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Life Is Like That...
By BILL LINDLEY
As I said to Lana when we were sitting in the Brown Derby
the other day (say, who are you trying to kid—Ed.) anyway, I
said to Lana “You certainly must have a happy married life.”
“Yes I do,” she said, and I took it down for the Emerald,
for this is good copy.
So the next day I am sitting in the office and a guy comes
up and says to me: “Lana isn’t married anymore.” As I have
just written a story ot about SbA
000 words on Lana’s happy mar
riage, this is quite a blow, to say
the least.
This is the life of a motion pic
ture editor, and you should be
glad you are on the outside look
ing in.
Surprised
Recently a certain magazine
published an article on Tyrone
Power’s first month with the ma
rines. It told in great detail what
the star did when he first entered,
and how his buddies liked him.
When the mag hit the stands last
week, a few people were slightly
confused, especially Mr. Power,
who has been in New London,
Connecticut on leave doing a pic
ture about the navy. And so mo
tion picture editors get their bad
names.
Some people think that it is
difficult to write motion picture
stories about Hollywood when the
farthest south you have ever been
is six and a half feet south of
your back porch, but this is a
slight mistake. Every morning
movie writers receive reports di
lectly from Hollywood, and they
are all full of interesting notes.
Sample
Here’s a sample: “Tobias Gin
snatcher, star of Warmer Broth
ers’ picture, 'Pals of Picayune
Canyon and the Big Corral of
Rancho Mesa,’ has quite a large
hangnail, and has been ordered to
bed by his physician.”
1 knew a Theta once . . . gee . . .
I had dreams of a little rose cov
ered cottage, and I would come
home every night after spending
a hard day working as taster for
Blitz-Weinhard . . . and, well why
talk about that.
One night she saw me out with
Hedy Lamarr, and the next night
with Lana Turner, the next with
Shirley Temple (who put that
in ?). So she stopped going around
with me, but 1 wish she’d have
started going around with me in
the first place.
Oh, Bother
One of the biggest bothers of
a movie ed is to have people like
Rita Hayworth calling up while
you are eating dinner and begging
for a date. Finally you get used
to it or take your number out of
the directory and that night you
go down and beg them to put it
back in.
People ask me who my favorite
movie star it, and I just give them
a blank look. Then they walk
away mumbling' “ . . . and I used
to know him when he was per
lectly normal ...” The trouble
is that most movie stars are too
old, and besides, they know a lit
tle bit about technique. But when
you remember that most roman
tic actresses are in their -thirties,
you can see where we are all at a
disadvantage. However, Linda
Darnell is 19, and this always
gives us new hope. We still have
a fighting chance.
Last Year’s Model
In Hollywood you have to have
a big swimming pool or you arc
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* House Dances
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just nobody at all. I have one too,
but every time a visitor comes to
go swimming he always makes
me take the goldfish out. The
fashion is to have two or three
swimming pools, and when a visi
tor asks what the others are for
you just point and say: “Oh, that’s
last year’s model.”
The big worry of actors and
actresses today is “How can f get
along on $25,000 per year?” The
best answer so far submitted is
to buy liquor costing less than
$25 per bottle. That way the pit
tance allowed you by the govern
ment should hold out about two
weeks.
Week’s Actor
Actor of the Week: (short fan
fare by member of the Boy Scout
Drum and Bugle Corps) BUGS
BUNNY is hereby nominated as
“Actor of the Week.” The Fijis
chose Bugs as their favorite actor
last term when the Emerald con
ducted a poll, and today we stand
behind him 100%.
Combining a natural flair for
satirical comedy with an amazing
repertoire of quaint phrases, Mon
signeur Bugs Bunny has been
acclaimed as "the logical succes
sor to Charles Boyer,” Reasons:
Bugs is not subject to the draft;
Bugs’ hair is not thinning out;
Bugs will work for a lot of let
tuce but not the kind that Mor
genthau will accept.
All these advantages make it
impossible for us to give this
award to anyone else but Bugs.
A carrot covered with real butter,
the highest award possible, is now
on its way by pony express
through courtesy of the Eugene
Riding Academy
Manner Unprofane
And so we slowly walk away
from the movie editor, who is
standing on the corner waiting for
the bus for Hollywood, and as we
stroll down the street we turn and
see a little girl pointing at the
movie ed, and she says (in manner
unprofane) “Mama, what's that?
It looks like Uncle Charlie after
a Legion convention.”
Such is the life of a movie critic,
the man who would rather sip a
coke with a Theta than cham
pagne with Lana Turner.
Say, do you still believe this?
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Orides’ Pledges
Await Induction
Twenty-seven women will be
come new members of Orides
Monday at 6:30 in Gerlinger hall
when they are initiated into the
organization of independent wo
men living off the campus.
Orides officers will perform the
induction ceremonies after a ban
quet for the girls and their
mothers, served by Yeomen, in
dependent group for men living
off the campus.
Guests of honor will be Mrs.
Hazel P. Schwering, dean of wo
men; Mrs. Edith Siefert, Gerlin
ger hostess; Mr. Karl W. On
thank, dean of personnel; and
Miss Janet Smith, employment
secretary.
Committee heads for the occa
sion are as follows: Betty Walk
er, menu; Marjory Overton, prep
aration; Alene Gardner, service;
and Harriett Knight, clean-up.
Officers who will perform the
pledging ceremonies are: Jeanne
Smith, president; Penny Nichols,
vice-president; Jean Mellies,
treasurer; Betty Walker, secre
tary; Phyllis Gard, sergeant-at
•arms; and Delores Wheeler and
Edith Newton, guards.
Weekly sale of war stamps at
the University of Wisconsin has
averaged more than $700.
Shut-lns’Gei
inspirations
Dauntless is dauntless! How
ard Dauntless, discharged as
cured last week, returned for an
other stretch in the infirmary
yesterday. Which proves that
you can't keep a dauntless Daunt
less down.
Another patient, Clinton Hill,
bored with ordinary infirmary
routine, spent most of Thursday
composing a surrealistic drawn
ing of sore thumbs, stetho
scopes, red crosses, blood - filled
syringes, and surgical instru
ments. Title: “What the Infirm
ary Will Do for One’s Mind’’ or
“How I Love These Light Green
Walls.”
Sick Friday, mostly with colds,
were Hugh Crawford, Howard
Harper, Breen Murphy, Thomas
Stack, Jack Bedingfield, Marv
Lester, Les Anderson, Barbara
Fuller, Dauntless and Hill. Dis
charged Friday were George
Ccale, George Olson, and Bill
Northcraft.
Quotable quotes from the in
firmates-of-the-week:
(1) Marv Lester, newly-initi
ated ATO freshman, “I feel it's
my duty to warn my fellow sut
dents. They serve a regular zom
bie here they call ‘a sleeping po
tion’ . . . boy, what a mickey!”
12) Les Anderson, ASUO presi
dent, “I’m innocent! Lemme out
Persons Without Book,
Out of Luck in Ratiol.
Do you possess war ration
book number one ? Without this
essential book it will soon be
impossible to obtain sugar, cof
fee, canned goods, meats, and
other items to be added later.
Soon after February 1 a reg
istration day will be announced
when all will register for war
ration book number two. To get
this book it will be necessary to
turn in stamp number 22 of book
one in exchange for the new
book.
The University of Kansas is in
its seventy-seventh year.
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for Success
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campus affairs — send him
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3. AN hen you're at a loss to
please your brother in the
service—send an Emerald.
4. Phone the Emerald Business
Office, Ext. 354, or call in
person—today.
5. Give the addressee’s name
and address to the Circula
tion Manager, Connie Ful
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