Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 April 1938 — Page 19
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1933
STARS IN NEW
Penner’s at Goofiest in
Circle Show
'Go Chase Yourself’ Case of Bank Teller Who Won Raffle.
By JAMES THRASHER
Probably one ought to wind up before pitching a review of the :
new Joe Penner film, “Go Chase Yourself,” now at the Circle. Espe- __ cially since everyone doesn’t know - What a press book is. The press book is an indispensable tool of the movie reviewer's - trade. It precedes the showing of . every new film and contains, among a great many other things, a condensation of the plot. Well, above the synopsis in the
“Go Chase Yourself” press book is |
this inscription: “The Story It’s Goofy!)” which goes to prove that the picture’s concocters weren’t trying to fool anybody, not even themselves. Joe Wins Trailer, No Car
When the brain child’s own parents admit their little hopeful is a bit on the idiotic side, it takes all the wind out of the reviewer's sails. You can’t complain that your * sense of farcical balance has been
lost, because you were asked to “check it at the door before you saw the film. Wilbur Meely (that’s Mr. Penner) is a bank teller. An inveterate buyer .of raffle tickets, he finally wins a - trailer. He has no car so he pulls it home, and his wife (Lucille Ball) - makes him sleep in it. Bandits rob Wilbur’s. bank. They - also hitch onto his trailer and carry the sleeping innocent out into the world of crime. And because . Wilbur has lost a piece of his coat in the vault door, the crime is pinned on him. Slight Case of Kidnaping
There is a slight case of kidnap- - ing mixed in a little later. Wilbur . tries to “rescue” an heiress, and finds his wife is a house guest. She lands in jail, and later, in the trailer. So do the kidnap victim, her intended, and a sheriff. About that .time Wilbur returns the stolen money by mistake. So the bandits cut the trailer loose from their car on a mountainside. There ensues about 10 minutes of .. dizzy descent. During this time it . Is evident to the most casual observer that the trailer is going around the same three curves about a dozen times apiece. Finally Wil- _ bur lands ’er in a haystack. “Go Chase Yourself” would have been good fun.cut to two-reel dimensions. In its present expanded state, it’s a long-winded and harmless bit of hysteria—amusing if you think Mr. Penner is funny. Despite an open mind and best intentions, I don't.. , Of grimmer import is the Circle's companion film, “Condemned Women.” A melodrama of life in a women’s prison, it stars Sally Eilers, Louis Hayward and Anne Shirley.
LAUREL WEDS 3D TIME—SAME BRIDE
NEW YORK, April 29 (U. P.).— —Stan Laurel, after marrying his “blond bride for the third time, said today: “We'll do it again when we ‘get around to it: it’s one way of throwing a party.” The movie comedian and the former Vera Ivanova Shuvalova, Russian singer, eloped last New Year's Day to Yuma, Ariz. They went through a second civil ceremony upon returning. The third marriage yesterday at Mr. Laurel's home was performed by a father of the Russian Orthodox Church. : The bride, the wedding ring and the minister all arrived late.
"TESTS FINISHED BY MAUDE ADAMS
. HOLLYWOOD, April 29 (U. P.) — Maude Adams, one-time stage star, was through the camera, voice, make-up and hairdress tests today and was expected to sign a movie contract. Terms were reported to have been agreed upon by Miss Adams ‘and Selznick Studio. She would appear in one picture.
-BOB AND ANITA TO WEAR COTTON
HOLLYWOOD, April 29 AU. P.) — Bob Hope, movie singer, will wear a cotton suit and Anita Louise, blond actress, a cotton dress, as Lord -Chamberlain and Queen of a King Cotton Ball furthering the “wear cotton” movement here Tuesday night. .
SUIT BY WRITER DEMANDS $100,000
. HOLLYWOOD, April 29 (U. P). _=—John Italiana sued Metro-Gold-myn-Mayer Studio for $100,000 today claiming his scenario entitled “Johnny of the Circus” was used in- the motion picture, “O’Shaughnessy’s Boy.” He said the picture returned $1,000,000 profit.
STAR-MAKER DIX
Bebe Daniels, Thelma Todd, Nancy Carroll, Jean Arthur and Irene
Dunne are only a few of the
actresses who were launched on the way to screen stardom by appearing as leading ladies to Richard Dix. EF By G L | S Elbert A. Wickes Presents the
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FEATURE AT LYRIC
TEST PILOT’ HELD OVER AT LOEW'S
_ -Here are the stars of the Lyric’s current movie. “Four Men and a Prayer.’ » right, William Henry, Richard Greene, David Niven and George Sanders. thereto, is Loretta Young. Johnny Burke is heading the vaudeville show on the same bill.
Bartholomew,
14. in Debt,
Trying to Make Comeback
By PAUL HARRISON
HOLLYWOOD, April 29.—By the time you see Freddie Bartholomew. in “Kidnaped,” that young star will have been off the screen
about a year.
An actor whom many a critic and player said deserved
the 1937 Academy Award for his performance in “Captains Courageous,” Freddie finds himself trying to make a comeback in 1938.
Hard-luck stories are rare in the®high places of Hollywood, but Bar-" tholomew, just turned 14, could tell three of them—the long custody squabble with his parents which he and his Aunt Myllicent finally won; the surprising court order to pay one-fifth of his earnings to his parents and $15,000 to their attorneys; and his own iong suspension by Metro, ostensibly over a salary disagreement. However, recently both court orders compelling the payments to his parents and attorneys were set aside, and although he is not only broke today, but in debt, there is actually a fair fortune in sight for him ahead.
Now Ward of Court
The trusteeship of his estate has been removed from a bank which had depleted it from $30,000 to less than $400, and Freddie is now a financial ward of Superior Court. Even his aunt cannot spend any of his money without court approval. Immediately behind him is a year of idleness which might have been his most profitable one. “Actually, though, it was the best year of his life,” said Miss Myllicent Bartholomew. “You couldn’t realize how much the freedom meant—to be able to do things like other boys. I didn’t have to say, ‘Be careful on those skates, Freddie,’ or ‘Better not climb that tree, Freddie; you couldn’t finish the picture with a broken leg.’ “He rode often at one of the stables that rents horses. He learned to take hurdles, and he was trying to go under the horse as they do in circuses. He went flying several times with a friend of ours, and wants to take lessons when he is 16.
Proud of Big Feet
“On his birthday a few weeks ago, March 28, he was up practically at
‘dawn. He kept saying, ‘Cis, can you
realize it—I'm 14! I'm 14!" He's proud of his long pants and his big
| feet; he buys shoes about two sizes
too big. His voice is getting lower, but it doesn’t crack. “You know he used to be a bit undersized, and rather—ah—fragilelooking. Well, he weighs 104 pounds now, and is 5 feet 4 inches tall, and he has an appetite like a wolf. He grew more than an inch in the last three months, and—. But here he comes now.” We were on location + with the “Lord Jeff” company. Bartholomew with other naval cadets, had been climbing some marine rigging erected for practice on the grounds of a school, : In the recently completed “Kidnaped,” for which he was loaned to 20th-Fox, he had a more rugged, young-manly role than ever before. For “Lord Jeff,” though, he again is an arrogant brat. His next assignment probably will be “Kim,” and after that “One Young American.”
Haircut Like Other Boys
Freddie said, Hello, .there,” in a voice that seemed to originate from the region of his ankles. He shook hands in the Victor McLaglen manner. He seemed pleased when I noted his conventional haircut—his first. But he showed marked unwillingness to chat about the picture or future roles. Kept looking at me speculatively and finally burst out with, “I say—do you want to go to sleep?” I said no, thanks, but I would call on him next time I was troubled with insomnia. He said, “Oh, you must; it’s real jiujitsu. Now take
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three deep. breaths and hold the last one" Strong hands (Mr. Bartholomew's) grabbed me. I took three deep breaths and held the last one. Then two strong thumbs moved athwart my ears and pressed on a couple of nerves, or arteries or something. I saw stars (non-movie) and the aurora borealis - and heard bells. Just as I was about to subside into the arms of a property man who acts as Bartholomew’s catcher on these occasions I was reprieved by Director Sam Wood's yell of “Freddie, hurry up, we're waiting!”
Uncertain About College
1 returned to non-militant Miss Myllicent, who told about Freddie's education. He is in the second semester of junior high school now, is especially good at English composition and mathematics, and can enter college when he is 16. His tutor has written for the catalogs of Stanford, Yale, Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge, but it is by no means certain that he will to college. : Miss Bartholomew would like him to travel first, perhaps for a year. But both agree that if he is prospering in pictures two years from now he probably will remain in Hollywood and continue to study under tutors. will discuss the matter of réemaining British subjects or becoming American citizens, and he will make the choice. Already his tastes and sympathies a r.e overwhelmingly American. “Freddie reads everything from world affairs to Westerns,” his aunt said. “He loves Westerns. And swing music! “He still hasn’t a very clear idea about money. He gets a dollar a week to spend, since his new contract, and doesn’t seem to realize the size of his salary. He wanted a bicycle for his birthday, and I cautioned him that if he should get hurt he might be sent back to England owing a lot of money. “So he agreed that he shouldn’t have a bicycle. But he said, ‘Don’t you worry, Cis—in two or three years I'll be able to work and earn.’ ”
ACTORS GUILD GOES TO MOTHERS' AID
HOLLYWOOD, April 29 (U. P.).—
The Screen Actors Guild went to
the aid today of the mothers of child movie actors. The mothers objected to being prohibited from the motion picture sets while their children were acting. Most studios orderddl the ban because directors said the children worked best without their mothers present. Mothers protested that their absence might lose them the legal right to sue if the children were injured. Kenneth Thompson, executive secretary of the Guild, placed the problem before lawyers.
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The four men are, left to The “prayer,” or the answer
WHAT, WHEN, WHERE
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“Rebecca.” with Shirle Temple Randolph Scott, Gloria Stuart, af 11:43, ‘1:45; 3.45, 5:45, 7:50 and 9:50.
CIRCLE
“Go Chase Yourself,” with Joe Penner, Lucille Ball. at 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 and 10:20. “Condemned Women,” with Sall i Hijers, 5 Louis Hayward, at 12:30, 3:2
INDIANA
“College Swing,” with Burns and Allen, Martha Raye, Edward Everett jiorion, £3 Hove. at 11, 1:50, 4:35, and
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Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, 12:45, 3:35. 6:25 and 9:10.
LOEW'S
“Test Pitas, * with Clark Gable Myrna Loy and Spencer racy, at 11:35, 2:15, 445, 7:25 and
LYRIC
“Four Men and a Loretta Young. Richar David J en, on Screen at 2:16, 5:14, 7:52 and 10:30. Va hy with Johnny Burke, stage at 1:06. 3:45, 6:52 and 9: 30. ©
OHIO - “Drift Fence,” with Larry Crabbe, Also “Ever ry Day’s a Holiday,” with Mae West. ALAMO
“Big City,” with Shenees Tracy. Also “Thrill of a Lifetim
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Irene and Mary.” with Also “A Slight Case of Robinson.
Prayer,” with Greene, 11:28,
“Sally, Alice Faye. Murder,” with Edward GC.
Jackie's Wife Gets Pay Raise
HOLLYWOOD; April 29 (U. P.).— Jackie Coogan’s household will be in funds, regardless of whether he wins the court battle with his mother and stepfather over his movie earnings. Betty Grable, his blond wife, was retained for another year and her $500 a week salary raised by Paramount . Studio. Producer Adolph Zukor exercised an option and gave her a new contract.
CHEZ PAREE SHOW HAS EDDY DANCERS
The ballroom dance team of Eddy and Eddy, which appeared here last year at Red Gables, currently is headlining the floor show. at the Chez Paree. The team holds the National Ballroom Championship title and has won 285 other dance contests. One
of their trophies was presented them by Benny Goodman. Mr. and Mrs. Eddy have appeared in ballrooms in all of the country’s larger cities.
r TEVERY AY’S A HOLIDAY” Zane Grey's “DRIFT FENCE”
Plus!
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REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM
ws . new Radio Center nowl RANDOLPH SCOTT. JACK HALEY « GLORIA STUART PHYLLIS BROOKS HELEN WESTLEY
Staying for a second week at Loew’s are Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. the high-fliers The film gives a thrilling account of the fliers who risk their necks to test the speed and Lionel Barrymore also has a prominent place in the cast.
in “Test Pilot.” construction of new planes.
Six Concerts, 3 Plays on Week-End Amateur Slate
Six concerts and three plays are included in the schedule of Indianapolis amateur performances for the coming week-end. At 8:15 p. m. today the Sigma Alpha Iota String Sinfonietta will give a benefit concert in the American United Life Insurance Co. auditorium. Roberta Trent will conduct a program that includes the Bach Passacaglia in C Minor, two compositions by Singingaglia, Arensky’s Variations
on a Themes by Tschaikowsky, and the Introduction and Scherzo by Ferdinand Schaefer, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s founder. Ruth Sterling Devin, soprano, will be assisting soloist, singing an aria from Weber's “Oberon” and songs by Watts, Campbell-Tipton and Densmore.
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The Indianapolis Liederkranz will celebrate its 66th birthday with a
concert tomorrow: night at its club-|.
rooms, 1417 E. Washington St. Soloists will be Mrs. William J. Goory, soprano, and William Greuling, ¥iolinist. Frederic Krull is the chorus’ director. 8 8 2 Part of the stage which the Epworth League players will tread at Roberts Park Church tonight once served as a “ring” in which the late Billy Sunday engaged in a “bout with the Devil.” When rehearsals for “Two Days to Marry” began, the Roberts Park stage was found to be too small. A search revealed the Rev. Mr. Sunday’s platform, which fit perfectly in front of the auditorium stage and doubled its size. The Walter Richardson play, announced for 8 p. m., was directed by Miss Betty Lee. Cast members include Edna Woods, Blanche Jewell, Mabel Valentine, Kenneth Green, Robert Brooks, Forrest Julian and Jack Frost. # 8 ” Raymond Hall will direct the Broad Ripple High School Glee Club in a concert at 7:45 p. m. Sunday
Starts Today!
ALMA MATER GOES ON A RIOTOUS RHYTHM SPREE!
Professors shag, students gag, coeds romancin’ and prancing everywhere!
GEORGE BURNS GRACIE ALLEN -&
rects the choir,
in Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Also on the program will-be Miss Elaine Van Horn, reader, and Miss Charlotte Moore, organist. The glee club will sing two Bach chor-
ales, Lvorsky’s “Hospidi Pomilui,”|
Christiansen’s “Lost in the Night,”
a group of spirituals and other music by Robertson, Cadman, Dvorak and Fletcher.
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The choir and string ensemble of Technical High School will give a public concert at 4 p. m. Sunday in the Indiana World War Memorial auditorium. Sonja Grigo is to be
vocal soloist. J. Russell Paxton diand Robert Orton,
the string group. : ° : 2 8 8 The St. John’s Young People’s Club will give performances of a comedy, “The Spite Fence,” at 2:30 and 8:15 p. m. Sunday in the St. Philip Neri auditorium. Players are
William Flanary, Mary Jane Sullivan, Charles Kremer, Vera Freije,
‘Charles Lark, Mary Bechert, Ber-
nard King, Angela Scherschel, Mary Margaret O'Connor, Margaret Gal-
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lagher, Rosemary Feltz and David Lynch. 2 a = The public is invited to a recital by violin students of’ Olive Kiler at
3 p. m. Sunday in the Cropsey audi- | [Gome,
torium, Central Library. ” #” 8 “My House of Dreams,” a threeact comedy, will be presented by the St. Paul Drama Club at 8 o'clock tonight in St. Paul M. E. Church. Mrs. Charles Lizenby is the director and Russell Bohlke, club president. tJ 2 os
An evening of magic by “the Great Darrell” will be sponsored by the Parent Council, Boy Scouts of America, Troop 95, tonight at Lowell School 51, Olney and Roosevelt Aves.
Holweod Costs Hit by Goldwyn
HOLLYWOOD, April 20 @. PJ.
Samuel Goldwyn revealed
as one of Hollywood's sevevest : crit-
>= as he returned from Europe on the liner Queen Mary.
The public, he said, is “on strike” against inferior movies made by inferior people who are “getting too much money.” He said he referred to the writers, actors and: directors. Mr. Goldwyn asserted that unless Ametican vrodugers could reduce costs they would “lose our business to the foreign producers.” “There are writers drawing big pay in Hoilywood who ought to b® back in New York writing letters,” said the former glove salesman. “I'm serious about it. The crisis for American pictures is here. Every country is competing with us.” He denied that he and Alexander Korda had purchased Mary Picke ford’s and Charles Chaplin's inter ests in United Artists. “That plan has been definitely abandoned because of the economic situation,” he said. “We are going to hold ancther meeting here before I leave for the Coast and the operating setup at United Artists is going to be reorganized.” Mr. Korda arrived here unane nounced on the Roma last Thurse day.
and Betty Porter, soprano, will be presented in recital at 8:15 p. m, today in the D. A. R. Chapter House. The program is as follows:
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