Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 May 1940 — Page 25
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: : is Judy Orarland's one-and-only. | printed claims. . . . Government * we : | C, am 0 : OWS me Miss Durbin, incidentally, | statistics about 50,000 female hoV I ' a ad asn’t signed any Metropolitan | bos started a production ace bej AMES THRASHER . HOLLYWOOD : By PAUL Opera contrast, whatever the | tween Columbia and 20th-Fox.
New Berlin Tunes Prove He i} | 40D Higher Admission Debated SHOWRBO AT Can Keep Abreast of Times Ri By As War Shrivels Film Market b.
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" ONCE UPON A HAPPY "TIME the chief ingredients of a révue or| - 4 al HOLLYWOOD, May 24.--Short takes: The war-shriveled picture GRAND OPENING
“Musical comedy were the tunes in its score. Nowadays, however, the HN 3 = i songs are worked overtime on wax and air and sometimes are worn out 5 N Aree. oa, —- 1 ‘bring to this continent a ‘policy of vary. | Get the CROWD TOGETHER by the time a show reaches Broadway. : - Re NG t ‘priced productions. Also ‘a Swing away | VEN 3 J Such threatens to be the case with “Louisiana Purchase,” the new ; \ 3 Un Soe | FOR AN. EVENING OF FUN B. G. DeSylva-Irving Berlin opus which has yet to reach Manhattan | un ye a ae — they Yoav hoy HEADUINING PROFESSIONAL FLOOR SHOW |
Jt Th tryout tour. In addition to i a a a iw : requent broadcasts, there i uar-| “Gloomy Sunday” has a nice lugu- — ® ing . oes seem rea. L = e WN brious arrangement which shows off a sonable that box office prices Here is an answer to the scores | : . |
tet of its songs available on the the band to good advantage. It | should be higher for a $2,000,000 |» fe rms A LINE OF GORGEOUS DANCING GIRLS
current Victor list. would be better, however, without R flicker than for some little cheapie for ‘details ‘about ‘Tenting ‘those . However, this doleful preface isthe vocal chorus. There's plenty of A 3 S just out of the B category. Shaw clarinet in both numbers. : A b Sy But I haven't heard any talk | nickel-in-the-slot movie machines: | EARL (CURLY) NEWPORT'S BAND
‘no reflection on the sprightly tunes ; ; ne ’ . “Ko-Ko” and “Conga Breva”; Duke x : & of lowering the present level of | None of the devices is yet in com- | Nr i ‘ a in question. And since most of US| “gylington and his orchestra. f : ; admissions to meet low standards; | mercial production, although a | EXTRA? SAM GORE AND I Big Li won't get to see the Show AnVWAY,| oo : : they seem intent only on raising | couple more are being tried out | ® WILL ‘OPEN HERE MONDAY NITE! Are may be satisfied wih “Lousiamn The BUKe Beet aah oe 1a it cocasionally 4 pay for the | around Hollprood. J ADMISSION AUWAYS FREE-NCVER A COVER ONARGE ‘Me Off” as recorded by Hal Kemp monies and free-swinging rhythm. NE : : epics. Payinet for music rights and | , and “Ith Come to You” and “Latins The “Conga Breva” is exciting and Xu. rotund i hatte pe (left) is heading Shee Mg) Mp ple oa of Pn Nd a gupbnes hd » y is- - Lyric’s mew stage show beginn ay. Charles Starrett is in the == OX, y expec see oslo a. ; Know How,” as waxed by Leo Reis complex Latin-Americana, With ¥. Jane ‘Withers in bigger and bet- | settled. I suggest that you be ( E i R ( i I | 4 : V 4
‘man and his orchestra. swell trombone and tenor sax solos. Alamo’s current “Blazing Six Shooters.” The first record is done in the Individual virtuosity in all depart- ter films. The Withers career has | Wary of contracts until you know been held back all these years in | Something about the ‘stability of
mice, clipped, brassy Kemp style, ments is, of course, tops. A nd k f Rh y : ’ OC favor of the studio’s other kid | any of the companies which may , a pein he oid es “Dinah” and “Singin’ the Blues”; et Oo Y thi | | star. be rushing into this field. a ———— ——— wrk Wy he Reisman Yeoord Lionel Hampton and his orches- i i Se Miss Temple, you may be sure, FUNNY about “Susan ahd THERE RE®20UMILLION cs on t n record. tra. To ER has no notion of complete retire- | God,” which on the stage Kkid- GUYSILIKE{HIM All four tunes reveal that Mr. 1 i Wu OY “marlin has kept abreast of the times Both these are done with.a small ment. First thing her parents | ded Moral Rearmament (the Ox- oa : ‘ER “ny ; ’ outfit and in strict Dixieland style, ; Ca 3 : did during the break-up was hire ford Groupers) unmercifully. The , even to writing a good, solid rumba | ae the music, In addition to| ‘Helen TL da inent t F picture ribs them, to0, but AND20¥IMILLION in “Latins Know How.” Any New|. Teo. ne elen Lee : . i ; ; a prominent agent for her. . . . eHtIy. any. Ofoloi OF more » : Berlin compositions are top news| Cot of this es or Per MEO i Se of Cu : Ea aT this i ag Stent ‘nave “neon ne “the GIRLS LIKE HER! nl - ‘ =; ars are still ringin om the : ; he . ey a these | Carter, trumpet; Coleman Hawkins, Rhy i - Ds shrill denials of the ory print- | Sets, driving everybody crazy with | Ph is is their | t Other items from Vicior follow: |tenor sax and Joe Sullivan, piano. 0 wil is : i «| ed here several weeks ago in Hp and Sestuineg wel 3 py a : I ove Story " ® = “Georgia on My Mind” and “In the 3 : which the Temple-Zanuck break oo e publicity they're : A ' Still of the Night”; Quintet of the with Warpy : was predicted and explained. getting. “Don’t Fall Asleep” and “Gloomy| po: Club of France. Waterfalls’ ig = } FILMS FIRST: Greta Garbo Robert Stack, who gave DeSunday”; Artie Shaw and his or-| 0 Loe these Galli Orchestra at i ro probably will sing in her next | anna Durbin her first soreen kiss, chestra. 1 Fou on ng — ey a Tom Devine's picture. Deanna Durbin definite | The new Shaw outfit Is back with | SWingsters’ work, get acquam Music Hall ae : ly wili dance in her new one, another good disc, coupling a Shaw this race i) Hoagy Carmichaell go. the first i ; “Spring Parade.” It's a olassioriginal with the Hungarian tune numbers. A fiddle, three guitars and annual : : : folksey routine, which she's prace which caused that wave of suicides ® ue 3 Django i pa May Flower §& \ 1 ticing now. a few years ago. Br Sod. Dance and Show, i : : | Now that Stokowski has fin“Don’t Fall Asleep” is done with “Tea for Two” and T “Love You| given by the : § {| ished scoring a picture for Walt gossamer strings and wood-winds Too Much”; Bob Zurke and his| Women's Field T= \ 3 : Disney, Benny Goodman has been Benet, my for against some swing in the brasses, orchestra. Army of the § $ {| asked to do amother, in swing- Ee Cancer. NW Among the better Zurke discs, American Society : : 41 time, WARPY WATERFALL AN SR 7 with Bob's piano interpretation of| for the Control : Send vour extra aspirin to and His 1. Us nies k 3 the latter an amusing cross between of Cancer. ; {| Metro executives who are figur- Tickets $1.7 a Muse) and a Chopin Etude, 8 I | | Ing on making a picture about the SAT-SUN. ecommended, though briefly: : late John D. Rockefeller. . . , Hedy WRRPY WATERFALL
! | | Larry Clinton's “Pen Mile Hop” and 3 Lamarr will emerge from second- ine, Men, 600 } RRL | “The Lady Said ‘Yes, ” and “Devil ary roles to star in one picture | | Sat ANE} PRksoN.
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J May Co and “Fools Rush In,” by to be produced by her husband, Tet Wednesday ; 4 Simin " TA ar Pl | ommy TSEY. Gene Markey. . . . Anna Sten (re- (yes Anne’ “ee _— a TRAIN ROBBER IS member?) is playing a featured NCE ; repens CLAUDE{RAINS
THE BILTMORE 5 Pa ramount ‘ADVISER FOR FILM past at $05 No Rok are a aN hi) ROSCOE KARNS + LEE PATRICK azl. “en. a as : —— " THE BILTMORE BOYS || wien pos 1m sTarT2 || (Cuts Output, momwoon, ay a 20 to a fo a ey oe Some ( Ta
5 » Al Jennings, 77, train and Yank | self. Title is “Not Bad.” ) : y CIRCLE : " ; ! : § Nancy Evans ¢ Saturday's ‘Children ‘with John bandit famous in the late 90's, was| Mirlam Hopkins and Warner Dennis MORGAN - 1ahn PAYNE - Gloria DICKSON
* : - S i J Soloist Superb Garfield, Anne Shirley, Claude Rains. engaged today to advise producers| Brothers have called it quits,
wwe ADDED ATTRACTION we bly 088, 430 ws and do, ||Fewer Pictures to Be Made or “The Life of O. Henry,” starring | with a $50,000 settlement for an Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Ni 0
Molgan. John Payne, Gloria Dickson, at 12:50, 3:35 6:20 and 9:10,
Lischeron & Rdams CIVIC On Same Budget. O. Henry, whose real name was ’ “Cp- a Unk » William Sydney Porter, met Jen- ne 5 i : With Novel Interpretations of comedy By Mildred Harris and rt Times Oli Way ‘Yu AIO nings in South America, Jennings TEE . The life and loves of the woman Modern Ballroom Numbers Theater cast ‘under Richard Hoover's NEW ’ ay pa, nough | said he gave O. Henry $2000 pro- : Wh oole oo / whose y direction. Enzacement throukh |iparamount will make fewer ple, coeds from 3 wank hn May Ee Ala State Ay - : " >; Hp wp the ign oy Vs back to see his wife. For the rob- ie . 3 er feet! ne o e really great
BUSINESS LUNCHEONS INDIANA tures in 1040-41 than it did in the| : ‘ » wi ‘ res will be | Dery, he ‘was sent to the Ohio 3 “Lillian Russell.” with Alice Fave, ||past season, its investment ill brison where O. Henry later served SE tures!
Pally rum A Don Ameen, en Ne rg 6.50 and ||the Same, it ‘was announced at the 1 11 $0'% : uh $40. studio's sales convention here a term, He said he stole prison “Mi Doctrine,” technicol » Site : $ Ww - DINNERS From 6 to 9 P. M. short subject, at Te "3:46. 636 ama This means spending “approxi- i for the writer to mail manu Suppers From 9 P. FM. Jo 1 A. " 9:12, mately $100,000 more per negative, | S S. a Music and Dancing During ' Nw “ which inevitably will result in more Dinner and Supper oo Bdlsen, the Man.” with Spencer ||ymportant casts, top direction and (COURT HOLDS UP : + 3:30. 6:40 : story vehicles in the best-seller
class” according to Neil Agnew, FLYNN'S $15,000
- _e 0 Cool Air-Conditioned Atmosphere = LYRIC vice president in charge of sales. v Vaudeville, with Charles Kemper, “We will leave the problem and HOLLYWOOD, May 24 (U. P.) — MTTITIEIS Tl | coitus b Tie: {|oropmpandn pure to te ethers. Errol ms vas meats nob Jowiaetloibdvdio hada dude Andrea Leeds, at 11:29, 2:20, 5:11, ||Mr. Agnew said, “and we will give [taining release of $15,000 which tb ALLA RL : the world the laughs and the es-| Superior Court 1s holding pending ae Wm capist excitement it needs.” outcome of an agency controversy. vragen LT fa
Mr. Agnew also announced that The money was deducted from his
(ASTON |, 4 Vi S I DE BR | aramount will completely aban- earnings for payment of commis: ZI oaY HODGEPODGE OF ALICE FW A ry §!don the production of B pictures sions to agent Myron Selznick. Mh VILLE HIGHLIGHTS! oS 3 : el LN AMUSEMENT PARK a Ml flana henceforth devote itself ex- Flynn contends he dismissed Rr . VAUDE AN gr 1 RAL JES : ; 0 PIR M | clusively to the making of A prods Selznick in August, 1939, and ‘that : wl oy AE ob of SONGS? oF ir > MI Lo a TE Blucts . . . the studio production no money is due him. J ) . $d on f!unit formerly engaged in the mak- 4 EL " * Crvosid ing of Jow budget pictures has been D A N C E tik — he hil x
24 Major Attractions—Numerous Fun Devices §|ebandoned.” Paramount plans 44 “hy Beene SWE “My Evening Star”
“ 9» [| feature-length pictures in the com- Nightly except Mond | HENRY > Bring the Children—“Just for Fun fiir season, meting at least three ghtly ‘excep ay FONDA “Ny Evening Sure
iG. CEQ [9 | momen WESTLAK E RES on KEMPER Bl FREE PARKING, CHECKING ALWAYS 8! Prominent in the prospectus are Who 1s the Lovable CeCIL Sim = te DARKLY, EVER “gly
PICNIC GROVES several comedies with music. One : \ i Betty Lou Ra 1usic. pes & Betty » will features Jack Benny, Fred Al- Louie Lowe's Orchestra Tommy RicEs 7 "Adored One
ANUCK'S len and Mary Martin. Another will a ——— g RD Bros . FRADAY Qirls Lg iii J have Bing Crosby, Miss Martin and | | ad “ * BERN : mble of "Whe Dance” ! Ea ————— , oo |Oscar Levant, and another Crosby-|§ Sg.d [) MB AY [Xo Jul Bde 7 ie & EDDY : IA i ; LN Bob Hope-Dorothy Lamour starrer | [GS fo ile SMITH, ROGERS & with NE SAG "ie Stow: ana Orrin Tucker [| of Sais es SEVENTEEN LE %=lll o yHE DE CARDOS EDWARD ARNOLD — “Six Lucky Pirates’ WARREN William
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