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PAGE 24 HEADLINE CIRCLE STAGE SHOW
MOVIES By HARRY MORRISON
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ARY COOPER, who tries like everything to keep Brian Donlevy from taking the picture away from him, is the billed star of “Beau Geste.” That's the picture opening today at the Circle. Mr. Cooper ‘s married to Veronica Balfe, a socially prominent Easterner, and he has gone definitely Eastern since his first wild Hollywood days. Of us: a ivf STielied ound a ranch a 0 his proper cowboy antecedents in : a ; _ one of Ramity ER HO ET LAWSODT E" right with tne pressagentry. He ) ; : i was born in Helena, Mont, but FF RR. § | they've cleaned that town up pretty well. Not much carryin’ on there even when Frank (that's his real name) was a boy.
HEY say that just as Veronfea (that’s her real name; she was Sandra Shaw in the movies) —just as Veronica is socially prominent, so 1s Frank socially correct when he goes east. He does a bit of poloing and is considered rather good. But the crack shot of the “Virginian” plays a poor second to his wife at skeet shooting. As a matter of fact, Frank is
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Anita and Franklyn D'Amore will headline the original Folies Bergere coming next Friday to the Circle Theater. The stage of the theater has been altered to accommodate the huge production.
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May Martin's Whatchamaycallums Put Zip Into Victor Herbert Film.
By PAUL HARRISON
Carl Niesse’s Vogue Theater has installed a rear box office at the theater. It will accommodate custo
mers directly from the parking lot. SARA M. HOFFMAN Gone but Not Forgotten . . PAY MO GIVE RECITAL
Wi |d and Ve Yory \W Wool ly 20’ S| A short plén recital recital by Sara Mil-
Lier Hoffman at the Woodstock Club|'™ Warner Bros. have hit upon a novel method of finding three songs SWnday night will open the Indian-
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Melv. Douglas “TELL NO TALES” Ritz Bros. “THE GORILLA"
Phoeater, Morris “FIVE CAME BACK" 3% Vale: “GIRL FROM MEXICO" 'ERLAND WITH KIT CARSON"
TUXEDO “5p, Jo Shirley Ross Mischa duet. on VER KPECTED FATHER" ats B “THE GORILLA"
OLLYWOOD, Sept. 7—It may seem a little odd that a major league strip-teaser and singer of torrid ditties should be cast as the heroine in a picture about the revered Victor Herbert. But that's Hollywood, or maybe showmanship.
Lew Ayres—Slim Summervil
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Paramount figures that people who love music will be attracted by people who want to see something
zippy will come to see the dancing |
of May Martin, Neither pointed, though both may be a little surprised to find Miss Martin warbling the near-classical favorites in operatic style. She'll do some ballet dancing, too. The pride of Weatherford, Tex, versatile in such matters.
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HE has been singing since her |
debut, at 5, in an Elks’ ecarnival down home. After high school and a year at uppity Ward-Bel-mont, however, she went back to Weatherford and opened a dance ing school. She admits that daneing was just something she had sort of picked up, but Miss Martin
bolstered her knowledge and pres- | tige with summer trips to Holly-
wood, where shed hoof in the Fanchon and Marco clagses. “I taught tap, ballet, soft-shoe, acrobatic, ballroom — anything” she said and one-half to 65. Actually” Pretty soon she had branch schools in two other towns, by that time she was tired of teaching and decided to stay Hollrwood next time she came
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| practicing something like ‘Aida.’ the Herbert angle, and that |
I decide to give up popular stuff and study like mad.” = " = UT that beneficent ol’ debbil Show Business has got her and promises to keep her, All the time she was singing in night spots here, people kept saying that Miss Martin ought to be But nobody did anything about it. One night she made a guest ap-
| pearance at the Trocadero and a
| saving | Everybody wanted her now. “I had pupils from two
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visiting Broadway producer, Laurence Schwab, signed her right off. He hadn't a part for her at the time, but June Knight walked out of the rehearsals of “Leave It to Me” and Miss Martin was fitted for the fur coat and the pink whatchamaycallums. It was a riot. Almost immediately she was spending afters theater hours singing in the Rainbow Room, her mornings making records, and her luncheon time “No” to movie agents. The proprietor of a Hollywood nightery
a week made an offer of $1300. Offscreen, Miss Martin, who is
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There was some radio work and |
bert, though.
The studio won't film her | Miss Colbert |
considered rather poor at skeet shooting. That would make it unfortunate for the rest of the French Foreign Legion in “Beau Geste” if they gave him a skeet gun instead of a rifle and a yell. When Frank goes Fast the reporters have a lot of trouble talking to him. He isn’t nasty about things—just a bit reserved.
NE New York scribe had the unusual experience of being invited to a private luncheon with Frank. He got all scrubbed and put on a deep mauve sack suit and prepared to be very circumspect. He arrived to find the private lunch consisted of four other newsmen and Frank with his wife and public relations counsel. They sat around and talked economies. One thing about the movies slipped out, though. The tough Beau said it was very difficult on location for “Beau Geste.” He said the hardships were terrific. He said he got sand in his sinus.
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The first Atlantic City [beauty contest was staged and the first ads for plastic surgery peared. ) Kiki,” Perfect Fool,” with Bd Wynn,
choose Miss Lane's three songs.
listing of songs by years, from 1820 to 1029. With the songs were outstanding events of each year.
“Japanese Washington Square” My Baby Smiles at Me.”
amateur night, depression since 1790 and the debut of the flapper.
robbery Braintree, Mass, and Vanzetti were to be executed [seven years later. Ouija was the na-« tional pastime,
for Priscilla Lane to sing in her newest picture, Twenties.”
They With the request was included a
The year 1920 includes “Avalon,” Sandman,” “Rose of and “When
Those Amateur Nights
The year marked the revival of the country's 23d
It also was the year a paymaster’s was committed in South for which Sacco
In 1921 the songs were “Ain't We “I'm Just Wild ' About “My Man,” “The Shiek of and “Wabash Blues.” Rudolph Valentino became a star. bathing
apBroadway hits included with Lenore Ulric, and “The
Messrs. Gallagher and Shean Songs of 1922 included “Carolina
have asked newspaper readers throughout the country
“The Roaring |
“C-0-n-s-t-a<n-t-i-n-o-p-l-e,” Ain't Got Nobody, You Anything But Love,” “Laugh, will be Maintained at 107 Monument Clown, Rainbow Round My Shoulder.”
the following hits: I Blue?” * Sunshine,” Falling” and “Star Dust.” | | |
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Mae West appeared in “Diamond |
Lil” and “The Front Page” was the | hit of the year. the “bunion” derby and the stock! market was on the way to new! highs. pated than ever.
C. C. Pyle launched |
Women were more emanci-
The last year in the decade saw There were “Am | Painting the Clouds With |» “I've Got a Feeling I'm
That was the year of the crash.
Vaudeville was gasping for life and the talking pictures were blamed. Herbert Hoover defeated Al Smith for the Presidency. William Powell, George Arliss, Nancy Carroll, Chevalier and Billie Dove.
Film stars were |
Irene Bordoni, Maurice What three songs do you think]
Lane should sing in “The|
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Wm. Powell “STAR OF MIDNIGHT” Boris Karloff “THE LOST PATROL"
[While awaiting a steamer to take! him to England, David Niven, the British movie star, will rush through one more motion picture before he goes to war. Mr. Niven is a reserve officer, a | graduate of the English West Point at Sandhurst. He served with the Highland Light Infantry, a regiment he may rejoin for active serve ice in France. Samuel Goldwyn stopped production of the picture “Raffles.” in which Mr. Niven is starred, when the actor was notified last Friday to be prepared to answer the call to service within 24 hours. Since then, however, the British consul at Los Angeles assued My. | | Goldwyn that transportation of re|servists to England will be impos-| sible for at least four or five weeks, which is long enough to complete | the picture.
also works for Paramount. in the Morning,” “China Boy,” “Mis |
ter Gallagher and Mister Shean,”| “My Buddy,” “Three O'Clock in the Morning” and “Somebody Stole Wil | Gal.” Florenz Ziegfeld was hailed as the | greatest producer of his time. “Abies Irish Rose” confounded the! critics and started its phenomenal | 2532-performance run. Mah Jong] was the rage and almost two and a| half million automobiles were pro-| duced for a new all-time high. { Nineteen hundred and twentys| three saw the following song hits: “Barney Google,” “Charleston,” “That Old Gang of Mine” and * ‘Yes, | We Have No Bananas.” Edna Wallace Hopper was in| vaudeville and Burns & Allen made] their first appearance in the big! time. Society leaders began to indorse cigarets, svaps and mattresses. New York had 5000 speakeasies and [champagne “just off the boat” was ($25 a quart, Scotch a mere $20.
‘Tea for Two’ Popular
The song hits of 1924 were “All | Alone,” “Everybody Loves My Baby, but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me” “Jealous,” “The Man I Love” and “Tea for Two.” | National political conventions were broadcast. The year's national | | pastime was (it still is) crossword puzzies. The Charleston rage start. | ed careers for Ginger Rogers a | George Raft, During 1925 people were singing | “Brown Eves Why Are You Blue,” | “Don’t Bring Lulu,” “Moonlight and | | Roses,” “Dinah” and “Yes, Sir, | That Ss My Baby.” | Floyd Collins was found trapped [in a cave. Red Grange became a [national hero. There were short| skirts, silk hose and close fitting feminine hats. The hit film of the] vear was “The Big Parade.” The next year they wrote “Bye! Bye Blackbird,” “Charmaine,” “Mary | Low,” “When Day Is Done” and “When the Red, Red, Robin Goes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along.”
Contract Bridge Wins
Contract bridge edged out auction | and the Black Bottom joined the | Charleston as a national dance, Al-! most 2000 persons died of alleged | poison liquor. The Florida Boom col- | lapsed. Rudolph Valentino died. In 1927 the songs were “Among | My Souvenirs,” “Blue Skies,” | “Chloe,” “Me And My Shadow,” “My | Blue Heaven,” “Ramona” and “The! Song Is Ended, But the Melody | Lingers On.” That year Lindbergh flew the Ate] lantic and 2000 tons of telephone! books were thrown out of windows. Al Jolson was in “The Jazz Singer,” the first talking pleture. Babe Ruth | slammed 60 home runs. Columbia | | Broadcasting System tied together 16 stations in a network.
a succession of night club jobs. After six months of torchy, lowregister singing, she met her former Ward-Belmont vocal coach, who was horrified at what was happening to her voice. He per- | suaded her to quit and study for Six months to become a soprano again Result is that she now has an astonishing range, from a deep contralto to high C-sharp. Miss Martin said, “I'll be a yodeler pretty soon if I don’t make up my a ener Rav A ant Rover: mind. One day I think I want to I Ts BRE Hayward at swing it, and the next, when I'm ye!
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