Hollywood (Jan - Mar 1943)

a circus. He was a clown and acrobat with Al G. Barnes, later also went into Fanchon and Marco units with a partner. Six years ago, Rognan went to a theater with his manager, Mark Leddy, who wanted to "catch an act" of another team he managed. The team was Lorraine and Digby. The act had gone only a few minutes when Rognan whispered to Leddy, "If I ever work with a woman partner, that's the girl I want to team with." "Think you could do what Digby does?" Leddy asked. Rognan said, "Sure." A year after that (and a year before they became Lorraine and Rognan), the two met backstage at the Oriental Theater in Chicago. Rognan was visiting and watched her work from the wings. Someone introduced them, he said, "Nice act," she replied, "Thank you," and that was that. Rognan still thought he'd someday like to team with her. Lorraine started right then thinking the same thing with (she confesses) matrimony also in the cards. Neither said anything about it, though. A year later, both were in Hollywood without partners. Rognan's partner had inherited some oil land and decided to give up the stage to become an oil baron. Digby had been forced to quit his act with Lorraine because of an appendix operation. Lorraine had come to Hollywood for Turn Off the Moon, but her role was trimmed until it was a mere bit. Rognan had waltzed into town to do a test for The Road Back, but the test didn't "take " Both wired Leddy at once, without knowing the ether was in town, to "get me a vaudeville partner quickly." Leddy wired both of them to get in touch with the other. That's when their Trocadero debut came in. Six months later they were married. This covers the Lorraine and Rognan act to date, with one exception. The missing item is Jiggs. He is a red collie dog, for years a vital part of their act. He belonged to Lorraine, originally. He was just a welltrained pet until one day in 1930, she had to fly to Florida to meet a booking. . Dogs aren't permitted on planes, so Lorraine did some clever cheating. She hustled Jiggs to the airport waiting room and proceeded to teach him to lie motionless around her neck. In surprisingly short time, he got the idea of closing his eyes, going limp and looking altogether like a red fox fur piece. Miss Lorraine actually got onto the plane and clear to Florida with no one the wiser. Since that time, she has used the dog in her act. She always got an audience shriek when she took off her fur piece and put it on the floor, where it came to life and ran off the stage. Jiggs worked in The Fleet's In for their entrance. He really came out of retirement for that bit. Lorraine still does the dog gag. She uses Inky, who is the daughter of Jiggs and another pet dog, Maggie. When Jiggs got too old to work and Inky stepped in after having been trained for this understudy's triumph for two years, Lorraine had to change her entire stage wardrobe. You see, Inky plays a black fox fur, while Jiggs was a red fox double. | Popping Questions At Linda Darnell [Continued from page 70] top, flare skirt and silver beads. I bought it for the President's birthday ball in 1941 and then couldn't go at the last minute. I was terribly disappointed. Q. What is your favorite form of relaxation? A. Painting. It takes the knots out of me when I'm nervous or tired. Q. Do you "play dumb" when you're with a man on the theory that men don't like to be shown up by the weaker sex? A. No, I'll dare 'em any time. I can shoot quite well and I always said I was going to show up Pev Marley (cameraman at 20th Century-Fox). But now that he's in the army I suppose he'll be a crack shot by the time he gets out. Q. With what three men would you choose to be stranded on a desert island? A. Cary Grant, Clark Gable and Director Henry King. I'll bet Cary and Clark would be a Jot of fun and they're so attractive. As for Mr. King, I know him to be kind and clever and he would be a swell person to have on hand at any time. Q. Are you a long telephone talker? A. No. America is Smoking Jfe* Jfc Government figures show all-time peak in smoking And far more Americans are wisely smoking PHILIP MORRIS! Doctors report, in medical journals, that: EVERY CASE OF IRRITATION OF NOSE OR THROAT DUE TO SMOKING. CLEARED UP COMPLETELY -OR DEFINITELY IMPROVED . . . WHEN SMOKERS CHANGED TO PHILIP MORRIS I No claim is made of any curative power in Philip Morris. BUT— this evidence clearly proves Philip Morris far less irritating for nose and throat— therefore better for you. Try them! SKY-PASSENGERS on Pan American Clippers ar e served with America's FINEST Cigarette! /0a/& .T&ZZ&W?/ Call for philip MORRIS America's FINEST Cigarette 81