Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 September 1938 — Page 25

FRIDAY,

Spencer Tracy at Loew's; Cory Books War Symposium.

By JAMES THRASHER A quarter-century ago. a young priest named Edward J. Flanagan opened a refuge for homeless men. He ghve them food, shelter and a sympathetic ear to their troublss He found, after four years’ work, that almost all their stories went back to a boyhood never had a chance.” So Father Flanagan decided to go to the seat of the trouble. The village of Boys Town, Neb. was the outcome. Today, in celebration of Boys Town's “coming of age.” M-G-M has borrowed Father Flanagan’s community for the name and background, and his own work as the central theme of a motion picture. The result, “Boys Town,” may be seen at Loew's for the week beginning today. When Father Flanagan his community, he made the brave! and brash statement: “There is no! such thing as a bad boy.” In the ensuing 21 years he not only has abided by that statement. he proved it. It is his proud boast that not Bars Town has become involved with the police since he left, and that 83 per cent of them now are normal,

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respectable and responsible citizens. !

Village Incorporated

put Bors Town basis, Its founder He would walk the streets by day, and at night would cook for his young charges and teach them English, arithmetic, history and penmanship. But, at the end of the decade, he had an incorporated village centered in a 320acre farm, with 11 brick buildings housing schools, dairy, workshops, recreation rooms and dormitories. Today, Boys Town, which is on he main highway west of Omaha has & population of 278, of which 212 are boys. Some of them are orphans, some were abandoned by their parent neglected by them

It took 10 years to put on its present

had no money,

nS or Many had criminal records. All are admitted, regardless race or creed. Church attendance it not compulsory, but an active contribution to community life The boys elect their own mayor and an advisory board of commissioners. The mayor assigns his electors to various jobs, ther Flanagan keeps note of harges’ inclinations and abilities.

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Spencer Tracy in Lead

The foreword to the film, “Bors Town,” states that “except for Father Flanagan, the characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fi Spencer Tracy was the studios choice to play the pictures one real-life role. Mickey Rooney's character of Whitey Marsh said to be based on a composite several records of boys who made good In the town after bad starts.

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x imed to the need and inter the hour, Rex Carr, manager the Ambassador, Alamo and Cozy Theaters, has booked Hendrik Wilem Van Loon's film, “The Fight for Peace,” at the latter theater for an indefinite engagement beginning tomorrow. The scenes pings—the

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PAILLO ALTO, Cal, Sept. 16 P) —Geraldine Spreckels, cousin nd former wife of the heir to the preckels sugar millions, had started & new career entertainer today after songs and giving of Marlene Dietrich at the ope of the Casa Manana south of here Helen Holden. Miss Spreckels’ music teacher, said her pupil planned to leave after a week's engagement here for New York, where she had offers to appear in three Rroadway shows

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You're » Wrong on Your, Unless It's for Movie Quiz

By PAUL HARRISON

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 18 A favorite pastime of panes criticizing motion picture sets which offices, Almost

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many copy boys are sprinting around, and the walls of the editorial room are plastered with hand-lettered maxims such as Keep It Short” and “Check Every Name.” No exception to these movie traIs Warners’ “Unfit to Print,” Pat O'Brien and Joan are playing their usual a usual story this set con S the most glaring error I've ever iced: A sign that cautions: “BE SURE YOUR RIGHT.” Not “youre,” but "your"—the misapplied possessive would send shudders around any newsroom copy desk. If the studio wants to wriggle out of it, the claim could be made that the error was committed deliberately to provide a question for sharp-eyed fans in the Movie Quiz contest

Profitable Mad-On

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby the air in their respective shows, each will have the other as & guest on one program, and then they'll begin an air feud similar to the Jack Bennv-Fred Allen and Winchell-Bernie quarrel This is what is known as healthy competition. The men are evenly matched and are expected to slug it out with lefthanded compliments and looping innuendoes. All right, fellers, I want you to shake hands, go to your corners and come out fightin’. And no bitin’ in the cliches, either

Luke, Men, a Light!

a scene in “The Girl From Brookiyn,” Keve Luke carries a lantern and guides Alice Faye and Warner Baxter down a stair and through a dark cellar. But a kerosene lantern doesn't seem to lend any illumination at all, and ne er does an electric one that is substituted The director bright lantern thread an electric cord up right pantieg, under his coat, his right sleeve to a 100-watt inside the lantern. Moving just out of camera range, a workman pulls the wire alone in that

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providing stand-ins for In re Patrol” Richard Greene's stand-in was Stewart East, tall, muscular youngster who irned out to be just what Director Jo a Ford wanted as a member of a b-chaser crew. It turned out to “be a tough role. For two days the sailors were battered about by tons of water dropped on them and poured them down chutes. East took such a beating that Ford hired stan d-in for him, so that he could the set was being re-

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Now You See It . . . tudi ty to the fact ri $ and special effects ’ used in their pictures, but Hal Roach is bragging that some 82 intricate illusions must be used in Topper Takes a Trip.” All these ill have to do with Constance Benett and the dog. Asta (called “At1 he picture). who frequently appear and disappear, Asta Is iazy and realizes himself completely, ually you'll see just a front or of a dog, and sometimes only a tail. Cary Grant, who played in “Topper.” will appear in “Topper Takes a Trip,” but won't work in it. He is tied up bv other commitments for the next eight months, so he has old permission to the studio to use some scenes from “Topper,” with new dialog. indicating that he has graduated to a higher plane. Miss Bennett, the minx, is content to stick around the earth and make life interesting for Ronald Young, who's Topper again

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Choir Sets Auditions:

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Symphony Group to Have Double Chorus.

The year's only public auditions

for membership in the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir are to be held at 3:30 p. m. Sunday in the Indiana University Extension Building, 122 E. Michigan St. Appointments will not be necessary. Applicants will be heard by Elme A. Steffen, conductor: Ernst Heber lein, secretary, and Clarence Elbert choirmastgr. Aithough the choir roster is full, Mr. Steffen plans to strengthen the alto, tenor and bass ctions in preparation for the choir’s first appearance with the Indranapolis Symphony, The first work in which Fabien Sevitzky will conduct the choir and orchestra calls for a double chorus. The Symphonic Choir's first rehearsal is set tentatively for 8 p. m on Oct x in the Athenaeum.

Glamour Mule Is Headed Right

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 16 (U. P) — The film industry chuckled today at Paramount Studio's troubles with

its “glamour mule.” The mule. a Missouri State champion named Champ Clark, was bought for a picture but put en the wrong train and arrived at the Louisville, Ky, Fair by mistake. After $15 worth of long-distance phoning, the studio finally got Champ separated from a herd, and billed for Hollywood. The studio planned to order a private cattle car and rush Champ Clark here by rail along with a second mule, listed as Stand-Th. Then it developed tha mules won't lie down while traveling. Im-| mediately upon arriving in Hollywood Champ Clark must be giver lessons in sitting down suddenly on | orders, for this is the role he takes; in Bob Burns’ latest picture “I'm | From Missouri.” The studio was] afraid Champ would be too tired to practice sitting after standing up four days A truck finally was hired, with orders to drive day and night, with| periodical two-hour rests for Champ | Clark and its companion.

SISSY STUFF

When a boy, Patric Knowles | changed his name from Reginald] Laurence Knowles because ae con-| sidered it siss ified.

Indiana Humdingers Are Now Entertaining Friday and Saturday Nights

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cade that leads to the seating locations. Curtains will be announced to rise at 8:30 and will rise at 9 p. m. Not that producers will not be acting in good faith, but it is axiomatic among them that first nighters always arrive a half hour after the ‘heduled time. But there will be those naive few of us who will squat in our aisle chairs at the preannounced moment, Please, no one ask us why. And we will be trodden, cuffed, elbowed and shoved around for an hour after curtain rise by the latecomenrs.

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HE management of the various shows this season will be no less erratic about intermission periods than they ever have been here is no trusting an intermission note in a theater program. If the! program says we have 10 or 15! a smoke, the chances are that w& have either (1) two minutes or (2) three quarters of an hour, Then, the first nighters will continue to make life miserable for the | actors and the producer by their audible appreciation of everybody and everything. Let the leading lady or man enter to speak his lines and the applause will drown out’ his speech until the poor creature has become a nervous wreck and forgotten them. But let the end of the play come and the plush-wreck- | ing crew will be too busy to ac- | Knowledge the show with applause. After all, there's a table waiting | the Stork Club or El Morocco. The evils of a First Night are too innumerable to mention. They have been described to you as nights of glamour and huge excitement. | Undoubtedly, they have their shere | of both But to theatrical producers, actors and the newspaper folk who go down the aisles in line of duty, First Nights are frankly recurrent twinges in the neck.

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HOLLYWOOD, Sept 16 (U. P.).— Peggy Fears, actress and former Earns wife of A. C. Blumenthal, who said she was “down to my last string of pearls,” might be even worse off tbat it— than that, HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 16 (U, P).—| A writ of attachment which al-| A dog that cost $2.50 four vears ago leges Miss Fears owes $154.26 for has earned more than $5000 as one! groceries was served on the actress! of Hollywood's leading animal at the night club where she started [singing last week. dog von, 8 35-year-old | —eee—— Great Dane owned and trained by Mr, and Mrs, Henry East of North Hollywood, who supply the movies ‘with most of the trick canines used

in films. Von originally was owned by a couple living in a’ Hollywood apartment house. As a pup it outgrew the apartment and the couple had to find a new home for the pet, At that time the Easts, who maintained a collection of 70 dogs for film work, were looking for a Great Dane. They had spent two months in a vain effort to fine a Dane that measured up to their requirements film work: a dog that was courageous, not too sensitive and with plenty of curiosity. 3y chance, the Easts met the cou- | ple seeking a home for Von. The | dog experts accepted Von and paid | $250 to bind the bargain, Great Danes, because of their size, | often are used as "menaces.” That was why the Easts sought a competent representative of that breed and that's why Von has averaged $25 a day in earnings for the past four years. In Von's latest picture, the Universal Crime Club production, “The Last Express,” he is used by Kent Taylor in tracking down a murderer Although he previously had not seen any of the members of the cast, the dog was taught to be friendly to Taylor and unfriendly tc other members of the cast.

NIGHT CROQUET

Buddy Ebsen has installed luminous glass tube wickets on his lawn so he can play croquet at night, He is the movie capital's champion.

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Indiana Ballroom Ready to Open

The Indiana Roof, closed since is to reopen for its

Charlie Agnew and his “music of the hour” will be the opening mucal attraction. The Agnew orchestra's engage=ment marks one of the few times that a nationally known band has been secured for more thari one night at the Roof. If the venturs proves popular Manager Tom e'evine promises other ‘name’ bands for longer stands. The Roof will be open for dancing nightly except Mondays and Thurs« days.

OLIVIA STILL GROWING

Olivia de Havilland has grown two inches since she made her screen debut in 1934,

PACK OF POOCHES

John Payne is assembling a pack of fox-hounds for use on his Roae noke, Va. plantation.

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