Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1938 — Page 31
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Beery Boon To Old Yarn,
Excellent. . Acting Makes 'Stablemates' At “Loew's Worthy
: By JAMES. THRASHEE It may be that 1938 will go SOWA in cinema histoty as the year in which two good race frack movies were made. These shining examples are “Sing You Sinners,” which recently had a week at the Circle and another at the Apollo, and “Stablemates,” - ‘which operied at “Loew's yesterday. : “They've been making ‘these pony thrillers almost as long as they've made movies. And in 20-odd years, the right horse never “failed to come from behind and win, with all the hero’s and/or heroine’s hopes tucked neatly in the bridle. . So it’s pretty hard “to do” something different with the situation. But the presence of Wallace Beery
and Mickey Rooney is a boon in the current film, just as a clever story helped “Sing You Sinners” on the back stretch. Mr. Beery does his fine; though familiar, job as .a lovable old soak who joins forces with an orphan stable boy. Young Mr. Rooney ap-
pears to better advantage than in|
either of his last two films. = He struts not, neither does. he swagger, His performance is earnest and winning, and if .he may be thought .a little too lachrymose: at times, it’s because the seript makes it necessary. Anyone who thought that a promising young actor was . getting too big for his buttons can take heart.
a Once a Veterinarian It develops that Mr; Beery, who drifts around the race track at the film's opening, has seen better days. He was a veterinary surgeon once, and a good one. But “he took to
strong spirits, then to gambling. To : pay off a debt he doped a horse|
which threw its rider and killed him, ‘in a race. * Then he jumped bail, and has been dodging. -detectives for several years when - we meet-him. Master Rooney takes his owner's sick horse in-payment of back salary. He persuades Doc to remove a tumor from the horse's hoof. The operation scene is done excellently,
with the old horse doctor recovering | 2
his’ former skill in an operation which has to be done by flashlight in a stable.
Mr. Beery heightens this dramatic |§
situation so skilfully that you may wish that he would. forget his gruff-but-lovable mannerisms more often, and repeat the. incisive Job ‘he does here. © Well, with the horse recovered, the penniless duo must get her to a- race track-.and scrape up _an entrance fee. Their search takes them to the farm of: Margaret Hamilton (five times a widow). who sets them to work and nearly traps the ‘wary Doc into matrimony. - :
Final Race Dramatic _
They make. ‘theif escape. . But ‘young Mike has run into a detective ‘at the track who is looking: “for Doc. “Against the boy’s insistence, Doc appears, patches Lady ‘Q's ailing hoof, sees Mike’ ride to vic‘tory and goes off to jail. - But: ‘he'll be back soon, and: -Mike will - be working and saving his money: to
learn to be a “vet” himself. . The picture’s interest builds down, .rather than up. That final race, ‘however, is still a potent thing, no .matter how often you've seen. it. :And: there are so many moments of splendid acting and imaginative direction that you should find yourself quite carried. away for the full 90 minutes. z “Vacation From Love,” ‘Loew's other feature, is one of those daffy farce-romances about a: completely unconventional young man and .an appreciative young lady. From the time the hero, a stranger, breaks up the heroine’s wedding. because he doesn’t. like the groom's looks, things proceed at a dizzy and incongruous pace. Dennis O'Keefe and Florence Rice, the principals, breeze through the film in a pleasing manner. And Reginald Owen, Herman Bing and .Ed Brophy ‘are present to add to the fun,
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Oct. 21 (U.P.).—Motion picture exhibitors in convention here denounced film - distributors today -for allegedly forcing independent theater owners to} take pictures :they do not want. - "Max Cohen, president of thé Allied ‘Theater Owners of New York, ‘charged that independent .exhipitors habitually were forced to accept “short subjects” and -newsreels they had no use for in order to get
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NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (U. P)— George J. Schaefer, chairman of the “Motion Pictures’ Greatest Year” campaign, expressed “great astonishment” today over the ruling of the Missouri Attorney General that the campaign’s $250,000 movie quiz con~ test was a iottery. “But so far as we know,” he said, “it is still a personal opinion. No legal action’ has been recorded
against the contest. If one is brought, it then will be the proper time to defend the contest in every particular. “And because of the na-
the thousands of theater owners| who have invested in ft, such legal action will be defended with utmost confidence.” “It would have been the height’ of folly,” Mr. Schaefer continued, “to have started this contest at all’ if it were a lottery, or without express assurance that it was in accordance with the postal laws that govern lotteries.” ° He said the committee. in charge of the contest consulted with “recoghized contest authorities,” advised that “our plan was in accordance with all the laws relating to contests.”
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Pirkror of Fainéd Pavlova ‘Booked Nov. bat Murat.
- Mikhail Mordkin, remembered _ as the famous Anna Pavlova's. parther,
“Iwill bring his’ Mordkin Ballet to
: .| town for a performance -on Sunday
: | dee,” music by Guitel;
the eight-ball are Deanna Durbin
and Melvyn Douglas, §tars of “That- Certain Age,” which moves today from the Circle 19. Je Apoliy or another. week. : :
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Durbin, : Cooper, at Ma! 8, 338, ie: Hie andi x “Freshman Year.” bar, be Lundigan, " os CIRCLE |
The Arkansas Traveler: ‘with ob: , Fay Bainter, Irvin 8. Cobb, at 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 and 10.20. : “Touchdown my,’ eis : Howard, Mary carne e, at ktY 3s, 3: 2b, -
6:15 and 9 NDIARS
“The Sisters,” with Bette Davi Errol Fiynp. el Touish, at 12:85,
3: 45, 7 1 : fairs iabelle,” with : 2. Lacie" Ball, : ” ns
LOEW'S
“Stablemates,” with Wallace aed = Migs Rooney, at 11, 1:49, 4:3 % . an ‘Vacation From Love,” with Den nis O'Keefe, Flojsnce Rice, 1: 3,
3:25, 6:15 and 9 LYRIC
Vaudeville, with Pepper Martin and: his Mudcat Band, on.stage, ai 3:07, 3 3:53, 6:49 and 9: “Broadway Musketeers,” with: Mars : Ln Bg Sen gr d13 Sm, and ia and | :19,°5'15. 8:00 and 10:30, 3B Be
| Stroganova, |-Conrad, Dimitri- Romanoff and other
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Barton MacLane wrote the stiecessful play “Rendezvous.” »
afternoon, Nov. 6, at the Murat. The performance will’ be’ presented by Charity Enterprises Inc. © ~ The company of 75 will: include Patricia Bowman, Lucia Chase; Nina | Leon. Varkas, . Karen
soloists with the corps de ballet, as
| well as an 18-piece orchestra. ‘| Mr. Mordkin is under: contract to} =
appear at each performance. -He is
| choreographer of each ballet in the : | repertory, and they are being. pre- | sented under his direction.
This season’s ballets include the new “Trepak” with music by the
young Russian, Alexandre Tcherep- : { nine; Other numbers in the reper-
tory are “The Goldfish,” music by Alexandre Tcherepnine’s father, Nic-| olai;- a new ballet to-.the Strauss waltzes, “Voices of Spring”; “Diony=- | sus,” to Glazounov’s music, introduced last year; “La Fille Mal Gar“Giselle,” with music by Adolphe Adam, and Tschaikowsky’s .- familiar = “Swan fake” in- Mr. Mordkin’s-new--syn-thesis of the ballets, original four
: acts.
~ Miss Bowman, : ‘the prima pallers na, give an estimated 4000 performances during her four ‘years as ballerina -at the ‘Roxy and Radio Clty in New York. For two of these ears she appeared with Leonide ssine, Since then she has had Maseing, re with the 8t, Louis and Toronto Symphony. Orchestras, filled an _eight-months’ engagement in I Tondon . and appeared. in: British films. In addition to his tours with Pavlova, Mr. Mordkin formerly was premier danseur and ballet master at the Moscow Imperial Ballet, and was
Moscow Art Theater... Mois Zlatin,
performance, was conductor at. the
for Baliev’s “Chauve “Souris” in its] four American . tours.
ROBERT BENCHLEY ILL, FILM HALTED HOLLYWOOD; Oct. a1 U.P)~
‘wag suffering from influenza today and was ordered to bed for a week by his doctor. “The filming of the latest of his movie short subject, “Mind Over Maney was & postponed.
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associated with Stanislavsky in the} who will conduct the. Indianapolis| Moscow Opera -and musical director |
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Mr. Harrison - Takes - a Peek Into Private Lives
Of Stars.
.._ By PAUL HARRISON HOLLYWOOD, Cc Oct... 21. Strictly
rsonal: Pe syivia Sidney has a spofliglit over [Her bed. Anita Louise has a star on the door of her bedroom. Claudette Colbert has a light burning in ‘| her room all night.: Marlene Dietrich’s bedroom is plainer and more severe than the average man’s. - |“ Sonja Henie, who can smile while ‘doing dangerous skating = stunts, scowls in concéntratiori. when she ‘|drives a car. Joe Penner has'the '|'worst traffic phobia and is sthe colony’s slowest driver. - ‘When Edgar Bergen gets jittery | he takes a motorcycle apart in his back yard. Virginia Bruce bites her fingernails. Oliva De Haviland
her makeup when she’s nervous. Lawrence Tibbett stands on his ‘hands for a full minufe before singing—says the extra blood helps his voice power. "Before a particularly difficult scene, Greta Garbo rolls on the floor of her dressing room to relax her muscles so that she won't move stiffly. Unmoving Pictures
Cecil B. DeMille owns $300,000 worth of paintings, -but there’s not a bathtub or mob scene in the lot. ‘Dozens of players: are said-.by their press agents io. be .talented graphic artists, but one who really can paint is the character actor, Olin Howland, who has flower pic‘tures in some big galleries. Robert Taylor doesn’t play cards, nor does he read much. Clark Gable likes poetry and ‘Bette Davis writes poetry, but’ Miss Davis doesn’t show her verses to Gable or hardly anyone else. Carole Lombard turns first to the comics when she picks up a newspaper. Most players turn to the movie pages to see if. their names have been mentioned that day; few read the front page. Of actresses, Rosalind Russell’ probably is the ‘best-informed on national and world affairs.
Mavie Miscellany
Ralph “Bellamy, who is by way of being typed as a comedy sap, actually is one of the most serious actors, and a leader among players in their collective professional activities. ‘Southerners usually ‘have’ rather a hard time of it in Hollywood because of their accents, but Bette Davis, who's from Boston, usually is considered for Southern roles, and likely will play. Scarlett. ‘Wallace Beery has a scar on one cheek, Eddie Cantor a scar on his forehead, and Wililam Powell a long scar on his nose—all of which blemishes are concealed by makeup. Joan Crawford is one “of “the thinnest; Walter Pidgeo’s boyhood nickname was “Slabfoot”; but he needs extensive foundations for ‘his height. Tiniest adult star is Janet Gaynor—4 feet, 11 inches—scientifically within the stature: of a pigmy.
Short- actors stand on boxes for |
clinch closeups with tall women,
but short actresses stand- on the. The men
floor ‘to kiss tall ‘men. stoop. ‘Gary Cooper ® feet, 3° inches) says that’s why he’s round-shoul-dered. Freddie Bartholomew wears glasses while Jeading or studying.
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of motion pictures by his
the picture: itself does high credit to the motion picture industry. A story with all the simplicity, the kindligess, the common sense of small town America.” The Arkansas Traveler” is definitely one of the mightiest heart pistes ever to ng at your emotions.
A. a theatre manager I am proud to present sucha. 2 picture to you. As a friend and neighbor I am glad to oT offer you the chance to share what I believe is as grand an. 0 " experience. as I've ever had i in the theatre...
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signals, the desk clerks address him’ with reverence when he steps. up. Toscanini lives in a sunny, large suite high up in the building, above the Broadway glare. Not that he shuns the garish neon aspect of the
could stroll the gaudy avenue: An.
animation of the street. His quarters are simple.
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of the great composers.
NE" © YORK, Oct. 25s “The etait maesilo, oS aaio: Toscagis, is the
ignores the petitioners, for Tosca-|an nini often pauses to talk: with them: 3 land sometimes sign his J 1 hotel staff never held a" it ml. awe as it does the maestro. Elevator} mention him ' with bated | breath, page boys ‘quiver when. helt
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Rialto. If the maestro thought: he
cognito, he would do it every evening, for he likes the Viger. and
His study’s furnishings include a grand piano, a radio-phonograph, record shelves coutain:
the Astor: Hotel, that: famed nd
fabulous hostelry bathed by. the: lights of Times: Square. : ~ Job-hunters and autograph hounds besiege the musical: genite ‘when he is spotted in the lobby, and it takes a forceful man. to hold them jn
they might. not! ¢positly nok i
she’s AM tobe as po i maiden aunt from Sauk Center, She's off a .steamer—the Eo ie | mys © was pnp would rather not - Garbo didn’t care 0 oave. it known ‘where -'she ‘Was S in” New York-—and: other signs. of : the -old reticence were: furnished. : Yet the.very next day, while. Teporters combed outlandish pl laces— there she was’ as: ‘available 45 a ‘headwaiter; “in: Sardis ‘Restaurant, for lunch! And that very night, in Tony’s, a pub. which, like Sardi’s, is a hub of the theatrical set. And the
iad me} her, never spoke. to her. e sent his card: downy to her state . HE .ohe ‘day, 6 “answet. Which tends to show in there's no Predipung 4 4he, receptive Garboesque
condiiy to Watner, ‘Garbo never appeared in the dining room, was seen on deck only between 10 and 11 .o’clock in the morning, clad in golf - ‘knickers, an ancient ‘blue sweater, heavy .woolen hosiery and a pair of hiking shoes. - She walked the deck once around; but when she saw anyone aproaching, she ducked inte passage “for - cover. Before the boat docked, Garbo suddenly became awave of her - ate tire, her bare stateroom and the imminent arrival of reporters. She ordered ‘flowers for the: cabin, changed -inte -a stylish froek .and when |gave her old clothes to. the. stews
yo ardess who declined to sell them to
souvenir- hunters: Ane now she's sociable again! i
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Certainly- he gets less shut-eye than
article in the room is the radio, for the maestro keeps it on long hours, listening to. both long : and short- |; wave programs. + 3: 8 ” 8 ANINI has been depicted ‘48° a tireless dynamo when he}. is ‘rehearsing with the mysicians or| when He is on the podium conduct ing, and the most discreet: inquiries around the Astor speak the same} for his domestic life. He:is always on the go at home. He is reading | scores, pounding away at the piano, reading, tuning in, entertaining: visitors, discussing future programs and toying in the kitchen with a new culinary invention—for the! maestro is fond of the spaghetti he | cooks himself. No one knows when he sleeps.
most men. He regards the hours of slumber as a waste of time and feels there’s always plenty to.be done. For instance, they tell about the time he returned from a furious motor ride in Connecticut.-at 8a. m. | New Year's Day. He was up and around the house at 10 a. m., while the friends who had accompanied |: him still were fast asleep late in| the afternoon. But the story. is that when the maestro emerged from his | bedroom, he looked at’ his watch and exclaimed, “I overslept!” “Toscanini prefers to dine in the privacy. .of his suite most of the time. In the mornings, he prepares his own coffee, for he does not trust the coffees brewed by strangers. His cuisine is invariably Italian and when the maestro isn’t dining at home, he likes to motor around to] -
George Grent and Nelson Eddy have to wear glasses off the scréen. Joan Bennett refuses to wear glasses, but is so nearsighted ‘she can’t tell Charlie McGarthy from Victor McLaglen at 10 paces.
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