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12: CCCC THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER: SATURDAY, JULY 25, 19-42 Mrs. at Warfield. 5 Noted Swing Band Leaders Are Signed for Films by Metro Film of Pebble at War 'Pepe Le.Moko1 On Screen at Clay THE ORIGINAL AND unex purgated version of "Pepe Le Moko," starring Jean Gabin, will be seen at the Clay today in a return engagement. Star of many French films, Gabin was recently seen in "Moontide," his first American picture. English titles translate the French dialogue of "Pepe Le Mocko." called "the only woman in Holly- I Studio Is Preparing For Several Musicals By Louella 0.

Parsons i Motion IMetnre Editor, Intl. New Serelf HOLLYWOOD, July 24. If i Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer isn't trying to corner the swing band market I don't know what else you. would call handing five contracts to five "name" Jitterbug maestros Har-I ry James, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Crosby and Vaughan Monroe. This wholesale bagging of the rug cutters is not for one particular picture but just to make sure that a top name band will be available when such musi-1 cals as "Girl Cra2y," "Best Foot! Forward," "Dubarry Was a Lady" i and "I Dood It" go into produc-! '-tion.

Tying the boys up on a deal i like this is really a coup for! M-G-M. I 3K i. i i' Pti yi STc, PRESENTING THE Stapletons, comedy dancers, who are the vaudeville program at the Dorothy Lamours New Jungle Rim Is Screened THOUGH' ALL of Dorothy La-fchange after some of Dottie's DIANA BARRYMORE tele-, phoned to tell me that she had set Thursday as her wedding day and to invite me to the She'll wed Bramwell well known actor. Just as we -said a few weeks ago, Diana has been waiting for her mother, Mrs. Harrison Tweed (Michael Strange), to arrive for the ceremony.

She had expected to have big wedding, but with the death father, John Barrymore, decided against anything but! the simplest of services. This is! Diana's first marriage and she: has been in love with Bramwell for a long time. In fact, the I interviewed her she confessed to me that he was coming out to marry her but that she wanted her father to meet him before they announced their gagement. She has just finished "Between Us Girls," her second picture at Universal. I yt I AM GREATLY interested to Jiear that Twentieth Century-Fox bought "The Last Best Hope," Deutsch's war novel.

In-f-: terested because Carole Lombard, before her tragic death, i. bought one of the Deutsch short 1 appearing with Phil Regan Golden Gate this week. mistily colored movies and a great deal of wholesome comedy and charm is added by a fine new comedy team consisting of Jack Haley and an orang-utang, along with many friendly Jungle creatures, including a crocodile and a tiger who loves to swim. The story is altogether too in volved to go into, but suffice It to say that the locales include a circus, an American country estate and a tropic jungle, which might be anywhere. It's "The Jungle Book" as produced by a floor show manager, and I say it's a lot of fun.

The companion film is "Murder In the Big House." K. W. The Gold Rush' Is On Coliseum's Bil CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S Klon dike comedy, "The Gold Rush," yesterday commenced a week's showing at the Coliseum. mil 2ft7iDflflnn GICGER ROGERS taglas Fairbanks Jr. i i ii iuhii 1 I I I 1 1 ri IHJHIIY! I a.

-v r. stories, "Object Matrimony," she planned to bring to the screen. Twentieth Century-Fox bought "The Last Best Hope" for. Ginger Rogers and although, the isn't out yet it will appear Movina By Kevin Wallace METRO'S "MRS. MINIVER" (not to be confused with Jan Struther's "Mrs.

Miniver," the whimsical book which, as Holly wood laughingly says, "Inspired" the movie) has finally arrived at the Warfield. The film has been called one of the "ten best movies of all time" by such cultural standard bearers as Walter Win-chell, Deems Taylor, Jack Demp-sey and the Smiths, both H. Allen and Kate and this department, which unfortunately has not seen all of the movies of all time, agrees that it's a pretty wonderful bit of cinema invention. WHAT WAR MEANS. "Mrs.

Miniver" is an excellent exhibit of movie invention, because it gives you characters who are actually Invented characters abstracted from real life to become symbols variously of kindliness and i courage, class distinctions and so forth and yet it makes these abstractions seem to be entirely real people. These symbolic people show you, during the two hour unroll' ing of "Mrs. Miniver," pretty much what war actually means to democratic middle class civilians of good will. But, since you look upon them as people and not as mere symbols, you are drawn into an emotional ex perience which no amount of argumentatfon could give you. Here is exposition transformed entirely into drama and excel lent drama at that.

This is propaganda in its high est form, dealing with problems of humanity which cannot seem controversial to any one, except possibly to the philosophies against which we are fighting. 0 MEVrVER AT DUNKIRK. The film play (tactfully written by James Hilton, Arthur Wim-peris and George Froeschel; pro duced by -Sidney Franklin and directed, with magnificent sim plicity and sympathy for each character's mood, by William Wyler) gives us the Miniver family, as it existed in a pleasant rural suburb of London in 1939 and 1940. We see the declaration of war, in.fPH rnrrnN.TiM oit DOLORES COSTtUO.RAY COLLINS MARCH OF TIMI MEN IK PHIL KEGAFI Shthf Star el ScrtM and Rid THE 4 VAGABONDS S. Own Nltt Club Str Wiruiunrnu wiwiiinuiun I ON THE STAGE II VAL'deVAL VTk AN1TRA VH IRENE CORNELL UiW Body Beautiful If JEAN EUGENE ft Burlwqn" PronUt 1 A uurtn 1 I the late winter fiction list, Apparently there was great ln- wood," deserves fifteen Academy awards.

Walter Pidgeon offers a quiet masculine air as her husband; Richard Ney is pleasantly adolescent as their son; Teresa Wright is extremely winning as the son's bride, and Dame May Whltty and Henry Travers are efficient in their diversion of village class warfare to a contest over horticulture. The regional and human detail remarkable and, I expect, reported with a high degree of ac curacy. The subject of "Mrs. Miniver" is one close to the hearts of all people alive today. The film should not be missed.

Regular Prices! Ufll ft Ik. mai mum IfTlTE tOKMlKI.V CALIKIUMA IJIAIC Market at 4th-FH. S80U Ann Sherlrtan-Ron. E'apan "KlXiS KOW" "A Urhtlrnian After Dark" Brian uotiievy CTB i Un Market near 7th UN. 1S38 JinMIU CLAODKTTE COLBERT KAY MILLAND "Hands Aerosa the ttockleii," Bill JSIliott: POWELL Powell at Market "HOXIK HART" Olncer ROGKRS Oeoree MONTGOMERY Bl (il.E Wll MW" with Mnllaoe jieery MARINA Rf Chestnut at Btelnirl ANDREW' WILLIAM HOLDKN and ELLEN DREW "KATHLEEN" with HHIRI.KY CONTINUOUS BHOW STARTING 1:15 PI rlDITAU Misalon near 20th EL CArllAN -ship ahoy" Red "1 Dood It" Hkelton Eleanor INiwell KID t.LOVB Van Heflin IIDTAWU Sutter and tjtetner unw.nn "KiNiSKow Ann herldan-Ron, Rearan-Robt.

unimlnjn Bettv Meld at "SYNt'OPATION" with JACKIE COOPER Bohila Granville, at SPECIAL OWL HHOW TONIGHT 10:00 liinTAUftl Haight at Fillmore miWIWMI CONTINUOUS SHOW "RONO OE THE ISLANDS" Betty Grable Bruce Cabot 'WILD HILL H1CKOK RIDES' SI'KCLAL MATINEE TODAY! KIDDIES' KARTOON KARNIVAL! HAIGHT Ilaight and Cole 'SMILIN' THKOl (iH Jen-ftte MfPPVALn Brian AHERNE EEMINLNE TOl CH" Rosalind Russell kE Noe at 24th MUE CONTINUOUS SHOW Henrj' Fonda in "THE MALE ANIMAL" 'GHOST OP FRANKENSTEIN' Lon Chonev K1D1IIK KARKMIN FESTIVAL TODAY 4 CARTOONS EVERY SAT. MATINEE VERDI 644 Broadway near Stockton 1MH BLE HORROR SHOW! BELA LUOOSI in "BLACK DRAGONS" "MAN WITH LIVES" Edward Norrla -j-MT i.ieil EL CAMINO On El Camiro Real "TORTILLA FLAT" SPENCER TRACY-and- HEDY LAMARR John ftarfleld, atarta at Alud HORN TO SING with Virginia Weldler, at ALEXANDRIA Geary at 18th A NEW! San Kranrlseo's Finest Delua Theater! MOONTIDE" Jean On bin-Ma Lunino Brian Ponlevv, "A Gentleman After Dark" DISNEY'S "ART OF SELF-DEFENSE" ICCIIki Clement at dth Ave. UULIJCUM CHARLIE CHAPLIN "THK iOI.H HI SH" IXetrirh-Randolph Scott "SPOILERS" RALBOA Bnlhoa nr. SRth Ave. "TI TTLES OK TAHITI" CHARLES LAlIGHTON and JCTN HALL REMARKABLE ANDREW Brian Donlevy lIUiiiBBA Polk and Green MLMMmiiriM "MOONTIDE" MOONTIDE" KAN GABIN Mil IDA LUPINO 'A ientlemn After Dark," Brian Donlevy ROYAL Polk near Oallfoi'nla CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

THE COLD R18H" Cheater Morris, "No Hands on the Clock" TOWER Mi-islon near 21t M. Telephone VAlencla S547 Clark Cable in "THEY IN BOMBAY" 'Wild Bill Hlc-kok Rides" with Bruce Cabot AVE IIC San Bruno nr. Bacon RA. S7(K1 REMARKABLE ANDREW- WILLIAM ROT, PEN and ELLEN DREW I aXa.V ijlWeS ItJ tt terest at all the studios, for War fnot in shots of thundering proc lamations and armies, but in its effect on the Miniver household which will no longer treat itself to new hats and new cars; which loses its servants to war work; which loses its eldest son to the RAF, which at length is bombed, but which persists in dignified, useful living, primarily through the conscientious humanity of Mr. and Mrs.

Miniver. Dunkirk is shown us, not in a synthetic scene of thousands of extras and tons of explosives, but simply in the five days' absence of Mr. Miniver, off with his power boat to help in the evacuation. The enemy is shown us, not in melodramatic cartoon, but in the much more fearsome collapsing of a lost Nazi aviator in Mrs. Miniver's kitchen.

Bombing is presented, not in flame and wreckage, but in its approaching detonations as heard In the Miniver blackout shelter. And aerial war is shown us simply as a stray airplane bullet kills a young bride sitting in Mrs. Miniver's automobile. EXCELLENT PORTRAYALS. The effect of this presentation is to touch us powerfully, where blood and thunder to which the newsreels have inured us would have no effect.

A3 Mrs. Miniver, Greer Garson, who has been Battle of the Year! lied SKELTOIJ GETS HER With ULLIN JENKINS LEO GORCtY AND Hlp-Boarln( Action Thrill Adventure! J0H.1 IMfiE mm mm ALBERT EEKKER EDGAR KENNEDY PATJY KELLY UTVOLD SJNi 1 1 LEW AYRES DW; JATHBONE Tomorrow J'it! First Time Here Sensation of 1941 In Person! BROWN' "Tha Brlrht Young- Man of Music" and HI Terrific Band SWEETS oJUoj 65 EVENTS HILL I'l hlK.I l(lol LEAHY NOW F. D. R. AIDE JAP 7.EKO HGHTINO PI.AE i'lCTOR WOODEN TIRES OV C.

S. ABOR POLICY MIONITI show 1 T0NICHT1 I Primitive Lov.t a Mi h- mm 4 A.m 1 MinNIOHT SHOW 4Mi-K lime xoniht From bid for it for Bette Davis other studios read the galley. hiproofs. Hit-. Hi i i JkwmMm wv JjCUUa NEVER THOUGHT there would be a scarcity of pretty Wvim r.oYi ii iv One of the of ai iur Dan McLean's EMBASSY Market near 7th Prions HEmlock Katharine Hepburn In 'Woman of thr Yrar' "VaniHhinic VlrKinlan" with Frank Morgan DOWNTOWN tSMS "THEY IIKD WITH THKIB BtrOTS ON'" Blng Croshy "BIRTH OF THM M.rKS' Buy an Examiner 'rVant Aid tot les than il.

EL PRESIDIO Chestnut nr. Scott Carmen Miranda. Alice Faya In "WEEKEND IV HAVANA" 'THE KAINS CAME" with Tyrone Power NEW RIALTO Miasion at 22nd Adotnhe Meniou Jackie Cooper in "SYNCOPATION" PRISONER OF JAPAN" Alan Baxter CONTINUOUS SHOf ABBOTT COSTfeLLO In "RIO RITA" A Yanfe on tlie Burma Road' Barry Nelson PARKSIDE Taraval at 19th Ave. CONTINUOUS SHOW "9 YANKS IN -TRINIDAD" Pat CTBrlett Also conrad Veldt in AGENT' Sun. "RIO RITA and "Canal Zone" CI DCV Ocean Ave.

at Victoria EL KCI "RIO KITA" ABBOTT COSTEI.LO-Kathryn Grayaon 'Brooklyn Orrhid' with Marjorie Woodwortll YANKS IN TRINIDAD" A- CONRAD VEIDT In "NAZI AGENT1 rALAWE iv fa oiti 1 1. rloxiik1 BOB HOPE MADELEINE "The Falron Takes Ov'r." George Sanders Special! "DON'T Talk I.et Axla Agents Saholage War Pmduettn GRANADA ZXXM Pat O'Brien 'TWO YANKS IN TKIMDAD Aleo "NAZI AGENT" with Conrad VEIDT AMAZON Geneva Ave. at Mission CONTINUOUS SHOW "SHOHES OF TRIPOLI" John Payna Lynn Bari in "Night Before the Vlvartr" nil TV Mission at Flonrnoy UAL I Will "RIO RITA" ABBOTT COSTFLt.O-Kathryn Gravsort AIONO THE LIVING," Alhert DEKK1R, METRO Union at Webster Street "R-I-O R-I-T-A" ABBOTT A COSTELLO-Kathryn Gravson YANKS IN TRINIDAD" Pat O'Brien, Kiddies' KARTOON KAHMVAI. Today! HARDING ABBOTT COSTEI.I-O-Eathrvn Gravson "NAZI AGENT" with CONRAD VEIDT YANKS IN TRINIDAD' And "GHOST OE FRANKENSTEIN" IIB Bacramento at Presidio Ave. UvUC Continuous from 1 P.M SINGLE FEATntES EX( Ll Sll ELY! "Tt THE SHORES OF Tltll'OI John Payne-Maureen O'llnra-KHmiolph Scott 1 CW 1 1 I Ck at tddy a.iTi wia.

Kay Kvser. Kiten urew riiuKiii; sri" Man Who Returned to Life." John Howard NEW MISSION Mission at 22nd Knv If Ellen Drew in "MY FAVORITE SPY" "Man Who Returned to Life," John Howa rd A CTDrt Castro at farket Ai I KU "i TANKS IN TRINIDAD" PAT O'BRIFV ard BRIAN DONI.FVY "CANAL ZONE" with CHESTER MORRIS 1 ii Dl West Portal Vicente- MO. i100 CmrlKC continuous siow DR. JEHYI.L MR. HTDK' Spcnmr Tracy i LL lJ IDVIKIA IrviniS at 15th Avu IKVIrlV CONTINUOUS SHOf chorus girls in Hollywood.

There fwas a time when they seemed to stream down from the hills but that was before the war with us eo many good defense plant jobs to young women. Bill Grady at M-G-M hopes he can solve the v-t tangle and also uncover some new uy ilcmuint: nui SIOCK COI1- and the Four Vagabond in not that Wally isn't a good actor! Ann Ryan says: "Every time I hear the popular song, "Tan I picture Rita Hayworth as the girl about whom the song is being sung. Has her studio ever thought about starring her in a picture or tnat title." inoi a bad idea, Ann. E. D.

Potter, Philadelphia, writes: "A platinum medal to Director John Huston for breaking Bette Davis of the annoying mannerism of hand twitching in 'In This Our She is mv favorite actress, but sometimes I have wished she wore boxing gloves." Kathleen Schultz, who must be part Irish in spite of her name, complains: "Several times you have referred to Greer Garson as English. She is Irish, born just a few miles from the writer in County Down." Sure, and I'm begging your pardon. SNAPSHOTS OF HOLLY WOOD collected at random: Lieut. Jimmy Stewart had his first date with Kay Aldridge the other night; another new eombi nation was Mary Brian and John Howard at Bill Jordan's Bar of Music; Tim Holt, who tiffed with his wife before he went into serv ice for Uncle Sam, flew back east to make up with her. They're very happy again; Sister Kenny was the luncheon guest of Gene Antry on the Republic lot; Vir ginlf Field had to be sent home the first day of work on "The Crystal 8311," suffering with a bad cold and sore throat; the Pan Bermans have christened their new daughter Cynthia; that cot ton padding Bette Davis wearg In her clothes to make her look more matronly for "Watch on the Rhine" has cost her five pounds sorry if I implied that George Cukor Is directing "Reunion' when I said he showed up on the set for the Joan Crawford-Phil, Terry wedding breakfast.

George is an old friend of Joan. Jules Dassin is the director of the pic hire; George Brown, Para pub licity head, leaves Sunday for New York, escorting Betty Hutton and Marjorie Reynolds for "per sonal" bows with Tlollday Inn' Rod Cameron and Lorraine Miller a Biltmore Bowl couple: John Pierre Aumont concentrating on Iledy Lamarr; Glenn Ford has Eleanor Powell's telephone num oer; carmen Miranda Is movie star who believes In dress lng the part off screen. Her latest wardrobe sensation Is a royal blue sequin gown, matching turban and ruby Jewelry. That's all for today. See you tomorrow But Don Wilson says: "Your bonds buy tanks and make Yanks say 'Thanks'." L10EC0 CJ.AY- FtlimorB at Cl7 I'bone H.

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tracts to twenty-six chorines with a weekly salary of $75. 5K THE LETTER BOX: "The only VS. It's the Laff 1 1 I (actor in Hollywood who knows how to make love on the screen is Wallace Beery," writes Mrs. Lady, lady, there are two '-'schools, of thought on that and mour's Technicolor jungle movies are essentially tne same movie with new arrangements, they are just as distinct as In a similar and commonplace Instance dif ferent arrangements of popular songs are distinct, becoming either more or less interesting by their seemingly irrelevant trimmings. With this in mind, I will hazard tha Dottie's latest arrangement "Beyond the Blue Horizon," at the Paramount is by far her best to date.

The requirements of a Lamour technicolor script are (1) a sarong, (2) a jungle, (3) a role which ex plains why she understands both English and kissing, (4) a young man who looks well In swimming apparel, (5) a climax where the young man crushes her in his arms as they stand on the bough of a high treee, with Menace raging below. The Menace this time Is, In stead of a tidal wave or a hurri cane, a mad elephant. The young man tnis lime is a Dronzea, Diona youth named Richard Denning, who is the image of Flash Gordon in the Sunday funnies. The Tech nicolor camera has been kept in focus throughout a welcome 1SW1 myy rever before SUCH A SNOW AT tyW THESE PRICES! V'' FIRST PICTURES hr. A BUCK 161 Nnr Mirttt Stx-Crazed Co-Edt On Wild Pirtin! Blt Till, IO1I8, ConHnaou COMPLETE LATE SHOW Hku 1 TONITE HKarrMt Companion Vtatar ELQKDiE'S BLESSED EVENT JPtwryiwqMeii.

Arthur Xtk V- i i CURRAN MATINEE TODAY 2:30 BARGAIN PRICES FPED F. FINKiEMOf Ff GEORH. JACK ELIA KITTY 1 THE CSSEL KAllY ICCAS UKIKU kKAKtn SHOW" TIME A Super Vaudeville Revut with Buck nd Bubblet Bob WillUmi Con ColUano. Olian anil ShirUw lOKIGHT, 11:30 P.M.; 'Tf mtC EXT2A MATOE! SUri.AT5 AOVVl 'PEPE LE JEAN CABIN DTAT.OG1 Atlistff; wr Mkt 1 I 1 ITcOrl KISS llT Stiff TODH- I WiMW I iiTwilTn UJLiiHjJjlibd DOWN MEXICO WAV" With Gene AutrylRobert Young. "MARRIED BACHELOR" TELENEWSPECLALS "MARCH OH Ad'ERIGA" 'AJ.

1 rrTyWSVAMC'S IN INDIA MWit? BilN IINEIA 5 muMpi FOR WAR AGAINST JAPAN! (Oil I MILL I TT CEO. FIELDING ELLIOT Scoop! Act War Nwi Analyit tht Pilgrimi to Ptorl Harbor I.