Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1941 — Page 6

YOICE from the Balcony

by FREMONT POWER

CHRISTMAS OF ALL TIMES IS a time for jollification and good cheer and it is strictly along these lines that the downtown theaters have chosen their offerings for tomorrow. Look about where you may and you won't find a serious thought or moral among them all. At English’s where we had grown to expect the yearly visit of

“Tobacco Road” u

pon this night of nights, we find the times have

changed and this time it's “Life With Father.” In case there are any doubts still at large, allow it to be explained once again that this is the domestic comedy of the Elegant Eighties which Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse afaphed from Clarence Day's

stories about his father in the

New Yorker magazine.

It is a play of the times when |

papa was the sole lord and master of his home. And he ruled his domicile with corresponding sternness. The stars,

Fercy Waram and

Margalo Gillmore, are long ex- | particular |

perienced at their tasks. In fact, they've played the roles so long and so often

they must constantly

titudes whether =

on stage or off.

Don't Believe It

IN THE CASE of the “Louisiana Purchase,” opening tomorrow

(an | Chicago and Detroit) that by now | find them- | selves possessed with parental at- |

| Barrymore, Lupe Velez,

Simms, May Robson, Patsy Kelly | which opens a week's stay on English's stage tomorrow night.

*ip Dorn,

Opening Today

LOEW'S — “Tarzan’s Secret Treasure,” with Johnny Weiss-

muller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John

Sheffield, Reginald Owen, Barry Fitzgerald, Tom Conway and PhilAlso “International Lady,” with George Brent, Ilona Massey and Basil Rathbone.

Opening Tomorrow—

CIRCLE — “Playmates,” with Kay Kyser and his band, John Ginny

| and Peter Lind Hayes. Also “The

at the Indiana, we are informed |

that the “Louisiana” and “New Orleans” mentioned in the Script are purely “mythical.” prolog carefully explaining this. But everyone who's seen knows that the “Louisiana” is no more mythical than the state itself. Briefly, comedy about the wild, grafting era when Huey Long appeared to be on his way to becoming an American dictator. Of

There is a | | Joel, it |

this is a musical | mad, |

course, in the show this all comes |

out as fun. Before going Hollywood, the show was one of the most successful musical comedies on

Broadway, grossing

just good, underhanded

$1672 "00 |

during 58 weeks on the stage be- |

fore Paramount members of wood. Hope in version. Six were brought out from New York: Victor Moore, Vera Zorina, Irene Bordoni, Charles La Torre,

brought its cast to Holly-

the technicolor movie

six |

There they joined Bob |

Charles Lasky and Lynda Grey. | And the music and lyric are the |

same that Irving Berlin wrote for the stage

Night of January 16th,” with Rob- |

ert Preston and Ellen Drew.

ENGLISH'S — “Life With Father” (on stage), with Percy Waram, Margalo Gillmore, Richard Simon, Bernard Carson, Jack Irwin, Lachland Campbell, Clara George Le Soir, Virgilia Chew, Rosemary Geddens, Jean Martin, Ann Lincoln, Aubrey Hynes, Nellie Burt and Paul Martin.

INDIANA — “Louisiana Pur- °

chase” (in technicolor), with Bob

Hope,

having her country cousins (Ann

What Will Father Say? . . | i

Wait until father finds out that mother (Margalo Gillmore) is

Lincoln and Virgilia Chew) ih to

| stay for a while. The scene is from “Life With Father,” the comedy

| Jones”—played by the Kyser band | and sung by Ginny Simms. 8 =»

You're Right

GIVEN THE title, “Badlands of Dakota,” no doubt you could surmise that the film is about shootin’ and ridin’ and strong-hearted

| hombres and courageous gals.

Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, |

Irene Bordoni, Dona Drake, Ray- |

mond Walburn and Maxie Ros-

enbloom. Also “Flying Cadets,” |

with Edmund Lowe, bertson and Roy Harris.

with Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix, Frances Farmer, Brod Crawford, Hugh Herbert,

Frank Al- |

And that is precisely what the | Lyrics first-run movie, opening tomorrow, concerns. The time, says the press book, is 1876, and the law is only an optional matter out in the Territory of Dakota. Brod Crawford is a saloon op-

| erator who later joins a band of LYRIC—“Badlands of Dakota,” |

Andy Devine and Lon Chaney | | Crawford and Stack about to

Jr. Also “This Woman Is Mine,” with Franchot Tone, Joan Carroll, Walter Brennan and Carol Bruce.

row, is Kay Kyser. This is the third film for the professor who asks those easy questions on the

| radio and he’s pretty much a box

Briefly, the book deals with the |

efforts of crooked Louisiana politicians to put the wraps on Rep.

Hope when Senator Moore, from |

the East, comes down to investigate conditions. The women mostly are used as foils to compromise the hard-headed Senator.

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Woe to the Bard

THE BIG thing about “Play-

mates,” new at the Circle tomor- |

office sure-vhing.

no-goods. Robert Stack is his brother. Ann Rutherford is the girl and Frances Farmer is another girl, only a rough-and-ready kind. It all ends with

shoot it out and Miss Rutherford wondering how she’s going to save her sweetheart. Bango, and a couple of biffs!

IRISH FILM STAR

i

In this one, he takes lessons in

the drama of Shakespeare from John Barrymore as a publicity stunt. This is all right until the Great Barrymore finally faces the

| prospect of actually appearing on | a stage with his pupil. Then the

action speeds up. Involved are such songs as “Humpty Dumpty Heart,” “How Long Did I Dream?” “Thank Your Lucky Stars and Stripes” and “Romeo Smith and Juliet

TO WED DIRECTOR

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24 (U. P) — Maureen O'Hara, Irish screen star, and Will Price, film dialog director, have announced that they ‘will be married Dec. 29 at the home of Mr. Price's parents in McComb, Miss. Mr. Price left to make the arrangemenis, and Miss O'Hara plans to leave today. Their romance started two years ago when Price directed her first screen test. Miss {O'Hara came to the films after | making a hit on the Dublin stage.

BACK ON JOB AFTER BECOMING MOTHER

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24 (U. P).— Constance Moore has returned to work after taking time off to become a mother, She will play as Rosalind Russell’s rival in a new Paramount production. In private life Miss Moore is the wife of agent Johnny Machio.

SARONG ORDERED FOR PLASTER VENUS

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24-—Movie-town reports—The censorship scare has got to such a point that Producer Boris Morros, glimpsing a plaster Venus in the background on one of his sets, ordered a plaster sarong modeled on it. Madeleine Carroll declares she’s quitting Hollvwood and will be Lon-don-bound in January. . . . Arline Judge, after a two-picture comeback, says she’s quitting movies for good.

ROLE DEBATED FOR DIANA BARRYMORE

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24 (U. P) — Diana Barrymore, eldest child of actor John Barrymore, was considered by Walter Wanger today for her first film role. He may offer her a contract for the feminine lead in “The Eagle Squadron,” soon to go into production. At present Miss Barrymore is playing in “The Land Is Bright,” a Broadway hit.

Right Out of Badlands .

Richard Dix, Frances Farmer and Addison Richards (left to right) pose as the characters—Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Gen. Custer==they portray in “Badlands of Dako

tomorrow at the Lyric.

Oakie Arrested

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 2¢ (U. P.) —Jack Oakie, 38-year-old movie comedian, was arrested in Van Nuys and booked for driving while intoxicated. He was released on bail. Traffic investigators said Oakie was driving a car which collided with one driven by G. F. Marbut of Van Nuys. There were no injuries.

HERSHOLT GIVEN DOCTOR'S DEGREE

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24 (U.P.)— A degree of doctor of letters has been conferred upon Jean Hersholt, veteran character actor who plays the part of a doctor of medicine on the radio and in many movies. Hersholt was honored by De Landas University, Canta Ana, Cal.

in recognition of his forthcoming compilation of Hans Christian Anderson’s works, expected to be on the book stands in March.

STAGE ROLE GIVEN TO PAT HITCHCOCK

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24 (U. P).— Patricia Hitchcock, young daughter of Movie Director Alfred Hitchcock, is en route to New York for a stage role in “Solitaire.” Rehearsals begin Saturday.

Brent Ann's No. i

idan’s most frequent escort, but also

haired actress said today.

“to read to me” ‘lcomes next for his laughs; Jack Carson for a gin rummy partner;

Choice in Blackout

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 2¢ (U. P.)— George Brent is not only Ann Sher-

first in her choice of male company in the case of a blackout, the red-

Second choice is Ronald Colman Jimmy Durante

Big Boy Williams, “just in case”;

Cesar Romero for a rhumba partner; Cary Grant for conversation, and Charles Boyer for a French teacher. When she doesn’t care to be read to, play gin rummy, laugh, rhumba, talk, or learn French, however, she'll take Brent.

QUICK CHANGE ARTIST

Because of the picture's fast ace

tion, Chester Morris had to change wardrobes 17 times in one day for “I Live on Danger.”

” first-run movie opening

STARS DISCOVER BLACKOUT MAKEUP

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24 (U.P.)— M-G-M stars have discovered how to stand out in a blackout. Virginia - O'Brien and Eleanor Powell, making up for a dimly lighted shipboard scene for “Ship Ahoy,” found that a luminous fine-grain powder, mixed with ordinary face powder, applied a glow easily discernible in the dark.

LEAST OBLIGING MAY GET AWARDS

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24. Amusing to almost everyone out here except the uneasy studios is the determination of the local Women’s Press Club to make formal awards to the Least Co-operative Actor and Actress of the Year. Nominees are Jean Arthur, Ginger Rogers, Marlene Dietrich, Fred Astaire, Ronaid Colman and Bing Crosby.

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