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SECTION THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, SATURDAY MOKNING, I'ERRUAKV 13, V)l. 'Strawberry Hlonde' Portrays Quiet Family, But 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith9 Are Screwballs Pairs of Silk Hose Play Grown Up Jane Withers In Two Days Wrecks 15 of Trying By FRED OTHMAN So Docs Muni In 'Scarface' Hollywood, Feb. 14.

The big trouble with being grown up, and you can take it from Jane Withers, who knows, is silk stockings. You bend down and whoosh! There's another stocking gone to the Hollywood had been to them, Messrs. Cooper, William Tracy und Kenneth Howell stood nearby, practicing close harmony. Director Reed, an old hand at working with juveniles, pretended not to notice. Three years ago Miss Withers was so plump directors had to be In two days, during which she practicing how to be a lady, she fifteen pairs.

"And that isn't all," Miss Withers kii i' "in 1i 11 i s4 dogs. JANE WITHERS. "they sure do slow you down. was wrecked reported. stockings You've all works the You've careful never to photograph her walking away i from the camera.

Then she suddenly began to grow taller and smaller around the middle. She's 5 feet, 5 now, and weighs 114 pounds, which the experts claim is exactly right. "But I can't let her get any thinner," her mother said. "Jane never has been a day in her iife. She's never missed an hojr'j work.

She's never even been a minute "You've got to keep your up. Without wrinkles. got to keep the seams straight the time and I think the whole is a nuisance." High heels are her other pain in neck. xa "Boy," exclaimed Miss Withers, got to be careful or you land She's a healthy girl and she's going to 'stay that way." It used to be that the studio took out a sickness policy on Jane whenever 5he MartM DON AMECHE. a picture.

Such policies are customary on all stars to protect t- producers from loss of suspended production. Fox pnid so manv premiums on Jane, without ever collecting a cent, it quit writing them. In her current picture she falls in and out of love with Messrs, Cooper, Tracy and Howell. She's even got a couple of kissing scenes. These, she said, are all in the day's work.

7 mm I 4 they present them amusingly and with keen observation. "Strawberry Blonde" is not a great picture but it holds us the mirror, as it were, to a peaceful period which it is pleasant to see resurrected once in a while if only to acquaint one of an era which went out with the barber shop chord and the leg o' mutton sleeves. It is strange though that Lloyd Nolan, who first brought Biff Grimes to the stage, and by his performance got into the movies, has never been allowed to embalm the part in celluloid. Alfred Hitchcock Turng To Marital Comedy Grabbing upon the hews item of the couple anchored for hours in the parachute ride at the New York World's Fair as an idea for a screen play, Norman Krasna has devised another marital comedy and called it "Mr. and Mrs.

Smith." Alfred Hitchcock has directed the film and it is now the chief attraction on The Rialto screen with Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery playing the title roles with Gene Raymond in brunet hairdress as the third angle of the triangle. For "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is chiefly a rough and tumble farce of the "screwball" variety and less is made of the parachute episode than one might reasonably expect considering that such an incident might lead to various unusual, hilarious and even dramatic complications. Kay Francis In 2d Feature.

However the antics of Miss Lombard and Mr. Montgomery and the fried chicken variety of Southerner that Mr. Raymond presents cause audiences to laugh heartily. This, I take it, is enough to make the piece worthy of consideration. Kay Francis, as a gold digger with decidedly unappealing tactics, is the chief figure in "Play Girl," the accompanying attraction on The Rialto program and she has, in Mildred Coles, a fiat on your face.

Miss Withers, who has wrecked as many Hollywood records as she has socks, will be 15 on April 12. She's grown-up in the movies only. Off the set she stays clear of high heels; they impede her progress, which mostly is tumultuous. Two weeks ago she signed a new seven-year contract at 20th Century-Fox. She started working for Fox when she was 8.

She'll still be there when she's an old, old lady of 22. No other juvenile player ever has approached such a record. Nor has any other youngster been such a consistent money-maker for the boss. He's returning the compliment. During the first year of her new deal she earns $2,750 per week.

The second year she gets $3,000, and so on, and that's not bad for a high school sophomore. Miss Withers currently is on loan to Columbia Studios, where she is costarring with Jackie Cooper in "Her First Beau," under direction of Ted Reed. Arrival of Correspondent Othman on Star Withers' set caused her to whoop with joy. "Gollee," she cried, "am I glad you came to see me!" "It's nice to be here," answered Othman, preening himself. "Yep," continued Miss Withers, "if you hadn't come at exactly this minute, I'd have had to take an algebra exam." (You okay, Othman?) While "Miss Withers and her mother talked about how good "But in my next one," she said, "Oh gee, oh golly! I'm going to play Ameche.

Mr. Ameche, Miss Withers said, is her ideal. Veiled reports are hitting print that C. Chaplin and Miss P. Goddard are thinking of divorce.

They have not lived together since completion of "Th Great Dictator." The Warner brothers announce without even cracking a smile that the picture called "Mother's Boys' will be known here after as "Three Sons o' Guns." Mickey Rooney, the symphony composer, is heading for three weeks in Hawaii. Monte Crislos Son Returns By BOYD MARTIN. There is a pleasant air of nostalgia in "Strawberry Blonde," which opened its engagement at the Mary Anderson Friday, because this is a new version of James Hagan's play "One Sunday Afternoon' which, once before, served as movie material with Gary Cooper starred. This time it is James Cagney plays Biff Grimes, the bully who nurses a revenge on Hugo Barnstead, who stole his girl and left him to marry the docile but devoted Amy. But when he sees, years later.

Virginia, his strawberry blonde for whom he holds raw- I RITA HAY WORTH the greatest illusion, he discovers that marriage to Hugo has taken her charm away and left her, in-ptrady, an ill-natured harpy. It is then that Biff finally becomes reconciled to the hominess of his life and recognizes the value of the devotion of the really fascinating Amy. Cutback Technique Used. This story is told, substantially, a Mr. Hagan told it in his play with a cutback to show what precedes the big moment of revelation when Grimes finally becomes content.

It is hard to believe that the usually charming Rita Hayworth, who now plays Virginia, could make herself so disagreeable, brazen and shrewish, but she succeeds admirably in showing what life with Hugo, an unscrupulous, crafty fourflusher, has made of her. Ferhaps she does not develop, physically, as Mr. Hagan intended, but there is enough of a change to give one the idea that Biff has reason to be awakened. Mr. Cagney is as vital, pugnacious and audicious as ever and when he becomes the "fall guy" for Hugo, and takes a rap in prison, his motive for revenge is well sustained.

Miss De Havilland Appealing-. Olivia De Havilland as the appealing Amy gives all the quality which this smart little actress is able to convey with a few sure strokes of expression. It is a performance comparable to her unforgettable performance in "Call It a Day" in which Miss De Havilland did her best work to date having, as she did, her greater opportunities. Alan Hale and George Tobias also have congenial roles and Square May Be Restored. Danville, Feb.

14 UP) A committee appointed by the State Bar Association and headed by Samuel M. Wilson. Lexington, will meet here at 11 a.m. Saturday to discuss the restoration of Constitution Square, where Kentucky's original constitution was written. iat aaawagr an.

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mmL aHij si Earolc ILIOjinniminiloj nique is obvious now but generally the story is presented in good, round cinematic terms. Those who remember "Scarface" as being one of the thrills of their earlier movie going days will not find reacquaintance with it too disillusioning. Certainly Paul Muni, who plays the title role, need not, even now, feel ashamed or em-barassed by his portrait of Tony Camonte. The mechanics of "Scarface" and "Sky Devils" indicate, though, how much photography, scenic investiture and makeup have improved since the days when "Scarface' was one of the ten best pictures of the year. 4 PAIX MINI Drouth Feared This Summer In Kentucky Washington, Feb.

14 () Secretary Ickes said Friday a drouth was possible this summer in much of the Central part of the United States. For four consecutive months, Ickes said, stream flow had been below normal in all, or parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina and Northern Georgia. "In the northern part of this area especially," Ickes said, "the continued adverse conditions marked by general deficiencies in precipitation marks the genesis of a drouth." The runoff during January, based on records of flow of the White, Sangamon and Cumberland Rivers, was only 20 per cent of normal. Ickes said continued draining out of ground water storage undoubtedly was lowering the general ground-water table. Commerce Director Resigns.

Washington, Feb. 14 T) President Roosevelt Friday accepted the of James W. Young of New Mexico as director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. M0R0LK1E, HAIR MHON SKID BOTTLE XXX IO-25 Docs Clogged SP0DL SHEEP? Put 3-purpose Vft-tro-nol up each nostril 1 It shrinks swollen membranes; (2) Soothes irritation; (3) Helps flush nasal passages, clearing mucus, relieving transient congestion. UICIIS VA-inCKJOL CAUSE THROAT essso (fonfflini mi! un rlTTi i wsi irXiS iCVs.

JNsFV. LOl IS II A YWARD to," which is Loew's headliner. One might see a parallel in this swashbuckling romance to the invasion of various small principalities and republics by the ruthless Herr Hitler, but I rather think this would stretch the imagination a bit too far. Just take "The Son of Monte Cristo" as a romantic drama of the genre of most of Dumas' novels and a hundred odd plays in which a reckless adventurer threw caution to the wind to fight for his lady fair. Louis Hayward, in the title role, gives his customary agile performance without in the least doing more than playing D'Artagan at 42 cents a seat.

Joan Bennett is the prize he is fighting for and George Sanders is the chief obstacle to the romance. Connie Bennett Returns. A great deal of extravagant trappings create the proper background for a fictional romance which occurs in a mythical kingdom somewhere in Europe around Louis Napoleon's time. Miss Bennett's sister, Constance, is principal feminine interest in a gripping, thrill-packed melodrama, "Escape to Glory," which is really the better of Loew's two attractions. This is the story of a group of passengers on a British freighter flying from the war zone.

Attack by a German submarine brings about a revelation of character and purposes and keeps the film intensely melodramatic until the submarine is properly disposed of. Several excellent character portraits give variety to the various dramatic incidents. Paul Muni Return In "Scarf ace" At Strand Two old successes of almost a decade ago compose the Strand program this week. One is "Scar-face," which brought screen fame to Paul Muni and awakened first interest in George Raft; the other is "Sky Devils." Both films, Howard Hughes productions, set a model for films of this character, as "Scarface" was really the forerunner of gangster films, a special forte now with Warner Brothers, and "Sky Devils" was the first of the films to employ gobs of pilots as the background of a rowdy service farce. "Scarface" Still Gripping Of the two films "Scarface" now comes off with less show of being outmoded.

It is still a compact and gripping picture, told in terms of rare dramatic action and enough high-powered excitement to be interesting today. Of course the older tech- ton Young. George E. Merrifield. Charles Haydon Stanley, Em; I Peter.

Josephine Hughlett, Charles V. Sanders, Henry B. Mann, Coleman C. Moore, Thomas William Ilerbig, Mary Lucille Mc-Curdy, John Riehl. Gilbert Seidmnn, S.

Shearer, B. C. Vnn Arsdale, William A. Johnson, Chester E. Knight, Louis W.

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"Dancing On a Dime." At 2:00, 4:42. 7:24 and 10:18. "Gay Caballero." At 3:15, 5:57 and 8:51. "Cafe Hostess." At 2:13, 5:22 and 8:31. "Three Men From Texas." At 3:13, 6:22 and 9:31.

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If 'V La 2on" l'- 'iOli i I mm (u I WHAT A COMBDYl-uu'itk Court of Appeals Admits 55 To Practice Law In Kentucky The Show FEATURE FILMS Loew's "The Son of Monte Cristo." At 12:18, 3:30, 6:42 and 9:54. "Escape to Glory." At 11, 2:12, 5:24 and Rl a 1 1 "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." At 12:01, 3:12, 6:33 and 9:54. "Play Girl." At 10:45, 1:56, 5:17 and 8:38.

Mary Anderson "Strawberry Blonde." At 10:30, 12:23, 2:16, 4:09, 6:02, 7:55 and 9:43. a "Scarface." At 12:14, 3:25, 6:36 and 9:47. "Skv Devils." At 10:57, 2:08, 5:19 and 8:30. Brown "Back Street." At 11:35, 2:12, 4:49. 7:26 and 10:03.

"Six Lessons From Madame LaZonga." At 10:34, 1:11, 3:48, 6:25 and, 9:02. Ktntuck of the Vigilantes." At 10:45, 2:02, 5:19 Today Only Rov Rogers Gabby Have in "The Arizona Kid" Chester Morrl Anita LouUe in "Wagons Westward" tDD-JOt'JM Today Adult, lie 'Til 4 P.M. Pat O'Brien Gale Page "Knute Rockne, All-American" rin Mrv Lee Riife Davis "BARN YARD LOLLIES" MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM Monday ibt At 11:30 LOUISVILLE CIVIC ARTS ORCHESTRA Robert L. Whitney. Conducting Soloist VRONSKV ItABIN Russian Pianists TICKETS AT BALDWIN'S HERMAN SHUML1N hat th honor to prmtant TALLULAH BANKHEAD ULUAN HEllMAN'S Dramatic Triumph FRANK CONROY nd sllstlngulshad Irtsavsy MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM THURS.

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75c ON SALE AT BALDWIN'S "00 I MONTGOMERY AND MISS LOMBARD youthful protege who learns rapidly to "take" gullible gentlemen who have more wealth than suspicion. The story of a lady who lives by her wits is nothing new, of course, but such a yarn might have been even more engaging see "Becky Sharp" and certainly more believable. Sword Flash Again In "The Son of Monte Crirto" Edmond Dantes' son is back in circulation, swinging a mean sword in the interest of liberty and justice in a costume drama entitled "The Son of Monte Cris- enty-nine who took the December bar examinations. Those from Jefferson County who passed were: Marvin Snyder, Edward Prej- firmed on cross appeal. Judge Fulton.

Whole court except Judge Perry. Dissenting opinion by Judge Thomas, concurred in by Judge Ratliff. 81 Stewart, vs. Sampson. Judge.

In C. of respondent's petition for rehearing sustained, to extent former opinion withdrawn granting writ of prohibition, new opinion delivered sustaining prayer of petition and granting prohibition and mandatory processes prayed for in the petition. Judge Thomas. Barnes et al. v.

District To. 30. United Mine Worker. Letcher; appellees petition for rehearing overruled. Board of Bar Examiners filed report on bar examination held December 18.

19 and 20, 1940; said report approved and filed. Ordered that Court adjourn until 11 a.m. Tuesday. jot aw ar GENE RAYMOND JACK CARSON i PHILIP MERIVALE "I FiraCISpjf A Frankfort, Feb. 14 (JTh-Fifty-five law students were admitted to practice by the Court of Appeals Friday.

They were the successful ones out of sev 1 V. li aTaaBTal aW I aajBjC SjJEaTaTa" Court of Appeals OGHZ0 i 1 'XUL- 0) dg 4f VUV-VM Hot from HoUy I citing romantio V3 of Mont IRI iUvoJof Red Circle bea IT "ffec. ground fresh to 111 The Courier-Journal Frankfort Bureau. Frankfort, Feb. 14.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky, Eastern Division Sitting: William et al. v. Waddle et Pulaski: reversed. Judge Fulton. "1 Kirk v.

Eastern Coal Corporation. Pike: affirmed. Judge Fulton. "2 Reynold, v. Cobb, Clay; firmed.

Judge Thomas. 73 Comb v. Commonwealth, Lee; affirmed. Chief untie Bee. City of Mtddlexhoro.

v. Cieteen. Bell: affirmed. Commissioner Morn. "3 I-eComp'e v.

Davis' Executor et Woodford; affirmed. Commissioner Moms. Federal Ga. Oil Coal Company et al. vs.

Moore et Martin; reversed. Commissioner Suns. T7 Ball et al. vs. Cecil et Nelson: affirmed.

Commissioner Sims. "8 I. Sz N. Bailroad Company vs. Houck.

Kelson; reversed. Judge Til-ford. Conner Coal Comranv v. Comn- on et Floyd; reversed. Judge.

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