Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1941 — Page 11

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That Deft Slipper Scene

Is More Walsh Magic

HOLLYWOOD, May 1 (NEA).—The scene's a bedroom in & third-

rate apartment house.

etchings hang on the muddy yellow walls;

imitation tapestry. dirty carpet. In the bed is a mop of yellow most famous pair of legs Hollywood—Marlene Dietrich’s. The doorbell “Wait leaps her

the

a minute, I'm coming!” and out of bed to fling a robe over pink nightgown and poke het into a pair of blue slippers. She the right slipper on the first rust, but the left one isn't in it. The buzzer snarls again, Miss etrich mutters, and dives under bed for the missing shoe. ™

La Dietrich

Watching this scene from “Manpower,” you wouldn't believe how carefully it had been planned, how precisely the prop man had placed the blue slipper out of reach of Miss Dietrich’s groping foot, but on the screen you'll get the impression that

| was | what the director wanted.

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shrills until she yells, |

fon a rainy night,

hair, burrowed into the pillow, and

the character is an untidy gal who

slings her clothes around instead of |

hanging them up.

This is a sample of Director Raoul Walsh's technique of putting in na-

tural bits of action that make a|

smooth, easy picture. Critics ac-

claimed Gabriel Pascal as a new|

genius when, in “Pygmalion,” he had a character fruitlessly hailing taxis instead of letting

{him step into a waiting cab.

Mr. Walsh has been doing that sort of thing for years, but his repu- | tation was for bang-bang epics as| “What Price Glory?” and spectacles) such as “The Thief of Bagdad.” Only lately, since “The Roaring] Twenties” and “Strawberry Blond,” has Hollywood been noticing that Mr. Walsh has a nice, quiet quality about him.

‘Oh, That Wink’

When “Strawberry Blond” was in | the making, everybody thought luscious Rita Hayworth would steal the picture from plainer Olivia De Havilland. Then Mr. Walsh figured out that bold, outrageous wink that took audiences completely by surprise and got the actress more {snappy publicity than she had had in her life. Mr. Walsh is pretty proud of that wink, especially because Miss De Havilland was very reluctant to do it—didn’t think it dignified. That was exactly

Miss Dietrich comes to the Circle screen tomorrow in “The Flame of New Orleans.”

A lot of these fine touches are pure chance, he admitted. That scene in “Dark Command,” for instance, where John Wayne is pinching out the candles on a dinner table—clumsily burning his fingers and leaving the wicks smoking, just as most people would. “That wasn't deliberate,” Mr. Walsh said. “I hadn't expected Wayne to be so slow, but we already 1ad taken the long shots of the table and didn't want to replace the half-burned candles. I don't try to put in too many of these ‘natural’ bits. Not because they slow up the action but because I think they ought to lead up to something. For instance, in a war picture I used that three-on-a-match superstition, as a tip-off to audiences that the three guys were going to be killed later.”

Cheap color prints and depressing Victorian |

the furniture is veneer and| A poison-pink cotton bedspread has slid onto the|

Wild Wind.”

Give Ade Play at Purdue

George Ade, famous Hoosier author and earnest booster of Purdue University, his alma mater, is having the tables turned on him. The high point of the Gala Week festivities for returning alumni will be

the production Widow,” Ade's

tomorrow and Saturday Broadway hit of 35 is shown with the original script of the play.

nights of “The College ago. The author (center) At his left is Albert

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P. Stewart and at his right H. Kenn Carmichael, co-directors of the

rev ival.

NLRB to Study | Disney Dispute

HOLLYWOOD, May 1 (U. P)— A labor dispute between Walt Disney and the people who draw Mickey Mouse. Donald Duck and other cartoon characters, was In the hands of the National Labor Relations Board today. The controversy is jurisdictional, invol the Screen Cartoonists’ Guild (A. F. L.) and the Independent Federation of Screen Cartoonists. The Guild charges the Federation is company-dominated, though it was certified two ago as bargaining agent for cartoonists.

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WAYNE WINS AGAIN

As the result of his work as Young Matt, the mountain moonshiner, in “The Shepherd of the Hills,” John Wayne may play one af male leads in another Technicolor epic, Cecil B. De Mille’s “Reap the

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STARS ON DIET— AIRSUITS HOT

HOLLYWOUDD, May 1 (U. P.).— Eighteen film players, including Errol! Flynn, Fred MacMurray and Regis Toomey, were on a special diet today in preparation for movie scenes in the leather, fur-lined fly-

ing suits aviators wear only at sub- !

zero temperatures. To prevent fatigue from excessive | perspiration, the Navy, which is assisting Warner Bros. in the production of “Dive Bomber,” prescribed a diet for them.

SYLVIA SIDNEY AND

MATE REVIVE PLAY

Times Special YORK, May and her will appear in a revival of

NEW Sidney Adler, the stage play, {opening tomorrow in Syracuse. Present plans call for a tour of] the summer theaters.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

1.—Sylvia | husband, Luther)

“Accent on Youth,” |

Close Shave For Powell

Lost Mustache Isn't All That's

Tough.

HOLLYWOOD, May 1 (NEA).— William Powell's most prized possession—the dapper mustache he has nourished, tended and cherished for 20 years—is no more. There was ho mournful ceremony, with the barber shop quartet singing “Goodby Forever,” because the actor intends to let the mustache grow again immediately (Diana Lewis Powell is very fond of it). He had to shave it off for a scene in “Love Crazy,” in which he masquerades as a woman, That's the mildest of the wacky antics outlined for him in the seript. About all that's missing is a wrassling match with Gargantua, and Metro probably would have put that in it if Paramount and Bob Hope hadn't beat them to it in “Road to Zanzibar.” The fun starts with Mr. Powell plunging into a pool, fully clothed. Next, he takes a header from a sec-ond-story window, minus clothes. Episode Three finds our hero trying to escape from an elevator that's stuck between floors and getting his head caught between the sliding doors just as the car starts. Out of {that danger, Mr. Powell next is {trapped in a steaming showerroom. Scaling a stone wall, he slips, becomes tangled in some wire netting and is suspended head downward 20 {feet above ground. A chat with a cockat@o ends in rout, with screams and flying feathers. Then comes an and-robber chase through the streets. Naturally, there'll be a lot of fancy stunt-man work and Powell only wishes somebody could double for him in that female impersonation scene, too.

VELOZ, YOLANDA PLUG THE 'CHACO'

HOLLYWOOD, May 1.—Veloz and | Yolanda, the dancers, were on a transcontinental tour today, popularizing the “Chaco” dance done in the movie, “They Met in Argentina.” The dance was designed by Veloz, who acted as dance director for the picture. After seeing it in Los Angeles, one reviewer described it as “tantalizing, tempestuous number | with graceful postures and intriguling steps.”

ARLEN NO NOVICE

Making airplane pictures; such as “Power Dive,” is no novelty to Rich|ard Arlen. He flew planes in World War I, and made his first big screen success in “Wi ings.’

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M-G-M’s MIGHTY PEAK OF MUSICAL THRILL!

Here it is at last! The most sumptuous song-crowded star - studded spectacle

ever to reach the screen!

20 great stars! 200 glorified beauties! 10 magic melodies! It’s something you'll never forget!

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singing star of screen and radio

JACKIE COOPER

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CHAS. WINNINGER EDWARD E. HORTON PHILIP DORN

Screen Play by

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Directed Produced

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Edward Arnold Lionel Barrymore Marsha Hunt

by ROBERT Z. LEONARD by PANDRO S. BERMAN

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I LEVANT KIN, 13, ORGANIZES BAND

PITTSBURGH, May 1l.—Another Levant, this time the 13-year-old Marc, has joined up in the show business. A nephew of. the sharp-witted Oscar of “InMormation Please,” Marc is co-orgawizer with a class-

mate at a dance band. Young Levant, son qf the composer, Dr. Benjamin Levant, plays the drums.

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FIRST SUIT

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DIRT TRACK RACES NEW MOVIE THEME.

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, May

Mickey Rooney's mother still has|to Die Young,” went before

the first sailor suit Mickey ever|lic’s cameras yesterday. Hoh owned. He was only four then, and the suit was made out of aland deals yard of cloth.

The story is by Robert Andrews with the drivers of hopped-up jaloppies.

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