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The Baltimore Sun from Baltimore, Maryland • 53

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THE SUN, BALTIMORE, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1941 Section rlPAGE 7t t- "i z1" i Sr- iDQivwf ferrVi a Errol Flynn and Lee Patrick are at the New EDiped in this colloquy are Alan to the Times Theater ia a Two familiar faces at the Century Lewis Stone and Mickey Rooney, Hardy series, which is now playing 6tars in the latest of the Andy Hale and Eddie Albert, who come screen drama Wednesday A New Kind Of Chase For Film mm By HUBBARD HEAVY says. "They've been pretty dreary. This is torture in the open and, as you 1 'I XL Hollywood (JP). THE chase combines the motion picture's elemental requirements ac tion and suspense. Some of the old Sennett one-and-two-reelers were mostly chase, but until now no picture ever has used this device from beginning to end.

(A postcard is cheaper, if I'm wrong.) Comes one now. It is "Man Hunt," based on British Goeffrey Household's novel, "Rogue Male." Dictator His Game It is about an Englishman of hunting renown who decides the biggest game in the world is a certain dictator. The opening scene shows the hunter in a garden drawing a bead with his pow erful rifle. 'Through the telescopic sight the au dience sees a man on a balcony who, although not Identified, "might be Hitler," explains Kenneth MacGowan. This picture is MacGowan's last pro ducing effort before he goes on leave to join the Southern American Amity Committee.

He will be in charge of sixteen millimeter educational films, by the way. A Click But No Bang The hunter pulls the trigger and there is a disappointing click. He shrugs his shoulders, indicating that he is satisfied that he could have killed his quarry if he had had a bul let in his gun. Just at that instant he is knocked out by a member of the Gestapo. When the hunter comes to he is grilled and tortured in an effort to get him to sign a statement that the English Government put him up to this attempt on the life of the head of a friendly nation.

The Germans, say MacGowan, are looking for an excuse to start a war. The action starts in the summer of 1939. The Gestapo, to get rid of the Eng lishman, throws him and his gun over a cliff and trusts that it will look like a hunting fatality. Of course, he isn't killed and the chase starts the head of the Gestapo trailing the hero all over Europe and finally to England. "The usual anti-Nazi film has people being tortured in rooms," MacGowan Edward.

Arnold and Lionel Barrymore play the principal roles In the feature coming to the nippodrome's screen Thursday new otes By DONALD KIRKLEY TT is rather late to be writing about 1 the Technicolor picture known as "Maryland," but we cannot resist tailing about the Baltimorean who went to Santos, a city in Brazil, where the nuts come from, to see it Early last summer the photoplay arrived in this city at the New Theater and duly went the rounds of the neighbor hood houses. Among those who hap pened to miss it was Milbourne Chris topher, the magician. Mr. Christopher travels widely In the course of his vocation, which is foiling people, and has made several trips 10 South America. A month ago he departed on such a tour, to keep engagements in night clubs below the equator.

While in Santos, which is mostly summer resort, the local tricker happened to notice the name of Maryland on the slightly battered marquee of a small cinema. He paid the equivalent of 12 cents and went in to see the show. He did not see "Maryland" on that occasion, for he had misread the marquee; the film was due the following day. Double Feature What he saw was "The First Rebel," the title under which Allegheny Uprising" was released in South America. "The First Rebel" was the, fame of the novel by Neil Swanson (of the Baltimore Sunnaperi) from which the film was adapted.

Double featured with that film was "The Primrose Path," and the Brazilian audience, Mr. Christopher reports, seemed to enjoy both very much despite the American dialogue. This in spite of sundry noises which filtered Jn from the street; while the settlers were battling the injuns in "The First Rebel," tram cars were clanging and clattering outside. The same static was heard the following day when, the Baltimore necromancer returned to see "Maryland." Double billing, by the way, is chronic in the places visited by Mr. Christo pher Trinidad, Kio, Buenos Aires, Bahia and Santos.

In B. they go for films in batches. One program during his stay offered four complete features plus a variety of shorts. This particular bill included you've guessed it "El primer rebelde," with 3. Wayne; "Sinonia de amor," which seems to be the way "Back Street" rame out down there; ''La vida in- timad lot artistat de Hollywood, which means the intimate life of Hollywood stars, whatever that is; Una chica anpelica," with M.

Sulla-van, and "Vuelo de with Dix. Divided By Sympathies The divided sympathies of Argentina were reflected in the newsreela seen by Mr. Christopher. Some cinemas favor the German and Italian product, others the official British reels. At one theater both British and German propaganda films will be flashed on the creen.

The Great Dictator" was banned in Buenos Aires, but an enterprising exhibitor made good use of the incident Christopher saw a man carrying a sign directing prospects to a film theater which was showing "photoplays by Carlos Chaplin, THE GREAT DICTATOR of comedy." They were, of course, old silent films. Despite the ban, Mr. Christopher learned, thousands of Buenos Aireans have seen and are seeing the anti-Nazi picture. They take the overnight boat to Montevideo, in Uruguay, where it is doing a thriving business. a 3 till! DOORS OPEN 1:30 P.

M. CENTRE THEATRE rs to ii jo 133II3 UN M.fV. OVT T. Thty UKUT9 alHr-btrt aV7 mete tOVt eUktl aniAK Sat AHERNE FRANCS l. f4ii ime LOST HlKHlF aX MJUUl MILS ATOM WMMtn sommrna Plus: BOB HOPE In SHOP TALK" (Laugh at it aqalnD A Ticket to Keiths Tonite Also Admits to Dance to Billy Antrim's Entertainers All for Oc Plut Tan) SU DAY DAY TU ES DAY EAST SIDE KIDS "FLYING WILD" CARY GRANT KATHARINE HEPBURN "The Philadelphia Story" FRIDAY, 8ATU DAY Bonnit Baker Orrln Tucker "YOU'RE THE ONE" TOOAY AND TOMORROW Humohray Roaart Ida Luoino 'HIGH tic Adulta Every Pay to 5.30 P.

M. lSe ii.i.it-o.:m 311T-311S Waat North Ava. WALBROOK'S SECOND THEATER OPEN IN APRIL Ulll UfliP ii suggest, a chase. Dashed This One Off "Household usually takes a year to write a book. He was in the middle of one when he got this idea and wrote it in three months.

"Rogue Male," his title, is what a male elephant gone berserk is called. He likens such rogue to the cruel gestapo chief. "Dudley Nichols ends our story dif ferently. Time passes and the war comes and our hero is taking off in an RAF bomber, equipped with loaded rifle. Over Germany he parachutes from his plane.

We end with the thought that some place in Ger many a hunter is gunning for Pictures always should end, they say in Hollywood, on a note of hope, Too Much Hope "Meet John Frank Capra's new picture, ended on a note of too much hope. There was a final scene in which the heavy redeems himself by promising to print in his newspaper a note exposing his ulterior motives, a suicide note written by the John Doe who doesn't commit suicide. Preview critics here laughed at Capra for going overboard. They said he was hoping for too much. And it was incredulous that villain Edward Arnold should turn goody-goody at the last second.

Capra took heed. The day after the preview he reshot the scene, throwing it to Gary Cooper, as John Doe, and leaving Arnold unredeemed. That's the way you'll see him. Goldwyn A Freelance After so many years as the mainstay of United Artists, Sam Goldwyn now is a freelance producer. With no releasing contract he will resume pic ture maging, after a year's inactivity, in mid-April, with "The Little Foxes." Meanwhile, Goldwyn continues I YtiTUMVEJ New Adventures Anwrict'i No.

I Enter ti'iw Ji nd th. heU Hardy Family, Funnier Than fvr III ickeilOONEY And Introducing Kattrya 6MVS0N tIT aiTiTI" THE BAD MAN. with WlLCt tm miw vonx "rr aim. JUNE TAYLOR mmm aoa HENRY ALDA 1 Seckeitk'j M.G. M.

Hit with LEWIS STORE I U-" Mm working at "United Artists" studio, the place he and Chaplin and Pickford and Fairbanks and Hart built Gold wyn now owns the plant and officially it is the Goldwyn studio. But nearly everyone in town calls it even as they refer to Paramount as 'Tamous Players and Twentieth Century as "Fox." Objected To The Split Goldwyn quit U. A. because he says he didn't like the releasing setup. He believed that because he made more pictures than some of the other pro ducersChaplin and Pickford, partic ularly that he should receive a larger percentage of the income from all of the pictures.

But the papers didn't read that way and Sam quit. Four United Artists producers rent office space and make their pictures in the Goldwyn studio. They are Lesser, Lubitsch, Wanger and Howard Hughes. Strange bedfellow stuff, eh? Dry India Predicted That prohibition was assured, no matter what government came into power, was the prediction of Morarji Desai, former Revenue Minister of Bombay. India, speaking to, students holding a celebration in honor of Mahatma Gandhi.

He said that the Governor, had full power to change the decision of the High Court with out calling the Legislature. Hollywood's Most Boautiful Blonde! LESTER COLE DEBUTANTES EDDIE WHITE EXT HA AODtO Amerlee't Pedoroughihl Al TI7AUAKI Inn mm ii ii 1 1 1 ii i ii 1 1 in i in till; In Paraon. "Swine and Sway" with SAMMY KAYE Hia Orchestra Edw. Arnold Lional Barrymora R. "THE PENALTY" Martha Hunt TTt fill mi i Today 25c All Day All Siats DEANNA DURBIN "rilCEnGIRL" with FRANCH0T TONE (25C I ytftJt lpMi b-XB-sh TS ly "DEFINITELY ACADEMY Jt AWARD CLASS!" Mm "splendidi" Uf yt ttyt 10S MORIS 1110 I I ON STAGE WPERSOMrz JJII First-Run Current CENTURY "Andy Hardy'i Private Secretary," Ninth in the series, this introduces Kathryn Grayson a singing young lady, as guest actress.

Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone and the other regulars are in it HIPPODROME "Adam Had Four-Sonf." A wicked girl marries one and flirts with the others. The time is 1907-1918. Warner Baxter, In-grid Bergman and Susan Hayward are in it. On the stage: Anita Louise in person. KEITHS "The Man Who Lost Him-self." What happens when a man is mistaken for his double, who is married.

With Brian Aheme and Kay Francis. LITTLE "Niofct Train." Eighteen weeks for this one. i NEW "Footstep in the Dark," with Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy and Alan Hale. STANLEY "The Sea Wolf." Second week for this tough new adaptation of Jack London's famous novel, with Edward G. Robinson, John Garfield and Ida Lupino.

TIMES "Life With Henry." Concerning the Aldricfc family, of What a Life" and the radio. Jackie Cooper backslides to adolescence in the title role. MARSHALL TODAY IOWARD near FRANKLIN ST. In WESTERN UNION' ROBERT YOUNG TECNNtQGUJK lrPim IJiLfWJrVC "NIGHT iSjITTLE TODAY MONO AY TUESDAY HOBLH1 YOUKU RANDOLPH SCOTT In "WESTERN UNION" ALL TECHNICOLOR thursJhn WAYNE Frances Deo Edward Ellis In "A MAN BETRAYED" LLOYD NOLAN Lynn Barl Wary Beth Hugtm in "SLEEPER'S MBMBMBlBBajBHpnBBa aW A 0J 3 a IENNY FRKO AU.KN "LOVE THY NEIGHBOR" WEEK Zfi fV I POTTT ouses Coming CENTURY The Bod Revival of the popular Mexican border melodrama, with Wallace Beery in the title role. Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day and Ronald Reagan are in it Opens Friday.

KEITHS 'The Mad Doctor." Basil Rathbone, Ellen Drew, John Howard, Ralph Morgan, Barbara Allen (Vera Vague). Follows 'The Man Who Lost Himself." NEW "That Nioht in Rio." Technicolor cinemusical with Carmen Miranda, Alice Faye and Don Ameche in a double role. The scene is Rio, the story is about love. Follows "Footsteps in the "Dark." STANLEY "The Monster and the. Girl." Paul Lukas, who gave the performance of his life on the stage of Ford's last week, is in this new photoplay, also Ellen Drew and Joseph Calleia.

TIMES "The Great Mr. Nobody." Eddie Albert wants to be an adventurer, a hero, a business genius, a great lover, but is just what the title says. A comedy, with Joan Leslie and Alan Hale in featured r61es. Opens Wednesday. LITTLE ''Let Georpe Do It." English comedy (what, another?) starring George Formby, England's most popular comedian.

Follows "Night Train." players of stage, radio and screen did Miss Loth ask for an opportunity to contest for the role. In "Mr. Bug Goes to Town," Miss Loth will be the voice of Honey, the bee heroine of the technicolor production, who loves Hoppity, the grasshopper hero. Wrisht, Cast With Giant Hollywood. jira uregar nas Deen cast in an important Supporting role in the tech nicolor production of "Miami." Cobina Wright, socialite nightclub entertainer, who made her screen debut in "Murder Among has also been cast in a featured sup porting roles in the technicolor pro duction.

Search For "Honey" Voice Ends Right In Studio Hollywood. LIKE the fabled quest for the Bluebird, the search for a girl with voice like honey to play the feminine lead in Fleischer Studio's new $1,000,000 feature length technicolor cartoon, "Mr. Bug Goes to Town," ended successfully at the studio in Miami, Fla. The girl with the perfect honey voice is Polly Loth, 24, who stands only 4 feet 10 inches high, and. she is an artist at the film plant Miss Loth won the title of the girl with the perfect honey voice after competing with a score of would-be honey voices tested by the studio scouts both in New York and Miami.

Only when studio executives admitted they were not satisfied with any of the voices tested and among those tested were several big-name rj 1 1 antra I M' M.I. M.t Cf.

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