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2 Thurdy, April 6, 1944 CCCC gxamtorr Two Features Hughes Dancers Set Easter Theme for New. Warfield Bill Clocking The Films Oakland Films rOX -OAKLAND Miraete of llorgui'i rwk." ORPHKIH "Tanan'i Dmert M) ttrry." AND "Hoy, Rookie." ROXIK "Idlet Courageous." KSQl IRE "Tfce Impostor." PABAMOr.NT "lady In 111 Prk." Susan Peters Undergoes Serious Major Surgery Camera Work on 'Secrets in the Dark' Suspended During Star's Illness By Louella 0. Parsons Motion Picture Editor International Newt Berth other bird calls, and whistle songs. No doubt it's done by ventriloquism. Anyway, the stunt is exceptionally clever.

The Rockets are a trio of male tap dancers. Pinky Tomlin sings sing hits that he composed himself. Arne Hartman and his accordion are back at the Warfield for Esquire, Tivoli Change Show BELITA, who began her skating career at 14 in London's Covent Garden, appears today in "Lady Let's Dance," on the Esquire and Tivoli screens. "Lady, Let's Dance," combines rhythm, romance and comedy and teams Belita with James Ellison. The picture also boasts the services of such bands as Henry Busse, Mitch Ayres, Eddie Le Baron and Lou Bring.

Sharing the bill is the underworld tale, "A Gentle Gangster," with Barton MacLane, Jack La Rue, Molly Lamont and Joyce Compton. Embassy Books Frank Sinatra Film A trumped-up romance between a scullery maid and a confidence man, each posing as a wealthy member of society and each anxious to marry the other for money, is the basis of the musical comedy, "Higher and Higher," with Frank Sinatra, Michele Morgan and Jack Haley, which starts tomorrow at the Embassy theater for a three-day showing. "Around the World" and "Mine sweeper" close tonight. DOORS OPEN A. H.

Midnit Show Tonirhtt Box Olfico Opb in til 1 A. M. POWELIjARWUS LA3iARRVELOUS BUI Thought That AH The Heavenly Bodies Were In The Skies then along came Bfedj! Com to the Fox Where the Laffs Art Loud Lusty! -jar EASTER SETS THE TONE for at least the start of the new stage bill at the Warfield Theater. Ensconced in a bower of huge scenic calla lilies, Walt Roesner's orchestra uses Easter themes in its overture. The Helene Hughes dancers follow the same motif in the bouquets and charming gowns of their open ing number.

But their equally lively, skillful finale finds them in a different mood, for they emphasize their rhythm with cocktail shakers. Among solo acts, Bill Hughes makes his educated blackbird, "Blackle," seem to talk imitate Cay Comedy Opens at Fox "HEAVENLY BODY," starring Hedy Lamarr and William Powell opens today at the Fox. The film tells the story of what happens when an astronomer's wife becomes bored sitting home alone nights while her husband falls in love with a new comet he has discovered. James Craig is seen as the willing third angle of a triangle while Spring Bylngton, Fay Bainter and Henry O'Neill play important roles. The musical comedy romance, "Swing Fever," with Kay Kyser and his band, Marilyn Maxwell and William Gargan, is the companion screen attraction.

President Follies Buddy O'Day, well known, comic, Is starred in "Glamouralities, the new stage show at the President Follies Burlesque. Others in the revue are Patricia Collins, June Tucker, Sugar Joyce, Margie Sulli van and "Tanza." mm wmm a well earned re-engagement. The Moroccans do some remarkable feats of tumbling. On the screen, the Warfield is reviving "Manpower," with such outstanding stars as Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich and George Raft.

It is a love drama of the he-men who do daring emer gency and construction work In tne electric wire and power networks of the open country. All Nlta Policy 11 M. to I A "THE PALM SEACH STORY with Claudetta Colbert and "MANPOWER" OPENS FRIDAY Owin ra Cood Friday Doors Opn 2:30 ROUCH, TOUCH ind TERRIFIC! Vf REVUE A I 'twill S-BIG ACTS Ffonle I Helm Hucbcf 11 1tSa Dtnent fir ST. FRAXCIS "Passage to Mar seille," 9:50 12:18, 2:48, 5:16. 7:44.

10:12 p. 12:40, 3:08 ni. Open all night WARFl ELD Stage show, 1 :05, 4:00, 7:05, 8:55. "Manpower," 11 a. 2, 5, 8, 10:48 p.

1:56 a m. Open all night. PARAMOUNT "Jane Eyre," 11:22 a.m., 2:23, 5:22, 11:22 p.m.; 2:22 a m. Open all night. FOX "Heavenly Body," 10 1:07.

4:14, 7:21, 10:28 p. m. 1:35 a. m. ORPHELM "Chip Off the Old Block," 12:20, 5:15, 8:25, 11:05 p.

m. UNITED ARTISTS "It Happened Tomorrow," 12:20, 8, 6:85, 8:10, 10:50 p.m. GOLDEN GATE "Win Man- oune Revue, 1:06, 8:52, 6:88, 9:24 p. in. T1VOL1 "Lady Let's Dance," 7:25 n.

10:05 p. nu ESQUIRE "Lady Let's Dance," 9:25 a. iz, 0:10, 7:45, 10:13 p.m., 12:50, 3:25 a.m. Open all night. STATE "Rationing," 11:05 a.

2:20, 5:30, 8:45, 11:59 p. 3:12 a. in. Open all nlsht. CLAY "Catherine the Great," 2:15, 7:15.

9:15 p. m. LARKIN "No Greater Love," 2:15, 7:15, 9:15 p. ni. TELENEWS Newsreels from 9 a.m.

to 1 a.m. NEWSREEL Newsreels from 9:15 a.m. to midnight. take a bit of doing to find just the right person. SNAPSHOTS OF'HOLLYWOOD collected at random: Joan Blondell Is due home to battle for her children when her divorce case against Dick Powell reaches the courts.

Joy Hodges replaces her In "Something for the Alice Faye's baby may arrive for an Easter present; Boh Hope will soon have another hook on the market. This one deals with his experiences at Army camps; Zsa Hilton, in Washington with her sister, Eva Gabor, is heartbroken over the death of her dog, Ranger. He was such a beauty and was suffocated when the house burned down; Roscoe Karns will he a grandfather any day; now I've heard everything: Albert Dekker is going to run for State Deanna Durbin, much blonder than I have ever seen her, at the Biltmore with her producer, Felix Jackson; Helen For rest will be the godmother of th' expected Dick Haymes baby; Ben Hecht Is working with Alfred Hitch cock on "The House of Edwardes;" which goes Into immediate nro-sftrt auction; Ernst bumtscn will si "Crrarina bv directing one scene with Tallulah Bankhead before Joe Manlciewics takes over; Coblna Wright Sr. gave one of the nicest cockts'l parties of the season at her hilltop home; the Walter Langs will give a supper party Saturday in honor of Clark Gable, who leaves very soon on a new assignment George Jessel files to Portland to appear with Mrs. Mak Clark at a Bond rally there: Bin Crosby, Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone and Teddv Lynch In the talented line up for the Hollywood Canteen Easter show.

That's all today. See you tomorrow! up for the Hollvwonfl Canteen Easter show. That's all today. See 'you tomorrow! HOLLYWOOD, April 5. Susan Peters has been a far sicker girl than any one in Hollywood realized.

She hag been ailing for over a month and last Saturday she underwent a serious major operation at the Santa Monica Hospital. She was right in the midst of production on "Secrets in the Dark'" and shooting will necessarily be held up for over a month. I couldn't help but wonder when I heard that the shooting schedule on "Secrets" had been changed if Mrs. Pauline Leader Brand's threatened law suit might be in strumental in calling off the picture. But at it was stated that they are not worried about Mrs.

Brand's suit because there is no illicit romance nor illegitimate child in the picture. Mrs. Brand claimed her former husband, Mil-len Brand, author of "Outward Room," from which "Secrets in the Dark" was taken, had defamed her character. She said she would sue for $500,000. JOEL McCREA, 'who has been off the screen for six months or longer doing official work for the Government, stars in "Fear" at Paramount.

Joel has been rumored for a dozen different movies, but this one, he says, is official. It's a great break for Gail Russell, the girl in this thriller-diller. When I tell you that "Fear" is the new title on an adaptation of "Her Heart in Her Throat." the Ethel Lina White murder mystery, you may remem ber the story. Miss White, a British writer, authored many of these who-dun-its that have been filmed by Alfred Hitchcock. The locale is being switched from London to New England and Lewis Allen, who mmm i.i ruTum at MTJTIHY The WHISTLER" IKHAKBMX directed "The Uninvited," will do the megaphoning.

SEEMS LIKE a long time between flashes on Elena Verdugo, the beautiful Spanish blonde who played the native girl with George Sanders in "The Moon and Sixpence." But this morning Elena pops up with her best break sinc that picture, the femme lead with Boris Karloff in "The Devil's Brood" at Universal, THE MICKEY ROONEY "mys-ter" grows by the hour at Camp Fannin, in Texas. If Mickey isn't there his ghost is, for everybody from the rookies to the general believe they have seen Rooney thereabouts. In fact, it became such a thing that the camp paper came out with a headline story. The only solution is that there must be a Mickey Rooney "double" down there or a reasonable facsimile because" Mickey, himself, most assuredly is in Hollywood. CHATTER IN HOLLYWOOD: Mrs.

Richard Smart, the former Patricia Monteagle, socialite, has decided to fight her husband's divorce suit, filed a few months ago in Honolulu. She has engaged Jerry Ceisler and Theodore Roach, two of southern California's most prominent lawyers, to represent her. She will ask for complete custody of their two small children and a very substantial property settlement. Patricia hasn't heard from Smart since he and his piano player went east five months ago. I talked with Richard over the telephone when I was in New York and, at that time, he said nothing about coming back to his wife and small children, whom he left just a few days before Christmas.

Up to that moment Mrs. Smart had no idea that he was unhappy or had been contemplating any sort of separation. I HEARD ON the Twentieth lot that "The Life of Nijinski," owned by Arthur Murray, hss been purchased by Joseph Schenck for Twentieth. At the time Mrs. Nijinski wrote the biography of her famous dancer" husband and his tragic career tt was a best seller.

The bidding at that time was fast and furious, but finally it was decided that it would be too difficult to film. Twentieth has assigned Nick Castle, dance director, to help write the script. As for a ballet dancer to play Nijinski well, that's another question. It will lr 'Mi mm mm Move to State WITH WALLACE BEHRY at funny best, "Rationing" moved to the State today to share screen honors with "Lost Angel," starring child actress Margaret O'Brien. Marsha Hunt and James Craig art the romantic team featured with the young actress.

The Examiner'g Want Ad lec tion is a public service. BBOTt MARSEILLB Clauk RANS Mkmu MORGAN Pkiup DORN rl and March nf Tlmf'a "SOUTH AMERICAN FRONT, 1944" THESE 2 Git CAT HITS MOVE II HE TODAY; mm mm a LODER THE EAST" TODAY! 6 I 2ND Chs THRILL ftj WEEK! AAA 17 companion ruTyu I I "THE CHOST THAT WALKS ALONE" wHh Arthur Uko i'lllmlliMl'l III-II 'lism iiimiiis I lnlW IfiiiiHa sum PS Inncl 1 mm LTiS mi jC 'WL (yyCllV 1 Wl I A vi WaPW tV isAWm World Premiere TODAY Fj ff: SKATES! LfJ 1 17 1 ROMANCES! a TlWM GREAT JfM 5 IBi BANDS vVrs VVA IMaplJKe Henry BUSSE fflkf 'ffiffl II py nf) Mitch AYRES VTUi (d Eddie Le Baron vnlf' CX fyff ieEfp wi.t'i' fibril Sw VIICINIA VAN vn 0ksW WNAT PENDLETON lJT DAMNING FYPOCF OP TUP 1APC mmmjmm aaai ws mm JB tMJ a ttsm mi'llfnvif mm mmmm mm OBERON JOHN ClMftS lw" I lQnS irlVC 1 lAf m.M 1 1" nationally OPEN ALL NIGHT 9:301,1 Til 3:30 am seTit TODAY! i. MERLE A modern adaptation of th prophttk "THUNDER IN AMERICAN PREMIERE. -DAILY HEWS "Tense, keeps audience en edge of their seats!" -WOULD TELEGRAM every way a screen drama of enormous power!" -N. T.

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