Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1942, Page 57

AMUSEMENTS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, They’d Like to See Evidence of Hollywood Nepotism:* Sons, Daugh.’t'ers and Sisters of Filmdom’s Established Personalities Find the Road to Stardom Is Harder Instedd of Easier for Them JOAN FONTAINE, With Cary Grant in “Suspicion” Nepotism, as many would have you believe, may be an important factor in the Hollywood scheme, but it's a behind-the-camera affair. It does not, it would seem, mean & thing to those who aspire to cinema stardom, so don't waste-any envy on the sons and daughters of movie stars. They haven't any inside track to a screen career. As a matter of fact the average aspiring actor, tough a time as he may have in Hollywood, probably finds the road to stardom easier | than the one traveled by relatives | of the established stars. There is, for instance, the case of young Tim Holt, who has finally achieved a leading role in Orson Welles’ new film, “The Magnificent | Ambersons,” and not because$ his father is Jack Holt. that there have been many times when Tim was tempted to give up‘ the effort of trying to convince filmdom he could act and was not | merely Jack Holt's son. He found out early what he was The truth is| up against. When Tim left school, intent upon an acting career, he paid & call at the office of the cast- ing director of the studio where his father was under contract at the time. He waited. Two hours later he discovered that the cast- ing director, whom he knew well, had slipped out the blck door to avoid talking to him. Then He Tried the Stage. He met similar rebuffs from every casting director in town. They just smiled indulgently and refused to look seriously upon his movie as- | pirations. ‘Then Mr. Holt, fils, did what many another player has done to gain Hollywood's attention. He got a role | |in a stage play. And offers from | studios followed. | This turned out to be only the beginning of Tim Holt's battle, how- ever, for no one could forget he| was Jack Holt's son. No matter how | | good a performance he might turn | 1in more always seemed to be ex- | Ladies Will Carry On By Hubbard Keavy, Wide World News. ‘While the men are away fighting the wars, the ladies are writing the blood-and-thunder action stories for the movies. Most of the big adventure pictures Hollywood is producing and pur- chasing today have been written by the so-called gentler sex and many | have as their heroes swashbuckling fellows of positively extraordinary | prowess and courage. The-westerns with the most shooting still are being written by women. Olive Cooper, who thinks up all those things for Cowboy Roy | ¢ Rogers, Thealer Parking 6PM 1ol AM. i CAPITAL GARAGE] 1320 N. Y. Ave., Bet. 13th & 14thij] 75 years of buying, selling and | lending on diamonds, jewelry, etc. Liberal Loans at Lowest Possible Rates CASH FOR OLD GOLD t_License) o BAOETICE 1215 H 5t MW, High Quality—Lew Price 2.240 Pounds to the Ton _BLUE RIDGE VA. HARD -$9. $8.25 50% ___$1.15 ll.UEs RIDGE SMOKELESS POCAHONTAS OIL-TREAT!D Egg -__$11.75 Stove ___$11.50 Pea $8.45 Delivered in bags to your bin, no extra charge. farthest point in the city minutes. Anthract BLUE RIDGE COAL CO Inc Now Under the Ma W, | | are the two regular western scenar- HOLLYWOOD. is as busy as ever, and | Betty Burbridge, who wrote most of | the Gene Autry pictures, now is | working on a special called “Frontier | Pioneer.” Doris Schroeder does the | Don Barry westerns while Lillie | Hayward and Ann Morrison Chapin | ists at Republic, where most outdoor | operas are made. Paramount has four of these ad- | | venture tales by women. “Reap the | | Wild Wind,” a sea saga, and “The Forest Rangers,” both were written by very feminine, delicate Thelma Strabel. The scenario for “Bahama | Passage,” adventure in the West | Indies, was written by Virginia Van Upp, and “Frenchman’s Creek,” a historical thriller-diller, is from the typewriter of Daphne Du Maurier. Edna Ferber’s “Saratoga Trunk” is being produced by Warners and an- other big one in the works is Helen Mac Innes’ best seller, “Above Suspi- cion.” “Saboteur” was developed, | from an idea by & man, by Scenar- | ists Joan Harrison -and Dorothy ‘ Parker. Margaret Steen’s “The Sun Is My Undoing” is in the process of being purchased for a big scale ad- venture film by eithér Paramount or | Twentieth Century. “The Gay Gal- liard,” Margaret Irwins rip-snorter, and “Dragon Seed,” Pearl Buck’s equally spirited story, are being read by every studio. | Apparently Hollywood isn't for- | getting that mild, motherly Mar- | garet Mitchell wrote “Gone With | | the Wind.” | Zanuck Has a Story. | So amused was he, that Lt. Col. | Darryl Zanuck of the movies is| | telling this story to all who'll listen: The commandant of nearby Fort | MacArthur phoned Zanuck to ask | him if he could get some film ladies to set up a canteen for the boys on | night watch. The attractive Mrs. Zanuck got up a committee of pro- | ducers’ wives, who established a | canteen which they stocked with coffee and doughnuts and sand- wiches and producers’ wives. Few days later the commandant | called to thank Zanuck and to sug- gest that the doughnut dispensers ought to be attractive young film lovelies instead of the “nice old la- dies who havesbeen coming down.” Zanuck shocked the committee by telling them what the commandant said, but war is wi pected. But Tim kept at it, attain- ing larger and larger roles. At last he won a contract at R-K-O Radio and s ‘with Ginger Rogers in “Fifth Avenue Girl” Then he became a Western star, not winning any fans among those who attend only the big down- town theaters, but getting a lot of valuable experience. Now he is using the experience on one of the choice roles of the year, the male lead in “The Magnificent Ambersons.” June Has Sister Trouble. It was sister trouble in the case of Joan Fontaine. When she em- barked on a screen, career, and for some time after shie embarked, Joan found herself considered just Olivia de Havilland's little sister. That didn’t get her very far, but Alfred Hitchcock came along and selected her as the star of his “Rebecca.” * Hollywood noticed her then. And just to prove’that he still approved and that Miss Fontaine could repeat again and again, Hitchcock cast her in the recently seen “Suspicion.” Another girl who suffered from the same sister trouble is June Havoc. June, now 23, was'a star at the age of 3, but has since had her share of ups and downs. It finally reached the point where she was billed at theaters as “Gypsy Rose Lee’'s Sister,” which is the truth, but which didn't seem to further June's career. ‘Then she hit upon the idea of twisting her real name, Hovick, around into Havoc. That, and a role in the musical comedy hit, “Pal Joey,” turned the trick. June won & movie role and performed it with such verve that she has been signed to a long-term contract. You will next be seeing her in “Sing Your ‘Worries Away” with Buddy Ebsen. Tyrone Is Another, In spite of the difficulties which have faced them, the list of those bearing famous names who are get- ting along In their own right is a long one. A notable example is Tyrone | Power. In his first few films, you | will remember, he was Tyrone Power, jr., son of the famed Shakes- pearean actor. Another is Douglas Pairbanks, ir.| @ At the age of 15 he made a prema- | ture appearance in an item called | 4 “Stephen Steps Out,” and all Holly- | wood felt he was tryinc to capitalize | on his father's name. He finally | lived that down, went to England | to pick up a British accent and some | film experience, returned to start a | | movie career that was progressing | | nicely when he became a lieutenant | in the Naval Reserve on active duty. Lon Chaney, jr., also has demon- strated his right to be considered as himself and not as his father’s son, WASHINGTON ‘IHL |MUTE Education Artm Slmlcnh lec;:cl CONCERTS Almas Temple, 1315 K St.N.W. 8:45P.M. Wednesday, January 28 FRANCES NASH WATSON TIM HOLT. Men.” ‘There is Broderick Crawford, too. One of the proudest persons in Hollywood is Helen Broderick, be- cause her son has succeeded on his own and with no help from her. She even likes to hang a sign on her dressing room labeled “Broderick Crawford's Mother.” Miss Cagney Gets Along. Director Sam Wood has a pretty | daughter of whom he is rightfully proud. She wouldn't even use the | same name, but started her career | as Katharine Stevens. When friends | called her Katie she decided there ens. Washington saw her not so many months back in “The Land Is Bright,” at the National, and a con- America’s Greatest Womon Pianist ABMSHA RUMFSKI EGOI PETBI Dutch Pluno Giant Jordan’s Box Offtee. 1239 25¢ to $1.50 Plus EVENING CLOTHES FOR HIRE LONG ’S 731 7th St. N.W. DL 0265 CLARE TREE MAJOR CHILDREN’S THEATRE OF NEW YORK presents SLEEPING BEAUTY Saturday, January 3i, 10:30 AM. National Theatrs ®Tickets, 55¢, $1.10, $1.65 Available at 1734 F Street N.W. and National Box Office Mail and Telephone Orders Telephone ME. 3834 X BURTON HOLMES ALASKA Ao e YUKON Uncle Sam'’s Last Frontier | Entirely New—In Natural Color, | @ingle Tickets: $1.10, 85c, 85¢. Imc. Tax. Mrs. Dorsey’s, 1300 G 8t. N.W. (Droop's) TONIGHT at 8:30 , Constitutidn Hall Benny Goooman and His Famous Grohestra featus PEGGY LEE in joint concert with NATIONAL SYMPHONY HANS KINDLER, Conducter Seats, $1.65, $2.20, $2.75, atter 1 P.M. Today at Constitution Hall, ME. 2661 BEG. TOMOR. EVE. AT 8:30 MATS. WEO. & SAT. AT 1120 Jack Kirkland’s Famous Stage Play Based on Erskine Calduvell: Novel JOHN BARTON AND THE NEW YORK CAST SENSATIONAL LOW PRICES! EVES.—50c, $1.00, MATS.=50¢, 77¢, $1.00 WEEK BEG. SUNDAY, $1.50 PLUS TAX MATINEES WED. & SAT. FEB. st FORTUNE GALLO PRESENTS AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION'' 125 FAMOUS ARTISTS San Carlo Opera Carlo Peronl. Conductor SAN CARRLO OPERA COMPANY Corps de Ball Louls lnwhnut, !(lu Director EVEN[NGS AT 8:20——MATINEES AT 2:20 REPERTOIRE Sun, Bve, Feb. 1, CARMEN; Mon. Eve, Feb, 2, RIGOLE' TTO: Tues. Eve, ed Peb 3, ATDA: Wed, Mat, Feb, 4, HANSEL & GRETEL (in English), Pollow by BALLET DIVERTISSEMENTS; Wed. Eve., Feb. 4. LA TOSCA; Thuts. Feb, 5. LA TRAVIATA: Fri. Eve.. Feb. (In English), Followed b Ve, 6, FAUST: Sat Mat., Feb. 7, MAI IA Feb. 7 7 BALLET DIVERTISSEMENTS: ‘Sat ~Addressed, Bta w 'IIO"NII—PMII. Enclose Self. m EVES.—S1.10, $1.85, 8220, 827 MATS.—$1.10, $1.65,82.20 (Tax Inel) with such performances as his por--i trayal of Lennie in “Of Mice and | was nothing to be done about that, | 50 now you know her as K, T. Stev- | . JANUARY 25, 1942. Claudette Speaks young | A Clothes Line Chmcdmupholdlherw one of the best-dressed D. C, Woaikingtons Newsrea! Theatre TRANS ~-LUX "n. BUGLE SOUNDS” sharring WALLACE BEERY . 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