Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1943 — Page 6

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Studios Do “They Star i in n Loew's s Comedy ‘Remakes’

Several Rehashed Pictures| Are 'Box Office."

"By ERSKINE JOHNSON : Times Special Writer ; HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 25.—The annoying requirement that no two pictures are to be alike keeps the studios in a constant dither, not Hefty: it, b Ew Shy Sow ater s ul also: find ZARING—Thr ways and means Fo the “Eves of the On | Mum i! ™ "vais Bae Shing. The ve standars ways of he “Torasdo in the Sad- DowNTOWN # eadache, may be SF 3 y 2 iy . ALAMO — Through tomorrow: ‘“This termed the re-make, the re-hash he ER E a WE od oan Nothing ou ae Hows > bogus Jot pnd the reverse, and whenever Hol- taan™ ‘and “Bail of Fire Toa. “Bas Bd aL SmOtON “ ®

Y taan” and “Ball of Pire. lywood gets a successful picture, it SPEEDWAY—*I walked with o Saturday: " is pretty sure to use all three meth- ET nga 2y Mywi.

. ods on the story in order to milk it for all it is worth. A clever pro- Special Swing-Shift Show Tonight - Midnight Complete Show at 1:20 A. M.

ducer can cash in on a good reverse almost at once. Take, for instance, Daphne DuMaurier’'s story, “Rebecca,” which became a highly successful movie under the direction of Alfred Hitchcock. Take, also M-G-M’s “Keeper | - of the Flame,” in which Katharine Hepburn played practically the same] . role that Laurence Olivier played in “Rebecca.” The plot of “Rebecca” was motivated by the memory of Olivier’s . dead wife, whom everybody thought (he had loved. It turned out that he had killed the jade. ‘Keeper of the Flame” is motivated: by the memory of Miss Hepburn’s dead husband, whom everybody thought she .Joved. It turns out that she killed, the heel. Even the fire at the end is used. In “Border Town,” which War-

were unsung as heroes of world war marines of Guadalcanal, the navy of the ‘Coral North Africa. Now the men wh carry the weapons and supplies of war have confe into their own.’ In “Action in the North Ataon these merchant seamen get some recognition for the way they carry the goods to allied battlefronts x. 4 | through submarine infested

STRAYFORD..Th rough tomorrow: ‘Cinderella It” and “Under Pest Scars Stars.”

Without Men and “Lady Bodsguasd. of Thor mi ty

TUXEDO—Thro OmMOrrow:. Your Blues “Away and “Boston Blackie

UPTOWN 3 EE Se yy

Saturday: “Action

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morrow: “Mountain h Saturday: “Action

Green Was My Valley” and “Johnny

Doughboy.” RITZ—-Through Saturday: oe, Lily Mars” and °* perresent-

RIVOLI—*Chatterbox” and “Get Go ing.” Tomorrow thro day: “Ac Hon at the North Atlantic” and “All

ST. CLAIR—Through Saturda ‘| ‘of Darkness” and ‘Swing Your 1

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Mr. Bogart the Russian port. The action shots in this picture are slightly on the terrific side, and realistically done—oily waters, ship sinkings, sub torpedoes, explosions and the fighting spirit of American seamen who are never licked. “Action in the North Atlantic” opens today at the Vogue and Zaring, tomorrow at the bassador, Irving and Rivoli, Saturday at the Fountain Square and Sunday at the Daisy and Belmont.

IT STAYS FOR A Znd SONG-FILLED WEEK!

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Dennis O’Keefe looks on as Adolph Menjou draws attention from Martha Scott Billie Burke in “Hi Diddle Diddle,” the madcap comedy opening tomorrow at Loew’s. Pola Negri also is in‘the cast. The second feature will be “What’s Buzzin’, Cousin,” starring Ann Miller.

Mrs. Jack London 'Re-Lives'

Romance on Movie Location

By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 25. — Mrs,

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BELMONT—Through Saturday: Queen®,, and “Sherlock Holmes in

She said he never over taxed his brain,

“Silver “He wrote 1000 words a day, no Wash.

ners made years ago, Bette Davis left her drunken husband in the family automobile inside the garage and turned on the ignition Just because she wanted to marry one of his employees, played by Paul Muni. The same thing happened in “They Drive by Night,” with Ida Lupino and George Raft. That's what we mean by a rehash. Similarly, the motion picture, “Spawn of the North,” did not tell the story of which Barrett Willoughby put into her book of that name, but was a. rehash of “The Virginian,” which, by the way, has been

Charmian Londop came to Hollywood to watch her late husband, the redoubtable Jack, make love to her on a bridle path in 1903. It was an eerie feeling for the sprightly Mrs. London, ‘The movie makers, of course, were doing a film called “Jack London.” Michael O'Shea was playing the adventurer turned one of the most successful novelists, of this century; nedhead-

filmed under its own name three times.

TOASTMASTER CLUB WILL MEET AT YMCA

‘The Pioneer Toastmasters club will meet at 6 p. m. tomorrow in the Central 'Y. M. C. A. and past office holders will speak on the functions and responsibilities of the various positions. Those speaking are Ralph Swingley, Robert Sellers, D. J. Hendrickson and William Thomas. / A. J. Jerman is club president.

. PLAN HAM SUPPER The Christian Builders class of the Union Congregational church will sponsor a baked ham supper at 5 p. m. tomorrow at 17th and Rembrandt sts.

ed Susan Hayward was playing Charmian. Mrs. London told O'Shea ‘if ; he’d hold his eyes wide open he'd look more like ; the real Jack. She Miss Hayward told Miss Hayward she was fine as she was. She said, in fact, that she considered it a compliment, having a girl as pretty as Miss H. playing her. Mrs. London said her husband had a good system for novel writing.

Wanna Be a Chorus Girl?

| | Theater Has Openings for Dancing Jobs. Jrdiririeiokoiok oo ooo CHORUS GIRLS WANTED

Experienced and opportunity for beginners. Top salary. Long season. ReHearsals begin Aug. 27th. Opening Sept. 3rd. Good environment. Call or write, 8. Green, Fox Theater, 242 N. Illinois st. LI-9092.

Jededrdrininiioioieioioirieirioiokoioiokokok Once upon a time “chorus girl” . jobs were hard to get. Now, the shoe (or rather, dancing slipper) is on the other foot—-there just aren’t

any chorus girls. At least they're finding it hard to fill a complement of only 14 at the Fox theater, the N. Illinois st. burlesque house. According to S. Green, manager of the emporium of risque fare, girls for the Fox chorus are exceedingly scarce, so few and far between that he has had to advertise, a procedure which in previous times was practically unheard of. . The causes for the shortage are not hard to discover. Mr. Green attributes the present lack to the fact that the girls are currently playing at carnivals or working for Uncle Sam in defense plants. “Of course,” he is quick to point cut, “Indianapolis was never a plentiful town like large cities of the Chicago, Frisco and New York type. Then, too, the fact that-the house was closed for the summer contributed to the girls drifting away.” According to the ad, conditions are easy—rehearsals begin Aug. 27 and the Fox’s season is scheduled to open just one week later on Sept. 3. . .

Alan Ladd—Veronica Lalo “THIS GUN FOR HIRE’ Andrews Sisters, ‘‘How’s About It?" “The Batman’® — Late News

VAUDEVILLE HIE

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more, no less, every day including Sundays,” she said. “No. matter where he was, fighting typhoons or Arctic blizzards, he wrote those

daily 1000 words. No, he didn’t

really stop in the middle of a sentence when he got to the 1000th word. But he did stop in the middle of a paragraph. About 30 of London’s stories already have been made into movies

“The Sea Wolf,” was produced five times, starring respectively Hobart Bosworth, Ralph Ince, Milton Sills

during the production), Noah Beery and Edward G. Robinson. All this indicates that the London novels and short stories are as valuable as they ever were. All is well with Charmian, now about 70 and looking 20 years younger, except that she’s about to present to the captain of the Liberty ship, Jack London, her most - precious possession, the bell of the Snark. She and her husband spent two and a half years aboard the tiny boat, Snark, on a round trip to Australia, and giving up that bell is a wrench.

Times Amusement Clock

OPENING TODAY-- .- LYRIC

ae Captive Wild - Woman,” with Acquilielia, at 11, ‘1:55, 4:55, 7:55

“Keep Em Slugging,” with the Dota Ind Kids, at 12:55, 3:55, 6:50

CURRENT FEATURES--CIRCLE

On stage, Del Courtney and his orchestra with Romo Vincent and Rubinoff and his- violin, at 12:58, 3:59, 6:50, 9:31,

“Falcon in Danger,” with Tom Conway and Jean . Brooks, at 11:20, 2:21, 5:22, 7:53 and 10:31.

LOEW'S

“Above Suspicion,” with Joan: Crawford and Fred MacMurray, at 12:52, 3:59, 7:06 and 10:13,

“Two Senoritas From Chicago.” with Joan Davis and Jinx Falkenburg, at 11:59, 2:26, 5:33 and 8:40.

INDIANA

“This Is the Army,” with George Murphy, Joan Leslie, Kate Smith, Alan Hale, Lt. Ronald Reagan and soldier cast, at 11:28, 1:54, 4:13, 6:38, 9:04, 11:27 and 1:50.

STATE COMPOSERS SET FOR MEETING

The Indiana branch of the National Composers’ association will meet’ Oct. 5 in New Castle to present a program of original songs, music and lyrics composed by its members. . Information concerning the meeting may be obtained from Marietta Kem, 638 S. 18th st., New Castle.

Songs should be sent to Mrs. Carl Irvin, R. R. 4, New Castle.

MAJOR KILLED IN JEEP

LONDON, Aug. 25 (U. P.).—The army said today that Maj. John J. Seerley of Chicago, bomber operations officer with the eighth fighter command, was killed in a jeep accident a few hours before he was scheduled to receive the silver star and air medal for gallantry.

0. K. KAY WILLIAMS DIVORCE

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 25. (U. P.), —Argentine Sportsman Martin de Alvaga Unzue has decided to permit Screen Actress Kay Williams attorney said today.

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