Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1940 — Page 27
FRIDAY, DEC. 20, 1940
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Mary Escapes a Terrible Dilemma in 'Dr. Kildare's Crisis,! Now at Loew's
, ills without recourse to dole, old-
Poor Mary has as much trouble
LOEW’S—“Dr. Kildare’s Crisis,” with Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Robert Young. Also “Angels Over Broadway,”
Qualen,
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“WHAT,” THE ADS mysteriously inquire, “is Mary's secret? Will it shatter their dream of love?” Well, the secret isn’t Mary's at all, but Dr. Kildare's. However, since this popular series already has had a picture called “The Secret of Dr. Kildare,” this one has to be called “Dr. Kildares Crisis.” It’s quite a baleful secret, too. It seems that Mary’s brother comes
to New York from the West with an economic formula that will cure the nation’s unemployment .
age pensions or aspirin. The brother also hears strange voices, and has fits of depression alternating with flashes of business genius. All this eventually spells epilepsy to young Dr. Kildare, who is never too overwhelmed at meeting a prospective in-law\to pass up a symptom. And since epilepsy is hereditary, it may mean that Mary will have it, too. Naturally, Mary finds it out. And it ‘seems for a while that the wedding will be postponed. But good old Dr. Gillespie steps in and discovers that the brother's malady was caused from a head injury. Thus Dr. Kildare learns that it’s risky to diagnose illnesses in the immediate family circle, since emotion may becloud the doctor’s impersonal and searching eye. He also learns, of course, that there is no taint in the Lamont blood, and that the marriage may proceed as planned. But Dr. Jimmy and Mary don’t actually get married in this picture, And some of us Kildare fans are getting a little worried.
in getting her man as Daisy May does in landing Li'l Abner. Probably the medical profession finds fault with the Kildare series, just as newspapermen growl at Hollywood's conception of the American journalist—particularly the female of the species. Doubtless the pictures have their share of empirical diagnoses, faulty technique, violations of the Hippocratic oath and assorted mumbo-jumbo. But for the layman (at least this one) |
they're corking good entertain-
ment. ”
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“ANGELS OVER BROADWAY,” which was written, directed and produced by Ben Hecht, is something of a disappointment, consid-
ering some of Mr, accomplishments.
Hecht’s former
He has pivoted his plot around Charles Engle, a meek little man who steals $3000 of his boss’ money, just as he and Charles McArthur built the suspense of “The Front Page” around the convicted Earl Williams. Engle’s plight moves Gene Gibbons, an alcoholic playwright, to volunteer assistance. And it enlists the services of Bill O’Brien, a small-caliber gambler, and Nina Barona, a cafe entertainer.
O’Brien starts
out to fleece
Engle, but finding him broke, halfheartedly gives in to Gibbons’ and
Nina’s persuasion turn for his “cut.”
to help—in re-
Engle gets into a crooked poker
game, sneaks out
with the suck-
er's come-on money and O’Brien takes a beating from mobsters to cover his escape. Why the highly touted killers in Dutch Enright’s gang don’t murder him. isn’t ex-
plained.
Well, there are all the elements
of a good show here.
And there
are some good characters drawn, and excellently played by Messrs. Fairbanks and Mitchell, and Miss
Hayworth. But somehow
the . - suspense
doesn’t come off very well. On the other hand there are extraordinarily good spots, especially John Qualen’s performance as the
terrified Engle in poker game.—J. T.
the cut-throat
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By H. ALLEN SMITH Times Special Writer
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. — Joan Crawford said on the telephone that she was so busy she didn’t have time to schedule any interviews, but that if we wanted to go Christmas shopping with her, to come along. She was waiting in her apartment at the Savoy-Plaza. In the living room the packages and bundles were already piled halfway to the ceiling. “These are just incidental gifts,” she explained. “I did my real Christmas shopping two months ago. 1 had all the things put in a big crate and sent to Hollywood. Then it began to look as though I'd be in New York for Christmas so 1 wired for the crate to be sent back here. Now it has béen lost. We have tracers out and everything else, but we can’t find it. The moral is, - don’t do your Christmas shopping early.” She slipped into a coat and while she was slipping. said that we were going out fo buy some presents for her adopted daughter, Christina. Christina is 18 months’ old and was accumulated by Miss Crawford this past summer.
"Among the Toys
chose to visit was just across Fifth Avenue, and soon we were there and in an elevator taking us to the second floor. On the street, crossing the main floor and in the elevator she had gone unrecognized. “Now,” she said. “I want to find the musical toys. Christmas is very musical and I want to-get her a little phonograph and a piano.” We walked around and soon found what we were after. There were the toy pianos and phonographs, and beaming in front of them a line of four girls. “Why, Betty!” exclaimed Miss Crawford. “And Elsie!”
Cluster of Fans
It turned out that these girls were Joan Crawford fans. “How did you know she was coming here?” we asked. “We didn’t,” said Betty. “We were waiting in front of the hotel and saw you come out and ran over and heard what was said and got here first.” One of the girls pulled Miss Crawford aside for a whispered conference. When she turned back there was a sour expression on her face. “Peee-yew!” she said. paper man.’ “Peee-yew!” chorused the other giris. “Now, now, girls,” interposed Miss Crawford. Then she explained. It appears that a couple of columnists
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pays her fans to follow her around and make a fuss over her in public.
An Explanation
“Listen,” said one of the girls, “I want you to know that I live in Philadelphia and I come up here every day I can, just to get to stand in front of the hotel where she lives. And then these nasty columnists say I get paid for it, and that she buys our dinners and things like that. It’s a darn shame, that’s what it is.
I come up here every week-end and during the week, too, if I can make it, and just stand in front of her hotel in the hopes of seeing her.”
“And I come in from Edgewater,” |
said another. “And there’s one thing you can put in your old paper,” spoke up a third. “You can say that if I ever see that columnist I'll scratch his eyes out.” “Puh-leeze!” cried Miss Crawford. “Girls, just leave him to me. If there’s any eye-scratching to be done I can take care of it myself.”
Escort Weakens
By this time it was getting around and sundry females were beginning
'I to hover, staring at the movie star
and passing remarks back of their hands. Miss Crawford settled on a toy phonograph and then decided
she'd go somewhere else for the
piano. And as for her escort—too much of a thing is too much. He was ready to quit. Miss Crawford accompanied us to the door and stopped to talk a moment. Two elderly ladies passed, then stopped, and one of them let out a yip. “There she is!” she cried. The other, a very ancient woman, peered around and said: = “Who? Where? Who?” “There!” cried her companion. “The one with the eyes. You know, the screen actress. With the pop eyes.” “Bette Davis?” demanded the old
Not Bette Davis,” came the answer. “The other one with the pop eyes. You know.” Miss Crawford smiled. “Fame,” she said.
Devises Model Publicity Gag
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20 (U. P.) — Collin Blair, who wants to be a movie actor but has no press agent, came out today with a publicity gag worthy of some of the high salaried
drum beaters of the major studios. He has placed himself under the direction of four shapely models,
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attempt to break Into the movies and share 50-50 in what income he derives, if any. The girls are Julie Berhardt, Sally Wadsworth, Mary Rae McArthur and Pat Tate. “I'm trying a ib method of getSeats
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