Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1938 — Page 11

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Film Butler

Happy About

Whole Thing

In Heaven in Hollywood, Treacher Thought New Yack Tough. Treacher is “huttling”

in the Deanna Durbin Mad About Music,” at the

(Arthycurrentl> picture, Apollo.)

“\B; PAUL. I HARRISON HOLL "WOOD, March 28.— cently, 21d for the third time, 20th Century Fox took. up Arthur Treache:’s option. The actor doesn’t

~~ know Darryl Zanuck, having met

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him oni’ once and briefly, so he dashed ff a little note of appreciation for the renewal of his contract. Back come a letter from Zanuck saying that the company was very glad to have him working for it. This may. sound to you like an ordinar: exchange of formal pleasantries. but Treacher, when I saw him, could talk of nothing except that and the generally agreeable treatment which Hollywood players receive. Treacher is a very busy - and prosperous. movie butler, but he is not a star and he has not forgotten ‘he way he used to get kicked around. . and sometimes ouf, on Broadv ay.

New York Not So Nice “TherJess weeks and’ months in New York, and for a {ime he even accepted the indignity of being a comic chorus boy, singing and

: dancir: with a group of ex-army

"tried to snap out of his sorry

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men v 10 all were more than 6 feet tall. After becoming an actor he

" remaired painfully aware that

backstzge he was regarded as no more human or necessary than one of the props. But is different in Hollywood! When an actor reports for work in the morning, Treacher observed, a waiter comes over from the commissa:y, takes his order if he hasn't had breakfast, and delivers a loaded tray io his dressing room. On the set, I> never is allowed fo stand very long, for somebody’s always following him around with a chair. The ; iiroperty man always can produce 2 bottle of pop if he’s warm, or an aspirin if he has a headache. | A prop boy always is at hand to run errands. And there's a chap who stands around with a wcer puff ready to powder his ose if he gets tired of powdering it himself. A studio car al- . ways is at his service if some- * thing's wrong with his own. And ever. his social engagements and romances are arranged by the studio publicity department. All in all, Treacher finds that actors have a pretty easy time of it.

Head Bump Started It

"A bump on the head caused Trezcher to become a movie butler. I don’t mean that he was dropped when he was a child. It was a burp against an overhead microphine in his first picture, “Hollywood Party,” in which he had been casi as a:gentleman. But due to his 6 feet 4% inches of height he kent getting in the way of the sound boom, so the director decided he was too ludicrously tall for the pet. As partial compensation he -wzs allowed to play the bit of a bu sler. 50 bored and depressed was Treacher that his mood was re-

{ flected in his acting. Instead of

resenting this lack of spirit, Director Chuck Reisner thought it funny and used the actor in several similar parts. When Treacher mood,’ Feisner wouldn’t stand for it; told him to hold the pose and he'd =mount to something in Hollywood. sure enough, Frozen-Puss Treacher now is making four or five times iS much money as he ever earned seing a frivolous comedian on the Off-screen, he’s anything but dour. Never goes to night clubs, { but he’s a great hand for private parties. Dances, gaily kisses the ladies, and makes ‘em blush with his “collectioh of song-stories which he tells, Dwight Fiske fashion, with ‘ the aid of a piano.

Civic to Present Children’s Play

Muriel Brown’s version of the perennial favorite, “Robin Hood,” "is “to be presented as the last production of the Children’s Civic Theater season. The revised schedule lists performances at 10:30 3. m, and at

2:30 p. m. on Saturday, April 9, and at 3 p. m. on Sunday, April 10. For several years the junior productions have been presented on two consecutive Saturdays with the two performances on the final day. If the new schedule proves satisfactory, it will be permanently adopted next season. Children’s Theater officials, now irmanship of Mrs. ‘John Gordon Kinghan, expressed the belief that the Sunday performance will prove popular since if permits parents to attend. “Robin Hood” was presented first by the local theater seven years ago . If was then under the direction of Mildred Fauvre, The current presentation is being directed by Edward Green, local dramatic coach. Several members of the adult theater's acting group are to be spen in the production. Mr. Green is to be assisted by Eunice Dissette.

CAST WITH PENNER

Lucille Ball, who scored a hit in “Stage Door” as the Seattle wisecracker, is cast opposite Joe Penner in the comedian’s first solo starring vehicle, “Go Chase Yourself.”

“Garels L Lombard MACMURRAY

“TRUE CONFESSION” : Barbara * Stanwyck “Stella Dallas”

were many hungry, job-

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to work on the set.

For Frank McHugh it’s a ou avich cup of coffee and back

Consomme for Joan Blondell—and the blond (and left handed) film star seems to find it good.

.’ Libby Holman, Tired of

NEW YORK, March 28.—Libby Holman is back in the news. Shunning the leisure her wealth could give her, the dark-eyed torch singer from Cincinnati prefers the chores of a Broadway show. She is in the cast of a Cole Porter “ musical called ““You Never Know”, in which she will be near Clifton Webb and Lupe Velez. Though the fortune the late Smith Reynolds left to her and their child represents the riches of a multimillionaire, she is not a privileged character around the theater. The director surveys her work as critically as any other actress. And rehearsals do not wait for her. In fact, she arrives for them more punctually. than her colleagues. But Libby Holman is back in the news, only because she has resumed the professional life that led to success after a thrilled first ni audience heard her warble a balld named “Moanin’ -Low.” Her private life remains as closely guarded as \it has been since the tragedy of Win-ston-Salem blew over. er child, Christopher Smith Reynolds, is under the constant protection of faithful bodyguards and lives in the seclusion of a country estate in Connecticut. His mother commutes between that Connecticut retreat and Broadway daily and affects smoked glasses to avoid curious gazes.

Out, Brief Glagions!

IT WAS NOT Libby Holman’s penchant to return to Broadway in a musical show. She tried that once in “Revenge With Music” and with disastrous results. Her new metier is The Drama and for a long while, she has taken arduous coaching in acting from Jasper Deeter who is the guiding spirit of the esthetic Hedgerow Theater in Moylan-Rose. Valley, Pa. She is in “You Never Know” in lieu of an opportunity to emote elsewhere; but even for this engagement, she consults Deeter daily and goes over her characterization with him. She is, her coworkers say, a tireless toiler. Her interests are limited to two: her son and the stage—

gadding about to the smarter night

sonably early. But those glamour days when Libby Holman sang “Moanin’ Low,” and “Body and Soul” and was the

RELL PRISCILLA

MORRIS - Lad

IN NEW YORK — GEORGE ROSS

though occasionally, she can be seen |

clubs. She leaves these oases rea-

Her Millions, Is Back on

‘Broadway Trying for Heavy 'Drama.’

belle of the town, are over. The only “stagedoor Johnny” who waits

patiently for her to emerge from |

the theater Shege evenings, is her chauffeur. And he is under orders to whisk her quickly away toward Connecticut. A FILM VISITOR relates his tale at “21”; it is about the fellow who was a product of that absurdly unreal picture era just before the birth of the talkies. He landed in Hollywood with a superb profile and a keen appreciation of himself. Back in the Long Island town where he was cradled, storekeepers still chuckled about the youngster who preened himself 3s he passed their windows. Finally in Hollywood, his Latin good looks caught the eye of a female star—and she pulled the necessary strings to gef him a role in her next film. His joy was complete. Back in Long Island, he babbled about the cinema to .gaping “peasants” and spoke vaguely of yachts and sprawling estates. His bubble burst with the talkies. One picture and he was washed up forever. The natural sequence should have been drink, the gutter and oblivion. But the Hollywood visitor who recounted this located him again, He is as handsome as ever and certainly not unhappy. He’ is selling mirrors in a ritzy department store in Los Angeles.

Walker and Wife

WHILE DAPPER Jimmy Walker still is shopping around for the next step in his career, his wife, Betty Compton Walker, is conducting a highly smart—and profitable—flower shop in the Hotel New Weston. So that its proprietorship will be clear to all, the premises are known as the Betty Compton Walker Florist Shop and its pretty owner attends to the business throughout each working day. And, likely as not, a purchaser of orchids or petunias may see the ' ex-mayor around.: ! At the opening ceremonies of the

DEANNA DURBIN : 2a le 2 7 ERBERT MARSHAL

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Crackers and milk make a good luncheon dish for a growing girl, even a movie starlet like Sibyl Jason.

Marie Wilson, convalescing trom a motor: accident, sticks| to lettuce sandwiches and milk.

Seek Battleship

For Film Role

- HOLLYWOOD, March 28 (U. P.). —Bafttleship, racehorse that won the Grand National Steeplechase in England, was sought for the movies today. Director Wesley Ruggles wants the steed for the role of ‘Uncle Dudley,” the racehorse that saves Bing Crosby’s cash in the picture, “Sing You Sinners.” He opened negotiations through Actor Randolph Scott, whose wife, Mrs. Marion Scott of Virginia, owns Battleship. Mr. Scott, in the uniform of a Union soldier, was working on the set of a picture at Paramount Studio when a telegram arrived informing him of the victory., Work stopped while Mr. Crosby, Joan Bennett and others crowded around to read it.

Mr. Ruggles said he would use Mr. Crosby’s racehorse Ligaroti.

BREEN BUSY BOY

As soon as Bobby Breen, boy singing star, has completed his Eastern personal appearances in connection with the opening of his new picture, “Hawaii Calls,” he will go to the Pennsylvania region of the Mennonites, the locale for his next musical drama, “Keep Moving.”

Betty Compton Walker flower shop, by the way, one of those present was chagrined to note that the only gentleman who had neglected to-wear a gardenia in his lapel. buttonhole was Jimmy himself.

If unable to obtain Battleship, ||

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE

APOLLO ;

“Mad About Music,” with Deann Durbin and Herbert Marshall, at 12:26, 3:35. 6:44 and 9:53. “The Black Doll *” with Nan Tre gad Donald W Woods. at 11:20, 3:29,

5:38 CIRCLE.

cJerelal, ** with Bette Davis -and Henry Fonda, at 12:32, 3:38, 6:54

“He Couldn’t Say No,” with "rank Meu h and Jane Wyman, at 11:10, :23 and 8:38.

INDIANA

“Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife,” with Claudette £vers and Gary Cooper, at 12:53, 3:57, 7:01 and 10:05. “Dangerous to Know,” with Akim Tamiroff and Gai Patrick, at il: 43, 2:47, 5:51 and 8:55, . LOEW'S “The Girl of the Golden West,” with Jeanette MacTonald a Nelson Eddy. 12:10, 3:25, and 9: poh ho Killea Po preston’, wih an a Haywor 11:05, 2:15, 5:30 and 8:50, a LYRIC

Vaudeville, With Prof. Lamberti and others, at 1:06, 3:49, 6:42 and

worore Honor and Behave,” with Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane, at 1, 2:24, 5:17, 8:10 and 10:35. OHIO

“True Confession,” with Carole Lombard. Also ‘Stella Dallas,” with Barbara Stanwyck. ! ALAMO “Boots and Saddles,” with Jene Autrey. Also “Sergeant Murphy,” with Mary Brian. : AMBASSADOR “Happy Landing,” with Sonja Henie. also “City Girl,” with Ricardo Cortez.

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: Bette Davis, mow at the Circle in “Jezebel,” likes a

cold salad and a bit of conversation for lunch.

Lest her carefully prepared movie coiffure become dis-

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arrangéd, Olivia De Havilland lunches in a towel turban.

Night Life Cause Of Star's Divorce

HOLLYWOOD, March 28 (U. P.). Claire Dodd, blond member of the supposedly. night-loving screen colony, had a divorce today because her husband wouldn't let her sit at home by the fireside. The stage and screen actress testified regarding her husband, Jack Milton Strauss, real estate broker: “I would come home from’ the studio after a hard day’s work. Before I could get my makeup off, he would want to go out to a night club. I had to have my sleep and I| asked him to wait until I had completed the picture. But he would insist on going out, anyway.” Miss Dodd’s marriage was as unusual as her divorce. She married Mr, Strauss in Agua Caliente, Mex-

friends knew of the marriage until her baby was born in 1936. / In addition to the divorce, the actress was given custody of the 17-months-old son, Jon, and $200 a month for his support. Mr. Strauss did not contest the divorce.

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By JAMES THRASHER ‘Our waning musical season blose somed forth yesterday with activie ‘ties on two sectors of the E. Miche igan St. front. At the Murat, Faebien Sevitzky led the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in the last of the year’s Suhday concerts, while Sara Miller, pianist, was heard at the sgme time in the Indiana World War Memorial. Once again the public set its stamp of approval on the' orchese tra’s popular-priced series. Nearly 2100 attended, including music love ers from a dozen outlying cities, and the house had been sold out for two days. . Mr, Sevitzky conducted a request program that included such popular items as Elgar's “Pomp and Circumstance”; the Andante cantabile from Tschaikowsky’s Fifth Symphony; the second Hungarian Rhapsody of Liszt; intermezzi from Mascagni’s “Cavalleria . Rusticana” and “L’Amico Fritz”; Strauss’ “Blue Danube” and the Ravel “Bolero.” Prolonged Applause There was prolonged applause for everything presented, and Mr. Se= ‘| vitzky rewarded his hearers with an encore, Gliere’s “Russian Sailors’ Dance,” and a curtain speech in which he thanked the listeners for their support and assured them that the orchestra would be with them again next season. Meanwhile Miss Miller also was playing to standees. Her program was one of excellent taste and ultravirjuoso proportions. It began {with the Bach-Liszt Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor; all four pieces in Brahms’ Opus 119; the Syme phonic Etudes of Schumann; “Le Gibet” and his Sonae tine; a Medtner Novelette; a Rache maninoff Etude Tabelau, &nd Balakirev's prodigious “Islamey.” Exhibit Dexterity The pianist again exhibited her vaunted dexterity, sonority and intelligent delivery of everything ‘at hand In addition her playing had ‘I more warmth than has been noted on previous appearances. Miss Miller's Bach was well cone sidered and beautifully proportioned, and the fugue was played with rare spirit. The Brahms pieces were done expertly, particularly the final Rhapsody, though the C Major Intermezzo seemed wanting in deli cacy. Perhaps this was due to the fact that the artist did not quite scale down her dynamics to the auditorium’s dimensions. In the Symphonic Etudes, Miss Miller was in peak form. Her evi-

Gracie to Sock

Fame as Artist

HOLLYWOOD, March 28 (U. P.) ~—Gracie Allen, radio and screen comedienne, surprised Hollywood today by announcing she is taking up surrealist painting. She said she would exhibit her work at the Julian Levy Galleries in New York.

“I just decided I wanted to .

be an artist, because the paint ers did such. a good job of painting our house,” she explained

dent enjoyment of the work was conveyed to the listen One was able to sit back and enjoy some ex|quisite music, rather than to wit ness a series of bouts Between pere former and technical culties, as frequently happens, Unable to be in two places between 3 and 5 p. m,, this writer had to be content with a half of each

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