Valley Times from North Hollywood, California • 11

Tmsdiy, January 24, 1950 VALLEY TIMES 11 ValleyCinet SCREEN MUSIC DRAMA FRED BROOMFIELD, Editor 64 Beauty Winners Get Glassy Eye From Films By HAROLD IIEFFERNAN Tbs Bell Syndic! A trip to Hollywood, with a chance to visit a studio, mingle with the stars and gaze upon all the traditional landmarks, still seems to be regarded the world over as a prize worth winning. Figures just checked by film com- beauty queens from all parts panies show that 64 individua Arlene Dahl On Market For Non-Acting Mate By BOB THOMAS Th Associated Press Here's good news to single men in general, but not actors in particular Arlene Dahl wants to get married. But I won marry an actor, she remarked. "It just wouldn work. I want to keep on with my career, and I don think two acting careers would jibe.

I have heard of too many cases that failed. Because I want to keen on John Wayne Footprints Will Be Preserved John Wayne, star of Republics "Sands of Iwo Jlma," will be the 125th film celebrity to place his footprints In the forecourt of want to keep on working, I want a man who Is sympathetic to my career. But I want him to be the breadwinner and head of the family. If Its necessary, Ill quit acting" The fatalistic redhead figures If she gets married this year it will be In June. It's her lucky month.

She became a model In June, also made her stage debut, came to Hollywood and signed with M-G-M In that month. And June is 'Red Danube' Goes Limit On Extra Players One of the year largest extra calls was filled at M-G-M when 300 extras reported to the studio for an exterior sequence of "The Red Danube," which opens Friday at the Egyptian and Loew's State Theaters. The setting represented the out side of British Headquarters Ift Rome at the close of World War II. It Is one of a number of spectacular scenes In the production, others Including a displaced persons camp and a parking lot at1 tached to the camp, Two acres were used for the parking lot sequence In which 750 trucks were used. The scene shows trucks loaded with D.P.s being shipped back across the line to the Russian zone.

More than 1500 persons appear in the sequence which surpasses the famous truck scene of "The Big Parade." "The Red Danube" stars Walter Pldgeon, Ethel Barrymore, Peter I-awford, Angela Lanshury and Janet Leigh. It was directed by Genige Sidney, produced by Carey Wilson. of the United States received Hollywood sightseeing vacations as prize awards during 1949. Discouraging note: Not one of the five dozen beauts was asked to remain, even to make a test! Unsurprising news Is the flash ftom Paramount that Corlnne Calvert, French actress, has heen cast In "My Friend Irma Goes West" to play a French actress. Bing Crosby's favorite golf pupil Alan Ladd Is getting along so well at the game he's joined a country club.

Finally attaining the goal of all new addicts, Alan rushed home from Lakeside the other morning and cried out to hlR wife, Sue Carol: "Honey, I've bioken a hundred!" Quizzed Mrs. Ladd: A hundred what?" When needed In Hollywood for screen or radio show wotk, Bing Crosby lives all alone, without even a servant In his Holniby Hills marnaon. That's the rugged life, hoys. Emg's entile family has moved permanently to the house at Tcbble Beach, Four producer with holes In their shoes turned up over the week end sporting gorgeous desert tan and the secret Is out. Most of Gay Comedy Play Billed At Padua Hills Central Mexlcoi most brilliant costume In ornate settings provide colorful atmosphere for the presentation of Dona Mercadla's Cure-All," the Mexican Players romantic comedy at Mlchoacan, now at the Padua Hill Theater.

Senoritas In the play wear wrap-around sklrti of bright hues, Ingeniously hand-plaited and turned over sashes at the waist, with white blouses and aprons em; broldered In gay colors. The spectacular setting Is a Tarascan Indian vlllnge, with shops and homes topped with red tile roofs surrounding the plaza, which becomes the mercado, or village market place, during the play. Dona Mercadlas Cure-All," which unfolds the adventures of an arrogant traveling medicine man who meets his match In a native herb woman, will be staged Wednesday through Saturday eve-nlngs, and Wednesday and Satin-day afternoons through Feb. 18. New Century Theater In Bow Tonight I Angeles newest legitimate heater, the Century, will have Its foimal opening tonight with the Century Theater Gnaip's presentation of the Moss llart-George S.

Kaufman play, 'The Fabulous Invalid." The piemlers, a full dress affair, will attrart a rapacity audience which will Include many sorial, civic and political leaders In addition to scoies of top names from all branches of the entertainment Industry The Fabulous Invalid, Itself a saga of the American theater. Is one of the most pretentions productions ever attempted In a local playhouse. It boasts a cast of 60 headed hy Marla rainier, Hnilnn llovve. Charles Victor and Edwaid Clatk tinder the direction of John Claar. the fllmtown lads and lassies who cannot afford the week ends at pnlm Springs and yet feel they must look the part to keep In the swim have been sunning themselves under tiny $8 50 lamps just Introduced.

What with the fog. The orchard smoke and that most despicable of all plagues the smog, sun-loving Southern Californians are now standing In line to buy tha synthetic ray-makers. Closeups and long shots: Even the movie mothers take their sad partings when a picture'll finished. Odd sight on last shooting day of "A rince In the Elizabeth Taylor's mother, Sara, weeping real tears as her daughter and Montgomery Clift said their fond farewells. Copy-cat note: Barbara Hale and Bill Williams like the home Mona Freeman and Pat Nernev planned and hullt so well that they're duplicating every Hem In erecting their own, Cycle of stars going out to drum up business for their own movies is getting even warmer.

Shelly Winters ts out whipping up returns on "South Rea Sinner" and Paramount ha dispatched Wendell Corey to do a serlp of 216 press, radio and television appearances around the country for Thelma Jordon." After 12 years absence from th scene, Sternherg, directing "Jet Pilot," at RKO, revives a picturesque slice of the Hollywood of old. He's attracting so murh personal attention from Interview-Strange object In the sky swoop era that Jules Furthman, the pro-out of tha headlines and onto the durer, often close the set at a screen tomoirow when Film moments notice O. publicists, Classics' release of the timely and the natural buffer for all such the month for brides. Grant Ponders Role Cary Grant Is wondering about his forthcoming role In "0 Mistress, Mine," Alfred Lunt, who did the stage version, assured him thnhes perfect for the role. Cary feels that the American public thinks of English cabinet officers in the striped-pants, Sir Anthony Eden vein.

The actor doesn't think hes the type. Maureen O'Hara thinks shell stick to lavish costume dramas like her cunent Sons of the Musketeers. And with good reason. She reports that her Bagdad" has paid off Its post In the first three weeks of Its run. The mllllon-dollar Boston robbery has two studios rsclng to rash In on the publicity.

Paramount's S. Mall" and M-G-M's The Asphalt Jungle" havs similar Jobs In their plots. And remember the well-organl7ed payroll hold-up In The Killers?" Warners clamped secrecy on the Storm Warning" set during filming of a big Ku Klux Klsn scene So what happens? The estias In their bed-sheet costumes trooped across the street to lunrh, advertising the news to anyone who passed by. Norman Mailer wsi visiting Burt Lancaster, who has bought -Masterpieces Of Pergolesi, Haydn Sunday Janet Leigh is featured with Ethel Barrymore in M-G-M's opens Fridoy at the Egyptian Angela Lonsbury and Louts Bob Hope's Eyes TV comedienne who just finished Skipper Surprised His Wife, is year in show business. Miss Bob Hopes radio show who and had eight years of vaude- villc.

rmw hi her eye leveled on television. "The television stais of tomor-mw will not he the film JOHN WAYNE famed Graumana Chinese Theater lomorrow night. The first footprints placed at the Hollywood showcase were those of Mary Plckford and Douglas Kali banks In 1929the same year Wayne became an actor. Incidentally, tomorrow night also marks the popular price nHning of "Sands of Iwo Jima," which will scieen at the Chinese the young noellt's "The Naked W'U as at the I-o Angeles, and the Head" He disclosed that I 'plow n. Fox Wilshlre and Loyola he Is working on another novel Theater.

He wont say mmh about It. ex-. cept that It Is not a war book and Mpnp 3 0D First I-ns Angelps perfnimnncps of symphonic niasiei pieces by Per-golesl and Haydn, who composed 200 and 150 years ago, respectively will be contrasted with a modern suite, Murh Ado About Nothing," by film composer Erich Korngold on the unique program to be played by the Los Angeles Chamber Symphony this Sunday evening In the Wilshlre Ebrll Theater at 8 30 m. Harold Byrns will conduct, with Theodor Ippman, brilliant young Southern California harltone, as soloist In songs by Ravel and Mahler. The "Muth Ado About Nothing" suite, being hpard here for the first lime In 11 original ver-slon, was written hy the topflight composer of manv of Warner Rros outstanding film scores some 30 yeais ago for a Vienna prodtic-non of Shakespeare's madcap PpCOmnrinr A 'CJCIIIMIMIHC I NATIVE CALIFORNIAN stars Walter Pidgeon end "The Red Danube," which Theater.

Peter Lawford, Colhern are also featured. Irene Ryan, Comedienne, Irene Ryan, that clever a role at M-G-M in The now celebrating her 18th Ryan, the top comedienne on has been in stock companies I Andrea King Star Pays Off Who Seva an antes Is stymied hccau.se toducei. think IiKi nnmMdy Not so with Andtea King whose ik ex inly the npKisite Ardiea won her fit! srtern cause Winners ned-d a ghl to becau exciting advenlure-diama "The Flying Saucer" opens at the Globe, El Rey, Belmonl, Iris and Guild Theateis. With quadruple-threat-man Ml petty Jealousies, will he happy when this one Is finished and off the lot Meanwhile, the bearded Von Sternheig, In his quaint Homhurg, while gloves and tnl- kel Contad starring In hi own lorcd Chesterfield rnat with bUcIc original story, as well as producing velvet collar, plus walking atlrk, rut a fantastic figure on the lot and along the boulevards. Ieisoniil-itics who take Infrequent fling ai it," she believe.

They will be the actors who work faithfully at and directing the thriller, "The Flying Saucer" Includes Pat Garrison, Hantz Von Teufel, lister Sharpe and Russell Hicks In It featured fast. Sharing all flv screens with this glimpse of what the future may hold is 'The Pirate of Capri," rolorfu! and swashbuckling s' lion bit starring Iiuls Hayward. Producer, Writer Form New Film Producing Firm Roger Rogers, theatiical producer. yesietday announced formation of a new producing company In pstlnershlp with Fred I Renew Options On Livingston-Evans Songwriter Pact Paramount yesterday took 0 "-rase jdlom since vaudeville went out. it now." Mis Ryan, whose latest released film was 'Theres a C.lil In My roleiMnie lmortni than rpvK)n viludrvltle Is that TV I.

t-'" utiav Id Lupinn' i-ter In The Ida Lu Seellg, th name of Rogers-reawakening audienee-lnlerest In' Seel ig Productions, they will pro-vaudeville. I due complete vaudeville unit who know vaudeville1 for tel, Kton and theater, heatay and would not Vriv Ihmixht of You" and she-xo the producers thought rexem-hied their xtnr. Although Mia I.uplno was icplared hv Eleanor Patker brlnre the film began, the 'oidmarily People through up Bmnle Barnes, Alan Curtis and (, ontlona on Jav I Ivlncxtnn former newspaperman and Mlkhllll Rasumny. and Introducing Sheryl Ray Ev'anv two new Italian screen stars: Ru- top songwrltlng team, whose till song, "Copper Canyon," Is fast rising In popularity. The options ate for one year, and this mark their fifth year at the studio.

IJvlngton and Evans have had several big song hit since starling Rnv Roger, Dale Evans and the studio In Auguvl, IfUS, in-Fny Willing and the Rldem ofjvluding the phenomenal nuttoris the Purple Nage plane for Houston and Bows' from "The Paleface," It still requires a lot of wotk. 7charv Nrntt Bur F.arhary Scott has a tuny schedule lined up. After he finlxhrx "Pretty Baby," he goes to Texas. New York and Puerto Rico. Then he's off to Spain to observe thei "pree of the top film discoveries hull fights and Paris to make a par have been united by picture "P.arhelle" 'jaik ll Warner with the an- Lllmbeth Tav lor Is still amaed todnv that Mercedes bv the publicity about her Camhtldge Richard Todd mances" She had one date with pllfh -olnnn Warner Bros Ralph Kmer, artangi-d hv Bing 'Lightning Strikes virtuoso chamber symphony will Ctosbv, the home run king's Twie" he heard under Byrns' halon on ttie Plttshut gh Pitate It was, suspense nielodtama, with Brainin' eloquent "A Major irportH to he a new romance, wnke producing for the Serenade" even though she hasn't seen Kineriulo Ring Vidor directing, slme Iik hedtiled for a Jan.

3n etait. Mhkev Rooney him-1f reported, MrCatnht Idge, tadio and the kmd of roles he'd like In scored a stinct hit future: IM like to he sort of an tr flrttr film. -All The King's li and has been frequently mentioned as an Academy Award possibility- as a result of that performance. Rlchatd Todd scored notably as the hero of "The Hasty lleait P.uth Roman has heen recently elevated to slardom at Watner Bros because of her brilliant pc, forttinmcs In a satiety of role amce she was signed by year nmedy, and reflects the way In which the contemporary romposer can adapt older tye in this case the Elizabethan) to the modern musical Idiom, Theodor I'ppman, 1947 Atwater Kent Auditions winner who has often heen heard here In opera and concert, will alng Ravel's exquisite aong-sulte, Don Qulxn'e to Dulclnea" and three of Gustav Mahler's seven last song. Tie underslung Gable Stevenson Signs For Feature Role In Sloane Drama Vetemn fratuie h-r llmixley Stevenson of Sepulved has lgned for one of the mo-t Impaiiant role 'My Foolish Heart' Starts Fifth Week "Mv Foolish Heart." Samuel Goldwyn realldlc romantic St screen nf the Four Star Theater) for the fifth week starting tomnr- Adapled from the New Yotker hoit sinry, Uncle Wiggilv In the story combine romantic eomedy and emotional, dram Featured In the rt go to It are now pioducer remarked: I being educated to It via video "Well Andrea, vou look like Ml Television I going through the experimental theater ginup will Parker, too" uin.e phase that talkie plrtuie, did p'" nPW Then was decked that Andtea when graduating from silent films 'p1 Beyond Tomorrow, a stage drama, will he the fit play to go into rehear al.

which song won lat year Academy Award. Previously they wrote the till the end of this week to begin 12-dav rodeo tnd at the Houston Stock Show from Frh. 1 to 12. This I Rogers' sole rodeo stand IBs Own" and Ml- for th year. 77ie group rherk Another top hit, diamaIKlkp Ruxm, far a a tor are concerned rir iMmcartltl'nwrh1'' on lb nni y.organ In God Is My C- vilrn.

an acting field that he calls "phyeical" Talent often r-'c a The moie siais I resemble. ln, as well as UIHOM wiOllOn iea, "the more Mm I icnwiii Andtea, ine mm rum I nnl(ti nd jading on "Golden Earrings. hack to Republic Immediately after completion nf th atlnt In prep Mr their next picture, "Sunset In th West," slated to start filming nn March 1. f(in Rrmr even a grt per- former. l.at night wa turned Into day for a number of raramnunt atars inrludng William Holden, Barry of hi Vi year of a'tlng in Paul Sloane powerful reen diam I PV Tie Sun Nets Imwn." whi.h LOSGy 10 UirCCT will star two unknowns, Sally i Pair and Philip Shawn.

jCOSt Of LlVing Stevenvon will portray the own- jv he. hern algned er of a madhouse geneiai store, a hv SMr(p few steps from a tie peniien-1 an Heflin tiarv. The story revolves aiound and to go Into production at Gen-youth rondemned to the elc-trlr Feb. 1. rlalr.

Ntevrnwm has the top key, frny direr- (everybody surpoitlng 4 ongue are such notable peronnlitlc a Itt-rheek. Kohert Keith, Kent Smith. Izil Wheeler, Jexi Roy re land, and Glgl Perreau. Mark Robson dl reeled for Samuel Goldwyn, Vy know I think I rxemhle Comedy At Bard Theater Big Hit 'Shadow' Plan Made "I don I think radio has b' Fuzgild Nnv Olon, I.vle any glamour, though television I and Jan' Sterling The undoubtedly th impularlty king carnet a from 9 la! now (night until 8 In the morning and While everybody vorlferoudy will fonunue schedule Mr eight trying to eorieet th fault nf tele- daw vision, Mt Ryan otwerve. In! Thw.

with 4'h extra, are ap-tadio must find tiur fauti. ton, peat log In Ratamount' kidnap Jut a film executives did In then jthrllivi, "Union Station" and quite industry, and then take collective a lot nf the footage will he hot mcaute nt It mot lmtor- At th It Angele I Mon Iejiot "Mr. Shadow" ha hen aet a th Initial venture nf Bryna Production Charles K. Feldman, will head the film producing outfit. he assigned Charles O'Neal to write the screenplay a a starring vehicle Mr Kirk Dongle.

"Another Tart nl th Fme-t." Lillian Heilman' comedy-drama of the devp South, that mad surh a hit when ptexenied on Bmadway I winning acclaim and "12 O'CLOCK HIOH" GkfOOkY PFCK "IRIOE FOR SALE 7he Drunkard' Oldtime Favorite il) ClMi'tf ft p-ttatl if II f.4-ll4 0 flat aiter stippott role. pightlv at the tanl and wier to improve what in Nntth mt -f hear than what a few of us hear and ae?" linn of TjiwIcx." fur Paiamount, having moved over from M-G-M. A radio and stage director, he was btougbt to Hollywood by lane Siliaiy with bw first Mm job being TLe lloy With Green Hair," iefory IRIOE FOR SALt" o.AfttrrrK rot.tirnT THE HAITT HEART" BONAID BFAGAN given nightlv. I at Vt, he mde hy SUnxet Vera Vague Signs NOW rvlw RritN 'The HEIRESS' OLITIA DdATILLAHD MOKTCOHEIT cun IALPI ItCIAIDIOR Interesting In not Is the fact that The Ihunkard" long cunent at the Theater Mart wa a huge hit of the mining tamp of the gold tush day and most of the heat that favotile of th rntly day Including Ci a lit ire. Caroline Chapman, Edwm Booth Coad and Joseph Jefferson appealed at on time or another in rArlti 'Psaav "Th Drunkard." In 1,2 Th Drunkard" ap-prated under a bug ram a tent In San Franrixcn in what wa thuxia-tir applatt-e Hen Itatd Key Thcatr Hollywood Perfotmanre at except Stindav.

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