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Evening star., 1950-03-19
Get Out of That Kitchen,
Diana Tells Glamour Girls
By Howard c. Heyn

saying. Why, I saw that old babe
when I was just a kid Anyway
a lady's age is her own business u
She started in pictures at 13
my parents were somewhat ap-
prehensive," she related, because
they'd heard stories about young
girls being chased around the
desks in producers offices. Well,
nothing like that happened TO me. ~
''No Little Genius"
Studios reported that she was
a child prodigy. II did play the
piano, but I was no little genius. -
She is an accomplished concert
pianist, nonetheless, and she sue
ceeded at an age when most chill
dren drop out Of films.
II was lucky to survive adde's
cence. I was pushed from bratty
roles into comedy and ingenue
parts. Now I'm a romantic lead
or a vixen. My most difficult
period was around 18. I really was
a brat. I thought I was Holly
woods great shining light.
stayed out late-and got to the
studio late. Cooperation wasn't
in my vocabulary.
Thank heaven. I outgrew thai
age before they kicked me out oil
pictures"
Evening star., 1950-03-19
|Son1e Men Like the Girls Hefty,
SAYS Round-F Faced Deanno Durbin

out of the dollar doldrums-there
was talk then that Universal was
headed for bankruptcy. And the
grateful studio gave the young
star a whopping new contract
that brought her 100000 a year
from pictures alone and just as
much from records and merchan-
disc tieups. One year Deanna
was rated the highest-paid woman
in the United States.
Deanna's decline started with
"It Started With Eve" in which
she played a sophisticated female
But the bottom really dropped
out of her popularity with Christ
mas Holiday"-she was a very
low-grade gal and the fans
hated it.
IF you remember" Deanna re-
minds me, II didn't want to do my
last three pictures. And the public
agreed with me. didn't they?" So
much so, that the studio preferred
to pay her $780, 900 without benefit
of making one picture in the last
year of her contract.
If Deanna is worried about her
future, she doesn't show it-not on
her round face nor in her con-
versation.
I'm taking lots of clothes with
me to Europe" she says gayly.
And plan to look in on some of
those French fashion designers.
I'm going to enjoy myself-thor-
oughly!"
North American Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1950-03-19
HOLLYWOOD.

II was born with round face"
Deanna Durbin says, as I catch
the once-famous singing star of
the screen packing to go to
Europe for an indefinite stay.
Deanna defends herself from the
critics who say she is too plump
to appear in pictures.
Wherever I gain a pound, it
goes to my face" Deanna tells
me. There's nothing I can do
about it and there's nothing I
want to 90. And you know some
thing. Sheilah. a lot of people
like me better with some extra
weight. Henry Roster for instance.
You saw me having lunch with
him. Well, he said: There's only
one thing I don't like about you,
you're too thin
so, you see, some men like
women to look hefty. It's just a
question of taste. like religion or
literature. It would be awful if
every one started looking alike.
Take you, for instance. wouldn't
want you to lose an ounce. Have
you ever seen any of the so-called
glamour girls on television?"
Deanna demands. They're too
skinny-they look just awful"
Whats all this talk that you
hate Hollywood and you're never
coming back to live here?" I ask
Deanna. That makes me so
furious" she replies. 1--WE been
misquoted horribly. I have no
reason to hate Hollywood. It's
been good to me. And if a good
picture comes up for me here,
I'll be delighted to make it.
Has No Plans.
II don't know how long I'll
stay in Europe. I've never been
abroad. Don't you think it's time
for girl of % to see something OF
the rest of the world? I have no
plans. I'm just going to wander
through England, France, Italy
and Switzerland. II a good pic
ture is offered me over there,
I'll take it. Otherwise, I'll be
back here by the end of summer.
If I get a good musical in New
York, I'd like to do that. too
| I first met Miss Durbin when
she was starring in Three Smart
Girls" She was slender 14-year
old in those 1886 days-very
solemn, close-lipped and cautious.
All any one knew about her then
was that she sang on the Eddie
Cantor show and had a beautiful
voice. Also, that in 1885 Metro
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Menotti Writes of Today
In Terms of Grand Opera
by Mark Barron

In THE Consul" Menotti pre-
sentS case history which is hap
pening now in most every world
capital. in Athens, Belgrade
Vienna, Rome, Berlin, Brussels
Kiev and most every city where
there are constant parade OF
transients who have no idea
where they are going or il
they can go anywhere.
Prisoners at Large.
The story is that of Mrs. Sorel
a wife in an unnamed European
country, whose husband must flee
for his life because he is a free
dom-loving patriot who doesn't
want his country to come under
the control of police state. But
the state police are watching
them every moment so that ir
the alleged freedom of their own
homes they are really living as II
they were convicts in a carefully
guarded prison.
So terrible is the pressure OF
the police state that Mrs. Sorel
is driven to suicide, her husband
is murdered and her mother-in
law and Mrs. Sorel's baby are
pushed to untimely deaths.
1t is both a tragic play and 9
grim warning of what can happen
in totalitarian government
Menotti's music adds the macabre
sound of the unhappy theme, anc
the performances of Patricis
Neway. Cornell MacNeil ano
Gloria Lane make this one of the
most exciting performances OF
the Broadway season.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Sometimes
Films Err
On Purpose
By Harold Heffernon
HOLLYWOOD.

Ever hear of deliberate boners
in the movies? Well, there are
more of them popping into cur
rent films than you'd think
errors of fact or omission carefully
planned by the producers for rea-
sons of good taste.
What's actually happening is
that Hollywood is gleefully chang
ing history-also playing fast and
loose with few present-day facts
just to satisfy the moral and
other concepts of its millions of
impressionable patrons.
History will be treated to some
sharp tinkering when "Cutlass
Empire" the story of Pirate
Henry Morgan, goes before the
cameras. In twisting some Of the
facts. Hollywood will have the
blessing Of the story's author, F.
Van Wyck Mason, who in the
preface admitted that the licen-
tiousness and brutality of that
era were so extreme that people
today could not accept the truth
even on the printed page.
Popular Conceptions.
While most Of the deliberate
commissions of errors center
around clothes and morals, Holly
wood changes the facts occasion
ally for other purposes. AS any
10-year-old knows. pictures about
the atomic bomb, jet planes and
other defense subjects are re-
plete with misinformation, all
put there purposely to confuse
any spy. Today mistakes for rea-
sons of security are not as nu-
merous as during the war years
when submarines, for instance,
were operated in fantastic fash
ion.
Movie-makers still hold to popu-
lar conceptions about history.
Nero continues to fiddle while
Rome burns, although 1t has been
established that Nero was out
helping his Roman citizens put out
the fire; Lucretia Borgia Is still
murderous woman to Paulette
Goddard, although her principal
sin in real life was to be born with
the name OF Borgia, and Robin
Hood continues, in the umpteenth
film to be made around his life,
''Rogues of Sherwood Forest" as a
hero instead of the Jesse James he
was.
Some facts are twisted to avoid
libel suits. There is no such tele-
phone number as Northside TIT,
the title of a movie, although
thousands have plagued the CHI
cago operators to get it for the
The San Francisco telephone
change may next prepare
curious callers because one ST.
will soon begin Ring Waterfr>
g."
i North Ansreon Newspaper Alliones
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Coming Attractions

stage.
NEW GAYETY Goodbye
My Fancy" with Faye
Emerson, starting Tuesday.
Screen.
AMBASSADOR - paid in
Full" with Lizabeth Scott,
starting Thursday.
CAPITOL-"The Yellow Cab
Man." with Red Shelton.
COLUMBIA-"Beau Geste,"
with Gary Cooper, starting
Saturday.
DUPONT-"Tight Little Is
land" with Basil Radford,
starting Wednesday.
KEITH'S-"Guilty of Trea-
son." with Charles Bickford,
starting Wednesday.
LITTLE-"Tight Little Is
land" with Basil Radford,
starting Wednesday.
EIIOPOL1IAN - rather
Is a Bachelor" with William
Holden, starting Thursday.
NATIONAL-"Talk of the
Town" with Cary Grant,
starting Tuesday.
PALACE-''T h e e Came
Home" with Claudette Col
bert, starting Saturday.
PLAYHOUSE-''No Sad Songs
for Me-" with Margaret
Sullivan.
TRANS-LUX-"The Bicycle
Thief" with EMO Staiola.
WARNER-"Paid in Full"
with Lizabeth Scott, start
ing Thursday.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
By SheiIoh Grohom

had signed two girls-Edna May
Durbin, as she was called then
and Judy Garland. Edna May
was signed to play Nine. Schu-
mann Heink as a child. When the
famous opera star died, Metro
dropped Deanna-after she and
Judy had made a short, Every
Sunday Afternoon" Then Uni
versal signed her.
No one took much notice until
the B picture, Three Smart Girls
which was meant to wash up
the contracts of three people
Deanna, Producer Joe Pasternak
and Director Henry Koster-was
an overnight sensation. bringing
fame and new fat contracts to
all three.
She's Unworried.
Deanna, with her early movies,
single lifted Universal
Evening star., 1950-03-19
NEW YORK.

NEW oIt1A.
Although he comments upon
subjects as newsworthy as the
front page of today's newspaper,
Gian-Carlo Menotti writes in the
terms of grand opera. He takes
pertinent news happenings and
fits them to music, dance and
drama to present, in essence, the
things that are happening to peo-
pie throughout the world today.
He does this with brillance in his
new musical drama, THE Consul"
which arrived at the Ethel Barry
more Theater last week.
Menotti has an individual style
of writing for the theater, one
difficult to define. His dramas are
straight, serious plays-such as
he has done with THE Consul"
and as he did previously with his
successful THE Medium" and
"The Telephone" But, all the
dialogue is sung in operate fash
ion with the difference that the
stars sing their roles, but they do
not have the usual chorus groups
which prevail in opera.
Plea for Freedom.
In "The Consul" Playwright Me-
notti pleads for freedom, for some
relief for the little man from a
police or Nazi state. But, he under
stands that freedom and democ-
racy place certain responsibilities
upon a citizen who enjoys the
liberation from police state.
THE responsibilities of free
dom are enormous" he said.
"Opera demands convention and
the rules of that form of enter
tainment. ITO stage a drama
with music, instead of doing it as
an opera, you have to violate es-
tablished patterns. 1t isn't a
new form of theater. It is simply
returning to a form of the ancient
Greek theater which combined
music, dancing and performance
for a classical lyric theater. And
certainly there is no more tragic
theme, which was the principal
theme Of the Greek theater, than
the homeless people of the world
today who are pictured in The
Consul"
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Toduy's Schedules

| Todoy's Schedules
ASSADOR+"Dear
Wife: l. 800. 5:25, 7:30
and $40 pm.
| CAPITOL-"Key to the City:
1:50. 4:35, 1920 and 1905
pm. Stage shows: 1855.
$40, 6:25 and 9:10 pm.
COLUMBIA"Prince of Foxes:
lilo. 800. $50. 7:40 and
9:55 pm.
| DUPONT-"The Scarlet En-
press: 2:45. Cos and 9:40
pm.
KEITH'S-"Cinderella"
12:35. 2:o5. 3:35, $40. $50,
8::20 and $50 pm.
LITTLE-"The Amazing Mr..
Beecham":: l, 2:45. 4::30,
$40, $40 and 10 pm.
ME T OPOLITAN-"The
Stratton Story: 1:15. 3:15,
$40, 7:20 and $50 pm.
NATIONA L-"Hol d a ":
1885, $40, 4:30. $40, $40
and 10 pm.
PALACE-"M other Didn't
Tell Me-: lao, $40, 5:45,
7:45 and 9:45 pm.
| PLAYHOUSE-"The Third
Man: Ills, 3:20. $50, 7:35
and $40 pm.
PIX-"Open City,: 800, 6:45
and 1910 pm.
TRANS S-LU X-"The Red
Shoes: 12:45. 3:05, 5:35,
7:50 and 10:15 pm.
WARN Dear Wife,:
1:20, 3:25. $50, 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
HOLLYWOOD.

Hollywood. says Diana Lynn
should get out of the kitchen"
Magazines and newspapers,
she added in an expansive and ex-
pounding mood, "are filled with
pictures of supposedly glamorous
stars whipping up a cheese souff1e
or posing at the fireplace while
munching an apple.
Il don't think the public cares
about the domestic life of the
stars. People expect actresses tc
be alluring, exciting. They want
their stars to dress luxuriously
and to do fascinating things al
interesting places"
Diana's view might-just pos
sibly-be influenced by the fact
that she isn't very domestic her.
self. She doesn't cook. She has {
housekeeper. But she says she
bases her opinion on observations
made while on tour.
A Little Bit Apart.
II found out the public expects
a movie actress to be poised, man.
Inerly, and dressed like a queen
I try to live up to expectations.
People really do regard star.
as being a little bit apart from
others. I sensed that at a couple
of college dances I attended. The,
were little afraid of me. Mayb,
they didn't know it, but I wa.
afraid of them, too. They didn'
know just what to say to me. Anc
I guess I didn't know what the,
were talking about all the time
either"
Diana has been in picture
nearly 10 years. At the momen
she's working in "My Friend Irms
Goes West" She's % now. ant
she says she's going to start lyin.
about her age soon. 81
1T won't be long until fans ar,
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Gliding Done
las You Wait
BY the Assoeiqted Press

HOLLYWOOD.
Whitewashing rice sounds like
a silly task and it would be any,
where but Hollywood. Rice looks
reasonably white to the eye, yet
to the camera it's translucent.
Tossed at a wedding, as in
Louisa" rice often photographs
more like rain. That's why the
standby painter on the set dumped
all 80 pounds of the grain into a
bin and sprayed it before it was
heaved at Edmund Gwenn and
Spring Byington, the films bridal
couple.
Evening star., 1950-10-01
Special Ceremonies to Open
Antique Show in Alexandra

Representative j. MaynarC
Magruder of the Virginia House
OF Delegates and Mrs. Magrudel
will be among those present al
the official opening of the Alex
andria Antique Show at II am
Tuesday at 1905 Cameron street
The show is sponsored by the
John Alexander Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Rev
olution.
OAR officials who will attend
are Mrs. Loren E. Rex, vice presi-
dent general: Mrs. John Morrison
Kerr, treasurer general: Mrs. Rob-
ert V. H. Duncan, Virginia State
regent, and Mrs. Robert w. Wheat
regent of the sponsoring chapter
Mayor Franklin P. Backus and
City Manager w. Guy Ancell of
Alexandria as we'll as other city
officials also have been invited
to attend the opening ceremonies.
The show will continue to run
through Saturday and will be open
from II am. to 10 pm. daily.
Among the displays. all of which
will be for sale, will be early
American furniture in mahogany
cherry, walnut and pine. Other
exhibits will include unset gems
and jewelry. paintings and objects
dart. In contrast, there will be
Evening star., 1950-10-01
Heart Guild Plans
Party SATURDAY.

The Junior Metropolitan Heart
Guild will open it's new season
with cocktail party and dance at
8 pm. Saturday at the Hotel 2400.
Last year the guild concentrated
its efforts on donations to the
Southwest Health Center.
Mrs. Sanford Cassell is presi-
dent of the guild. Other officers
are Miss Betty E. Ullman, first
vice president: Miss Jean Moore,
second vice president; Miss Har-
riet Arnovich, third vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Freda Emanuel, re-
cording secretary: Mrs. Julia
Bueller. financial secretary; Miss
Gertrude Baum, corresponding
secretary, and Miss Esther Katz,
treasurer.
Serving on the board Of direc-
tors are Miss Marjorie Wolf, Miss
Pauline Jaffe. Miss Ruth Katz,
Miss Dorothy Kittner, Miss Flor
ence Morris, Miss Thelma Leven-
thai. Miss Mildred Jolles, Miss
Sydney Gold, Mrs. Joseph Kaplan
and Mrs. Harvey Sherman.
Evening star., 1950-10-01
St. PouI's GuiId
Plans Activities

st. Paul's Guild will hold It's
first fall meeting at 10:45 am.
today in the guild room of the
church at 2430 K street NV.
with Mrs. Earle r. Closson pre-
siding.
The guilds first monthly dinner
will be held October 10. There
after. the dinners will be held
every third Thursday through
January. Five Lenten suppers are
also scheduled. The guild will
continue to have charge of the
breakfasts each Sunday following
the $50 o'clock. service.
A benefit card party is slated
for October 13 at the American
Newspaper Women's Club at 1904
Twentieth street NV. Miss Laura
Field is chairman and reserva-
tions may be made with her at
the church Office.
Evening star., 1950-10-01
Pilot Officer
To Visit Here

Miss Kathryn Helm of New
York, governor of District Is OF
Pilot Club International, will pay
an official visit to the Pilot Club
of Washington at a meeting to
be held at 6:15 pm. Tuesday al
the Burlington Hotel.
Miss Helm served as a captain
in the Army Nurse Corps during
World War II and following her
release, spent several years in
Washington as counselor for the
Graduate Nurses Association OF
the District. She is now assistant
director of nurses at st. Luke's
Hospital in New York.
Miss Helm was elected governor
of District 16 at the convention of
Pilot Club International, held here
in July. Her district includes New
York City. Philadelphia, Harris
burg, Lancaster. Pottsville, York,
Plainfield. Wilmington, Baltimore
and Washington.
Evening star., 1950-10-01
Bazaar tOHoId
OpenHouse Tea

The Florence Crittenton Bazaar
will have an open house and tes
tomorrow between / and pm
at the shop. 3438 Fourteenth
street NV. Mrs. r. H. Pledger
president of the bazaar, and Mrs
George Davis, vice president, will
receive the guests. A style show
of old and new fashions will be
shown during the afternoon.
Mrs. Frank H. Myers . is chair
man of the affair with Mrs. VIII
liam j. Knox, Mrs. John H. Miller
jr.. and Mrs. Archie France as
siSting.
The resale shop. a permanent
activity. helps to maintain the
Florence Crittenton Home and
Hospital. which provides shelter
medical care and casework service
for unmarried mothers and their
babies.
Evening star., 1950-10-01
Conference
To Be Held

Several hundred women of the
Episcopal Diocese of Washington
are expected to participate in the
annual fall conference of the
Woman's Auxiliary on Tuesday at
the parish hall of All Saints
Church in Chevy Chase. Repre-
sentatives of branches in parishes
in all the churches of the Metro
politan Area and Southern Mary
land will be present for either the
daytime or evening conference.
Mrs. Theodore o. Wedel, wife
of the canon of Washington Ca
thedral. will preside at both meet
ings.
The morning session will begin
at 10 am. with a communion serv-
ice to be celebrated by the Rev.
Charles w. Lowry, rector of All
Saints. and the Rev. Charles H.
Best, his assistant. Immediately
following there will be a brief
business meeting and group dis
cusslons on mutual problems,
work, plans and materials for the
coming year.
After a noon luncheon, DR.. Earl
F. Adams, executive secretary of
the Planning Committee of the
new National Council of Churches,
will speak on "Co-operative Chris
tianity."
The evening conference session
will be held following supper to
be served at $50 pm. DR.. Adams
will repeat his talk at 7::30 pm.
after brief devotional services. His
talk will be followed by group
discussions.
Evening star., 1950-10-01
Program Planned
For ki-Wives

Mrs. Malcolm Scates of the Be-
thesda Ki-Wives is in charge OF
the entertainment to be given by
Ki-Wives of the Capital District
area for the wives of the XII
wanians of the area who will meet
here Thursday. Friday and Sat
urday.
The entertainment program will
be given Thursday night at the
Mayflower Hotel. Brunch will be
served at II am. Friday.
| The Capital District area of the
Ki-Wives includes the Alexandria
Eastern Branch, Prince George.
and Washington clubs.
Evening star., 1950-10-01

room panels which feature Pom
peiian designs.
Visitors to the headquarters
f1rst enter reception room on
the first floor where they are
asked to sign the guest register
Here, they also will find an an
tioue corner cupboard which has
been carved with this greeting:
welcome now within my gates.
Sit down and be at peace"
Mrs. Houghton had expected
the renovations to be completed
by her return this week from a
goodwill tour which took more
than 80 federation leaders to nine
European countries. Unexpected
delays, however. have put the
work behind schedule and the
headquarters ''housewarming"
probably will take place when the
board members gather here for
their annual fall meeting about
the middle of the month.
The goodwill party to Europe is
due to fly into New York on Tues
day and Mrs. Houghton will be
honored there at a reception to
be given by the National Council
OF Women. The federation has
arranged press luncheon for the
president on Thursday and Mrs.
Houghton will preside at a lunch
con Friday to be given in connec-
ton with a meeting of representa-
tlves of 40 national women's
groups for the purpose of discus
sing the mobilization of American
women for the defense of world
peace.
Evening star., 1950-10-01
Fashion Show
Set Thursduv

The Sisterhood of Temple B'nat
Jacob will hold its fourth annua
fashion show at $3.50 Thursday al
the Hamilton Hotel.
Dresses. furs and footwear will
be displayed and the program viii
include makeup demonstration
Entertainment will feature Ken
meth Tash, vocalist, and a novelty
dance team.
Mrs. Harry Kaplan is chairman
of the show which will be open te
the public. Tickets may be pur-
chased in advance and will be or
sale at the door.
Evening star., 1950-10-01
New England Womer
To Meet TtIesdov

The Phyllis Lyman Colony.
National Society of New England
Women, will hold luncheon
meeting at 1890 pm. Tuesday at
the Dodge Hotel. with Mrs.
William H. McGlauf1in presiding.
Hostesses will be Mrs. Warren
c. Kendall. Mrs. Bernice NJ.
Heffernan, Mrs. George E. Nc
Cam, Mrs. George L. Palmer,
Mrs. William Sherman Walker
and Mrs. Walter Cudlipp.
Evening star., 1950-10-01
College Clubs

Miss Mary Agatha Kelly Of Lam
caster. Pa. national president of
the Trinity College Alumnae AS
ISOLATION, will be the guest of
honor at luncheon to be given
at l pm. Saturday at Hotel 2400.
The luncheon will also be a
welcome to 1850 District gradu-
ates of Trinity College into the
Washington chapter of the alum
nae association.
Miss Mary Rita .Cosgrove is the
luncheon chairman and viii be
assisted by Mrs. Joseph Barr,
toastmistress, and Mrs. Paul Will
son, chairman of reservations.
To Tour Embassy
A tour of the Italian Embassy
has been arranged for members
of the Radcliffe College Club of
Washington following a tea to be
held from 8 to pm. Saturday
at the home of Mrs. Homer Full
ler, 2400 Sixteenth street NV.
Gabrielle Paresce, press coun-
selor of the embassy, will speak at
the tea.
Tentative plans for future activ-
tiles, according to Mrs. Hugh L.
Ellsbree. club president, include
luncheons featuring talks by Don
aid Stone, director of administra-
ton of the ECA; Elmer Stats
: assistant director of the Bureau
of the Budget. and Senator Ke-
fauver, Democrat, of Tennessee
Other plans include a visit to the
Swiss legation and a dinner fol-
DR.. Maude B. Cam, first woman
professor at Harvard and Rad
cliffe.
Meeting Tomorrow
The Washington Alumn q {
Chapter of the College of Mount
st. Vincent-on-H Hudson of New
York, will hold its first fall meet.
ing tomorrow night at the home
Of the regent. Mrs. Peter j. Ken.
nedy, 4471 South Four Mile Rur
drive in Arlington.