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te.v; I 5 AV rt. if A i llMITItr -M is 1 LOEWS Robert Walker and Audrey Trotter are involved in the romantic aspects of "The Beginning Or the End," story of the development of the atomic bomb, which opens on Wednesday night at 8:30 for a district preview. NATIONAL This is the way Yvonne de Carlo is garbed for her role as the dancer in the ballet scene in "Song of Scheherazade," lavish production which is being held over for the week at the National Theater. RIALTO Ray Milland and Barbara Stanwyck have the support of Barry Fitzgerald in the new Technicolor production of "California," which opens Thursday. MARY ANDERSON Greatly concerned about one of the moments in Niven Busch's "Pursued," opening Thursday, are Judith Anderson and Teresa Wright.

Robert Mitchum heads the supporting cast in this drama of the Southwest STRAN The well-known radio actor, Kenny Delmar, now interprets his Senator Claghorn role for the movies, first attraction of the new Eagle-Lion Films, opening Thursday. Una Merkel is one of several stars playing in Delmar's support. Thumbnail Reviews of the Current Movie Attractions tt mm mrr- mMojumjqujj Watch the Smoke i Of Hazel Brooks, A Sure-Fire Star HOLLYWOOD TODAY By Sheilah Graham vide the splendid musical background. French actor Jean Pierre Au mont plays the Russian composer. Yvonne de Carlo displays her terpsichorean talents as a Spanish beauty who is the prima ballerina in Rimsky-Korsakoff's ballet.

Brian Donlevy, as a chainsmoking ship's captain, is very amusing. 1 Scoop A new "This Is America" film on Campus Boom is the main attraction of a program that includes a short on the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, a sports subject, Magic Mineral which is on coal mining, a Pluto cartoon and the newsreels. the latter accenting Kentucky's Lashlcy quadruplets on their sixth birthday. B.M. This is the story of a night-club singer who became involved with a married physician and went through a great deal of grief waiting for the break that would make them man and wife.

The break never comes, for tragedy overtakes the man. Kent Smith is chief in Miss Sheridan's support, playing the doctor. National Music by Rimsky-Korsakoff is played throughout the showing of Song; of Scheherazade, a lavish Technicolor production which reports a little adventure in the life of the composer while a cadet in the Russian Navy. Compositions such as "Song of India," "Gypsy Song," "Hymn to the Sun," "Flight of the Bumblebee" and practically" the whole score of the ballet "Scheherazade." pro teristic of the composer's mature work. With this film is Strange Journey, a goshavvful affair which is more than strange.

Strand Brought back for revival art two very fine pictures. They are Stella Dallas, in which Barbara Stanwyck offers the best performance of her career, and These Three, which is Lillian Hellman's own screen translation of her very fine play "The Children's Hour." Few stories have been better interpreted by the screen, and the combination certainly makes a bargain program, even now. Mary Anderson Ann Sheridan continues to interpret Nora Prentiss in the film of that name, which is a holdover of the week. Loew's Tense drama is stirred into the story of Johnny O'Clock, which heads this program. Johnny thinks he is a smart boy.

He believes he knows how to keep out of trouble. But immediately he is in it, with a detective inspector on his track. Murder, suicide and gangster operations are all combined to keep this film in a tight and gripping form. After it is over, the spectator is convinced, however, that he hasn't seen much. Dick Powell as Johnny and Lee J.

Cobb are the chief figures of interest. The supporting cast is admirable. Susie Steps Out, also on this program, is a -very light affair about an adolescent girl's attempt to retrieve the family fortunes. Ann Hunter does very well as Susie. Rialto There really isn't anything shocking about The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, for it is a wholesome musical affair in Technicolor telling about, the early days of the Remington typewriter and the feminine operators schooled to use it efficiently.

Probably Boston won't like the film, because some nasty cracks are taken at the people and the Bostonian traditions. But since this is Boston of 1874, very few should take the remarks to heart. Betty Grable is the heroine of this piece, which is spotted with tunes by the late George Gershwin. These tunes, supposed to have been laid away by the composer, are not very distinguished, and certainly not very charac 4 GEORGE RAFT LYNN BARI with VIRGINIA HUSTON JOSEPH PEVrlEY HYRNA DELL YgJSffE ASKS) 1 Today's Show Clock MUSIC Memorial Auditorium Sigmund Romberg, orchestra and soloists. At 8:30.

FEATURE FILMS Rialto The Shocking Miss Pilgrim. At 1:36. 4:25, 7:14 and 10:03. Strange Journey. At 12:31.

3:20, 6:09 and Loew'i Johnny O'Clock. At 12:29. 3:33. 6:37 and 9:41. Susie Steps Out.

At 2:20. 5:24 and :2. Slrand Those Three. At 12:54. and Stella At 2:29, 6:03 and 9:37.

Mary Anderson Nora Prenttss. At 12, 2. 4:02. 6:04. 8:06 and 10:08.

National Song of Scheherazade. At 5:11, 7:27 and 9:40. Brown Nocturne. At 12:46. 3:49, 6:52 anH Vacation In Reno.

At 2:39. 5:42 and 8:45. Scoop Newsreels and other attractions. Continuous from noon until 11:30 p.m. Kentucky The Show Off.

At 12:10. 3:24. 6:38 and 9:52. Lady Luck. At 1:47.

5:01 and 8:15.. Ohio Sunset In Eldorado. At 12. 1:57. 3:54, 5:51, and 9:45.

Mobtown. At 12:56, 2:53, 4:50. 6:47, 8:44 and 10:41. Res From This Dav Forward. At 1:24, 4:06.

6:48 and 9:30. Ding Dong Williams. At 12:23. 3:05. 5:47 and 8:29.

Savoy The Cat Creeps. At 10, 12:34, 3.08, 5:54 and 8:40. Abilene Town. At 10:58. 1:32.

4:06. 6:52 and 9:38. Broadway Colonel Effington's Raid. At 2:08, 5:23 and 8:22. Pinocchio.

At 3:18. 6:33 and 9:32. Uptown Three Little Girls In Blue. At 2:30. 5:30 and 8:30.

Snook Busters. HOLLYWOOD, March 1. When you see Hazel Brooks, you automatically exclaim, "Oh." Her studio publicity boss, therefore, wanted to incorporate the into her name to read, Hazel O. Brooks." But Miss Brooks is not only Hollywood's newest star; she also is a woman who knows what she likes and dislikes. And she dislikes I found Hazel at Enterprise, working as a siren in Body and Soul" with John Garfield.

Her boss, Charles Einfeld, is so "sold" on her star potentialities that he told me he planned to give the girl the works in the way of a build-up. Charlie is the boy who can do it he did it for Lauren Bacall and Ann Sheridan with less material than he has in the shape, face and personality of Miss Brooks. She will be starred in her next picture, "The Jade Mounta in." Hazel, who is blondish and preen-eyed, with a dream figure, was bom in Capetown, South Africa. That was 22 years aco. Kow she looks like a combination cf Katharine Hepburn and Maureen O'Hara.

Mother Remarried "My father was 19 when he died," Hazel, who was brought to thi country (Brooklyn) when she was 3. told me. Her mother was 18 when she married him. "I had a very unhappy childhood, going to 14 different schools." Her mother married again, and was divorced when Hazel was a child. There were continual custody battles over Hazel's half-brother.

"My mother is the only woman in New York State to be accused of kidnaping her own child," said Miss Brooks. At 16, Hazel went the way of lot of pretty girls with good figures she became a model for Harry Conover. When Arthur Freed came to New York to find some beautiful girls for his movie, "Du Barry Was A Lady," he chose Hazel and five other models. "We all appeared for one second in the picture. Then I didn't do anything else at Metro for two years," Miss Brooks declared.

Losea Shyness According to Hazel, she was very shy in those days "And I was dumb and didn't know how to sell myself." She knows now, oozing personality and self-confidence. Her marriage, when she was 19, to Cedric Gibbons, art director at Metro, could have had a big something to do with it. "I met Cedric in the Metro commissary soon after I went to the studio," Hazel "For two years, he was the only man I went out with. We were married in 1944, in the middle of seeing the picture, 'Going My Way'!" This is how it happened. They had been carrying a 'marriage license around for a year (renewing it every so often).

"We were enjoying the picture so much that I said to Cedric, 'Let's get married So we did, and then came back to see how the picture ended!" Age Is Relative Cedric is somewhat older than-his bride. "But," said Hazel, "there's no age difference with a man and woman. It all depends on what S'ou see the same way. All my ljfe, I've seen young men, and to me they're insipid. I can't get along with them, and they can't get along with me." Hazel wants children To me they're the only vital thing in the world." This seems an important remark to me, since children at this point would with Hazel's very interesting-looking career.

This is how her rise to stardom began. After two years of just being a wife, Hazel decided to make another try at the movies. She was given a small bit Sybil in "Arch of Triumph." She had no words to speak in this picture. She was walking on the lot one day when Charlie Einfeld saw hor, wanted her for "Body and Soul." Van Bought House "I told him I hadn't worked in two years because I had a big, joint to run, and I don't like to work in half-baked fashion," said Hazel, who likes to talk tough. "But when I saw the tomatoes they were testing, I thought I might as well try, too." The gal, at the moment, is perhaps more famous for her houses than her pictures.

Van Johnson and Metro paid $125,000 for the house owned by Hazel and husband Cedric. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons are now living in a house that Howard Hughes rented for three years. 2nd Hit JACK HALEY ANNE JEFFREYS "VACATION IN RENO" IE I 7fZr V-VJ Hazel Brooks No 'Oh Girl jor her house we sold Van is very beautiful it was designed by my husband," said Mrs.

Gibbons. "The living room is 16 feet high and finished in Chinese red. And Van's bathroom is in black marble and silver, and covered with mirrors." A swimming pool and tennis court are also on the premises. Eats 'Like a Horse9 Hazel and Cedric took a large library with them she reads a great deal. "I'm no patty girl, no night-club girl," she explained.

"I eat like a horse I think food is one of the most important things in the world (when Hazel likes a thing, it automatically becomes "one of the most important things in the I can't cook very welL but there are some things I cook magnificently spaghetti, for instance." She can eat anything she likes and she likes starches. "My weight never varies; it's always 120 pounds. I'm 5 feet 7Vfe inches in my stockings." "That seems to be ideal," replied. "Exactly," said Hazel. This is the word she uses most often.

And she seems "exactly" right for stardom. Extra Is Paid $1 a Step To Dance With Actress Hollywood, March 1 (JP) One dollar per step! That's exactly what it was. worth to Greg Rhinelander, Hollywood extra, for the pleasure of dancing with actress Joan Lor-ring. Rhinelander was chosen by Miss L. from among 50 dress extras on the set of "The Other Love," to dance with her across a crowded ballroom floor.

And he was paid $15 for gliding 15 steps. Nice work! 1 At 1:15, 4:05. 7:05 and 10. Crrsrent Undercurrent. At 6:33 and 8:50.

4:15, At At Vogue Angel On Mv Shoulder. 2:49, 5:50 and 8:55. If I'm Lucky, 1:30. 4:35. 7:35 and 10:30.

:28. Bard Holiday In Mexico. At 2. 4: 6:56 and 9:24. Hi-Land Man From Rainbow Valley.

At 12:30, 2:55, 5:33 and 8:11. Time of Their Lives. At 1:26, 3:51, 6:29 and :07. Shawnee Two Smart People. At 12:30, and the 3:33, 6:36 and 9:39.

Tarzan 5:24 and Leopard Woman. At 2:21, WBarbara Slanwvck JeolMcCREA 8:27. Cozy Undercurrent. At 12, 2:19, 4:39, my JOHN BOLES Mori OBERON Miriam HOPKINS 6:57 and 9:16. Ritz Home In Indiana.

At 2:45, 5:43 1:30, and 8:41. Youth On Trial. At 4:28, 7:26 and 10:24. HUM. TODAY THRU WED.

Alexis Smith Moves, Broken Ankle and Everything Edgar Kennedy's Use Of Toupe Is Resented Hollywood, March 1 (JP) For the first time in his film career, comedian Edgar Kennedy is getting fan mail in quantities that amaze him. It all followed announcement that baldheaded Edgar is wearing a toupe for his role in Seymour Nebenzal's "Heaven Only Knows." Kennedy's constituents resent his flight from top-side scarcity. LilrlJ SUIt I I OU JO John Garfield's "Incredible Journey." Lon Chaney is having a special set of teeth made for "Albuquerque." He will light matches with the ivories, to convince us he's a "tough guy." 1 RO ND WEEK 2 In, the Mayor of each city in the state. King Farouk of Egypt saw Bob Cummings in "You Came Along," liked him and sent him an ancient prayer ring. Bob is pleased and flattered, but can't figure out the trick ring.

The "Captain From Castille" company shooting at Morelia, Mexico, played the local boys in baseball. Hollywood won, 10-7. (A pitcher's battle, no doubt.) Ty Power held down first base. Claude Jarman broke Kathleen Win-sor's record for autographing books. The young star of "The Yearling" signed 300 copies for anxious fans in a one-hour sale.

"Amber's" author only reached thi 200 mark. Side Caesar's success at Monte Prosser's Copa-cabana has earned him a role in Hollywood, March 1 (JP) Scraps from the cutting-room floor: Alexis Smith's broken ankle, which temporarily keeps her out cf "Woman In White," is giving her a chance to supervise moving ir.to her new house. A station-wagon parade of friends helped her and husband Craig Stevens. Alexis, perched in the front seat of the leading car, gave orders. Hal Roach has completed two juvenile comedies and will make another on a million-dollar budget.

Robert McGowan is producing the films, and Roach isn't worrying. McGowan wrote the "Our Gang" comedies back in the '20 s. The first hundred records of Paula Kelly and the Mod-ernaires warbling "Connecticut" were sent to the Governor and niur? cVmipcsw- bingcrosby SlOUtt SITV SCJLtWNE AUTRY PRENTISS' II NEW WARNER jENSATIONlJ ft HW9 ROBERT AID R0SEHART DECAMP VINCENT SHERMAN KtMT SMITH BRUCE BENNETT A LOVE THAT CALLED ACROSS A PRAIRIELAND OF SHOWING STARTS mm 5i7KUnSDAV Your Eyes, Your Ears, Your Heart Never Had A Now You Can See PRIVATE FILMS OF HITLER AND EVA BRAUIS' Intimate home movies ahow Adolf and his Naii playRirl in their mountain loveneit. LOS ANGELES PLANT BLAST BASEBALL GIANTS DODGERS IN TRAINING Johnny played rough with women mho played mmm Greater Thrill! Wo AW 1 oRa" MILLAND hlm RAY THE BACK TO COLLEGE MOVEMENT BARBARA STANWYCK THEY'RE OFF i 1 FITZGERALD 4 fi Plus: Romancing, Musical Treat! CIIC IF CTCDC -AIIT THRILLS OF MANY TYPES OF RACES IS Cett of Thousands II "TORONTO SYMPHONY' Starring David Cleatus Nit "MAGIC MINERAL" TECHNICOLOR CARTOOtl BRUCE CALDWELL HUNTER 9 COURIER.JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, KY MARCH 2, 1947 SECTION 2, PAGE 12.