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THE HARTFORD DAILY COURANT: THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1941 Comedy Hit Stays On at E. M. Loew's telling what he thought of making stars who come to the city to appear profusely as publicity buildups. "If Uiev get us free, why should FS1 tVtotr now fnr 11S7 HP H.SKeQ. 8S For Your Information and exhibiting a minimum of hey-hey and hotcha! Miss Sheridan plays the role of the affianced secretary of George Brent, writer of sardonic novels, who has a decided penchant for making casual love to enamoured ladies who swarm about htm wherever he goes.

Miss Sheridnn lust can't get him to visit a preacher with her. And when, in the middle most of the stars who have come to the State for the last two years have asked. Ted Lewis refused. Elaine Barrle said. "If they hear I About Local Entertainment Hollywood Todays By SHEILAH GRAHAM Hollywood Girds Itself For An of Rlmusicals, Now the Order of the Day Orson Welles, Now In Love With Movie Capital, Won't Ever Leave It Unless He's Fired Jottings ma era in in i mp il iiilii- thai nvnKatitv will ati throiiffh Ui((, WK jwwwj 0 o-- with their original intention, and IF I By M.

OAKLEY CHRISTOPH of a lecture tour, they arrive at shoot me rne way Aim uvo- ralr nrtnreri tt'hpn We Said: 'Of course Edmund Lowe has more stage technique. He's older, and more, cievciana ana encounter there an old college sweetheart of Brent's (Oso Mssen who is now discontentedly married to Charles Rug-gles and still wishlna she had experienced." sne was a nice gai tvinntrh Rnf first, the actress! vjl rS x-w-, Headline story: "Philadelphia Story" is at last at Loew's Poli and if you miss it, youll be sorry! runny thing about that Hejfjurn gal, when we first bought a balcony first-row seat tor the New York play, we did it Jimmie Stewart's clever interview with Charlie McCarthy on the! snagged Brent when she had the chance, things reach a pretty pass. Miss Mussen casts discretion to ctM- nf Philarirlnhia Storv. the winds, decides to chuck her: iNeither Bergen nor Jimmie could auwu omiu juiicjr vu a Km who wouiu never neip us eai i'' consistently refusing interviews. But we did.

And were honing we dislike her performance. Sitting next to us was what could have been a sophomore in any college. He looked as grudging as we, so we spoke to rira- can 1 ln a case uke that. "Why are you here, if you dislike the gal? we asked. "That's Just what I don't know, he mumbled, "1 can't stay away." And after the play we both grinned, shook our heads, oh'ed and ah-ed over Katie and went for a quick one in a little bistro near the Pfl Pr TKa dqI trait! vtn Atun nrViA i- i Hollvwood.

Jan. 29 and yet more musicals Is the order of the studio day in Hollywood. "Paramount on Parade" will Include all the younger players at that studio in a mammoth song and dance show. Here are some of the boys and gals in the near-future film Susanna Foster, Eddie Bracken, Margaret Hayes, Phil Regan, Robert Paige and Martha O'Dilscoll. When Olivia De Havllland recovrs from her recent appendectomy, she will make a modern-clothes picture her first in quite a while "Ever Since Eve." It's about a secretary who makes herself look homely because her boss is enamored of beautiful girls.

Have you ever met a secretary who did this? I haven't.) Anyway, Olivia falls for the boss, pretties tell it. Short shots: Katie Hepburn and your reporter passed each other at the first showing of her first illm "Bill of Divorcement" at the Strand. Chi u-ac the onlv actress o- ju uuu ii ksui uu De got. Ana wnat you- 80 see Hepburn at home or at Fenwick, in measure, Cary Grant, the smoothie, and Jimmie Stewart, the boy all gals wish were in the race for their hand. herself up and the trouble begins.

Warners arc trying to borrow Mel 4 iMiiMniiit'iitnuimn iwe had ever wanted to write a fan letter to, (had wanted to but not done it) after seeing her in the i "Warrior's Husband" (She was Olivine as Antiope. the glamorous Amazon Maverich who decided to I "string along with we followed her and gapped. She sat in the mezzanine and watched her screen self in the greatest picture has since (we haven't yet seen made Lucille Ball ought to kick about casual photographic shots. She doesn't show up in them. Lucky for Desi.

that he photographs well, because he doesn't look so good in close-ups. Rough skin which doesn't tie up with ace scenarists Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett have been hired. Mrs. Ronald Colman and Mrs. Charles Bover munch ft steak at "The Players" (owned by Preston St urges) and discuss their newsreel short in which they show what is being clone In Hollywood for British relief Henry Justin Smith, former managing editor of the Chi cngo Daily News Is the hero of a Columbia film titled, "They Called Him Smith," Do you know that the Lincoln Movie starring Raymond Massev lost more than half a mil vyn Douglas for the boss role.

Orson Welles has practically finished the script of his second film for RKO. There Is no title yet. but the film has a Mexican background; and Dolores Del Rio, private-life romance of Mr. Wefles, will be ditto in the picture. I a.sked Orson recently what sort of person he was In the film which he describes as a melodrama.

"I'm a nHmeless man," he replied. For which relief RKO gives manv thanks. "I want to start Open Notes: To Sully, a music man: Sure, we 'always want the line-up of the band. We've actually got a phobia against leaders who forget to remember they are only part of their bands. The other boys are important too.

Did you ever see that cartoon of the trombonist in a Symphony whispering to his sidekick, "Lets blow a foul note and make a boob of the conductor," See Gloria Dickson, Melvvn Douglas and Binnic Barnes in one of the many hilarious scenes from "This Thing Called Love," which is now hi its third big week at E. M. Loew's Theater. stolid husband overboard, and make an all-out play for the popular au-j thor. At first Brent is anything! but loathe to carv on a light affair with the beautiful love of his youth, but when she begins to get too scrl-l ous.

and the husband makes noises that sound like lawsuits, he tries to do a graceful exit. Tills is hampered by the determination of Miss Mas-sen, and the unusual behavior of MLsa Sheridan, who has hitherto, with great competence and no display of Jealousy or vexation, ot him out of his little scrapes. She now coldlv permits him to stew in his own juice and for a while it's a pretty uncomfortable experience for him. When matters reach what appears to be an Impasse, she steps in, however, and saves the dav. There are moments of high comedy in this Ray offering and some sparkling dialogue, but this reviewer couldn't quite see La Sheridan ln such a demure role.

Nice supporting work is done by RiirkIcs, Miss Massen. Lee Patrick. Walter Catt-lett and Jane Wyman. The second feature Is "Fat her Son," a comedy nf boyhood imsed 011 a novel by Booth TnikliiRton. feature John Lltel.

Frieda tnescourti and Bobby Dawson. II. V. Lecture at Oxford. Miss Jeanette Marks of Mt.

Hol-yoke Collie will lecture on "The Treasure Islands of the Brownings." at the Oxford School under the auspices of the Department of English this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The lecture deals with the background of the Browning family in this hemisphere. The Marionette Guild will present "The Numberg Stove" at a Joint assembly at the school this morning. Parents and friends of the school are Invited. Latin smoothness Ruby Dur-.

yea holds her own in those nightly 1 dance fests at the Bond with Man-j lion dollars? Metro is bidding an ai nrvtivthln U1V liCYI 411,11 Wtl ,,1 A 0.l. Another Referendum Olson continued, "It will be a break t-mmum tiHu.c -nn n.m the studio and the public to have end Shirley Temple. RKO me on another picture." The Mext- wants the successful musical lor can film, incidentally, will not cost! OtoW Rogers and Joan Carrol I the RKO a cent for Orson's acting, wrlt-j8-jars-old hi of the show who is lug, directing and producing serv-! ui'der contract to PKO. Joan has ices. This is the picture he promised I lredy acted I th Ginger She was it fnr th nni, rollowhiB the brat In "Primiwe Path." gratis.

But for the one following Looking Over The New Films wnat we mean, Sully? To Archie McClure of Yale, who calls us The last line in your note intrigues us. Aside to readers: It runs. "Will know whether or not we made the paper, tomorrow night, so until then, I'm keeping my knees shaking and my fingers Well, here's hoping you win any contest you ever enter, Archibald! On Local Screens ALL YN Life With Henry Texas Rangers Ride Again. CENTRAL Tin Pan Alley Cherokee Strip. COLONIAL North West Mounted Police Dancing On a Dime.

E. M. LOEW'S This Tiling Called Love Great Plane Robbery. LENOX i a 0 Frontier So You Won't Talk. LOEW POLI PALACE Gone With The Wind (Continuous.

Last Showing 9 p. in.) LOEW'S POLI The Philadelphia Story (11:50 3:15 6:40 10:05) Tall, Dark and Handsome. LYRIC The Lone Wolf Keeps A Date Charter Pilot. PRINCESS They Knew What They Wanted Melody and Moonlight. PROVEN PICTURE Dance, Girl, Dance (Schedule Not Available) Golden Fleecing.

REGAL High Sierra Six Lessons From Madame LaZonga. RIALTO Angels Over Broadway The Great Profile. RIVOLI Tower of London Hawaiian Nights. STRAND oneymoon For Three 9:45) Father's Son. WEBSTER Argentine Nights Christmas In July.

Windsor. PLAZA Gallant Sons (8:09) Pride of the Bowery. The Widow of Devil's Island" he is naid the usual price $150 000. Orson, by the way, says lie loves Hollvwood and will not leave the: place permanently "unless I am fired: and they can't do that because I have a contract." On Milk Scheduled Washington, Jan. 29.

(AP.) The Agriculture Department announced today that amendments to the Federal milk marketing program in New York, rejected ln a mail referen-tium last month, would be resubmitted to the 60,000 dairymen In Die milkshed in a referendum on February 17. Unless they are approved by the required two-thirds of the producers voting. Secretary of Agriculture Wickard said, Federal regulation of the New York market will be suspended, in accordance with an order issued by the secretary two weeks ago. The amendments are the same ones which the league opposed in "HONEYMOON FOB THREE." At the Strand. At long last the annoyed brothers Warner have released the last picture made by their recalcitrant star.

Kav Kvser. the bovs. and Ginny vine smitn. our rnumDa King wno will soon be wending his way back to Costa Rica Joan Carroll, the 1941 edition of Shirley Temple as Shirley was in the heicht of her popularity, is slated for Hollywood. Her bosses told us she was growing too fast to be left in "Panama for the run.

which will probably be forever. Her understudy is i equally as good, so maybe two little girls go into the income tax brackets. The mothers are such fast friends, it will be cause for rejoicing. When the East Hartford Little Theater Players present Owen Da vies' "The Ninth Guest" next Mondav night on the stage of the East Hartford High School Auditorium, they will be producing a I swift, thrill-laden mystery melodrama, different from the type of play they have attempted heretofore. The Players have shown a gift for light comedy but they felt that to develop, as a group, they imust branch out and attempt other Simnis are coming back to Hollywood 'Ann Sheridan, before the "Oomph" sounds like a natural for Bette Davis for whom Warners bought the story Martha Scott Is wasted by Towns and Baker for "How To Meet A Man." which would be qlute a departure in movies for the tragic-looking Miss Scott Robert Montgomery gets his good pictures off the Metro lot.

And he Is grateful to the studio for loaning him to Irene Dunne and Universal a "Unfinished Business." Preston Foster has the other Important male role in the film. Gregory La Cava directs and produces Leslie Howard has delayed his return to Hollywood be for another film. This time tney will be drafted into the Navy. Sounds good. David Butler, who gin went on strme lor more money.

They apparently figured they were cutting off their own noses to spite their faces in not getting the picture to the public while their stub- piloted them through the two previous films, directs the next Metro has bought "Honky Tonk" for Clark Oable and Ann Sot hern, and would also like Katharine Hepburn. But Katie Is acting coy to the jborn red-headed star was still box-! office. And so at the Strand tills cause of propaganda picture-making II ,111 nilKiniTi Is In ootaining an injunction in Federal District Court here restraining a referendum scheduled for January 21. A card bon rd model of the Mag-tnot Line was recently displayed In a London show window with a sign reading "Price Reduced." week Miss Sheridan may be seen going through her paces ln "Honey-I moon For Three," wearing a new 'hairdo you may or may not like, appear with Gary Cooper In Gold- wyn's "Blonde Blitzkrieg" for which' (Released by Inc.) neias 01 the drama. To Rover Falcone, a determined devourer The Courant: We ask you, pu-lease, stay in your kennel while we stay in our bed, and for Pete's sake, stop waiting for the Courant carrier to leave our morning-bible, just so you can have the fun of leaping over to our house, picking the paper from the step, gaily rushing back into your kennel, and going to work on it.

What good does it do you, a handsome setter, to know what goes on? You can't do anything about it. Or can you? Notice: To whom it may concern: Of course we don't divulge news sources. If you give us the story and we feel you're alright, then we use it. But we don't send your name along the old grapevine. We'd be cutting off our own nose for news if we did.

Don't you remember sometime back a newspaper man made some such thing a test case in New York State? He said he was ethically bound to conceal the source of his news. And he stuck to it. Well, that's us. So stop worrying! In answer to the R. Z.

item about song-title stealing, N. R. a songwriter tells us "you can't copyright a song-title, or the first eight bars of any song." Why the first eight bars, N. L. Springfield item: Genial Ed Carroll, whose persistency and faith motivated him to buy and keep running Riverside Park, this year should begin to reap a little of the harvest.

He has taken Harry Stor-in, local (Springfield) newspaper man, on his staff, to write the news Exciting Role. Madeleine Carroll, one of Hollywood's hardest wrokers for British War Relief, has a role she likes in "One Night in Lisbon." her next picture. She portrays an English volunteer in the Auxiliary Territorial who chauffeurs a British official to release a man for active service. of whats-what-and-when for the park this coming season. AH we hear these days is "You ought to see such and such an ice show." And so we're going to remedy that lack next week.

Thursday night sees us doing the rounds, hearing the bandsmen, as many as we have time for, to check up here-there-and-everywhere. It caught our eye: That verse, "Sinul Man," on the matches Mickey gives you in his Villanova Room VfllpntinpQ fnr oimfu nnDI Vivien Mason of Seattle, profes-i sional model selected by Hollj'wood photographers as "the typical extra girl." has been added to the front line of showgirls in "Ziegfeld from a burning heart to a mere uianns-ior-me-memory The way: Cass Daley's name was not featured ln State Thpatpr tmHi-oc despite the fact she stole the show ueuig'e jttaius courage in Ritz Brothers-Andrew SMeri ARGENTINE NIGHTS Dick Powell-Ellen Drew CHRISTMAS IN JULY DOORS OPEN DAILY TIL 1 IZ2EE2ZESEEII Boom Town'' STARTS TODAY Basil Rathbonr TOWER OF LONDON Johnny Downs HAWAIIAN NIGHTS Jackie Cooper-Gene Reynolds GALLANT SONS Bobby Jordan PRIDE OF THE BOWERY A AYRES JOHNSON AVERY MEMORIAL FRIDAY, JAN. 31st at 8:30 P. M. Univeriity Glee Club of Hartford CONCERT ROBERT BALDWIN, Director Tickets at Box Office A 9 w.

-of was the sensation of 1940! "The Philadelphia Story" is the sensation of 1941! J'' -V Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents the famed stage hit in a brilliant screen production, ablaze with stars and eye-filling spectacle, packed with uproarious fun! TOMORROW -ft Dine and Dance at the FAR EAST GARDEN Chinese Si American Restaurant Dancing Thursday and Fri Feb. 10 Thru Feb. 16 day 6 to 8 and 9 to 12 p.m. Saturday 12 noon 'til 2: 16 to 9 p. m.

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