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Eignt COUKIER-POST, CAMDEN, N. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1942 Films Soon Movie Attractions in Camden Theatres Over the Weekend 'Invaders' Tops Stanley Movie Bill Checked and Double-Checked ir By DEAN MACARDELl (Subbing for By Jimlny) "To Tell Hero's Life i -V: 'V A- 4 i i -i 5. 1" Extra! Is it -true that the Garden State Racing Association has asked the State Rating Commission for an extension of 30 days! If the rumor is true and the request is granted it would extend the present meet 30 days beyond the West Point" Film at Savar; 'C. W. on Grand Screen announcement "the mezzanine Is nice and dry" Out in Col-lingswood, there is talk of a 10 p.

m. curfew for boys and girls under 16 Some of the advocates of the measure say there are many young people on the streets late at night They may forget that a- few years back when the school, board tried to get the voters to authorize funds to en present closing date of September 12. Politics Larry Casey is handling state publicity for; the Gill Robb i By LOt ELLA O. PARSONS Hollywood. Aug.

8.The new Lloyd C. Douglas novel, 'The RObe," carries a Spiritual message so! appealing to Frank Ross that he un and bought it. He paid $100,000 and if the film version, doies the business that "Th Magnificent and "The Greenlight" the other two Doug lai best-sellers did at the box-office, Frank has made -an investment for He tells, me that Jean Arthur, wife, Will not be in the picture because there is no role for Wilson forces. that Headed by Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard and Raymond Massey, with Anton Walbrook and Eric Portman, Columbia's "The Invaders" is at the Stanley. Pointing Up the calm, grim determination of a nation roused into lighting fury by the terrorism and arro large the gymnasium at the high, school so the 'children could havei some place to go in the evenings, it was turned down A weekly paper there polled 100 people, and said it found 85 for and 15 But Frank is nothing if not against the curfew.

But the op-j heir. was! ambitious. He sees Gary Cooper, ponerts are saying the poll Wilson is favorable to the Harold Hoffman faction. Baird-Wood folks will support Wilson in Cain den county. will Al Driscoll, the ABC czar.

the first time Baird and Driscoll will be on the same side in a primary fight. Al Hawkes is banking on some real strength in Camden couniy and is expected to carry Hugh Me-horter will head the Hawkes forces in Gloucester county with Bob Hendrickson on the Wilson wagon county leadership split is shown in Essex county where Lester Clee has announced for Hawkes and Arthur Vanderbilt is rumored on the Wilson gance of a small band of Nazis, stranded in Canada when their sub-I marine is blasted out of the by the Royal Canadian Air Force, "The Invaders" packs within itr. breathless unreeling the thrills of not representative of a cross sec- i Spencer Tracy or Errol Flynn as tion of the town and the 'idea jthie star, i Since "The Devil and would be soundly defeated Iff put on Miss Jons" and "Of Mice and the oaliot Some Callings- jMen," his two previous pictures, woodites say those who want the; clicked he will probably get hlrrt-curfew are putting control of their self set with a major studio that 'It in 111 1 1 "r- I- ii mm m. um in im i i iimiiihuiwi nmm ibi.i.uiiiiiuiijiIw.iwjwi. children in the hands of the police; will give him the talent he needs.

instead or their own Here and there Besides being a freeholder and a funeral director I 'Grant Scott can claim credit forjcharles Burkett. of Collingswood, being the original sponsor of Joe Bower being lost in the shuffle in this end of the state, if reports are Howard Westcott and Tommy Schneider have the same slogan on the primary ticket. indicates they will be bracketed on the The slogan is that filed by Congressman Wolverton for Congress "Republican Win the War also likes to His warbling of the Road to Mandalay brought down the house recently in a Seniors Point night spot. He was introduced only as "a guest Delaware township police are trying to keep Camden "sporting" rrien away from the Garden State race track by invoking its criminal registration ordinance. halt doen who failed to register with the police before going to the track Buys Mitchell Biography The posthumous fame of General "Billy" Mitchell, who warned that Japan was our dangerous enemy in the Pacific and pointed out the strategic importance of Alaska, has been rumored as a movie subject for months.

The first definite word comes from Samuel Bronston, Columbia producer, who has bought the official life story written by Isaac Don Levine. William Hawks discussed the story when he was at RKO, but since he is no longer connected with that company and Bronston has paid $100,000 for the Levine book and has permission of the Mitchell family well, this is it. Bronston was associated with A lifetime, tne heroic gallantry 01 simple democratic folk, the thundering impact of a desperate manhunt which covered a continent. The film was directed with titanic effect bv Michael Powell, from Emeric Pressburger's hard-hitting story. Olivier is seen as an exuberant French-Canadian trapper who believes the war is far away and none of his business; the stranded Nazis shatter that illusion with dramatic sharpness.

Howard appears as a dilettante who tries to escape from the world by retiring to an idyllic mountain fastness; the fleeing U-boat men blunder into his luxurious retreat, jeer at his "decadent" philosophy, and destroy his precious manuscripts and works of art. Massey is a Canadian soldier, AWOL, who learns his right to 'grumble is something worth lighting for. Walbrook appears as the simple leader of a religious community. "Ten Gentlemen From West were ordered out and told to stay iout unless they wanted to iace a jjail term. At least three were fined Preserve Palese, Kates Burton have the same slogan as does Powell Quicksall for surrogate and Arthur Iloll for Segal, Cy Harris, Eddie Quinlan and other Twelfth 'ward leaders have declared for Tommy Schneider which- means i "Camden's Jimmy Walker" should poll a big majority in the Members of the Republican County I A-N Major Jarr.es Roosevelt when Jim- I mie was in the movie business.

The vaudeville headlines of an-1 other day will be lined un foH "Something To Live For, a mof tion picture financed by Lou Lurie, Point," 20th Century-Fox's thrill-j ing story of the United States Miii-I tary Academy, at the Savar, wasj tailor-made for George Montgom-j lit 1st yjA 161 I i tri- 11 1 -T --1 Timini i- uniT ir i fewMtd-MMrf Ofcw.j iKnm 111 mi 1 1 1 iiiim, number of newspapermen who ordinarily were sympathetic to the track sponsors in their "Battle of the Obstacles" have gone sour on them because their passes were picked up while being used by friends. sure way to get into the Army is to tell one of Camden county's draft boards you work at the shipyard. have a peeve against shipyard A dozen or so "chalk" players at Garden State have been cashing in on the gee-gees by watching the bets of a New York "lay-off? man who makes bets at the trak for big N. Y. gambling interests to knock down the odds.

His $1000 bet at the last minute of one of last Saturday's races sent the odd on his pony down from seven to one to nine to two. His horse won and his $1000 got him back $5950 besides reducing the He also bet substantial sums on the of at least two other He makes his bet just a minute or so before the ponies go off and then ery, ana experts preoici win pui him on the Hollywood map as one of biggest male slars in the picture business. Foremost among these experts is William Perlberg. producer of "Ten Gentlemen From West Point," Clark Gahle and Vivien Leigh (1) again are seen in "Gone With The Wind," at the Grand; Mary Astor (2) is featured in the "Kennel Murder Case" today at the 1-yric; Gertrude Michael (3) is starred in "Prisoner of Japan" at the Broadway starting tomorrow; Leslie Howard (4) has one of the principal parts in "The Invaders" at the Stanley; Maureen O'Hara (5) is seen in "Ten Gentlemen From West Point" at the Savar; John Wayne (6) is starred in "In Old California" at the Towers. Commit are peeved because only a few of them had ah opportunity to pass on the league A full meeting may be called in the near future.

The Baird-Wood forces filed three candidates for the Assembly and two for freeholder Thursday it is reported they will withdraw the greater part of them be1-fore the deadline next Wednesday openly admit they are out to beat Rocco Palese and Howard West cot and will declare an armistice with the Republican League if they get those two spots on the! ticket Certain interests tried to I get Walter Evans withdraw from the Freeholder race and oppose Quicksall for surrogate. But i no Evans is in the free whose long years of experience in the motion picture industry should derground room sending the direc-qualify him as a judge in matters tions to the naval vessel over the thespian. I Jap wireless so that the salvos hit New Film Bills Scheduled In Neighborhood Theatres Lesser and Jules Stein, Georgt Jessel's complete show with Jack Haley, Buck and Bubbles, the Marcos, Ella Logan, and, I suppose, Kitty Carlisle, have all been' signed on this basis for a movie. Fannie Brice is being paged and '( there will be other top names, Now all the gentlemen have to do is sell the to a major studio. Since the show went over big both in 'Los Angeles and San Francisco that should be the least of their worries.

Luise Rainer In Town One of the most attractive fig-; ures around the Beverly Hills swimming pool and at tea time is Luise Rainer, who has been here for the last few weeks. She hi been in conference at Warner Brothers about a movie, but I understand it didn't materialize. However, I have the feeling Luis will really get herself a movie job time. Another visitor of Interest at the same hotel Is Lieut. Comd.

R. Was- i sell. I was eager to see Mrs. Wttssell since the missionary doctor Montgomery has played the leaai directly on the concrete inclosure Jane Gov 1 Due Monday In 'Candida' roles in more than a dozen hlms hidden below the ground but "Ten Gentlemen From West Point," in which he is co-starred with Maureen O'Hara and John Sutton, is the most important part he has had thus far. Moreover, So ns the guns roar and smash the dangerous radio station that has cost the lives of American seamen and destroyed valuable convoys, these two young people, with holder race to stick and will be jshows his tickets to the "chalkers" on their lips, die in each arms in the blazing glory Perlberg and Director iienry Mam- smiles away planned the him to give fulliothcis cop on Broadway" as his co-star.

William A. Seiter directed the Bruce Manning production. Parkside Su nday Two of ti loveliest backs in mighty troublesome to somebody. Kamhling Arouml-A number of motorist are trying to beat the gas rationing by using four gallons of gas combined with four gallons of naphtha or kereosene Park Monday Conrad Veidt, playing his first dual role in "Nazi Agent" on the Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer lot, says he was in constant fear of "upstaging" himself Jules Dassin, the picture's young director, studied un A novel experience for local will be found in the forth- I of the supreme sacrifice that others might live. who scramble to other windows to get down their Tenants in the Parkview Court apartments in South Camden are up in arms over the order curtailing the use of hot Sgt.

Ray Smith is having a heluva time ex()iaining how and why he got a card from the gas board Earl 1 well- on nresentation of. Shaw's i "Top Sergeant" also is Broad wav bill. i I it works you want to pay scope to Montgomery's varied talents. The handsome ex-Montana cowboy was given his first starring role opposite Ginger Rogers in "Roxie Hart." lie gave such a grand perform Hollywood are very much on "Candida," which will be shown iriu.i KflUUU 1 ICI LJl I 1 lft tlilll der Alfred Hitchcock and Carson in Paramount's new spy-chase com much a cooled Forrest theatre with Jane Cowl in the I "The Kennel Murder Case." a Bros, picture, brings Wil- at the air next week Kanln. His first hit was Edgar man up your motor in shorter time than usual drivers have put special tors on their cars so the will burn better edy, "The Lady Has Plans," co-starring Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard, with Roland Young, Al- ance that mm tnat rerioerg im Some A recent theatre ham Powell to the Lyric known in North Cat his second hitch with Uncle Sam.

Devinney served overseas in the title role. This will be the first time Miss Cowl has played this important famous S. Van today as Philo Vance, the detective created by S. told me all her when he i came to see me. She seems an ideal wife and must have been I very helpful In his work in China, i The amazing Bob Tapllnger has lost none of his gift for pulling Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." Liberty, Crescent, Hits Sunday Ann Sheridan has unusual musical accompaniment for the song first world war and is now In the Dert ueiiKer ana Margaret uayes.

downpour at. the race track flooded The backs belong to Paulette jthe railroad underpass on Marlton Goddard anri Murwrot Hsvps. TniPike and the state- cops diverted air force group stationed at At role, long a touchstone for acting! lantic Tex Rickards, well-known to Courier-Post mail bag readers, is in the ordance depart I the traffic over Grove street to Haddonfield The police there ivere none too pleased with the influx Another storm bent the mediately signed him for "Ten Gentlemen From West Point." i "Gone With the Wind," at the Grand, now being released for the! third successive year by M-G-M has won virtually every award in the field of motion pictures. Short-; ly after Us premiere, it won the annual award of the Academy of. Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as the best filmof the year.

David O. Selznick, producer of the pic-' ture, won the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award, at the same tim, ment of the Rumor has it a check is being made of the many Dine. Powell made some of his first great screen successes in the role of this character. "The Kennel Murder Case" is considered the most baffling and thrilling picture of all the S. S.

Van Dine stories in which Powell has starred. The action is swift moving, starting with the murder of a prize Scot tie and invoking Die slaying of two men and the attempted murder track flagpole so that Old Glory jautos at the rack track with almost touched the ground on them. Many of them It also flooded the lower floor bet-are on Philly cars and they are ting windows and resulted, in an'daily the picture iss Hayes portrays a dangerous sj who has, drawn in invisible ink on her back, stolen U. S. Navy plans.

Paulette, a reporter, is mistaken for the spy and when she ani Milland, a newscaster, realize it, they try to outsmart the spy ring of which Miss Hayes is a part. I' lulette, therefore, has a fake set plans drawn on her back. rabbits out or tan nats wnere publicity is concerned. He had a picture made of Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Cary Grant and George Stevens walking for the "The Talk Of the Town" and the government has taken it over and Is now using it to promote walking with the caption: "The Walk of the Town." If Columbia doesn't watch out Bob Is going to do for Janet Blair what he did for Ann Sheridan. Every time I see him he tells me how wonderful she is in "My Sister Eileen." It is like water dripping on a rock after a while it makes an impression.

number she sings in "Juke Girl," her present Warner starring film, now at the Strand Theatre. Orchestral background comes from a nickel-in-the-slot phonograph, from a special pressing recorded by a Leo Forbsteln orchestra. Song for Ann was written by M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl.

Victoria Sunday; Century Monday Appearing In her third starring honors. Seen recently in "Old Acquaintance" and in a series of dramatic shows. Miss Cowl has never before played a Shavian part. Tom Powers will be the Rev. Mr.

Morell and John Craven will play the youthful poet Marchbanks. The story of the play, it will be remembered, revolves about Candida, the wife of the Rev. James Morell, who has involuntarily inspired the calf love of the aesthetic young Marchbanks. He confides this to the husband and asks him rf i r1 AT -ct i 1 ii rrtr rT for the outstanding contribution by ns phu Va'ne unrVPls h(, Headliners at Towers and Stanley a producer ior ine year vivien crimes in which seven suspects Leigh, who plays Scarlett O'Hara, and the have both the opportunity motive for the killings. There is more of romance in the underlying theme than the usual detective storv, including a love role since her start in films, Market Slave (affair between the niece of the if he does not think Candida will 'murdered men and a titled L'ng-lbe happier with him.

a poet, than veronica Lake is seen opposite Robert Preston in Paramount's One Scene ilishman as well as a clandestine new thriller drama, "This Gun for witha preacher. The author there- Film For Inffnir rt ji mjirl i I M5i i-in nn Hire." Laird Cregar and Alan tfie Censor the part of the uncle for his ward.uPon snows the highly amusing i Plaving in support of Powell are conflict between the two men and Ladd are featured. Veronica pre Mary Astor as his leading lady, 'Candida, marked at all times by viously starred in "I Wanted I Eugene Pallette as Sergeant Heath, the brilliant wit and philosophy of role he has played previously 'life so characteristic of the famous "lied" Still Plugs TCrn The letter-box: Once a press agent always a press agent, as the following note from "Red" Doff proves. "Red" used to utilize his talents ballyhooing John Shelton, Kathryn Grayson and other players but now he's in the Army, "There are some swell musicians In our outfit at Camp Carson, Colorado." (And, he from foic of habit, no doubt) "I wish you could give them a plug? The amateur previewers are at it hot and heavy this week. Mrs.

Alvin Johnson run out of adjectives over Brian Donlevy In "Wakt Island." "He has already wrapped tap next Wings" and "Sullivan's Travels Mt. Ephraim Sunday By PAUL HARRISON Hollywood, Aug. 8. There was with Powell, Ralph Morgan, Helen playwright f. The supporting members of the cast are Ellen Hall as Prossy, Stan James Gleason has shifted from some -wonderful merchandise in the "Arabian Nights" slave market the Vinson, Jack Lit Rue and many others.

On the same bill is "Gambling Lady," with Barbara Stanwyck. X. ft sS ry pipes to cigars for the duration of ley Bell as the comic Lexy Mill, and Horace Sinclair as Mr. Burgess. won the Academy Awarn as tne best actress; Victor Fleming, who directed it, was named as the best director of the year; and Hattie McDaniel, who appears as Mammy, likewise won the Academy Award for the best performance by a supporting actress.

The late Sidney Howard, famed playwright, was cited for the best screen play of the year: William Cameron Men-zies, production designer, received a special plaque for his work in the use of color in the film, and both the Technicolor and the editing of the picture were similarly honored as the outstanding achievements of the year. The plot of "In Old California," which made its local debut at the Towers Theatre yesterday, is. laid against a colorful background which would make the picture a success even without an outstanding cast. But Republic has gone all the way, and combined an excellent story actors and actresses whose ability is unchallenged. John Wayne adds another feather to his cap in his characterization of the mannerly Bostonian who becomes quite effectively two-fisted when his right to earn his living other day bui it wasn't Dollar Day the war because his bite is a lot Oomphy brui ettes were for worse than his bark.

more than ID gold dinars: a blond Jane Cowl Returning to Phila. brought 400; and one of the auc Gleason watches every scene In every picture he plays in, and gets just as excited as the author could year's Oscar and I can see it re tioneer's sto ges told me he had been authori to bid 1000 dinars posing on the mantle in his home. she writes. wish. And every time stars Rita Hay- for a beaud Jl redhead who'd be put on the lock soon.

She was worth and Victor Mature of "My Maria Montt the star, and a deal already had i een arranged for her Gal Sal" hit a high spot, Gleason to be bought ay Edgar Barrier, the would bite through the rubber boss heavy. quote prices on the One can't les, such as Jon Hall, tig held in chains for slavery because he handsome who were tw selling into script says rescue Miss Ann Roland" caught "Random Harvest" in Inglewood: "Greer Garson and Ronald Colman are perfect but mark my words, a new star is born in Susan Peters." N. J. blasts: "You make me tired referring to every man who-mar-ries a movie star as a youthful Isn't that a little catty Purely unintentional, my pet Paul Luy, Camp Crowder, writes: "Gilbert Roland is a helluva good soldier for Uncle Sam and he's sur won the respect of the fellows here. Dan Dailey Is also here and when his picture, 'Sunday played the local movie house the line stretched for blocks." as a pharmacist in pioneer Sacra mento is challenged.

It was a Binnie Barnes delivers a telling sal's old 1 performance as "Lacey Miller," the dance hall singer who knew had been rei of Bagdad, what she wanted and went after it mouthpiece of his pipe. It didn't bother him until he discovered the rubber bits were scarce as tires. Henceforth he quits pipes and chews cigars. Highland- Monday Jamming traffic, engineering collisions and staging a precarious "getaway" of a gangster car careening through city traffic is a thrill. But it is also a delicate mathematical problem when staged for a motion picture, as it was for "Born to Sing," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's gay musical of youth with Virginia Weidler.

Ray Leo Gor-cey and a cast of talented young Even in st ley break away and lontez. lorful scene. Univer-wer of set odeled into an old bit a setting, the spirit Office was hovering slave gals were se-restively clad in snug of light brown ma-hotographed in like their skin. Over (: Albert Dekker portrays the forthright frontier scalawag who of the Hay. around, Th disDlavs an inexplicable streak of curely if sui little garmei gallantry in the final sequences Dick Purcell plays his unregen- terial which, looked about erate brother whose villainy per sists to the bitter end.

There have been few motion pic these they id a few veils, Even camera wore a the lens of the vwwswwww I tures of the war that carry such veil, briefly, hile on cutie was offered for hidcJng. The actress was the Alaine Brandes who languished singers, dancers and a stirring message as is contained in PRC's "Prisoner of Japan" which in a stoek contract at Paramount is due at the Broadway tomorrow Berlin Sunday for a year or so, with nothing to The British uniform which Fran-1 Or a small tropical island in the South Pacific a young American chot Tone wears for his role of the i planter and a ruthless and highly do except bit roles. The scene began with the camerapeering hrough a veil the excitedly bidding customers as the auctioneer coaxed the bidding RAF pilot in Columbia's delightful "The Wife Takes a Flyer," which SALVATION ARMY AIDS intelligent Japanese are pitted against each other in a battle of each 'Striving to serve his co-stars Joan. Bennett, is no studio costume. A regulation outfit from iAbove 100 dinars.

Suddenly he country. LYRIC SCRAP DRIVE In efforts to facilitate local sal boots to hat, it was loaned to the cried: "Se, rrentlemen I now re- mcv thp it. The part of the young planter star through the. courtesy of A is played by Alan Baxter, who learns through the cleverness of Royal Air Force officer who, with many of his associates, is inthis country helping train young British fliers for service in England And with that, he whisked the whisp off the camera as it panned around and picked up a silhouette on a wall; by the auction block. vage drives, the men's social service department of the Salvation Army In Camden is cooperating with city officials and private: organizations Gertrude Michael, an American elrl who has been running a dance resort in the islands, that Mat This will apj ear to be the shadow of an girL but itr actually suru the Jap agent, played by daily in this important war effort.

King, Rio, Walt Vhltman Sun Ernest Dorian, has established a The latest demonstration of this naa ieen is aniea on tne wait a day; Collingswood Monday A spotlighted feature of "Broad- pmverf ul and hidden short wave station near his home. This sta cooperation Is a scrap drive being few minutes before. Continuing its traverse, the camera moved to conducted with Lyric Theatre, Universal's new film adaptation of the hit play of the same the occupants of the block, but the auctioneer was standing so only aroaaway and ton avenue. A special show for "scrapping" is being held by the Lyric Theatre title, is an exotic tango featuring George Raft and Janet Blair. It is the girl's head and bare shoulders will be visible.

It will give the censors a start, Monday morning with the doors executed xo xne stirring beat of opening at 9.15 Three pounds of scrap metal is the price La Cumparsita." Raft is noted as one of the fore tion explains the fact that American convoys h3ve been attacked in that part of the Pacific with deadly effect. Working together this young team of Americans wade in and fighting almost insurmountable obstacles set up by the Jap and his guards, succeed in having the station destroyed by the guns of an American warship. But in so doing, they sacrifice their own lives, lor they are imprison ed ia the tia- of admission. A Salvation Armys truck will be most dancers of films, having been previously starred In "Bolero" and Westville Members of Corp. Lawrence E.

Jones Post, VFW, are planning to hold memorial services on Sunday. Aug 16, at the siterof the recent plape crash on Old Broadway where Lieut. J. J. Smith.

Hundreds of persons. lined Broadway from the Towers Theatre to City Hall F14za to see th effective safety first drive of "The Great Lester," in lower photograph, as he drove blindfoldwl over the busy route. He presents his Magic Revue today and tomorrow at the Chief Frost maintains that if a blindfolded mm, can drive safely drivers who can see honld experience no ffifliculty' in avoiding accidents. At top are the Kteiner Twins, featured an" the Stanley stage tomorrow with Sammy Iiaye's crchcjlra. Rhumba" In "Broadway" he en on hand to receive the metal as it is turned in by patrons of the Lyric and the same day will turn it the proper channels for Jane Cowl will play her first Shavian character when sire ap- pears at the Forrest for one week beginning Monday in ''Candida, Tom Pow ers as Rev.

Morrell and John Craven as Marchbanks are featured with her, acts the role of a night club hoofer in "theyroaring He has Pat Bnen the role of the tougheit lArmy aviator, was fatally Lijured. material..