Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1941 — Page 28
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Sees 3 Films In Five Years
“Other Probing Senators Go
To More Movies.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 268 (U. P). —Here are the movie-going habits of the four Senators investigating alleged - “pro-war propaganda” by * the motion picture industry. Chairman D. Worth Clark (D. £ Idaho)—“I've seen only two or .* three films during the past five or - six years. It is quite likely that this is good, rather than bad, because the mind isn't cluttered up with a lot of set predilections and © ideas. It isn't necessary to see a murder to serve on a grand jury.” ; Senator Charles W. Tobey (R. N. H)—“I am a confirmed movie fan.
Sometimes I see three of them al week, and I like almost all of them| i
—excluding the propaganda pic-
tures, I saw ‘My Life With Caro-|
line’, and I saw ‘Here Comes Mr. Jordan’, which was an original, imaginative production.” Senator Ernest W. McFarland (D. Ariz.) — to tell you how often I go to the movies. I usually go when my family tells me of a real good picture : or when I'm tired and want a little
“Gosh, I wouldn't be able :
* relaxation. I like comical pictures—|&
. pictures that have some fun in them. I also like films with historical , Values and those which point real morals. I don’t like tragedies—we have too much actual trouble in ; real life as it is. I've seen a few of - the ‘propaganda’ pictures—maybe . four or five. Those I saw weren't harmful, as far as I could see.” Senator C. Wayland Brooks (R. . IIl.)—“Unfortunately, I have not : been to many movies in the last year. I like musical comedies espec- ¢ jally. I saw ‘Sergeant York’ and : it was one of the finest pictures I . have ever seen. I consider it in no : way to be propaganda.”
EXPENSIVE TITLE
¢ Producers: William Pine and Wil- ¢ Jam Thomas have been offered . $20,000 by another studio for the title of their next picture “Torpedo + Boat.” However, the producers have - refused.
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Sonja Henie and her skating
Sonja Moves to Lyric Screen
partner, Harrison Thomson, both
familiar to Coliseum patrons of last winter’s ice shows, moved from the Indiana screen to the Lyric foday in “Sun Valley Serenade.” The pioture also features Glenn Miller's band. Lioyd Nolan, likewise moved from the Indiana to the Lyric.
“Dressed to Kill,” starring
Laurel, Hardy Film 'Sneak’ Previewed
Those veterans of low comedy, Laurel and Hardy, provided the laughs last night when “The Great Guns” was “sneak previewed” before a well-filled house at the Indiana. Back together again after a prolonged separation, the veteran comedy team this time is in the Army. Naturally, they make odd soldiers, to say the least. The moral of the film is that life in the Army isn’t so bad; but it
make the draftees spend their spare time looking at pictures like this one. It could be cut in half and still be sufficiently long.—F. P.
Department
THE ORIGINAL BLACK HILLS
WHEN DOES IT START?
CIRCLE
“Wild Geese Sennett ** with Henry | Fonda, Joan and Warren William, at 12:50, 4, 7:10 and 10:20. Life With Caroline,” with Ronald Colman and Anna Lee, at 11:30, 2:40, 5:50 and 9 SUNDAY—“Geese” at 1 10:05. “Caroline” at 3:40,
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“Belle Stars” with Gene Tierae and Randolp Scott, at 12:40, 3:47, 6:54 and 1 Ri. “Private * with Jane Darwell aM Bends Joyce, at 11:39, 2:46,
4:07, 3:06,
= 2s and 3 and
SUN DY tDalle Starr” ah x 7:04 and 10:01. “Nurse” 6:03 and 9. LOEW'S Never Get Rich,” with
Rita Hayworth an 48, 4:36,
“You’ll Fred Astaire, Robert Bencliley, at 7:24 and 19:15. a of Michigan,” with Jiarmon, at 12:34, 3: :33, SUNDAY—“Rich’”’ at 1:24, 4:12, 7:03 and 9:54. “Harmon” at 3:58, 5:49 and 8:40.
LYRIC “Sun alley Serenade,” with Son-'
ja Hen: John Payne and Glenn oe 5 Band at 11, Vis, 4:50, 7:40
“Dressed to xm. id Sis Lloyd Nolan, at 12:40, 3:35, 6:25 an SUND AY in Valley” 2 Hs 18, 5, 7:45 and 03 “Dressed” at 1, 3:45, 6:30 Ss
Tom and
Profile Likes Serious Role
But Barrymore May Play Himself in "Playmates." HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 26 (U. P.).
—John Barrymaqre has played him-
self on the screen in the past, but his portrayal was more or less a caricature. He's working in a picture now which may present Mr.
: Barrymore straight.
The picture is “Playmates,” for R-K-0, with David Butler producing and directing. John Barrymore plays the part of John Barrymore. Kay Kyser and his orchestra are in it. During a recent scene those who have thought of Mr, Barrymore ‘only as a clown had a big surprise. “We had a scene,” said Mr. Butler, “in which John recites Hamlet’s soliloquy. It came right after a funny sequence and when we went into it everyone on the set was chuckling, But before Mr. Barrymore had read three lines you could have heard a pin drop. Stand-
.|ins, grips, everyone in the company
stood still listening to him. “It was one of the biggest thrills I've ever experienced,on a sound stage. It dawned on me then how much Hollywood is overlooking in keeping Mr. Barrymore in clowning roles, and how muich the public is missing by not seeing him in a straight dramatic part.” Mr. Barrymore himself says he would just as soon do some straight dramatics, but the box-office seems to call for comedy. “Producers,” he said, “make it what it wants. If they decide they want me to do dramatic stuff, I'll welcome the opportunity. But while I'm - waiting, it’s Barrymore lampooning Barrymore that’s keeping the wolf off my favorite divan.” The script calls for considerable Barrymore comedy in “Playmates,” but Mr. Butler says that at least part of the time.the Great Profile will be serious.
FONDA'S FAMILY CONFUSES HIM
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 26 (U. P.) — Actor Henry Fonda’s wife and eld-
est daughter are back from a vaca-
tion in Mexico City, and Fonda said he is a “foreigner in my own home.” They learned to speak Spanish while visiting in Mexico. “Looks like I'll have to learn
else hire a translator.”
GINGER SOUGHT - FOR 'HARD WAY"
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 26.—Warners is seeking Ginger Rogers for the “Hard Way,” a play by Irwin Shaw dealing with a girl whose ambitious mother is trying to force her into an acting career.
for the role.
MAUGHAM STORY MAY BE FILMED
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HARD TELLING WHO really wrote it, but that book (or stiffbacked phamplet) by Bob Hope called “They Got Me Covered” would
make even such grim gentlemen as Boris Karloff at least giggle. The copyright is by Mr. Hope himself and the publishers ap-
parently are the Pepsodent firm,
which sponsors his Tuesday night
radio programs, and Paramount, which is presenting him in ‘a new
picture entitled “Nothing But the Truth.”
to open at the Indiana Oct. 17.)
(The film is scheduled
Unfortunately this little brochure, Mr. Hope's own story of his
life, is purely an advertising venture.
rangements, it won't be avalilable to the general publiec— which is a mistake. Some smart publishing company could do no better than to hook onto it, even though it is full of plugs for his current activities. » ” 8
For Example— PUTTING DOWN . humor in
black and white often turns out to be a dull affair, but nonethe-
* less some of Mr. Hope's gags de-
serve to be’ passed along. Bing Crosby wrote the introduction, pointing out that “before I could go ahead with this introduction I had to ask my radio sponsor for perthission. He absolutely refused to allow me to publish any piece of writing that was not connected somehow with cheese. ‘ “My introduction of Bob Hope follows immediately.”
In his portion of the book, Mr.
Hope refers to Bing as “the little fat man who sings.” i Starting at scratch, Mr. Hope explains that he was born “Lester Townes Hope.” But he didn’t care for that and so he changed it. ; “But you will find out all about how I changed my name on page 37,” he promises. “I don’t know what it’s doing way back there;
but that’s what happens when
you write a book and aren't careful.”
That is, under present ar-
gether—that'’s why I'm going to bust up your union.’... Talking of a former dance partner, Johnny Gibbens of Cleveland, Mr. Hope ventures that “you'd be surprised to learn that Johnny was the one who invented the rhumba. It happened one ‘night when he was in the middle of a waltz and his suspenders
broke.” Of his debut on Broadway,/
Comedian Hope redglls that “I was shaking so nara ney had to get an electrician with’ palsy to keep the spotlight on me.”
Then to Hollywood
FINALLY OUR "hero arrives in movietown. “Everyone stared at me and whispered,” he writes. “It got to the point where I couldn't stand it any longer. So I went out and bought a coat that didn’t match my pants. “One day I was standing on Hollywood Blvd. looking at the pretty girls walking by when a big producer grabbed me. It turned out my .eyes had been opened so wide he thought I was Bette Davis. “But I never gave up. I took my scrapbook to the studios and told them what a smash hit IT had been in New York. After three weeks, success came. One of the producers had a big picture and he had a part in it for the scrap book ...” A few more pages of this and Author Hope gets around to his current radio work and how he fought off the people who wanted to hire him. “They told me to come down Friday and they would give me an answer,” Bob recalls. “I hate to be late for appointments so I went down on Tuesday and waited. And then to the world’s surprise we signed the contract. It was a simple affair. “My sponsor signed his name to the contract while the Hall Johnson Choir stood behind him singing ‘Careless’ , . .” Who’s Yehudi? Bob reveals that, too. “Sherlock Holmes finally tracked down Yehudi. And now for the first time we can tell you who he is—he’s the little fellow who pushes up the next piece of Kleenex . . .)} :
Back to Hollywood
GETTING BACK to the coast, Bob tells about those mystery-
Choir Places), Indianapolis Symphonic
Chorus in 5th Year.
-Opening ' auditions for the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir will be held at 3 to 5 p. m. Sunday at the I. U. Extension Division Building,
122 E. Michigan St., Director Elmer
Steffen announced today. © ° Mr. Steffen explained that experienced tenor and basses are especially needed to bring the organization to full strength and balance. * The auditions will be under the supervision of Clarence Elbert, chorus master, and. Ernst Heberlein, registrar. Appointments for auditions, it was explained, will not be necessary. In addition to performances with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Fabien Sevitzky, the choir’s board of directors is planning a special allchorus concert, with an .assisting soloist. The next will make the fifth season for Mr. Steffen’s choir and rehearsals are to begin next month.
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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 26—A new novel by Franz Werfel, “A Song of Bernadette,” dealing with the miracles of Lourdes, has been purchased by the International Artists, OF 100 unit of RKO for a reputed $75,000 World’s Largest Stage Production plus 10 per cent of the picture profFirst Time Spoken in English its.
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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 26.—"Villa on the Hill,” the Somerset Maugham story which originally was intended for Bette Davis, has been taken from the shelf and is being scenarioed at Warners under its published title, “Up at the Villa.”
JOAN BLONDELL BACK AT WORK
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 26 (U. P.).— Joan Blondell, actress wife of Singer Dick Powell, was back at work on the sound stages today after 10 days hospital confinement with a
thrillers-comedies he played in. “I was shaking so hard on the screen, the Elk’s tooth on my vest looked like corn-on-the-cob,” he
Bob finishes off his book with a postscript: “If you ever write a book, let me know, and I'll read it this far for you.” And this, pupils, will be all the gags for today. March out in single file and quit that giggling.
ATI TONIGHT
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WITH A NOTABLE CAST
Bob Hope . . . ‘I was such a P in beautiful baby. : LAY) RY 8 i, LLL ML 4 ovis Y
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Incidentally, the explanation is not made on page 37, or as far as I could find, on any page. But it doesn’t make any difference, really, for one forgets all about
script to. Viking Press which will publish it in the spring.
These are unbeatable
OCT. 7TH THRU 16TH
COOPER IS HONORED
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“I was such a beautiful baby. My parents had me kidnapped twice a week just so they could | see my. pictures in the papers . « » they told me. “Our boss (in the Chandler Motor Car factory) was a kindly man. Every morning he would line up his employees and say, ‘Fellows I started from the bottom just like you did, and there's no reason why any of you couldn’t take my place if you all pull to-
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