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and Rogers danced with him
and then went on to win Acad-
envy Awards Audrey, of
course. has her Oscar already"
he smiled OF Miss Hepburn, he
had this to say she is
a shoW-business phenomenon.
She's a great dancer because
OF her training in the classic
ballet, 1t taught her not only
technical know how but also
self discipline. She can do any,
thing she wants to-and do
it well. She really dances up a
storm.
FavOrite Partner
asked him to name his
favorite dancing partner and
Fred replied. That's easy.
Bing Crosby"
While he wouldn't name his
favollte female dancer. he had
this to say about some of his
partners Ginger Rogers is
a Snowman and an effective
performer Rita HayWorth is
a great dancer but her style is
different from mine. Eleanor
Powell, a wonderful person,
has a powerful style. Judy
Garland could learn a routine
in a flash, though she isn't
primarily dancer. Vera Ell
len can do anything she is
technically Just about perfect.
Cyd Charlse and Leslie Caron
both have technical proficiency
and great personal warmth. -"
Fred S first and his great
est dancing partner. Of course.
was his sister Adele, with
whom he fought his way up
through vaudeville to the mus
lcal-ccmedy heights in such
long remembered hits as The
Passing Show Apple Bios
SONS. Lady Be Good and
"ZieRfeld FollieS.' They
teamed in Funny Face on
Broadway. but the current
motion picture is a new pro-
duction with a modern story.
Only several of the great
George and Ira GershWin
tunes remain.
When Adele married Brit
aims Lord Cavendish, she re-
tired. Fred continued as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-15
By SHEHAH GRAHAM

HOLLYW WOOD. July IA
(NANA( When Fred Astaire
arrived in Hollywood for his
first starring role in Flying
Down To Rio, he was already
the toast of Broadway and
London and one of the great
dancing stars of the century.
But l was determined to be
a dramatic actor rather than
remain a dancer Fred told
me at Paramount. And with
this in mind, l called on the
producer and said: Now,
listen. All I've been doing for
the past 20 years is dancing,
dancing, dancing. From now
on"
sit down. Fred" inter-
rupted the producer. Take a
load off those overworked feet.
You must be terribly tired"
Twenty-six song and dance
musicals later, Fred is cur
rently before the VistaVision
cameras dancing and singing
in Funny Face" with Audrey
Hepburn. Next he'll do Silk
Stockings" with Cyd Charlse;
"Poppa's Delicate Condition,
with some dancing of course;
and then perhaps another
tune show with Bing Crosby
Il keep trying to retire, but
Fred. who. when only 5, started
in vaudeville teamed with Sis
ter Adele. shrugged helplessly,
Let's just say love hard
work. he concluded.
Astaire is also a composer
and a longtime member OF the
American Society Of Compos-
ers. Authors and Publishers.
Some of his songs have landed
on the Hit Parade And now
l have branched out into the
recording busineSs-juSt for
the fun of it
Since the death of his wife.
Phyllis, a year and half ago
after more than 20 years OF
happiness. Fred has devoted
himself to his children. Fred
jr.. II. accompanied him to
France when the Funny Face
company moved abroad for
street-scene dance sequences
in Paris. The two FredS, l3-
year-old Ava and Astaire's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
Workday Pin-Up

T7OR STICKING to her job Pin-Up Frances Hatos
Il qualities for sort of Oscar. She has never
worked for any business except the American Security
& Trust Co. where she is head of perSonnel-and the
people who work with her glad Of it.
native of Washington and graduate of Eastern
High School, she started work two days before her grad
uaton. at the Southwest branch Of the bank She left
when she married but returned after the
husband and from bookkeeping turned personnel
at the main office Fifteenth street NV
Records of some TOO persons under her jursdic
ton and most of whom she knows from personal dealing
She has charge of the payroll with all its complication
taxes deductions and time accounting Many people have
met Frances when she acted of the hoSesSeS at
annual orchid show held at the bank. Her warm smile
and gracious and efficient handling of situa
tons is the same In the Office.
Frances lives with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Archie
L. Lewis 1S41 Webster street Me- where 13year-od son
Stephen keeps her rather busy after office hours She
took two youngsters motor tour Of Florida this
just to prove she could do it. QUENTIN R MOTT
If place Of business has . girl yOu think should
be represented in this SERIES send clear picture Of
together with letter telling who she and where she
works, to: Pin-Up Editor, The Sunday Star Magazine
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue NV, Wash
ingtOn 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09

lum: A woman commits
suicide so her husband will be
accused Of killing her in
Bond of Hate"
1000, WRC (4)-Lux Video
Theater: Jan Sterling will
star as a nurse in "Rebuke
Me Not" the drama of a man
accused of the murder of his
hypochrondriac wife. TV Key
says: well paced melodrama
with a weird ending"
1000, WTOP (9)-Arthur MUIR
ray Party: Guests include
Comedian Jerry Lester.
1000, WMAL ~ - Bowling
Time: Joe Kristof meets Joe
Bolek in the featured match.
1880, WTOP (9)-Public De-
fender: The Public Defender
helps a man go straight, who
has had trouble keeping a job.
11:2O, WMAL (7)-The Night
Show: Michael Redgrave
stars in the feature film,
"Kipps."
1880, WRC (4-Tonight: Law
renee Tibbett. Billy Gilbert
and others from the Broad
way show, Fanny" cast, re-
enact some of the shows most
memorable scenes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09
TODAY'S RADIO
HIGHLlGHTS

900, WIDOW, WASH-FM-In
the Concert Hall: Beethoven,
Symphony No. 3 in E: Mo-
Fart -Sinfonia Concertante in
E.
7:15, WNTAL-Mel Allen: A ten
minute sports roundup; Mel
reports tonight from Wash
ington.
1880, WGMS-Symphonic Var
ieties; Charpentier, impress
sions of Italy.
$3.50. WTOP-21st Precinct
The precinct investigates q
series Of liquor store rob.
berries.
$3.50, WRC - Conservation
Broadway publicist Dick
Nancy. Bennett Cert. and Cliff
ton Fadiman discuss "Vaude-
vile "reminiscences" .&
sos, WGMS-FM - Concert
Masterpieces: Mozart. Flute
Concerto No. 2; Malipiero
Cimarosiana.
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and his remarks were in reply
to a wondering video columnist
who inquired:
who's minding the Store?"
Other incidental intelligence
on the events:
. Why no color? NBC wanted
to-but the pool arrangements
were made two years ago and
CHS and ABC wouldn't go along
extra COST
. How much equipment? NBC
estimates that it has enough
electronic gear at Chicago alone
to equip three normal-sized TV
stations.
. Any rehearsal time? With
all key personnel on hand. net
works will conduct extensive re-
hearsalS beginning today.
. Most overpublicized gim-
micks? The new" small cameras
and that elevator platform de-
signed to make all the speakers
the same height.
Personal Reflection: ABC
stole the show" in so mainly
because it concentrated on get
ting the news-and if the
cameras couldn't get there on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09
TODAY'S TV
HIGHLIGHTS

1880, WTTG (5l-The Whistler:
An elderly man tries to dis
pose of his wife in order to
marry his young housekeeper
in Lovely Look"
500, WTTG (5l-The Evening
Movie: Sixty Glorious
Years" starring Anna Neagle
is the story of the marriage
of Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert from the time they
were married until her death.
$500, WMAL t7)-The Hour
Glass: "Once Upon A Dream"
with. Google Withers. An
Army officers wife dreams
that her husbands man.
servant is romancing her.
$3.50, WRC 4)-Dragnet: An
unusual confession from a
man duped into committing
two robberies leads Sgt. Joe
Friday and Officer Frank
Smith to the Master
Criminal" Tv Key previews:
AN interesting story with
good performances"
$50, WTOP t9)-Climax: mo
Right to Kill" The story of
an intellectual battle between
a brooding man and a bril-
liant detective who hopes to
force a confession through
psychology rather than
weight of evidence.
$3.50, WRC t4-Ford Theater:
A father completes against son
in a story of big-time harness
racing in TRY Me For Size.
$3.50, WTTG (5)-The Pendu-
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to a very elegant spot and as they
watched the band, the guy no.
ticed something awry. The pian-
lists face was dirty and his shirt
tail was hanging out. Finally,
after about an hour, he walked
over, tapped him on the shoul-
Iders. and said:
do you knotU your shirt tail
is hanging out and your face is
dirty"
mo" said the pianist, but II
you'll hum it, III try to play it,"
x \ =
On the Run:
/ Now the singers are turning
critics: Joe Williams, blues
singer with Count Basic, heard
an Elvis Presley record and told
a Downbeat reporter:
"To my mind, he's not a
singer, and / understand from
lGhat Tue read that he isn't a
musician, but he has something
that has captured the younger
element. maybe he's good looking
or something"
| Mel Allen is doing his Abe
radio sports show from the
WMAL studios while the Yanks
are here.
Charlie Mercer began a TV
column for APP with this ques-
ton recently Have you ever
noticed how well cast television
dramas are?" Answer: Not
lately, Charles, not lately.
DR.. Shane MacCarthy sub
mitted a number of titles for
his projected new CBS-TV re-
Iligious series of interviews with
noted clerical figures. The
one 1 like: Keeper of the
Keys" aside to Shane:
A former DECAY. Bob Finney,
called and suggested: "Parson
to Parson.0
New York is buzZing with
story of a cOlumniSt who chal-
lenged Jackie Gleason to a fight.
Jackie wisely refused.
! Detailed daily bulletins arrive
re Ed Sullivan's condition: The
latest explains that when Mr..
Sullivan sustained fractured
rib and considerable bruises of
the muscles of the chest wall, it
made breathing painful and
coughing extremely difficult. This
complicated the protective cough
ing mechanism and Mr.. Sullivan
was unable to raise the excre-
tons resulting from the previous
cold. This brought on the pos
sibility Of complication that
might result in pneumonia. He
developed a fever and marked
congestion. However, Mr.. Sulli-
van has responded to treatment
Pneumonia. though still possible
is not imminent. Eds at Griffin
Hospital in Derby, Conn.
\ 4
ScOrebOard: John Mercer, ar
easy man with a song-whethel
he's singing it or writing it. Of
fered his lone for the Road" or
the Russ Morgan show last Sat.
urday-WTOP-9.
Sammy Davis. jr.. dropped ir
on Jerry Lester Tuesday night
(WRC-4) to show the old Bean.
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the nose, so what? The bigger
networks were left admiring the
reflections of their own reporters
in the monitors. TV is coming
slowly out of this narcissistic
phase and it is to be expected
that the focus will generally be
on the news. This is the type of
event that is better played
straight" = leaving the tricks
and the offbeat staging to show
business.
4 \
Our Song Dept: One of the
acts asked the .TfiS is Show
Bushes" panel to come up with
some gags the other night
(WRC-4 and Abe Burrows sup
piled this cutie:
Seems a fellow took his girl
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bag how to handle those West
ern six-Shooters They also
elaborated hilariouSly on a song
with Sammy lip-singing to Jer-
RVS voice . One of those spon-
Itaneous things that can't be plan
.ned-and keeps people up watch
ing Tonight" Bobby Sher-
wood. by the way, impresses this
observer as handy guy to have
around a show like this.
x 4 \
PrOperty-Buying Dept: Mar
tin Manulis just acquired Kay
Thompson'S "Eloise' for preSen-
Itation on CBS's Playhouse go
next season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09
ION THE AIR
Who's Mindinq
The TV Store?
BY BERNIE HARRISON

IF big story breaks omeplace other than Chicago
San Francisco these few weeks the TV will
probably have to dispatch reporters from those cities
That's Bill McAndrew, MICS Director of Special Events
speaking and he ought know Bill has pulling
key staes from foreign for TVS Political
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-22
THE GRAND MADEMOI-

SELLE. By Francis Steeg-
muller. Farrar. Straus q
Cudahy; $3.75D
Mademoiselle was the grand
daughter of Henry of Navarro,
and one of the greatest ladies
of France. OF the highest
birth and the greatest wealth,
she had also remarkable per-
sonal qualities. In an era Of
sycophants and schemers, she
was loyal to a fault; at a
court of the sleaziest morals,
she was steadily virtuous. She
was also valiant. fortnight,
and. as she said herself, when
properly approached, the kind
est person in the world.
Mademoiselle's advantages
seemed always to work against
her. The search for a proper
husband, which began as q
matter Of state the day she
was born, was for her the
search for a proper establish
ment. Throughout her youth
a procession of kings-of Eng
land, Germany. Spain, Poland
before her eyes. Cardi-
mails, first Richelieu and later
Mazarin, were the bane Of her
existence. Somehow the mar
rage prospects ended in A.
aSco.
The Wrong Choice
Betimes, Mademoiselle went
to war. With incredible brav-
cry, she took over the city Of
Orleans during that confusing
rebellion of mobiles, La Fronde.
She blasted her own hopes of
marrying Louis XIV when she
ordered the cannons of Paris
turned on his troops. Made
moiselle had clearly chosen the
wrong side. In love, it was the
same.
Mademoisells O dored her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-22
Enamel and Sand

The first Washington exhi-
bition of New York Artist
Peter Ostuni is on view at the
Obelisk Gallery, 324l P street,
Georgetown. through next Sum
day. His paintings are some
thing new, interesting and in
some instances, beautiful.
This creative young man has
also invented a new stained
glass technique which omits
lead, results in one solid sheet.
Although there are no exam
Piles of this glass in the show,
what he said in an article in
Craft Horizons Magazine two
years ago, also applies in a
general way, to his enamel
plaques on metal mesh and
solid copper and to his ar
resting enamels on sand, which
are also colored and fired. 1t is,
he said, in the interplay of
color, the INTERPRETATION Of
rhythms, the advancement and
recession of planes, that the
entire composition is resolved"
The colors of some of these
distractions are brilliant and
presumably permanent, and the
craftsmanship is admirable.
There is nothing accidental or
improvised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-22
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Printmokers' Show
At National Museum

area artists: Eleanore Van
Swearingen's might Club Ecs-
tasy," with its lively compost
ton, effective spotting of colors
and values and varied texture,
and Rudolf Won Huhn's superb
"Fragmentary Evidence" with
its calligraphic detail and
Oriental overtones. Other
modern prints, from simplified
naturalism to semiabstract
which seemed particularly
noteworthy to me are jose
phine Alexander's. Track
Meet" Noche Crisis haunting
Drought" Jack Perlmutter's
"City and River" Henry Sugi-
moto's Oriental abstraction,
Sun. Mountain and River"
and Paul Shaub's Fisherman"
strongly suggestive Of an old
Japanese print.
Jack Bilander's Stairway"
an arresting print Of mood. is
as ominouS as a Charles Ad
dams interior. And let no one
overlook some of the smallest
prints such as Robert CAL
wins Marine Pattern" which
have charms and virtues of
their own.
This exhibition deserves
visitors close scrutiny, and
there is not much time left.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-22
New EngIond Coast

Sunny views Of harbor VII
lagos. and the sea coast, with
old houses, sailing vessels, and
small boats done in traditional
manner, make visitors to the
exhibition of paintings by
Dorothy Mallory at the Foam
Rubber Center, 1920 New York
avenue. nostalgia for summer
and New England. She has
other subjects on view, one q
very realistic snowstorm in
Washington; but the coastal
subjects stand out.
Mrs. Mallory studied art IN
Paris, subsequently with Aldro
Hibbard and Anthony Theme
at Rockport and Emile
Grippe at Gloucester, Mass.
She is a member of the Pen
Women's League, Alexandria,
and the American Artists
Professional League and has
exhibited in local group shows
here as well as in New Eng
land and elsewhere. Her show
remains at Foam Rubber Cen
ter through next Saturday.
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Versatile Cubon

Carmelo Gonzalez Iglesias,
Cuban painter and printmak-
er, is having his second one
man show in Washington, at
Howard University art gallery,
through next Friday. More
than a decade has passed since
his first. at Caresse Crosby's
gallery on G place in l945.
The present show comprises
paintings mostly in gouache.
and prints in several media.
The paintings in the present
show are part of new work
begun during six months of
travel in Italy, France and
Spain in 1852. Carmelo has
derived his subjects from many
sources: Medieval history and
folklore, religion. Spanish and
Cuban folklore. the world to-
day, and imaginative subjects.
He depicts them in a semi
naturalistic manner, with &C.
casionally a touch of carica-
ture "Spanish Tourist~, and
humor C"Lady Godiva" at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-22
BY FLORENCE BERGMAN

The Society of Washington
Printmakers' goth annual ex-
hibition at the National Mu-
scum. Constitution avenue at
Tenth street, through Febru-
airy 2. is a truly nationa1 show,
marked by technical excellence
and a wide range Of approach
es, media and subject. OF 119
printmakers represented by
1873 prints, 26 are District Of
Columbia and nearby Virginia
and Maryland artists. The
other SO represent "a States,
from New York to California,
Michigan to Louisiana, and
New England to the Middle
West.
The prints are made In IL
major media, and combinations
Of them, and less usual media
such as electron print, cello
graph and sugar ground tetch-
ing). The range from non-
objective to minute detailed
realism, with many excellent
examples in all movements. is
to the credit Of the jury, COM
posed Of Prentiss Taylor. presi-
dent Of the society, IneZ De-
monet. Jacob Kainen and Isa-
bella Walker, other officers;
and the executive committee.
Roland Lyon, Vida Mackenzie
and Grace Oehser.
Alice Lee Parker. acting
chief, Division Of Prints and
Photographs, Library Of Con-
gress, and Mr.. Taylor selected
Emil Weddige's color litho-
graph, Triton" for the soci-
ETY. to purchase and present to
the Library. The same artists
"Satchmo and the Saints" is
gayer in color and livelier in
subject and may appeal to
more tastes; but Triton" has
the better composition.
Many prints deserve more
specific mention than space
permits. Their merits are va
ried. in addition to their TECH
nical virtues. Outstanding
conservative prints in various
media, all of them beautiful
in subject as well as handling
are Grace Albee's "Flatstone
Cove" Drying Nets" by Alan
Crane; James D. Ravens
'Dogwood." exquisite in color,
with gossamer texture; Louis
Lozoy'ick's Pulpit Rock"
Thomas Mason's enSnaring
maine Coast" a character
study Of two rabbis AT the
Ark" by N. P. Steinberg, and
Prentiss Taylor's panoramic
cityscape From Rosslyn to
Georgetown
Two outstanding non-objec-
tive prints are by Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-22
Behind the Scenes
lin Americas War
For independence
THE SECRET WAR or IN.

THE SECRET WAR OF IN
DEPENDENCE. BY Helen
Augur. (Duell, Sloan &
Pierce, Little. Brown; $4.50o
At last an author has taken
time to seek through the vel
lowing records Of the War Of
Independence and present the
little-known tales of the "se-
cret" war waged by Americans
in the chambers Of diplomats
in Paris and by daring captains
on the high seas-facts often
interesting as well as enlight-
ening.
Much interest is lost, how
ever, through deficiencies in
organization which make it
difficult to correlate inter.
related events, and the presen-
tation too often is more char
acteristic of a text book than
Of the pleasure or pure interest
one. Though 1.-THE Secret
War of independence" may
find its adherents among
housewives and diplomats as
well as among teachers and
devotees of history, it will sell
dom inspire the interest which
will make 1t hard to leave when
other diversions appear.
GLADYS Ellison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-22
IA Most Enchanting Biography
Full of Gallo Taste and Wit

worthless father, q tickle vain
man who mulcted her of much
Of her inheritance and then
blackmailed her into a recon-
Citation. Mademoiselle wor-
shipped Louis XIV, who when
the time came, treated her
shockingly. And when Made
moiselle finally fell in love, at
40, with the full force of a
whole-hearted nature, she
chose badly again.
The Count Of Lauzan sounds
like an endearing scamp. But
he courted the favor of Louis
XIV far more assiduously than
he courted Mademoiselle once
he discovered her intention Of
raising him up.
The story Of that duel of
wits between an opportunist
and a truly noble woman
makes affecting reading even
now. Louis XIV said they
could marry; then said they
could not. He imprisoned
Lauzan, and poor Mademoi-
selle, half mad with grief, did
everything she could to get
him out. Base ingratitude was
her reward.
Solidly Factual
Fortunately for us. Madem-
oiselle's military career ended
in exile. an eight-year period
she improved by the writing of
her memoirs. Even more for
tunately, her present biogra-
pher has worked closely from
them. The result Is an en-
chanting biography, solidly
factual, full Of Gallo taste and
wit. The temper Of the times,
the heart Of q woman who de-
served better from life. Mr..
Steegmuller has done full Jus
tice to both.
M. McQ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-22

Paintings Of Mexico by
Samuel Herman, done last
summer in San Miguel de
Allende, a growing interna-
tional art colony. are on view
in the Margaret P. Dickey
Gallery of the District Of Co
lumbia Teachers College.
Eleventh and Harvard streets
NV, through next Friday.
This Washington artist started
painting seriously in 1913. He
has exhibited in group and
other one-man shows.
The 20 paintings indicate
that Mr.. Herman is strongly
interested in experiment. Some
Of them are distractions, 9TH
ers naturalistic, some are dark
and monochromatic. others
fresh in color. The quality is
very uneven. The best painted
work in my opinion is the coll
orful Spain in Mexico" I also
liked LAS Campanas" and
found an interesting compost
ton in Mexican Girls in An
Interior"