Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 July 1939 — Page 11

By PAUL HARRISON

Six-Year-Old Irene Dare to Get Film Chance After Long Wait

: OLLYWOOD, July 27—About a year ago Producer Sol Lesser brought to Flickerville a Minnesota moppet of 5 who did amazing

vidson to Irene Dare, and announced to everybody who'd listen that

b= on skates. He gave her a contract, changed her name from Irene 2

was a youngster who'd take over where Shirley Temple left off.

of us who occasionally watched “Breaking the Ice” in pro=\

\ ayor Hugh 3 H olds Head

, Buble Office Headache, He <3 uFinels ‘After Election.

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» Times Special’ “HOLLYWOOD, July 27.—Hugh

Herbert, honorary mayor of Studio|

City, Cal, will trade places with * anyone, as far as holding pubis office is concerned’ ‘When he was offered the. job. he « thought it was an honor and acY cepted gratefully. Now he would lke to step. out of the picture— gracefully. + “Hig first stint was writing a column for the Studio City News, a newspaper © with. a | circulation of : about 3000. Since the appearance of the column, circulation has Jumped to more than 30,000. He discussed civic problems in the s tdlumn and now all the troubles of the community are being unloaded on him. One week he had 32 complaints, he declared, relating to v streets, paving, garbage collection,

sewers ‘and children breaking windows. “Another time,” he said, “a mother ¢ brought her naughty boy to me and

wanted me: to give the child a}

spanking and once a school class petitioned me for a day off so they eg could have a picnic.”

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duction were quickly convinced about the skating claims. The kid was good, for any age. The rest of Hollywood waited, without exactly holding its breath, to be amazed. When the picture starring Mister

* Robert Breen finally was released,

the skating sequences had been pared to about two minutes. Soon a rumor became current that Miss Dare was a midget. Hollywood knew better, but it

* snickered over the coincidence

that Lesser had just had a hand “in the releasing of an all-midget Western. Most child players have suffered from midget-talk, and Shirley Temple still does.

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"ESSER determined * to star Miss Dare in the next picture, to give her plenty of close=ups, and to let her sing and act as well as flit arounid on the ice. But that would take some preparation. He rented a floor of a garage building and installed a private rink for his protege. For’ five ‘months, Irene and her instructor, Leo MacDonald, evolved and rehearsed routines. She also was enrolled at the Pasadena Community - Playhouse and got her first real taste of dramatics in several of their shows. : Everything turned out fine, and a credit| to the stratagem of Miss Dare’s parents. In St. Paul, when she was only 3, they had decided that their daughter was pretty and talented enough to be in the movies. But they shrewdly guessed. that in order to gain any atten=tion Irene needed some special ac complishment. Neither dancing or singing seemed unusual enough. Sonja Henie was being acclaimed then, so the Davidsons decided arbitrarily that they’d make Irene a skater. Once she got to Hollywood shé might, in her own good time, become an actress: It all happened just as they'd hoped. Even better, because Irene quickly became a remarkable performer on the ice. A newsreel photographer, making shots of a winter carnival in St. Paul, kept his camera pointed at her most of the time. Lesser, who is famous hereabout as a discoverer of child talent, saw the newsreel in Hollywood and immediately traced and sent for Irene. Her parents came: along, of course, Papa Davidson quitting” his job there as a newspaper engraver and get.ting another in Los Angeles.

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ESSER hadn’t thought much of giving Miss Dare many lines to speak until her. Pasadena training brought out the dramatic talent which the Davidsons had believed was there. Now the script of “Everything’s on Ice” has been rebuilt to.give her every opportunity, even a song. And as for skating, there'll be no mongatony there. Her routines include g¢ Russian dance, a French can-can, a penguin ballet, a jitterbug sequence, a Highland fling, hula, and .a duo with a ventriloquist’'s dummy. Also an exhibition of speed skating. She’s taking it all in her stride. At this writing, the picture is three days from completion and

1 Irene has spoiled only five takes

by muffing her lines. Edgar Kennedy, who plays her father in the film, has blown up six times just from laughing at her imitation of his famous “slow burn.” Irene is still pretty shy with strangers, but she’s volubly at ease with the company. Calls everyone from Lesser to the prop boy “Uncle.” They call her Sugarpuss and Pudd’nhead. No midget, Miss Dare at 61% years eats like six midgets... Her luncheon menu, seldom varied, includes a thick steak, potatoes,

AS DICTATOR, HE'S 'MAGNIFICEN

The true test of an actor is his ability to portray a dictator. In “The Magnificent Fraud,” opening ! co tomorrow at the Apollo, Akim Tamiroff (second from left) is getting the supreme test from, left to right, SERIES L AUNCH ED __COOL—wWestinghouse are Conditioned . “ALADIN'S| WONDERFUL LAMP”

George Zucoy, Robert Warwick, Mary Boland and Lloyd Nolan. *~ i . NEW D AlSY * “Stuart Erwin T ya CET : 3 atricia [IAL

Condustor Signed Yor Three -

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PHILADELPHIA. July 27 (U. P). : | —Leopold ‘Stokowski, world-famed {Ml = “St. Clair, Ft. Wayne. RI-6046. 1300 ? | conductor, has been signed to lead |B . _ TONIGHT AT BOTH THEATERS—15c be 6

the. Philadelphia’ Orchestra for} = Hay “YQUNG MR. NCL _ | three weeks in’ November during the|@ Lionel } ’ & 1039-40 concert season. arivmcte . ‘| Eugene Ormandy, . Stokowski’s : successor, will lead the orchestra EAST SIDE in most of the more than 100: con-

certs planned. The only guest conductors: will: be Saul Caston, asso- waiter So Bee ary Bolorts ciate. conductor, and Edwin. Mc- —“FIRST OFFENDERS” Arthur 2-Rica Cortes—Phyill rks oN THE STAGE TONIGHT Noted artists to appear with the S-Claudp Hai ms “So85 OF EY orchestra ‘during’ the. season are| Hears Fonds YOUNG ME, LINCOLN" Sergei Rachmaninoff; Artur Schna-|~ TR 8830 bel, Artur : Rubinstein and Jose Iturbi, gd pianists; Fritz Kreisler and (First City Showi ng) : Americas New Girl Frie Iso Briselli, violinists, and Kirsten| R. gan “Code of RE ENTE : . PREMIERE APPE! NCE

Flagstad and Selma Amansky, so- | Jack 1 Hb WHISPERING Ne Se Sings Eonre of the! Range.

pranos. ot : OR Benjamin : Ludlow, -orchestra as- IRVING one 1 LINE, mrLT Ro Bi Whe ©

| |sociation secretary, reported: at the! ______ Oliver in 9 . |annual meeting that the 1938-39 1t Beautinl Girls irl on the Sad ohn delist amounien to $34.40, due in EXIT an (GT || 38 edna cancellation of commercial broad- i HMA ON T ne SCRE wv Fo casts. He said the figure compared Fred Machiutray FEOCOA ET a bo hi Tel Eres I Bi favorably with the deficits of* other DISHES—~lo The eo adies Tonight) ; “ major orchestras and forecast a de- TUXE + Robert ¥ {ea SIDE ficit of $32,000 for the coming sea-| BO / Amn le Ne RTH RET C son unless broadcasting is resumed “MOTO ON DANGER “ISLAND” vO GU 3 PE fey 0 Oo L

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L Tne Emeton Theater wil open| Lee Tracy “FIXER DUGAN” ° “LET FREEDOM RING” J morrow a st-run showing |. Sneedway City . Annabella “BRIDAL SUITE” ° 10. K./s Roosevelt of “The Cede of the Secret Service,” | Speedway all ll with Ronald Reagan, Rosella P “BEAUTY FOR THE ASKING” Tho Ko), A, Bray

i Towne and Eddie Foy Jr. ___Geo.: Murphy “RISKY BUSINESS” 5 i Rad O Pu rchase This is the first of y series of pic- : SOUTH SIDE Richard Dix in “MAN OF CONQUEST” O — ___ Jane Withers “BOY FRIEND” L

Alamo

Waggner..

and they join the Border Legion.

Apollo

Walter Perris. Directed by Robert Florey.

one right and one wrong, try to control him. good leader ‘his successor, and is killed. Right,

ard English. Directed by Nick Grinde.

i : Circle

Directed by Garson Kanin.

Directed by Leigh Jason.

nancial affairs are disentangled.

Loew’s

then does he let him come down.

Ken Englund. Directed by Alexander Hall.

“TRIGGER FINGERS,” with Tim McCoy, Ben Corbett and Jill Martin. Screenplay by Basil Dickey. Directed by Sam Newfield. “Lightning Bill” Carson and his pal, Magpie, pose as gypsies to me i round up the bandit gang. Suspected themselves, by gunplay and de- Ary BE Rg Er : (01731 3, J: } BEAN “FOUR'S_A tective work they discover the villains and force their surrender. ur 3 :

“STUNT PILOT,” with John Trent and Marjorie Reynolds.| The transfer was approved on “EVERYBODY'S DOING IT”

The production of a movie “air-thriller,” a cautious stunt pilot and murder in the air is the combination of this one. Tommy gets the girl

Middleton College is deprived of its athletics by its president. The students need a new shell for the crew so they bet on a long shot in a horserace. Their | horse wins and so.does their crew. . i : : : © *| HOPE AUNT

A small town merchants solves the problems of his children and of his town. The children marry the right persons and the town’s fi-

“GOOD GIRLS GO TO PARIS,” with Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondel, B Walter Connolly and Alan Curtis. Screenplay by Gladys Lehman and *GRAMPS SAYS WE

Jenny Swanson is a waitress with no scruples about blackmail. All 3 EE she wants to do is go to Paris. She meets Melvyn Douglas, who teaches : te, Lait £ «o. THAT’ her about that “flutter” in the stomach known as a conscience, << SRT THE PARK... THAT'S

tures based on the U. S. Secret

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Amecho—Toreita Y - Jas, Cagney SoRLAHOMA Kip» Roosevelt, son of the President. LAST DAY! PRESTON FOSTER ALEXANDER GRAHAM BY CLL” __COUL—wesunghou ge i oniitioned

i ditioned Plus Robert Young—Frank Morgan Oliver Hardy—Harry Langdon THE REX Barbara Slaswyok

Screenplay by Scott Darling and Joseph West. Directed by George |condition that Mrs. Roosevelt sur- PARADISE FOR THREE" “2ENOBIA” Joel MeCre aR Tpara. Stag

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A dictator dies and is replaced by an actor. Two political parties,

"He resigns, naming (the

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