
leave or stay on here as | paw
rent?
Ans:-A change would be grand
for you at this time. Look for a
desirable room in another home
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MIR 1--WE
Robert Williams

wonder if Tommie r. and
frankie l.. will ever make up
Clara G.. seems to have run M.
Oh plays, What's wrong, Clara
WHAT'S this l hear about John 8
anu Dofothy {. ,.....,. What happen
ca to Eloise H. and r. Person
Could Naomi M. be the answer
,''''''' WANTED: Boy friend for
Clarlce P. and Bobbie Jean S -
The Dragons Travelled to Memphis
Thursday and suffered an 1870 dc.
1eat ........ Edward d. and Bernie A
just can't get started. l wonder
WHAT'S wrong 800. l wonder il the
flame between w. E. Dunn and
Emma P. has gone out -. What
mas happened to Oracle n and
Eddie S. Will someone tell mo
why Joe E. was so quiet coming
back fsom Memphis ....... WANT
ED Girl friend for Edward D. and
1ohn ,. 1900. Someone asked me
why l.. Givins was playing those
sad lover records at the social
FRIDAY night ........ Carl j. is the
play boy around Jones. You BOYS
had better watch him 49,. J. C.
Mccoy and Ruby c. were on
Thursday night coming from Mem
phls 49,. What happened to Geo
rye 5. and Lois T. Thursday night.
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UVING THE 1--WE
Joe Ella Ash

Bernice Williams and Randolph
Person are being very friendly
these days. How about this Joe
ASH, can't you prove who will
turn out to be the best man? Coo.
Wonder why Barbara Jones goes
to Hot Springs every Tuesday
night. Do you know anything a.
bout this, Melvin ....... A certain
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RIXIE


II was indeed a pleasant trip .,
Brother Oliver Hemphill of Be
err Terrace, who was vacation.
in st. Louis, Chicago, Ill, and In.
dianapolis, Ind, when he ran a.
cross his father whom he had not
seen in thirty years. Each had
thought the other dead. The father
is getting along well in St. Louis.
Brother Hepmhill also found his
brother and sister living in Chi
eago. Brother Hemphill is now
home again in Booker Terrace
....-.- l.. Strickland, Chas Wright,
Sister Jennie Jackson, Sister Blu
lab Taylor, and Brother Norwood
still remain on the sick list -.
1t was sad time Sunday night
at the bedside of Brother Sam
Norwood. When DIR. Thornton
came, it was thought that Brother
Norwood was dying, but at this
writing he is still alive $685.. Book
er Terrace received its greatest
surprise when it learned of the
marriage Of Brother Harrison to
Siste Cora Pratt 1870. Mrs. Ella
Anderson was entertained. by her
husband Friday night prior to
leaving for st. Louis, Missouri,
Saturday, to have her health re-
checked in the hospital there.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-31

Too much friction has begged up
between you lately and it is best
to move now while you are still
on friendly terms.
ssAs 80 sssa
P. 81 am in love with a fine
boy and Lave been for 2 l-2 years.
My mother, dad, sister and all my
friends like him very much. Ev-
cry member of his family is crazy
about me. Now he wants me to
marry him and he is giving me
ring on my birthday in November.
How long should l be engaged to
MN? / know | will make him a
loving wife.
Ans:-Indeed you will. The length
Of an engagement varies, due to
circumstances. Long engagements
are never wise. In your case, two
months should be ample time to
plan and get everything ready for
your wedding. Your fiance is
ready right now.
- -
X, c. M.-About 13 years ago !
went out with young lady and
all at once she said not to see her
again. | met and married another
girl Later l found out the first
girl was going to become a mo-
Their. | asked her about it and she
named another man. Recently. I
saw her daughter who is II wears
old and she called me daddy. 7
feel sorry for her and would like
10 do something for the girl Tell
me If | should or not as 7 haven't
ever been able to get the matter
straight.
Ans:-YOu're under no cblieatiop
to the girl since the mother en-
phatIcally stated that you were
not the father. However. if it will
ease your conscience to helm the
girl out a little financially. 90 a
mead and do SO: Don't dole your
money out to her Iavishly-nav
mere expenses in some trade school
SO she can make her own way in
the world. That kind of helm will
40 more for her than arvthinp
else you could do.
= 4
M Is. MI have been correspond-
Ing with a man and recently ba
left here TO find a lob. He was
supposed to send me a present and
l haven't heard from him vet r
don't know whether IN bo1;o,.o
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North Little Rock
} | Y (
Gerald Dotson

Gerald Dotson
Dorothy C's new lover John S.
seems to be making history for
himself . Vernon Tharpe has
Fannie Louis heart going around
in circles with sweet talk, SO
hear -. Argo Price seems to be
carrying a torch for Della Ingram
-..,. r. Hawkins says Marcile S. is
alright with him ...... Joe A. seems
to have better hold on Bernice
Williams than r. Pearson Ruth
II. is carrying the torch for Lon
ME C. They say, Shame on You.
Laurine |. seems to have w. E. D.
on a string, draws him when she
gets ready ... B. Wilson played
tight Friday night. Better loosen
up, girl ..... Ruby Woods is play
ing cool with Charles d. He says
she is the real Mccoy ...... Archie
S. plays cool and hard, but l
think he has his equal match ....
r. West is playing certain chick
in the Jr. Class ...... Well, gates,
that's all for now. but Ill pick
you up later.
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GOOD HOPE

Mrs. ISABEL Sockwell is here
from junction City, Kansas. She
is the wife of Sgt. Enree Sock
well who is expected here soon
.-...... Mrs. Hollie Gulley and Mrs.
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Too much friction has begged up
between you lately and it Is best
to move now while you are still
on friendly terms.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Mason's Name Up Again
Ry Sheiloh Grohom

in Hollywood" says F!c. And
don't hear Robert complaining.
David Niven, when he finishes
1.-THE Other Love-. will have a bit
of rest before reporting back to
England for his Bonnie Prince
Charlie" picture. This means that
he viii not be doing "The Bishops
Wife" Most of the Prince Charlie
location sequences have already been
shot, with double for David.
* X X X
Laurence Oliver, / am told, re-
fused to come to Hollywood because
Carson Kanin had to bow out OF
his directing assignment with Larry
because of i'll health. And Larry
wouldn't take anyone else. Instead.
The aid wife Vivien Leigh are spend
ing the winter in Australia. They
will appear on the stage down un-
der, with Larry in Richard The
Third" and Vivien doing Skin of
Our Teeth" and both of them to-
gether in School for Scandal"
Barbara Stanwycks new deal with
Hal Wallis gives her the right to
okay the finished picture. There
were some changes made after she
finished 1.-The Strange Love of Mar
tina Ivers," and Barbara didn't want
a repeat.
Lizabeth Scott, who is always gra-
cious to the press-no matter how
tired she is-was telling me that
when she finishes her current Il
Walk Alone" she is going to walk