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New Music

Hall Ready

Tom Devine to Sponsor Dancing Thrice Weekly.

Tom Devine's Music Hall, which opens tomorrow night in the old Academy of Music Building, Illinois and Michigan Sts, will be open for dancing on Friday, Saturday and Bunday nights,

Louis Panico and his orchestra will play for tomorrow night's opens ing and for the New Year's Eve Frolic on Sunday. . The next booking is that of Carl (Deacon) Moore and his orchestra, with Marge Hudson, singer, who will play next Friday night only. Dancing will continue from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. tomorrow night, and from 8 pm to 3a m on New Year's Eve. or the following week there will be dancing from 8 p. m. to 1 a. m. on Friday and Saturday, and from 8:30 p. m. to 12:30 a. m. on Sunday.

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Constance Bennett . . . at long last, a “vehicle”

Noel Coward Wired; Now She's in One, ‘Easy Virtue,' Here Jan. |.

The circumstances surrounding Constance Bennett's stage appears ance at English’s Jan. 1 reached this department substantially as follows: The blond Miss Bennett (the only blond Miss Bennett, now that Joan has taken to a dark wig) had been sitting around in Hollywood for years, reading plays when no one was looking. In this respect she

- resembled Paul Muni, only she had been seeking a stage role even

longer than the star of “Key Largo.” | Things went on like this for some 1995 vintage, and had to be bought

time, with everyone believing that 5 Miss Bennett's heart belonged to up to date. But he also consented

the cinema. Then there came a to have the heroine made several day which started out like any other years younger, and turned into an day, but which finally brought & american, instead of an English telegram from Noel Coward. Mr, WOMAN Coward asked=-"in a hesitant way.” | : the publicists say--if Miss Bennett | would care to play the lead in “Easy |

=. ” s Miss Bennett, in case you had forgotten, is Joan's older, talier and “Yes,” she wired back, “and I'll be slimmer sister. At one time she in New York tomorrow morning.” |was Hollywood's highest paid ac-

Arriving in Manhattan, La ‘Bens s, but years § S$ nett was given her own way, we are tres: ut of late years she ha

told She selected her own cast, been rather cinematically inactive, which includes Reginald Mason, except for the two “Topper” pictures, Viola Roche and Richard Ainley.| paughter of Richard Bennett, the She picked her own director, Has-|aetor, she is the second member of sard Short, whose last big job was the family to blaze a theatrical staging “The American Way.” trail after movie successes. Sister Best of all, she found the play Joan was here two years ago as the was to be a “vehicle,” in the truest star of “Stage Door,” and her apsense of the word. Mr. Coward was pearance made quite a splash at willing to have “Easy Virtue’ re- English's box office. It wouldn't surwritten. For one thing, it was of prise anyone if Constance did quite — as well,

» - » Another daughter of a famous {family will be here when Diana

ward Bound.” “Outward Bound” was

last year on Broadway with great |success, a happier fate than is acjcorded most resurrected hits of former years. The cast of last year's engagement will be seen here, including Laurette Taylor, Florence | Reed and Harry Ellerbe,

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SECOND BIG WEEK!

=. Manager Vincent Burke also announces that he has received a date for Maurice Evans’ appearance in (the unent version of “Hamlet.” The distinguished Shakespearean will be with us for two days, Feb. 12 and 13.

OLD-TIMERS AT WORK

Seven former stars of stage and screen. are at work in “Women Without Names.” They are Alice

Barrymore arrives at English's on | Jan. 23 and 24 in the cast of “Out-|

revived

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Ted Nicholas will leave the Lyric Theater, which he has managed gince 1033, on Tuesday to become manager and personal representative for Orrin Tucker and his orchestra and Bonnie Baker. He will go to Chicago for the Tucker band's eight-week engagement at the Palmer House, and thence to New York, where the orchestra and Miss Baker will take over a commercial network spot under the same

sponsorship as Kay Kyser and the Hit Parade broadcasts. Mr, Nicholas will have complete charge of the orchestra's business affairs, A long-time resident of Indianapolis, Mr. Nicholas attended Technical High School, where he was president of his graduating class, and later studied journalism at Northwestern University, He has been advertising manager of the Indiana and Circle Theaters, assistant manager at Loew's, manager of Keith's for a brief period and business manager of the Civic Theater. During the stock season of the Arthur Casey Players he was English's publicity director, and in 1028-20 was motion pictures editor of the Indianapolis News, Mr, Nicholas is president of the Tech Alumni Association, and a member of the Indianapolis Press Club, Variety Club and Indianapolis Athletic Club. The Tucker band first appeared at the Lyric last April, and played another engagement shortly before Christmas, when arrangements were made for Mr. Nicholas’ new position. Although playing the traditionally dull pre<Christmas week, Mr, Tucker and his players came within two bands of breaking the Lyrics boxoffice record. Only Horace Heidt and Phil Harris have attracted more customers.

Aided by Miss Baker and her re-

vived song hit, “Oh Johnny,” the|ly cut gold gown and matching | Tucker orchestra has become one of |

bands and gained top position in the phonograph recording sales list for 1939

Charles M. Olson, president of the Lyric Theater Operating Co., will return from a California vacation to assume the Lyric’s management on Mr, Nicholas’ departure.

FILMDOM GOES TO ‘GONE WITH THE—"

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 29 (U. P.)— Twenty-five thousand spectators milled in the streets surrounding

the Carthay Circles Theater last

night for Hollywood's belated premiere of “Gone With the Wind.” Seats sold for $10 each and all

were filled even though the picture] ! already had been premiered in At-| §

lanta, Ga., and had opened in New York City. Producer David O. Selznick’s representatives said more actresses and actors were present than for any past Hollywood performance. The crowd, filling bleachers erected across from: the theater, shrieked when the Kkleig lights turned on the arriving Clark Gable,

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wife Carole Lombard, in a classical-

wrap. Mr. Gable’'s father, William

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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 29 (U. P.).— Moon Kwan, China's leading motion picture producer and director, and his attractive actress wife, Tso Yee Man, arrived today to show Hollywood something new in “quickie” films

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