Show I Robert Walker Wants V T To 0 Look Act His Age By BOB THOMAS HOLLY HOLLYWOOD UP Whereas R-Whereas Whereas some actors resort to hair tints and girdles to preserve a semblance of or youth Robert obert Walker is different The guy wants to age Bob hopes his days of cavorting on the screen as a a. a boyish Private Hargrove or the same character u under undera dera a different name are over A 32 year old old ear who looks s consider considerably bly younger younger he achieves some age In Till the Clouds Roll By playing a mature Jerome Kern Yes that t was something like I it he said But Id I'd really reany like to put on more years than that These actors are never satisfied This is no reflection against our British cousins but the actor said he thinks he could age better in England Hes He's talking like a Whisky manufacturer His reason reason reason rea rea- son son His tal talents might ripen with the skill of or his Robert Donat Donal Goal in Sight Remember how he aged in Mr Chips' Chips and Vacation From Front Marriage Marriage Mar Mar- That's what Id I'd like to todo do 1 I can report that Walker is makIng making making mak mak- ing some progress toward his goal In his latest picture he played Katharine Hepburn's son in his present one he is Katies Katie's lover Los Angeles an and th that t includes its little cousin Hollywood appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears to be going back t to its old habits as one of at the c country's bad show towns The moaning of at local entrepreneurs Indicates s. s that the tho I b boom om days for live entertainment arc over at least for tor the pr present sent For Instance during the tho war warthe warthe warthe the top legit house the tho Butmore Biltmore could do good business even with witha a tired road company of ot The Student Prince But last month people stayed away in considerable considerable consider consider- considerable able numbers from The Hasty Heart which critics hailed as one of at the best attractions in years Likewise they are are not thronging to The Gla Glass Men Menagerie a a drama critics prize play which is well presented here nere In Hollywood the El EI Patio Pati theater with a good repertoire acted by film tUm stars is barely able to break even Even the per perennial e n n I a I Ken Murrays Murray's Blackouts is no longer playing to capacity I in the early part of the tho week Jitterbugs Fade And And- the And the jitterbugs are becoming becoming becoming becom becom- ing homebodies s. s Dance hall business buM busi ness is of off 50 in some places The small pubs are suffering allover all allover allover over town and the Joints are feeling the pinch I too Some observers observer blame the slump on fear of inflation other old- old timers claim are going gong back to their homey lives after a a. wartime fling Reed Hadley Hartley took eight weeks to grow a beard for Captain From Castile then was called back for ret retakes ke on The Brasher Doubloon in which he is smooth shaven Vivian Blaine Elaine is ill nursing nursing nurs nurs- ing a sprained ankle I caught aught Margaret OBrien O'Brien writing a fan letter to Michael Shayne her fa favorite favorite favorite fa- fa radio hero A natural Victors Victor's alb album In of at Peter and Ithe the Wolf Walt by Sterling Holloway Honoway I walked into a radio show chow just Juat justas justa a as a representative ve was wa Handing out packages of the sponsors sponsor's He explained the sponsor sponsor spon spon- sor was WM peeved that everyone on the show was wu smoking another bra brand d. d |