Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1943 — Page 8

BEST OF THE FILMS opening for the first time at neighborhood theaters this week 1s Dashiell Hammett’'s “The Glass Key.” The picture |: ain brings together Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd, who starred in ®This Gun for Hire” and Brian Donlevy and William Bendix, the major and the minor marines in “Wake Island.”

‘Whose father is candidate for mayor on the reform ticket of a Politically crooked city. Donlevy, city = political boss, backs the father and runs into trouble when he closes gambling joints owned by Jos= eph Calleia, to whom ‘he had

Alan Ladd plays Donlevy’s right-hand-man

and is the brains |

of the oui Veronica fal Mr. Ladd in love with “him, but becomes engaged to Donlevy to- further her father’s political ambitions. : The loyal partner discovers that Donlevy’s sister, Bonita Granville, is running around with Veronica's ne’er-do-well brother, Richard ' Denning, ' Donlevy tries to break up the romance and when Denning is found murdered he is accused of the crime, ~ Mr. Hammett pulls a surprise ending out of the fire in the last ~ few minutes of the film and the suspense is equal to that he achieved with “The Maltese Falcon,” ‘super thriller last year. “The Glass Key” will be at the . Fountain Square through Friday; + Btrand, through Saturday; - way, tomorrow through 2 ral

Irving, and Rivoli, - tomorrow :

through Sunday, and the Bel

. mont, Sunday through Tuesday. - Other theaters booking the film |

next week are the Daisy, Tuesday through Thursday, and the St. Clair and Uptown, Wednesday through Saturday.

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© SECOND OF THE PICTURES to go to the neighborhoods this week is - “Thunder Birds.” Although the film ‘is devoted to a _ triangle romance involving Preston Foster, Gene Tierney and John Sutton, an unusual twist is

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. The story concerns Donlevy’s efforts to win the love of Veronica, |

given the story: with a prolog and epilog by John Gunther,

author and commentator. : The flying sequences, taken at

‘the. famous Thunderbird field inj } Arizona, are ex-.

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Thunderbird : fleld that unitsed nations pilots ‘== Americans, British and , Chinese, receive ‘basic flight training.

Foster is an Just ucor at Miss Tie e field;’ John ; y Sutton is a British air cadet there for training and Gene Tiernéy is the girl

who lives at a nearby ranch with

her wealthy mele, George Barbier. The pieture is In technicolor. “Thunder Birds” will be at the 8t. Clair and Uptown through Saturday; Irving, tomorrow through Sunday; Fountain Square, Saturday through Tuesday, and the Strand, next week, Wednesday through Saturday. s » 8 FLIMSY IN PLOT, but long on the singing sequences is “Cairo,” third of the new films hitting neighborhood screens this ‘week. Jeanette MacDonald and Ethel Waters provide the musical atmosphere, while Robert Young, small town newspaper correspond-

ent in Cairo, brings the Tomantie

touch. The story concerns a non-spy suspecting a non-spy with both getting mixed up with real spiés. Why M. G. M. picked Cairo for the scene of the action is anybody’s guess. The studio reports that the picture is a satire on Hollywood spy stories with all cliches of this type of drama, lampooned. It's corny, but it’s

‘fun, they intimate.

“Cairo” will be at the Speedway tonight, the Fountain Square, through Friday; Rivoli, tomorrow through Sunday, and the Bel-

mont, St. Clair, Strand end Up-*

town, Sunday through Tuesday. ” » ®

REELS AROUND: With “The Glass Key”.and “Cairo” at the Fountain Square through: Friday will be Donald Duck in a new cartoon, “Spirit of 1943.” object of the film, the management says, is to make the payment of one’s federal income tax more or less painless. The Granada will close its week-long engagement of “For Me and My Gal” and “The : Boogie Man Will Get You” tonight, and will open for a full week tomor-

‘row night with the technicolor |

pirate picture, “Black Swan” and “The Mississippi Gambler.” . “You Were Never Lovelier,” the Astaire-Hayworth musical, will be at the Cinema, Emerson, Esquire, Hamilton, Paramount and Talbott this week.

BELMO. ND Thioush ,Saturda t “The Javy Comes Throug and Yi Gunga

EME Through Saturday: “You Were Never Lovelier'” and “Wildcat.” DAISY — Through, tomorrow: “Street of Chance” and “Counter Espionage.” EMERSON—‘‘PFlying Tigers" and “You Were Never Lovelier. Tomorrow through Saturday: “Dr. Rhythm” and “The Texhns.’ ESQUIRE— “My Favorite Blonde’ and “Moon Over Burma.’ Tomorrow through Saturday: “You Were Never Lovelier’’ and “Talk of the Town.” FOUNTAIN SQUARE — Through Friday: ‘“The Glass Key” and “Cairo.” GARFIELD — Through tomorrow: “Spawn of the North” and’ “There's One Born Every Minute.” GRANADA--*'For Me and My Gal” and S Doogie Man, Will Get Ygu.” Tomorrow rough Wednesday: ‘‘Black Swan” _— ississippi © Gambler.” HAMILTON—‘‘You Were Never Lovelier” and ‘The Navy Comes Through.” Tomorrow through Saturday: ‘Talk of the Town” and “Get Hep to Love.” IRVING—‘Black Swan’ and‘ shorts. Tomorrow varougn ng o; “Thunder Birds” and ‘The Glass Key.’ MECCA-—Through : pm “I Married an Angel” and “Hurricane Smith.” OLD TR AIL—Through tomorrow: “priorities on Parade” and “Wildcat.” ORIENTAL—"Give Out Sisgor and “Wildcat.” Tomorrow rangh Satur= dal: “Between Us el an *Sons of the Pioneers.”

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Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Unholy Partners.” REX_Thro u gh tomorrow: “Sweetheart of the Fleet” and “Nazi Agent.” RIVOLI—‘‘For Me & and, My, Gal.” To- | morrow i “The ' Glass Key” and ST. CLAIR—Th “Thunder Birds’ at Woman.” SANDER S—'"Invisible Agent" “Double Trouble.” Tomorrow through Saturday: ‘Riders of the Timberline’ and ‘Riot Squad.” SHERIDAN--Throt fleman Jim’ and SPEEDWAY" yin, ps il , Tomorrow thro h Sate urday: (id “Meet the Stewarts.” . STATE—Through tomorrow: ‘“‘Rememdiv. Pearl Harbor’’ and “The Panther’s

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STRAND Throug h . Saturday: Glass Key” and “Gif Trouble.” STRATFORD—Through tomorrow: Savin Ghost’ and ‘The Corpse Van-

¥ TACOMA Through tomorrow: ‘Mad Doctor of “Market. Street’’ and “Lady | in a‘Jam."” TALBOTT-—Through Satu “you Were Never Lovelter” and tetsict Attorney in the Sater Case. TUXEDO tomorrow: “Lady in a Jame _ Oe from Crime.” rou h Saturday: “Thunat: Other Woman,” “War

UPTOWN—Th der Birds” and VOGUE—Through Saturday: Against Mrs. “Hadley” and '‘Sin ZARING— Through, Saturday: “Algiers and “Charley’s Aunt.

nS ee i HEDY FILES SECOND SALARY TAX SUIT HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 3 (U. P).— Hedy Lamarr of the films sought today to prevent her salary suit against Loew’s, Inc, from being transferred to a federal court. Miss Lamarr filed suit in superior court charging that studio officials impounded part of her salary to await the outcome of a controversy over the $25,000 yearly salary ceiling. She charged that the studio’s action was a breach of contract. Loew’s asked for a federal hearing on grounds the salary ceiling|. comes’ under jurisdiction of federal court.

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the danger to your car that may come fronf the use of calcium chloride or other salt in an anti-freeze solution for its cooling system, the advice of automotive engineers of the national bureau of standards. These engineers call attention to the danger due to hidden corrosion. The use of salt solutions is prohibited in all government-owned motor vehicles. Salt solutions have been tried ever since automobiles were first driven in freezing temperatures. Damage always resulted if the solutions were in the cooling system:for more than very short periods. Water pumps and cylinder heads; particularly where the latter were of aluminum alloys, developed leaks which

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OPENING TODAY INDIANA

ar itishurgls with Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne .and Randolph ! Seoths at 12:40, 3:51, 7:02 and |

“When Johnny Comes Marching * with Allan Jones and Jane at 11: 2%, 2:37, 5:48 and

CURRENT SHOWS CIRCLE Charlie Barnet and

e, at 1, 3:55, 6:40 and “Over My Dead Body,” ita Milton Berle and Mary Hughes, at 11: 25, 2:30, 5:10, 2 : and 10:35.

‘On _ stag orchestra, 9:25.

LOEW'S “The Crystal Ball,” with Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard, at 11:15, 1:95, 4:38, 7:20 and 10. + “Ly Legs,” wiih Jinx Falk: Pad 12140, 3:30, 6:03 .and

LYRIC “Casablanca,” with Hump! and: Pa

Bogart, In Bergman Henreid at 11, 1:55, 4:50, 7:45

i “Behind the Eight : Ball,” with } the. nd 5145. Brosa., at 43:8, /3:50, 6: 45 :

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The Play. Seqsont. A XPloygoscs Extima ate IT MAY BE intersting lo ake siook of what we have

the war. aL I om os to although ‘What yet Temaing to play hers 5 shrougen Ib HVS) Wd

confusion. The usual secrecy prevailed ‘over theater guild projects at the season’s opening, if you will Temember, and still does. Guild representatives who passed through town, hinted of great things to come. That was last fall. The ‘great things have not yet materialized, although ‘things

have come. As En 's was being aired out in late August, it was disclosed that the theater would open its ancient portals in midSeptember with ‘The Moon Is Down.” You may remember the announcement. Nothing, of course, ever came of it and by mid-September it became evident that if any of those present wanted to see the Steinbeck play, he would have to go elsewhere or wait unul the movie is released. “Porgy and Bess,” which. was due in October, shows sighs of arriving March 2. After playing Cincinnati, “This Is the Army” passed through Indianapolis on the train to St. Louis and points west. The . dusted-off version of Lehar’s “The Merry Widow,” with Muriel: Angelus, was booked Christmas week, cancelled, booked Feb. 11, cancelled. The only explanation available from local sources is that Miss. Angelus got sick or something. Nothing has been .heard from Dark” which is on tour. So much for the shows that haven’t ‘come. E » » 2

Escape Comedies WHAT WE did get mirrored the countrywide

ater. Non-professionally, the Civic played Maxwell Anderson’s “The Eve of St. Mark,” but nothing beyond that digression into contemporary reality has penetrated the living anapolis. Looking back, it seems to me that road schedules were more poorly timed than usual.. Attractions bunched up in the fall in an apparent effort to clear the midwest before gas rationing. During October and November, shows were coming two. a week with resulting light houses,

trend toward simon-pure escapism in tke the-

stage in indi- :

In December, the rush died

down and since “The Priorities of 1942” which came. to us in 1943, the theater has been becalmed. "Following the false start with the non-materialization of “The

Moon Is Down,” the season got under way the last of September with that strange assortment of

sight ‘and sound Sam Behrman

called “The Pirate.” The presence of the Lunts made it fair entertainment and it was manna for

' & show-kungry audience.

Then followed “My Sister Eileen” the week of Oct. 12, a

.tried and true comedy; “The Stu-

dent Prince” Oct. 22 and. “The Best Foot Forward,” a comparatively new musical, three days later,

This split a: week with the:

melodrama, “Angel - Street.” . It was followed by the Guild’s “Papa Is All” an undistinguished little comedy two days later. » ” »

Second-Rate Stuff A FEW DAYS after “Papa” left town, “Tobacco Road” came

which was not only farce but

foolish. 2 . After Christmas, “Life With Father” came back with its ever-

‘lasting light touch, identical to |

. its performance a year before almost to the day. The new year

was ushered in with “suped-up |

‘ vaudeville ~ show, = “Priorities,”

which proved to be one of the :

season’s best buys. And that’s where we stand. The guild ‘has three more plays to offer. “Junior Miss” is expected, ‘but in view of past experience, I uldn’t make any ' bets that'it get, here. It seems that our play offerings ‘have been inferior on the whole to the attractions that have

played in sister road cities on the

circuit. We have missed several fine attractions and there is no indication that we are likely to get them. = ; Outside of the two musical shows, “Priorities” and “The Best Foot Forward,” the . ‘season brought nothing new that was better than fair and relied heavily on the hits of previous years.

What I am trying to do here is simply to express some pent--

up griping at the fact that we in Indianapolis don't fare as well theatrically as the folks in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis or Kansas City. The uncertainties of transportation taken into account, I think our play season so far has

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