Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
HOLLYWOOD.

somewhere DeLWeeH IL .oU dIlu
o'clock daily this welcome call
Of the assistant director is heard
on (very sound stage in Holly
wood. It's a flexible break. de-
pending entirely on the whims OF
the director or star and the
amount of weight one or the other
can throw around.
Once the call is heard the PAM
pered greats of FINLAND rush into
as wide a variety of astronomical
routines as there are fish in the
ocean. Their eating habits, rang
ing from roast capon to no lunch
at all, are topped by that gravel
voiced character Coincidence,
Marjorie Main, who cooks her
own lunch just outside her dress
ing room.
Right on the stage where Ma
and Pa Kettle Go to Town" is
being filmed at Universal nterna-
tional, Marjorie has had three
burner gas range installed and on
it she cooks both breakfast and
lunch. In her dressing room Is a
cupboard with a variety OF pots
and pans and condiments. She
brings in meat and fresh vege-
tables every day, turning them
into her favorite dish-stew.
Andrews 4 Steak Man.
Dana Andrews, working just
across the street on Sword in the
Desert" is just the opposite. Dur
ing every day of shooting he went
home for lunch, declaring no one
can broil a steak like his Mary
and Dana eats steak three times
q day.
Yvonne De Carlo loves a nice.
gooey ham-and-tomato sandwich
and, as a matter Of fact, eats six
times a day trying to gain weight.
June Havoc, in the same weight
hunting category. eats a banana
and two glasses Of milk at noon
daily no matter what else she
consumes for her full-course
luncheon. In midafternoon dur
ing the shooting Of any picture.
June pauses a few minutes while
she puts away a matted milk and
few cookies.
There are others, too, gathered
in the U-I commissary every noon
who concentrate seriously on the
stubborn problem of adding
poundage. Taking a tip from her
physician, Ann Blythe picked up
seven pounds in two weeks by the
process of drinking a glass OF half
half cream before and after
her regular lunch. While shoot
ing Fugitive From Terror" Ida
Lupino made it point OF eating
in the studio cafe every noon just
so she could get a big baked Idaho
potato loaded with sour cream
and chives. She left the lot six
pounds heavier. Donald O'Con-
nor, who needs poundage more
than any other male star at this
studio, eats five meals day, with
a heavy creamed dish on every
menu.
Mature = Freak.
On the whole. declare the men
and women who maitre d. the
studio commissaries. stars are
routine and conventional in their
eating habits, but along the
dietary fringe are many fantastic
exceptions. In summing up his
experiences here, Nick Janios.
brought from a famous New York
restaurant to operate the Cafe de
Paris at 10th Century-Fox, shakes
his head in bewilderment. Nick's
been catering to the boys and
girls on that lot for IS years and
through war rationing. shortages.
food fads and fancies and dietary
whims.
OF all the eccentric eating
habits he has encountered. Janios
thinks Victor Natures unpredict-
able demands take the cake.
I'm always curious to see just
what he will order" said Nick.
lone noon he called for a bowl
of corn fakes. We don't serve
breakfast here, so I had to send
over to the studios coffee shop to
accommodate him."
Janios also complains that Ma
ture is always coming into the
cafe with canned items he buys
outside, asking that they be pre-
pared to his special taste. Last
week he brought in a can Of