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Evening star., 1948-06-27

The site of the Worlds Fair,
where Billy Rose presented his
"Aquacade," will have gals and guys
splashlng away again this year.
Elliott Murphy's "Aquashow" opens
Wednesday with a cast of 100, in
cluding the Salici Puppets and the
usual water show acts. :. . The
American Theater Group is search
ing for a young girl to star in
"Grandmas Diary which opens IN
New Haven September 2, and it lists
these enviable qualifications: The
candidate should be young Ina
Claire, about Is years old and pref
erably blond. May l add that
any actress would like to be a
young Ina Claire" including Ina
Claire!
Lots of Laughs.
Dwight Deere Wiman has bought
Marc Connellys new comedy, "A
Story for Strangers" for early fall
production. To get back momen-
tarily to Paul and Glace Hartman,
they hired their favorite certified
public accountant to clock the
laughs in Angels in the Wings y
They announced forthwith that
two. average weeknight performances
turned up totals of 761 and 1853
times the audiences risibilities were
tickled. Broken down further by
these eager CPA's, it means that
there are 7.8 chuckles, outlaws and
"yaks," which Is the penultimate in
the laughter sweepstakes, per min
llte
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Starred in His First Show
Sid Caesar of "Tars and Spars" Arrives On
Top in MAKE Mine Manhattan"
By Lawrence Perry

Stain In Moscow I heard a lady ask
him If my Russian was very good.
He said it sounded good to him.
But later, when we we're leaving.
he asked me If had really spoken
Russian and I had to tell him I
didn't know word of any language
other than English. He laughed and
said the joke was on him. Say. why
wouldn't I be exalted? Gen. Eisen-
hover was there, wasn't he, and
Admiral Kincaid and other brass.
Pretty good for humble ex-Coast
Guardsman, wouldn't you say?"
Sid not only mouths Russian.
employing meaningless words and
phrases dripping with Muscovite in
flexion, but French, Swedish. Italian
oh, any dialect-and besides he
emits vocal effects including hunting
sounds, a bugle, dial telephone,
horse, police siren anything,
In short.
Started In Service.
II don't know how do It," he
said. Il just do, and always have.
Did it when I was in the Coast
Guard during the war in that mu-
sical of ours 'Tars and Stars and
let me say I am grateful to that
show because it was there I got my
first start as a comedian"
And what a start! Make Mine
no less; a star In his
first appearance, age 81, on Broad
ways legitimate stage!
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Evening star., 1948-06-27
Movie Maker
And His Star
DO battle
Bv SheiIoh Grohom
By SheiIoh Grohom
HOLLYWOOD.

What have love, life and Leo done
to Laraine Day? I ask this question
after a visit to Laraine's most re-
cent producer in Hollywood, Harry
Popkin. They have recently COM
pleted the picture MY Dear Secre-
tary."
To say there is no love lost be-
tween Laraine and Mr.. Popkin is to
put it much too mildly. According
to the producer: 'Iaraine wouldn't
even speak to me all the way
through the picture. It was kind of
embarrassing. I'd have to tell her
what to do through a. third party.
While Laraine was standing as close
to me as you are now she'd reply
through third party The only
time she talked direct to me was
on Tuesday before we finished. She
said: I want to leave for the East
tonight So I said No Then on
Wednesday she again said: I'm leav-
ing tonight and I said No I let
her go on Friday when I was sure
the picture was finished. But If we
have any retakes, she'll have to
come back"
| According to Producer Popkin,
Laraine's attitude was even more
unexplainable, because: II tried to-
be so nice to her. Why even loaned
her a beautiful 1948 car, complete
with chauffeur, to bring her and
the children to and from the studio4
at all times"
Fun on the Set.
So went on the set to see what
all the shooting was about. And II
found Laraine, with very short, very
blond hair. She has just finished
playing a practical joke on her lead
ing man, Kirk Douglas. Before q
scene Laraine had called to him
sweetly. Then, when he was quite
close to her, smack, she let him
have it with a very wet lemon me-
rangue pie.
Later, heard that Kirk had his
revenge, when they made their last
take" He had to kiss Laraine and
when she closed her eyes with her
| lips puckered up, he reached be-
hind him and swish, he squirted
the girl all over her pretty face with
soda water.
But as to her problem with Pop
kin, Laraine doesn't talk as freely
as the producer. I understand she
is now consulting her attorney to
give her side of the fracas. Laraine,
earlier in the picture, had walked
off the set in high dudgeon and
was said to be heading East. Mr..
Popkin tells me she reported back
when he prepared to slap a heavy
suit for damages on her.
None Till Fall.
Laraine said she will have plenty
to say at later date as to why she
walked off the set on that particu-
lar day. She insists it was not be-
cause she wanted to spend the week
end with Leo. That's cockeyed
and ridiculous" Laraine's close
friend and manager, Marty Martin,
told me. And, furthermore, il
Laraine was as difficult as report
has it. how come she finished the
picture in three days ahead OF
Evening star., 1948-06-27

schedule, saving Mr.. Popkins thous-
ands of dollars?
Anyway, because of all the fuss
Laraine told me that from now on
movies art out for her during the
baseball season. I'm not coming
back to Hollywood until October
when the baseball season is quite
over. And Leo will be with me.
Then I'll make a picture"
In early years here, Laraine was
famous for never doing anything
OF sensational nature. She lived
quiet, private life and her only
absorbing passion was to get good
movie roles and improve herself as
an actress. Now Mr.. Durocher has
superseded her career and it's my
private opinion that one of these
days, Laraine will give her career
the complete go-by, SO she can de-
vote "a hours a day, 1865 days a year,
for the next SO years to the man
she loves.
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Evening star., 1948-06-27
Coming Attractions
NATIONAL-"Harvey" begins
it's seventh week tomorrow

NAT1ONAL-"HarVey peglns
it's seventh week tomorrow
night.
Observation-Disclosures On
the High Seas" with Jack
Carson, starting Thursday.
CAPITOL-"On An Island With
YOU" with Esther Williams,
starting Thursday.
COLUMBIA - Summer Holi-
day." with Mickey Rooney,
starting Thursday.
DUPONT-'The Idiot" with
Gerard Philippe, startin g
Wednesday.
HIPPODROME - "Octo b e r
Man." with John Mills.
KEITH'S-"The Best Years OF
Our Lives" with Dana An
drews, starting Wednesday.
LITTLE-"Rebecca," with Joan
Fontaine.
METROPOLITAN-"The Moose
Hangs High" with Abbott and
Costello, starting Thursday.
PALACE-"The Street With No
Name" with Mark Stevens,
starting Thursday.
PIX - "Hellzapoppin," with
Olson and johnson, starting
Friday.
PLAYHOUSE THE Pearl"
with Pedro Armendariz.
WARNER-"Romance On the
High Seas" with Jack Carson,
starting Thursday.
Evening star., 1948-06-27

Paul and Grace Hartman, stars
of the hit revue, Angel in the
Wings turned down an offer OF
$4,000 a week for four-week en-
gagement at the London Palladium.
We're staying in the show as
long as Broadway wants U.s." Paul
said, adding that he even has passed
up the chance to. play in his produc-
ton of "If You Like Murders"
mystery comedy the Hartmans will
present early in the fall. Meanwhile
they will celebrate the rrst birth
day of their current show tomorrow
with backstage party at the Coro-
net Theater. The show opened
a year ago at the Bucks County
Playhouse in Pennsylvania under its
first title, Heaven Help the Angels. "
Thereafter it traipsed the barn
yard circuit until it had achieved
sufficient polish for Broadway.
1t first was optioned by Eddie
Dowling and Louis J. Singer, who
currently are kicking themselves
for not hanging on to the inexpen-
sive production which promptly
started delighting packed houses. :. i
Marjorie and Sherman Ewing
grabbed hold and made their debut
as producers, a very nice beginning
all around.
Decision" to Tour.
"Finian's Rainbow" has passed its
6OOth performance. the fourteenth
musical to attain that extended en-
gagement in Broadway history, in
case you care for statistics. i
Command Decision" is halfway to-
that number of performances. or
300 If your short division isn't work.
ing. IT will play through the
summer and start a lengthy tour in
Hartford September IA. Plans
are afoot to screen the Robinson
Jeffers version of "Medea" in Eng
land, starring Judith Anderson and
Michael Redgrave.
Pleasant news: The trio of short
dance dramas, Ballet Ballads,
brought to Broadway after receiving
raves as an Experimental Theater
production, has caught on to enough
business for the management to-
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Bette's Habits Are Hers, Too
JeanelIe Lynn Walks and Talks Like Star
Whose Stand.in She Is
By Harold Heffernon

humor. On the funnier side are the
incidents that often befall stand
ms who too closely resemble their
starry employers. One of the most
amusing in our recollection was the
time a lady from Boston, winning
a radio jackpot, asked as her NO.
/ request that she have lunch
with Hedy Lamar.
Never Suspected.
The jolly m. C. assured her
everything was in order, but he
reckoned without Hedy's tempera-
ment-and a bad day she was ex-
periencing on her first personally
financed picture. Hedy said no,
fatty, decisively. There was heck
to pay-until resourceful press
agent thought of Lucille La Marr
(no relation), who had been acting
as Hedy's stand-in. Not only were
their names similar but they were
also doubles Lucille went to lunch
with the lady at Lucey's and saved
the day The winning matron never
detected the hoax, and probably
thinks to this day that she was
entertained by gorgeous Hedy.
Stand-ins, by the way, have risen
along with the extras on the Holly
wood social and financial ladder.
They're now unionized and are
paid a minimum of 1880 a day (by
the studio, not the starr, a hike.
of about rs per cent over 10 years
ago.
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Evening star., 1948-06-27
Today's Schedules
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY -

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY -
Jenny Kissed Me-: $50 pm.
AMBASSADOR - Hazard: l,
3:o5: Sis, 7::25 and 9:35 pm.
CAPITOL - The Big City:
1:25, 4:10, 7 and $50 pm.
Stage shows: 3:25, Sis and
9:05 pm.
COLUMBIA - Blood and
Sand: 1925, $40, $40, 7:35
and $50 pm.
DUPONT - "Farribique": ITO,
$50, 4:30, 6:15, 8 and 9:45
pm.
HIPPODRoME-"Furia 2::2o,
4:O5, 5:55, TAO and $50 pm.
KEITH'S - "Up In Central
Park: Continuous showings
from l pm.
LITTLE-"N "Ninotchka l, 3:05,
5:15, 7::3O and 9:40 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"The Fuller
Brush Man: l, 3:05, $50.
7:30 and $40 pm.
PALACE-"All My Sons: 1:20,
3::25, $50, 7::35 and $40 pm.
PIX-"Passionnelle":: ITO, 4:10,
tbs and 1905 pm.
PLAYHOUSE Anna Karen
ina: ITO, 800, SIS, 7:35 and
Gas pm.
TRANSFORMERS and shorts.
Continuous from ! pm.
WARNER-"Hazard": /, $40,
5:25. 7:35 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
NEW YORK.

1t was one Of those warm, lovely
days which June has vouchsafed
Broadway only at wide intervals
this spring season and group OF
girls of the Make Mine Manhat-
tan" company were seated on the
stone steps inside the doorkeeper's
little domain, spilling out onto the
sidewalk, where they could get a tan
without paying for it. Talk and
laughter ceased as a tall, handsome
young man emerged from a cab
and hurried to the stage door.
Hello, Sidr-"Afternoon, Sid!"-
1t was a regular chorus of varied
greetings, for Sid Caesar, star and
leading comedian of the troupe, Is
an actor we'll liked by every one.
fastening into his dressing room
the one Helen Hayes used for her
long stay at the Broadhurst in
Happy Birthday"-Sid began to
peel off his clothes, and when final
ly he stood in shorts and socks he
suggested a light-heavyweight pu-
gilist, perfectly trained, prepared
to enter the ring.
His dresser helped him into one
costume, then another, then an
other until five were superimposed.
In all, Sid has to make % changes.
playing % characters in 9 scenes.
Since time is of the essence, this
can only be accomplished by over
laying his costumes.
Fooled Eisenhower.
Thus engaged, Sid talked, and as
he talked his mood suggested an
underlying exaltation. Quite mod
estly he finally admitted this was
the case.
You see," he said, last night I
was one of the guests at an after
theater supper given by a Park
avenue matron. Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower was another guest and
when I had finished that cafe scene
where I talk over the telephone to
Evening star., 1948-06-27
By Jock O'Brion

cautiously announce it has achieved
the hit class and will play through
the summer. .. Pretty good for a
show which had put up the closing
notice only a couple of weeks ago.
"Lysistrata," being tried out by
the Theater Guild in the Summer
Theater at Westport, will be called
48" and will be done
in modern dress. Gilbert Seldes
wrote the updated adaptation, which
will have June Havoc and Joan
MacCracken in the cast.
Evening star., 1948-05-10

Gov. Harold Stassen.
Senator Vandenberg, who fire.
quently Is credited with being the
only American politician with the
long range view, Is the No. l
favorite. He is considered to be the
father of the bipartisan foreign
policy and since 1945 has asso-
ciated himself with the Democratic
administration of foreign policy.
Stassen Seen Vacillating.
Senator Vandenberg's strong ad-
vocacy of UNRRA, his support for
the United Nations and his work in
plotting the peace treaties with Italy
and the Axis satellites through the
Senate make him, in the opinion OF
Western European statesmen, the
logical choice of the American
people for the White House in the
next four years. when Western EY-
rope will need almost unlimited
assistance from America.
Mr.. Stassen is the second choice
because he shares to q great extent
Senator Vandenberg's views in the
foreign field. Mr.. Stassen is con-
sidered by many European politicos,
however. as somewhat superficial
and vacillating.
His enthusiasm last year for Rus
sia-which he visited briefly for the
first time in his life-and his re-
port Of his Stain interview"
which was simply . propaganda
statement by the WHY top men in
Evening star., 1948-05-10

Il III
Franklin Roosevelt's inner circle
have been admitted.
Leslie Bifie, staff director OF the
Senate minority policy committee
will be the voice of Congress. Per-
sonally friendly with the President,
whom he has tried to help legis-
latively against heavy odds, Bif1e
has a back-of -his-hand knowledge
of Capitol Hill. Sam Rosenman
the former New York Judge AND
expert ghostwriter who made many
such trips with Mr.. Roosevelt, will
lend his pen and counsel of expert
ence.
Who Pays the Bill?
The palace contingent includes
genial George Allen, who can hardly
count all his boards of directors by
this time, Presidential Counsel CLARK
Clifford, Appointment Secretary
Matthew Connolly and Mai. Gen
Harry H. Vaughan, military aide
who has long been personally close
to the President.
Mr.. Allen spent long hours last
Friday and Saturday at National
Committee headquarters with Ma
tional Chairman McGrath on pre-.
liminary Operation Truman studies
The first problem is: Who pays
Is it to be a presidential journey
to be paid for out of his travelling
allowance? Press Secretary Ross las
week contended that it was just such
a holiday and not a campaign triI
at all. The Republicans, if not th'
public, may have fun with that
Campaign expenses naturally are
charge upon the committee-but th'
committee treasury right now re.
Evening star., 1948-05-10
On the Record
Arrest of Taylor in Birmingham Held
AS Blunder Prompted by Prejudice

cans should be aware OF the Com
munist solution" for the colored
problem" for that solution
amounts to real segregation. and
is one of the clearer proofs OF
American Communist subordination
to Soviet concepts.
Separate Nationality" Plan.
The Soviet Union is a federation
under a completely centralized
governmental many "nationali-
ties," living in separate cultures. u
In fidelity to this pattern the
American Communists propose
come the revolution, to character
ize the American Negroes as a sep
arate nationality" and set them
up in . "self-determined" republic
of their own. 1T would comprise
those states in which Negroes would
be in a majority, from which the
white population would be removed
and to which the colored popula-
tion from other parts of the union
would be sent.
Intelligent Negroes are aware OF
this program and, since they neither
regard themselves as a nationality
nor care to contemplate the results
to them Of reopening the civil war,
they bitterly are opposed to 1t.
The Communist press, published
for suckers, seldom discusses this
program, but the theoretical press,
Political Affairs" published for and
read by few except party members,
supports it. During the war evil
IDENTIFY there was instruction to play
it down; but in December, January
and February of 1946-47 1t was re-
vived, and reiterated In the deci-
sion of the Communist Party's ma
tional committee.
I do not know the attitude on
this issue Of Mr.. Wallace and
Senator Taylor who otherwise CO.
operate with the Communists SO
slavishly. It would be interesting
to find out.
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Evening star., 1948-05-10


same as a man, Henry McLemers.
wearing q black beard and speak
ing broken English, asking for ad-
mission to the main building at
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
But, unlike man running for
public office. I keep my promises,
so here goes.
Gets in Several Studios.
have been In Hollywood month
or better and I have managed to
get in several studios. Wasn't easy,
mind you. The doors and gates
are guarded by the toughest set Of
cops this side Of San Quentin. They
are armed to the false teeth and
give every sign Of being perfectly
willing to yank gat or two from
holsters and perforate any one bold
enough to seek to get in without
a pass signed by Edison, De Mile,
St. Peter, Zanuck. Goldwyn and
the Lord Mayor of London.
My first ruse, and I warn you
against it, didn't work. wanted
to get in Notwithstanding Fox so
I decided to put on a fairly high
and sti1 collar and pose as Her
bert Hoover's son, Allan. I went to
the gate, introduced myself, and
said I was looking for my father.
Unfortunately. the guard had never
heard Of Herbert Hoover, much less
his son, Allan, and I was given the
heave-ho.
did better at Paramount. Got
in. It cost me time and trouble,
but the thrill Of fooling the gate
man was worth 1t all.
went in disguised as Bing
Crosby.
From a well-dressed scarecrow Of
my acquaintance I borrowed q
weather. beaten hat, q shirt that
had scared away more birds than
Winchester, and q tie cut OF the
tail end of a rainbow. on the
street I gathered half q dozen
attractive youngsters and had them
follow closely behind me. As I
neared the gate I started singing
medley Of white Christmas"
Bob White" "Suwanee River" and
q half dozen other Crosby
favorites.
Trick Worked At M-G-M.
The gates swung open as II by
magic and I was In the favored
land.
A pair Of lemon-yellow gloves, .
rented convertible almost half
mile long, and . sleepy look, were
open sesame at M-G-M. I had
learned that there was . director
working for that studio who affected
these things. and the rest was easy.
Evening star., 1948-05-10
Truman Prepares Trip
Discussions Under Way for Journey
West as General Staff Is Chosen

| sembles q Nazi-occupied country.
It would appear to be little late
to tag it N inspection trip which
the Republ. ans correctly point out
was a Roosevelt resource IN mat
ters OF this kind.
McGrath Faces Problem.
That the President has apparently
decided to make the ubiquitous Mr..
Allen his right-hand man in these
matters poses q delicate problem to
Chairman McGrath. 1t Is rather
generally realized that Mr.. Allen
has the Presidents ear while the
committee often knows only what
it reads in the newspapers about
White House decisions. In case the
chairman is in any doubt, a man
named James A. Farley can tell him
what it means when the politics
is handled through the backdoor Of
the White House rather than di-
rectly with the committee.
An early suggestion that no
women would be included in the
Truman party has been discarded.
It was quite all right with Mrs.
Truman who does her official duties
pleasantly but never has made any
secret of the fact that she prefers
Independence. 1t is now reported
that both Mrs. Truman and Mar
garet will be aboard.
The President has also mulled
over the fact that he now has three
service aides-Army, Navy and Air
who make a very impressive show
Of gold braid. perhaps too impress
sive for the purposes Of this trip.
The President never before has
tackled a cross country trip in a
goldfish bowl such as journeys OF
this kind inevitably are. 1t Is a
great test of his ability, his human
ity and above all, Of his sense OF
humor.
Evening star., 1948-05-10
This Changing World
Vandenberg, Then Stassen, Seen Favored
For Nomination by Western Democracies

/ the Kremlin, led many political men
In Britain and France to wonder
what attitude he will assume in
the present international crisis, and
whether he would continue to
stand by his present campaign
speeches after election. But by and
large he is much preferred over
the tough Gov. Dewey" and the
still isolationist-minded" Senator
Taft.
The worlds concern with what
used to be a nominally interesting
political event in the United States
is shown by the searching ques-
tions which the Western Europeans
and their friends are putting to
American political prognosticators
and the hints they drop as to the
"desirability" Of the Michigan Sen
ator and the former governor Of
Minnesota.
Russia Supports Wallace.
The U. s. s. r. and the satellite
countries openly support Henry A..
Wallace. Radio broadcasts from
Moscow, Belgrade. Beirut and others
blare out several times daily the
praise Of the third-party candidate.
Mr.. Wallace is described as the
white hope of the American work.
ers, who are "ruthlessly exploited
by the vicious American capitalist
imperialists." The concern Of the
vast mass Of American people over
the possibility Of having to shoul-
der guns again in another devastat-
ing war is allayed by the Iron Cur:
tain propagandists with the appeal
to put Mr.. Wallace and his friends
in the White House.
The Soviet propaganda machine
insists that there is only one truly
democratic" American-Mr. Wallace
who is capable of understanding
the Kremlin's language and who. in
turn, is fully understood by the
Russian leaders. According to Mos
COW propagandists, the present dark
clouds would be dispelled quickly
and world harmony established If
the American electorate picked Mr..
Wallace for President.
Among the dark horses"-Gov.
Earl Warren Of California, Speaker
Martin, and Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur-only the last named is well
known and considered anathema by
the U. s. 8. r. and q sympathetic
"realist" by the Western European
oovevpnnentS