Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1938 — Page 17

Film World - ~ Holds Double! = Celebration I's New

Movies; Loew's Books New Pictures.

Year's Day' for

Today marks a double celebration fin the film industry. Not only is Sept. 1 the show world’s equivalent of New Year’s Day, but this date | Brlso marks the opening of Hollywood’s first concerted drive for record-breaking business in 1938-39.

Accordingly, Loew’s Theater Is

-- pretentious, is “Marie Antoinette,” | ~ which opens tomorrow. Bringing Norma Shearer back to the screen for her first appearance since | “Romeo and Juliet,” the new film is said to. be conceived and produced on the same lavish scale thas marked the Shakespearean m. :

Loew’s later releases will be drawn from the output of Columbia and United Artists, as well as M-G-M, which will supply the ‘three succeeding features. The ‘first of these is “Three Loves Has Nancy,” costarring the congenial trio of Robert Montgomery, Janet Gaynor and Franchot Tone.

Based on Real Village

: Next on the list is “Boys Town, with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney in the leads. It is a story of the actual village of Boys Town, Neb., founded by the Rev. Fr. Edward J. Flanagan and run by boys who were “problem children” and other social misfits before they came under Father Flanagan’s influence. “Too Hot to Handle,” latest wehicle for Clark Gable and Myrna Loy, is booked to follow “Boys Town.” M-G-M’s juvenile con-

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lease: 1. Norma Shearer in the

tingent isn’t going to be idle this year; besides “Boys Town,” patrons will see Judy Garland and Freddie Bartholomew in “Listen, Darling,” and Mickey Rooney again in #Stablemates” with Wallace Beery— and all before snow flies. Film emphasis will be away from musicals this year, and toward the | “homey” type of plot, the industry’s spokesmen have declared. Yet Loew’s. is going to give you the Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy twosome in “Sweethearts” (techni- | color) and a movie version of “The | Great Waltz,” featuring Luise |

title part of “Marie Antoinette,” which opens tomorrow; 2. Spencer

. Tracy and Mickey Rooney in

“Boys Town”; 3. An adventure film of newsreels and aviation, “Too Hot to Handle” has Clark Gable and Myrna Loy; 4. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Paulette Goddard, featured with Janet Gaynor, in “The Young in Heart”; 5. Miss Gaynor also is in “Three Loves Has Nancy.” Besides Rob-

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THE GREATEST OF ALL PICTURES TO OPEN THE GREATEST OF ALL New Movie Seasons!

ris formerly was married to Lona | Andre, another film contest winner.

Owen, shown above, the cast includes Franchot Tone.

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Viennese singer, Miliza Korjus. Bette Davis IN Contrast in ‘Honolulu | Town Near Reno

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“Honolulu,” the forthcoming Eleanor Powell picture. Joan Crawford will be around about football time with “The Shining Hour.” Robert Taylor will be one of the stars of Kenneth Roberts’ best-seller, “Northwest Passage,” along with Spencer Tracy. The studio has another company at work in England on a second bestseller, A. J. Cronin’s “The Citadel.” Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell | will share top billing.

Kipling Story Filmed |

| United Artists is on the Loew's books with five entries. First is “The Young in Heart,” with Janet | Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and | Paulette Goddard. The studio next | will present ‘“There Goes My Heart,” | with Fredric March and Virginia | Bruce. Sabu, the East Indian lad who was the hit of “Elephant Boy,” is | to be seen in a new picture, Kipling’s “Drums.” Then United Artists will have a glorified “horse opera” in “Tie ‘Cowboy and the Lady.” Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon will have the title parts and they’ll both sing. Last on the United Artists’ list is “Made for Each Other.” Carole Lombard and James Stewart will be costarred. Columbia’s one representative is Frank Capra's film version of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s hilarious stage hit, “You Can’t Take It With You.” Lionel Barrymore will have the part of

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1 (U. P.).— | Bette Davis is in Nevada but not for a divorce, her studio said emphatically today. rumor of marital differences bétween the movie star and her husband, Harmon O. Nelson, theatrical agent, arose when it was

learned Miss Davis was staying in | Glenbrook, Nev., not far from Reno. Miss Davis is expected back in | Hollywood in time to start a new picture by mid-September.

Anne Sheridan Plans

Divorce Suit HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1 (U. P.).— Another movie marriage broke up today with Anne Sheridan and Edward Norris, tilm players, heading | for the divorce courts.

the divorce suit, based on grounds of incompatability and temperamental differences. Miss Sheridan won a beauty contest in Denton, Tex., and came to Hollywood five years ago. Mr. Nor-

ds Grandpa Vanderhof. Spring Byington will play Mrs. Sycamore; Ann Miller will do the dance-daffy Essie; Mischa Auer, her explosive Russian dancing teacher, and the romantic leads will be taken care of by Jean Arthur and James Stewart.

Opening Tomorrow

Alamo

“MAN FROM MUSIC MOUNTAIN”—Gene Autry, Smiley Bur-

nette, Carol Hughes.

Directed by Joe Kane. ,

A crooked gang tries to use Boulder Dam for a promotion scheme. But the musical Mr. Autry foils them, shosts into a dynamite keg and opens up a new gold vein. Everyone prospers but the villains.

“ARSON RACKET”—Bob Livingston, Rosalind Keith, Directed by

Joe Kane.

. A smoke-eater joins an arson ring to expose the racket.

+ Krueger.

Miss Sheridan probably will Apollo

(Held Over)

“ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND”—Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman. Directed by Henry King; screen play by

" Kathryn Scola and Lamar Trotti; words and music by Irving Berlin.

Not the story of Mr. Berlin's life, but embellished by some two dozen of his songs, the film is a story of a band leader, his piano-play-ing song writer and his featured singer. It follows their triangular career through 20 years to the present, with true love triumphing over a rebound marriage. i : : Circle

“SPAWN OF THE NORTH”—George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy

= Lamour, Louise Platt, John Barrymore. Directed by Henry Hathaway;

based on a story by Barrett Willoughby. Piracy among the salmon traps, with the fisherman who turned outlaw going down with his ship to save the life of a former friend.

“I'M FROM THE CITY”—Joe Penner, Richard Lane, Lorraine Directed by Ben Holmes. As in “Cowboy from Brookiyn,” this film’s hero can only ride a horse when hypnotized. In the big race the hypnotist goes astray and our hero, with fear and trembling, crashes through to hilarious victory.

Loew's

“MARIE ANTOINETTE”—Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut, Gladys George. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke." Based in part on a book by Stefan Zweig; musical score by Herbert Stothart. A lavish cinema account of Marie Antoinette’s life, from her girl-

+" hood as the Austrian Maria Theresa’s daughter, through the unhappi-

ness and intrigues of her years as Dauphine and Queen (including the romance with Count Axel de Fersen), to the Revolution and her death. Lyric _ “BOY MEETS GIRL” (On Screen)—James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy, Frank McHugh. Directed by Lloyd

‘Bacon; adapted by Bella and Samuel Spewack from their stage hit of

the same title.

© * The Spewacks’ Hollywood lampoon done into celluloid. It's about fwo zany screen writers and their weird schemes which climax in adopt“ing, exploiting and ‘promising stardom to an unborn child of Susie,

the studio waitress, : “MAJOR BOWES’ THIRD ANNIVERSARY REVUE” (On Stage)— ed Mack, master of ceremonies; “Stosh,” combination tenor and bariLarry Eisler, impersonator; Four Hyde Pagkers, imitators; “Straw- : 0 ; Herman Silverman, tap dancer; others,

Great M-G-M Hits on the Way!

; /} THREE LOVES HAS NANCY

The sensation of “A Star is Born”, Janet Gaynor and happy-

go-lucky Robert Montgomery, -

with Franchot Tone, in a merry Manhattan romance...

Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney are teamed in a swell story that will tug at your heart-strings . . . The ' greatest heart-drama ever made!

TOO HOT TO HANDLE

The stars of “ Test Pilot”, Clark Gable and Myrna Loy, in the romance of a daredevil ’round-the-world newsreel cameraman.

LISTEN DARLING

Wanted: a husband for Mom! « « « Freddie: Bartholomew and Judy Garland in Katherine Brush’s grand story. You'll see it with a song in your heart.

STABLEMATES

Wallace Beery Vith Mickey Rooney as his pal in roaring laughs and thrills. . . Not since “The Champ” such a drama!

VACATION FROM LOVE

A pair who are clicking romantically with the fans: Florence. Rice and Dennis O'Keefe... Reginald Owen for laughs!

THE GREAT WALTZ Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravel, and M-G-M'’s beautiful singing discovery, Miliza Korjus, in the thrilling musical ife o al

OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS

Lewis - Stone, Mickey Rooney’ and all the rest of your favorite screen family—back again in hilarious, heart-touching, romantic all-new adventures!

SWEETHEARTS

In Technicolor. is Victor Herbert's exciting operetta. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddysurpassthethrillsof* Rose Marie” and “Maytime''!

THE CITADEL

From the startling pages” of Dr. A. J. Cronin’s best-selling novel comes this dramatic ro-

mance with ‘Robert. Donat and |

Rosalind Russell.

THE SHINING H

Glamorous Joan Crawford—in: a triumphant screen version of the brilliant long-run New York stage success...A romance to thrill you to the core!’

DRAMATIC SCHOOL

Luise Rainer takes you * behind the scenes” to reveal the life and loves of those who dream of romantic careers in the glare

HUCKLE

Mickey Roomey-and a grand M-G-M cast bring to life on the screen Mark Twain's great American classic of a boy. in romantic Mississippi days.,

COMING GREAT PICTURES!

WATCH FOR THEM!

Here are just'a few!...CHARLES DICKENS’ never-to-be-forgotten “CHRISTMAS CAROL” with Lionel Barrymore and many others . . . Spectacular dramatization of KENNETH ROBERTS’ “NORTHWEST PASSAGE” in Technicolor, starring Robert Taylor, Spencer Tracy and Wallace Beery... The riotous Marx Brothers in “A DAY AT-THE CIRCUS The famed“ WIZA in Technicolor with a big M-G-M cast...Clark Gable and Myma Loy in the thrills of “THE GREAT CANADIAN" «THE WOMEN", the most. aring , or i

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