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HEDDA HOPPER'S Looking at Hollywood Myrna Loy Tired of "Thin Gives Up Pictures Until a Good One Comes Along TtDLLYWOOD, Sept. 8 Bill Powell visited Myrna Loy Hertz in New York, and she told him when they come across a good story she'll come back and do another picture with him, but that she was fed up to the teeth with Thin Men. She'd been lsed "Keeper of the Flame," and when that was turned over to Katherine Hepburn, she said, "What's use!" and, for the time being, gave up pictures. I don't blame her Metro was readv to close a BEDOA HOPPER deal for Bill Saroyan's "Time of Your Life," the Pulitzer Prize play. Both parties wanted the deal to go through.

Saroyan wanted more money to produce nlavs on Broadway before the Army gets him. Metro wanted to make it a musical, but when Saroyan heard that he called the studio long distance ana tne aeai was off. Tight Knot irnrr MAPniM orA Hill By Hook or Crook JANE RUSSELL and Jack Beu tel are at it again. This time they're doing daily rehearsals for a skit which will follow "The Outlaw." Don't laugh as I did They assure me the picture will be shown in two months. And the sex taken out of the film, no doubt will be dished up by Jane in real life on the stage.

Hollywood new comic, Zero Mostel, who in "Du barry Was a Lady," with Red Skelton, Rags Ragland and others, is a mighty funny guy. He was out here some years ago, just bumming around. Nobody paid the slightest attention to him. Now they give him time off for his air show Brod Crawford has decided not to bring his big mastiff on the set any more. Evidently the prop boy was near sighted he started feeding it hay.

New Dealing BECAUSE Teresa Wright made good on ability and not i.i i i uuuugn ally ynvuy gianruui izing process, such as Hollywood newcomers usually get, Jeff Don nell, who is 20, with a husband and baby, is going to get the same kind of treatment. In other words, the studio's decided to tell the truth about her that she just a normal, average girl who happens to be a fine actress. She's playing in two pictures "The Frightened Stiff" and "City Without Men." (Well, Jeff doesn't mind, 'cause she's got her man.) When she was called for an interview on Monday, she said, "please, not Monday. I'm up to my ears in diapers. Mane it Tuesday." Bookworms PRODUCER David Lewis will be Army bound before he can do a picture at Paramount.

But he leaves behind a fine working script of "Frenchman's Creek." Speaking of books, Olga Petrova's memoirs, "Butter With My Bread," unlike Ilka Chase's, is one of the kindest and most entertaining autobiogra phies I ve read George Op penheimer will finish an original "Homecoming" before he goes into service. It's the story of a wounded marine who comes back to his home town and has every one devoting all their time to the war effort. George's story, "War Against Mrs. Hadley, is outstanding. More's the Pity I HAD an inquiry from a gallery in San Francisco, asking where it could find some of Jack Barrymore's costumes, etc.

I learned that Jack's entire production of "Hamlet" which includes all scenery, stage effects, cos TUESDAY EVENING 1 MAYNARD FISHER Maynard "Fisher, one of Penn sylvania's premier musical entertainers, will appear nightly in the dining room and grill of the Columbus Hotel at Third and Wal nut streets. Mr. Fisher, son of George Fisher the popular barber in the hotel barber shop, has earned an enviable reputation as a master of organ. He comes di rectly from a position as staff or ganist at radio station WARM in Scranton and has had movie and concert experience with some of the well known stars and pro grams. One of Mr.

Fisher's most recent accomplishments was the completion of several radio broad casts known as "Pennslyvania the Keystone of Democracy" which were recorded at station WGBI and were sponsored by the Penna. Historical Commission for general distribution to Pennsyl vania radio stations, atepin. Fetchit. Gloria Jean and other notable screen stars have availed Mrshallwm be "rrrTed themselves of Mr. Fisher's pro by a Methodist minister after that by a priest, in accordance with her religion Metro wnuld have you believe that "Somewhere I'll Find You" is picture.

After counting 18 clinches between Gable and Lana, I'd call it a wrestling match The Jerome Kerns helped, celebrate the six month wedding anniver sary of the Artie Shaws by phon ing them at Newport, L. where Artie's stationed. Damita writes from the Cape playhouse in Dennis, "Don't forget me, Hedda, and give me a ring when you come to New York. Dove, Carradine, swimming back and forth in Bill Good Win's pool, kept his head completely above water. Bill shouted, "What's the matter? Afraid of getting your hair wet?" "No," grunted John, "its merely that total immersion keeps one out of the public eye too long." grams.

Dinner music will be featured at the popular Columbus Dining Room each evening except Sun day and there will be popular melodies in the grill every night. Laurel Hardy Film at Rio "A Hunting We Will Go" Packs Laughs; "Falcon" Is Other Feature Howls came long, loud and fre quently at the Rio yesterday, where Laurel and Hardy found themselves innocently involved in maeic. mirth and murder in "A Haunting We Will Go," the latest and best episode in their merry screen careers. Even Dante, the great magician, is unable to help them. However, he does succeed in projecting thrills of the necromancer's art never before seen in a motion picture disappearing dames, floating funsters, gagging ghosts, scintillating spirits and other stunts that tantalize the eye.

But the entire proceedings are on an antic level and most of the sequences are plain side splitters. Stan and Ollie are at their hilarious best, and are appropriate buffs for that suave magician, Dante. The situation they find themselves in are ludicrous and the house was convulsed when a pair of "con men" take them over the bumps. They peddle Stan and Ollie a money manufacturing de vice and their pantomimed pre occupation with it is a comedy highlight. Stan and Ollie meet a lot of in teresting people: beauteous Sheila Ryan, for one, and John Shelton, Don Costello and Elisha Cook, among others and all contribute to the hilarity of the proceedings.

Review Sparkling with gayety woven into its often tensely dramatic plot, "A Date With the Falcon" revealed itself to be a thoroughly entertaining picture with its opening yesterday at the Rio Theatre George Sanders, one of the screen's most versatile players, does a splendid job as the debonair man hunter, who airily leaves his bride to be burning while he investigates the little matter of the kidnapping of a brilliant The scientist has invented a process for making artificial diamonds, badly needed in defense manufacturing, and a gang of crooks has abducted him in order to obtain the formula and reap a fortune. Inspector O'Hara of the police force is quite baffled by the affair, and The Falcon further confuses him by his mys terious actions, and the Inspector isn't at all sure whether The Falcon is allied with the crooks or is trying to run them down. tumes, 7 swords, props, etc. was not included in the sale of his belongings, because a storage ccmpany here has a prior claim for $900. If any one co'mes through with that amount, that will be the cheapest production of "Hamlet" I've heard about in ages.

EDUCATION! ENTERTAINMENT! J1 IIII MliM'rilMMMBfciMJllMfcMMM Rpr" and Previews HXRRISBURG JS TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 8, 1942 Sarongs, Lurongs and Now It's Zandrape! What Next? Why Is't Called String? By Pawl Walka "Holiday Inn" looks lik? a holdover The toes of Fred Astaire and the tonsils of Bing Red McCarthy's Band played in Hagerstown, Saturday night, and the natives are still talking about his singer, Doris Taylor They open the Madrid on the 14th. Imagine "Panama Hattie" without Red Skelton and Ann Sothern. Imagine "Panama Hattie." You'll find the best acting of the week in "The Big Street." To Dorothy Lamour "en When you make that War Bond stopover in Fall River, please say Hello, for us, to the Rev. Finley Keech, who just ar rived there from Harrisburg. "To J.

D. O'Rear: The law yer who gave us that "rave view on "Talk of the Town is planning to see it again when you play it at the Colonial That should give you an idea. Dot Lamour's sarong; is Hedy Lamarr's lurone in "White Cargo It's a wonder some Hollywood word coiner didn't think up "lamonr ong." Which reminds that Tarzan has a new lead Ilona Massey, recent Herris burg visitor, on Senate screen tomorrow in "The Invisible Ajent." ing lady, Frances Gifford of the beautiful legs She plays "Zandra" to Johnny Weismuller's "Tarzan" in "Tarzan Triumphs." Her costume is a "Zandrape." No one has ever come through with the source of String" for a G. R. Lee costume except that it's the smallest string on the violin.

Is Rita Hayworth a $500 War Bond? And how! Pledges are out and we're hoping the committee didn't miss anybody. If you have the $375 for a $500 War Bond and don't get a chance to buy a ticket for the dinner, buzz this column. Don't be overlooked in the rush. The dinner will be the night of September 23, in the Penn Harris and the guest limit is 500 500 men And Rita Hayworth 500 men and a girl! Make it a $1,000,000 War Bond Day! Many a diner will buy well above the $500 mark That's where the big money comes in. Greer Garson soon here in "Random Harvest" opposite Ronald Colman will next be seen in "Madame Curie" for which Irene Dunne was once considered.

Hollywood seems to be doing well by "Cabin in the Sky." The Hall Johnson Choir has joined up with Ethel Waters, Duke Elling ton and Band. it Osculation and Bob Hope Bob Hope is in bed on the Hollywood set. Pink silk coverlets come up to his chin. Dazzling Marion Martin, the platinum haired glow girl, garbed in a filmy negligee, bends above Bob and kisses him. Bob who is supposed to be asleep, and Marion, who is hoping to wake him, are rehearsing a scene for Samuel Goldwyns spy comedy drama of wartime Washington, They Got Me Covered.

But the rehearsal doesn suit Bob who opens his eyes, says: "Too glacial." However, Director David Butler decides to shoot. So Prop Men adjust coverlets and pillow to suit the cameraman, Bob closes his eyes, and once more gets kissed. The first time dcsn suit the director, so they try it again. The second time doesn't suit the dialogue director, so they try it again. So it goes, for take after take.

Finally, everything jells and Butler says jubilantly: "Print that." But Bob Hope just lies there, shaking his head on the pillow, mourns: "Why didn't I do something wrong again?" Part of battle of the Solomon Islands will be reproduced In a two reeler, "The Fighting Engineers." "Yankee Girl," all about the WAACS, is in production. Roy Rogers is at work in "The Heart of the Golden West." Soon time they re made "The Great Divide." New serial: "Rogers of the U. S. Rangers." Meyer Davis quote: "Difference between genius and talent Is that talent gets paid every Saturday riight." Patti Andrews: "If a WAAC is arrested, will the officer put her in curling irons?" ARDON MY SARONG" did big midnight business at the Senate Sunday It 11 be there for a week (or two) on September 16 Pride of the Yankees" opens there September 30 to run concurrently with the World's Series at just a slight up in prices Many places it cost $1.10 Bob Sidman saw the Diana Barrymore pic ture, "Between Us Girls," in Philadelphia, says, "It has everything." No one could ask more than that. 3d OC1 iWIHEKE TO GO Meet Your Friend at Our Famous Horseshoe Bar Court Si Strawberry Sts.

IN AND AROUND JRIPDSIBILIIPC HOME COOKED MEALS ALWAYS A FEATURE To Reach WOODLAND PARK HOTEL Go north on Cameron street past Farm Show Building, Hagy's Swimming Pool, pass Waring's Golf Course, turn right on macadam road, go 500 yards past Harrisburg Riding Academy to large Neon sign at Park entrance. Featuring orchestra and floor show nightly. GOOD FOOD BEER WINE LIQUOR Maynard Fisher EVERT JTITE EXCEPT SUNDAY Dinner Music from 5:30 HIS HAMMOND ORGAN AT THE Columbus Hotel DINING ROOM AND GRILLE FOOD 9 BEER WINES One of Pennsylvania'! Premier LIQUORS Musical Entertainers WIS IS SALUTE TO OUR HEROES MONTH! HONORlEVBTf momagssoHfj fr IN SERVICEl LOEW'S "Panama Hattie," Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, 11.50, 1.50, 3.50, 5.50, 7.50, 9.50. COLONIAL "Holiday Inn," Bine Crosby, Fred Astaire. 11.20, 1.25, 3.30, 5.35, 7.40, 9.45 RIO "A Haunting We Will Go," Laurel and Hardy; "A Date With the Falcon," George San ders, Wendy Barrie.

Call 2 3475 for times. SENATE "Big Street," Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, 12, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12.10. STATE "Orchestra Wives," Ann Rutherford, George Montgomery, 1.57, 3.54, 5.51, 7.48, 9.48. LEMOYNE "Adventures of Mar tin Eden," Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, 7.25, 9.40. STRAND (Steelton) "Henry Dizzy," Jimmy Lydon, Mary Anderson, 7.45, 9.40.

BROAD "Parachute Nurse," Marguerite Chapman, William Wright; "Texas Trouble Shooters," Range Busters CAPITOL "Juke Box Jennie," Ken Mur ray, Harriet Hilliard; "South of Sante Fe," Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes GRAND "Footlight Serenade," Betty Grable, John Fayne. NATIONAL "Ten Gentlemen From West Point," George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara. PAXTANG "The Male Animal," Henry Fonda, Olivia DeHavilland. PENWAY "Suspician," Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine. RIALTO "The Gay Sisters," Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent.

ROXY "Stick to Your Guns," William Boyd, Andy Clyde; "This Time for Keeps," Ann Rutherford, Robert STANDARD (Steelton) "Sons of the Poineers." Roy Rogers, George Hayes 7.50, 9.40. WEST SHORE (New Cumberland) "Crossroads, Hedy Lamarr, William roweu. CR.D Qo 3 LAUREL HARDY rrvii rtviif rL SANDERS kt' BARRIE TO BE HELD OVER THURSDAY: pom the first kit to the lost XX A TAT At TM r.ftMM A EfTl.fl tTl T317. TJ QRCtflETTl AMT GiriM Wonfcyrll GIVVEaS fO (ACI ww ILONA MASSEY JON HALL tp mar I I It I VnQI" Jn tW lunM am "fcUIUW 'i r7 TOMORROW Yc fn FT Pmwrtid bj FRANK LL0YO PfWfectioes, be. a Nivr.tt werc Don't Forret the Midnite Show VX 3 II I 'l I I If TODAY last TIMES IES "The Street" Ll wag was LUCILLE HENRT LZ3 Ulr iJ'ULZJl BALL FONDA Last Two Days IS I WW.

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