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l-osangcltsCimts Saturday. February 20, 1313 part 111 7 SOLDIERS ASK AND FILM GIRLS' PHOTOS FOR BARRACKS 1 'Crime Series to Deal With War Situations BV EDWIN SCHALLKKT -4 "Barrack Room Girl' is the title bestowed on Earl Carroll's revue femmes featured in "Let Freedom In letters coming from soldiers they ask for "pictures of the most beautiful girls in the world for our barracks so the rooms won't seem so lonely." Evidently the boys don't play favorites when it comes to hair shades because an equal number of pleas arrive for photographs of blonds, brunettes and redheads. Sweater girls are popular but costume girls more so! "Crime Doesn't Pay," the series of short pictures which acquired a reputation, 13 to be turned to other uses during these wartimes. That is to say, the old cops and robbers theme will be dropped ana me pictures will concern themselves with war situations. Two briefies have already been programmed Homes" 1 and bkid Row." The first-named will portray the work done by municipally controlled shelters and show the bad side when children re "Skid Row" will deal with night spots mat exploit servicemen.

In fact, a good many of the pictures will essay to expose war I i Au r-y III tlT tMX 1 llflL time rackets, it's said. Andre Bohem has been assigned to pro duce the series and has Basil Wrangell as hjs director fdr "Nurs a ing Home," script for which was written by Louis Clay, while Edward Haldeman is composing subject Xo. 2. Warners Slate. Late Showings There will be a swing-shift show tonight at Warners Hollywood Theater, starting at 1:30 It may be recalled that the "Crime Doesn't ray" series proved itself a cradle for acting discoveries, among the players being Robert Taylor.

AMECHE, AVOOLLEV AM) GRABLE IX 'GONE ARE DAYS' a.m. Warners wutern ana Downtown also offer late shows. PL 1 Leading members of the cast of "Gone Are the Days" have been pretty well determined. Betty Grable joins Monty Woolley and Don Ameche in this story with setting in the latter half of Attraction is "Casablanca," starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid. the past century.

Miss Grable will be the girl to exhibit her gams in "The Black Crook" revue around which the film will be woven. Picture will deal in part with the censorship problems encountered by this famous extravaganza, which was revolu TODAY'S SHOWS tionary In its time. The film won't go into actual production LEADS IN SATIRE Victor Jory and" Florence Rice will ploy leads in "Keep Your Distance," take-off on Frank Buck's adventures, Monday night at the Music Box. SOLDIERS ENTERTAI Private J. Lewis of the "Hey, Rookie!" cast at the Belasco sings for Betty Jane Rhodes, visiting actress, and Privates Harry Stafford, Sam Edwards.

TT'iT I OfT 7 1 nmers nuaren Boonea until May as the script is only now being written by Kenneth Earl and Morris Musselman with Robert Bassler supervising. HAYMES DEFINITE FOR 'TWO SENORITAS' One Robert Haymes, former singer with Freddy Martin's orchestra, now under contract to Columbia, will get that one lone "break" in the films after all. It looked as if he wouldn't for a Avhile because the service was beckoning. He had been tested for various roles but nothing matured, principally because his status in relation to the armed forces was so much in doubt. Now, though, it has been settled that he will have time for an engagement in "Two Senoritas From Chicago" as the vis-a-vis of Jinx Falkenburg.

The role ranks next, if not being equal, to are the chief protagonists with Kent Smith, Otto Kruger and II. B. Warner also featured. 'Ape Man Stars Lugosi AT HOLLYWOOD 'The Ape Man." (Monogram. 1 Previewed at Monogram Studios Cast: Beta Luoi Louise Clime.

Wallace Ford. Henry Hall Minerva Urer.nl. Emit Van Horn. J. Far- The story of the inhuman race Hitler is endeavoring to create in Germany is revealed on the screen in "Hitler's Children," opening next Wednesday at R.K.O.-Hillstreet and Pantages Hollywood theaters.

The picture gives an authentic account of what happens to boys and girls who refuse to embrace the Nazi teachings and depicts how these teachings turn normal children into fanatics. Tim Holt and Bonita Granville Fred MacMurray has done job for Jean Arthur that she rell MacDonald, Wheeler Oabman, Ralph that of Edmund Lowe. Joan Davis is the other "senorita" with Llttlerleld. Jack Mulhall and Charles Jor dan. Director: Wiliiam Beaudine.

Writ Miss Falkenburg and Ann Savage and Leslie Brooks are in the era: Krl Brown and Barney Sarecky. u0 LAME cast. "MEANEST MAX IN THE WORLD" and "CHETNIKS" at Loew's State, Chinese and Ritz. "STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM" at Paramount Hollywood and Downtown. "CASABLANCA" at Warners Hollywood, Downtown and Wiltern.

"TARZAN TRIUMPHS" and "IT COMES UP LOVE" at Tantages and Ilillstreet. "THE CAT PEOPLE" and "GORILLA MAN" at Hawaii. "DANCE FESTIVAL" at the Esquire. "IN WHICH WE SERVE" at Four Star. "THEY GOT ME COVERED" at United Artists, Fox Wil-shire and Carthay Circle.

OX THE STAGE "LET FREEDOM SWING" at Earl Carroll's. "THE DRUNKARD" at the Theatre Mart. "KEEP 'EM HAPPY" at the Florentine Gardens, MOVIELAXD JOTTINGS AND CASTINGS Playing both ends against the middle is Director William Beaudine in building up "The Ape Man." Chill chasers will get a tremendous thrill out of I hear tell that Charles Laughton is very much wanted for the man servant in "Frenchman's Creek," but Metro is likely to keep him very busy. Robert Herrick, who va3 in "No Time for Love" the picture, while the more de ilium at Paramount, is being tested for this picture, too. tached will obtain laughs out of New musical may be evolved for fall production in New York the slyly moments Tk Star MAM MIHAIlOVtTCH "CHUTMICKS" THE neiTIHO VKimill.AI PHILIP DOMt ANNA ITEM by Lynn Root, Vernon Duke and George Balanchine, who were responsible for "Cabin in the Sky." Milton Bender will be the which reach their climax in the STUDY ZOOTERS' Laurel and Hardy have been spending their spare time down? town in the habitats of zoot-suit wearers studying the latters' customs and ways.

The local color gathered will be put to good use in "Jitterbugs." how we keep our girls looking beautiful from any position. There's been so much discussion about cost of picture. Its budget is $3,000,000. But when Barney Balaban saw some of it on the screen he said, "They asked for escapist pictures. This is it." But the thing that's got them winging are those $5000 set's.

They'd completed bne, but forgot about backdrop. Paint for it would have run the cost SGOO more. They obeyed priority laws, so it cost them $2500 extra to have women work four days and applique velvet and satin on the backdrop. No ceiling on labor just cost of material for the set. No wonder movie producers, have ulcers.

COULD BE Since Susan I lay ward and John Carroll romance is off so quickly, I'm beginning to believe it was a dream-up by last moment. Transformation More sinned against than sinning is the unusual position Cljcarcrs poken Drama in which Bela Lugosi finds himself at the beginning of the film, when, having volunteered MIDNIGHT SHOW TONIGHT "YALE PUPPETEERS" and Elsa Lanchester at for one of those vague movie scientific experiments, he becomes a horrible creature, half ape, half man. But he soon gets into his stride and kills THE WHOLE TOWN IS TALKING ABOUT b( "HEY, ROOKIE!" at the Be lasco. "BLACKOUTS OF 1913" at El any number of. persons, or ha producer.

Sam Wood is expected to start shooting "Saratoga Trunk" Monday with Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper, though many parts still remain uncast. Butch and Buddy will appear with Frank Fay and Billy Gilbert in their four-picture scries to be produced by Monogram. Janet Blair's coiffures in "Something to Shout About" are to theme a talk to be made by Helen Hunt, Columbia hairdresser, at a San Diego high school joint assembly over the week-end. REEL NOTES REELED OFF BRIEFLY Republic studio has gotten the go-ahead for its cavalcade of shipping, which is titled "The Merchant Marine." The studio has purchased the official merchant marine song, "Heave Ho, My Lads, Heave Ho," written by Lieut. Jack Lawrence, tune-fmith.

Borden Chase, writer, is collaborating with Lieut. Felix Reisenberg, technical adviser. Nick Castle is staging dances for "Two Senoritas From Chicago." Fritz Lang has finished work on "Hangmen Also Die." which has been in work since May 28, 1912, the date of the Reinhard Heydrich death in Prague. He has been working 1G hours a day seven days a week on this subject much of the time and so will go to New York' for vacation and to attend the premiere. Lang Capitan.

an ape do it for him, in order to get spinal fluid to turn him "OUT OF THE FRYING PAN" knows nothing about until she reads this. They needed a baby picture of Jean for an insert in "The More the Merrier," so Fred gave them one of his own, taken in a seashell! Sure, they used it I like little Susan Peters very much indeed, but what bad taste, announcing her engagement to, Richard Quine when his divorce won't Ik? final for many months Mark Hellinger and Jack Warner doing handsprings after sneak preview of Eddie Cantor in "Thank Your Lucky Stars." Cantor's hot as a firecracker and another major studio is talking to him Lou Nova, who's been dying to act, gets a chance in the Kay Kyser picture. Metro's boasting so much about Kay you'd think they'd discovered him and mafje him what he is today. Wouldn't they just love to say "This is our Kay Kyser," like Paramount about Bob Hope! ANOTHER CONVERT Zasu Pitts has an offer from Henry Duffy to do a revival of "The Rat" in Detroit, Philadelphia and Boston. Little Mary Lebus, a Kentucky deb, who acted in Zasu's play, is acting as her stand-in.

Za.su, who has traveled from coast to coast in her first stage play, is crazy about the theater and wants to return Phyllis Lough ton (Mrs. George Sea-ton) is expecting an heir late this summer. She'll accompany George back to New York when he takes the completed script of "Song of Bernadette," which he did, for the approval of its Phyllis Brook says, ''I'm at last getting on in my profession. I'm playing scenes at the horse's head instead of the other end back into a man. at Music Box.

As if this wtre not enough "BROTHERS ASHKENAZI" at the Mayan. terror, for good measure i added an old gal who collect spirits of the dead, the weirder the better, and who records their groans and yips on a phonograph. Ureeal plays this role to the liking of the most avid horror hounc Someday, indeed, somebody will write a spine-tickler especially for Minerva and she will be lost 24 pounds during the film-making. -Clarence Muse has been assigned lo "Heaven Can Wait." Otto rreminger has been elected to produce instead of direct "Candle in the Wind" and is working on the script with Lester Cohen. Republic.

Susan isn't the least bit upset. She's New York-bound to read a play for Max Gordon Bob Preston receives his commission in the Air Force today Rocoe Karns saying good-by to his young son Todd, who's off for Officers Training School After many upsies and downsies, the Herbert Bivnons celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary together, with niece Eileen from New York as guest of honor Dale Evans, Edgar Bergen's singer, got her first lead in "Swing Your Partner" for Republic. If she makes the grade, they'll sign her on term contract. DIFFERENT ANGLE Sequel to the Duchess of Windsor's hairdresser story. Seems my facts were cQck-eyed.

He was brought out from New York and allowed to work, and took the place of Buddy King, a girl who's been in ths studios 15 years. Said she, "If men are taking women's jobs, all I can do is to take one of theirs." She's gone into a defense factorv. Closings, Illness Hit Broadway Productions nEia thrills for you! As Tarzan Mf on Untamed Wildhnd Prinrassf ill nruUg 1 right there with the goods. Where Are Servants? There are some incongruities, of course. Why does Bela have an accent, and not his sister? Where are the servants when all the quaky monkey-shines are going on in the big house? On the sunnier side are the delightful Wallace Ford as another tough newspaperman and Louise Currie as wise-cracking news photographer.

Emil Van Horn plays the ape in creepy fashion. J. Farrell MacDonald roars again as a police captain the others all are competent in their roles, 337 SOUTH MAIN STREET lost, not to mention Saturday afternoon performance. Kaye will leave for Hollywood the first week of March, so his Saturday night show Feb. 27 will be his last in "Let's Pace Jose Ferrer replaces him lliluvimis Soldier Hit THf ORIGINAL YARD BIRDS OF FORT MacARTHUR IN All American Army Musical HILL at lit!) ni.

6277 2 SHOWS TODAY SUN. 8:30 at Box Office and Mutual Aqencics LAST 4 TIMES TODAY tr SUN. MAYAI THEATRE HILL A 11th PR. 0536, PR. 36fi6 NEW YORK, Feb.

19. Two mora closings and the continuation of a postponement darken the Broadway scene. It was, confirmed that "A Barber Had Two Sons" would give up Saturday night, discovered that Danny Kaye was sicker than the doctor thought and will be out' for some time, and announced that "Counterattack" will close Feb. 27. Closing of the "Barber" was not unexpected, since "Janie" will move into the playhouse Sunday.

But "Counterattack" had been negotiating for a move from the Windsor to the larger Majestic Theater at a lower price scale. Its closing announcement surprised most of the theater folk since it is quite unusual for a recently opened show (Feb. 3) to give such advance dosing notices. (: Infection i MAURICE SCHWARTZ'S Production of "BUOTHEUS these days." DREAM "WALKING saw two dancing in "Lady in the Dark" Ginger Rogers and Don Leper. If the camera records it as it happened, you'll be shouting, too.

Set was a huge garden with a gold pergola at one end gold horse and Jon Hall at the other. Bare trees without foliage, clouds covering the entire stage (made of dry ice and chemicals) which enveloped dancers to the knees and made them look as though they were really dancing on clouds which they were. Before going into the number, -I watched Ginger putting on her wig. First it was 'glued on. then pinned.

I'll be darned, if the bangs weren't sewed on with needle and thread. That's 1 EVES. 8:30, MATS. SAT. A SUN.

2:30 fleed Morgan Stay at Follies With a complete change of bill, Billy Reed and Marion Morgan are being held over on the stage of the Follies Theater for a third week, starting tonight at midnight. Parker Gee, tenor, and Louise Rogers will also present several numbers. Other principals in the cast are Vickie Da-, in the leading role. Another One Margaret Webster, director of "Counterattack," and who is all set to start work on "Othello," is planning still another production. The new one would be "The Tempest," also' by W.

Shakespeare, and would star Eva LeGallienne. The Webster version of "Othello" 'is eagerly Paul Robeson is to play the title role (as he did in the London production,) signaling his return to Broadway. His last here was the ill fated "John Henry," three seasons ago. Miss Webster, herself, is slated to play Emilia, with Uta Hagen as Dcsdemona. Tickets Box Offitt and Mutual Agtnclet English Synopsis in Program After Wayne Forrest made 17 tests of Gene Tierney.

they wanted Buddy back. It was too late. She was working for Uncle Sam As Dennis Day leaves the camps he's entertained, he also leaves an album of his recordings with this note: "Enjoyed my visit very much, and I'm hoping my memory will linger on" Englishman Miles Man-dor is writing a book on the United States war effort for the British, thus reversing usual procedure. Rrlrnscd by Ihf CJilraito. Trlbunc-Nrw York News Syndicate, 194.1 BUY BONDS FOR VICTOW EL CAPJYMJ -Mat Today at 2s30 PHrtNt WifJl 50c fo $1.50 mm W1t.nf.11W MW.

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