Show ( E ’I Siuulaj Sunday Morniug- - i?nlt £tkc tribune -- November 5 1939 r fenor of o Open IV vusic C IoqAN ii Giuva MelrooIit acting iny rnor who is g w it h the San f mpany will open 1 V Civic Music ns r the entiling sc? mured Tuesday I Christiansen p ganintion Again this season neulturi! college d the Civic MtisU Coring a joint ser: Logan and Cn tding arlists nf t nts of the cnlleg the Civic Music on the opportimi 41 4cVVVi!lk:: VijilV‘V'!V nt sessions Hr Martinelll wi n on November ' other nttraetiot anged as yet j ' nsen announced ists as under ler Brailmvsky eemed the grot lent of Chopin irano of the Met npanv and Isae linist Villi the civic tm h the college cresting schedul dents and niemt nlass chairman euni committee factions for the ows: November nsen a lector rie problems in nphony orchosti bert Kndpp a h ia January 2 ise novelist Fel istor choir of P 'it 8 Robert I R Knickerbock is respondent nil appearance “He’ll never get anywhere His ears are too big" said when this picture they was taken But Clark Cable has plenty of "discoverers" now j Whoever found Deanna Durbin-the courts are doesnt seem to be makmg much difference to is the star and thats what she - to Deannaf above wanted to be C’ldin Sihiimann-Hein- as a to slur the grand "hull "as (luld in lady of gland optra I my agent in town started looking and among them was Jack Sherrill who specialized in juvenile playns trying deride— Mi s Durhin got a contract at Metro and Sherrill represented her as agent lul Mine Sc htimann-Heinbecame ill and the piUuie neser was made No longer needing art adolescent singer the studio dropped Mjss Durhin k rPI 1a1I ’S svhat makrs Mctm Irar its hair ami lets L'lineisal churkle nosv However Uar versal didn’t By Lucie Neville HOLLYWOOD you want to belong to the biggest club Hollywood all you have to do is I discovered a star” 8ay Everybody who ever gave an encouraging nod to a player belongs to il — talent scouts producers dancing school teacheis voice coaches writes secretaries studio gatemcn and fortune tellers A list of rival Columbuses is allachfd to the career of eveiy star from Mary ickford to Dranns Durbin Iheies a “Kedisi ovens' Chili" t(l0 composed of people who made stars out ol players filed from rival studios I ’very mm her is fninlv convinced that he ami he alone recognized Ldenl while it was hiclcle behind buck a foreign acceril or a candy counter' I hr stars themselves ait: trim taut to name their patrons I re alise ry might neglect (lure cr four dozen deriving hnosles Ami they hud it wiser not to go on iccoid as "J owe it all to good old Joe Doakrs" saving Became vey likely they tvill owe something good slice of salary and some cou I costs Sometimes the "chscovee” begin mg each olher One of the worst such tangles “Who discovered Deanna Duilun ihougli it sound smooth and simple in her sludin biography: "A Hollywood talent agent happened to hear her mg at a recital Within 24 Ku she w embarked upon a professional caieer" II 81 ljrK'n "brn Metro In jt c known at young singer was wanted to play the role IF in 1 Of court six months then the studio started to make Ihrre Smart Girls and Casting Executive Rufus Lemaire formeily at Metro remembered the youngster and got Universal lo sign her Nor did it recognize a star at once T he singrr was given inconspicuous billing at first— about 'nliitli place well below Na Grey and Meanwhile Metro had called Ray Millaml Miss Durbin back for a picture and Eddie healing her at one of the Tiocadero’s Sunday nights put her on his radio program Dm bin slock rising Universal look cheer and gave her a lop rede and the Durbins bought their daughter Conliacl from Agent Sherrill I hen his troubles began Four people claimed to have brought the singer lo Sherrill’s attention and each wanted his slice One was awarded of the agent’s commission another I he other two sued for 25 per cent each thus threatening Sherrill with claims one-thir- tolahng fight pei cent more than he collected! lalesl lo be sued in the linden kecnrs dub is Univeisal’s newest singer old Gloria Jean Her producer Joe magnanimously disclaims any credit and declares the public discoveird her Die studio’s publicists tell a story of I ’aslei nak’s irluctantly going o hear Gloria mg at the insislrtice of a secretary in the New Vmk office Mtrs Jean I ex age Ml is felling a judge lllal lie avv her first and spent his own money on Ioser-wrrpe- I’aj-leina- her tiaining and care Miss Jean’s nllorney says the agent’s was canceled for a mrmbrr of iracnns and that a settlement was being bulsud- ai tanged con-Ita- is k s According to the Temples’ lawyer Hays produced only one of the shorts and when he went into bankruptcy he listed the moppet’s contract as a minor asset of some $25 so the According lain claimants he also commissioned others to watilr for a stngrr and promised a percentage if they found the rigid one VUioevcr found her -- courts still are In lo -if She denly was refused by the former representative "ho currently is suing Still in the courts against youngest and biggest star is Jack Hays’ claim oi iginating in the days when Miss Temple in sequmed diapers and ostrich plumed bon-1- 1 net played in the "Baby Burlesk” musical shorts 20lh-Eox’- of Lmislme decide- I eniples immediately bought it Then when Ins former burlesk-babzoomed to stardom Hays sued for a million as her ieal discoverer and The suit was promoter dismissed after three years but currently Hays is (tying for an appeal and also has filed another suit IS&f i Among other ‘‘I found Shirleys” is a local dancing academy where she lapped for a few months It has quit trying to get endorsements and permission to advertise her as a but still hopefully invites her to reunions prize-pup- TANE WITHERS J Girl when was the original Benefit Hollyand danced for She cheerfully sang newsboys' parties entertained Olympic Games contestants convalescent patients and Girl Scouts So countless people could— and do say they introduced Jane Withers to the public But her parents drew the line when a talent school with a shady reputation advertised that it trained her rarefully and arranged lor auditions and screen tests -- a templing bait to enroll child en of mothers movie-minde- d lypical of Hollywood is refuses lo acknowledge that found before they came porter and a violin teacher the way it snootily were its discovenes here But a re- in Minneapolis aie snickering at Paianiounl's proprietary bluihs on its 14 year-olsinger Susannah Foster who is represented as a talented descendant of Composer Stephen Foster I ler studio biography says: "It w y chance that she wandered into the audition room of Leroy Brin dance director who was so impressed that he brought her lo the attention of studio executives Cnlil two months ago the little had never had songshrss a voice lesson in her life" That's not the slmy the two Minneapolis men tell Il turns out lo be entirely I I different their yarn: lere s he violinist iterW il she was trying to crack wood Spli mmim end Hollywood Mmneapoli both Calm th credit for -say eh wandered into a studio a Minneapolis says she was sent there Susanna Foster above Filmdom They sent a record of her voice to a Metro executive who telephoned them live limes in 24 hours to hold everything until his eastern talent scout could get there and soon after Susannah went wrst with a contract on her knee ‘ihf Was coached for a year then Metro dopied her during an economy vave The Minneapolis boys don’t mind Paramount's grafting an ancestor out r the Laison family tree and changing Suzanre’s name hut they do resent Hollywood's taking all credit ErRoy became members of the "I Discover lark Gable" club and did Ace Scenarn frames Marion who said she persuaded Metr t to change him from a heavy to a hero and cm film in her I he SrciPt Six" sloiy Bradna diplomatically Olympe " says think they all are right" when asked which o our claimants is charter member of her club lemge Raft says he suggested Paramount’ v '''I wlini he saw Mis Bratni duicii’g at the hem h Casino in 1933 Talcn Scout Oscar Se indignantly points out tha he already had spotted the dancer in 1933 Dire lor Henry Hathaway 5 sloiy is that hr immediately noticed M Budna when sh came on his set s a visit and gave her llu role opposite George Raft in ‘‘Souls al Sea' Anted lint iherr claims is that of Borrr b'l ios for trier Paramount music director whn 'nws e wrote lo several Hollywood producer about the hllle darner when he saw her in a I'ann tlirOrr in 192 3 Also al this studio Producer Charles R I TNLISS the claims are injurious or too annoying star pay little attention to them ( laik Gable says that every tune he gives an he rxprets the fan to autograph say "You know I Was the one who irally discovered L onsidriahlr credit von mud go In Lionel Barrymore who knew him in rally stage clays when both were in " I he Copperhead" Several years lain when Bariyiimre was cluecling he saw Gable again in "The Lad Mile" and arranged for and duelled hurl in a Melm ted (eilainly Metros Ihalheg didn't then guiding gmiiis see a (none slai Iiviiw He saw Km’e a sheepish-lookinskinny young man in biown makeup and a South Seas saiong- - and laughed until he was helpless Due tor Meivyn IrRoy had wanted Warner Puothns lo sign Gable but eveuim :1id oais weir too lug Banyimue and g Carl Johnson gave Suzanne Parson hrr fust singing lessons and put her in one of In amateur talent shows I he rrpmtrr Meile Po tin agired she showed great pinini-and they went to sunk to get her to Inllvwood iftifrcw rk Ma iint-- fi Intel In V A e 1 11 Jhalbrrg d IS ( iking bout for lb? diwem-rof f ) year eld Linda Ware (nee Beverly StiUwagon) Ac ending lo Ihe public rly he seems to have plucked this singing Cindnell right out of N iihenv illr cn plumage As i mailer of fa she vv a lake fro ihe 10 mi'lianagr years ago and ctllenlively ened I ' an Arthur hrllvvagon ni his 'wife |