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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

FRIDAY, AUG. 13, 1937

BARBARA STANWYCK TAKES TOP HONORS IN ‘STELLA

Anne Shirley | Also Stars in Loew's Film

Story Well Handled In

BENNY MUSCLES IN ON MILK

New Goldwyn Version | > Of Popular Picture. | -

years “Stella |

by as Stella's daughter, Anvone who has been movies for the last dozen probably remembers the Dallas” of the silent screen. Sam- | uel Goldwyn always regarded it as | his best effort, but the present ver- | sion seems better. count all the intervening technical | advances, the fact remains that | “Stella” in sound is more forthright | and less offensively lachrymose. | The story, of course, is a “tear- | jerker” at best. But Director King | Vidor's careful ministrations have | kept it from being maudlin. Quickly told, the plot reviews 20 years in | the life of Stella, the millworkei’s | daughter who marries an impoverished young aristocrat, Stephen Dallas. An early desire for ‘“advancement” soon dies out. Her lack of taste in clothes, companions everything, cannot be remedied.

Estrangement Follows

mother. Eventually Stephen meets former sweetheart,

now a wealthy | widow He asks for his freedom. | But Stella refuses to release him until she realizes,

friend, Stella drives Laurel, | disgusted and heartbroken,

to the home of Stephen and his new wife, a wealthy marriage and, we sup- | pose, eventual happiness. Miss Stanwyck, as I mated, covers herself with She has been given many excellent roles in the past but, for the first time, she takes full advantace of this one. She hasn't lacked for | good directors before, but appar-| ently Mr. Vidor has had the magic touch. It's hard to resist quoting

his |

intiglory. |

have

Taking into ac- | ~

Mayor

and Lynn | some outspoken dialog about | and some racy

| hotel.

The union advocates the same pro- | Times Special

| namely, by jury.”

In this quiet domestic scene, Jack Benny may be observed muscling

in on a portion of daughter Joanie's glass of milk. Mr. Benny,

out daughter, may be seen at the

withCircle as the star of ‘‘Artists and

Models,” which began its second week yesterday.

Censorship Drop Noted By Civil Li

By United Press

berties Union

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—The American Civil Liberties Union in its annual report on censorship notes that use of the blue pencil in all fields decreased during the past year and that the theater had little

trouble.

The report says that the only cases of censorship arose in Phila-

delphia, involving the Mayor's charge that the racial tragedy,

“Mulatto,”

| was an “outrageous affront to de-®

| cency. {and also threatened to close

| musical revue

He caused it to be closed the “New Faces” because | of a sketch involving Mrs. Franklin | D. Roosevelt. The sketch was toned | | down and nothing happened. The report does not mention the incident in Omaha, Neb., where the | took exception to considerable portions of the Theater Guild's “Idiot's Delight,” with Alfred Lunt Fontanne, because of | war talk about a couple | in an Omaha

spending a night the play was pre-

However,

the Omaha audience, and the Mayor took no action. The closing of 14 burlesque houses | in New York brought the comment |

that the union, while not defending burlesque,

took the position that | “the summary procedure created a |

bad precedent which might be ex- |

tended to the legitimate theaters.

cedure for refusing renewal of li- | censes as for their revocation— | prosecution and conviction

The chief victory of the year | against censorship as far as the | theater is concerned was Governor Lehman's veto of a hill passed by | the New York Legislature which |

|it is called burlesque no longer, but

vaudeville, some even seeing in the movement, the re-birth of the variety business which is practically nonexistent. There is a board to

| look after the morals of the new

venture and to see that none of the young women of the chorus ab-

| sent-mindedly begin to remove too | much clothing while on

the stage, and that the comedians keep their jokes clean.

Color Films

| sented as written to the delight of |

On New List

United Artists to Release 14 Pictures Soon.

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 13—Fourteen United Artists releases, six in | technicolor, have been set for show- | ings throughout the country within the next five months of the new | season. Among the producers represented in the lineup are Samuel Goldwyn, David O. Selznick, Alex-

@ |

| RITZ BROTHERS CHOOSE PEACE

Boycott of Paramount Threatened

Independent Exhibitors

Claim Six Feature Films | Undelivered.

By United I'ress PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13. —George P. Aarons of Phil- | adelphia, spokesman for 000, independent motion is theater owners and exhibitors throughout the country, said | in Federal Court today that | the group would boycott all | Paramount picture produc- | tions until the company releases six undelivered feature

films.

Mr. Aarons, counsel and secretary for the United Motion Picture Theater Owners, said the pictures were to have been delivered under 19361937 contracts which expired last July 31. He revealed plans for the elaborate boycott which was to include airplane picketing and sound truck advertisements at a hearing | in United States District Court on | a final injunction plea by Para- | mount against the boycott. The picture company obtained a temporary injunction against the boycott July 31, a day before the projected “strike.” Faramount charged the independent association with violation of the Sherman and Clayton antitrust laws by restricting interstate trade in films. Theater men estimated carrving out of the boycott would mean a loss of between $8.000,600 and $10,- | 000,000 to Paramount if the strike | were extended.

don't want to make °

Burlesque

To Permit for Keith's.

Continued effort to block

'HERO' ROLE GIVEN TO BLACK SCOTTY

POLLY [July 21 to Jack O. Kane O OOD, Aug. 13.--Mac.! slanned to begin

the Black Scotty who won his act- Sept. 1. ing spurs as a “heavy” when he Frederick C. Matson. wrecked wire-haired Asta’s happy pany attorney, home in “After the Thin Man,”

is now an aspirant for “hero” | troller, regarding a possible rev screen honors. He has been cast | tion of the license. in a sympathetic role in Walter | « " Wanger's “Stand-In,” which teams | ] mL they neve taken Leslie Howard and Joan Blondell. Though Mac will be known as| MI “Schlemiel” in the picture, he will | ment, act as Humphrey Bogart’s buddy, | governed entirely displaying such unsuspected talents | as standing on his head, acting | as a sandwich dog and expressing |

the R. A. Lemke Realty building's lessors.

Co.,

| by the City

| shown that

in the aim.

Cooled the

| plying t to theatrical productions.

A permit to open the theater burlesque productions was granted Controller's office on |

realty com- | conferred yesterday | with Walter C. Boetcher, City Con-

oca-

The Ritz Brothers in the act of deciding they ‘somethin’ out of it” after all. | They may be seen, along with their pugilistie com=- |

Stalemated

Lessors of Building Object,

opening of Keith's as a burlesque | theater was being made today by |

| |

for |

operations about

| | | |

point favorably,” Mr, Matson said. | Boetcher declined to comand said that he would be |

by advice of the photographed in technicolor. City's legal department. The City | Robson will play the rele of Aunt | might revoke the license if it were the license was issued | the frank dislike of certain characters | illegally under the ordinances ap- | Tommy Kelly, juvenile discovery, in

thing,” now at

Joan Hints Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 13.— When Joan Crawford takes out her knitting needles and yarn box, it's a certainty the stork is hovering over Hollywood. During the six weeks Joan has been working in her new picture, “The Bride Wore Red,” she completed four knitted baby blankets, two blues and two pinks. Joan makes two blankets for each baby, so she can't go wrong. “I guessed wrong too often, so now T make two,” the star explained. . One pair goes to the Gary Coopers and the other to the Robert Youngs.

ROBSON ADDED TO TWAIN FILM CAST

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 13. — May Robson, veteran screen actress, is the latest prominent addition to the cast of Selznick’s “1he Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” now being Miss

Polly.

Mark Twain classic with

ie Wile Tole.

panion and several stars in

i hui “You Can't Have Every-

the Apollo. Alice Faye and Don

Ameche have the romantic leads.

] GIVES WATCHES

Instead of giving gifts | of the picture, Frances Dee pre- | sented necklace waiches to Dot { Ponedel, her make-up girl, and Carmen Dirigo, her hair dresser, second day thev in "Wells Fargo.”

THE TEMPO. THE FLAIR,

Norman Taurog is directing |

25¢ TILL & 40¢c AFTER &

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DALLAS"

Fourth Free

‘Rinne Accordion

Concert Set For Sunday

Band To Be Featured At Garfield.

The fourth of the munici-pally-sponsored free summer concerts will be given by the Indianapolis Concert Band at 8 p. m. Sunday in the Garfield Park amphitheater, A feature of the coming concert

| will be the appearance of the Rinne

Accordion Band, made up of 25

| children between the ages of 7 and

16 years. Herman Rinne the

director The complete program is as fol-

| lows

| "La Reine de Saba”

| Selections,

| Selections

at the close |

the | worked with her

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Gounod The Chocolate Soldier oy aus zibulka Tw, alert Strauss

Serenade “Patrol of

A Tol the Scouts’ Blue Danube’ Waltzes Intermission Song of Love” Will Yau Remember” inne Accordion Band ‘Stradella’” Overture Minuet from “Don Juan” Mozars I'he Highland Patrol Laurendan “The Merry Widow Lehar “Back Home Again in Indiana” MeDonald

Rombenr Prim

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ADDED JOY!

CARTOON

“Porky's Bad Time Story”

ARTHUR TREACHER COLOR-TOUR ADVENTURE NAAN MOVIETONE NEWS

| ander Korda and Walter Wanger. | August releases include “Stella Dallas” and “Dead End,” two GoldYes | Wyn productions. the During the month of September yeally Selznick’s “The Prisoner of Zenda,” In fact Walter Wanger's * ‘Vogues of 1938" '1and Wanger's “52d Street” will be released.

| strip-tease standby which chs caused its downfall here. and it's an unusually long speech —1is especially good.

Healthful Way!

STARTS TODAY!

Miss Shirley Is “Heroine”

Little Miss Shirley is the “hero-| ine,” however. I think the story n-| tends her to be. The mother-love angle is played up, vet the daugh- | ter's love is even greater. Stella is | unconscious of her own crudeness; | Laurel, though constantly embarrassed by it, is able to ignore it and live with it, appreciating the good qualities that no one else can see. Naturally all these things shine forth in Miss Shirley's performance. The tribe of ingenues is not noted for dramatic ability, but here is one | of its members who shines forth | with a mature effulgence. Outstanding support is given by | Alan Hale as the drunken, boister- | ous Munn, and by Barbara O'Neil, | whe plays the second Mrs. Dallas. John Boies, as Stephen, contrives to remain John Boles. |

The whole production is smoothly paced, appealing entertainment | treated in a mature and literate | manner. As a companion picture, | Loew's is showing “The Frame-Up.” Tt is, as you might suspect, an ac- | tion melodrama of gangster activ- | ities. Paul Kelly is featured. |

MAKES WRITING | TO FRIENDS EASY

NEW YORK, Aug. 13. (NEA)—The | play, “Having Wonderful Time,” has | been responsible for the birth of a major industry. An enterprising stamp manufacturer has announced that he has made rubber stamps for use on postcards which read, “Having Wonderful Time,” followed by the name of the sender. One merely has to stamp the cards before going away on vacation, or aboard the train en route, and mail them out daily or weekly, as the case may demand.

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AIR PROBLEMS

Paramount studio was able to keep in constant contact with all phases of the filming of “Ebb Tide” during location work on the technicolor sea picture on and around Catalina Island. Short-wave radio made possible continuous communjcation between studio executives, Director James Hogan, and his assistants.

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1045 Virginia Ave. TONITE. SAT. and SUN.

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— Tey = “Nt Happened Out West”

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE

APOLLO

“You Can't Have Everything,” with Don Ameche and Alice Faye, at 11:05, 1:02, 3:19, 5:25, 7:33 and 9:40 CIRCLE “Artists and Models,” with Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Gail Patrick and Richard Arlen, at 12:32, 3:42, 6:52 and 10:02. Also “Wild Money,” with Edward Everett Horton and Louise Campbell, at 11:23, 2:23, 5:43 and 8:53,

LOEW'S

“Stella Dallas,” with Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles, at 12:25, 3:35, 6:50 and 10. Also “The Frame-Up,” with Paul Kelly and Jacqueline Wells, at 11:15, 2:25, 5:40 and 8:50

LYRIC

“Mr. Dodd Takes the Air,” with | Kenny Baker and Frank McHugh, | P 8 |

at 11:24, 2:08, 7:40 and 10: 24. “New Stars on Parade’ (on stage), at 1:10, 3:48, 6:42 and 9:46.

OHIO | “Wives Never Know,” with Charles | Ruggles. Also ‘“‘Angel’s Holiday,” with Jane Withers and Robert Kent.

AMBASSADOR

“Captains Courageous,” with Freddie Bartholomew and Spencer Tracy. Also “Flyaway Baby,” with Glenda

Farrell. ALAMO

“Criminals of the Air,” with Rosalind Keith, Also “Sweetheart of the Navy,” with Eric Linden and Cecilia Parker,

| nick's | Sawyer”

| musical, | has been set for release in December.

The four features to be presented in October are Wanger's “I Met My Love Again,” Korda's technicolor production, “The Divorce of Lady x.” Wanger's “Stand-in" and Selz“The Adventures of Tom in color. Goldwyn's South Sea spectacle, “The Hurricane,” will be roadshown in New York in November, prior to countrywide release; the other releases for this month include Korda's “Mutiny in the Mountains” in technicolor, Goldwyn's “Adventures of Marco Polo” and Selznick’s technicolor comedy, “Nothing Sacred.” Samuel Goldwyn’s technicolor “The Goldwyn Follies,”

HE'S SMART

John Howard, who plays the title role in “Bulldog Drummond Comes Back, "won a Phi Beta Kappa key for scholarship while a student at

| Wester n Reserve University.

SWIM-DANCE

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PAUL COLLINS’ ORCHESTRA Featuring JENNIFER SHEFFER Every evening excent Monday.

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Tiny Vera Jean Davis

— LESTER HUFF at the Hammond Electric Organ

AN OVERWHELMING TRIUMPH!

Here is tremendous human drama! .. .- daring emotional thrills! . ... and four great’ stars giving the most } magnificent performances. of their careers in Samuel Goldwyn's screen y masterpiece!

If you have a heart you'll lose it to...

STELLA _ living and lov

ing with intense heart-breaking passion., ! Risking ! her} reputation} losing } her | security and home, because her } heart was not big ‘enough’ for two loves!

STEVE. >.desperate for love

VRP ‘caught {between} theYthree' women in his life) the wife who, ‘deserted! {him® =? the daughter who adored him -.-.- the . ‘other woman’ *whoyoffered him love, (loyalty Yand (tenderness.

HELEN. ov loved Steve,

but he belonged to another. His life was sempty away, from | her. HowJcould she surrender] the ‘only man she could ever love to 'the woman" who deserted him ?

LAUREL... > torn between

her mother’ ol “sacrifices and her father s s love Happiness beck: oned Sbut the” stepping-stone ‘was her mother's broken heart. Drama that takes! you deep into the hidden emotions of a ‘girl ‘on’ the'threshold of life!

B A 3 pa 3 A STANWYCK gives the screen its most dar

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