Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1941 — Page 22

VOIC E from the Balcony

by FREMONT POWER

AN ODD SITUATION that Col. Collins has on his hands at the He's showing a March of Time, “Peace by Adolf Hitler,” alhe’s convinced that many people may stay away from his theuse they don’t want to see it. ally considered one of the finest box Office attractions that a ar could book, the March of Time films are receiving a peculiar don in this section of 4he country. Without stretching a point uch, one might link this reaction to an isolationist sentiment. manths ago the colonel began to notice some odd goingson among his audiences. When the “March of Time” title was flashed

‘the screen, several of the audimee would leave their seats, go to the lobby and smoke. And y. wouldn't go back until the over. the March of Time was > when they came to the e, they wouldn't go in,” added.

ut hesitation, the Indiana 3 admits that the why and

NEW YORK representative of last week on the possibility that : dis wight be able to analyze the 8 reactions are being r all the Middle West, id the Far West, the films are eted with intere:t and atten-

‘the March of Time was called in But he couldn’t, ove i said. In the South, the East ; But on the hopes that things

might be different now,.Col. €ol-

* lins went ahead and put in the th of Time on his new bill Friday. - And with the_hope if making a few first-hand . obvations, I went over the other

t to see. what happened. This

1s what I saw: 1. In the newsreel that pre-. cided the March of Time, there was a short piece on the attempt - kill: Laval. The audience ered, lightly. When the Warch of Time stafled, , the audience quieted | ‘Choticeably, for the - comentator’s voice in this series has ‘rather commanding note. “3. When Hitler's face was shown here were scattered hisses, most‘from the balcony. " When Mayor LaGuardia - & short speech, Seclarig . every sensible man

woman wanted peace--but not at any price—the audience laughed, openly. This, however, one might reasonably attribute to Mayor LaGuardia himself. He is simply a funny looking and acting man. Were he the one to announce the end of the world, then I think the world would end holding its sides, guffawing with all its might. 5. When the American flag waved across the screen, there was solid cheering. 6. The loudest applause came, however, when Wendell Willkie made a short speech, urging that there can be no real peace until Hitlér and all he stands for are wiped completely away. But Mr. Willkie’s applause came before he said a single word.

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‘They Don't Care’

JUDGED BY all standards, the present March of Time at the Indiana makes an interventionist plea, purely and simply. There's no argument there. “But don’t the people out here knd@w that the country is right on the verge of ‘going into the biggest war ever?” the New York representative asked Col. Collins. “They just don’t care,” the colonel replied. = “A” friend of mine Was riding a train through the Notthern .part of the- State,” Col. Collins said, “and at one of ti stops a welldressed gentleman, obviously a very* well-fo-do businessman, got on and went into the club car. “‘He picked up a paper, the fellow told me, ‘and instead of reading about the British and Russians marching isto Iran, he turned immediately to the funny

pager. »

| much of plained. .

Charles Boyer proves he’s not always the suave, aloof gentleman here as he gets acquainted with a fellow actor in “Hold Back the Dawn.” Mr. Boyer is the male lead; Paulette Goddard and Olivia de Havilland

Dancing Star Dances Little

Actress Ann Miller Likes Rest ~~ Between Films.

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. ‘1 (U. P.)— The cafe society glamour girls, said Ann Miller, can go dancing every night if they wish.. For Miss Miller, who makes a living at it, once every three weeks or so is plenty. “I enjoy dancing up to a point,” she said, “but after I finish a picture I usually forget about it for a month. Between pictures I don't dance more than once in three weeks and then only to limber up. I prefer to get my exercise in other ways—such as playing tennis and swimming.” Miss Miller made this observa-

-| tion while preparing for the sixth

take of a fast number in a western dance hall and saloon for Columbia’s “Go West, Young Lady,” in which ' she shares honors with

| Penny Singleton and Glenn Ford.

Around here Miss Miller is re-| garded as one of the few persons

- to provide real competition for on Eleanor Powell. “training methods” are completely different.

Their.

Miss Powell dances from three to four hours a day, even when not working in a picture. Miss

| Miller just takes it easy.

“Too much dancing is like too anything else,” she ex: “You tend to go stale if yca do too. much of it. At least. I

do. Keeps Good Looka : “Also, dancing too intensely: 2007 |

> develop muscles to the point Yhere

they aie not becoming. Powell, I understand, turns herself

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dancers,” she said. for yourself. There are 20 dramatic pictures made for every musical.”

STUDIOS GET OFF ON FALL PROGRAM

HOLLYWOOD, . Sept. 1.—Movietown roundup—After a summer's layoff because of an injury Thomas Mitchell returns to the screen as the priest in “Joan of Paris,” with Michele Morgan, an R. K. O. production, Shooting will start Sept. 15. . ... R. K. O. also announced the signing of Lewis Milestone, producer, and William|{in Hawks, director, for John Stein's “The Red Pbny.” The ‘ture: origimplly was to have been aug Fox production. ~~ * Warner: Brothers have borrowed Bruce: Cabot from Walter Wanger

{for the lead in “Wild Bill Hickok

Rides.” Constance Bennett and

{Warren William will be in the cast

The film is a remake of “The Great Divide.

JINX Lost TO BROTHER

Jinx - Falkenberz, currently featured in “Sing for Your Supper,” claims that her hrother, Bob, who

{xecently - won the National Boys’

Training Championship, took up the game seriously because she beat him at it so consistently. He de-

Now she can’t take a le when they play, Sing! sme

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play the feminine starring roles and the butre is employed in furnishing a Mexican atmosphere to the set. Bill, W. S,, Myrna and Astall Do Another ‘Thin Man’

By PAUL HARRISON Times Special Writer HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1.—Bill Powell, Myrna Loy, W. 8S. Van Dyke and Asta are making another “Thin Man” picture. The two stars, the director and the dog are the only ones who have worked on all four. The Thin Man himself has been dead since 1984."

« Played by Edward Ellis, he was an inventor. who was murdered after appearing in only a few scenes of the first film. \

Nobody suspected, of course, that that - initial = whodunit whipped up in 14 days, would make a million dollars; start a cycle of daffy domestic flickers and establish Miss Loy and Mr, Powell as the stars of a series. So when things turned out that way, it was too Iate to revive the original Thin Man, but the name was so valuable that it has been worked into the subsequent titles. Current effort is “The Shadows of the Thin Man.” Sitting in his dressing room and’ frowning over a script, Powell said

time, Dashiell Hammett isn’t around any more to write the orig-

and Frances Goodrich, who did the first two screenplays. New writers have a hard time staying within the established pattern, Powell explained

+ Plot Thickened

Result is that the two stars and Director Van Dyke do a lot of rewriting as they go along. They're in frequent huddles over situations {and dialog, and in thinking up new gags for the dog and the kid. The youngster, by the way, is an nachronism. In the third “Thin ‘Man” picture, the Charles’ son was 8 years old, but in this one he’s only 5. The role is played by Dickie Hall, a prodigy who began to read athe + of 1, played the piano at 2, tals at 3, and now knocks and Beethoven as easily . Steals scenes. Powell won't if rfckie writes the for their next picture. well ly doesn’t have to in pictures unless he wants to, he always works as hard as a half dozen average stars. The Thin Miss| Man, and particularly his te with Miss Loy, have done a lot for

Their. first picture together was “Manhattan Melodrama,” in 1934, with Clark Gable a third member of the cast. Powell was free-lancing at the time, and the picture brought him a fat contract from Metro. Miss Loy was just beginning to emerge from slant-eyed siren roles,

School for Stars

Cesar Romero was given a boost by the first Thin Man. Jimmy

Fa Red

second, and Ruth Hussey started toward stardom in the third. The current picture is an important break for Donna Reed and Robert Nelson, a couple of ex-

who have the romantic second lea Asta, the dog, was a Movietown

first Thin Man.

“RANCHLESS ELLEN

” Speaking of unostentation, Ellen Drew, who played a featured role in “Our Wife,” has a station wagon

comedy, |

the job is getting tougher all the|:

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n invitation to the preview of “Our ning 8, » uy would’ have time for

Stewart played the murderer in the |}

flop until he got a chance in the |

Ru ral Drama

“Post: Road" as Finale.

down here it is. With two performancs of “Post Road” last week-end, the Brown County Players brought their first season to a close with a bang, literally. The band of kidnapers finally was routed after a short touch of loud gun play. ' This is a civic enterprise, designed

to ‘benefit the players as much as|§

the ‘seers, ‘and there was. only one

" | paid member of the troupe, Joseph

WHEN DOES IT START?

CIRCLE “Aloms of the South Seas,” with Dora thy Lamour, Jon Hall and PhilReed, at 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 and

i :20. “World Premiere,” with John BarIymore, Eugene Pallettee, Frances armer and Ricardo Cortez, at 12:40, 3:30, 6:20 and 9:10. . INDIANA

* ‘“Dive Bomber,” with Errol Flynn and Fred Jiacaurray, at 12:05, 3:11, 6:18 and 9:25. March of Time—‘Peace, by Hitler,” at 11:46, 2:53, 6 and 9:07. LOEW’S “When Ladies Meet,” with Robert Taylor. Joan Crawford, Greer Garson and Herbert Marshall, at 11:15, 2:50, 6:25 and 10. “The Get-Away,” with Robert Sterin and Donna Reed, at 1:05, 4:45 an

Name Masson to Jordan Faculty||

Kelvin Masson, chairman of the Washington High School music department, has been appointed to the

violin faculty of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory, G. V. Carrier, conservatory business manager, announced today. : Mr. Masson’s ~ schedule of private lessons at Arthur © Jordan is being ararranged in order not to conconflict with his work at - Washington High School. Others on the conservaJory eo ulty are u Mr. Masson McGibeny, head; Leon Zawisza, Harriet Payne, Renato Pacini, Beldon Leonard and John Howell.

and the master’s degree in violin from the University of Michigan, Mr, Masson came to Indianapolis four years ago from Lorain, O. He has been at Washington High School since that time. ~~

TOO MANY PREVIEWS

Melvyn Douglas, probably the busiest leading man in motion pictures, never attends previews. of pictures in which he is starred. “If 1 did,” he explained, in turning down

Holder. of the bachelor of music| degree from Ohio State University]

A. Hayes of I. U. The theater, a stockade back: of the Community House, is, of course, an open war with a roof only for and not even that until two. perfermances. : by Mr. Hayes, Ww played: the character role gf Dr. Spender, the cast was composed of Karl Martz, Alice Winter, Fred Win- | ter, Bill Robertson, Charlotte Fields, | Leatha Walker, Joan Walker, Alice Voland, Mary Edith Parrish, Dave Dunlap, Bob Wright, Flora Elstrod Devers and Nota Scholl. The performance wae i earnest one. No one took i Plans are being’ lay newspaper phrase g ond and next season.—E.P..

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«Citizen Kane,” the picture that introduces Orson Welles as producer, writer, director and actor, will open at the Indiana Sept. 19 at regular prices, Manager Ken Collins announced today. Seen as a “road show” in several

‘| key cities last winter, the picture

was held back this summer to avoid the usual slump in motion picture

“P{attendance at that time of year.

It’s the life story of a publisher, who dies in wealth but lonesome. ness. :

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