Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 July 1936 — Page 4

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‘over there.”

a very serious fellow, extremely sol-

| - Spencer Tracy was * gress thinks Spencer loves his work

. ter works on screen roles with the _ scientific exactness of a mathema-

. “Dinner at Eight.” She doesn't con-

~ good friends.

an Harlow aises Her Leading Men

4 Lyon and Actress May Arrange Society for Admiration.

BY JOHN W. THOMPSON * There are grounds for a mutual

admiration society in Hollywood if Ben Lyon and Jean Harlow want

+ Not many weeks ago we ate ham“burger steaks in a downtown hotel dining room with Mr. Lyon when he and his wife, Bebe Daniels, were ‘appearing at the Lyric. - We asked Mr. Lyon about his favorite leading ladies. ~ At the top of the list was Miss Harlow, who stars in “Suzy,” open~ ing at Loew’s Friday. “She’s the most misunderstood girl in Hollywood,” said Mr, Lyon. “I always have admired her talent and determination. We have had a Jot of fun working together on various pictures, Don't believe all that stuf? about her being a glamorous movie queen with all sorts of complexes. She's just a swell girl who knows what the public wants and gives it to them,” - The bouquets Mr. Lyon handed Miss Harlow are more than returned in ‘a recent statement made by the “prownette” star, in an interview . goncerning her leading men. Miss Harlow’s first leading men were Mr. Lyon and Jimmy Hall in “Hell's Angels.” It was her first picture of importance.

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“If it hadn’t been for Ben and ‘Jimmy I might never have faced the camera. I didn’t know much about it. They. would turn me around and say ‘There's the lens

According to Miss Harlow, Mr. Lyon used to take her to one side of the set, coach her on lines and ‘action. It was he who taught her her best camera angles and how to fight for them. Jean's next film was “The Secret Six,” in which she was starred with John Mack Brown and Clark Gable. “Clark and I were in the same boat,” said Miss Harlow. “We both were beginners, trying to get ahead. And from the first day of that picture he hasn’t changed a bit. He {s the same great person, genial, witty, sensible, a fellow who hasn't let success go to his head.”

Lew Ayres on List

ot Jean's next film was “The Iron Man,” in which she played opposite Jew Ayres. Jean remembers Lew as

emn for his age; In “Public Enemy,” Jean played Jeading lady to Jimmy Cagney; whom she recalls as “a grand, big-

‘the Harlow ‘helper in “Goldie.” The blond ac-

nore than anything else in life. he's working, she says, he’s fle doesn’t slight his job

“In “The Red-Headed Woman,” Miss Harlow had Chester Morris as romantic lead. -She says that Ches-

tician. She learned a Jot from Mr.) Morris, and she and his wife are

: “Likes Wally Beery : Jean ‘was Wally Beery's wife in

sider Mr. Beery one of her screen Jovers, of course, but she holds a warm spot in her heart for the genial character actor: ~ Jean marries Cary Grant and Franchot Tone in “Suzy.” She also one song, “Did I Remember?” written for her by Walter DonaldStrange as it may seem; after Mary Garden, famous: opera singer, heard Jean sing, she said: “Miss Harlow has all the equipment and faculties for becgming one of the screen's outstanding vocal-

Tie that if you can.

Ends Vacation Trip to See Film Review

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, July 22—~Edna May Oliver hurried back from EngjJand where she was spending her vacation in order to see the press review of “Romeo and Juliet,” in ; she plays the nurse to Juliet. am too thrilled to say any3,” Miss Oliver commented, “ex-

The review'was attended by 900 yewspapermen, magazine writers nd foreign correspo : om the film colony attending the showing were Norma Shearer, Irving Thalberg, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, John Barrymore and May

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‘BLOND BO

Tagged the “blond bombshell” when she first hit Hollywood: in ‘days, when looks counted more than ability, Jean- Harlow has done well at the box office, even through the current sex-‘appeal depres-

Lloyd Nolan.

sion. She is starred with Cary Grant and Franchot Tone in “Suzy,” which is to open at Loew's Fri-. day along with “Counterfeit,” which features Chester Morris, Margot Grahame, Marian Marsh and

BEGIN HERE TODAY Helena Derrik, youthful head of the women’s sportswear department at Helvig’s store, goes on a week-end party at Crest Mountain Lodge. There she meets handsome Peter Henderson. It is a case of love at first sight between them. Peter asks Helena to marry him and the ceremony takes place. Later the crowd goes swimming. Peter makes ‘a reckless dive and is seriously injured. Lingering between life and death, Peter asks Helena io summon his lawyer, John Courtney. Courtney

dies. Helena is informed she is sole heir to a large fortune, including the Henderson department store. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.

CHAPTER SIX OHN COURTNEY looked at J Helena in astonishment. “But that isn’t the “way, Peter wanted it,

apparently,” he said.! 73 “Isn’t there a 2 else?” Courtney studied his" -8 moment before replying. “There's Peter's uncle, Roger Barnes. He has been managing the store. You see, Peter has been away a good deal.” “Then why shouldn't Barnes have it?" ; i 2 “Because Peter ‘has provided that

‘| you shall have it,” Courtney told

her patiently. “I want to be honest with you, Mrs. Henderson. We may have trouble with Roger Barnes. It's almost certain that he will feel the store should have come to him. I expect him to contest the will.” Helena’s shoulders sagged wearily, “I'm sure I shan’t fight it.” She rajsed her eyes to Courtney “Tell me about—about Leah Frazier. Peter inferred that she was, your friend, but I—I know differently.” Courtney started “to speak, then

really feel like talking now?” “please go ahead,” Helena told kim. “I—I've got to get things straight now.” 0 : » » » “ ELL . .. I'm afraid you don’t know very much about Peter Henderson. I — please understand me—I don’t see how you could in the short time that . . J» His voice trailed off, and- he began again with difficulty. “Of course I understand how these ‘things happen. I believe you were sincere. Peter told me that you knew nothing of his financial standing when you agreed to marry him.” “That's true,” Helena burst out. “I—I loved him.” . Courtney nodded. “He possessed a good deal of charm. Women lost their heads about him—threw themselves at him, As . , ..well, as his attorney, I happen to know all this. And Peter liked to play. He

Se wm (ony cleared his throat. ; You see,

arrives and a short time later Peter: .

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what they would say when they heard that he'd married some one else. I suppose he felt sorry for her, knowing ‘what she would face. That's why he sent for her with me. I—I really don’t think he was in love with: her, Mrs. Henderson. Peter was an impetuous sort, and if he had been in love with her I'm sure he; would have married” her long ago.” “But he—he must have planned to marry her ... some time.”

“No doubt. As a duty.” Courtney smiled. “Then you came along.” 2 2 =» ; ELENA’S fists clenched until the knuckles showed white. “God knows I wish I—I hadn't.” She looked at Courtney hélplessly. “What can I do? How can“l. get yout of this?” og The attorney shrugged. “I would not be doing my duty to Peter if I suggested that to you—yet. How do you know you want out of it? The best thing for you to do is return home with me. The store is yours. You must do something with it.” You can sell it to some oné else, or give it to them, or you must operate it.” “What do you suggest?” Helena demanded evenly. “You're his—his widow’s attorney now, and you have a duty to me, too.” “Well . . . my idea is that you should take over the store. Then if you find it—ah—inconvenient under the circumstances, you sell it for a comfortable sum. Possibly to Roger Barnes.” “I know what you mean by ‘inconvenient,”” ‘said Heléna slowly. “They’ll all hate me.” ” ” » OURTNEY looked grim. “They will regard you as an interloper for a time, possibly. I would not mislead you there. And Roger

WHERE, WHAT, WHEN

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“State Pair’ (revival), with Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers. Louise. Dresser, Lew Ayres, at 11:22, 1:25, 3:28, 5:31, 7:3¢ and 9:37. 3

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Ne nelly’s famous fable, with Rex In-

.gram, at 11, 1:10, 3:20, 5:35, 7: gram 0, 8:30, 8:38, 1:45.

LOEW'S “The Devil Doll,” with Lionel Bar-

Tr , Charles 12:41, 3:33, 6:25 and

KEITH'S “I's a Boy,” Federal Players production under the direction of’ Charles Berkell. Curtain at 8:15,

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“The Crime of Dr. Forbes” on the screen, with Gloria Stuart, t Kent, Henry Armetta, at 11:26.2:09, 5:18, 7:56 and 10:39. ; 3 Vaudeville on the stage at 1:09, 3:53, 6:56 and 9:39. : 3

ALAMO ‘““The Voice of Bugle Anne,” with Tone] Barrymore and es O'Sulvan. Also “Ou Range,” with Bill Cody. va : : AMBASSADOR “Show Boat” with e Dunne, Allan Jones, Paul Rabeoon. Also iy c on the Air” with Lew Ayres. : OHIO “Murder on the Bridle Path, Zasu Pitts and ‘Jimmy - Gleason, Also, “Three Kids and a Queen,” with May Robson. - Se

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Barnes may be an active enemy.” “And Leah Frazier ” _ Courtney shook his head. “I can’t answer that.” .But Helena could answer it. Her sure, woman's instinct told her that Leah Frazier would be a far more active enemy than Roger Barnes, whatever the latter might. be like. The attorney looked at his watch. “The caretaker has offered to take us to the station to catch the afternoon train. I'll see to... all the arrangements, and the services, of course, will be over there. You'll come with us? Helena nodded. “Of course I'll want to—to be at the funeral. Then I'll decide about the—the other.” Courtney left the room briskly, and a few moments later Helena sought Sandra. Briefly through: a fresh flood of tears, she told Sandra Leigh what Peter had done. “But I can’t go through with it, don’t you see? I—I don’t belong in Peter’s life or in his town or in his business. I—I haven't the right.” #2 = = HE Leigh girl sat squarely in front of her, lifted Helena’s chin until their eyes met. “Look here, child. with this. I—I rather feel I got you into it, and I want the chance to see you through it. Answer a question for me. Who has a. better right to it than you?” ; RAE “Peter’s uncle. Perhaps this—this Leah Frazier.” “Nonsense! I don’t know Peter’s uncle, but there must have been some good reason why he was left out altogether. As for Leah Frazier, feel sorry for her if you want. But I'll tell you this, you'd better feel sorrier for yourself, She has that town by the tail, and she'll swing it against you every chance she gets. I think I know women, Helena. She’s the kind that doesn’t fall for a man, toss over everything for him. She had herself set for Peter, and she was going to get him. It never mattered whether . she loved him, or whether he loved her.” “But I—" : “Let me finish, Helena. You thought you were in love with Peter. 1 think you were, but whether it was love or just an infatuation that swept you off your feet doesn’t matter now. You were willing to take the chance, and you took it. You couldn’t know this was going to happen. And don’t think you're being handed something free, Life doesn’t work out that way. If you make a go of it in Peter's home town with what he left you, then you'll fight like hell for it and win it on your own.” ir 2 = =

HERE was a knock at the door, and at Sandra’s invitation it

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blond. : “Miss Frazier . . .” Sandra said clearly, “this is Mrs. Henderson.” Leah Frazier's gaze was sharp, etrating, ‘and: under it Helens elt her face growing crimson. “How

‘| do you do?” said Leah, immediately

ignoring Helena. She turned to Sandra. “I was wondering about the plane schedule to the city. I—

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Should a Doctor Commit :

A MERCY KILLING?

| Gloria

; Oliver Morosco,

I'm glad you came to me

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of Hits, Reported in

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Morosco produced such moneymaking stage hits as “The Bird of Paradise,” “Peg O’ My Heart,” “Abie’s Irish Rose.” Rd Morosco went to the rooming house Monday evening, paid 75 cents and signed the register, “Oliver Morosco.” M. Tademoto, the Japanese proprietor, said the producer arose early yesterday and started to leave when he stumbled, falling down the flight of 25 steps.

Improvement Noted

He was rushed to Receiving Hospital for emergency treatment and then taken to the county's general hospital, where surgeons early today reported he showed “slight improvement.” ; Morosco came to Southern California from New York in 1888 with about $50. He took over the Burbank Theater and in less than three months had cleared a profit of $7000 and was the city’s leading theatrical producer. Virtually all the great figures of the stage appeared under Morosco’s banner during the early days of the present century and he was credited with developing such stars as Marjorie Rambeau, Douglas MacLean, Harlan Tucker and Richard

Dix, Hit by Depression

By the end of the World War, Morosco owned four theaters here and was engaged in building the Morosco Theater in New York. His decline in the theater came in 1929 when the depression struck. The sécond Mrs. Morosco, formerly Helen McClure of the stage, divorced him in 1935 and twice since then he was arrested on drunk charges, each time paying small fines, The producer was married for the third time less than two months ago to Genevieve Wallace, 32, an apartment house manager. Morosco is 55 years old.

I'm rather upset and I don’t think ‘I'll return home for a few days.” ile Leah stood there facing Sandra, Helena examined her. She was indeed beautiful. Her features, her figure was perfect, almost as though she had been done in matble by some sculptor—but = a sculptor who had somehow been unable to breathe softness into his: work. Her poise was a mosaic, nicely fitted together, a pattern from the smart schools, from Cannes, from Paris, from Florida and Paulm Springs. For a moment Helena felt strangely afraid. This, then, was the woman who would have been Peter Henderson's wife. “Sandra was right,” Helena thought. “She didn’t love Peter. She couldn't love ‘any one.. She—she’s not even going to his funeral.” 2 #2 = TROUBLESOME voice somewhere in her brain kept asking, “Did you love Peter? How do

wasn’t the new environment, the gajety of Sandra's crowd—Peter making love to you in the moonlight—how do you know it wasn’t that?” In a sudden flash of selfrevelation she saw that what she was feeling for Peter's death was not so much grief as shock. Grief was something that welled up out of the years, out of an association between two people through happiness and sorrow, through success and defeat. But her brain was too weary to follow things out. Her life seemed

hands. John Courtney seemed to symbolize a fate that was steering her along in the rut of the law. Before she could be certain anything at all, she was on the train with him, bound for Peter’s town . . . the owner of the Henderson Department Store and the

seen. (To Be Continued)

Barrymore Theater Is Being Torn Down

Times Special : HOLLYWOOD, July 22—The historic Arch Street Theater, dear to the hearts of the Barrymores, is being torn ’

Louise the playhouse from 1851 to 1899 and Ethel and John fairly

you know? How do you know it |’

to have been taken into other |

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big Henderson home she had never

Drew, their grandmother,

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- of ‘silent pi is back in the Hollywood traces again, Shown with Henry Fonda (above) is Mary Brian, who returns to play a brunet menace role in “Spendthrift,” the movie which is to: open Friday at the Circle. The Circle's second feature is to be “The Return of Sophie Lang,” starring Gertrude Michael and Ray Milland.

“y OBJECT!” “Objection overuled. The defendant may tell his story in his own words.” The man in the witness chair smiled faintly. “As I was explaining,” he resumed, “there’s a strange infection among the natives in certain parts of Brazil. Rather, there was. Something like tetanus, only more so. Your Honor can imagine the symptoms. “And that was what these two young medical missionaries ‘were up against when I washed in on them 15 years ago. Smith’ and Haskell, their names were. Cut off from the nearest whites by a swollen river and more than: 100 miles of spudgy tangle, they'd buried themselves in the jungle to experiment with serums, trying to find something to kill the germ without killing the patient, 2 x = ¥ PF course, I didn’t know what it was all about at. first. Fact is, I didn’t know much of anything for a while after they'd dragged me up the bank and worked the river water out of me. But, when I came to next morning and saw the tentlaboratory they'd set up in the clearing, it'didn’t take a scientist to understand that their equipment was pretty complete, even to the cages of little white rats they'd brought along to experiment on. “The thing I didn’t understand, until they told me, was what they were so excited about. It seemed I had arrived at a really crucial time. Previously, nohe of the rats had lasted more than an hour or so after being inoculated. But now, one particular little beggar was showing no signs of infection affer eight days. / ; “Naturally, I caught some of the excitement. Grinning like hoys out of school, they slapped my back and told me that I was just in time to witness the crowning experiment. Being scientists, they were set on going the whole way before using the stuff on any natives. And se, I stood by, open-mouthed, while those two crazy fellows calmly gave each other a man’s-size shot in the arm.

2 2 o ELL, when the little rat kept frisking around, chipper as you please, day after day, I practically forgot the risk they had taken. Everything seemed okay. Only thing bothering me was having to sit around camp so long waiting for the river to go down and let me get away. The evenings passed quickly enough, though, because we played three-handed bridge and—" “I object, Your Honor, to bringing bridge into a case of assault and battery,” snapped the plaintiffs attorney. “It’s a waste of the court’s time and can have no possible

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His Honor sighed wearily, “Objection overruled. Witness may

proceed.” e L Again, the defendant smiled faintly. “Well, the ‘river tamed down at last, and I was all set for a daybreak departure, It was about 10 that last night, and. we were turning in. 1 was already ‘half asleep, and Haskell was about to blow out the lantern when, suddenly, the tent fly parted and in stepped Smith. 3 3 2 » » «xy DON'T think I'll ever forget that man’s expression, Your Honor, as he stood there, one hand held behind him, the lantern: picking out beads of sweat on his: forehead. . . . You see, the little rat had died, after all—rather horribly. I hesitate to describe—" ; “It isn’t necessary,” the judge put in, hurriedly. “What was done then?” : “We played bridge.” “Bridge?” : “All the rest of the night, Your

Honor. And along tpward morn-

ing, Smith and Haskell even got to joking about their predicament. Mostly bluff, of course. Still, it helped. “Of course, I had decided that I couldn't leave now, They spent hours begging me to clear out— said there was absolutely nothing I could do, which was true enough— but I felt I had to stick by them. 2 =» .®» g u HEN, they brought on their , heaviest argument. You see, I'd often asked them just what happened to a person who died that way, and they'd always side-stepped the question. But they didn’t now, They explained everything down to the last @ctail—told me the things I'd see if I stayed. It was horrible. I don’t know yet, why I didn’t make a mad dash for my canoe and p off, But I couldn’t leave them, Your Honor." NL : “«1 understand.” “Well, sir, I believe that staying with them there, waiting for the fireworks to begin, would have been easier on me if both doctors had gone plain nuts, instead of making

a bluff at carrying on as usual.|

They kept a pretty sharp watch on

each other, but otherwise, they went |

along with their regular work just as if they had no idea of the horrible fate they were facing. Why, we even kept up our evening bridge —they insisted—until the sight of cards got on my nerves so much, I could have screamed.’ . There was a long pause. You could have heard a pin drop in the courtroom. “What happened?” the judge finally asked, hunching forward. “Nothing!” :

“Nothing at all, Your Honor. I

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Priscilla Lawson May Get Parts in Musical Productions.

‘ Priscilla Lawson, former ShHorte ridge High School girl who is work= ing in Paramount pictures, slipped her foot into another glass slipper today. : After only three days’ work on

Paramount's lot, Miss Lawson, who arrived in Hollywood via the Cinderella manner, got her second big break—a chance to sing. She had finished a role in “Johnny Get Your Gun,” and had been assigned to “The Big Broadcast of 1937,” Paramount's biggest musical of the year. Returning early from lunch one day recently, the brunet beauty got to singing with a group of other actresses. While Priscilla posed at a studio microphone and sang a couple of ditties, Jack Votion, Paramount talent department head, happened to be listening. If the second test (is success-

ful, 1t is likely that Miss Lawson

will be cast in singing roles in Jowth coming. Paramount produce ons. :

don’t know why. Neither did they. That was the last question I asked

| them, the morning I finally left,

after all danger seemed past

‘Why?'

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“YF I live to be 100, your honor, I'll : never forget the picture. Those two young doctors standing there on the river bank, squinting at the

‘sun, just pushing above the oppo-

site shore; Smith shrugging his shoulders, and his thin face lighting up, as he answered gaily, ‘That, old man; is what we've got to find out now!.. “Through all the years since, I never did learn what became of. them, until the other day when this gentleman”—he pointed to the plaintiff —“happened to show. me & newspaper telling about their arrival in New York, and the medals they received from some medical

society for what they'd done in Brazil.

“I was interested, of course— especially when he said that he used to know Smith and Haskell himself way back before the war, There would have been no trouble at all, your honor, even when he belittled what they had done, but when he claimed that they had headed for Brazil because they didn’t ‘have the spunk to stay home and enlist like men, I—well, I knocked him flat before I thought.” “Hm . .. You admit, then, that vou deliberately broke the plaintiff's nose?” x “Yes, sir.” - “In that case, the verdict is guilty as charged. Plaintiff is awarded damages to the amount of 1 cent, « « » Next case, Mr. Clerk!” THE END.

{The characters in this story are fictle tous.)

| POSITIVELY LAST 2 DAYS!

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EVERYTHING'S BETTER TO, MAKE IT SHIRLEY'S BEST

The story—swell! The songs—hits! The dances—sensational! The cast—incomparable ! Shirley herself— ~ words fail us!