Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 May 1943 — Page 8
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1943" NAVY LISTS MARINE |r=vy. inciudes so omcers and sy
PRISONERS OF JAPS marines known prac ove
prison camp, making a total of 953 WASHINGTON, May 26 (U. P). names. Forty-five states, the Dise —The navy today released the
trict of Columbia and two foreign names of 945 additional members| countries are represented. States of the marine corps who are pris-| from which prisoners were mos$ oners of the Japanese, most of| numerous were California, Illino them in the Philippines. Missouri and Texas. None were The list, second issued by the|listed from Indiana.
LY RIG STARTS TODAY 2ND BIG WEEK
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|Ohio Showboat Goes to War,
Melodrama Now in Theater
By EDWARD ELLIS United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, May 26.—Outside the theater a cold rain slashes at the
billboard. “Billy Bryant,” it reads, “the world’s greatest showman.” Inside, the great man himself slouches in the 10th row watching rehearsal and thinking about spring. Billy is thinking about spring so {hard he almost forgets he's directing “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” It's melo- . {melodrama. The actors are hammy enough to invoke an OPA investigation. But Billy says his private lines | quietly, with restraint:
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Miss McCubbins To Offer Revue
Miss Cora Irene McCubbins will give her annual dance revue at 8 p. m. tomorrow at the School No. 34 auditorium. Miss Mary Jo DeVatz will be mistress of ceremonies and the Al Tavenor dance orchestra of Manual Billy notices: that ore of His se-| 1THINIng high’ school will provide tors is getting too legitimate, so he | the music, assisted by Miss Shirley races down the aisle, clatters up the Rennick on the accordion.
stage steps and smokes out the ham | Those taking part in the revue in the character, Back in his seat | are: he sighs contentedly. ll a Me” Meine: Tunis: Newland “ ’ irileive? onnie ae McCubbins, is and, Tom, he was stinkin’ the day | Carol Newland, Mary Jo Oberfelt, Phylis he was first presented,” he says.|Copeland, Maryilyn Burton, Lots Wiis “ ivr . Ea \P _ 1.:.. | end, Gwendolyn Borgman, Beverly Barker, But the river folk always took him | Sally ‘Regan, Donna Vontine, Mary Lip serious. They like lotsa dyin’. In| crapmsy and Eirears Rasp N 3 : i arbara hillips eloris ey, Norma Tom they die and die and die and | | Henry, Betty Koenig, Martha Jean Mohr, the river folk go for it in a big | Janice Haviland, Esteline Owens, Jerry
By DAN GORDON
TWO ANTI-NAZI pictures having their locale in Europe make their neighborhood movie debut today. Continuing the cycle begun by such films as “Commandos Strike at Dawn,” “Desperate Journey,” ‘Reunion in France,” “Once Upon a Honeymoon,” “Hitler's Children” and “Chetniks,” “The Moon Is Down” and “Hangmen Also Die” deal with the smoldering, yet powerful, resistance of the people of German-occupied countries against their fascist invaders. | normal people—fear, longing for “The Moon Is Down” | home, desire for companionship. {
now uses it to haul oil for the government. So Billy has come to the big city to sow his wild corn known as “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” He allows that the cornier it is the better it is. “I play the part of the lawyer,” he grins, “and I stink.”
is an | The cast does not include any
adaptation of John Steinbeck’s | novel which is more of a symbolic | box-office greats but the perform-
treatment of the resistance of the | ances in “The Moon Is Down” allied peoples than it is a con- | are excellent. Especially notable crete illustration of actual events. | is the acting of Sir Cedric HardThe novel does not set its locale | wicke as Col. Lanser, head of the in any specific country, because | German occupation forces; Henry Steinbeck attempts to portray the | Travers as the unflinching mayor universal struggle of good against | of the Norwegian town; Peter Van evil, of all the little men of the | Eyck as Lt. Tonder, the Nazi sol-
world against the men with force | of being continually hated, and
behind them. The motion
from the book only in
picture deviates | that it |
definitely places | the locale in |
Norway. “The Moon Is Down” is of the
anti - Nazi pic-
| at the St.
dier who cracks under the strain
E. J, Ballantine as George Corell, the Quisling of the town, “The Moon Is Down” opens tomorrow at the Speedway, Friday
{| Sunday at the Daisy and Uptown.
one | better
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portrayal people's resistance against a
Sir Cedric
2 bombastic film with false heroics. It deals with real people. Even the Germans are portrayed as having the normal attributes of
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hind the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the hangman who was Nazi protector in Czechoslovakia. Brian Dafievy plays the part of Dr. Svo- § boda, the dssassin of the hangman, in his usual steady manner. The story it-
| self is exciting { enough; the ac- | tion is well-con- | trived and exe-
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For the : i d vy ever, the picture Brian Donlev) resolves itself into being a mere “cops and robbers” game with the
[ gestapo leading the chase.
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Many of the scenes are splendid
in their portrayal of the resistance of the Czech people against | | the Nazis, but on the whole do | {| not come up to those of “The | Moon Is Down.”
Two performances stand out for
| their brilliance—Gene Lockhart’s
portrayal of Czaka, the Quisling industrialist-brewer, and Alexander Granach as Alois Gruber, the gestapo inspector who hunts the murderer of the hangman. “Hangmen Also Die” will be shown today at the Belmont, tomorrow at the Ambassador and Rivoli, Saturday at the Fountain Square and next Tuesday at the Daisy. 8 8 9
“Happy Go Lucky,” the musical with Mary Martin, Rudy Vallee, Dick Powell and Betty (“Murder He Says”) Hutton, opens today at the Uptown, tomorrow at the Irving and Granada, and Sunday at the Belmont, St. Clair, Speedway, Strand and Rivoli. 8 4 8
BELMONT — Through Ss a furday: Flangmen Also Die” and “Let's Have un CINEMA Through Saturday: ‘‘Journey for Margaret” and “My Gal Sal.”
DAISY — Through tomorrow: “Journey for Margaret” and “Powers Girl.” DRIVE-IN— ‘Shadow of a Doubt” and shorts. Tomorrow through Saturday: “Crystal Ball” and “Sweetheart of the Fleet.” EMERSON — ‘Amazing Mrs. Holliday” and “Powers Girl.” Tomorrow through Saturday: :‘Footlight Serenade” “Roxie Hart. ESQUIRE—* ‘The Young in Heart” and “Trade Winds.’ FOUNTAIN SQUARE — Through Friday : “Keeper of the Flame’ and “Motthitain Rhythm.’ GARFIELD—Through tomorrow: “Get Hep to Love” and “Life Begins at 8:30.” GRANADA—"Hello, Frisco, Hello” and “Dixie Dugan.” Tomorrow through “Happy Go Lucky’ and “Quiet, Please, Murder.” HAMILTON “Powers “Journey for Margaret.” through Saturday: “Air “Chetnijks.” IRVING ~— “Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour” and “Time to Kill.” Tomorrow through Sunday: ‘‘Happy Go Lucky’ and “Ball of Fire.” MECCA—Through Nayy Comes Through” Hart.” OLD TRAIL — Through ‘Tennessee Johnson” and in Havana.” ORIENTAL — ‘Destination Unknown" and Nightmare." Tomorrow through Saturday: ‘Moon and Sixpence and “Apache Trai PARAMOU NT—“Dead Man's Gulch” and “Bank Dick.” Tomorrow and Friday: “A Night to Remember’ and “Dudes Are Pretty People.” PARKER - Through tomorrow: west Passage” and “Pot O' Gold REX —Through A tomorrow: “Life Begins at 8:30” and ‘‘Counter Espionage.” RITZ — Through Saturday: “Powers Girl” and “Amazing Mrs. Holiday.” RIVOLI ""Ravaged Earth,” Tomorrow through Saturday: “Hangman Also Die” and ‘Idaho.’ ST. CLAIR — Through “Hello, Frisco, Hello” and Dugan.” SANDERS — Through tomorrow: “Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen” and “Riders of the Northland.” SHERIDAN —‘‘Ravaged Earth.” Tomorrow through Saturday: ‘Journey for Margaret” and “The Hard Way.” SPEEDWAY—"They All Kissed the Bride’ and ‘‘Chetniks.”” Tomorrow through Saturday: “The Moon is Down’ and “Hi Ya Chum.” STATE Through tomorrow: Hill” and “Tuxedo Junction.” STRAND Through tomorrow: ‘Hello, Frisco, Hello” and ‘Dixie Dugan.”
STRATFORD—Through tomorrow:
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“It's spring on the Ohio river
and there's only one spring—river
Anne Baxter provides the glamour in “Crash Dive,” with Tyrone Power, which opens today at the Lyric for a second week downtown,
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“Mission to Moscow,” with Walter Huston and Ann Harding, at 12:30, 3:53, 7:16, 10:39 and 2:02.
“Good Morning, Judge.” with Dennis O'Keefe, at 11:22, 2:45, 6:08, 9:31 and 12:54.
CURRENT FEATURES
LYRIC “Crash Dive,” with Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter, at 12:25, 3:35, 6:25 and 10. “He's . My. . Guy,” Davis, 11:20, 2:30, 8:50.
with Joan at 5:40 and CIRCLE “Hit Parade of 1943,’ with John Carron and Susan Hayward, at , 3:55, 7:05 and 10:15. ' we — Dawn We Die,” with John Clements and Godfrey Tearle, at 11:30, 2:40, 5:50 and 9.
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“One of Our Aircraft Is Missing,” adventures of R. A. F. fliers forced down in occupied country, at 1:17, 4:45 and 8:13. “Slightly Dangerous,” with Lana Turner and Robert Young, at 11:39, 3:07, 6:35 and 10:03.
‘Bowery at Midnight and “Nightmare. TACOMA-—Through tomorrow: ‘Rings on Her Fingers” and ‘Cat People.” TALBOTT—Through Saturday: ‘‘Shadow of a Doubt’ and “Immortal Ser-
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UPTOWN—Through Saturday: ‘Happy Go Lucky’ and ‘Quiet, Please, Murder.”
VOGUE—Through Saturday: ‘‘Amazing Mrs. Holliday” and ‘Silver Skates.”
WEST SIDE OUTDOOR — Through Saturday: “Hitler s Children” and “Busses Roar’
ZARING—Through Saturday: ‘‘One Foot in Heaven’ and “Thunder Birds.”
DOWNTOWN
ALAMO-—Through tomorrow: Trail” and “Cat People.”
AMBASSADOR ‘Keeper of the Flame” and ‘Fall In,” Tomorrow and Friday: “Hangmen Also Die’ and ‘Let's Have Fun.”
APPRAISERS PLAN . DINNER TOMORROW
Future prospects of the Society of Residential Appraisers will be out-
lined by Frank Hardinge Jr. executive secretary of the national asscciation, at the society's 6 p. m. dinner tomorrow in the Athenacum. Following, a panel discussion will be held with Noble C. Hilgenberg, president, as moderator. Speakers and their topics will include Bob Allison, “General Market Conditions”; T. Lorin Driscoll, “Suburban Property”: Z. B. Hunt, “Income Properties’; R. A. Franke, “Rent Control”; George Chamberlain, “Construction Costs,” and Ben Claypool, “Vacant Land.”
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They ‘Like Corn’
The river folk used to stomp his showboat as their form of applause. Now his showbonat hears only the applause of soft-chuckling waves,
Pleasant, W. Va. And Billy had to sell the steamboat that towed it to a fellow who
GIVE RATION ADVICE
A public cooking demonstration will be sponsored by the Flanner House East Side and Victory Garden clubs at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow at Flanner House. The demonstration, based on point rationing for the housewives’ benefit, will be given by the home service department of the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. This meeting also will mark the close of the East side pledge rally and gifts will be awarded to winners. Mrs. Rosella Thomas is president of the East side group and Mrs. Louise Starks represents the garden group.
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