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Show I Sheilah Graham t Hollywood Well Fitted Out With Trappings That Give War Glamor HOLLYWOOD U, by any stretch of the imagination, Hollywood Holly-wood was involved in a war and, from the propaganda In the air, the imagination doea not have to be stretched very far the film cltv would he able to nut Into the field, air and water, a larea force flnceeTiuloId wax Tecord Je was an lUlian officer In "The White Sister," an aviator In "Hell Divers," Div-ers," an aviation Instructor la "Test Pilot" and a daring news reel photographer In "Too Hot to Handle." Spencer Tracy Is promoted In "Northwest Passage" to the rank of army major. He was a doughboy dough-boy In "They Gave Him a Gun." Ronald Colman la currently giving giv-ing his all to England and Paramountas Para-mountas an English officer In The Light That Failed" . . . Nelson Nel-son Eddy was an army cadet at West Point la "Rosalie" and a Russian Cossack officer In "Balalaika" "Bala-laika" . . . William Powell made an exciting Intelligence officer In "Rendezvous" . . . Jimmy Stewart, who Is aa aviator In real life, was a lanky doughboy la "Shopworn Angel." Basil Rath bone, veteran of the last World war, Is now leading his knights as King Richard 111 in "The Tower of London." He was a diplomat In "The Sua Never Sets." Jimmy Carney, who gets seasick In real life, has put to sea la many a glorious naval epic of the movie. Remember him with Frank Mo-Hugh Mo-Hugh In "Here Comes the Navy"? . . . Errol Flynn died a glorious military death In "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and ditto as aa aviator In "Dawn Patrol" of picture-experienced players. - VVe tievewiewse aviators wy the score, doughboys, officers, admirals, admir-als, marines. W seven have a d oxen-odd spies, who have seen very active screen service. And a fully trained corps of doctors and nurses. Greta Carbo's experience as a spy In "Mata Hart" should come In pretty useful for our mythical "big show." I defy any officer to hang oa to his official secrets when confronted with Miss Garbo on a giving all for my country binge. Madeleine Carroll la another an-other fllmlte who has played more spies than you can shake a stick at a recent couple In '"Blockade" and The General Died at Dawn." Gary Cooper has had practically everything la the way of film war experience. He was a soldier la "Beau Geste," la which he died for the foreign legion; an aviator in "Wings," in which he also passed on; a soldier la "Beau Sabreur," an aviator In "Lilac Time" (he was wounded In this), a soldier who dies In France In "Shopworn Angel," a soldier la "Morocco," ditto In "The Devil and the Deep "Farewell to Arms," "Lives of a Bengal Lancer" (in this one he expired), and now he Is a doctor with a yen for firearms la "The Real Glory." David Nlven, about to Join his regiment In England, has already al-ready acquitted himself admirably In "The Dawn Patrol," In which he played an English aviator during dur-ing the first World war. And la The Real Glory," where he la aa American lieutenant In the Philippine Philip-pine campaign against the Morost Wallace Beery Is a naval officer la "Thunder Afloat" He was aa aviation sergeant la "Hell Divers" and an aviator la "West Point of the Air" . . . Clark Gable has a i |