Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 January 1939 — Page 15

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Of Reviewers. For the 17th consecutive year, the country’s movie reviewers have ducked into the past season’s ocean of pictures and bobbed up with a choice of 10 best films for the Film Daily’s annual poll. | The results, ‘with the votes given

winning productions by 536 voters, were as follows:

‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 419 “You Can’t Take It With You” 372 “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” . “Boy’s Town” “Marie Antoinette” “In Old Chicago” Adventures of so Citadel” “Love Finds Andy Hardy” sine “The Hurricane” The poll was not without its interesting sidelights. Chief departure from tradition, of course, was the selecion of a cartoon picture for first place. “Snow White” received fewer votes, however, than last year’s winner, “The Life of Emile Zola,” which polled 453. There was a large number of original screen plays among the winners compared with other years. Five plots were written originally for the films, one was based on a fairy tale,

one upon a stage play, two on books, |

and one was taken from a magazine serial later published in book form.

Two in Technicolor

Two winners were in technicolor, a new high. And a foreign-made film, “The Citadel,” crashed the select list for the first time since 1933, when there were two, “The Private Life of Henry VIII” and “Maedchen in Uniform.” William Shakespeare was unlisted among the year’s scenarists for the first time since 1935. Except for the legendary tale of Robin Hood and the Grimm Brothers’ “Snow White,” all story material was by contemporary authors. George S. Kaufman, as collaborator, was on the list for a second year. “Stage Door,” adapted from his and Edna Ferber’s play, won a palm in 1937; this year, his joint effort with Moss Hart, “You Can’t Take It With You,” took second place with its scruen version. Musicals continued in low critical esteem. “Alexander's Ragtime Band” had almost too much plot to be considered a typical tune show, and it was the only one of the 10 in which music played a major part. Not one of the 1937 choices was on the medolic side. The reviewers’ esteem seemed to coincide with the popular fancy, for their 10 Best included most of the year’s best money makers at American boxoffices.

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE APOLLO

“Tom Sawyer, Detective,” Mb Cook, nno. :06, 1:55. LA Man * Rem ward Ellis. Anne Shirley. man, at 12:35, 3:24, 6:13

CIRCLE

“Kentucky,” with Loretta Young Richard Greene. Walter Brennan, at :40, 3:48 2 50 a “Down the arm; with *‘The Jones "Family." at 11: 10, 2:45, 5:50

2nd INDIANA

“Paris Honeymoon,” with Bin Cron! Shirley Ross, Edward Everet Horton, Franciska Gaal, at 12:45, 3:55. 7:05 and 10:15. Los oorels of a Nurse,” with Famund Dic Foran, Helen Mack, at.

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O'Keefe, Cecilia Parker, 3%, 1.55. 5:30 and 8:40.

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with Phillips on stage at

dg audeville, a Busters,” 3:50, 6:44 and 9:29. “Going Places. ” with Dick Powell

Anfta Louise, on screen at 1 2:05, 4:59, 144 and 10:30.

Lord's 1:05,

date with cowboy in fit of boredom.

colm Campbell.

falls in love with a peasant girl. to win the girl he’d like to lose. Directed by Arthur Lubin..

~ Opening Today Loew's “THE ‘COWBOY AND THE LADY”—Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon; |

Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan. Directed by H G. Potter; screen play

by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. Rich young women, daughter of possible Presidential candidate, has

Falls in love and weds. He thinks

she’s a servant. When truth dawns, the fur flies. Eventually the bride’s father, rather than see his little gal unhappy, withdraws from the Presidential race so her husband won't be ashamed of:the family. “BURN ’EM UP O’CONNOR”—Dennis O’Keefe, Cecilia Parker, ‘Nat Pendleton. Directed by Edward Sedwick; based on a book by Sir ‘Mal-

Drama and action on the midget tracks and in the Indianapolis, Roosevelt Road and Grand Prix races.

Opening Tomorrow _

Alamo

“ORPHANS OF THE STREET”--Tommy Ryan, Robert Livingston June Storey. Directed by John H. Auer. About an orphan boy and his dog, with the dog tried for ‘murder and eventually emerging the drama’s hero: x

Apollo

(Second Downtown Week)

“PARIS HONEYMOON”—Bing Crosby, Shirley Ross, Francisca Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Edward Everett Horton. songs by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger. A young American millionaire, discovering his bride-to-be has forgotten to get a divorce, flees to a Balkan state. Movie plots being what they are, the hero keeps,busy in trying to shake the girl he wants to win and. trying

Directed by Frank Tuttle;

There he meets and

«SECRETS OF A NURSE”—Edmund Lowe, Dick Foran, Helen Mack.

About the nurse who falls in love with a prize-fighter patient and, later, coaxes a confession out of a gangster chief, thereby saving the

boy friend from execution for murder. Circle

(Fourth Downtown Week) “KENTUCKY”—Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter ‘Brefinan,

Karen Morley. Directed by David Butler; from the story, The Look of

Eagles,” by John Taintor Foote.

How the Kentucky Derby settles a feud that began in Civil War time and, incidentally, cements a romance. THE JONE FAMILY “DOWN ON THE FARM”—Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Louise Fazenda, Russell Gleason. Directed by Malcolm St.

Clair.

The Joriases go in for corn husking and politics, with Dati Jones

winding up a champion husker and the senatorial nominee. Indiana

“ZAZA”.

—Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Bert Lahr. Directed

by George Zukor;: from the play by Pierre Berton and Charles Simon,

The sad, sultry and familiar story of the cabaret dancer who loved t Rectitude triumphs in the end. ou

a Parisian of the upper-crust.

“CHARLIE CHAN IN HONOLULU”—Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks,

Sen Yung. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone.

Continuing the popular Oriental sleuth’s adventures, with Mr. Toler

making his debut in the role created by the late Warner Oland. Lyric

VAUDEVILLE (on stage)—Frankie Masters and his orthestin: 3 with Marian Frances, singer; Slim Timblin and Mae Morgan, comedy; Stone

and Barton, dancers; Novak and Fay. “DEVIL'S ISLAND (on screen)—Boris Karloff, James Stephenson, From a story by Anthony Coldewey and Raymond

Nedda Harrigan. Schrock.

Efforts of a doctor to escape the French penal colony in South

America.

Shaw Outswings Benny Goodman

Artie Shaw and- his band have been named the Favorite Swing Band-of 1938 in an all-American rating by Down Beat, music magazine. “Benny Goodman, so-called “king of swing” lost to Mr. Shaw by a slight margin. Mr. Goodman won other honors, by placing more men on the AllStar list in the solo and tria-quar-tet division. Glen Gray's Casa Loma band was voted leading “sweet” band, with Hal Kemp, second; Tommy Dorsey, third, and Kay Kyser, fourth. Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby lead the vocalists, Teddy Wilson heads the pianists, and Harry James, Bunny Berigan and Louis Armstrong rated highest in trumpeters.

out Harry Goodman on bass and Benny Heller led Carmen Mastren by a close margin on guitar. Gene Krupa was voted outstanding drum-

HURRY! FINAL DAY! XII

- The finest enteriainment made in 1938 becomes the wonder picture

of 1939!

There tare friends all.around you whe |

have enjoyed “KENTUCKY.”

You too

will be completely entertained and just a little thrilled at this great picture!

RICHARD GREENE

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Ask any one who has seen ‘‘Kenky” and they Bi say that Kentucky: Is “Must See’

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mer, while Tommy Dorfey and Jackson Teagarden rate first as trombonists. Jimmy Dorey heads

an all-star sax section ' with Bud Freeman and Eddie Miller. Mr. Goodman remains outstanding clarinetist.

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In Bluegrass.

By JAMES THRASHER While our minds have been full ‘of “10 best” film lists, smuggling indictments and Chinese checkers, entertainment history has been in the making right here in Indianapolis.

fourth local week at the Circle tomorrow. A lot’ of other pictures have played here four weeks, of course, some of them more. But "this seems to be ‘one of the few times in history that a film has done better. business each succeeding week, : At least A. W. Baker, the Circle manager, never has seen the like. The normal course of events is for the crowds to rush for a picture the

first, or second weeks, then taper|

off. But business for the seven days «| just closed at the Circle was better than for “Kentucky's” first ‘week at the Indiana. °

There was little advance warning of this tidal wave of popularity.

a picture with a horse race finish to excite the public unduly. For years, turf dramas have coming around as regularly as insurance payments, and with about as little variety.

ficult to be in all the movie houses at once, stopped around for a first look ‘at “Kentucky” yesterday. The| house was crowded, and the picture that unfolded kept the audience absorbed from titles to final fade-

There is absolutely nothing original in the plot. The producers have taken three famous Kentucky institutions, the Derby, a beautiful girl and a vandyked patriarch, bathed them in handsome technicolor, secured excellent actors to bring them to life, devised some original variations to a familiar story and served up a savory entertainment. : Someone surely has told you already that Walter Brennan, as the horse-loving oldster, steals the show. There also are good performances by the featured duo; Loretta Young and Richard Greene, and the photo finish is really rousing, no matter how often you have seen it. : 3 2 = ”

Racing of a different sort is fea-

tured in “Burn Em Up O’Connor,” the film accompanying “The Cowboy

The history-maker is a picture called “Kentucky,” which begins its

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APPEARS IN NOEL COWARD PLAY

- Muriel Knight assumes a Gertrude Lawrence-y look in preparation for her role in “Hands Across the Sea,” one of the three one-act plays from. Noel Coward's “Tonight at 8:30,” which open for” six performances at ‘the Civic Theater tomorrow night.

and the Lady,” Loew's main attraction beginnnig today. There are

with full-sized cars, featuring such local favorites as Louis Meyer, Fred Frame, Rex Mays; Kelly Petillo, Art. Sparks and Joel Thorne at the wheels. , ‘The Indiana will give you a look at the new Charlie Chan, Sidney Toler, on the bill with Claudette Colbert's “Zaza,” which opens to-

see Boris Karloff au naturel in “Devil’s Island,” before he shows up again’ in his famous horror makeup for “The Son of Frankenstein” at the Indiana next week. Frankie Masters and his band will

be on the Lyri¢ stage.

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Elliott Nugent, director, once played juvenile leads in Stuart Walker’s repertory shows in the Midwest. Now they’re both on the Paramount studio contract list, Walker serving as a producer.

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The Indianapolis = Symphonic Choir made its first: radio appearance of the season, and Arthur Shepherd’s “The Song of the Pil-

grims” had its broadcast debut dur |

ing the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s weekly radio concert from the Murat yesterday. Joseph Lautner and Jane Johnson Burroughs were soloists with the choir in the Shepherd composition, | with Fabien Sevitzky conducting.

| The program also included Berlioz’ |“Roman _ Carnival” Overture,

Debussy’s “The Afternotn of a Faun”

‘and Dukas’ “The Sorterer’s Apprenltice” All: four works have been | heard previously on the ‘orchestra's ‘| subscription concerts.

Yesterday's broadcast marked the first time that ann uncements have -for the concerts’ : shortwave transmission to Central and South America. The orchestra, which has given concerts in Chicago, La Porte and Lafayette this week, will play in Bloomington. tonight on the Indiana

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$100,000 HOUSE

IS WEDDING GIFT

+ HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 12 (U. P).— A $100,000 mansion was a wedding gift today to Wayne Morris and the former Bubbles Schinasi, his bride.

The home was given to them by the bride's mother, Mrs. Leon Schinasi of New York. It is in Beverly Hills. The Morrises will move in after a two-months’ honeymoon.

EXPECT MARRIAGE OF JANET GAYNOR

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 12 (U. P.)— The departure of Janet Gaynor for

New York to join Adrian, movie]. costume designer, aroused reports]: ‘today that they will be married in

the East and honeymoon in Florida.

Francis M. Hughes is the newly . elected president of the Central Players, Central Avenue M.-E.

Church. The group will hold its

annual sponsor dinner tomors. TOW night at the church, -

CAGNEY ON VACATION |

Mr. and Mrs. James Cagney have left: Hollywood for a winter vacation

: at Martha's Vineyard.

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What would you do if your husband loved another woman but insisted you remain his wife?

if another woman demanded you give up your wife for her?