Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1950 — Page 10

HOLLYWOOD, Jan.

‘Ronald Reagan. Rebels | Against Type-Casting

Friars Club Giving Him Testimonial Banquet, but It's Just Coincidental

By Erskine - Johnson 17—Ronald Reagan is rebelling

at Hollywood type-casting and the Friars Club is giving

him a testimonial banquet.

But it's strictly coincidental.

No more plodding all-American boy film rolés, says!

Reagan. He wants to go back the war. He told me: “They don't cast me as an actor any more. They cast me as president of the Screen Actors Guild. They take sex out and put me in” : He's playing a sold citizen again in “Storm Center” at War ner Brothers but says it will be his last “Boy Scout” role for a long time, The Friars banquet for Reagan at the Beverly Hills Club Feb. 8 will be a formal affair. As Abbot George Jessel explains “We're dressing up because |

to the heels he played before

GARY COOPER finishes his role in “Bright Leaf” this month and also heads for a vacation--to the Cooper home at Aspen, Colo. Gary gets the action he's been yelling for as the tobacco tycoon in this one. He rides horseback, has a fist fight and stops a riot In fact, in “Bright Leaf,” everybody seems to be getting what they've wanted. Bacall was on suspension but came back running when they cast her as the film's femme fatale,

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1 | | Racket Rigs Titles |

State and federal officials joined today to crack down on

a & car title racket used to evade

{eigaret at the Los Angeles Phil- Indiana and Michigan taxes, -

harmonic auditorium and cracked “I was doing

20-puff zone.” ~ wn ~

40 puffs

later

Secretary of State Charles Fleming said it was believed pos-|

in a gible the racketeers might also

be using the system to cover up {interstate traffic in stolen ve-

ELEANOR PARKER and Bert pio.

Friedlob expect hat visit from Mr. Fleming met yesterday the stork on Apr. 15. with Michigan law enforcement ~ ” Ld BETTY HUTTON, departing authorities and with representa-

with her two kids for Sun Valley: “I'm going. ta learn to ski. All

these years 1 thought a slalom was something you bought in a

delicatessen.”

Betty's husband, Ted Briskin,

is staying home but they insist i new Cars.

this Payment of both the Michigan

Betty and Te later

isn't a separation will go to Florida month . . ” Short, short: Seven years ago

| Janis Carter was discovered by

Hollywood after clicking on

And Jack Carson has | the straight dramatic role he's | been asking for since a series

Broadway as a singer in two smash hits, “Panama Hattie” and “DuBarry Was a Lady.”

it's about time the members + looked as good as the waiters.”

} 8" of slapstick comedies. In 1949 she was paged by JANE WYMAN is off for a two- su @ Broadway for five musicals, Inmonth vacation after doing three! pPENNIS MORGAN wants to cluding “Gentlemen

She Just wound do a musical based on the life Blondes” and “Guys and Dolls.” " Close of Robert Burns. But right now . & ®

films in a row, up “The Glass Menagerie.

than Jesse Jones: “Why, Jessie than $40 Wiltiop in his life.”

ably not wanting to run into ex- moon with Cary. He sald: boy friend Bautzer) sent her re-| “The only difference .I noticed grets. The fact that Lew is Gin- was that she had a cold.” Ln r's ex-husband may be an ex- Harry Kurnitz wrote and fis BT ation for his absence. Jane's producing “Pretty Baby.” Harry TERESA “WRIGHT goes date was € was Clark Hardwick is the fellow who was grabbed New York in January for a play ~ eae hunt. She wants te do a Broad-

way show before | movie . Gregory Peck may. be the screen's new Bulldog | Drummond. David Niven, Ronald Colman and John Howard {have played the part. ,. . Columbia and Jimmy Stéwart are discussing a contragt deal. Bob Young's air sgéries, “Father Knows Best,” is“headed for the {TV cameras next fall, ~ ” ~ KEENAN WYNN and Larry Parks will be. among 500 starters JEWELER in the annual Palmdale-to-Big

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=| It's on a 174-mie cowpath {course which never touches the pavement. Keenan is a cycle fan [from way back--he got his first bike 19 years ago. Last year there was a 40-bike pileup only two miles from the starting line. Keenan says he gives the field a two-minute head start to avoid the traffic,

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final “30” on his “leolumn . another “30”

Joyce Matthews.

{applaud Miltie . . {mon about a oy constant battles:

Jackie Glea-

were mispronounced man and {wife.”

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MILTON BERLE just put the few

tives of the Federal Bureau of {Internal Revenue and the Interstate Commerce Commission. The meeting was held in thé Secretary of State's office Spokesmen at the meeting sdid the title juggling involved mostly Purpose is to avoid

sales tax and the Indiana gross income tax on cars sold for shipment to other states. | Last month Michigan author{ities rounded up a title ring oper-' jating under the name of the Man-O-War Publishing Co. The! ring obtained Indiana titles] through a Ft. Wayne office from | phony bills of lading indicating |

Prefer the cars had been shipped into|

{Indiana | Actually, the cars remained in

| Detroit or in other Michigan cities)

' on-singing role oppo-! MARY KAY STEARNS claims wy fu. An But Lew a Cary Grant in Pty she didn't enjoy the ending of a and the titles were mailed back. | wasn't present when she gave a Baby a comedy about the ad- film she saw the other night. She Thus. the cars could be sold on | big party the other night. vertising business. ran out of popcorn. e Indiana titles without payNeither was Joan Crawford. 1 asked director Bretaigne 88 .« Jest of the Michigan sales laxes Ginger Rogers and Greg Bautzer Windust if Betsy acted any dif- GLENN McCARTHY'S reply, and, at the same time, no record were invited, too, and Joan (prob- ferent after her two-day honey- when asked if he had more money existed of any sale in Indiana

which could iny6lve payment of

never had more Bross income taxes,

Michigan officials said many of the, cars “were then towed or such states as Cali-| fornia” where they were sold out-! side” of dealers quotas and at

Uncover Dummy At yesterday's meeting, Mr. Fleming said, the probers uncovered an Indiana dummy dealers corporation. The Michigan investigators, Mr. Fleming sald,

* recognized the name of one of the

company's directors as that of the {wife of a member of the Man-O-| War ring. At yesterday's meeting were Mr, Fleming, Mahlon Leach, director] of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, | B. B. McDonald, assistant di-| rector; State Police Executive Of-! ficer Robert O'Neal; Michigan! State Police Captain Edward] Cooper; L. R. Maehling, of the Bureau of Internal Revenue; H. IR, Fairweather, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Conn J. Sterling, director of the Indiana Bureau of Revenue Mr. Fleming sald Michigan officer and a representative of the Michigan Attorney General's oi fice would stay on in Indiana a davs to compleie the in-

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