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Evening star., 1947-02-23

study weeks, even months, and lit
orally wear the skin off their fingers
learning to make music in hurry.
Robert Hutton is one of them. A
few weeks ago Bob thought piano
a nice, tuneful instrument. But it
was for the other fellow. Then they
called him in at Universal-1nterna-
tional, told him he was to thump
the worries and also conduct a Is
piece symphony orchestra for sew
eral scenes in Time Out Of Mind" !"
He scanned the script and dis
covered that he was a New England
pianist and composer. For six weeks
in advance of shooting, Hutton
studied piano. His practice sessions
ran four or five hours daily, Sundays
included. But he'll look the part
when you see the movie.
Just Like Rubinstein.
Katharine Hepburn is another
star who became a piano whiz over
night. She played the wife of Com
poser Robert Schumann in Song OF
Love-" Paul Henreid as Schumann
and Robert Walker as Johannes
Brahms also did difficult runs and
chords on the keyboard in this film.
They all laughed when Barbara
Stanwyck sat down at the piano.
That was three months ago. how
ever, when she couldn't play note.
Today at Enterprise Studios, where
she is starring as the concert vir-
tuoso heroine of Erich Maria REM
argues "The Other Love-" Barbara
goes deftly through Rubenstein's
Concerto" while the camera turns
on her at close range.
It was all pre-recorded, OF course.
But the way Barbara's fingers
pranced over the keyboard. very few
even PROFESSIONALISM be able to
detect the fake.
John Garfield fiddled like an ex-
pert in "Humoresque, while Robert
Aida, as Gershwin, played the piano
in Rhapsody in Blue"
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Evening star., 1947-02-23
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
The straight romantic roles he
has played for the last 10 years
have begun to pail on Nelson Eddy.
He wants no more of them.
Why? Thar amt enough hosses
In 'em; podner"
That's the new" Nelson Eddy
speaking, the Eddy who says, "It
wouldn't make me mad If I never
made another thing but westerns"
It may be only nasty gossip. but
some of the sharper critics in Holly
wood find in Nelson's enthusiasm
for westerns a remarkable coiucl-
dence. Not long ago he parted. COM
pany with MGM and took up with
Republic, recognized leader in Cow
boy-and-Ipjun" productions.
This Eddy denies, but there's no
doubt he needs change of pace.
He can't 60 on singing "Shortnin'
Bread" forever.
AS a matter of fact, those who
have worked with Eddy since he
came to Hollywood from the Metro
politan Opera agree that Eddy never
has had a role to bring out all his
talents. Now that he's As and be-
ginning to thicken a bit in the mid
die, maybe Eddy can start making
movies that are fun.
Never once has Nelson been al
lowed to pull a gag in movie. But
out of camera range he's more OF
a cutup than Red Shelton, and his
sense of humor is more droll than
that of Groucho Marx. He wants to
do a western with gags. mo blood
and thunder-just gags"
UNFORTUNATELY" he adds, II sup
pose they will want me to sing. too"
When Eddy went to Republic he
began absorbing western atmos-
phere in a hurry. Now" he says.
'T can get on a horse without fall
ing off"
He figures he can save the studio
Evening star., 1947-02-23
Film Fans Like
.TOBe Fooled
When w armed
By Harold Heffernon

On the eve of the sound rampage
back in 1928, Richard Barthelmess-
then at the height of his fame as a
silent celluloid idol-sat down to the
piano in a picture called Weary
River" and played it like a profess
sional. A little later in the same
film, he not only played the piano
but sang couple of songs like a pro-
fessional.
Only AL Jolson in 1.-THE Jazz Sing
er" had displayed such talent before
via the new medium. Barthelmess
fans went wild with excitement. His
fan mail hit approximately $4,000
pieces within month after the re-
lease of Weary River" Barthelmess
fan clubs sprang up all over the
Nation.
Then, couple of months later, 1t
happened! Hollywood was torn from
its roots by the great scandal of
the clubbing room. An old meanie
of a reporter got to rummaging
around in the Warner Bros. music
department.. had some interviews,
and came up with the horrifying
fact: Mr.. Barthelmess had not
played the piano after all. Neither
had he sung those songs. A couple
of other guys did it for him.
Haley Suffered, Too.
It was terrifying aftermath.
Dazed at first by the exposure, the
customers soon pulled themselves
wrathfully together. They demanded
the movie hide of Mr.. Barthelmess
for letting himself be the leading
party to such deception, and they
followed by threatening boycott OF
the studios pictures.
From the date of that episode,
Barthelmess was through-com-
pletely washed up-as a screen star.
He gradually skidded into oblivlcn.
Jack Haley, star of the musical
comedy stage and making strong
bid as a screen headliner, suffered
the same experience as recently as
1888. Haley appeared in box
office hit, wake Up and Live" in
which a theme song played an i'm
portant role in the romantic story.
Haley sang it all the way through,
perhaps a dozen times, in whole or
in part. That is, the fans thought
he sang. When the truth became
known-a Hollywood correspondent
dug that one up, too-they went out
for Haley's scalp, too. Jack was
never a good movie bet after that
one great bid based on a musical
fb. Today he's a strong figure in
radio, but the movie producers still
remember the cry of anguish that
went up from fandom when his
perf1dy was disclosed.
All this is by way of building up
to the great change that appears
to have come over the paying public
in this respect. If you check rec
ords over the past couple of years
and take stock of what's coming up
from the film mills this year. you
begin to think that movie fans like
to be deceived.
Wilde Started 1t.
It was Cornell Wilde who upset
the clubbing apple cart. When
Cornell sat down to play the piano
in "a Song to Remember" he made
screen history He proved, that folks
wouldn't resent seeing an actor
without a musical reputation bring
Evening star., 1947-02-23

forth the melodious sounds of a
great artist. He showed that audi
ences nowadays accept such scenes
as just another phase of movie
magic-and are not even conscious
that some one other than the star
did the recording.
Producers were quick to realize
that Wilde's opening cannonade
had released a great amount Of
story material stacked in their gar
rets. Since "A Song to Remember"
of two years ago, there have come
a dozen or more excellent pictures,
both from Hollywood and England,
in which stars simulated singing or
playing one instrument or another.
For an actor to accomplish the trick
is no easy job, however. Stars
Evening star., 1947-02-23
Broadway:
Partisan Ballet
Is Mike Todd's
Next Import
By The Assoeiofed Press

Mike Todd, the musical comedy
producer who occasionally steps out
of low comedy groove to have a go
at the more esthetic Broadway items,
will import the Ballets des Champs
Elysees for a New York season start
ing next month. :. The new COM
pany has been developed by Boris
Kochno and emphasizes youth, the
Oldest member being 81. With Ia
ballets in its repertoire, the troupe
will play one week in Boston prior
to the Broadway opening.
Despite some good reviews, "The
Story of Mary Surratt," by John
Patrick, called 1t quits after nine
peri rformances. T.. Unable to find 8
theater to which it could shift Its
activities, "Toplitzky of Notre Dame
ended its run after 81 times.
The rental agreement for the Will
liam Calm production included g
stop clause" below which its box
Office receipts could not drop without
terminating the rental contract
The management said the show
was building" but as it now stands
or fiops, it represents a loss oi
nearly a quarter of million clans
Lillian Hellman's Another Part
of the Forest" passed it's Tooth per-
formance, making it the fifth of the
authoress' six produced plays to
pass the magic 100 mark, generally
accepted as the point at which a
play officially is recognized as
chit" Her lone flop was days
to Come" which ran seven times in
1896.
Eugene O'Neill's 1.-THE Iceman
Cometh" is winding up its Broad
way run March Is after 1875 per-
formances and will open road tour
two days later in Baltimore.
Another Theater Guild production
George Kelly's 1.-THE Fatal Weak
ness" also closes March after a
Broadway run of 119 times, and
gets jogging along the touring trial
March 3, also in Baltimore.
The special 1O-cent matinees for
New York high school pupils re-
sumed this past week, when Jose
Ferrer's production of "Cyrano de
Bergerac" was presented for the
teen-agers. >. The dime admittance
Is possible because every one con-
cerned - management, actors, un-
ions, theater owners, Dramatists'
Guild-waive all remuneration in
order to open up a new cultural
field for the youngsters. More
than 1900 have attended these per-
formances in the past and the New
York City School Theater program,
which directs the project, says it has
been established that half Of the
youngsters were seeing legitimate
play for the first time.
Evening star., 1947-02-23
Supply and Demand
Top Film Stars Maintain Their Popularity
by Making Fewer Photoplays
By SheiIoh Grohom

of the cowboy parade. But he Is
slowing up-from now on, Roy will
make only four year. It will be
interesting to see how many pic
lures a year rival Gene Autry will
make. Gene is more than anxious
to recapture the top spot he yielded
to Roy when he went into the
service.
Van johnson, on his new s5,000-a-
week contract at Metro, is slowing
down to two a year. Vans been
doing as many as four. While this
was as much quantity as quality,
there Is no question that familiar
ity bred his amazing popularity
with the bobby-sox crowd.
We saw only one picture from
Laurence Olivier in 1946. Maybe he
Is smart, because La1hy was never so
great when he was making two or
three pictures a year in Hollywood
as he is with the one, Henry w. I'd
sure like to see more of him though.
And ditto for Vivien Leigh, whose
sole output for 1916 was Caesar and
Cleopatra"
Garbo Not Forgotten.
Garbo's last movie was 1.-TWO
Faced Woman" That was six years
ago. But the fans haven't forgotten
her and a week doesn't go by with
out my receiving letter asking,
when is Garbo coming back?" I
wish I could answer. And so does
Greta.
+ Like Gable, she wants her come
back picture to be smash success.
But like Gable, she Is trying too
hard. think she should have taken
the Mrs. Paradine role in 1.-The Par
adine Case" with Gregory Peck and
Ann Todd. Directed by Hitchcock.
it's bound to be a success. II Carlo
waits much longer to make a movie,
her public won't be here any more.
Rosalind Russell appeared once
only last year-"Sister Kenny" She
fought five years to do it and had
breakdown in the process. Roe
plans a maximum two pictures q
year from now on. But her next pic
ture, Mourning Becomes Electra"
will take about five months to shoot.
That's one of the difficulties Of
making pictures today. The biggest
musical used to take no more than
three months to make. Now it can
take anything from six months to
year and cost anything from three
to five million dollars. You can't
make too many pictures year at
those prices.
What do you think? Would you
rather see your favorite screen star
more often or does familiarity breed
indifference?
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i Alliance)
Evening star., 1947-02-23
Todav's Schedules

CAPITOL-"Lady in the Lake:
1::5O, ABS, 7:20 and 1905 pm.
Stage shows: ITO, 1855, $40
and 9::25 pm.
COLUMBIA-"The S e ere t
Heart: lis, 800, 5:25, TBS
and 9::35 pm.
EARLE-"The Jolson Story:
12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45 and
1905 pm.
HIPPODROME Carmen:
2:05, 3:55, 5:45, 7:35 and
9:25 pm.
KEITH'S-"It's a 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: 1870,
$50, 5:35, 7::35 and 9:45 pm.
PALACE-"The Beginning or
the End: 1890. 2:45, sos.
7:20 and 9:40 pm.
PIX-"Rainbow Island: 1:15,
4:10, 7:05 and GAS pm.
TRANSFORMERS and shorts.
Continuous from l pm.
Evening star., 1947-02-23

Van Goes Slower.
Roy Rogers has been making eight
sage-and-brush epics year. This,
undoubtedly, puts Roy at the head
Evening star., 1947-02-23
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Claude Rains made the most prog
ress of any star in 1916. And he
made five pictures during the year.
At the same time, Ingrid Bergman
outdistanced all her female compe-
tition. Ingrid has made so many
pictures in the past two years that
she wants to stay off the screen a
year to sort of catch up with her
self.
But I'm wondering how right she
Is. And also, how many pictures
should top star make a year to
stay top star?
The record is interesting. Most
OF the big shots now settle for one
or two pictures every II months. In
Humphrey Bogart's new fabulous
15-year contract with Warmers, he
makes one picture a year for them
payment, 0,000-and one inde-
pendent picture for himself.
But I'm wondering if he'll make
it. Stars get mighty scared when
the entire responsibility of laying a
box office egg rests with themselves
Dana Andrews stipulated, when he
signed his new deal with Goldwyn
two years ago, that he could make
one picture for himself. He hasn't
made 1t yet.
Fredric March manages to re.
main a top movie star, but for the
past five years, Freddie has not
averaged more than one picture q
year. He usually rates sl50,000 a
picture. And you can bet that his
price will go up because of his ter
rife performance in 1.-The Best
Years of Our Lives"
Colman Stays Popular.
But with Freddie also being 9
smash hit on Broadway in Year.
Ago." 1t prebably-will be another
year before he makes a new Holly.
wood picture. You should see how
producers here are begging March
for the privilege of starring him!
Ronald Colman made only on
picture last year, 1.-THE Late Georg'
Apley." Before that, Ronnie hat
been absent from the screen TO
something like three years following
his Inflated "Kismet" job with Mar
lene Dietrich. And yet, these lonl
screen absences do not dent MI
Colman's popularity. know r
always go and see every picture h
makes.
Of course, the CLASSIC example Q
infrequent motion-picture appear
ance is Charles Chaplin. Some
times, eight years elapse betwee
his movies. But his pictures no'
i have taken on a curiosity value
! You just have to see it, because 20
don't know when, if ever, the mex
will come along. And 7 just can
wait to see Charlie in "Monsieu
Verdoux," his first film since 9TH
Great Dictator" in 1910.
Clark Gable will make more pic
lures from now on. Three are line
up for him for this year. Clar
. was overanxious to make a goo
comeback after the war, so he chos
Adventure" and laid an egg. Ths
often happens when you try to
hard. The poor boy was so dis
. gusted that for a while it wa
rumored he was retiring from tn
screen. Common sense and his sal
ary prevailed-he receives S7,5C
for each week of each year. An
|, Clark is back at work.
Van Goes Slower.
Roy Rogers has been making eigh
sage-and-brush epics year. Thi!
undoubtedly, puts Roy at the hea
Evening star., 1947-02-23
Funnier Than GrOuChO Marx
By RoIph Diehton

money that way. They won't have
to hire a double for SO many shots.
But don't say I said that" he
admonishes. Maybe I can find
way of getting the doubles salary,
too"
Nelson likes the folks he's met
since he discovered that a horse is
mans best friend. Horse people
are very nice people to know" he
says. Most of them are very
generous and very kind. Yep,
they're awfully nice folks-except
when they want to sell you a horse"
Evening star., 1947-02-23
Coming Attractions

CAPITOL-"The Perfect Mar
riage," with David Niven and
Loretta Young, starting
Thursday.
COLUMBIA-"Cross My Heart"
with Betty Hutton, starting
Thursday.
EARLE-"Nora Prentiss," with
Ann Sheridan.
KEITH'S-"Swell Guy" with
Sonny Tufts.
METROPOLITAN" Sinbad
the Sailor" with Douglas
Fairbanks and Maureen
O'Hara, starting Thursday.
PALACE-"13 Rue Madeleine"
with James Cagney.
1.-THE Right Man." start
ing Tuesday.
Evening star., 1947-02-23

CAN'T HELP SININ-Al Jolson career has been one 1oh
manu- popular songs nestone The tunes haze been
1couen musical uersion of the great entertainers lite
stoy of Al JolSon album entitled "The JoSon Story
Larry Parks playing the leading the th Joons
the sound track adopts upper lett the singers aed
"Sonny Boy pose upper right that Al Just liked
to ng of backtace BeloU: Mr.. Joon himself as
appeared in his second motion picture, Mammy 7he
Joson Story" is currently the Earle Thedter SCREEN
Evening star., 1947-10-21
Federal Judge Takes
Bratcher's 5 Freedom
Petition for Study
, By the Assoeiofsd Press

LEWISBURG, Pa, Oct. 21.-Fed-
eral Judge Frederick v. Follmer
took under advisement yesterday a
petition for release of Everett M.
"Washie" Bratcher, former Wash
ington orchestra leader now serving
a four-year term at Lewisburg Fed
eral Penitentiary for violation of the
Selective Service Act.
Bratcher, appearing in his own
behalf, testified at a hearing earlier
that Robert Chambers, laboratory
expert for the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and Attorney General
Clark had committed perjury" dur
ing his trial.
Bratcher said in his petition that
Mr.. Chambers had testified at his
trial that he had taken tests which
proved conclusively" Bratcher used
benzidrene to evade induction" into
the armed forces.
However, the petition continued,
chambers testified at another trial
on September IL that there is no
true test which would reveal the
presence of benzedrene."
Bratcher further testified that DR..
Michael Sullivan, head of the med
ical reserach department at George
town University at similar trial
had declared there was no exact
test to determine the presence of
benzedrene."
"It is clearly seen," Bratcher said,
that Mr.. Chambers, when he testi-
fed at my trial committed perjury.
I was therefore committed on false
testimony and am entitled to my
release"
Bratcher said he included Mr..
Clark in his charge because the
Attorney General was at the time
of Bratcher's trial, head of the
Justice Department's Criminal In
Evening star., 1947-10-21
Daughter Is 9th Child
Born to BerqdolIs
By the Associofed Press

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Oct. al
Mrs. Bertha Bergdoll-wife of
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, convicted
draft oodger of World War I, yes
terday disclosed the birth of her
eighth child, a daughter.
The child was born last Tuesday
at Chester County Hospital but
news of the birth was not revealed
until Mrs. Bergdou left the hos
pital yesterday.
The Bergdolls recently moved from
their Chester County farm to River
Edge, an estate on the James River,
in Charles County, Va.
Evening star., 1947-10-21
Australia PIuns Fleet
Of 106 Ships by 1852
BY the Assoeiofed Press

CANBERRA. Oct. 21.-Navy Min
ister William J. Riordan said today
that at the end of Australia,s pres
ent f1ve-year naval expansion pro-
gram in 1852, the dominion would
have 26 warships in commission and
a reserve of 80 ships.
The Australian squadron, he told
Evening star., 1947-10-21

reporters, then would comprise 2
light aircraft carriers, 2 cruisers, s
new destroyers, 16 frigates, survey
ships. minesweepers and boom de-
Evening star., 1947-10-21

vestigation Division, "and was di-
rectly in charge of the case"
Judge Follmer did not indicate
when he would issue a decision on
Bratcher's petition,
Evening star., 1947-10-21

tense vessels. Personnel strength
would number 14,75s, or two-and-
one-half times what it was before
World War II, he said.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-28
Frank :|Il,I:Il Davis

by suddenly whamming on the
big tribal drums they use to
call the faithful to another
witch-hunt, currently the CAPT
tails most popular sport.
/ think an ordinary person
would be forced to blush now
and then as he thought of the
inconsistency, the utter gall of
yelling Outrage" to the world
when Hungarian democrats
kick out their fascist plotters,
while here at home we place
our Tafts and Eastlands in re-
sponsible positions in the ma
tional government. But then,
no ordinary person could head
our government.
If little White House Harry
is about to have trouble find
ing the wrong people to help
abroad, let his worries cease.
He now has new windfall of
possibilities, for the Interna-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-28
Smoking EN- out
by HERMAN scHENpEL

you were right about learn
ing to read the financial pages
of the daily papers. l have been
reading them lately and l cer-
tainly am learning. Look at
the speech made by Edward ].
Hanley here in Chicago. -"
You certainly put your fin
ger on good article, Frank,
that you can tell the Packing
house workers about. Hanley
is vice-president Of the Allie
sheny Ludlum Steel Corpora
ton. He was speaking at a
meeting of cost accountants,
and the paper summarizes his
remarks this way:
Edward J. Hanley. vice
president of the Allegheny
Ludlum Steel Corp. told the
conference that in order to
reduce costs. industry must
utilize labor. more efficiently
and replace il wherever pos
sible with machinery"
1T SEEMS that Mr.. Hanley
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-28

public. I am not in position
to say that an advance copy
of this report was made avail
able in Washington for White
House guidance.
Underground Fascist groups
exist throughout Italy with the
active support of number of
converts depending directly ON
Rome" this report states. Italy
qualified for American dollars
when de Gasperi kicked out
the Socialists and Communists.
who are the political majority,
and established one party rule
which gives aid and encour-
agement to these same under
ground Fascist groups which
have the active support of a
number of converts depending
directly on Rome"
1t is not necessary to con-
tinue. No matter which way
we look, we see added evidence
of the genius of little White
House Harry for being con-
sistently wrong on our foreign
policy. | suppose next he and
his advisers will try to figure
out some way of extending it
to Satan's kingdom in order to
keep out those devilish Reds.
II so, I will finally be in agree
ment for have long been will
ing to concede that they ought
to take the Truman doctrine
and go to hell.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-28
Two little words-and why they drive employers wocky

was really excited. He himself
tells why:
The level to which labor
costs have gone in the last 10
years is really unbelievable
when you look back at it."
He tells his. shocked listeners
that common laborers used to
get 47c an hour in 1886, and
now they get $1.0912 an hour.
Yes sir, ten years ago, common
labor used to get less than
half buck an hour. Those are
the good old days" the big
bosses are yearning-and work
ing-for. That's why they want
the Taft-Hartley law. But that
isn't enough. Mr.. Hanley was
talking to cost accountants"
you must remember, so he adj
vised them:
Find the places where in
: dustrY can do with fewer
people or make a machine
do the work of hands"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-28

This was the man who was
hired by the Readers Digest
to blast the famous -Four Free
doms" declarations of the late
President Franklin D. Roose-
welt and former Vice President
Henry A. Wallace. 1gsi,
Next week the Star will dis
close the backgrounds of seven
Readers Digest editors. at least
three of whom had dealings
with known fascists.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-28

tori of the Readers Digest. l
did one thing for them and l
got 81, 500 in 1941.
Il had lunch with lDeWitt)
Wallace. He is the editor of
the Readers Digest. =. He said
he wanted me TO line up a set
of articles on this quart of milk
day for everybody in the
world. and freedom from want
and poverty. and all that sort
of thing. pros and cons. and
he said he would have TO be
very careful not TO let it be
known that he was using me in
this way.
He said: You will have to
stop your letter "a fascist prop
aganda sheet before it gets
you in jail. They will not toll
crate that kind of free speech
now
Well, in June Palmer came
to me and said that Wallace
wanted to make me a PROPOSE
ton and he would give me
$1,000 for the piece Of work l
did for him, and he would give
me a monthly stipend for a