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Evening star., 1950-10-15
Exclusively Yours
Former Portuguese Ambassador Here;
First Visit Since Official Retirement
By Betty BeoIe

Former Portuguese Ambassador
Pedro Theotonio Pereira, who
made a special niche in Capital
hearts when he was here. arrives
in Washington today for his first
visit since serving as envoy to the
U. S. No longer In government
service, Senior Pereira has been
looking after his own extensive in
tereSts during the past months.
has Travelled in France and Italy,
sailed in Iberian waters on his
yacht.
He comes this time as head of
the delegation of Portuguese
scholars who will conduct a col
loquium here on Luso- Brazilian
studies under the auspices Of the
Library of Congress and Wander
bilt University. The Luso, of
course, refers to the Portuguese
side of the situation. brings to
mind {to some one who has a
mind that Portugal in Roman
times wasn't Portugal at all but
Lusitania. Scholars from Brazil.
Portugal, and from all over the
world. including France. England
and Japan, will attend the COL
loquium which will last week.
Tall. distinguished looking Pc
dro Pereira will therefore be
here a week at least and while
here will be joined by his son and
namesake who has been in Cali
fornia studying agriculture at the
University of California at Berke-
ley. Present Portuguese Ambassa-
dor and Senhora de Esteves Fer
nandeS will give an elegant eve
ming reception on Saturday for
the prominent visitors; the Brazil
/ ian Ambassador will be host to
them at 4:30 party on Wednes-
day following a luncheon on the
same day at the Library of Con-
gress, and Assistant Secretary of
State Edward w. Barrett will fete
them at dinner on the Goth at
the Spanish Foundation of the
Library of Congress.
X
Randy Hagner and lovely look
ing, blond Lummie Sargent, who
looks like Alice in Wonderland
despite being the mother of four
children. will be married the first
part of November. They took out
a license Friday. Friends have
| been wondering if the young
Evening star., 1950-05-21

Sylvia has a perfect legal right
to the Lamar name whereas
Hedy doesn't. Hedy's real name
is Keisler.
Besides her stand-in job. Sylvia
did some extra chores for Hedy,
who does not often feel in a mood
to meet her public. On certain
occasions, when she was obligated
to lunch or dine with some
notable. Hedy would send her
stand-in to do the social substi-
tuting-and few ever caught on
to the ruse.
Paramount once signed a girl
named Virginia Welles. who
played several featured roles and
seemed destined for q bright
career until resemblance to Jean
Arthur tripped her. The psyche
logical effects of having folks
constantly reminding her of the
similarity finally forced Virginia
to quit pictures.
Veronica's Jitters.
Likewise. Jean Phillips. red
haired, freckled and a dancer, too
saw her chances fade because Of q
striking likeness to Ginger Rogers
Warmers had her under contract
for a year, tried to make changes
in her appearance and, failing,
finally dropped her contract.
Veronica Lake looked up one day
from the set OF This Gun For
Hire" and saw what she could
have sworn was her twin-if she
ever had one-staring at her from
the sidelines. The girl, Betty
Bolin, from st. Louis, provided
such a startling counterpart that
the studio passed her in as a
visitor-just to see what would
happen when the two came face
to face They became warm
friends. But Betty was such a
perfect image of the peek boo
haired actress that, after a two
week trial as stand-in, Veronica
couldn't endure her double on the
set. It gave her the jitters. So,
Evening star., 1950-05-21
'OIivio Is Determined
ToFoIIow Two Careers
Miss De HoviI|ond Likes Winning Oscars
And She Likes Raising q Family, Too
Ey Howard &. heyn

: hierarchy il virtually unaSsail.
able. She worked hard for sue
cess. and won II without benefit
of cheeSecake or sensational be-
havior. Ten difficult years pre-
ceded her first Academy Award as
best actress. In To Each His
Own" tl946N.
! One of very few outstanding
natural beauties. she has dared
to sacrifice physical appeal for
dramatic effect. This she demon
strsted as an unkempt phychc-
path in The Snake Pit" snG
again as the graceleSS and un-
loved daughter Of a cold, opinion
ated despot in The HeireSS."
/ She wants more Of these So
called unattractive she term
them human "--characteriZatior
A common question these de
is, why can't she be both beaut
full and human on the screen?
That. says Olivia, would
ideal. except that realism seldo
is pretty.
She had something 10 say abo'
the way the Academy Awards a
made:
II think it's positively cruel
announce the winners and ma
the presentations at the Sar
time. There we sit, fve Of us
each category. all Of us good c
we wouldn't be there. all Of u
acutely aware that four OF US are
facing heartbreak.
You simply can't prepare
yourself for winning. let alone
losing. And no matter how happy
you are when you win, you can't
help thinking about those four
other girls who tried just as hard
as you did. maybe harder.
1T seems to me the Academy
should announce the awards first
and hand out the Oscars later.
That way. the losers could save
themselves q very painful expert
ence."
She's Lost, Too.
I suggest that. for the victor,
it's easy to be magnanimous.
She shook her head, You forget
that I've lost more often than
I've won. I've been nominated
five times. know what it's like To
lose"
Well, an award winners wages
are pretty good. aren't theyp At
least worth the trouble. Who
knows any starving stars?
Yes. the pays pretty good. I"
Goodrich agreed. Miss De Havil-
land gets 100000 a picture. But
she can keep only II per cent Of
this. what with taxes and fees.
Whatever q star Is supposed to
do of the set, one thing seems
clear: Miss De Havilland lives the
way she likes. Why shouldn't shef
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Once Ann Vernon, Always
Ann Vernon, Ann Insists
By Mark Boron

France plane back to Paris when
she was introduced to Universal
International film executive.
"Whoosh," she laughed. He
took me over to his Broadway
studios for a screen test. Two days
later I am on another plane fly
ing to Hollywood to play in this
movie, 'Shakedown.'
Language Trouble.
Miss Vernon is no prude. but
she startled the movie executives
when she refused to pose for
"cheesecake" photos of her trim
legs.
1T is only because 1 am Pari-
sian." she explained. I'm France
the stage and screen actresses do
not pose for the legs. Only night
club and music hall performers do
that"
She says she has had little
trouble with the English language
except for an occasional mishap
such as happened the other after
noon in a radio interview.
The radio announcer asked me
If American film stars are popular
in France" she explained. II
said that they were and especially
such of your old stars as Bette
Davis, Jimmie Stewart and
Barbara Stanwyck.
Then tried to explain I did
not mean old stars to indicate
that they were aged grandparents,
but the more I tried to explain the
more excited and embarrassed I
became. I can tell you I certainly
'pooshed' my foot in it right up to
my knee"
Evening star., 1950-05-21
What Would You Do
If You Were Doomed
No Sod Songs for Me- Leaves Patrons
With Only One Set of Answers
BY Joy cormody

to qualifying the most discussed movie
year. picture with the best chance that
question the spectator Graded between the horns Of
dilemma
Most of the questions screenplay raise
that What would you do?
The film currently sending the patrons out into the night with
their minds mussed like 9month babys crib Combas
mo Sad Songs for Me- Whatever the production not have
certainly does not lack provocaon for lot of subsequent
hecon discussion raises several dozen debatabe points
explosive enough blast the of friendships out of shape
Evening star., 1950-05-21

the girls career. The results are
pictured here.
And the Perry Sheehan story
does have a happy ending. Less
than a week after her transfor-
nation, she was getting a much
more enthusiastic studio recep-
ton. A few days ago she was
signed by Eagle-Lion for her first
picture, tentatively titled THE
Lumberjack and the Babe"
Another bonanza that fell to
Perry Immediately after her new
look" was the title Of Theme
Girl" for the World Transporta
ton Fair to be held at Santa
Anita race track grounds next
spring and which is expected tc
attract international attention
from advocates of every means oi
locomotion-ground and air. She
was chosen from a field of more
than 500 contestants.
Perry is a Brooklyn-born girl
now % years old. She was a
Powers model for three years and
arrived in Hollywood six months
ago to study drama in a talent
school. She also is being tutoreo
in voice and dancing and, as may
be suspected by her radical deci-
sion completely to- revolutionize
her personality and appearance
she is very determined young
film hopeful.
A Few Brief Filings.
Look -alikes are still seen around
Hollywood. but few ever managed
to break into the studios. You
see them waiting table in restau-
rants. at drive-ins or jerking sodas
wan limitations of Maureen
O'Hara, Claudette Colbert. Hedy
Lamar. Greer Carson and other
famous celluloid greats. Their
stories are stepped in broken
hopes and, in too many instances,
stark tragedy.
One of the most astonishing
duplicates in. town is Sylvia La
MARI, from Philadelphia. Not
only does she bear the name of
great glamour star, but looks
exactly like her. What's more,
Evening star., 1950-05-21
It's q Handicap, Looking Like Betty Cradle?
Perry Sheehon,
Plus Makeup Man
Overcones 1t
By Harold Heffernon
HOLLYWOOD.

BY the dozens every year, the
look -alikes" swarm on Holly
wood, hoping their resemblance to
some famous star will bring fame
and fortune on the silver screen.
wishing friends and rela-
tives gasp and declare. you look
so much like Hedy Lamar you
ought to be out in Hollywood! !''
And the hopeful usually swallows
the bad advice. buys a one-way
ticket to the film capital and pre-
pares to receive the dazzling prop
ositions.
But the look alike creates no
more than a cape and a buzz of
comment in the Hollywood haunts.
AS for screen contracts, they al
most never come their way.
Perry Sheehan. perhaps the
most startling look-alike to ever
amaze Sunset Strip, soon found
that out-but unlike her prede-
cessors she proceeded to do some
thing constructive about it.
Il was thrilled and a little dazed
over the reception I got every
where in Hollywood when I first
came out last November" said the
beautiful Perry. who so closely
matches Betty Cradle in every de-
partment looks and measure
ments-that habitues of the town
are constantly mistaking her for
the star. But 1t didn't take me
long to find out that my friends
and advisers were all wrong. !
was granted interviews at the
studios. They were very nice to
me. But nothing ever happened,
Gradually. I began to understand
You simply can get nowhere in
movies-unless it's a job as stand
inf you look too much like q
well-known personality"
A Happy Ending.
So, Perry decided on a COM
plete change of appearance-and
the quicker the better. She con-
suited Max Factor, jr., famed
Hollywood cosmetician, and he
with his aides proceeded to undo
the handicap that had stymied
Evening star., 1950-05-21

Betty wound up as Veronica S
secretary, a job she held for sew
eral years.
You'd think that looking like
Greer Carson would be quite
enough to make any girl entirely
happy-but it brought nothing
but disappointment and heart
break to beautiful Amanda Blake
But Greer Carson, the fair
haired redhead of the same lot
didn't like this situation-not q
little bit. The titan blond Aman-
da was often mistaken for Greer
even by studio executives. Greer
lost her appetite when she saw
Amanda coming into the commits
sary. The situation couldn't last
and it didn't. They cast Aman-
da in "Battleground"-as a dog
cared photograph of a CTS girl
friend, which he carried in his
wallet. Just few days ago the
quiet little sound of another
dropped option was heard-ano
'Look-Alike" Blake was added tc
the disaster toll.
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Alliance
Evening star., 1950-05-21
NEW YORK.

NEW 1OLo1As
Blond Ann Vernon, as Partisan
as Maurice Chevalier, has just ar
rived on Broadway to complete
another step on journey which
is fast establishing her as one of
the globes most International
minded actresses.
MY name is really Edith Wig
maud, but when I flew to London
to make a British picture they
changed it to Ann Vernon be-
cause 1t had more English
sound" said the attractive Miss
Vernon.
when I went to South Amer
lea to appear In some stage pro-
ductions recently, they wanted to
change my name to an Argentine
one. But I decided to stay Ann
Vernon because I had used 1t in
the pictures made in Britain
and Italy. And I have just fin
ished picture in Hollywood
where I am Ann Vernon and
plan to use it also in Broad
way stage play which is being
planned for me-"
Miss Vernon, who speaks with
o slight French accent only wher
she laughs or gets excited. CO.
stars with Eevard Duff and Brian
DonIevy in the forthcoming Uni
versal-1nternational film, Shake
down"
In Hollywood, also on Broad
way, she commented that life or
these shores lis a lot of wolves
But when you travel around the
world as much as I have, you
learn how to take care of your.
self in all languages"
Miss Vernon, who co-starreC
with Dauphin in the French film
"LAffaire," explained that it wa.
only because she decided to fly
over to Broadway for a few day.
to see Dauphin in "The Happy
Time" that she got her offers fol-
Broadway and Hollywood roles.
After seeing Dauphin's per.
formance, she was on her way tt
q New York airport to take an All
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Stars Decision Backed by Her Sound Playing


unconscious of the fact that normal
expected noby regardless of the
actress undertaking imply otherwise
This decision, to think of It,
than that Mary Scott in withholding the
knowledge that she had but 10 months to live.
Having it, SULLIVAN plays it with perception.
intelligence and discipline that close humanity
possible overcoming the limitations of the script
dramatic aspect of her performance Mary Scott
orfes of by rejecting the soace Of her
family and good friends she regain by her gallant
conceal her disease circumstance of daily
grimace
builds dramatic evades each Of
those pitfalls. .~
Performance Possibly Overrestroined
The single respect in which her performance is
strained she do little about
This her handling Of the oherwom dilemma which
the script hruss heavily than such honest
she bear. she cannot make quite beev
able wife readily another her
but Miss Sullivan plays sincerely pretty sound
assumption This is conviction that decent who
calamity take rational attitude toward the
prospects in the lives that will after hers.
not provide final the question Of what
would do under the circumstances but
dramatic acted by Miss SULLIVAN In mo Sad Songs
Evening star., 1950-05-21
HOLLYWOOD.


The time seems right for q
progress report on Olivia de
Havilland, who now has one sor
and two Oscars.
Her son and one Oscar are new
Her husband. her placid way OF
life and her quest for beauty
hiding roles remain unchanged.
The latest Oscar. for best &C
tress Of l949 in The Heiress.'
may have come rather easily. The
baby didn't. Olivia achieved
motherhood after being an invalid
for nearly a year. Even so she
almost lost her child.
But she wants another baby
and, suspect. She wants another
Oscar. Here is woman de-
termined to follow two very diff
ferent careers.
Her personal life Is the least
known Of the two because it IL
so completely unspectacular. 1r
a movie star. this may seem q
little incongruous.
Miss De Havilland and her hus.
band, Novelist Marcus Goodrich
live in nice, well-appointec
house. But it's no palace, ever
If 1t does boast a swimming pool
They rarely go out in public
never give big parties, spend mos
Of their evenings reading or talk.
ing, retire early. Visitors get tea
not cocktails.
No Dizzy Whirl.
What kind of a dizzy whirl 1.
that for the years leading actress
Il know it sounds drab," Olivi,
admitted, "but 1 don't need much
outside stimulation aside from
my work. At home I have NOR,
interests than I can find tim,
for. Marc Is a very vital person
full of ideas. He's a steadying in,
fluence, too"
Olivia. like all mothers, car
talk endlessly about their son
Benjamin Briggs Goodrich,
months old. She wants him I,
be Supreme Court justice or al
admiral.
Goodrich has been working 70
two years on a novel abou
Mexico. His earlier book. DE
lilah." the story of a destroye
Marc was a commander during
the war;, has just been TRANSLATED
into French.
Olivia is 33, Goodrich 40. The
were wed in 1916. and theirs ap
pears to be an exemplary mar
riage. Hollywood's gossips. o
course. can't let any marriag
alone. and there is considerabl
speculation these days on tn
amount of time and attention
Goodrich devotes to Olivia's bust
ness affairs. Some say he is in
clined to be dictatorial.
If Goodrich dominates Olivia
I'm quite sure she likes it.
found him bluffly genial Texal
with a healthy sense Of humor.
A Natural Beauty.
A genuinely competent actres.
Olivia's position in the HOLLYWOOD
Evening star., 1950-05-21
1odoy's Schedules

AMBASSADOR-''No Man of
Her Own," 1:25, 1925, 5:25,
1880 and 9:35 pm.
CAPITOL-"Conspir a tor -
1870, 4:20, 7:10 and 1905
pm. Stage shows: 3:35,
6::25 and 9:20 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Wabash Ave-
nue." 1:50, $50, $50, 7:50
and $50 pm.
D U UPON City Lights
1880, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and
$40 pm.
KEITH'S-"One Way Street."
1885, 3:35, 5:35, TAO and
$40 pm.
LITTLE-"City Lights" 1880,
$3.50, $50, 1885 and s:40
METR RoPoL1TAN-"Four
Days Leave" 1:15, 4:o5,
7:05 and $50 pm.
NATIONAL-"Three Came
Home" 1:20, 1920, $40, 7:2O
and 800 pm.
PALACE-"Capt. Carey. U. S.
| a" lao. $40, $40, TAO
and $50 pm.
PIX-"Burlesque on Carmen" {"
ais. 4:20, 6:25, S:35 and
10:40 pm.
PLAYH mo Sad
Songs for Me-" /, 3:25, 5:35,
7:45 and 9::55 pm.
PLAZA-"Salt to the Devil, :"
l. 2:55. sos, 7:10, 9:20 and
| 1880 pm.
TRANS-LUX-"T THE Bicycle
Thief" /, 2:40, 4:25, $50,
$40 and 9:55 pm.
WARNER-"No Man of Her
own" 1:25. 1928, $50, 7::35
and 9:40 pm.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Should Heroine Conceal Her illness

The would you do?" question which the picture
whether is
relates rather to the decision of Margaret sua-
she will not disclose the nature
husband, daughter, of her friends
tells that her ncurabe that she has
that only medication treatment he
can ever-stronger killing drugs. This
shattered but when regans composre
alone the rest OF her life
best in behalf of her husband and her child.
this judgment is sensible foolish humanity
humanity impossible something the film leaves to the
subsequent of those who mo Sad Songs for Me-
adapted Ruth Southards story for the
consideration the decision
dramatic whatever else and this
Sullivan undertakes to act out in her portrait OF
Mary Scott.
Foolish wise. human motives and their results the
SULLIVAN, actress OF highly
intelligence obviously validity here
Evening star., 1950-05-21

doubt will with the which
for exhibitors who retail it to
argumenatve of humans To get into the fight is
the film and the eater box
delighted take entrance eefo the picture and
subsequent controversy.
of the hm controversial In spite OF the
with which Columbia conceal it, the subject OF
Instantly this raises the
ton this terrifying pess
mankind The to this obviously and
that drama should be made from the grim
thinks should fashioned from its
agreeable aspects Greeks who started the whole thing
realistic stand They naturally
much get debate the subject
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-27
THE BLUFFToN NEWS, BLUFFToN, OHIO
College Announces
Pi Delta Members

Eight Bluffton College seniors have
qualified for membership in ri
Delta, Buttons honorary scholastic
society. Jacob Driedger, Dennis Epp,
Dallas Click, Dorothy Hurley, Robert
Ramseyer, Howard Shelly, Margaret
Stahly, and Jean Wismer are those
attaining this honor, according to an
announcement made in chapel last
week.
Announcement of those qualifying
for the Junior Pi Delta Society was
made at the same time. This honor
is granted to those junior and sopho-
more students whose scholastic stand
ards meet the requirements for
membership in the senior society.
Juniors receiving this honor in
clude Mary K. Bauman, Joanna
Bowen, James Reusser, Alice Ruth
Pannabecker, Wauneta Root, Patricia
Shantz and jeanne Vercler
Sophomores on the list are Stanley
Bohn, Merrill Boggs, Dorothy Glenn
ems, Lila Jackson, Mary Margaret
Soldner, Donald Steer, and Robert
Stutzman.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-27
Players Disagree
In Checker Match

A triangular checker match slated
for the town council room last Sat
urday morning resulted in a stale
mate with no games completed when
the three players disagreed on rules
for the contest.
Figuring in the play were Lester
Niswander, holder of the local check
er title, Gene Zuber of Wharton,
former state champion, and DR.. Wei
don Diller of Rawson, prominent in
state checker circles.
According to advance billing, Ms.
wander was scheduled to play Zubel
and Diller at the same time. A dis.
agreement on procedure, however
arose before any games were fin
| ished.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-27
Buttrick Changes Date
Of Lecture To May II

The date of the lecture by DR..
George A. Buttrick, noted clergyman
and lecturer, has been changed to
May IL, at SIS pm. in the First
Mennonite church, according to an
announcement made by DR.. L. l..
Ramseyer this week. The lecture
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-27
had formerly been scheduled for

DR.. Buttrick, a native Of England
has served several large American
churches as minister, and has been
pastor of the Madison Avenue Pres
byterian church in New York city
since 1927. He is the author of a
number of books, the most famous
being Prayer" published in 1912.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-27

Sixth annual Buckeye Recreation
Workshop will be held April 30
May 6. at Cuyahoga Falls.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1950-03-10
A LOST GENERATION
BY NATHAN z1pR1N

Look for an open break in France over an
900 Jewish children orphaned by the Nazs 4
them have been converted Christianity by their protectors
turned them into slave aborers French
authorities advised Of the situation ana
made the matter would be thoroughly investigated
rals are ismaved over the situation group Of artists ana
writers planning public campaign Tor the HOeEa
Ferdom in the event the French
~ a +ae drastic In fact the reached Pres
den First Lady who promised 10 LOOK M
the matter Jewish orphans estimated 10 nave
been converted Christianity by their in Belgium
Some being for the priesthood and many OF ~
girls taken the sacred One OF them VINO mas Oe
priest reported travelling through town and city
zious and Jewish holy places jerusalem
situation Holland Hundreds OF JEWISH
Orphans foster homes have not been turned over
community their release SOu
doubtful virtue at all times To indulge IN SUCH
practices against people whose entire child population mas Dee"
murdered by Hitler objectionable against God and man
rescued the chance to save them WILL
be lost
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1950-03-10

Much better established is the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Seven thousand yearly subscript-
ion tickets to its concerts have
this year been sold in Tel Aviv
alone, and it is unable to repeat
each program often enough to
satisfy all concertgoers. Its lat
est musical director, the non
Jewish French guest conductor
Paray, has introduced the pres
entation of local compositions in
to- almost every program.
Beside this and the broadcast
ing service orchestra there are
also chamber music and good
amateur village symphonic orch
estras, the latter often special
izing in local compositions, as well
as solo recitals of all kinds. Some
choirs from time to time also pre-
sent oratorioS.
Music is taught by private
teachers and schools, one of which
has the rank of an academy. Out
standing students, mostly immi-
grants, sometimes get government
grants. These schools also train
music teachers for all types of
general schools, who are grad
ually tanning" the rather wild
group singing common in youth
organizations. Fortunately there
is some reaction also in these
quarters against the Internal din
they are apt to raise when in high
spirits.