Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1941 — Page 34

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1941

ducer Louis B. Mayer was host to Father Flanagan and about 300 church leaders.

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FATHER FLANAGAN FETED BY M. G. M.

HOLLYWOOD, April 4. (U. P.) —

The Rev. Fr. Edward J. Flanagan] CAPITOL DRAMA

founder of Boys Town, Neb, | “Washington Melodrama”

was | is a honored reently at a luncheon at| murder mystery laid amid events Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio.

in Washington. In the cast are Present were Mickey Rooney and Frank Morsan, Romt Tavioy, Ans Spencer Tracy,

Rutherford, Dan Dailey, Jr. Vir= movie based on Boys Town. Pro-|en, Cliff Clark and Olaf Hytten.

L.A —Where Cigars Are $I |

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HOLLYWOOD, April 4 (NEA).—| Behind the scenes: . Billy Gilbert.

THE STAGE

HAVING GULPED DOWN a dose of “Arsenic and Old Lace,” TI never again will be able to view the consequences of murder and madness with that same old feeling of horror. Poisoning has been made a wholly benevolent act. Depositing the up at dead in the cellar has become quite a logical resting place for those lonely old brethren who have passed on. And all in all, lunacy has | Don Ameche been made into a really splendid | of the

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These lovely transitions

a bachelor who must | | live with two elderly aunts. take |

place in a play at English’'s and |

thev will be repeated tonight, tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. My advice to you is to see it. ”n

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JOSEPH KESSERLING has |

written an uproarious comedy and laid it in the mellowed old living room of the Brewster home in Brooklyn. There in that room take place some of the most outlandish anfics went Two sisters,

to Tulsa. philanthropic, played by

matronly

a hand of kindness widowers by some of their berry wine, slightly spiked with a

chance their discovered by

Quite by

thropy is their

| nephew, a young dramatic critic.

The dramatic critic, Aunt Abby (Miss Crews) explains, merly a real estate writer and in that field, he was fully qualified. his editor, however, saw fit

| to transfer him.

| gangsters,

“Please don't think too hard of |

Mortimer,” Aunt Abby pleads. “Somebody has to do those things.” And before the first act has been curtained. another Brewster comes upon the scene, by name Jonathan, by reality Eric von Stroheim and by nature a Killer.

Laura Hope | | Crews and Effie Shannon, extend | to lonesome | inviting them to sip | home-made elder- |!

| mixture of arsenic, strychnine and |

| cyanide. philan- |

was for- |

Music Camp

Jonathan brings along a ~ompan- |

ion, a specialist in face lifting for

portrayed superbly by

| Henry Sharp.

Add to Brewster,

the pandemonium the Teddy, who forever is

| charging up the stairway in the

firm belief he is President Theo-

heard of since Dizzy Dean | a! { you have it in your heart to feel

Composer Asks $15,000 in

| Arthur | poser, | Producer Lester Cowan in a breach {of contract suit | | tional Music Camp at Interlochen, | Mich,

see the play. As an actor Mr. Sundberg is a bit more conscientious.

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THE STANDOUT of the cast, however, is Miss Crews, the same lovable, tittering Miss Crews who has copped many a movie scene. She and Miss Shannon are veterans of the stage and they know the trick of losing their real identity in a role. Mr. Sharp as Dr. Einstein is about as mangy a man as you'll meet in anv slum and Herbert Corthell as the San Juan-charging Teddy (Roosevelt) Brewster is about as zany as you'll find. If

sorry for a red-eyed drunkard, then you'll love Dr. Einstein. As if the play was not enough | to do a person in, the murder victims, heretofore entombed in the cellar, take a curtain call. (And don’t be surprised if you see some local faces.) “Arsenic and Old Lace” is hereby awarded four bells, four stars —or, if vou wish, a sincere recommendation.

Basis of Suit

Contract Action. HOLLYWOOD, April 4 (U. P).—| Robinson, prominent comtoday demanded $15,000 from

involving the Na-

|Sseaman’s uniform.

These two will bring Rio to Indianapolis, via the Circle Theater, starting today, and sing such songs as “I'vi, Yi, Yi, Yi,” § which : is supposed to mean “I like you very much.” Other lyrical startlers are “Chica, Chica, Boom Chic” (whick doesn’t mean anything), “Boa Noite,” “They Met in Rio” and

“The Baron Is in

Conference.”

WHEN DOES IT START?

CIRCLE |

“That Night Fave Don Miranda, 2 20 and { 10:05

‘‘Scotiand Yard,” with Nancv Kelly, Edmund Gwenn and John Loder, at 12:40, 3:25. 6:15 an 0 Deleting the 11 a. m. showing the same schedule will in eftect Sundav.

INDIANA Zanzibar,” with

Hope and Dorothy 12:03, 4:51

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Indianapolis had its third

taste of “sneak” and like its two predecessors,

The picture, which was presented last, show only,

and Miss Jones,” the!

Mr. Robinson charged that in

1939 |

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being Charles

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{he'd have a cigar. |et-girl

| “Saddles,”

rotund comedian, was nightclubbing at one of Hollywood's higher-priced spots the other evening and decided When the cigarhanded it over, she said sweetly, “That will be one dollar, please.” “What!” roared Gilbert, “Haven't you got any 10-cent cigars?” “Well,” the cutie admitted, “this is a 10-cent cigar!” Most apt casting of the season: a shepherd dog, in “A

Certain Mr. Scratch.” Director

| William Dieterle’s next planned pic-

| ture is | it

: “The Band Played On,” but isn’t a trailer for ‘‘Strawberry

| Blond,” it’s a musical. .

Most recent patients on the mea-

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and Russell Gleason; Cregar has the most spots because he weighs | 300 pounds. . Judy Canova, the | comedienne with scream, is trying to persuade Republic to let her play Trilby, with roly-poly-eyed Jerry Colonna as her

| Svengali.

{The Federal | there rs . ; |partly within Los Angeles city and

|recently [stamped Hollywood,

previews last night' Gregory Ratoff's this to Us.”

one was a comedy—but with a seasoning of social significance.

was |

Miss | 3

No Hollywood?

Anne Baxter's formula for losing 15 pounds in 40 days: “I never eat meals—just eat between them.” . Census Bureau says isn't any Hollywood; it's ‘merely the local name given to an unincorporated area which lies

partly in Beverly Hills township,” but the Bureau of Internal Revenue got a lot of envelopes that enclosed the fattest checks in the country. Director Gregory Ratoff is having a terrible argument with Actor | Gregory Ratoff, him to play a role in “Tonight . Red Skelton looked in fascinated terror at Virginia {O'Brien's incredibly long red fingerinails, finally asked guardedly, “Do

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J | bringing them together, Mr. Robin-| MAKING COMEDY out of mur- cq, claimed, he was to receive half

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Jones being Jean Arthur. Only for | the sake of a catchy title was Mr. Coburn devilish, for despite his be{ing what has been called “an economic royalist,” he turned out to he quite an angel in the end. He portrayed a sort of absentee | owner of a department store who.| after some labor trouble, goes to

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Ciro Rimac vue on stage and 9:34 ‘Sleepers West,” with Lynn Bari and Mary on screen at 11:04, and 10:36.

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actor in the theater and undoubt“Sunny,” where 100 dress extras or-

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expression will not suffice when he’s standing out there for all the ; ’ A <r} .~ land trailer, killing her companion, time between scenes by playing gin | Melvin Edward Minium.

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