Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1949 — Page 24

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in Hollywood— [| Missouri, Sir, Raises Mules

Siate Chamber of Commerce Kicks About Insult By Erskine Johnson =

HOLLYWOOD, May 14—The Missouri mule is about But not if the Missouri State Chamber of Commerce has its way. Its executive vice president, H. C. .- Rethwisch, just wired me: ‘ “Beg to use your good offices to prevent affront by|s Universal International studios to one of America’s great

all the things I've said about her, I'm sure I never will.”

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to be “insul

Institutions, the Missouri mule. We have been advised that UI is negotiating with

. Columbia, Tenn. for a mule to ay the title role in the movie, 8.’

“Tennessee mules are nothing ut a poor imitation of that magpnificent animal famed in song and fable—the Missouri mule. _ To us, any other than a Missouri mule in the title role of ‘Francis’ would constitute a heinous insult to one of our noblest animals. , “To even mention a mule with..out Missouri is like mentioning ham without eggs or strawberries without shortcake.” Or a chamber of commerce without a press agent? Aside to Ul: Better make it a Mis- + sourl mule. This guy sounds ~ dangerous.

» s » ~+: INGRID BERGMAN, Dr. Peter + Lindstrom and Roberto Rossellini put Stromboll Island on .. America’s front pages. Now Ros- . gellini's ex-girl friend, actress (»JAnna Magnani, will put it on ~. theater marquees. Her UA film, .. Which also will be filmed there, will be titled, “S8tromboll.” The . nation’s comics already are hav- . ing a field day with the title. . o s BRENDA JOYCE is retiring as Tarzan’s mate now that Lex Barker has replaced Johnny Lex will get a new one. It seems only logical—the rest of Hollywood trades partners as often as square dancers, » # ” MARQUEE SIGN: “The Sun Comes Up—In Gorgeous Technicolor.”

' » td s ~s BOB HOPE p off the plane .&fter his second cross-country tour of the year to announce a third trip this fall. He did 30

. pilot swearing he didn’t get four R consecutive sleep on the tire tour, Se .. “OHAMPION,” “The Search” #nd “Home of the Brave” proved

it's RKQ's turn with “The Window.” If suspense gets you, “The

out of one,

Window” will have you jumping!

lywood

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trousers

Hope.

Gore,

swelled

Adams.”

blonde.

8 = » IRENE DUNNE, who has been off the screen too long, is reading

2 Ab advance copy of Robert Hardy): a ' new novel, “Legend of}

& Lady,” a dramatic story of § . » ° GROUCHO MARX at D'Orsays: “I don't like her and from

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party.

said Helen,

crown

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the press agent.

made him famous.” “Aren't you Jules Munshin?” asked the girl. “No,” said Gilford, “I'm Joey

Dick Jurgens and his orche tra will be at the Indiana Roof for a one-night stand today.

INTERVIEWING Ramon Novarro, who supported a family of 16 when he was a top star, reminded me of the time he was talking to Helen Hayes at a HolRamon sald he couldn’t afford such an affair and Helen asked him why not. “Because I support 16 people,”

“then you give a party every day.” 5 " "

THE DIALOG between Bob Hope and Vice President Barkley in Washington was something. Mr. Barkley said he was on his way to the Winchester Apple. Festival to queen. He was wearing striped

the

“Do you have to look like that just to crown a queen?” asked

“Well, no,” said Mr. Barkley, “but I have to kiss her.” “Okay,” sald Hope, “but take it easy. You're liable to warm her up and it will turn into the Baked Apple Festival.”

JACK GILFORD was discussing the values of publicity with his press agent, Lary, at Toots Shor's when a young girl, passing by their table, pointed to Jack and said: know you!” “Of course you know him)”

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Then Gilford whispered to Gore: “You're right about publicity. Another year of it and they'll be mistaking me for Groucho Marx.” Someone also asked Gilford where he met a certain beautiful

“I don’t know,” sald Gilford,

“YI opened my wallet and there she was.”

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with the case.

Black Market’ Activities Win Excuse From Jury

summons to report for jury duty.

tive Story” and has 4 mid-week

: |matinee.

“What part do you play?” asked |

the examining judge.

“I'm Tami Giacoppetti, the black ‘marketeer.”

2 ” 2 “OH YES,” the judge replied.

“I remember you. Saw the play

last week. You were very good. I guess the play will run a year.” “At least,” agreed Mr. Scourby. “Then we'd better excuse you

8 (until 1951,” said the judge.

(Gets Radio. Award

Merrill W. Price, 126 Woodside Ave, has been awarded membership in the DX Century

way short wave radio contacts

# {with at least 100 countries of the

world. The station is set up in his home and uses the call letters WOBZB.

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Filled with incidents that closely parallel the work in the Al Capone case, ''The Undercover Man' come fo Loew's Theater Wednesday. Treasury Agent Frank Warren (Glenn Ford) and his wife, Judith (Nina Foch), join other agents (James Whitmore and Wolfe) to aid in apprehending the big city's notorious underworld czar, known as the "Big reprisal stops all help from citizens.

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Assurance of police protection and cash make Rocco decide to go through with the deal. But that same day, he is slaughtered by members of the gang. After two killings, Warren is ready to quit the case. A visit from Rocco's mother and daughter gives him new courage. They have a tell-tale ledger that belonged to Rocco, and they now offer it to Warren, He decides to go on

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Warren's first real lead in the case never materializes. His informer is shot on a busy street. The

crime syndicate reaches eve the issue with the local police, but even the oncerespected police sergeant Shannon (John F. Hamilton) is silenced by constant threats of the gang's mouthpiece, Edward O'Rourke (Barry Kelley). Warren now : fears for his wife's safety and sends her away.

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Incriminating entries in the ledger furnish the information necessary for Warren to cinch the case. Many of the tough guys picked up by the police turn state's evidence in return for Fellow" is indicted, his followers rush to offer their testimony to save

protection. When the "Bi

themselves.

Hepburn Plans Broadway Return |

. NEW YORK, May 14—Kath-| Plans call for the star to return arine Hepburn will be returning nere from Hollywood in October

to Broadway next fall for the! first time in six years, She has ©F rehearsals to start the 17th agreed to appear in Shakespeare's 0f that month.’ There will be a NEW YORK, May 14 (UP)—|“Ag You Like It” for the Theater Preliminary tour, with Broadway Alexander Scourby received al guild. | Miss Hepburn and the Guild

He pleaded inability to serve|sre old friends. She appeared in| ecause he is an actor in ‘Detece (iq

getting the play shortly before] Christmas. Miss Hepburn, of course, will play Rosalind.

Ballet Theater. Sets

Nation-Wide Tour

NEW YORK, May 14 (UP)— The famous Ballet Theater, which

after being idle ™ ~ year, announces that it will engage in a nation-wide tour, starting early in October and ending with a New York engagement.

here. He tries to press

has resumed activities this sprineiand Sciences. , &)- eascws Grace Golden, director of

finds out.

wife.

Slavic Art Exhibit Arranged at [U

* Times State Service BLOOMINGTON, May 14—Ayg exhibit of Slavic art will be on display in the Indiana University

4Union Building through May 21. | ;

The exhibit, first of its kind to be held on the campus, was arranged by the IU Slavic Club and sponsored by the College of Arts

the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, will give a lecture at 4:30 p. m. today in the Union Building Men's Lounge, where the ex-

next April.

hibit is being held.

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over Man’ Parallel fo Al Capone Case

Shannon deliberately drops a clue to Warren, then oes to the home of a petty sends him to see her husband's "girl friend," a burlesque queen (Kay Medford). Warren makes a deal with her to have Rocco produce incriminating records against the "Big Fellow.” Rocco is reluctant, realizing the consequences if the gang

The mob's big brain, O'Rourke, turns on the gang and gives Warren the final bit of needed evidence; that he had better change the jury as it, too, had been "fixed." O'Rourke is killed as is changed and the "Big arren goes back to his

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Steve Brodie Year's Top

Film Villain

‘Home of the Brave’ Hailed as 1949

‘Crossfire’

HOLLYWOOD, May 14 (UP)— One of the nation’s 150,000 gasoline service station attendants, who cared more for grease paint than for racks, has made it to the eminence of movie villain of the year. He is Steve Brodie, and he says after “Home of the Brave” comes out yowll know him as something more than Lois Andrews’ third

husband. “Home of the Brave” is the 1949 “Crossfire” and Brodie is the heaviest heavy, in a socially significant way, since “Crossfire’'s” Robert Ryan. “I had a small part in that among my many other small parts,” Brodie said. “But Ryan had the best. ‘How do you get a part like that?’ I asked him one

day. | - “Well, now I know. Bob heard {there was another part like that 'and he recommended me. A couple of other people recom-

8 mended me, too, and that’s how | [you get good parts.”

No Luck at First Brodie, born in Eldorado, Kas,

Fused to be a utility man with a general stock company touring

the country. : “When the company got to Hollywood,” he said, “I dropped out. I had big ideas about being an actor and getting lots of dialogue. Hah! The only job I could get had

IF just one line of dialogue: ‘Fill 'er

ul ” » In the 10 years since he left the gas pump, Brodie has played mostly heavies in 42 other pictures, generally westerns. “I guess it was my rugged face,” he said. “I was always the sutlaw with the two-day beard. When you go for a while like that, you feel as disreputable as you look.” Brodie now has shaved off that two-day shadow. He doesn’t plan to go back to it, and he doesn’t think he’ll be going back to that Sunset Boulevard service station |either.

Fish Yields False Teeth

OSKALOOSA, Iowa, May 14 (UP)—Warren' Freel is telling about the 48-pound drum fish he hooked while fishing in the Gulf of Mexico off Port Isabel, Tex. Inside the fish Freel says he found a partial set of false teeth,

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