Show r Acting Days Of Director Began a at Six I HOLLYWOOD UP Director UP-Director Director Carey Wilson unknowingly ly served as the original Andy Hardy i As a youth Wilson wrote a play depIcting depleting the adventures of ot ofa ofa a 8 gallant young joung naval lieutenant I to to be portrayed by the author In in a South sea island setting Parenthetically In private ate life Ute the heroine of ot the drama was the Polly Benedict of ot her day while Wilson served as the original Andy for the play was later destined to appear on the screen as an episode in in Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever Wilsons Wilson's thespian history began when he was 6 years old At Ata a a. Sunday school pageant Carey had long blond curls These I ab abetted by his garb in the manner manner manner man man- ner of ot Little Lord Fauntleroy In Indicated Indicated In- In l him as Ideal casting for forthe forthe I the role of ot an an angel So he floated to the vision of ot otan an audience in the basement of ot ofa ofa ota a church In West Philadelphia At 16 in high school Wilson prompted pro pro- a high school brass band by the simple expedient of ot buying buying buying buy buy- ing 12 instruments on credit He taught himself and 11 other adolescents to perform on them Then he gave a band concert inthe in inthe the city hall to raise money to tor r pay for the instruments Unfortunately Unfortunately Unfortunately I not enough money was II I raised He appeared briefly as a butler with ith romantic tendencies in a junior jun jun- for lor league In a New York barroom During this period he was aware of ot the upper stratum In society sufficiently to wax his mustache for seven months t S SHeres SHere's Heres Here's a girl who actually has cooked her way into the movies Ruby Golden buxom colored girl from North Carolina got a job as j cook coole for Lum and Abner at the thet t t studio bungalow where they eat leep and andt broadcast while making a pictures picture t She immediately won favor w with Ith I her s southern fried tried chicken and corn bread Lum Chet Lauck hand Cand Abner Tuffy Goff grateful for the cooking found a place for her as an extra in Dollar a ak k Year Man and have promised her hera a 1 real part in their next picture |