Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 January 1940 — Page 22

By JAMES THRASHER

An 'Oomph' Girl Arrives

In Town With a Cold.

MISS MARIE WILSON of Hollywood, and Anaheim, Cal, large innocent eyes and large, sophisticated, artificial eyelashes. also has long, blond hair and a cold.

has She All ‘these ingredients of

glamour will be on view at the Lyric for the week beginning .today. Miss Wilson is one of the main attractions in what is called the

“Hollywood ‘Oomph’ Revue.” also of Hollywood and also blond; Miss Rita Rio, who leads a girls’ orchestra, and Miss Faith Bacon, whose dancing, together with that of Sally Rand’s, has made the ostrich plume business what it is today. Yesterday found Miss Wilson ensconced in the Claypool, await | ing the opening of her Indianap- - olis engagement and protecting herself as best she could from the cold and salesmen. All day, it. seemed, she had been besieged by phone calls from itinerant drummers. Even the press, one gathered, was a pleasant re- * lief.

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ANAHEIM IS MISS WILSON'S home town. It is a hamlet of some 1500 souls. And Miss Wilson is probably the only daughter of that or any other Califor nia town who ever got into, the movies without serving an apprenticeship in the Pasadena Playhouse. She came to Hollywood along about 1934. After “being hungry,” as she puts it, for a year, she got a job with Warner Bros. She stayed with that studio until very recently when her agents bought “up her contract. Now she’s paying the agents 20 per cent of her salary for the: privilege of not working for anyone in particular. it has been Miss Wilson's misfortune to be labeled “beautiful but dumb.” The latter part of this description is the grossest sort of a canard. But Miss Wilson doesn’t mind. Regarding publicity, she says that “it’s been worth a million. And besides, they pay me a good living.” Miss Wilson has been in a lot of pictures, few of which have been labeled either “epic” or “memorable.” ‘The most substantial of these was “Boy Meets Girl,” in which she appeared with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. Says Miss Wilson; “The first day I worked in ‘Boy Meets Girl,’ my face and eyes swelled up so that I could hardly see. A

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saying I was allergic to ‘A’ pice tures.” 2 8 8 LAST SUMMER MISS WILSON went East for some straw hat theater appearances in “Gentlemen Prefer Blonds.” Then, after a couple of trips back to the Coast for radio work, she started her present vaudeville tour. She opened at Loew's State in New York, with an unidentified partner who since has been replaced by a Miss Maude Hilton. Miss Wilson says Miss Hilion is much better. As regards the opening performance in New York, the film star turned vaudevillian is brave enough to repeat Variety's review of her offering, even though it cut her to the quick. Said Variety, in - substance: “Miss Wilson has the most beautiful chassis in America, but unfortunately it isn’t wired for sound. The chassis was attrac tive to look at, but the act was a 10-minute stage wait.” After that, Miss Wilson practically took to drink. In fact, she said she never had had a drink until she came East last ‘summer. Things are different now, however. Yesterday she entertained her interviewers in the Claypool bar, ordered a glass ‘of wine, neatly spilled half of it on her purse, and looked at the rest. It developed that Miss Wilson is not entirely happy in her chosen profession. In spite of the publicity and salary which she cited, she said she'd like to do something serious. Not only would shé” like to, she thinks she will. 8 o 2 TO CITE AN EXAMPLE of perseverance, Miss Wilson re-

HOOSIER’ FILM REMAINS

In the ictus above, Barbara Stanwyek and Fred MacMurray on their way for Christmas in Indiana as part of their latest pimilly “Remember the Night,” moving today from the Indiana to the Apollo.

called a conversation a few years back with Harry Davenport, the character actor. Mr. Davenport, being then well over 70, confided the following hope: “Miss Wilson, I know that one of these days I'm going to get a break.” He did, and since has become one of Hollywood's busiest actors. So his young, blond and attractive friend is going to persevere, too. She says she may be an old lady before she attains her goal, but she’s bound to get away from those wide-eyed parts. New York is a great town, Miss Wilson thinks. quite a lengtny chat.) She got around to a lot of shows while she was there, including “The Philadelphia Story,” “Hellzapoppin,” and a few others. She also saw three-quarters of “Gone With the Wind.” It was so sad, Miss Wilson

~ said, that when she got to the

three-quarter pole, tears were streaming down her face and she Soman see any more. So she eft. Her companion on this occasion was Peter Arno, the cartoonist. Although as Miss Wilson says, Mr. Arno has “a caulifiower in place of a heart,” he was crying

too. About this time Miss Wilson’s presence had become generally noised around the Claypool milieu, The salesmen started swarming again. So she beat a hasty retreat to her room, where she had only the weather to cone tend with. O.1 being thanked both for the refreshment and the interview, Miss Wilson answered, with a devastating glance of glamorous innocence: “Don’t give me that guff!”

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TEACHES HERE

Andrew R. Quaid, former. Chicago and Milwaukee dancing teacher, has joined the staff at the Stockman Dance Studios.

POCKETS REVEAL ACTOR IS 'BROKE'

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 26 (U. P.).— Comedian George Givot turned his trousers upside down and turned the pockets inside out today to show that he had no money with which to pay his estranged wife $375 back alimony.

WHEN DOES IT START?

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LOEW'S “Gone With the Wind,” with Clark n_Leigh, Leslie Howard, Havilland: continuous week-day matinees from 10 a. m.; evening Dertormances at 8 p. m.; Sunday matinee, 2 p. m., LYRIC - “Hollywood ‘Oem h’ Revue, ? with © Marie Wilson, Iaith

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{this week, used to model for ¢om-

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the bandstand. : Hoosier vacationers may know Mr. Norris in his musical capacity, how. ever. For he and his band played at Waco on Lake Wawasee last summer.

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