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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-12
NISEI CALENDAR
APRIL

APRIL
8-Wesak Day to be observed by
Shoyukai.
15-Japanese Baptist Church ba-
zaar.
23-NVC installation dinner-dance
at Chinese Gardens.
28-Bellamis' annual dance.
5-Shoyukai children's May Day
6-St. Peters Mission bazaar. IL
am. to 8 pm.
Methodist Duzzers to present
"Hi-Lo" revue in church.
II - Lotus Starlettes to present
Calico Mood, stag-stagette dance
in Buddhist auditorium.
26-Lotus -Shoyukai me-
mortal services.
29-Synkoa skating party in Rol-
lerland. 1890 pm. to 1890 am.
JUNE
24-Shoyukai general meeting and
social
Is - Nisei Veterans Committee S
annual picnic at Shadow Lake.
JULY
16-A Annual picnic sponsored by
Shoyukai.
AUGUST
II 81 13-Shoyukai bon odori.
SEPTEMBER
3-Lotus YBA annual bazaar.
9-Back- to- School social sponsored
by Shoyukai.
NOVEMBER
10-Shoyukai general meeting and
social
Is Muyenhoyo services, Shoyu-
kai.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-12
Japanese Ballerina
Gets Red Shoes

TOKYO Japan, April 12-One of
the most happiest girls in Japan to-
day, is Momoko TAM, a Japanese
ballerina. The reason being she re-
ceived dainty pair of red ballet
shoes from MORA Shearer, the same
shoes worn by the great ballerina in
the picture which hypnotized the
spectators throughout the English
technicolor film The Red Shoes.
The shoes arrived from Britain
by plane recently.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-12

WEDNESDAY. APRIL Il, 1850
Evening star., 1950-07-09
BY the Assoeiofed Press
NEW YORK.

NEW 4ofL6A.
Paul and Grace Hartman are
philosophers, even though they are
making mint out of the Broad
way musical hit, Tickets, Please" !"
Mrs. Hartman is a gay lady who
laughs at everything and her hus-
band Paul is a sourpuss who has
the longest face in the world and
probably wouldn't even laugh at
his own wife's jokes. And his wife's
jokes are funny. Grace doesn't
laugh at her husbands jokes. She
just smiles tolerantly.
However, Comedian Hartman
has an explanation:
Through. all the years that
Grace and have been in show
g business" he says, 'we have main-
tained what might be considered a
narrow minded attitude. We have
made it our golden rule. have
never wavered and have never re-
GREETED our decision. Grace has
absolutely no desire to play Juliet
and I have no inclination to be
seen in the tights of Hamlet We
feel that Mr.. and Mrs. United
States need to laugh, in good times
or bad"
And it ID this unconcerned feel
ing that we need most to laugh at
ourselves that the Hartmans ex-
plot in their comedy. They do
comedy rigamorole with radio
ANNOUNCER in their show who is
having troubles doing his air
commercials and then they get
Evening star., 1950-07-09

wiser Of scores Of studio people.
So many and so spontaneous are
the problems thrown at her that
she Is obliged to make herself
available almost to the point Of
24-hour-a-day service. Many stars
and even top company executives
never make an important move
without consulting Blanca.
So deep-rooted was one singing
stars faith in Miss Holmes, who
kept insisting to the actress that
she should be with Goth Century
Fox studio instead of the COM
pany to which she was then under
contract. that her agents life
was made miserable attempting
to affect the change. Day after
day, she kept bounding the poor
fellow to get her a deal with Doth
Fox, any kind of deal. After
weeks of unsuccessful negotiations
the agent was at his wits end
one morning when the phone rang.
Same client. Same agonizing
plea: Go to Goth Century Fox
and get nae a contract. Blanca
Holmes says it's in the stars"
1--WE got an idea," retorted the
frantic agent. you tell Blanca
Holmes to go to 20th-Fox and
make the deal herself he
hung up.
Started Wrong Day.
Maria Montez gets out Of bed
only on the advice of the star
guiders. If it's in the heavens
that a certain day holds possible
bad luck, Maria gathers maga-
zines. props herself up In bed and
sidesteps trouble by staying there.
Before Maria's baby was born a
few years ago. doctors decided a
Caesarian operation would be
necessary. The time was set
then changed. Maria's astrologist
didn't like the original day.
Testifying recently in a suit
lagainst an independent movie
producer to obtain 100000 in
Evening star., 1950-07-09
Hurtnnuns lave No Desire
To Desert Their Comedy

entangled with an overeXhuber-
ant sports fan in the grandstand
of a roller derby.
I'VE try just to have fun with
Mr.. and Mrs. American" Hart
man says. Every woman knows
what is liable to happen to her
spic-and-span kitchen If her hus-
band decides to try his hand at
cooking. And. although it
wouldn't be funny to her II her
own kitchen was messed I'D with
flour and catsup. she screams
with laughter when I try to make
dumplings on the stage and get
the dough into every place except
the pan."
FriendIiness Necessary.
II Hartman. being a complete
comic, thinks singing and dane
ing is the most important part of
a revue. Instead of the usual
serious ballerinas, he found the
sprightly, part-leprechaun Doro-
thy Jarnac, a dancer with q sense
Of humor. Only, Hartman thinks
she is a serious dancer and doesn't
have sense of humor.t But, Miss
Jarnac describes an abstract
painting in dance and also dances
a Salvatore Dali. She is a hui
morist despite what the serious
minded Hartman thinks.
And, for the much-tired busi-
nessman, the Hartmans have
Mildred Hughes, a much unclad
girl whom the Hartmans feel
should know the people in the
audience.
1--WE feel" Hartman says, "that
all this friendliness between au-
dience and actors is the way that
theater should be. And much oil
the audience must feel the same
way, as so many of them write tc
us. starting off by saying This il
the first fan letter I've ever writ
\ ten.'"
Evening star., 1950-07-09
Todoy's Schedules

AMABASSADOR-"Rogues of
Sherwood Forest: l, 3:15,
5:25, 1880 and 9:55 pm.
CAPITOL-"Spy Hunt: 2:20,
4:55, 7::30 and 1905 pm.
Stage shows: 1:10, 3:45,
$40 and 1855 pm.
COLUMBIA Annie Get
Your Cum: 1:25,-2:3o. $3.50,
7:35 and 9:40 pm.
DUPONT - Bond Street.:
lis. 800. 5:25. 7:30 and
9:40 pm.
KEITH'S "The White
Tower: 1:10, 3:15, $40,
1880 and o::35 pm.
LTTLE-"Phantom of the
Opera: 2::50. 6:10 and 9:40
pm.
INSTRUMENTATION Is
land Trail":: 1:40, $40,
$40, 7::35 and 9:40 pm.
| NATIONAIr-"Go West, Young
Man: 2:25, $40, TAO and
1905 pm.
PALACE-"Saints and Sin
ners":: l, 2::35, 4:10, sos,
sos and 1905 pm.
PLAzA--"Gigi" 1, ESQ, 4:40,
$3.50, 8::20 and 1880 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-"Th The Winslow
Boy: /, 2:45. 4:35, gas,
8::l5 and 10 pm.
WARNER -"Rogues of Sher-
wood Forest: lis, 1925,
$50, TAO and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1950-07-09

unpaid wages. Maria told the
court, "The picture didn't have a
chance, anyway-it was started on
the wrong day.
Director Mike Curtiz loses what
little control he ever possessed
over the English language at sight
of black cat or q hat resting
on bed. Dorothy Lamour throws
salt over her left shoulder when
ever splitting 1t. Yvonne De Carlo
won't pass any one on the stairs.
Marjorie Main will unleash q
storm Of invective at any one
opening an umbrella under a roof.
Corner any film personality and
he'll deny vigorously the slightest
addiction to the jinx business. But
the records" prove otherwise
Just check with the colony's lead
ing fortune tellers, crystal gazers
and aStrologers-and, for best
proof Of all. merely watch the
boys and girls In action. Especially
on Friday, the 18th.
Realeased By the North American News.
paper AlliaRce.)
Evening star., 1950-07-09
Coming Attractions
ANERASSAn0p HTp oYoraIx,


Place." with Humphrey Bo-
CART, starting Thursday.
CAPITOL - Sierra" with
Wanda Hendrix. starting
Thursday.
DUPONT - Escape Into
Dreams" with Vittorio De
Sica. starting Tuesday.
Observation-Disclosures '73,"
with James Stewart, start
ing Wednesday.
LITTLE-"The Wizard Of Or"
with Judy Garland, starting
Friday.
METROPOLITAN - bright
Leaf" with Gary Cooper,
starting Thursday.
| NATIONAL-"Captain Carey,
U. S. A." with Alan Ladd,
starting Tuesday.
| PALACE-'My Friend Irma
Goes West" with Marie
Wilson.
PLAYHOUSE-"The Woman
Of Dolwyn," with Emlyn VIII
liams, starting Wednesday.
RANSLUX Kind Hearts
and Coronets," with Alec
Guinness, starting Friday.
WARNER - "In a Lonely
Place." with Humphrey Boz
CART, starting Thursday.
Evening star., 1950-07-09
South Pacific Team
is Most Successful
Rodgers and Honnerstein, Together
And Apart, Are Makers of Hits
By Mark Boron

March 81, 1943, under the new
title Of "Oklahoma!" and 1t ran
triumphantly there for five years.
nine weeks before it closed on May
20. 1948, after 2,202 performances.
This story Of the lecherous Jud
Fry and his battle with the young,
outstanding Curley, both ranch
hands, for the heart of lovely
Laurey is rustic romance that
enchanted thousands. The Rodg-
ers and Hammerstein musical
score, which includes such num-
bers as "Oh. What a Beautiful
Morning" ''The Surrey With the
Fringe on Top" and People Will
Say (We're in Love-" was a grand
beginning for their partnership.
A Movie Hit, Too.
They followed Oklahoma in
1945 with "Carousel," musical
of fragile and tender beauty in
which they introduced such songs
as "June Is Dustin Out All Over"
and This Was a Real Nice Clam
bake"
In the same, year Rodgers and
Hammerstein did one of their few
movies. an adaptation which
Hammerstein made Of Phil
Strong's novel,. Estate Fair"
Showing their adeptness for any
entertainment medium, they won
an Academy Award for one song
they wrote especially for this pic
ture, their EFT Might as Well Be
Spring"
The nearest to a failure for the
collaborators was the musical
allegro" which ran for only 40
weeks in 1918. A failure on
Broadway is normally judged as
any show that runs under IL
weeks, but the custom now is that
anything Rodgers and Hammer
stein present is failure If it runs
less than five years.
Two More Coming.
But Allegro" did very well with
Roberta Jonay. Lisa Kirk and
John Conte singing the leading
roles. In this story Of Joe Taylor.
jr., which took the young man
from his cradle, through college
and into a promising medical
career, you will recall two Of the
composers most catchy songs,
Money Isn't Everything" and
''The Gentleman Is a Dope"
Now in their current and, ap-
parently. unending South Pa
cif1c" they have reached q PIN
nacle where they have exciting
story. sentimental lyrics and un-
forgettable music.
With their Some Enchanted
Evening"" There Is Nothing Like
a Dame" I'm in Love with 1
Wonderful Guy" I'm Gonna
Wash That Man Right Out Of My
Hair" and Happy Talk" the COM
posers have group Of songs over
flowing with humor. romance and
harmonious remembrance.
A few nights ago I was Discus
sing their music with Rodgers and
Hammerstein and remarked on
their numerous activities In the
show business world.
1--WE have been busy" Rodgers
remarked. eve are now trying to
finish up the work on two new
musicals, and doing both at the
same time"
Evening star., 1950-07-09
Stars Follow
Where Sturs
Lead Them
By Harold Heffernon
HOLLYWOOD.

x1S15x WON(0.
Two years ago when Marguerite
Chapman wed and left pictures
she held star rating. Still prom
inent personality. but now pursu-
ing a comeback trail, the lovely
Marguerite had offers from three
studios - all at approximately
the same remuneration. She
chose Universal international. and
quickly was cast in the leading
role Of kansas Raiders" with
Audie Murphy and Brian Donlevy,
Head men on that lot were fiat
tered. But they were q little
curious. too. They called in the
actress and after some sundry
pleasantries asked: "Why. Miss
Chapman, did you happen to pick
out our studio?"
"Oh, that's quite simple" re-
piled Miss Chapman. MY astrol-
ogist told me to do so. You see,
both of us operate under the same
orbit"
The U-I brass shook their heads
In bewildernlent but they smiled
patronizingly. Hollywood execu-
tives have long since become
accustomed to such superstitions.
Nowhere in the world do you find
people whose thoughts, living
habits and careers are so COM
pletely nodded by fortune-tellers,
Soothsayers, astrologers-and the
plain old-fashioned series of the
atrical jinx aversions.
No Whistling.
For instance, Richard Conte
says that when working in New
York shows he would never read
congratulatory kilograms until
after the performance-for fear
the show would flop. Charlie
Chaplain still treasures the. first
pair OF long. fiat. tramp shoes he
wore in his initial silent two
reeler. a good luck omen. And.
even though very few theater ira
ditions have held over for the
Hollywood sound stage, there are
still many actresses, Joan Craw-
ford in particular, who believe
that you must hit with a thrown
shoe any one whistling in your
dressing room or something diSas-
trous viii happen.
Charles Coburn, who might be
considered much too hard headed
for superstitions, has q horror of
q camel-back trunk. Since, as
far back as he can remember in
the days Of stock in Savannah,
Ga, such piece Of luggage has
never been allowed. backstage. He
recalled a novice who had Just
joined the company bringing one
OF the trunks with a huge lid
hump into the theater. The vet
eran said the entire company was
Mortified and, the stagehands be-
ing unwilling to touch the hexed
thing. Coburn and two fellow
thespians carried it gingerly to the
alley where they proceeded to
burn it. They took up collection
and bought the young man a reg
ulation trunk.
Wife of Stuart Holmes, the IA
nous villain of silent days. Blanca
Holmes, Hollywood's foremost as
trologist, is the confidant and ad-
Evening star., 1950-07-09

PORTRAIT GALLERY-The ADMIRAL Lady agatha general
and the photographer all cts OF the vengeance young
Louis DAscoyne Mdzs In "Kid Hearts Coronets and all
plus four other fated Ascoynes played By Bans
tie Alec Guinness The picture is scheduled to Friday at
the Trdns-Lur.
Evening star., 1950-07-09
Pay Is Poor
But Applause
Is Welcome
By Howard c. Heyn
HOLLYWOOD.


This Is the time Of year when
film stars. II they can, will desert
Hollywood to return to the 'thea-
tah."
Most Of these engagements pay
the absolute minimum. A few
straw-hat houses in the East offer
sizable salaries, as much as So ,000
a week, but this certainly isn't
the rule in little theaters out here.
Most Of the beach playhouses are
poor. They shell out as little as
Equity will allow.
Actors who don't get asked to
take such roles are quick to point
out that they'd be chumps to
trade fat movie checks and a
pleasant summer with their fam
lilies in luxurious surroundings
for a couple of lonely, uncom-
Portable and poorly paid weeks
with seaside drama group.
Yet plenty Of stars grab at the
chance to 60. Why? Possibly
because. in one way or another,
all actors are egotists. Even with
cinema wages they aren't en-
tirely happy without q live audi
ence.
Robert Ryan, for instance. was
signed to open the season at the
La Jolla (Calif.) Playhouse. His
salary: $35 a week. That's a long
drop from the four figure sum he
drew week after week on his
latest picture. He said he was
delighted to go.
Good for an Actor.
FIRST Of all, I started on the
STAGE" he explained. "A man
likes to return to his point OF
origin once in q while. Second
any one who has been on the stage
misses the personal contacts Of
the theater. In movies you play
to the director and q bunch Of
grips. The directors print 1t
isn't nearly as gratifying as the
applause Of an audience"
The high pressure Of rehearsine
q play one week and playing II
the next likewise is good for an
actor. "It's a change from movie
tensions and it's pleasant to DO q
play in 2la hours instead Of siz
weeks: to do it in entirety instead
Of starting in the middle and
working against both ends. !"
Ryan also has q purely per.
sonal reason for accepting the Ls
Jolla bid:
II want a change Of pace from
action and dramatic roles on the
screen. I want to play comedy
in pictures. The only way an actor
can perfect q comedy technique
or keep it in exact timing, is tc
perform before real people. You've
got to hear 'em laugh to make 'en
| laugh again."
Evening star., 1950-07-09
NEW YORK,

Along with Gilbert and Sullivan
and their everlasting operas,
probably the most successful team
show business has ever known is
that Of Composer Richard Rod
gers and Lihrettist Oscar Ham,
merstein II.
The statistics Of their shows,
both as separate ventures and In
collaboration, are as awe-inspiring
as their words and music are
exciting.
Since their musical, South
Pacific" opened April Z, 1949
there hasn't been q single vacant
seat in Broadway's Majestic
Theater. Seats are now sold Sc
far In advance that the box Office
cannot say definitely when the
next seats will be available.
Rodgers and Hammerstein have
collaborated on four stage musi-
Gals and one motion picture, all
box Office hits. Previous to then
teamwork, Rodgers had composed
the music for 80 Broadway musi-
Gals. most Of them hits. Hammer
stein had written or collaborateo
on the books Of "a musicals. Most
Of those were hits.
"Oklahoma!" Their Start.
As a team Rodgers and Ham.
merstein began working together
when they took Lynn Riggs play
Green Grow the Lilacs," anc
transformed it into q rollickine
musical. When the Theatery Guile
produced Riggs play originally. II
was only a mild success. Thai
may have been because it opened
on Broadway during q very sultry
summer of 1881. However, in 1874;
Rodgers and Hammerstein turned
1t into the musical. Oklahoma! Z
The show was an instant hi
when 1t was tried out in New
Haven and Boston under the title
Of Away We Co." It opened al
Broadway's st. James Theater or
Evening star., 1950-07-13
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Ambassador "In Lonely
Place; $40, $50. 7:30 and 9:45
pm.
Capitol-"Sierra":: II am, 1:45,
4:30. tbs and 10 pm. Stage
shows: 1885. $40. 6:25 and 9:10
pm.
Columbia - "Annie Get Your
Gum; 1920 am, 1:25, $3.50, $40
1885 and $40 pm.
Dupont-"Escape Into Dreams"
1:35, 1885. 5:35. 7:35. 9:40 pm.
Keith's-"The White Tower;
11:15 am. 1:20, 800, 5:25. 7:3C
and 9:25 pm.
Little-"Phantom of the Opera:
1915, 3:25. 6:35 and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan - Bright Leap:
1880 am, 1870. 3:35. 5:35, 1885
and $40 pm.
National - Captain Carey,
U.S.A."; 11:50. 1880, $40, 4:50
$50. $40. $50 pm.
Palace-"Father of the Bride;
1880 am, 1875, $40, $40. 7:45
and $50 pm.
Playhouse 1.-THE Woman of
Dolwyn";; II am. 1885, 3:35, 5:35,
7:40 and 9:40 pm.
Plaza-"Gigi"; 11:05 am, 1855
2:45, ABS. 6:25, 8:15. 1905 and
11:30 pm.
Trans-Lux "The WinsloW
Boy; 11:10 am, l, 2:45, ABS
6:25, 8:15 and 10 pm.
Warner-"In a Lonely Place;
11:15 am, 1870, $3.50. 5:35, 7:45
and 9:55 pm.
Evening star., 1950-07-13
Hollywood Diary
Tide Will Run If Not Too Costly
BY SheiIoh Grohom

Arlene Dahl and Howard Keel
are the top choices for Running
of the Tide" unless the studio
decides that the budget of nearly
100000 is too high. In that
case, the picture will be postponed
until days are better.
Dennis Morgan is another of
the Warner contractees with a
straight 15-year contract. That
looks a mite too expensive today
in the face of all the competi-
ton from television. And I hear
that Warmers would like to make
a deal with Dennis to help them
cut down on their high-salaried
stars. I believe Dennis receives
Sc 900 a week, rain or shine, work
or play.
Well. Corrine Calvet will have
to postpone her trip to Paris with
Hubby John Bromfield. Opportu-
nifty of a different kind is knock
ing on his door. John. nephew of
Novelist Louis, is to be starred in
Toronto in Mail Order Bride"
Now Corrine wants permission
from Boss Hal Wallis to stay with
him.
Ann Sheridan's second leading
man in Man On the Rum" Ross
Elliott, has stood still long enough
to get himself engaged to Carol
Thurston-you remember her as
the nurse in Doctor Wassell."
Jennifer Jones is wanted for a
big television show in New York.
But her lord and master, David
Selznick, says mo-" in spite of
the fact that David has sold most
of his old movies for TV con-
sumption.
Kathryn Grayson will be a
restless lady until she lands a
singing job at the New York Met.
She is hurrying the day by in
vitlng a famous eastern singing
instructress to live with her in
her Santa Monica home-for a
year, believe.
The Spencer Tracy Elizabeth
Taylor success, Father Of the
Bride" has inspired Producer Pan
Berman to consider filming
Father of the Year"-with Tracy
again. It's a story of a bachelor
who gets chosen father Of the
year!
Ginger Rogers is writing a
magazine piece about her favorite
sport-tennis. Ginger is playing
better tennis than ever with Greg
Bautzer-all love sets, Of course.
They are entering the Pimms Cup
Tennis Tournament at the Los
Angeles West Side Club.
I'm told that Betty Hutton's di-
Evening star., 1950-07-13

THE WOMAN OF DoLwYN," a Brit
ish Lion release, produced by Anatole de
Grumwald, directed by and written by
Emlyn Williams. At the Playhouse.
Evening star., 1950-07-13

players have to express will be
lost. The confidence is never be-
trayed by the least member of
the large cast.
The camera which Williams
guides in THE Woman of Dol
wyn" misses nothing of village
life. His Dolwynites are a happy
people. always bursting into song
which becomes one of the most
joyous qualities of the Playhouse's
film.
They have been brought up on
simple goodness, so effectively
that they barely recognize the
villainy which would transfer
them from their village and val
ley that it might be flooded to
give another area water supply.
Least of all conscious of the
mans evil nature is the woman
of Dolwyn played by Dame Edith.
She simply does not want to
leave the home where she lives
with the familiar sights and
sounds, the memories of her dead
husband and the remains of her
long dead child in the village
|churchyard on the hill.
That villainy might be behind
this never would occur to her, she
least indeed of all the people of
Dolwyn.
The screen seldom is enriched
with a performance to compare
with that of Dame Edith. The
woman she plays is a docile wisp
of human, far simpler than the
one portrayed by Ethel Barry
more in THE Corn Is Green" Her
life is the essence of colorless-
ness, cleaning the church, keep
ing her home shining, and pro-
viding comfort for two adopted
sons. Yet it is such a life as
great actress can make unfor-
gettable. a thing of deep and rich
enjoyment to watch in "The
Woman of Dolwyn."
Williams. Richard Burton, Alan
Aynesworth, Andrea Lea, Hugh
Griffith and Barbara Couper are
several others who match as
nearly as they can the key per-
formance. Their efforts give "The
Woman of Dolwyn" a standard of
acting that restores your faith in
the screens ability to tell story
that is touched with wonder.
You would not want to miss
''The Woman of Dolwyn."