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l ; i MIs-Step by Mdry Piclcford Turned I Grauman's Theatre vlnto Famed Hollywood HOLLYWOOD -j. One summer a machine pulled up in front- o( a mammoth, pagoda-like1 structure under construction oa Hollywood t . t -I . . k ooiuevaru. , jj rii "- ?- ., Out stepped showman! Sid Gru man to display i his j gaudy new Chinese Theater to the two reiin- ing stars of the! Silent t screen, Doug Fairbanks and Mary Ffc ' ford.' . j !! I! '- Out stepped Doug: Out stepped Mary. Squish! Her dainty tootsies landed in wet cement on the side walk. America's sweetheart laughed it off and walked on, leaving im pressed in the concrete the out line of her shoe. : j j Thus, by accident was Holly wood's longest running publicity gimmick born. For Grauman. one of the sharpest showmea ever, per ceived possibilities , in the print When he opened the threater, then as now filmland's most bizarjre, he arranged to have i Doug and Mary place their ! foot; and hand prints in a special square of con crete in the forecourt.! The stars have been doing it ever since. Now, 28 years , later, 121 squares are preserving; for poster ity the shoe and glove sizes of film land favorites. ; f Half a dozen times a year work men with hammers break up ian other square, pour in fresh Ce ment, and stand aside while some celebrity wades in. Publicitywise, there's nothing Eke it in Hollywood. Ralph Hathaway, the theater manager, estimates that during the summer tourist season about 4,000 people a day enter the foreconrt to have a look. There sare crowds from 10 in the morning to 11 fat night. Sightseeing buses stop reg ularly and fans pour out to snap photographs and , fit their feet into the prints of the famoes. I Until Grauman's death in 1950. most stars scrawled messages of thanks to the showman. Some tried for humor. William Powell wrote Sid he was "Happy to put my foot in it . for you."! Monty WoolSey scribbled "Wish you vtert heri." During Grauman's lifetime lie made the decisions on mho should be chosen. Since his death Charles Skouras of Fox West Coast theat ers has done the picking. The system is secret! Some of the screen's greatest name! have been passed up. One thing is certain! The fore court would long sincef have been filled had players' ben cement dunked in wholesale lot. As it 8s, there's enough space fto last at least another quarter Century, l So far. not a block his been re moved. Only one has been moved. The one signed by: Wallace Beery and Marie Dressier wai shifted a few feet when the box! office was relocated. i Grauman tried to work in an actor's trademark, if he had one. Thus Jimmy Durante left the im print of his nose. i Others include outlines of Wool ley's Beard. Betty Grable's leg. Bill Hart's six guns, Sonja Heme's skates, Harold Lloyd's glasses, John Barrymore's profile, Al Jolson's knees and John Wayne's fist. I However Jane Russell and Mari lyn Monroe, the most recent addi tions to forecourt fame, failed tto capitalize on their most obvious assets. They merely signed their names. . ; HOLLYWOOD UT) Director An thony Mann seems to be making a career out of James Stewart, j He's directed five Stewart pic tures in a row and soon starts No. 6. , . I Why the Stewart streak? 3 "We like each other," says Main. The pair first met years ago when Mann directed the actor in sum mer stock productions in the East. Then their careers drifted apart Stewart became a top movie- at traction. Mann made a name as a director. They finally got together again on "Winchester 73." It came toff so well Stewart has asked for Mann on each of his subsequent BIRTHDAY wedding ANNIVERSARY a new HEIR or HEIRESS ! ! 'J; fi . . no gift is so everlastingly a I token of your dWotion atja diamond formal ring. Let p help you select the ring thfct will thrill her beyond words .. and prove a sound investment a well. films. After completing their cur rent film, "The Glenn Miller Story ,' the two head for the northern wilds to make "The- Far Country." . HOLLYWOOD tf Ralph Yolk is, a boxing coach hired by movie studios to get actors in shape for rugged roles, figured be was in for an interesting assignment when he learned Jane Russell was to be his next pupiL But .be was a disap pointed man when he reported to the set Turned out they didn't want him to improve Miss Russell s shape. It was quite adequate, thank you. All they wanted Volkie to do was in struct Jane in the art of hitting a punching bag. HOLLYWOOD On Actor Dale Robertson, barely-- 20 years old, is already making preparations for "the day I'm no longer wanted in Hollywood." As insurance against the fickle na ture of movie fans, he's investing a good portion of his salary. For instance, he already is one-third owner of two young companies. One makes a rubber cement product, the other perfume. He's studying photography "It might make me a living some day." In his spare time, he trains his police dog. Chief. And the time isn't wasted. Robertson says the pooch is already earning more than his keep by performing in films. Fur Coats Still Big Business With Russians MOSCOW Fur continues to be big business in Russia. Fre quent items in the Moscow papers stress the importance of fur ranching and trapping. In the Far East on the shores of the Okhotsk Sea, a fur trapper 106 years old continues to thrive and recently turned in. more than 1000 rubles worth of squirrel pelts. He is Roman Ignatievich Sokolov, claims to have killed over 200 bears and 43,000 Squir rels, has a pension but refuses to retire. Another item says silver fax farming is growing. In the Ya kutsk Region there are 30 col lective silver and black fox ranches near the "cold pole of the world." Strenuous efforts are being made to increase the sable popu lation of the U.S.S.R. Twenty years ago the sable was in dan ger of extinction in the Soviet Union. But a total embargo clamped on sable trapping the numbers of sables in country rose. Sables were moved into areas in which they had become extinct was and the Electric locomotives first , ap peared on U.S. mainlin tracks in 1895. m-m , ml- ' ij ; -. ... ... . : ; . . - ..I. . .I, ! ii ... ui ... I, ,., H. mm i. ., m ii, i in i. in f mi Ti i.i.i.. ' " m ii i i i'1""!"" "" f"n - f f i ,. :. :'''i -'Us ' - : .' , . 1:;. . I : i ! - : j . ; J- :' '' . : i i fTfT i 4 . ! NEW CHURCH SHAPE Men attend a mission in new Blessed Sacrament K. C. Church in Holy ok e. Massw which departs from traditional church architect ore by betas octagonal in shape. Jet 'Copter Model Points Way tp Future AUSTIN WV Experiments of a University of Texas student in jet power may help the helicopter become the family flivver of the future. There are still a lot of prob lems but a miniature eggbeater built by James M. Cooksey, senior from Mullin, Tex., shows promise for jet-propelled overhead rotors. His model brought him a $300 scholarship from Bell Aircraft Corp. It has a jet exhaust tube on the tip of each rotor (the large blades that whirl). Using "bottled" compressed air for jet power, the model takes off and flies in a circle. Cooksey says the comparatively simple jet system does away with both the complicated mechanical drive and the antitorque propellor on the rear of the standard craft Intricate transmissions run up the cost of present helicopters. The cheapest model . sells for about $30,000. Cooksey believes his method could reduce the cost but a big bugaboo still to be licked is ex cessive fuel consumption. Family Up Early For Daily Bath McALESTER, Okla. (JP) Mrs. Addie Lee Milner has resorted to a rugged solution of the water problem in her -household. Due to an acute distribution problem, water is being rationed during the hot ' part of the day here. So, Mrs. Milner sets her alarm clock for 4 a.m., routs the whole family out for a bath and then sends them back to bed. I t fix.-'A ' : i M t .Mi ROOM FOR EVERYBOD Y-i-Airman 2c Richard K. M acker. Miami, FU-. who is 4 feet. 7 inohea tall, and is believed to be the smallest man Jn Air Force, rhaU with Airman 2c Floyd G. Hnnnicutt, of Fori Worth, at Carswellj Air Force Base. Texas. Overhauling :i- 1 ..- ( Trucks New PITTSBURGH WVSorae pretty equipment is being used to fight fires . in Pittsburgh these days. Leo Gill, director of automotive equipment found old equipment stored away and decided to re build the old fire engines, some purchased In 1914. Adding engines here, new tires there and topping them off with fancy paint jobs. 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