Evening star., 1947-03-13

blown apart, and once old and beau-
tiful cities were reduced to worse
than the Washington slums de-
plored that night by Trans-Lux's
first audience.
A state Of terrified truce on March
| IL, 1947, finds Trans-Lux still largely
tunconcerned with the local news on
which 1t placed so much emphasis
the night it was born.
Its most significant program item
Is the departure Of Secretary Of
State Marshall for Moscow, where
the Big Four foreign ministers are
meeting to see what can be done
to save what the decade has left Of
the world and its population. The
Supreme Court is shown rendering
its decision on John L. Lewis and
the United Mine Workers, constitu-
tional authority giving It's answer
to the challenge Of new authority.
Man is still an interesting actor,
far more dramatic than he was 10
years ago.
A worse actor, Trans-Lux audi
ences might well conclude looking
back over the theater's 10 years.
Yet, In spite Of everything, there
are signs that the war is over.
Movie press agents provide num-
ber Of such. In their almost spec
tacular limited ways, they are try
ing to rebuild the world In its old
image. In the midst Of the big
contests between nations, and
classes within nations, the movie
press agents are trying to bring
back the contest between girls to
determine which is the prettier,
more poised, etc.
Latest Of such contests Is one
being arranged to find a Wash
ington brunette with beauty, bright
manners, and enough free time
to spend q week in Hollywood.
The high light Of the Hollywood
week will be an invitation to be the
house guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
Hope.
Mr.. Hope has just finished a
picture, my Favorite Brunette,
with which the contest has a con-
nection that Is downright hagrant.
Washington girls who would like
to spend a week in Hollywood, and
q week end with the Hopes, are
invited to send by 10 photographs
|of themselves to Loew's Palace
Theater, with name, address, age
and telephone number written
legibly on the back. The contest
winner will be announced on March
10.
It does not say how Mrs. Hope
feels about having so many Of
her husbands presumably favorite
br,lnettes as weekend guests. If
it helps draw attention to her hus-
bands picture, she probably Is as
reconciled as wives can be to such
press agent antics.
So, there is at least that much
Of what used to be regarded as
normalcy In the world. It is not
much, but.
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Bulletin board: The Suzari
Marionettes and their musical YER
sion of 1.-THE Wizard of OF" will
bring the Children's Theater sea-
son to a close at Lisner Auditorium
on March 20. There will be the
usual two performances, morning
and afternoon. Evening per-
formances of Eugene O'Neill's mara
thon play, "The Iceman Cometh,'
will begin at 7:3o pm. during the
dramas fortnight at the National
Theater starting March "a. . -. Mat
inees will start at 2 pm. Edith
Myrick's plan, Storm" dealing with
the life Of Mary Todd Lincoln, gets
around among the University play
ers. It's latest presentation was
at the University Of Delaware. =. J. .
Storm" which was written while
Miss Myrick was a student at Cath
olic University, had Its premiere
performance there in 1910. .
Lights Out" a screenplay with a
subordinate theme Of race prejudice,
will be the first independent pro-
duction of Robert Montgomery un-
der his new deal with Universal
International Pictures. Incl
dentally, Montgomery, Dick Powell.
Franchot Tone and several other
actor executives of the Screen
Actors Guild have been forced to
give up their Guild offices as re-
suit Of their new producer-profit
sharing deals. There still are
enough actors who do not produce
to keep the guild aggressiveiy
stated