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Jack Cooper

Heads Cast In Prize Film \

STARS

Takes First Adult Role in|

‘Boy of the Streets’ At Loew's.

By JAMES THRASHER

The real, late bulletin news about Loew's next attraction probably is the fact that Grace Moore will sing “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain” in the picture, “I'll Take | Romance.” But there will be another picture. And though these “other pictures” usually are accorded the charity of scant attention, this one seems to

merit a few words. It is called “Boy | of the Streets,” and features Jackie | Cooper. This is a Monogram picture, and | the Monogram people usually con- | tent themselves with cleaning up in | * the field of horse-opera. On this occasion, however, they have turned to a consideration of the New York slums—somewhat in the “Dead End” | manner—and apparently have rung | the bell. |

For “Boy of the Streets” won the Parents’ Magazine medal as the | best picture of the month, and it also inspired the following tribute | from the National Board of Review: “Boy of the Streets’ is considered | an unusual film for its unpreten- | tiousness, its background of reality, | and the telling portrayal by many of | its actors of life in gang neighborhoods where poverty, shiftlessness | and unemployment among the | youthful underprivileged breed the | roots of crime. | “It is a sincere picture, often in- | tense and exciting—one of the best | of its kind ever made—and its im- | plications will commend it to those | seeking social values on the enter- | tainment screen. It deserves a defi- | nite place on any list of worthwhile | motion pictures.” First Adult Role This is young Mr. Cooper's first | grewn-up role. At 14 he is a veteran | of six years before the camera, hav- | ing scored his first: success in| “Skippy.” Outstanding among his | later pictures were “The Champ,” | with Wallace Beery; “Peck's Bad | Boy,” in which he appeared with | the late Thomas Meighan, and | “Treasure Island,” which found the | young actor sharing honors with Lionel Barrymore. Another 14-year-old in the cast is| Maureen O'Connor, an outstanding | member of radio's crop of youthful singing stars. She has appeared on | several national network programs | and w as voted the “Baby Radio Star | of 1937.” But she is making her first | dramatic appearance in this picture. | Marjorie Main, the New York] stage actress who will be remembered as the gangster's mother in “Dead End,” again shoulders the grief of mothering a wavward son in “Boy of the Streets.”

Extras Receive | 3 Million in ‘37

HOLLYWOOD, Jan, 18 (U. P.) — | Motion picture extra players were paid nearly $3,000,000 during the past year, it was revealed today. Central Casting Bureau, which classifies the applicants, reported that 294307 extras were employed during 1937. They were paid a total of $2,986, - | 372, at an average daily wage of | $10.03.

CONNIE FORGETS | SUITS, GOES EAST

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 18 (U. P.).— Leaving behind two lawsuits, Constance Bennett, blond movie actress. | was en route East today on a business trip dealing with her néw cosmetic company. The actress is suing Jimmy Fidler, | radio commentator, for $250,000 al- | legedly libel damages, and at the | same time being sued by an artist, Willy Pogany, who she says she!

failed to pay for a portrait. |

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE || APOLLO

“Wells Fargo.” with Joel Frances Foy Bob Burns 4:34, 6:57 and 9:30.

CIRCLE

“Wise Girl,” with Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland and Walter Abel, at 11. 1:50 4:40, 7:30 and 10:20 “Prescription for Romance,” Mischa Auer and wendy 2:44, 3:34, 6:24 and 9:14

INDIANA “Every Day's a Holiday,” with Mz: West, Charles Butterworth, Charles Winziinger, at 11:55. 2:29, 5:04, 7:39

and Revenge,”

McCrea, at 11:38,

with Barrie, at

‘Bulldog Drummond’s with John Barrymore, John Howard, at 11, 1:34, 4:09, 6:44 and 9:19,

LOEW'S

“The Hurricane,” with Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour. Mary Astor, at 11, 1:45, 4:35 7.20 a “Paid to Dance.’ Sith Don Terry, Jacqueline Wells, at 12:45, 3:55, 6:20

LYRIC

“Maj. Bags, 1 SalK ite Revue,” on stage at 1:0 46 and 9:30. WR erteant ot Murphy ,” with Ronald Reagan, ° Guire, on screen at 11:47, 8 5:25. 8:09 and 10:25.

OHIO

Doctor and Nurse,”

. “Wife, Baxter,

Warner cess.’

with Also “30-Day PrinAMBASSAPOR

“Nothing Sacred,” with Lombard, Fredric March, “Borrowing Trouble.’

ALAMO

“Born to the West,” with John Wayne. Also *“Hold "Em, Navy.’

Carole Also

3 DAYS BEG. THURS, JAN, % MATINEE SATURDAY

EVES. $2.75, $2.20, $1.85, Bbe, BAT. MAT.: $1.65, Incl. Tax

| film shouted, when the pirate song,

| dits!” | rates.

i led the criticism.

Film Won Medal §

Here is just a handful of the many stars who will be seen when “Hollywood Hotel” comes to the Indiana for a week beginning Fri day. Above, left to right, are Lola Lane, Hugh Herbert and Glenda Farrell, lined up for an interview by Louella Parsons, radio-motion picture columnist. Below are Maestro Benny Goodman (left) and Johnnie Davis, the Indiana boy who went to the movies from Waring's Pennsylvanians. Others in the cast are Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Alan Mowbray, Frances Langford and hey mond Paige ane his orchestra.

Inquiry Asked in

$100,000 Blaze,

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 18 (U. P.).— | Movie Studio was in ruins today after a $100,000 fire. "was the second disastrous fire in |

The Victory

| seven months and the president, |

| Sam Katsman, asked for an investi- |

gation.

E |

Four explosions of movie film the fire raging through the movie |

A watchman, Arthur Leed,

| lator of a sound stage last night.

E | sets. Sound stages, carpenter shops,

| makeup rooms and projection rooms | n

| were consumed,

Seven fire companies kept

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

ON WAY TO INDIANA

SAW | They arrived safely. smoke pouring from an open venti-

sent | Roach mean,

the them in a

Sly Cricket Eats Its Fill Won't Chirp

Studio Indignant, but Insect Just Nibbles At Lettuce.

By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN

United Press Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 18.—A cantankerous cricket sat on a handkerchief today and sneered at every effort to make him maintain a onebeat chirp in four-four. time in the key of G. The handkerchief belonged to Elmer Raguse, chief sound engineer of Hal Roach, Inc. With anguish in his soul and sweat on his brow, he crouched with the cricket in a darkened room and pleaded with him. Never was a sound engineer subfected to such indignity as this. For that matter, never was a cricket. This particular one was shipped here by the University of Florida, because of its fine tenor voice, the university said. No Squeaks

Elmer even tickled its tail with a camel's hair brush in the best Chinese manner, but not a squeak did he get. This was serious, not only to Messrs. Roach and Raguse, but to the state of Florida, which will be pained to learn that its crickets are no more musical than California's. | Mr. Roach had wired appeals to | dozens of universities for crickets | which could sing in the key of G. | California crickets, he explained, all sang off key, What he needed, Mr. Roach said, was a tenor cricket to sing in a new film which could not | proceed without a talented cricket. | From most of the universities Mr. | Roach got ridicule and bum advice, | collect. Baylor said Key-of-G crickets lived only in Europe. Yale, Princeton and Cornell said they were | Just out of crickets. Dr, Alfred Atkinson, University of Arizona president, said Arizona crickets could sing opera, if necessary, but were so tempermental they insisted upon $5000 for each movie ap- | pearance. So it went.

| It Just Isn't Cricket

When all hope was gone, Mr. Roach receive a letter from J. Francois Cooper of the University | of Florida, who said he was rushing | 16 tenor crickets by air express. So did a letter from the California State Bureau of Entomology, saying what did Mr.

sects without a permit? He fixed that ticket all right, but either he nor all his helpers could | fix the crickets. Mr, Raguse put handsomely furnished

3 | blaze from spreaking to adjacent | room and turned on the steam, ac-

| ducer,

"Treasure Island’ Pep- Up

Costs Four Russians Jobs Musicale Tonight

MOSCOW, Jan, 18 (U,

Stevenson's executives their jobs, it was learned

One is Boris Shumiatsky, general | ® director of the Government motion | picture trust, who has been criticised recently for wasting money. “Treasure Island” as put out for | Russians was given political and sex | angles. As to politics, the heroes of the |

| book are made to seek the pirate | claims | treasure in behalf of Irish revolu- been decorated by three kings and a President before he was 12 years

tionaries. Here, the criticism was made that the film distorts the Irish liberation movement. As to sex, Jim Hawkins became | Jenny Hawkins, in order to get a girl into the film and to give a role | to Francesca Hall, imported Avs- | trian star. However, Miss Hall did | [ not arrive in time and the Russian | | beauty, Pugacheva, was given the | part. Tt is complained that she

danced a sensual pirate dance. Even children who have seen the

“Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest,” was sung, “They are banRussia has no place for pi-

The official publication Soviet Art It complains that | the film both distorts Stevenson | and falsifies the Irish freedom cam- | paign,

Hurr ast Tod Warner Taxierioreus © Youn “WIFE, DOCTOR NURSE” Sylvia Sidney “30 DAY "PRINCESS"

P.).—An effort to pep up Robert “Treasure Island” has cost four high Russian motion picture

Louis

today.

‘Honors Awarded | To Solo Solo Cellist

X Max Steindel, solo cellist of the | St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, u | coming to English’s tomorrow night, | the distinction of having

The cellist, as a child prodigy, | was honored by Leopold of Belgium, Ferdinand of Rumania, Wilhelm of Wurtemburg and President Loubet of France. At present, in addition to his playing duties, he is the orchestra’s personnel manager and an active teacher. The St. Louis Symphony concert, | which Vladimir Golschmann will | conduct, is one of the Martens Con- | hi RttraCtions. |

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Double Feature Errol Flynn “THE PERFECT SPECIMEN” “VOGUES OF 1938” Special Feature

ZARING Carole Lombard

Fredric March—Chas, Winninger NOTHING SACRED” March of Time—Donald Dueck Cartoon

CINEMA 16th and Delaware

Double Feature “FORTY NAUGHTY

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, Powell “DOUBLE WEDDING" Sylvia Sidney “DEAD END”

GARRICK MEE “ROMEO Gn JULIET” _ MECC " OU TBAT REE

Preston ter uek

‘Elysia,’

and “Sudan” were saved.

Sorority. Holds

Zeta Chapter

hold its monthly musicale at

3109 Park Ave. program,

| James Lowry,

The musical r Mrs,

Martha Foreman, LN Maiden's Wish’ Mrs.

Phyllis ‘MeCart, Selected Solo

Miss Madonna Mullenix, violinist pring Song of the Robin Woman’ (Shanewis) oi “Only a Rose” (Vagabond King) Frim hen You're Away (The Only Girl

Mrs. "Marion ®, Thomas, soprano Mrs, D. L. Conner, accompanist Quartet, Opus IIL Miss Olive "Miss Roberta Thelma Bos-

Trent, violins; worth, viola; Lois McCain,

is as foiows:

pianist

Kiler, Mrs. Miss

cello,

of Sigma Alpha | Iota, honorary music sorority, is to | ginning to suspect, 8 | o'clock tonight in the home of Mrs,

arenged Rosalee Spong and Mrs.

..Chopin-Liszt | edtner | . Cadman Herbert

.Tschaikowsky

Negativ es of the motion | cording to directions. He also pulled “Tomorrow’s Chil- |

Then he fed the listened

down the shades. | crickets with lettuce and

wads eat. He appealed to the research de-| partment, which reported that the | Chinese, who keep crickets in cages | like canaries, make them chirp by tickling their tails. He picked the likeliest cricket and tried to do likewise, but without result. At a late hour, he and the cricket still were engaged in their battle of wills—and if Florida is spoof California, as Hollywood is be- |

look out for Elmer.

Hundreds of Hawaiian natives took part in the filming of “Hawaii Calls,” Bobby Breen's latest musical, which has its locale in the midPacific islands.

3 GREAT ITIRACTIONS 30 Minutes ¥ Fighting ACTUAL SCENES BREATH-TAKING

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Double Feature Wm. Powell “DOUBLE WED

DING" Shirley Temple “HEIDI” 4dditional Fictures PANAY SI INKING

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A Grand Horse Story!

“SERGEANT MURPHY"

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BELMONT Curate” Lombard

“NOTHING SACRED “MERRY-GO- ROUND OF 1938”

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2510 W. Mich, St.

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importing foreign in- | | escape his fate, he is permitted to

for their song, but all they'd do | ested in his vocal chords.

trying to |

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| HUNDREDS GO NATIVE |

Tw. Wash. & Belmont

HEAD JEWISH STATE FETE

A program of Russian and Yiddish folk songs, operatic arias and a one-act play will be offered by Zelda Zlatin,

TUESDAY, JAN. 18 1988 Indiana Roof To Feature Dorsey Band

High Ranking Orchestra Will Play Here Jan. 28.

Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra, ranked among the first 10 dance | bands, has been engaged for a one | night stand at the Indiana Roof on Jan. 28, Tom Devine, Roof manager, announced today.

Long a popular attraction on Bing Crosby's radio hour, Mr. Dorsey will

pianist, and Maxim

Brodyn, former San Carlo Opera tenor, at 8:30 p. m. Thursday in the

Kirshbaum Center,

2314 N. Meridian St.

The recital is being sponsored

by the Indianapolis Icor in celebration of the 10-year existence of BiroBidjon, autonomous Jewish state in the Soviet Union.

IN NEW YORK ==s, store ross

'Man With X-Ray Eyes"

Astounds Reporters

With Tales of Remarkable Feats.

NEW YORK, Jan, 18.—A recent day in the Manhattan sideshow |

brought us Kuda Bux, the “man with the X-ray

eyes” who told reporters |

at ship's side that he expects soon to see through a brick wall.

He has other talents, too, like walking over live coals, being buried | alive for weeks and permitting the injection of poisons into his veins. clairvoyance to a®

attributes his sixth sense. And to prove it, he likes to pull his hat over his eyes and read a newspaper for the benefit of any skeptics in the room.

That day also brought us Jack Scott, a kilted Scotchman who is the walking ambassador for his native land's new Fair. He, too, brings tales of uncanny feats. He once walked around Africa, he says, and stumbled upon 13 lions who looked at his kilts, took fright and fled. A great walker, Mr. Scott, and the reason he never tires, he says, is because he rubs mentholated oil on his knees to prevent them from catching cold.

Visit Consulates

That isn’t all. As the Messrs. Bux and Scott came in, along came the manacled man who gets around to South American consulates daily in quest of a visa which he hopes will save him from the firing squad of Santo Domingo. His name Miguel Nazar. When ordered deported from the United States, he pleaded that he would be shot in his country for political crimes. He has been in detention on Ellis Island but to give him a chance to the consulates day,

visit every

| handcuffed to an immigration of-

ficial.

And finally, there's Tony the tavern-keeper of W. 52d St. Some while back, Tony degided that he could improve his health by standing on his head. He also is interHe likes to sing operatic arias. So, with the | proverbial one stone, he killed the | two birds by standing on his head and singing operatic arias at the

| same time. He does it for anybody

upon request. Frank Kalen is one of the best

TONIGHT BETTY & BENNY FOX

Dancing 80 ft. above the floor on an 18-inch dise in their sensational

“DANCE OF DEATH" |

Ree Them

“THE BIG APPLE”

—— Plus

JOHNNY BURKARTH

snd his N.B.C, orchestra 25¢ Before 9

Coming Friday, Jan, 28

JIMMY DORSEY

and his orchestra

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“Good Evening . . .

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known Broadwayites. He is neither | an actor, playwright, playboy or producer. Most of the Street knows | him as “Doc.” He is the short, bespectacled proprietor of a drug store near Times Square and he serves the most famous theatrical people in the world. He's been

there a long time and his memories |

are colorful and many. He remembers when Bert Wheeler sauntered in during the run of “Rio Rita” and asked him to hold part of his salary as insurance against lavish spending. Or when the late George Gershwin arrived one night with a fellow he described as the coach of the Toledo baseball team. Turned out the chap's name was Ring Lardner.

Harpo Marx used to play casino | at the fountain with George Jessel |

and many's the time Kalen had to! shoo out Jack Oakie, Frank Par- | James |

ker, Barbara Stanwyck, Cagney and Pert Kelton—chorus | kids from around the block—when | they loitered near the soft drinks | ‘way past closing time. Among his faithful present-day clientele, he counts Gilbert Miller, Cohan, Jed Harris,

Nazimova, Ed

George M. |

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| bring his own clarinet and his ine | strumental and vocal entertainers [intact for the local engagement. Included among the latter is June Richmond, singer. Mr. Devine praises the Dorsey music with a quotation from the magazine, Down-Beat, which cred|its the maestro with being “an {apostle of swing who loves the un- | restrained blare of the ‘jam cellar, yet a considerate gentleman who will shush his band to please ah | elderly party.” Mr. Devine also announces that | tickets for the Dorsey engagement already have been placed on sale, { Until the 28th, Johnny Burkarth land his NBC orchestra will continue | to envertain Roof patrons.

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Wynn, Willie Howard, Eugene | O'Neill, Jack Dempsey, Arthur Kober, Ethel Merman and Ira Gershe win. | Little Ahead of

A New York beauty institute has Puen conducting a survey on “How | to Keep Youthful” and form letters have been going out to those glamour girls of Hollywood who are known to have passed their twenties, By mistake, one of these mimeographed missives was addressed to | Miss Shirley Temple, who is not yet an old hag, and this note has just come back from the studio: | “Your letter addressed to Miss | Tem syle has been brought to our atA { tention, We shall keep it on file | and take it up with Miss Temple at a later date. You might expect an answer in about 40 vears.”

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