Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1938 — Page 13

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Corrigan the Movie Star

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Atlantic Flier

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Answers Own Mail.

By PAUL HARRISON

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 15—Douglas Corrigan, the little guy with the big grin, is going at Hollywood the wrong way.

Of course the approach satisfies

dox. He has no manager or agent. He doesn’t give a whoop about the money. He

more than one picture.

Corrigan, but it’s all very unorthoHe hopes he won’t have to make

isn’t meeting any cuties, and he won't stand for any personal ro-

mance in the story. “It isn’t that I've got anything against the movie business,” the flier said. “But there Just isn’t any future in it.” Until lately, RKO has been hav-

. ing a few’ qualms about its promise

to pay Corrigan $25,000 for his story and $75,000 for his acting. For the first test, they prettied him up and put him into a new suit of clothes, and in front of the camera he squirmed and Sdgeled like a kid in church,

He's An Exuder

Then somebody was smart enough to give him batk his old leather jacket. Corrigan then stepped out and played a scene with Paul Kelly. The last two of five takes are good enough for anybody’s money. Corrigan doesiit act; he simply exudes ratiating personality.

“I haven't seen the tests,” he said. “I won't see the picture, either, until it’s done. I couldn’t bear to, know how bad I am. “The story won’t be quite the true story of my life. They had to put in some dramatic stuff. Another thing —several of the people in my real story have been combined into one character called ‘Bitch.’ Paul Kelly will play Butch. I'll ‘be called by my first name, but not my last. I've only seen about half the script, but I guess they've got it straight about that no-romance business. I figure the best you can do in Hollywood

| is put up a kick at first and hope - they don’t go haywire on you.”

Still Eats One Meal

He has an office and dressing |#

room on the RKO lot, but he doesn’t do much dressing. A new leather jacket is his sole concession to Hollywood - elegance.” His favorite ‘pants and shoes look like items of He still eats only. one meal a day, a habit acquired during the lean years. And he gets around in his brother-in-law’s Ford. His own 1928 Franklin is in bad shape because he hasn't

- had time to tinker with it.

The flier drove down to San Diego the other day to visit old friends in the airplane factories: there and particularly Jimmy BErickson, a photographer. Corrigan says Mr. Erickson made the first aerial pictures 27 years ago, and fairly recently the two men worked together on aerial mapping. On his trip, the

. other day Corrigan took along a

negative of himself in his famous trans-Atlantic crate, and in Mr. Erickson’s darkroom he made about 300 prints.

Answers Own Fan Mail

Thus he becomes the first movie star in history to make his own stills for fans who want pictures. Since coming here, he reported, he

has received about 230 requests for

autographs and photos. (Corrigan hasn't been here long enough to

know about the way fan mail is].

estimated for publication. A wiser star would have guessed 4600.) “I answered 130 letters personally over the week-end,” he said. “I'd rather handle ‘em myself, but I may have to hire a secretary. But

don’t give people any ideas; I'm

- will

swamped now.” Corrigan has a ° disconcerting habit of walking" out on anything he doesn’t understand. Women are something he can’t understand. And he couldn't grasp all the legal munibo-jumbo in the first 25-page contract RKO offered him. He walked out on that, and a studio representative followed him halfway across the country before he finally got Corrigan’s signature. It gives the company options on his services for three pictures, but he hopes he’ll be dropped after this one film.

Travel Broadens Income

Thus his earnings for this year be approximately | $125,000. That's what travel will do for you. Before he hopped the Atlantic Core

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rigan couldn’t even find a steady job in a California airplane factory, and he’s now deeply concerned about the plight of thousands of surplus mechanics who'll have tough going this winter. | He himself has plenty of offers, from sales managerships to berths as a pilot. Several little companies have wanted to take him in as president. What he’ll probably accept is a place in the experimental development, | ment of some major aircraft plant. That would be a job he uunderstands—and, unlike movies, something with a future.

"The Piper’ Is Opener

Children's Civic Theater To Give Three Shows.

The Children’s Civic Theater will open its season with performances of “The Piper” on Saturday and Sunday, The production is being directed by Edward Green, the group's first regular salaried director.” Pe r formances are to be given at 10:30 a. m. “and 2:30 p. m. Saturday and 3 p. m. on Sunday. = Jack McCombs 2 is cast in the title Miss Trusler part, while Peggy Trusler ahd John Wildhack have the romantic leads. Others in the cast are Carroll. Reynolds, Alma Meyer, Bill Burgoyne, Gene Roderick, Arnold Wajenberg, Robert Green, Virginia Block, Alice Rosefield, Huldah Pfaff and Wilson Cronenwett. The play is a version of the “Pied Piper of Hamlin” story of Josephine Preston Peabody. It was adapted for school study by Grace Shoup of the Shortridge High School English department. Betty Tharp is stage-managing the production; Irma Cummings has done the settings, and the show was costumed by Madeline Peltier.

FILM SKELETON IS MONEY-MAKER

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 15 (U. P).— As Jeepers, the movie skeleton, rattled out of his closet and went back to work before the cameras today, it was revealed that the skeleton has earned its owners $9687.50 in the last 17 years. Jeepers is the only skeleton available to the motion pictures. It is rented to the studio property departments $y a surgical supply house. / Russell Pierce, Paramount prop man who has “hired” Jeepers three weeks for a horror sequence in “Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police,” estimated the skeleton’s “earnings” at a rate of $32.50 a week for 15 weeks a year.

and “JUVENILE COURT”

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Charlie Ruggles and Bobby ‘Breen have a look at y Sonla Henie’s latest and youngest rival, Irene Dare, who will make her film debut in a picture appropriately titled “Breaking the Ice,” at the Apollo Friday.

cholastic charley-horse seems to be Iewpsdigiing Joe Penner e moment, to Prof. Billy Gilbert's intense disgust. alle scene is from the football comedy, “Mr. Doodle Kicks Off,” which will be the Apollo's accompanying feature.

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Welles Offered Role in Picture

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 15 (U. P.).— Orson Welles, 23-year-old producer of the Mercury Theater in New York who threw a scare into the country with his recent “Men From Mars” broadcast, today was offered a film role but he did not appear interested. Director William Wyler telephoned Mr. Welles, asking him if he would take the part of Hindley in Samuel Goldwyn’s production of

“Wuthering Heights.” Mr. Welles declined to answer immediately.

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New officers of the Tuxedo Council of Churches are the Rev. Roy E. Mueller, pastor of the Wallace Street Presbyterian Church, president; the Rev. E. E. Moorman, pastor of the Linwood Christian Church, vice president; J. F. Murphy, Jaethouist Episcopal Church, secrey, and K. A. Wolfe, representa-

Church, treasurer. The Council also includes the Gethsemane -Lutheran and the Emerson Ave. Baptist Churches.

morning at the Wallace Street Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Mr. Moorman conducting services.

.R. L. Buckingham, Chicago, will address a joint meeting of the Indianapolis Advertising Club and the Indianapolis Sales Executive Council at noon Thursday in the Co-

lumbia Club. Mr. Buckingham’s subject will be “Meet Mr. Sale.”

Civil Service examinations for the positions of autogiro pilot, senior biological aid and junior medical officer were announced today by C. P. Bernhart, secretary of the U. 8, Civil Service Board of Examiners here.

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A. W. Ponath, manager of the Health Freedom Association, Madison, Wis., will address Indianapolis chiropractors and their wives at 8:30 o'clock tonight at the Hotel Lincoln. The Central District Auxiliary of the Indiana Chiropractors’ Association, will hold a special meeting after Mr. Ponath’s talk.

The Ladies Aid Society of the Cumberland Methodist Church will hold a fair and turkey supper Saturday afternoon and evening at the church.

Judge Clarence E. Weir of Marion County Superior Court Room 4 will address members of the Lawyers Association of Indianapolis on “The Jury System” at noon tomorrow at the Hotel Washington. Five-minute talks will be given by Robert H. Orbison and Cale J.

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