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Evening star., 1947-07-13
Triumphant
Miss Cornell's
Barretts' Tour
Memorable
by Lawrence Perry
NEW YORK.


In order to follow as well as
might be the fortunes of Katharine
Cornell and her company of touring
players in The Barretts of VIM
pole Street." we took pains to collect
newspapers of the various cities in
which she appeared - Detroit,
Omaha, Salt Lake, Des Moines,
Portland, Tacoma, Vancouver,
Seattle, Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco.
Now, having had time in this
quiet summer interlude to examine
them, we get a definite impression
of q personal triumph not exceeded
by any actress of whatever era in
the annals of the American stage.
Returned from the tour and now
in the seclusion of her summer
home in Vineyard Haven, Miss
Cornell must certainly be resting in
tho afterglow of a memorable ex-
perience in which the public OF all
sections Of this Nation west of the
handsomely attested its
for her as an artist, its
high appreciation Of her character
and her personality.
At Vancouver. the play was not
even advertisedAthere was merely
a formal reading notice of Its pro-
duction. The house was sold out in
one day. At Los Angeles each night,
more than 100 men and women
waited in the lobby hoping tickets
would be turned in or that some
holders would not. turn up. So they
stood waiting and hoping through
the entire first act BEFORE discon-
solately, they went away.
In all, with an expectation OF
doing $40, 900 business weekly, THE
Barretts" did an average through
out its tour Of $26, ,0O0-which, If not
q record, at least comes pretty close
to one. And as Guthrie McClintic
said recently before leaving town for
the vineyard-"Who says the road
is dead duck?" Well. II 1t Is.
Katharine Cornell evidently is the
one to reSurrect it.
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Evening star., 1947-07-13
By SheiIoh Grohom

did when I made them see my first
picture, The Perfect Snob.'"
Expects = New Fight.
In "It Had to Be YOU" Cornel
plays fireman by day. At night
Ginger Rogers dreams he's an
Indian, and we see him as an In
dian. If Cornell is as funny as the
script, he'll be riot.
But after this I expect III have
to fight again, to get away from too
many comedies" Cornell won't have
to fight too long if. his pet project,
Lord Byron" gets under way.
I'm writing Lord Byron as a
book before it's made into movie, u
he tells me. I have a deal with Doth
Fox where they pay me a percentage
after the first 10000 copies are sold
and after $4,000 copies are sold.
I've quite lot OF my own money
Evening star., 1947-07-13

over the money with that verbal
codicil; he has, Of course. been re-
paid by Serlin, and they are the
best of friends.
Among other investors is Hume
Cronyn, Broadway and Hollywood
actor, whose original 81 900 invest
ment now has returned 100000. .
Serlin and his contented COM
patriots conservatively estimate their
ultimate return. after the movie has
run its course two or three years
from now, at about 100-to-1. In
the case of Howard Cullman, this
will return for his original $4,000 in
vestment a fancy total of 100000.
One final happy marginal note !:
Serlin says he definitely will return
Life With Father" to Broadway.
When the movies attractions are
spent. he says, the time again will
be ripe to bring it back for a lin
tied annual run prior to a full sea-
son of touring the provinces. In
this fashion. he optimistically sus-
poets. Life With Father will run
forever.
Evening star., 1947-07-13
Too Much Personality His Handicap
Cornell Wilde Has Fought the Long Hard Fight Prove Himself
a Cinema Leading Man Type
HOLLYWOOD.

HULL WoOO.
Cornel Wilde always has to prove
something-usually that he is right.
But producers have been saying,
You're wrong" ever since Cornell
tried to crash Hollywood.
For years they told me I couldn't
be q leading man." Cornell tells me
on the set of his latest picture, 1T
Had to Be You" Il remember RKO
started it when they said my head
was too small for my body!"
Then Universal pulled classic
when they told Cornels agent: HE
has too much personality" I've
always thought that was one thing
you couldn't have too much of.
Then Metro, Paramount, War
ners and Columbia all said was
a heavy. That's because the
photography was bad in all my
tests, and because I'm dark"
Wrote Own Test.
When Cornel finally landed q
contract at 20th Century-F Fox, 1t
was because he handled the matter
himself. Il wrote the scene so
that no one, even Karloff, could be
called q heavy. 1t was all light
comedy. They signed me as lead
ing man"
Cornel's, first picture at Fox, "The
Perfect Snob" with Lynn Bari; he
considers one of the best he ever
made. 1T was comedy, a GOOD
comedy" Then some one had the
bright idea Of joining Cornell with
Sonia Henie in "Wintertime." /.
: sIt was supposed to be comedy,
but 1t was a tragedy for me" says
Mr.. Wilde, adding, Il hate every
thing and everybody connected
with it," .., .
At this point in his career Cornel
had to do a lot of convincing that he
was any kind of actor. Il had to
make four tests at Columbia to con-
vince them 1 could look consump-
tive-for "A Song to Remember y
This picture was the turning point
in Corners movie life. He was dis
covered" by the women OF the
world, who love their heroes on the
sad side.
Amber. All Amber.
But after that the producers
could see me only in costume roles.
Before I landed Leave Her to
Heaven I almost worked myself
into a breakdown convincing them
that could wear modern clothes" !"
When Cornell was first assigned
the leading mans role, Lord Bruce
Carlton. in Forever Amber" he
was sorry he hadn't convinced his
bosses it would be better to leave
him as a modern. The first version
was Amber, Amber, all the way.
The men in the movie were more
or less background. Cornell fought
like a wildcat to get out. The new
Amber" with Linda Darnell was
better. But by that time Cornel
was ready for a breakdown because
he had made three or four pictures
without stop.
II finished The Bandit Of Sher-
wood Forest one night at six. At
nine, the same night. / was start
ing for location with Leave Her
to Heaven!' I was supposed to go
to Honolulu-until I read the script
of Tt Had to Be You Then I had
to convince them all over again
that I could do comedy. I finally
Evening star., 1947-07-13
She's Just Too Normal
Joan, by Refusing to Behave Colorfully
Startles All Hollywood
Bv Horold Heffernon

kiss and Tell" and who has been
nothing hut headliner during her
three years In Hollywood appear so
uninteresting?
No Fake Adventures.
The answer seems simple. Whole
some Joan" is a victim of produc-
ers' haste to cash in on q wind
blown freshness that dazzled their
jaded eyes. She didn't get the usual
all-out buildup. She was rushed in
to pictures so fast that no one had
time to tag her with a new version
of the "oomph girl title.
| No one traced the Caulfield fam
lily tree beyond the hills of their
West Orange, N. j.. home. No eIcit-
ing adventures were cooked up for
her. and even the cheesecake art
consisted of only few crumbs. She
looked like a little lady, your kid
sister, and the builder-uppers just
don't make sirens and characters
fout of such stuff.
When Joan relates the story OF
her discovery" the details are typ-
cal of Caulfield herself. She refuses
to elaborate. After modelling barn
yard fashions for Sears, Roebuck
catalogues, she had the good for
tune to land her face on the cover
of national magazine.
No Anxious Hours.
With the periodical in hand, Joan
(then 19 called. unannounced, at
the office of George Abbott, Broad
way producer. She didn't brush
past protesting secretaries and barge
in on the producer demanding a job.
On the other hand, as Joan tells
it, she merely showed the picture
on the cover to Abbott's secretary.
The receptionist smiled and said
she felt sure Mr.. Abbott would see
her. He did. 1t was that easy.
Without heartache. anxious hours
waiting at the phone, or hunger.
Joan was signed-to play a small
part as a gold digger in Beat the
Band" The show folded in eight
weeks, but it did lead to her land
ing the part of Corliss Archer. the
intriguing adolescent, in Abbott's
Kiss and Tell" And right there
the gold dust began blowing.
After joining Paramount, she
made Monsieur Beaucaire," Miss
Susie Slagle's" and Blue Skies"
and then was handed star rating In
Welcome Stranger" and Dear
Ruth Today, she is making loan
out money for her bosses by appear
ing in The unsupported" for
Michael Curtiz at Warner Bros. to
be followed. on her home lot, by
co-starring role with Alan Ladd IN
The Long Grey Line"
Still, Joan hasn't done any of the
things expected of star. She
hasn't married anybody. can't stand
the Fernando Valley and its
fashionable fora and funa. hasn't
swimming pool to her name. Is
more serious about her golf clubs
than night clubs. lives with her
mother in an apartment above the
Sunset Strip, and until few
months ago drove q beat-up 1887
sedan.
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Evening star., 1947-07-13
Words of Wisdom
BY the Associated Press

- HOLLYWOOD.
Out of the mouths of babes -.
When Gregory Peck's 12-year-old
brother Donald visited the actor
at work the other day, somebody
asked him the usual question: How
did it feel to be the brother OF a
big star2
It don't know that 1t means
much" said Donald. Greg makes
his living this way, and dad makes
his running drug store.
Tim going to be q mechanic"
Evening star., 1947-07-13
Movie VS.. the Novel
Dickens Great Expectations Supports
Hollywood's Arrogant Claims
By joy Cormody

SofmoGy
together few of the resident ones are
never annoyed Hollywood
day will make the novel an
literary form
This boast is set down the extreme
the native
The truth is however that the Hoywoods
minds adherens this faith
respectable
with the affections
predicting they taking the possible
realistic position the fact that the tell
novests powerfully he him
self by not using it, In the first instead Of the second
This far saying that the always picks
ap the novel where the author drops and makes look ike the
a gifted 1t given ample proof however
which becoming common
ruie the old line publishing houses
ProofV This Week
spectacular specimen of just what the pro-
phetic directors talking about 70 tne pu n
locally today in the adaptation OF
Dickens Great Expectations Not even the most rveren
disciples of the 10Th centurys
accorded the master IN the tale ano
the contrary members OF this group nave
been among the first the dimensions OF
in this treatment OF his roustE eere
narrative they well that the screens dimensions
the observation both true ana
truly worthy loyal Dickensians.
when they entng instrument avail
able feels great story stirring within hm'
Hasn't Always Worked
Theirs the charge that many noese
experienced diminuon and degradation OF MS even
minor writer's but that there ever more ~
evidence this need not be.
amount and reourcefuness has
gone worthy Of teaching the nhde young that Dickens
the great OF the Egsh language Inc eh
ingenuity however has been to create the
impression that the author classical and therefore stuny
this rather lesser known OF his dramatic
compositions ruthless effective method making the
same sprays who comes within
knowledge that this writer more exciting tnan
eloquent teacher implied
unmportan it gives Dickens millions of
admirers The important thing is that
author like whom they have
the of telling has been dis
moth
fail to the result improving
the decades most potent
achievements.
Earlier ThrlIers
thriller
~sen Hollywood could desire blend everything that
makes tension excitement treated with
fitting Director and his with equally
acute Of the storys force when related usually.
Screen literature has devised heroes equal Dickens
nobility humility spirit alaround charm Rarely
the beloved than
Magwtch the convict who restored with
simple goodness the inspiration the lad he meets the
As for herones Scarett OHara iksome,
comparison with Estea the bearte promises
adong Pip into classic until muscles
her into her place his
Of character like
rarely Miss Havham the ancient
the ravishing Esela.
These creatures of Dickens his
handWork result of being through
Leans -
What they take something
"waop 1t quality which enriche
at least the skeptcs along with that
movie maker between his story and the printed
Evening star., 1947-07-13
HOLLYWOOD.


If there is one type of personality
to confuse and bewilder ballyhoo-
minded Hollywood, it's the actor who
persists in remaining normal. calm
and himself at all times. unmindful
of the alteration of fandom or the
sort Of social position he should
maintain in the film world.
Occasionally, such people come to
movietown and succeed without fol-
lowing the traditional garish pat
tern. Press agents brand them col
or,ess" or "unco-operative' and pri-
vately refer to them in a far less
complimentary manner. They make
the f1ack's job tough one.
That brings us to the subject OF
today's story. q Miss. Joan Caulf1eld,
who-much to the anguish Of her
Paramount bosses-f1ts right into
this battling category. For a young
woman who has had the world
pretty much by the tail, and re-
Gently twisted 1t to sudden Holly
wood acclaim, Joan Is a strangely
commonplace person.
Blond. blue eyed and with a fresh
scrubbed personality suggesting in
nocent sex appeal, the 25-year-old
actress seems devoid Of the luster
this town regards as essential to
quick success. AS one front -ofdce
tycoon burst out in disgust, She's
just too darned normal!'
Paramount Had Faith.
Despite a giddy start-right at the
top-and stardom in six successive
pictures, Joan has no discernible
temperament, no colorful eccentric
ities-not even a broad "a"-lacks
a flamboyant past and, except for
a face that has turned nearly every
head but her own, might be mis-
taken for the little stenographer
down the hall. And this. to her en-
ployerS, is a sad state of affairs.
Paramount testified its faith in
her prospects. by gambling 100000
on three pictures before the public
even had a glimpse of her. Since
then. fan mail and reviews have
vindicated their judgment. But the
big complaint is that she has failed
to take her new fame in the proper
spirit-sort of let her bosses down,
as it were.
She hasn't slapped an assistant
director or had messenger boy
fired She doesn't do 0ltlandtsh
things like keeping a rooster or a
cougar for a pet. And. instead of
dating producers. is seen dancing
at night spots with press agents and
others considered beneath her sta
tion.
This has given rise to the COM
plant that Caulfield lacks color.
Why should girl who modelled her
way through two years at Columbia
University. who surprised Broad
way in. her first important role in
Evening star., 1947-07-13
Today's Schedules

AMBASSADOR-"Great Ex-
pectations": l, 3:05, $40,
7:l5 and $50 pm.
CAPITOL-"Cynthia":: 1::50.
4:35.7:15 and 9::55 pm. Stage
shows: los, 3:45, $50 and
9:10 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Miracle on 34th
Street: 1870, $3.50, 5:35, 7::35
and $40 pm.
EAR Great Expecta-
tons: /, $40, 500, 7:3O, and
$40 pm.
HIPPODROME-"The Years
Between: 2:20, 4:15, sos, 8
and $50 pm.
KEITHS-"Ivy':: 12:45, 5, 5:15,
7:30 and 9:45 pm.
LITTLE-"Storm in a Teacup":
1:30, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and $40
METROPOLITAN-"odd Man
Out: Ito, 800, 5:25, 7::30
and $40 pm.
PALACE-"The Macomber AZ
fair: 1880, 3:35, $40, TAO
and 9:45 pm.
PIX-'Lucrezia Borgia"::' 2:05,
4:45. 7:20 and 10 pm.
TRANS X-News and
shorts. Continuous from / pm.
Evening star., 1947-07-13
Coming Attractions

NATIONAL "Oklahoma!"
starting July II.
CAPITOL-"Easy Come, Easy
Co." with Sonny Tufts and
Diana Lynn, starting Thurs
day.
COLUMBIA-"Th Michigan
Kid" with Jon Hall, starting
Thursday.
THE Perils Of Paul,
ine," with Betty Hutton.
KEITH'S-"They Won't Be-
neve Me-" with Robert Young
and Susan Hayward, starting
Wednesday.
They Met in the
Dark" with James Mason.
METROPOLITAN--''T he Un-.
faithful" with Ann Sheridan.
PALACE-"The H Hucksters."
with Clark Gable, starting
Friday. s -. .~.
PIx-"Heart of New York"
with AL Jolson, starting Fri
day. +.a.. - he8f
Evening star., 1947-01-13

acquteSce In q military or . semi
military government.
There are thousands Of people in
this country who, while reposing
unstinted confidence in Gen. Mar
shall, nevertheless fervently hope
that he will 60 into the Department
Of State as civilian and that he
will run that department as a
civilian. He should be cognizant
that there is q natural disposition
on the part Of a man to surround
himself with those with whom he
has been accustomed to work, with
men Of the same traditions. thing
ing the same line Of thought.
Americans know that Gen. Mar
shall can do such an outstanding
job as Secretary Of State as he did
as Chief of Staff during the great
est war in history. But they also
know that the job of Secretary of
State is outstandingly, and even ex-
clusively, civilian job. The great
est help that those associated with
Gen. Marshall in the armed services
can render him will be not only not
to expect anything for themselves,
but to encourage him to organize,
with civilians, the civilian job that
lies ahead of him.
(Copyright, 1947)
Evening star., 1947-01-13

and permanent peace upon which
the hearts of mankind are set.
One may say this with real sin
cerity, and still regret the necessity
of change in the conduct OF our
foreign affairs at time when
Secretary Byrnes was making such
notable progress, and when he had
gained the confidence Of the people
70 such a high degree.
It was no fault Of Secretary
Byrnes that he was called upon to
take over the Department OF State
after the laissez-faire administra-
ton of Secretary Hull's careerers,
and the catch-as-catch-can per-
formance of the Stettinius- Rookie
feller team. Perhaps Secretary
Byrnes would have done just as
good a job If he had vigorously
reorganized a department where
a house-cleaning was long overdue
Hopes Aides will Remain.
Perhaps his health might have
sustained the shock better than 1t
was able to if he had sent the
highly efficient and well-trained
Undersecretary, Dean Acheson, to
be the active negotiator of treaties,
the work on which has proved to
be too much of a tax upon not
too-strong. although always willing,
chief. But what has been, has been,
and the country can only yield the
need of praise that is due to Secre-
tary Byrnes, while regretting the
occasion of his going.
Gen. Marshall will find himself
suddenly thrown in the midst Of
delicate negotiations In which he
has had no part. It Is to be hoped
that, ii he wishes them to stay on,
Undersecretary Acheson and Ben
jamin v. Cohen, counsellor Of the
department, will continue to con-
tribute their very considerable tai
ents to the service of their country.
1t is known that Mr.. Acheson has
been wanting to resign. and 1t Is
generally understood that the finan-
cial sacrifice that he has been
called upon to make during the past
several years has been more than
any citizen should be expected to
endure indefinitely. But his expert
ence,, strength and sagacity, as well
as those Of Mr.. Cohen, could i'll be
spared now.
;. ;, Without detracting one little from
the qualities and character OF Gen.
Marshall, and without withholding
by even a fraction that which we
all gladly concede to be his due, 1t
is, nevertheless, not out OF place to
say that many citizens would feel
even more enthusiastic about him
than they do If he were not mill
tary man.
Gen. Marshall is a professional
soldier, although not in the West
Point tradition. Perhaps it is luck.
after all, that he failed Of appoint
ment to West Point-this man who
was to become the greatest soldier
in the whole world-because his
father happened to be of one politi-
cal party and his Congressman OF
another.
But while it is fortunate that
fate in this case proved stronger
than partisan politics, 1t is to be
Evening star., 1947-01-13

always h oA1
ject. Every once
In q while I
write a b ou t
something else.
But I must re-
turn to the SUBJ
ject today be-
cause on a re-
cent automobile
trip from my
home to New
Orle a n S a n d
from New Or
leans to my
h ONE It h a t's
darned near a
Evening star., 1947-01-13

people a better perspective Of the
Roosevelt regime and q clearer view
Of Mr.. Roosevelt himself than any
thing now available or that will be
Evening star., 1947-01-13

@. When was the office Of Attor-
ney General created?-W. D. s.
A. The Office was created by act Of
Congress of September "a, 1889. The
Attorney General was not included
in the Presidents cabinet until 1914.
Evening star., 1947-01-13

deplored that so many members Of
the armed forces have been finding
their way into the Government in
civilian positions. England does a
far better job of insisting upon
civilian standards than does the
United States. We love beribbcned
military uniforms only second in
degree to our love Of the high
sounding titles of the foreign aris-
tccracy. But it would be an i'll day
for America, including the military
itself, if we should ever come to
Evening star., 1947-01-13

patriotism a n d
character, Presi-
dent TT UNI a n
could not have
c h os e n better
than he did in
a S k ing Gen.
Marshall to de-
vote his skill and
patient intelli-
gence to the So
luton Of the
problems t n a {
still, almost two
years after the
war In Europe,
block the road to
tba ,l,7iverSal
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years. And 1t should be extremely
useful to historians.
It is to be hoped those now pre-
pairing the 900 volumes for publica-
ton do as little editing as possible.
Let us have 1t In Mr.. Morgenthau's
own simple words. They could not
be more Illuminating.