Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1940 — Page 11

THURSDAY, JAN. 18,

1940

Keep Calm, Gertie, We're Putting Up a Herd Fight

Right now it looks like a herd fight between the State of In-

diana, the New York World’s Fair and seven corporations for the cloven 1

hoof of Gertrude, the cow.

- Gertrude skyrocketed to fame and a possible extra slug of hay as the glamorous cow in a movie, “Remember the Night.” (The movie, which opens at the Indiana tomorrow, also features

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray.) When Governor M. Clifford Townsend saw a preview of the film, whose locale is Indiana, he insisted Gertrude was destined for Indiana fields. He wired the studio. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan agreed with the Governor. But he thought the field ought to be near Indianapolis. C. W. Hunt, Indian- | apolis Milk Poundation head, agreed with Mayor Sullivan. = They also wired the studio. .

But Gertrude the Glamorous had seen the greener, grass on the other side of the cinema fence. The studio said she was just one of a herd of a hundred. She was gone. For what matter, they said, for all they knew Gertrude had been a cow named Gertrude once and Florence the next time they took the pictures. But. Borden’s (Milk Co.) World's Fair Commission said they wanted " Gertrude. So did seven other dairies scattered over the country,

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from Pittsburgh to San Francisco. The studio said today they'd found Gertrude. With heat ‘like that on everybody, with Governors and mammoth corporations demanding Gertrude, she was found. But Indiana and Indianapolis hope they have: the inside track. We've got lots of citizens well Tal. ified for milking, too.

Name 12 Hits for Academy Prize

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Jan. 18 (U. P.)—Tweive of Hollywood's 1939 hits were nominated today by the studios which produced them for the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts ane Sciences. The academy HFemburehip will select the pictures for the various prizes which will be awarded at a banquet Feb. 29. The pictures are: “Gone With the Wind,” Seliznick International; “Love Affair,” R. K. O.; “Beau Geste,” Paramount; “Captain Fury,” Hal Roach; “First Love,” Universal; “Man of Conquest,” Republic; “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” Columbia; “The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex,” Warner Bros.; “The Rains Came,” 20th Century-Fox; “Stagecoach,” Walter Wanger; “The Wizard of O03,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and “Wuthering Heights,” Samuel Goldwyn.

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WAR CUTS LOEW'S ENGLISH REVENUES

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (U. P.).— British revenues of Loew’s, Inc, were adversely affected at the outbreak of the war, but the situation has improved ‘considerably since that time, according to J. R. Rubin, chairman of the film organization. Addressing the corporation's annual meeting of stockholders, Mr. Rubin stated that Loew’s business in England is relatively good after the sharp decline in September and Oc-

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| : Opening Tomorrow

Apollo “A CHILD IS BORN”—With Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George, Gale Page. Directed by Lloyd Bacon; based on a play by Mary McDougal Alexson. Drama in the maternity ward, centering about a woman convict, a vaudeville actress, a truck driver's wife, a mother of seven, and as‘sorted nurses, doctors. and expectant fathers.

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“GERONIMO”—With Preston Foster, Ellen Drew, Andy Devine, Wwilliam Henry, Ralph Morgan. Directed by Paul H. Sloane. The story of the Army’s conquest of the Southwest and subjgation of Geronimo, the Apache chief. “MEXICAN SPITFIRE”—With Lupé Velez, Leon Errol, Woods. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. . What happens when a fiery Mexican senorita marries into a highly proper American family circle which includes a disapproving aunt and a jealous ex-fiancee, :

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“REMEMBER THE NIGHT”—With Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson. Directed by Mitchell Leiten; screen play by Preston Sturges. The dashing district attorney falls for the beautiful jewel thief. He gets a continuance, becomes soft-hearted, bails her out and takes her nome to Indiana for Christmas. It’s love. Back in New York, he tries to throw the case, she counters by pleading guilty. “EMERGENCY SQUAD”—With William Henry, Louise Campbell. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. This is one about the girl reporter, the handsome policeman and the racketeers. Loew’s “OF MICE AND MEN”—With Burgess Meredith, Betty Field. Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Bickford. Directed by Lewis Milestone; based on the novel and play by John Steinbeck; screen play by Eugene Solow.Mr, Steinbeck’s now famous story of the two itinerant California workers is brought to the screen. It’s about hard-boiled, kind-hearted George; the unfortunate Lennie, strong of muscle and weak of mind, and hie workers at the ranch house, including Mae, who causes all the rouble.

rymore, Helen Gilbert. Directed by Harold S. Bucuet. Another chapter in the clinical adventures of young Dr. Kildare and his old friend, Dr. Gillespie, who is fortunately spared for a third film in the series, Lyric

“HAPPINESS REVUE” (on stage)—With Ted Lewis and his band; “Snowball” Whittier; Radio Aces, comedy. singers; Marie Hollis, acrobatic dancer; Dennis Sisters, swing trio; the Hackers, comedy team, others. “HIGH SCHOOL” (on screen) —With Jane Withers, Joe Brown Jr.

{Lloyd Corrigan. Directed by George Nicholls Jr.

Miss Withers, as a singing, dancing, Siger roping Texan, goes to high school. And winds up by leading the R. O. C. to victory over

a car-robbing gang. HURRY! LAST DAY! BENCHLEY ON STAFF

Robert Benchley has been added to the writing staff of “Personal| History,” which the English director, Alfred Hitchcock, is making in Hollywood. . Other writers already at work on the story are James Hilton, Charles Bennett, Joan Harvison and Mr. Hitchcock.

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SO now. | They Sproul’s Elderblooms — rival organizations—and they have Ann Sheridan's first starring picture, “It All Came True.” The youngest of the group is 62, the eldest is 76. All but two are widows and all, without exception, have silvery hair. All can truck, “suzy,” rhumba, shag and they do it in two part harmony. and three of them can do a creditable tap dance. One of them can yodel. “One night, about a year ago, the

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me like a flash,” explained Mrs. manager, coach, trainer, and general counsel for the aggregation. “My mother was a member of this Long Beach Elderbloom Club, a purely social group, and I figured out there was a place in show business for a group of handsome, peppy old ladies. So I organized them, trained them and got them their first engagement.” In that first engagement, Billy Rose signed them for an eightweek engagement at his Casa Manana. They proved a hit and they certainly were a novelty. Following this appearance, Mrs. Sproul took her charges on tour, and they had quite a time, “We traveled in our own private railroad car,” she said, “and we stayed at the best hotels. No honky tonks for my girls. And no busses. Yes, I've had little quarrels and such, but nothing serious.” Mrs. Sproul, to prove she is a diplomat, never gives the age of any member of the troupe, always giving the maximum. Their names are Mrs. Julia L. Harris, who is Mrs. -Sproul’s mother; Mrs. Roma Simpson, Mrs. Bessie D. Ribel, Mrs. Bessie Trueheart, Mrs. Francelia Bronson, Mrs. Cora Chance, Mrs. Ida Bradner, Mrs. Mabel Hart and Mrs. Ivanetta Gardner. The Elderblooms are thrilled at their film debut and now plan another tour, probably to start in a few weeks. But before that can happen,’ Mrs. Sproul may have to go to court. “Mrs. copyright on that name and I understand a lot of other girls around that age think it is a good idea and may start’ some competition. I'm

29 PUPILS PLAY IN RECITAL TOMORROW

The monthly recital of the Indianapolis Piano Teachers Association will be held tomorrow night at the D. A. R. Chapter House. Taking part will be 29 pupils of Naomi Gray, Mabelle Hendleman, Marie Kyle, Charlotte Beckley Lehman, Ella Newkirk, Esther Ruschhaupt, Clythia Ulrich, Zilla Worth and Mrs. Lawrence Steele. Juanita Caldwell and Minnie Perry, voice students of Lenore Ivey Frederickson and Mrs. William A. Devin, also will sppear on the program. }

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