Harrisburg Telegraph from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Page 14

14 Safety Setback Augusta, Kans, Sept. 23. There was a slight delay in starting the safety meeting. Chick Evans, hurrying up the high school steps on his way to, the gathering, slipped and fell. A physician was called to treat his injuries.

Srvfil FRIDAY, SEPL25th ROLLER SKATING EVERY AFTERNOON NITE 3 SPECIAL RATES 5 To PARTY GROUPS NOW PLAYING A TOAST FOR REVENGE if LAST TIMES TODAT "BERLIN CORRESPONDENT" PLUS "Moonlight Masquerade" TOMORROW ts Hit Thrf MMuifrt BOB STEELE TOM TYLER I I JIMMY DODO WEDNESDAY EVENING HARRISBITRG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 23, 1942 Revieics and Previetcsr Film Stars Selling Bonds! Rlickey Rooney at Loew's! Spencer Charters Remembers! ticket for tonight. They come in from Balti more, work HarnsDurg, rusn to Lancaster, then to Lebanon for a War Bond breakfast. A hearty welcome ot the visiting stars of whom much has been written in this space. May they not work tx hard and sell plenty of War Bonds. Personal confession: We missed the opening of "Desperate Journey" at the State Monday, missed it Tuesday, too War Bond rush our only alibi It's also an alibi for Manager Johnny Rogers, who pulled "Tales of Manhattan and forgot to tell us that he was talcing a "Desper ate Journey." Ho! Hum! They say it's a great picture Ronald Reagan and Errol Flynn are the stars More later either by this writer or Lucinda Gilmore, who's also back in her seeing and hearing.

By Paul Walker PAULETTE GODDARD and William Gargan, unless the tires ran thin or something happened between here and Baltimore (this is being written late Tuesday night) are Harrisburg today for a visit to the Central Iron and Steel Co. plant and attendance at the War Bond dinner in the Penn Harris tonight at 8. i There is no scheduled public appearance. As was previously explained, based in information the local U. S.

Treasury office, this would be too hard on the "stars, who already have a fatigue producing schedule. To get a good look at the stars, you 11 have to be in possession of a $500 War Bond, bought in September. This will be your dinner Lcm Edmund Gwen in "A Yank at Eton" at Loew's, opening: today. Opening: today at Loew's: "A Yank at Eton" with Mickey Rooney. Nuf ced.

"The Battle of Midway," realistic war film, made during the Jap attack, with John Ford directing, will be at least four of the five downtown theatres today You can't, miss it. Ford was in the Navy and at Midway when the Japs struck. Naturally Mr. Ford did not actually direct Hirohito wouldn't like that but he did take the thousands of feet of film and weave them into a drama, which has some of the hardest boiled newspaper critics talking to themselves. Commentaries are by Donald Crisp, Jane Darwell and Henry Fonda You'll be sure to see it at least once in the week ahead.

As predicted days ago, "Pardon My Sarong" (Senate) and "The Talk of the Town" (Colonial) go into their second week today. Rio views: "Berlin Correspondent" and "Moonlight Masquerade" are in their last day at the Rio Tomorrow: "The Mad Monster" and "Shadows on the Sage." "It's Still Harrisburg" ENJOYED a chat yesterday morning in the P. R. R. station with Spencer Charters, Hollywood character actor, and most of all his reunion with Wellington G.

Jones, the Telegraph's Old Timer. The two had a great deal to talk over and each remembers the other "away back when." Charters was then just 'beginning his stage career; Welly was a newspaperman then as he is now. It was a treat to hear these two talk over the Harrisburg of yesteryear. Actor Charters had spent the weekend here with Mr. and Mrs.

Charles T. Charters, 17 South Twentieth street, and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar D. Hoerner, 110 Fishburn street, Progress.

Mr. Charters is his brother, Mrs. Hoerner (the former Nora A. Charters, his sister.) years, including William S. Tunis, Jim Morrissey, Cornelius J.

Nelley, Louis Cohen and Welly Jones, of course. We asked him if there was any character he hasn't played on stage or screen. "None so far as I can he said. "Everything from President to street cleaner." "This is real," he said during a brief interview at the Harrisburg station just before his train left for the East. "Out in Hollywood everything is make believe and just a little bit on the artificial side.

It's great to see one's old friends and see the old home town. Harrisburg has changed quite a bit but it's still Harrisburg." It was in Harrisburg that Spencer Charters made his debut be hind the footlights. He was then (about 1390) working as, a machinist for the old Chesapeake Nail Works and didn't have much interest in his work. He did a bit of dancing his off moments, had a natural gift for comedy. Opportunity came the person of a hypno tist, Professor Flint, billed at the old urand opera House (present site of the Penn Harris Hotel).

When the Professor called for volunteers, the first on the stage was young Spencer Charters. Recalling the incident, he said: "He never hypnotized me, not for a second but I let him think he did." It seems that the young man went into a bit of comedy, did a dance and, according to Welly Jones, "stole the show from the hypno tist." "I just extemporized a little bit," he said today. Others in the company spotted talent in the making and it wasn't long before Charters had "worked out a notice" at the machine shop and was touring with a repertoire company. The practical minded folks couldn't understand why a boy would give up a career as a machinist for the stage, some saying that be back in a month or two." But he didn't come back, just kept right on going. Since then Spencer Charters has been in 479 count 'em 479 plays.

How many movies? Factlx 441 and more to come. Cnarters is on a brief vacation from Hollywood, plans a visit to Atlantic City, then to New York for the World Series. He's a great fan and wonld've been at the ZIvlc Walker setto in Philadelphia Monday night if he hadn't felt "under the weather." "What was the trouble?" "The trouble was the Harrisburg water. What in the world have you done to it? It used to be pretty good." The reporter explained that Harrisburg has recently spent $3,000,000 for a new water supply in Clarks Valley. "And this is what they got.

My! My!" It was time for the train East and it was hard to get Charters and Welly Jones apart, old friends from away back. "Golly, Welly, it was good to see you." "Me, too," said Welly. And no one else could get a word in edgewise. Reminiscence is wonderful! Gene Plank: "Your Yankee Doodle Dandy review is just that It edges interest in the picture. Advance note on Hedy Lamarr in "White "Miss Lamarr is more than eye filling in 'White Cargo'." It's her first film in scanty garb.

Edgar Kennedy handed his wife a ruby bracelet celebrating two occasions their tenth wedding anniversary, their 40th picture Her name: Florence Lake Nokin to Veronica "Pride of the Yankees" at Senate Sept. 30 is heading for its 11th N. Y. week. While here he found time for chats with manv friends of other wide! Big Hat For Betty One of the most amusing rou tines in the repertoire of come dienne Betty Kean is her burlesque on women who wear big hats.

In fact, it was this routine which eventually led to a film contract for her with Republic Studios. Nevertheless, when Betty reported to Republic to enact a leading rle in "Moonlight Masquerade," at the Rio, she herself was wearing a hat almost two feet WHICH IS ONLY NATURAL BECAUSE IT IS "TEIl STALES IF TODS 1TWK" WAR BONDS AND STAMPS ON SALE HERE ADDED "The Battle of Midway" IjsN. Vhree people who make I I love more precious laughter more 'with lfefcf I fry I Wlk EDGAR BUCHANAN PRODUCTION to yot Woman of tttt Yeer" and Twmy Soma); SCNM ft If KS S3H wA A CttkEJEIEl THIS IS SALUTE TO OUR HEROES MONTH! BUY A WAR BOND TO HONOR EVERY MOTHER'S SON IN SERVICEl ON SALE AT ALL THEATRES! IMiMHMIIIiHl STATE "Desperate Journey," Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan; 1.24, 3.24, 5.24, 7.34, 9.44. COLONIAL "The Talk of the Town," Cary Grant, Ronald Colman; 11.30, 2.00, 4.30, 6.59, 9.31. LOEW'S "Yank at Eton," Mickey Rooney, Juaneata Quigley; 11, 1.10, 3.20, 5.30, 7.40, 9.52.

RIO "Berlin Correspondent," Virginia Dana Andrew. "Moonlight Masquerade," Dennis O'Keefe, Jane Frazee; call 2 3475 for times. SENATE "Pardon My Sarong," Abbott and Costello, 11, 12.50, 2.40, 4.30, 6.20, 8.10, 10. LEMOYNE "Powdertown," Victor a a 1 Edmund O'Brien; 7.45, 9.50. STRAND (Steelton) "Let's Get Tough," East Side Kids; 7.50, 10.

"Grand Central Murder," Van Heflin, Patricia Dane; 6.40, y.uu. BROAD "Let's Get Kids, Tom Brown; Barry. Tough," East Side "Cyclone Kid," Don CAPITOL "Alias Boston Blackie," Ches ter Morris, Adele Mara; "Desperate Cargo, Ralph Byrd. Carol Hughes. NATIONAL "Secrets of the Lone Wolf, Warren William; "True to the Army, Judy Canova.

Allan Jones. PAXTANG "The Lady Has Plans," Ray MUland, Paulette Goddard. PENWAY "Tarzan's New York Adventure," Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan. RIALTO "Mrs. Miniver," Greer Garsoh Walter Pidgeon.

ROXy "Suspicion," Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine. STANDARD (Steelton) "Man With Two Lives, Edward Norris, Mario Dwyer; 7.50. 9.50. WEST SHORE (New Cumberland) "Ser. geant York," Gary Cooper, Joan Leslie.

Teamed Again Mona Maris and Martin Kos leck, who earned high praise for their performances as a Nazi official and his secretary in "Un derground" last year are teamed again in similar roles as "Berlin Correspondent," the Twentieth Century Fox thriller at the Rio. Heading the cast are Virginia Gilmore and Dana Andrews. The film was produced by Bryan Foy and directed by Eugene Forde from an original screen piay oy Jack Andrews and Steve Fisher, Kaiser Takes on Task to Find Worker Homes By Associated Press Portland, Sept. 23. Henry J.

Kaiser, who has done an amaz ing job in pushing ship construe tion, has undertaken another seem' ingly impossible task. He's trying to find living quarters in this jam packed, war boom city for 20,000 New Yorkers being recruited to work in his shipyards. The Kaiser companies in ful page newspaper advertisements appealed to Portland residents to open their homes to shipyard workers; asked that every avail able room and building be rented. The advertisements said: "Last night 500 men with their families slept in cars because they had no place else to go." That was no exaggeration. The it Desperate Journey" Is Yarn of R.A.F.

"Deperate Journey," Warner stirring new success, at the State Theatre. Starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan, the picture tells the story of how an K.A.i. bomber crew, forced down in the heart of Nazi land, gunned, dynamited, fought their way to safety and England. The only important feminine role in the film is played by Nancy Coleman, who scored such a success in "King's Row" and "The Gay Sisters." She is cast as a member of the German Un NEVER A DILL MOMENT Somethlnt Doing Every Minnie at MIDGE'S INN South Avenae South Enola MODERN and SQUARE DANCING Every Fri. and Sat.

Nite HATFIELD'S ORCHESTRA "HAP" PECHART, Caller MIDGE BARTHEL. Prop. Beer Wines Liquors and Seafood mm EDMUND IAN with HUNTER derground who comes to the aid of the embattled Englishmen. Raoul Walsh, foremost action director, handled the picture. 2 Meet Your Friend FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW Marta LINDEN Juanita QUIGLEY Alan MOWBRAY Serein Play by George Oppenheimer, Lionel Houter Thomas Phlpps Original Story by George Oppenheimer Directed by NORMAN TAUR0G Produced by JOHN W.

CONSIDINE, Jr. A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Picture Alaskan Indians erect totem poles to the animal from which they think their tribe is descend edT WTOE TO GO IN AND AROUND 3T nj Arnrnncron im r3 HOME COOKED MEALS ALWAYS A FEATURE AIZ at Our turnout WOODLAND PARK HOTEL run lAtrPAprr rr.vrti 9 FEATURING NIGHTLY 2 FLOOR SHOWS "DIRECT FROM BROADWAY 11 P. M. and 12.30 A. M.

DIRECTIONS Three Miles North or Farm Show Ruilrlinr I 9I ttiirpA I llUM MJJMIij HELP BUY THE TOOLS FOR VICTORY HELP YOUR MAN IN SERVICE WIN STARTSTODAY MBW Dynamite Mickey as an All American football tornado is a riot at swank English Eton school. It's hands under the table with those English cuties and hands across the sea for a Yank and his English pals at the rousing finish. BUY A BOND TO HONOR EVERY MOTHER'S SON IN SERVICE! THIS IS 'SALUTE TO OUR HEROES' MONTH! "thanks FOR (BUYING THAT BOND! STlT This ThtatnStlls Bends and Stamps! No Waiting SPECIAL FEATURE "BATTLE OF MIDWAY" In Technicolor Filmed Under Fire advertisements turned up some 1500 single rooms. 1 A 1.