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PART 15 'Yankees to Screen PASADENA AUDIENCE ENJOYS PREVIEW OF BOWL CONCERT BY ISABEL MORSE JONES Andre Kostelanetz, widely pop. ular Russian-born radio conduc scramble. Seeking an overly dramatic effect, the conductor betrayed a lack of taste. The audience applauded the music. It is a favorite with all for its singing melodies.

Comic Aids Alaska Joh of Morale "A comedian should be willing to be laughed at, as well as laughed with, these days, when laughter is so much needed. Come to thmk of it, what the world needs is more people who can laugh at themselves!" Joe Brown put the dimmers on his own grirf, emphasizing how serious this laughing business Is! "The Army," he went on, "needs entertainers who aren't tor, presented his Hollywood Bowl program In Pasadena Civic Auditorium last night. It could have been labeled "Something to Please The audience was young and enthusiastic. There was the Schubert "Rosa-munde" Overture, two Russian Samuel Goldwyn's "The Pride of the Yankees," be unveiled at a gala premiere at Pantagea Hollywood Theater Tuesday evening, Aug. 18.

Starring In the role of the late Lou Gehrig, beloved hero of millions, will be Gary Cooper, supported by Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Babe Ruth, Virginia Gilmore and Dan Duryea. Seats for the premiere are on sale at the Tantages Hollywood and R.K.O.-Hlllstreet theaters. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1942 AMERICAN HOE-DOWN The "Portrait of Mark Twain" by Jerome Kern is of the melodic South. After a plaintive opening it slipped into easy syncopation. There was a good, old-fashioned American hoe-clown, with country fiddlers to call the tune, but in music language.

The sweetness of the "darky" songs which Twain must have heard composers, Moussorgsky and Tschaikowsky, and two of the works from the "American Portrait" series, "Mark Twain" and 'America'' Gets Signal; Spencer Tracy to Star "Abraham Lincoln," the latter having as narrator Edward G. Mad Organist afraid of being laughed at are Robinson. Olin Howlin, who has por SINCERE HEADING The Aaron Copland "Lincoln" willing just to clown." ON VICTORY STAFF Joe returned lately from an en on the river and the sway of waltz time completed a charming musical picture of antebellum days. Kern was welcomed on trayed numerous undertakers, emoted in a mortuary but as a mad organist in "You Can't Escape Forever." I attracted the interest of the audience because of excerpts from Lincoln's writings read casually tertainment tour of A I a a Army, and Navy posts. He Is a member of the Victory Commit- tee and is busy lining up entertainers to make the trip up there.

but with sincerity by Mr. Robin Rohinson 'Destroyer Man' Gray son, Young Paited Claii Subject Revealed Judith Anderson Signed Holt in 'Cat People the stage and called back several times to share applause with the conductor. The program will be heard tonight in Hollywood Bowl, beginning at 7:45. son. Copland as a composer of the new world, with ability, seriousness and leadership, is not overrated.

He in one modern So far he has interested Gracie Fields, Allan Jones, George Mur phy and possibly Bob Burns. Maybe Dorothy Lamour will go Y.5',it-..-'1:':Vi, too, if she can get leave from her studio. American who knows his craft. Goldmark and Boulanger have had their influence with him but he has long ago emerged as full-fledged Copland. His "Lincoln" is schclared writing and has inspiration.

Spectacular Eve Assured "But I'm getting an awful lot of alibis," he said. "Yet those camps are a regular entertainers' paradise. They're so quick, those Kostelanetz provided light en kids they get everything and they laugh at everything." tertainment in the Overture to Schubert's "Rosamunde." The pure Russian folk song of Mous CARTHAY CIRCLE FOX WILSHIRE UNITED ARTISTS INDUCEMENTS, TOO sorgsky, "Daybreak, from the Lieut. J. P.

Farrell at Kodiak TEMPTATION Ray Milland seems interested in the "wiles" of Patricia Morison in this scene from "Are Husbands Necessary?" which opens Thursday ot the Paramount. Betty Field portrays the wife. "Never before have so many of Hollywood's greatest personalities promised to take part in a premiere." This is the word given out today by Sid Grauman, founder of the Chinese Theater, where tomorrow night Hollywood will stage its first "Premiere in Uniform" the gala first showing of opera "Khovantchina," was one has written the comedian, offer ing air transportation and other hospitality to any actor who will of the most effective numbers on the program. The conductor's control of the orchestra In the By Edwin Schallert If the story has anywhere near the sweep and scope of its title, "America" should be one of the big winners of the future. M.G.M.

has given the go-ahead signal to King Vidor for a production based thereon which is to depict the rise of an immigrant who reaches these shores in the early 20th century and attains a position in the industrial world. The project is one long favored by the director, who has left for the East to seek background material in various manufacturing plants. Spencer Tracy has been selected as the deal player for the tarring role. There was a film called "America" once before, a "silent" made by D. Griffith, but its period was that of the Revolutionary make the trip.

Joe's good work through the Victory Committee includes pro supervision. So pleased was the studio with the results achieved that he was put under term contract and Sturges waived ail credit on the picture. Clair's new one at Paramount will be "The Man Who Had No NOV long decrescendo manifested a power he was not able to demonstrate in anything else. Tschaikowsky's "Romeo and 20th Century Fox's multiple-starred "Tales of Manhattan." The occasion, Grauman as moting four projection machines to be sent to lc lely little out Juliet" fantasy, having been so posts where there are but 40 or serts, will mark the most spec Henry lynn FONDA. BARI cAMECHE tacular of any of Hollywood Private Life" (title to be shortened, of course,) from an unpro-duced play by Otto Furth.

Beyond the fact that its locale is these United States, no details were available yesterday. News Shorts From the Film Front recently conducted here by a leader of broader experience, fell rather flat. After a long and long list of openings. 50 soldiers and seeing to it that new films are flown north, instead of the old ones they have been seeing up there. Included in the notables at- ui MAGNIFICENT DOPE tendingin addition to the mo- theatrical build-up the climax lacked assurance and the frantic At present Joe celluloid dou A 20th Cury foe Picture peed at which the last part wasi ble is cavorting at the two Para tion-p3cture personalities, will be Army and Navy leaders and "names" in music, civic, State and national life.

Lloyd NOLAN -Carols I ANDIS taken only served to produce a mo in "Joan of Ozark," in which he plays a comedy spy IT HAPPENED FLATBUSH" Crowds assembling to watch tha niv1ln i-vf vyotnali-MAe irHl 'ItCllSWil A 20th Century Tom Piu tainers over there," he said. "Then the boys will feel they are not forgotten at home. That's the with a German accent. And his accent is so good that he has an offer to appear in a couple of Sam 1 1 ttui; 4 All l3 i flanking Hollywood Blvd. Bernard's old comedies.

In the reaction I got in Alaska." Judith Anderson still vividly recalled for her portrait of the housekeeper in "Rebecca," will go to Warners for a part in "The Edge of Darkness," drama dealing with Nazi invasion. Roman Bohnen and Richard Fraser are other additions to the company, which Is headed by Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan and Walter Huston. The perennial Jack Holt will essay a different type of role. He has been signed for R.K.O.'s unique "The Cat People," one of whom, as already reported, is Simone Simon. Sidney Salkow is the choice of Samuel Bronston and B.

P. Schulberg for the directorial chore on "City Without Men," prison story at Columbia. Shooting starts Aug. 17, which is a screen play by W. L.

Rivers. And speaking of laughing. meantime Joe is going to Detroit to play "The Show-Off" for Henry Duffy but will return In Octo here's something for Hollywood to smile at: The world premiere Tlj i lite gI133ES Jlt331t3P 5l of "The Moon and Sixpence," in which Joe appears, will take ber, take another trip to Alaska and then on to England and Ireland. "They need American enter- place, not Hollywood, but either at Kodiak or Dutch Harbor! 'Destroyer Man to Star Edward G. Rohinson Edward G.

Robinson, who has been dividing his activities between most of the studios in town and the Army camps, will shortly go to Columbia for 'Destroyer Man," which has been on the fire for some tinfe now. Robinson will have the role of the ship's captain, the period being the present. Recently the actor has been busy in such "symposium" films as "Tales of Manhattan" and and Fantasy." Glenn Ford will be featured in "Destroyer Man," which Is to be a Lou Edelman production. Kathryn Grayson, Young Paired in Film The kind of lightsome musical entertainment at which Joe Pasternak excels is to gain new impetus. The producer announces casting plans for 'Private Miss Jones," a story about an opera singer and a private to be interpreted, respectively, by Kathryn Grayson and Robert Young.

Pasternak has apparently settled upon Miss Grayson as his own logical "successor" to Deanna Durbin, whose fortunes he guided at Universal from the time of her discovery. Not long ago this dark-haired Kathryn completed a lead in his "Seven Sweethearts" at M.G.M. Rene Clair Subject Set at Paramount Rene Clair's stock is steadily rising in Hollywood following a hiatus which all but obscured this talented French director when he arrived here. Following his production of "Flame of New Orleans" for Universal he went" to Paramount, where he filmed the fantasy, "I Married a Witch," under Preston Sturges 3rd and FINAL THRILLING WEEK! ''V- I it Ffo -H if P- 1 I ft Wednesday Eve. AUGUST 12 On behalf of th So.

Calif. War Savings Staff of th U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT ai- T- s. i i set nY $5,000,000 "BUILD SHIPS" PREMIERE a IB New Russian Film Booked Latest motion picture to arrive AT BOTH THEATRES TONITE! Downtown Only Saatt for Promloro from $25,000 to $25 In War Bond Available at Victory House, lank.

Theatres-all Treasury Dept. uMAiAANNnncr mntr fnrmw from embattled Russia, "Red ikad rxii jjai Tanks," has been booked to open STAGE. to next Friday at Esquire and MIWIIiIWllIMIIIIllWIIBWMltM lllMIII ill II ill MM I MMMI'MIWIIBHIIIWM IHim'H I I agencies. Grand theaters. A stirring screen play of the mechanized strength of the Red army, "Red Tanks," is said to re-X'eal for the first time in motion 3f pictures the mammoth 52 -ton tanks known as the "KV," which are giving such a good account 8 of their power in the fighting.

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