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Evening star., 1952-07-13
T he Andrews
Sisters Got to Top
The Hard Way
y james Bocon
HOLLYWOOD.

The Andrews sisters are one
Of the most unusual sister acts
in show business-they still
speak to each other after Is
years in the big time.
The secret Of that. explains
Patty Cor maybe it was Max
enc or Laverne) is that none
of the girls takes each other
seriously.
They kid themselves unmer-
cifully about their movie career.
Some years ago the girls made
Is low-budget movies which
won them q 1910 award from
the Harvard Lampoon as the
most frightening" film figures
of the year.
mo wonder" comments Max
enc. "The guy who made u
up also worked on Boris Kar-
loft for 'Frankenstein.' He
was always getting US mixed
up."
1t Hurt at Time
Patty. the one in the middle,
added:
I'VE laugh at 1t now, but.
brother. IL was heartbreakin0
at the time"
The movies never did any
thing for the Andrews sisters
except earn them a million dol
lars and their studio millions
more.
Although the sisters have
played movies, theaters and
night clubs for years. their
great following is still among
the record buyers.
Over at Decca, only one
artist commands more respect
and he is one Of the financial
hackers of the firm. He also
sells more records than anybody
else-Bing Crosby.
Fifteen years ago. the three
sisters burst upon an unsus-
pecting public with q strange
harmonic version of a Yiddish
love song called "Bei Mir Bist
Du Schoen." The girls them
selves are Of Greek and Nor
wegian descent.
They Got Only $50
The record created quite a
stir back in 1887. ! was aston
ished when Laverne told me 1t
sold only $4,000 copies. I was
more astonished to learn they
were paid only $50 for the rec
ord.
Things are different now. In
the Is years the girls have
sold more than 25 million
records for Decca. They own
eight gold records - awarded
whenever a recording passes the
million mark.
The girls were born In MINI
neapolis but they are not say
ing when.
Patty is the frankest:
Were all three In our sos,
and we're two years apart. I'm
in the middle"
Evening star., 1952-07-13
Judy's Mother Speaks
Foctoy Worker, Parent Of Film Stdr,
Tukes Look at Their Lives
By SheiIoh Grohom

more than anything In her life,
it's all she ever wanted to do, to
be an actress. She never said.
I want to be kind or loved
only. Mamma, want to be
famous
When Judy tried to end her
life two years ago, her mother
was refused admittance to
Judy's house. but they finally
let her in and Mrs. Gilmore has
no explanation for Judy's at
tempted suicide, though Judy
admitted to me later that the
sleeping-pill habit had such q
hold on her that she couldn't
sleep at all without them. I've
seen her on the set In the morn
ing. half dead with fatigue.
Whatever 1t was that was
lacking In her life was not sup
piled by her second husband.
director Vincente Minnelli.
Composer David Rose was the
first.
/ saw Judy and Vincente to
gether. one time the day before
she was to start q picture with
her husband, and Il haven't
slept all week." she told me.
talking and worrying about
the picture with Vince" They
used to stay up till dawn dis
cussing their work.
Will Remain Home
Judy plans to spend the sum.
mer In Hollywood. because I
want to be with my daughter
Liza" She hasn't been with the
little girl too much these last
two years. what with hospitals
zation and working In London
and New York. And there's no
doubt about it but Luft did put
her on her feet. I just hope
he'll keep her there.
There were ruinors Of health
problems In San Francisco.
Just before her secret marriage
to Luft, a. there were during
her smash hit ut the Palace. !
While Judy worked In San
Francisco, Luft was o familiar
sight at the Hollywood Park
Race Track, but Luft was with
her in London. the flrst lap Of
her comeback, and ut the Pal
ace and backstage In L. A.
1t isn't only Judy's mother
who wants the marriage to
work, but the previous Mrs.
Luft, Lynn Bari, who yelled for
Joy when I told her Of the we'd
ding. Good" said she, "this is
the only way ! can be sure he'll
support our son, so let's do
everything to keep the mar
riage a success"
Mostly. Judy's mother wants
the press to forget her as much
as she claims Judy has. ut
makes it tough for me at Doug
las with photographers taking
my picture every time Judy's
in the news. ] don't want to
lose my job"
CReleased b. NANA) @
Evening star., 1952-07-13
Gentle Type
Luuru Elliott Makes
Her Own Terms
Dy ihe Assoelufsd Press
HOLLYWOOD.

The scene was a big banquet
room Of o Denver hotel. Most
Of the States leading lights
were there for a conference,
called by Gov. Dan Thornton.
There was q lot Of speech
making, of the customary type
at such affairs. Finally, a pretty
blond from Hollywood got up
to talk.
She was glad to be there, the
usual thing. But she didn't
swing into the act usually as
sociated with Hollywood blonds.
Instead. she told the diners:
"I've spent a lot Of time in
Colorado. And there's one feel
ing that I always get. It's
thankfulness to God that he
saw At to create such q Won
derland, such gorgeous beauty.
I hope all Of you thank him
for it. too"
Applause Loudest
There was q long moment OF
silence as she sat down, then
the loudest applause Of the
evening.
The girl was Laura Elliott,
heroine Of "The Denver & Rio
Grande," and a graduate OF
Paramount's golden circle OF
rising young stars.
Since one doesn't normally
associate religious thinking with
Hollywood starlets. q reporter
asked her about it.
She's q regular churchgoer
and has found that she can
make progress in the movies
without hitting the night-club
trail.
A Moorehouse, Mo-. native,
she grew up in Los Angeles,
played the lead in a high school
play and the accordion at Hol-
lywood Bowl before a scout
offered her a screen test. She
was a secretary in a Burbank
grammar school at the time.
Life Unchoneed
MY life hasn't changed
much" she says. "A lot OF
things I saw surprised me when
first got into the movies. But
I also found out that the movies
are full Of people who think as
I do and who don't expect a
starlet to do all Of the things
some of them do. In fact, I
found that they prefer those
who lead a normal life.
when find out differently,
I can always 60 back to being
a school secretary. And believe
me. ] will"
Evening star., 1952-07-13
Todoy's Theuter Schedules
Stage.
t" 800 pm.

ARENA-"The Hasty Heart: $3.50 pm
ANIBASSADOR-"Shes Working Her Way Through College:
!, sos, Sis, TBS and $50 pm.
CAPITOL-Pat and Mike" 1:45 430 715 and 10 Stage:
$40. 625 and 9:10 pm.
COLUMB1A-"Rose Cmarron" 1880, 24o, ABS. 625 $40
1910 pm.
DUPONT-"Never Take Answer" 1885. 335. 5:s5.
TAD and 940
KEITHS-Robn Hood: 1886 345 555 sos and 1915 pm.
LITTLE Rasho-Mon": 140 3:45 5:45, 745 and $50 PM
METROPOLTTAN-"Aom City" lis. 2:55 4:40 $780, sos
sand $50 pm
oNTARIo-Lydia Bailey" 14o $780, 5:55 7:55 and 955
PAIACE-Kangaroo" 1:40 $40, 5:45, 7:50 and $3.50
PIX-"Try and Get Me-: 2:20, S, 745 and 1925
PLAYHOUSEThe Marrying Kind 1:25 $3.50, 540 7:45 and
$3.50 pm.
PIAzA-The Man in the White Suit: ass 45o. 6:45
$40 and lO:40 pm.
TRANs-LUx-"Encore": 1906 2:55 4:4o $50. 500 and
1910 pm
WARNER-"Shes Working Her Way Through College: 1:25
325. $780, TAO and 9:45
Evening star., 1952-07-13

class. Unaccustomed as its MEM
bers were to the 1uxuries many
can buy, the class reveled In
extravagances . Maharajah
could envy.
It built palaces with white
rugs on the floors and heated
swimming pools In the gardens.
It bought long. low powerful
foreign cars. It entertained ON
q fantastic scale. It lived with
out restraint on Q basis that
could be obnoxious enough TO
produce. In 1850, Q picture as
savagely satirical as Sunset
Boulevard" This was o recall
Of the halcyon days, an era Of
gaudy shallowness unequalled
in the history Of the Republic.
Film Noted a Change
Yet the very fact that Holly
wood could produce Sunset
Boulevard" indicated two things.
One Of these was the recognized
end Of an era, the other that
there were sober. perceptive
humans in the movie colony
who could appreciate the mon
strous irony Of its early life.
The truth about Hollywood
that never gained the currency
it deserved Is that there always
have been such sturdy citizens
In the movie community. These
came from everywhere and they
brought with them the virtures
Of industry. decency. creative
ness which are regarded as con-
genital to other American COM
munitieS.
These qualities have always
been notoriously unnewsworthy.
They had no chance against the
story Of the high school girl Of
yesterday who was making 81
900 weekly today. Or against
the mysterious murder Of Q
famous director. or the fifth
divorce Of . proudly promis-
cuous star.
Yet it has always been true
that the scandals merely earned
Hollywood its publicity while
the solid virtues of its solid citi-
zenS were responsible for its
overwhelming dominance of pop
ular entertainment for decades.
Truth Disappointing
The visitors to Hollywood
as this correspondent often was
always returned from the
place to be irritated by people
who said: "I read everything
you wrote from there, but, tell
me. what's it really like"
They were always disappoint-
ed with the truth that Holly
wood. day by day, was pretty
much like any other place ex-
cept for a small, spectacular
percentage of its population.
More people perhaps made more
money than one was accustomed
! to at home, and more Of them
were worried that this abnormal
sort Of thing could not possibly
last.
In the summer of 1852, it
turns out that the condition has
not lasted. The day of the
monopoly has come to an end.
The competition is tougher. To
meet it will require toughness,
ingenuity, creative energy and
a belief in itself and its work
that always existed in Holly
wood even when they have not
always been exercised.
But when the top studio takes
such q step as Metros, under
such a sensible leadership as
that of Nicholas Schenck and
Dore Schary, a spirit Of whole
some change is in the air.
Evening star., 1952-07-13
She Wanted Fame

I'm supposed to have said
that Judy was a bad girl, I
didn't; but she's been selfish all
her life. and that's my fault.
! made it too easy for her. Sure
she's worked in pictures and on
the stage, but she loved that
Evening star., 1952-07-13
The Posing Show
M-G-M's Executive Salary Cuts Presoge
Down Of New, Suner Era in Moviedom
By Jay cormody

It made the top Of page one
of the New York Times, among
morning papers, the other day
when Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
announced general pay reduc-
tions for the executive staff Of
the sturdiest movie studio In
Hollywood.
There were two immediate
reactions to the news.
The cynical Judgment Of the
new policy was that 1t marked
the end of the platinum age and
the beginning Of the merely
golden one in Hollywood.
More sober minds saw it as the
dawn of realism and reason In
q community whose numerous
and sensationally publicized evils
have been too often rooted In
money. Even these. however.
could not escape the irony that
the company which acted with
such sweeping decision is the
one whose recent president, L.
B. Mayer, was annually the
highest paid executive in the
United States.
An Era Posses
Mayors separation from MGM
several months ago suddenly be-
came explicable as a vanity that
no longer could be supported.
With him, it now seemed clear.
was passing an era whose fiscal
fantasies set Hollywood at odds
with the rest of the country,
exposed it to pitiless criticism
and made it the worlds favorite
whipping boy.
Metros pay cuts are strictly
executive. from Is to so per
cent for those making more than
$1,000 weekly. They affect 100
top executives Of the company.
In Hollywood and elsewhere.
Actors, writers. directors and
others in creative jobs were not
included In the acroSS-the-
board reductions. Nevertheless,
these also are affected. Fewer
of them will be kept on the
long-term contract payroll.
Talent rosters, once the proud
asset of every studio and Metro
perhaps most of all will be
whitfield. Those who remain will
earn their uncut pay. a demand
which executives put themselves
in a position-and q N1uod-to
enforce by revising their own pay
scale.
Temperament q Luxury
Temperamental stars suddenly
are by way Of finding themselves
insupportable, in fact intoler-
able. luxuries.
Once the shock OF the new
policy is absorbed-all shock
treatments are severe-it could
leave Hollywood close to the
sanity it's more sober citizens
have always envied. In leaner
living it can improve its reputa-
tion for cleaner living. In the
production of fewer pictures
yearly, 80 now as against more
than so in Metros case, it can
concentrate on quality instead
of being oppressively concerned
with quantity.
Money and Hollywood have
always been synonymous. From
the beginning when it enjoyed
q chronological monopoly on
popular entertainment, the In
dustry has spawned a new-rich
Evening star., 1952-07-13
HOLLYWOOD.


"If you have a daughter. don't
let her sing or dance" This was
strange, or maybe not so strange.
advice from Judy Garland's
mother, Mrs. Ethel Gilmore.
whom I first met when Judy was
l6 and she invited me to her
hillside home for tea and to
listen to Q reading Of Judy's
poems.
For the last few years. Judy
and her mother have been es-
tranged, and Mrs. Gilmore says
she wants no part Of Judy's fab
ulous earnings, preferring to toll
as q clerk In the huge Doug
las Aircraft factory at Santa
Monica.
'I was told by Judy, through
her press agent. that I mustn't
speak about her to reporters, but
there've been 50 many untruths
printed, things I'm supposed to
have said. but didn't, that I'd
like to put the record straight"
said Mrs. Gilmore, who started
the conversation on q gay note.
but ended In tears before the
talk was half over.
Denies Luft Story
First Of ALL" she said, II
have never said that Sid Luft
was o bad man or bad for Judy.
I don't know him very well. In
fact, I first talked with him
when Judy came to sing at the
Philharmonic in Los Angeles.
and I asked him for q ticket to
the show. which he gave me. !
did say, Keep my little girl
WELL and he said. Don't worry.
Twill It sounded like he wants
to keep her well to work, but II
he'll make Judy happy. that's
all that matters. Wen just have
to wait and see what happens. !"
Mrs. Gilmore believes that
some of Judy's adult-life
troubles stem from the fact that
she spoiled her when young,
though Judy claims that she's
been working in the theater and
movies since she was 2. She
and her older sister were billed
as ''the Gumm Sisters"
I'VE gave her everything she
wanted" continued Mrs. Gil
more. land she got to expect
everything. I remember when
she made her fabulous deal at
Metro. ] said to her, Just think.
you, Frances Gumm. getting
$4,000 a week-aren't you
thrilied?' Yes said Judy, but
I've always had everything I
want
She Wanted Fame
I'm supposed to have said
that Judy was a bad girl, I
didn't; but she's been selfish all
her life, and that's my fault.
L.. g.. AA- Cy.,~A
Evening star., 1952-02-01
Party for Servicemen

The first of a series of Saturday
night parties for service personnel
will be given at the Luther Place
Parish Hall, Vermont avenue and
N street NV. at 8 o'clock tomor-
row.
Evening star., 1952-02-01
Woman and Two Children
Found in Stupor by Doctor

A mother and her two young
children were accidentally over
come in the kitchen of their Ia
koma Park home today, Prince
Georges County police reported.
Mrs. Harold E. Hackett, jr., 1926
Fifteenth place, was found in a
semiconscious condition this morn
ing after she had made a frantic
telephone call to her physician,
DR.. Ernest A. Sarao. at his Office,
zoos New Hampshire avenue.
The doctor said when he ar
rived he also found the two
Hackett children. Richard, S, and
Sandra, 2. in what he termed a
"stupor." The children were taken
to Children's Hospital and the
mother to Prince Georges Hospi-
tai, where they are expected to
, recover, DR.. Sarao said.
Police and gas company officials
began an immediate investigation
to determine if there is a gas leak
in the house.
Evening star., 1952-02-01
Roheson, Bridges Lawyer
Denied i Exit From l Us
BY the Assoeiuted Press

SEATTLE, Feb. 1.-Singer Paul
Robson and one of labor leader
Harry Bridges lawyers won't be
able to keep a speaking engage
ment in Vancouver. British CO.
lumbia. today-they can't get
across the border.
Robson and Vincent William
Hallinan, travelling separately,
were told yesterday by United
States immigration officials they
could not cross the border into
Canada. Both were en- route to
a meeting of the Mine. Mill and
Smelter Workers Union, inde-
pendent, and were scheduled to
address that group today.
District immigration Director
John P. Boyd said Legal authority
for turning the pair back is found
in 1918 wartime act and a 1941
presidential proclamation prohib-
iting either citizens or aliens from
leaving the country when such a
ban is in the Governments in
tereSt.
Both men turned back, RobeSor
by automobile and Hallinan on q
train, when advised violation o1
the order would make them sub.
ject to five years Imprisonment
and $4,000 fines.
Evening star., 1952-02-01
Irons Oil Plentiful

LONDON-Iran is believed to
hold one-third of the worlds
petroleum reserves and vast un-
developed mineral wealth.
Evening star., 1952-02-01
ArnaI May Decide
By Monday Whether
10 Take DiSaIIe' S Job
Rx iha As,oeictsd Pros.

ATLANTA. Feb. Former Gov.
Ellis Arnall was reported today to
have promised a decision by Mon
day on whether he viii take Mike
DiSalle's job as director Of price
Stabilization.
This information came from the
Atlanta Journals Washington bu-
|reau which reported it was in
formed that President Truman
definitely offered Mr.. Arnall the
job Wednesday.
Mr.. Arnall remained noncom-
initial as he stepped from a train
here early today. but he dropped
what might have been hint that
he has the job under consider
alton.
He said that while he was Gov
ernor, he never appreciated a man
Evening star., 1952-02-01
Eisenhower Reports
Progress on NAT0,
But Much Left 10 Do
--s5i----s-s-.4- - z 9sr- -
By the Associoied Press

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED POWERS, EUROPE. Feb.
1.-Gen. Dwight .. Eisenhower
said today solid progress has been
made in building up the defense
Of the West, but he warned there
is still a lot to do s'and sacrifices
must be made by every one. .
The supreme commander Of the
Atlantic Pact forces said in a radio
broadcast that the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization was still
felittle more than a skeleton" J" and
that there is. a crying need ITO
supply it with muscles and sinews
for efficient readiness to function. !"
Gen. Eisenhower broadcast on
the British oadcasting Co. AT
Iantic Alliance program from his
headquarters Just outside Paris.
He criticized none Of the II
NATO nations by name but em-I
phasized that 1852 must be q
year of even greater total ac-I
complishment than was recorded
in 1851. We must not lose irn-
petus in producing the unified
and combined spiritual. economic
and military strength which will
result in, our common security"
Gen. Eisenhower made his
broadcast at a moment when he
had still not solved one of NATO's1
biggest problems: How to get
West Germans into uniform to
help defend themselves and the
other Atlantic Pact nations In the
event Of aggression from the East.
Plans for q European Army,
with Germans in it, have begged
down into a French German
quarrel over the Saar, and it is
now feared no European army
plan will be ready for presenting
to the scheduled February 16
NATO meeting in Lisbon.
Gen. Eisenhower emphasized
that "We are a long way yet from
attaining our goal' Of building up
a strong enough defense force to
make Russia think twice before
attacking. but indicated conf
dence it could be done if leach
one of us should do his best"
Evening star., 1952-02-01

whom he had offered a job putt
ting it in the newspapers. But he
hastened to add that this did not
necessarily mean that he had the
job offer.
The former Governor was asked
if he had returned to Georgia to
consult with his family about the
job offer. He responded:
II live here and my job is here"
Mr.. Arnall has a Hollywood job
as president of the Society of In
dependent Motion Picture Pro-
ducers. reputed to pay $4,000 a
year, but he also keeps an Atlanta
law Office. His home is at New
nan, Ga. ,-.
The price Stabilization vacancy
came up when Mr.. Disable an
nounced he would resign this
month to run for the Senate
in Ohio.
Evening star., 1952-02-01
Death Car Defective
On Counts, Police
Will Tell Inquest

A coroner's jury today is to be
told that the auto in which two
small children died of exhaust
fumes Wednesday would have
been rejected by a District vehicle
inspection station on at least 16
counts.
Major defect. police said, was
the broken exhaust pipe which
leaked the odorless gases into the
car in which Sandra Williams. 2,
and Annie Williams, 6, colored,
died as they waited for their
parents in front of Freedmen's S
Hospital. The parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Williams, had taken
child into the hospital
for treatment of face rash and
had left the car engine running
to keep the interior warm.
Homicide detectives said that
because of the numerous and tech
nical details of the defects, they
would make no attempt to intro
duce them as evidence before the
coroner's jury. Instead, an at
tendant at the inspection station
will be called to decipher an in
spection card on the auto.
They said the car had been re-
jected before the fatalities when
a prospective buyer took it into
the station to. be sure he could
obtain District tags.
Owned by Andrew Young. jr.,
of 5713 Jost street, Fairmont
Heights, the car is licensed in
Maryland, where no periodical in
spections are required.
On preliminary examination,
police noted defects in brakes, in
lights. steering and windshield
wipers.
Evening star., 1952-02-01
Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio

Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio
Valleys.
The crest Of the weakened flood
rolled toward Cincinnati today
and areas downstream in Ken
lucky and Indiana began getting
ready for their jolt of high water.
The predicted crest of SIS feet
was due in Cincinnati today. That
would be 51a feet over flood stage.
,Low-lying streets already were
under water but there was no
indication of any serious or un-
expected damage.
Upstream, the. river started
falling at Portsmouth late yes
terday and it crested later at
Manchester, Aberdeen and Ripley
Evening star., 1952-02-01
Truman Doesn't Plan ,
To Seek Extra Relief
Fund for Flood Area
BY The Assoeiaisd Press

President Truman inspected the
flooded Ohio River Valley from the
air yesterday and later said he did
not think he would have to ask
Congress for additional relief
funds for the area.
His comment on relief funds
came after the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation said it was
declaring the entire Ohio River
Valley a disaster area, opening
the way for Government loans to
flood victims.
The RFC said it would take ap-
plications for disaster relief at its
Cleveland Office Immediately, at
Louisville in the near future, and
eventually in emergency Offices 1t
would open wherever needed.
Two Hours Over Area.
President Truman spent two
hours in low-level. often bumpy
flight over 1853 miles of river basin
from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati. He
saw flooded farmlands, flooded
towns and cities. water tapping at
highways. factories and airports.
He said he had seen worse floods,
and on the basis Of what he had
seen yesterday. he didn't think
more relief funds would be nec-
esSary.
MIR. Truman was most impressed
by the success of the flood control
system. He said engineers esti-
mated that if it had not been for
IA flood control reservoirs in the
Pittsburgh area, damage to that
area alone might have been $25
million.
"Our flood control program pays
in the long rum" he said, noting
the protection given Parkersburg,
w. Va; New Boston and Ports
mouth. Ohio: Cincinnati, Ashland,
KY, and Huntington, w. Va, by
flood walls. ..... .+,.,
Overall Program Cited.
He told newsmen the success
of the control system demon
strated again the need for an
overall program for the entire