Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 July 1946 — Page 8

Tony Pastor and his orchestra X Fg sen at 1:08, 4:00, 6:55 #0 Ha te a Dog,” with Carole and Allyn ' Josiyn. at. 11:20, 2:15, 5:10, 7:56 and " INDIANA

Una Merkel | Back at Work

Film Star Recovers

After Year and Half

On Indiana Bill

“Cluny Brown,” with Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones and Peter Lawford, at 11, 12:68, 3:10," 5:30, 7:45

and 10, LOEW'S “The Green Years,” with Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly>Tyler ang Hume Cronyn, at 11, 3:30, 6:12 and 89; y Walls Came Tumbling Down,” with Lee Bowman and Mar- | oo a Chapman, at 1:05, 4:41 and Re

LYRIC

“A Stolen Life,” with Bette DaDane Clark and Glenn Ford, at 11:19, 1:26, 3:33, 5:40, 7:47 and

ago in which her mother lost her life. “The drawling actress became ill after inhaling gas in the New York apartment she shared with her mother, Mrs, Bessie Merkel, who died from the fumes, She returned to Hollywood to recover and suffered a nervous breakdown. Since then, she has

Olivia DeHavilland and Bill Goodwin in “To Each His Own,”

coming to the Indiana tomorrow.

: re: qu ? been cruising aboard her father's i schooner, E THE Miss Merkel wil play Senator

Claghom’s wife in “It's a Joke, Son.”

Tibbett to Sing Rigoletto Role

4 Times Special CINCINNATI, July 23.--Three names long synonymous with opera were announced today as the highlights of the fifth and next to the last week of the Silver Jubilee season at the opera pavilion in the zoological gardens here. ’ Marjorie Lawrence is scheduled to sing in Aida, Wednesday evening, July 31. Lawrence . Tibbett will return to summer opera in the title role of Rigoletto, Thursday, Aug. 1, and Salvatore Baccaloni, will make his initial appearance of the season in Donizetti's popular opera, The Elixir of Love, Friday evening, Aug. 2. Vivian Della Chiesa, who will sing Marguerite in Faust, July 30, and Francesco Velentino, also are singing in the gardens for the first time this summer. George Sebastian will conduct the opera Faust.

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Jackie Coogan's "Ex,"

New Mate Make Up

HOLLYWOOD, July 23 (U. P.).— Flower Parry, /former wife of Jackie Coogan, disclosed today she and her - present husband, radio manufacturer Ha] Baker Cope, have become reconciled. The young actress. said she would withdraw a divorce suit, , They are expecting a child in September. At the same time, Miss Parry agreed to a continuance of her action" against Mr, Coogan for an increase in the support he pays for | their son, John Anthony Coogan, 4. She is demanding that Mr. Coogan increase the payments from $60 to $150 a month, Mr. Coogan, busy with a radio show, had asked for a continuance.

Ear Ailment Sends Actress to- Hospital

tion of an ear<ailment, Miss Lane will be in the hospital

Joel Pressman, said.

Rites Set Tomorrow

Starts Tomorrow For Actress’ Mother

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Actress Ann Blyth, who died yesterday after a brief illness. A funeral mass tomorrow will be

“A STOLEN LIFE”

“Forget I killed. .., Forget His love. . . Forget every emotion and desire . . . LOSE YOUR MIND TO SAVE : - YOUR LIFE!”

Soul-shocking . . . as a woman pits love against madness

and murder!

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HOLLYWOOD, July 23 (U, P).~ Actress Una Merkel resumed her

movie career today, fully recovered from an accident a year and & half

HOLLYWOOD, July 23 (U. P.).— Actress Priscilla Lane, making her first movie in four years, was in St. John's hospital today for observa-

at least two days, her physician, Dr.

HOLLYWOOD, July“23 (U.P.).— The rosary will be said tonight for Mrs, Nan M. Blyth, 50, mother of

followed by burial in Holy Cross

Band Instruction Plans Announced

Mr, Henze Mr. Hovey

A concert band and a marching band will be instructed under a joint arrangement between Butler university and the Jordan Conservatory of Music. Instruction will be provided by Nilo W. Hovey, Jordan band director and chairman of the musical education department, and Charles A. Henge, recently band director at Manual training high school. Mr, Hovey will direct the ButlerJordan eoncert band, while Mr. Henzie will direct the Butler university marching unit of 100 pieces. Mr. Henzie has. been associated with the Sahara Grotto drum corps, Women of the Moose drum oorps, and the 798th police battalion drum corps at Ft. Harrison.

Paul Lucas to Star In Canadian Picture

MONPREAL, July 23 (U. P)— Paul Lucas has been signed to star in “The Stronghold,” a film to be turned out in Quebec and Ontario by Quebec Productions, Ltd., it was announced here last night. Lucas, who won the academy award in 1944, was the second Hollywood star to be signed. Last week, Helmut Dantine was awarded a role in the picture.

LOCAL BRIEFS

James C. Bracken post 417, American Legion, will have its regular monthly meeting in the World War Memorial building, east room, at 8 p. m. tomorrow.

Bethel 11, Order of Job’s Daughters, will have its monthly penny stipper at Lynhurst Masonic temple from 5:30 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. tomorTOW.

Two 15-year-old boys caught swimming in a gravel pit near the 1500 block of 8. White River pkwy. last night were lectured by juvenile aid division officers and sent home. Not so lucky was a 20-year-old man, Winfred Saylor, 426 Terrace ave, who was arrested on a trespassing charge. The boys and Saylor were on private property.

Reactivation plans of the 16th reserve infantry battalion, USMC, will be discussed at a meeting tonight at 8 p. m. in the Naval | armory, Capt. W. C. Chip, in? | spector-instructor, said today.

Police early today removed a 13-year-old boy through the fire escape at the Oriental theater after he had been locked in the building when the show closed last night. The boy gave his name as Paul Spellman, 1251 S. Alabama st.

Keith Hoffmeyer, chief artist for George J. Mayer Co. will participate in the annual Trail Rider trek through the Canadian Rockies beginning Friday. Itinerary for the route this year will be mapped through remote sections which can be reached only by horseback.

THOMAS DWYER, 16,

| Cathedral “high school student, will

1the home

TO GET HIGH AWARD

Sixteert-year-old Thomas Dwyer

receive the Dyer award of the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Com-

the Hotel Washington. Young Dwyer captured a fleeing armed bandit several months ago. The award is presented annually by the chamber for an outstanding act of heroism. Thomas, son of Capt. Herbert L. Dwyer, an Indianapolis fireman, captured the bandit shortly after he had fled from a $300 holdup at the Elkovits market, 1305 N, Capitol ave.

DAIRY PRODUCTS HIGHER NEW CASTLE, Ind. July 23.-— Milk prices at the two principal dairies in New Castle went up to 16 cents a quart yesterday. The ad- | vance was two cents a quart, Cost of other dairy products rose accordingly.

Organizations

Mrs. Evelyn Spilker, 427 N. Chester ave, will be host to the decorating committee of Sahara Grotto auxiliary at a luncheon at 12:30 this afternoon.

The hospitality committee of Sahara Grotto auxiliary will meet for lunch at of Mrs. Martha Reinhardt, R. R. 9, at 12:30 p. m. Friday,

Women of Catholle Order (Forester, court 708, Will sponsor thelr monthly card party Saturday at 8 p. m, in Forester hall, 10th and Rural sts. Mrs. Alma Huter and Mrs, Nancy Morris are chalrwomen,

The Mary F. Balch W, ©. T. U. unit will meet Friday afternoon in the Northside Church of God, 902 W.. 30th st. Mrs. Oma Heflin will be in charge of devotions., Mrs, Dorothy Ann Miller will direct the musical portion of the program and Mrs, Ebert Plymabe, county director of flower mission and relief work, will

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: | THE INDIANATAL MES re State Censorship Bills Have Big Film Studios in Dither

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By ROBERT C. RUARK . Scripps-Howard Staff Writer ‘LOS ANGELES, July 23.—Censorship is a horrid word in Hollywood and one which, in its broadest construction, is apt to cost the movie makers lots of money. This is the reason for considerable hostility among the. major studios to small producers who buck the Johnston office in order to release film which might bring down the weight of public wrath on the industry as a whole. Howard Hughes’ two-year tussle to get his “Outlaw” released, and the garish, frankly .vulgar advertisements coincident to the showing of the movie, are viewed unfavorably by the big firms. Eye Legislatures

In addition to ‘already existing censorship structures around the land, it is understood that censorship bills are up before a score or more of state legislatures, and the big movie people don't like the sound of it. Increased censorship machinery means additional pitfalls in the process of picture-making and distribution. Regarding the Hughes picture, in which a lady named Jane Russell makes a rather obvious display of her undeniably generous chest expansion, the big boys feel that Mr. Hughes, a small independent, has needlessly smirched the whole industry for the sake of one movie, and that one movie isn't worth it. They figure the small boys will blossom and fade, but that -they themselves will be around a lohg time doing business, and they want it as uncomplicated as possible, Many Booby Traps The trade of movie manufacture, dependent on broad domestic showing and almost equally heavy play abroad, is already pitted with so many booby traps that the studios “are- never sure when a seemingly innocent picture will blow up in their. faces. They don’t want added liabilities in the form of touchy state censorship setups. It is to protect themselves against

themselves that they created the Hays office, now run by Eric Johnston, And even that finicky organization can't offer a oopper-riveted guardntee against expensive backfires, I understand that relatives of Rasputin collected something like $4,000,000 in libel suits as the result of a picture based on the life of that highsoctane monk. The celluloid career of Jesse James, in which the only similarity of the original Jesse was that Tyrohe Power rode a horse, cost the makers plenty of money abroad, because of local ordinances forbidding the showing of repeated triumphs of lawlessness. Recalls ‘Blood and Sand’ An extensive production, “Blood and Sand” for which the bullfight

scenes were made in Mexico, was practically laughed out of business south of the border when Cantinflas, the celebrated Mexican clown, ran up & quick parody called “No Blood, No Sand.” And an expensively mounted musical, “Down Argentine Way,”

gentina that some of the embittered customers set fire to a couple of theaters. 0. The unforeseen pro=vides headaches enough, Big studios don’t balk at subtly done naughtiness, especially if they can justify departures from familyfare by dramatic ‘necessity. The forthcoming ‘Forever Amber” is scarcely a film for the kiddies, but 20th Century Fox will wrap it up in enough historical trappings and stormy drama to offset the heroine's unabashed penchant for gentlemen friends. Nor will the advertisements for the show scribble earthy words on the walls, so to speak. With occasional exceptions, Hollywood seems pointed more and more away from possible offense of the strait-laced moviegoer. Because of this increased sensitivity to customer reactions it wouldn't surprise me if, some day, they made it illegal for the eowboy hero to kiss the horse.

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| Dukes to Invest

In Film Company.

HOLLYWOOD, July 238 (U, P.)— Part of the Duke tobacco fortune is being invested for the first time in motion pictures, Producer Frederick Brisson disclosed today. Mr, Brisson, husband of Screen Star Rosalind Russell, sald a verbal agreement had been reached with Duke & Co, New York fidancial firm, to underwrite a newly formed

film company, Independent Artists, Inc. y : Heading the firm is Mr. Brisson, while on the board of directors are

ley Nichols, Actor Cary Grant and Actor's Agent Frank Vincent. 3 Mr. Brisson said Industrialist An-

| gier Biddle Duke was expected here ;

this week to complete arrangements for the Duke interests to finance two pictures annually for the next five years. Other members 8f the*Duke family whose fortune will help produce pictures include Anthony Drexel Duke and Doris Duke. The funds will not’ be invested by the Dukes individually but through the New York firm.

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