Evening star., 1949-07-10
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, JULY TO- sH
Idle Actors in Droves
Finding Summer Jobs
Strip Teasers and Movie Stars
lam Straw-Hat Circuit
by Jay Cormody


members Of all the actors unionsEouy Screen
Guild etc-were suddenly to be unemployed at the same time
Of the national tdlenesS nges
Naturally would make quite dent in the anatomies OF the
actors involved but this is more personally than socially eaa
pleasure that the true that the
does not mean that all grades Of actors
high nothing Utopian as that merely tnat
right that at time since the
Idleness Cut Enormously.
This the theaer and 1t has wrought
in the labor statistics OF the wnc
recently winter showed from rs to 80 per cent OF
Equitys membership out OF work-or working 10 "a'etS ~
order cooks, baby-sitters.
against considerably less than 100 legtma theaers open
so-caed regular this goes Tor the e
countythre literally hundreds OF summer
functioning of From oeunqu Me- TO La Joa can
every glamour by boastng OF some
kind of summer showhouse ,,, -.
Of all sorts of strange things that strange peope ~. w.
There Margie instance Miss Hart the current
@ non in the trade Her presence srawha circuit
does has brought burlesoue 70 H. Just
has become the standard introducing
strip bird dancers wine dancers Ano o'
ular types summer-theater audiences
Sally Rand Started Trend. ~.
Ten years ago. the ois name n + and .oc,ety by the
inspiration Tuttle and Richard Skinner NOV ~ ~ ~ d
cannot have been what % and tn.
hut no one ever found better Of keeping saoeS lively
biography alive. -,.,u ~, .,,o,r
featuring native girl musicaly named 1ondeleyo Is Esns
onv rival In making actresses Of such speciality perform
made money Of the play than the Original au'
Movie names sound season. are ne ones "'n '1
m most surprisingly among summer legt performers
The most sanorous moment those OF Corne WAoe
and his wife Knight who not only are playing
character comedy Guild at It's Westt
summer house but will do the same on broaoWas "' '
clicks that is. u,.
England less actress than Saran Cnurc
Wnstons daughter found vehicle IN Philip Barrys
Phadelphia Story standard piece Tor hot-weatner
comedy Miss utilizing jeffrey Lynn OF the natVe
film art professional reviews OF the play
have considerably than rhapsdc but the oox once
wonderful
This incidentally difference between
teaer namely the indifference OF audiences
churh standards the professional critics may insist
holiday mood people just want soe place
and reviewer going to stop them Or vice versa
They to cite another example, to see suIy
Iizabeth the latest lm sirens, In Anna Lucasta
Philip Yardan play have been hit as drama OF
life Broadway but be switched TO at
the requirement of star performer.
Blonden Popular.
Hollywood employers realistic lot have not been ents
In giving work recently to Joan Blonde but the
circuit she is big draw Helen Hayes old role In Happy
Birthday"
That there from Hollywood by willing
to take the and there is by
butler roles the movies decided years
road attraction sprngme for Henry It, Horton seemed
not merely found life attraction that
destined make him far richer widely
than anything Hollywood offered.
Eventually however he had favor Of another
like item present Laughter which he will bring to Oney
Tuesday night.
That way with summer theater;
there Of It, but sometimes 1t turns last
virtually forever.