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ft TTIIHTr-PIX. -TTatit Afls Only GKant 5400- -PITTSBUUGH ElK-TELECEAPII- -Other Departments, CRant 8500- -FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1038 JACKIE COOPER ON HIS METTLE IN 'GANGSTER'S BOY' IN ALVIN THEATER IN A WINTER WONDERLAND PULITZER PRIZE PLAY Anna Neagle Sought for Young Star Shines in Drama American Film By LOUELLA O. PARSONS Motion I'irliire Knitiir International News herAlrit HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 9. RKO new prcxy, George Gangster's Boy Memifiriint picture, (tirerte.l ty il-linn) rrcKcnled tn the Alvlu J'ht-a-ter.

TIIK CAST I.nrry Kelly Jackie Cooper Julia I.m-y (iilnmn Tim Kelly RnlKrt Hnrulrk Mr. Kelly l.erlnier Hilt Timmiy "inter Jhiitp Pnvlft Jsirk-n Salxaterf Iti-Mty Ntene Mr. Itaviii Hetlv HUtlie Arthur Knldley Schaefer, hasn't been idle a second since he arrived in Hollywood. He has been looking over production schedules with Pandro Berman and planning new pictures. One inter-j esting decision he made is to try and keep Anna Neagle, i English actress, in this country for a modern movie.

Herbert Wi.l-trj.own the RKO and Paramount cox, her producer and good friend, bids Whirh have mounted up to who produced "Victoria the $15,000. Maybe L. B. thinks some-with La Neagle, returns to Eng-0ne win drop a Bob Burns into land shortly, leaving his star here m-g-M's lap for the story, to add to her prestige in an Amer-'p, Hnllvwond ican-made film. natter in moiiw 00a Gregory La Cava, who The marriage of Kay Francis made a picture since "Stage Door," and Baron Barnekow is by no i -vnontpri har-t at.

Ricn within means off, and it will take place. 'ii three weeks. Gregory and Damon according to Kay, who planed into Runvon are going to Damon's town today, either in January or Florida home to work out an orig-February, depending on when she inal, and if all goes well President amoves into her own house again. Schaefer looks for them back here; She rented it when she took her before January 1 holiday to Haiti, and today she -frulfci By KARL KRl'G As an aftermath of the prohibition rackets era, the independent Monogram company clips through with one of its nicest little (tactions in the Alvin Theater's current "Gangster's Boy," and which may, as many of these father-son sentimentalities have a habit of doing, develop into the same sort of box-office as was built by "Boy of the Streets," a Monopram film of last year, also wit Jackie Cooper. Ever since "Skippy," Master Cooper has been on his mettle in roles such as 'Gangster's Boy" pives him, and here, as a happy high school lad.

whose father's racketeering past catches up with moved into an apartment Bev-. Hills. She said she became ALEXANDER KORDA tanned in the tropical coun-spend Christmas in Hollywood tries she visited that she had to with Merle Oberon, in whom he! stay out of the sun. The good-is ereatlv interested both as a looking Baron met her at the is greatly interested Dotn as ajplanei and rom tne welcome ne star and as a friend. He sailed gave her it was easy t0 see tnat today on the Aquitania and was glad t0 have back AU iujrested now, Kay can consider neau auaism ioi aiuiuit I complete plans to make a picture here.

His greatest success, you will remember, was "King Henry VIII," in which Merle made her screen bow as Anne Boleyn. It is Korda's intention to star Merle in if made right here on the United on hlsh yJ ad, Artists lot-possibly in "The Lif af fon as he lanJedf WkY Anne Boleyn." Alex recently; Not surprising that Hal bought -'bZT? jleft the London Films because hej" 1ULT" V- him, Jackie is the life blood of a film that would have been sorely besot without him. Good Performer A tear-jerker that is not too frank in its attack on the handkerchiefs, "Gangster's Boy" is steadily believable in the keeping of young Cooper, and that the lad is moving along toward a young manhood of competent acting may almost be taken for granted. He has grown to be a far better per- former than the majority of the Infant prodigies. As Milford honor high school praduate and best athlete, Jackie is unaware that his father was the 1 The Jones Family felt he wanted to concentrate on his own productions and his American film is his first independent venture.

'An Angel in Furs' Fred MacMurray is all set to be a devil-may-care hero, whether "SECRETS OF A NURSE" Edmund Lowe-Helen Mack rixrr I BAY I some of the movie offers made her, although she says she is in no hurry to return to work. A RIP ROARING MURDER tale is the book "Called Back," by hoiHugh Conway which Hal Wallis themselves to movies are becoming more and more rare. I have read most of the new crop these last few w-eeks, many of them in the wee small hours, and I cannot see movie plots in one-tenth of them. The outstanding exception io Trvincr fifnno'c "Jailnr On Hnrw. tne lif of Jack London.

film it. iGopyriKht. 1938. Internattonal Nws Sarv.) Anti-Nazi Movie Held Over The movie against Nazi persecu MAKE yOURSUF AT 410 MS he likes it or not. Paramount has lit interested me so much that I decided that Fred is much better bought three of London's books to in roles in which he portrays aljf8 cun see only Clark Gable in A Sailor On Horseback, reckless, daring your man.

You and hope MG-M can persuade will remember this was the London to let them notorious "Knuckles Kelly, wno 'has been persuaded by his wife to retire from gangdom and settle in a town next door to Judge Davis, and he nurtures an ambition to go to West Point. Burden on Jackie Then the newspapers break the The veteran aclor, Frank Craven, in a typical pose from Thornton AVilder's Fulitzcr Prize play, "Our Town," which after a long Broadway season is now on tour, and which will open Monday, December 26, in the Nixon Theater. The New York cast has been kept practically intact for the road engagements. tion, "Professor Mamlock" now Is showing in the Art Cinema goes: 6 Jblida.if STARTS TOMORROW PICTURES you WILL NEVER FORGET bv 1 1 'mm''timfKji i' story of "Knuckles" Kelly's new manner of living, and the bewildered Jackie is forced to carry a burden for which he is in no manner responsible. His school-mates, his friends and his neighbors will have none of him, but Jackie carries on with his chin up and his lower lip at his famous "Skippy" angle.

Tommy Wonder and Lucy Gil-man, the children of Judge Davis, are among those who stick by him, greatly to their father's disgust, and in the end they are responsible for the rehabilitation of Jackie and his parents in the eyes of Milford citizens. But, it takes an automobile accident, for which Jackie shoulders a blame that isn't his, to square the plot with a happy ending. Warwick in Cast Robert Warwick gives a straight- I i i A 2 features 7 1 I Tht rint Time vi roie in wnicn rea mane nis first big success. He and Madeleine Carroll, who are just finishing in "Cafe Society," will be teamed again in "An Angel in Furs," with Jeff Lazarus producing. Fred will be seen as a reckless young aviator, while Madeleine will play a missionary nurse who meets him in the far-away frozen North.

Each has a picture to do before they meet in the Arctic region for "An Angel in Pure a hpai rfvama ac nrn Furs, a heavy drama as con trasted with "Cafe Society," a flighty, frothy comedy, WHETHER BOB BURNS wants to or not. it looks like he is fated to fall heir to Will Rogers' mantle. RKO and Paramount, both of whom have commitments for Bob, are in a heated race to buy a story from M-G-M titled "So This Is America." Metro bought this original from Irvin S. Cobb when tney tnougnt they were going to be able to borrow Rogers from 20th Century-Fox for one film. Following his death it has gathered dust on the shelves all these years.

It is one of those typically homespun, down-to-earth comedy dramas that would fit Bob to a but so far M-G-M has turned mm "SHADOWS over SHANGHAI" "rebellious'Taughters" CR5IN0 BURLEEK CONTINUOUS 10: A.M. TO lb P.M. THREE HOUn. STAGE SHOW MOVIES SUNYA SLANE CALIFORNIA'S SUNKIST BEAUTY JACK DIAMOND MLLE. DOREE Fmnn Frencfc "Tense" Dancer Reserve Seats Now Xmas Midnite Show stinil.iv.

Det. 25. All S.ati Borfd. Pltoni t. H.int 2177 'aaiaaiavawaiwaia mm T'S j'- I "o0v $250,000 MOVIE I rHt-' forward and competent account of himself as Jackie's lather, and another veteran in the cast is Betty Blythe.

who appears as the wife of Judge Davis. Jackie and Lucy Gilman team nicely in the adolescent romantic passages, while William Nigh has directed with a shrewd eye for extracting the utmost in box-office from his limited budget. "Gangster's Boy" is a neat and comfortable "homey" picture, de- spite its titles. And, its principal lesson, if any, is that the sins of gangster fathers, although they have reformed, shouldn't be vis- ited upon their children. At least, you will think so after seeing Jackie Cooper's troubles.

Lt. OU'Z -amfc mtoMmtr ,111 i i AS YOU LOVED HEX BEST! X2 in DAMON RUNYON'S 11 -m CLOCK Mack, and "Down On the Farm," comedy, with the "Jones Family." Last day. Features betrin at 11 1:21, 3.42. 1:03. 8:24.

10:45 p. m. ART CINEMA: "Professor Mamlock" Melodi'ama of the Nazi terrorist, with English' sub-titles. Fr-aturft bppfns at a. 2.

3:57, 6:01, 8:01, il.DO p. m. BARRY: "Shadows Over Shanghai" Melodrama, with James Dunn and Linda Gray, and "Rebellious Daughters," comedy-drama, with Monte Blue and Irene Franklin. Today at 11 a. 12:03, 4.r3, 7:18, 9:39 p.

ni. CASINO: "Get Going" Burlesque, with Sunya Slane; also short film subjects. Stage at 12:30. 3:45. 7.

9:35 p. m. LIBERTY: "Suez" The romantic melodrama, with Tyrone Power and Loretta Young, begins its first-run in East Liberty. I'eature begins at 12 noon, 2:03. 4:00.

p. m. KILBLX'K: "Mr. and Mrs. Phipps" John Hamilton's new comedy about California.

Thirteenth week. TonlKht at 8:30. MaKunoltl's' i'lift Tmvii'u I' fnest fihow JACKIE JENKINS. M. C.

IRENE KFSSLES fEtiriA AND DEI PAY AL MARSICO ORCHESIR Oinmr Show at 8:30: 12 2 SHOW BOAT Wnttr St. Wharf RIVIERA Kwpnrt Road, Rt. 28 BILL OWEN iV, ORCHESTRA Dlnnrri $1 00 an4 tin N0 COVE STtrhm Wifin. CLUB MIRADOR NOTHING OVER 15c ON MENU LEROY BRADLEY'S BAND AMI I LOOK SHOW Mil; T0NI3HT at 8130-Syri, I-KIT, KrlNKH. Mir-irl Til hKi: Me ta .3 at naulniann' i-w jLitiaci i -1 i 11 i I IV.

i yy 1 1 Vi a. i Hollywood's Star Love RONALD IF I with Frances MGM's "Man's Starts Today! LOEW'S Mtd.iy Little Miss Marltei4 AD0LPHE JvaSIJCU CKASits eickfcho CAMERA- Eleanore Whitney, called "the world's fastest tap-dancer," who returned to the Stanley stage today, in one of those pictures Hollywood calls a "publicity still," especially appropriate as Christinas approaches. Miss Whitney is seen in a stage bill at the Stanley that includes "Gang Busters" of radio fame, and Ben Blue, noted comedian, and his company. HELD OVER! 2nd FINAL WEEK A CRUSHING INDICTMENT OF NZI TERROR! 1 "A ni.M" N. Y.

Tinn-a. mJ QINEiMA ZlX 'a, wod 5 P. M. WARNER STARTS TODAY 2St TO 6 P. M.

AIT. IHII.VtR ASK I'DR VOIRS Atr- id 11 rorircl i'UKll Mm'MUHHAlf Mll.I.AND LOUISE CAMPHKLt, MFN 1MTII WINfiS' SHERIDAN st l.lhcrl Alr-I ondittonrd lien Unmltr. Jl. ENRIGHT "HOLD THAT CO-EO ItobL. Vtncox.

Ilorollioa Kt-n also "YOUNG FUGITIVFS" Knt I.lhrrtT M.trtha Hnye, Hnpp REGENT Knst l.lhrrtf "t.l t. A MII OK nt.ta ftiester MnrriR "StmiHhlng IliP GAKI.K MYRNA LOY "Too lint To lliintlle'' Also "Coiivli-tt-tl" M.MIfUllKT I.IVIiS.W i.w in BROADWAY MUSKETEERS SMASHIN(T(1E RACKETS STRAND Oakland SCHEMEY Ma-'ML'liKAY HAY JlII.I.AXl") LOI ISK "Men Wilh Oakland KENYON North Sidr Winds' PLAZA Bloomflrlrt Hull III HNS KSV 1H1MIR It. AN IMllKl.ll "Arkansas Traveler" also W1THKKS CI (tHI.l MTl'AKT ilKMiV Hurria ETNA f.lna ARSENAL "Keep Smiling 4ln Rntlrr St. MANOR Rq. Hill Loretta Young Tyrone Power Annabella "SUEZ" lormnn SO.

KILLS Di-rotiiv II-'" Squirrel Hill llrtir' riUMla 'SPAWN OF THE NORTH' Alu "Mr. Botflf Kirtt Bit; Kuril-, H.iiiil,'r. 'ARKANSAS TRAVELER" Ai- K.Hi'liill Ii Hi II Utli-t- ri "R0A0 TO RENO" MT. OLIVER llarrli I'he Srw K-iret-1 "BREAKING THE ICE' Also Ijt'I HarrH -BlOCKHfADS" BOULEVARD Hrooklfnr HOLLYWOOD HI, 1 M- rt- STRAIGHT. PLACE SHOW INittimitr Ave.

Uornmnt also V.nm.' I-f RJCHM AHPO0 EIRLT fclMl K'niiii. B-'tto SISTERS" Ai tlittuT-, "KEEP SMILING" EELMAR RITZ III Fifth Are. "TOO HOT TO HANDLE' also nrc M'lrt'liv. RalrT M.rn-p IV, ii-r "HOLD THAT CO ED" .11 111 liK! rBFiinn: RAiii iimi mmf.w "LISTEN. DARLING" t.n 'rt.

SMASHING THE RACKETS ROWLAND tVllklfifthart REGAL itklntMirg PIT 11 BlilT.N" Ml': HIKT IIMI5AT i'-mn nut, "CARDfN THE M00H' hlnK riiljFl.UT Jt'HN IT A (UN (IF LIFE" 'Th Man From Onth Vallgy JAMi iMi ti KIli "Apflfh Wjtlt Dirty frV iM I INK llllltlLL, imm, -B10CKADE" I'. i GT EK of an Arin'es I II 'B'lf KIIEAOV MODEL WSniDGE PRIMOE Arntiritlce VICTOR i 1 Ll pun 1 1- I Down On The Farm" 41 I TO ta.kaa.ltt tiiif "Hi -UN eUKNtf SMITH JOHM Mil AH OAllvrATIICK MED KOHtl nd tlM CABIN KIDS A Pgramiflit Krtm T'S1 BRUSHTON Wallace Beery and Mickey Hominy 'in Also a variety of selected shorts. NEW CARNEGIE Jo am Arthur. Lionel p.nrrymorc "You Can't Take It With You." Also sr-h'C'tt'rl subjects. NEW GRAND crngi Randolph Peott and Hlenda Fnr-rell in "lioad to Keno." Also fhort aubjeets.

MELROSE (Carrick) Jor Penuer in "I'm From the City." Fetor Lorre in "Mr. Aloto Takes a Chance." TRIANGLE (East Liberty Tyrone Power, Don AoieehM. Alire Kiiye "Alexniidw's Haytime Band." Also "The KiT-r." BRIGHTON rvorth Lane Sisters "4 Daughters." Roht. Paige "Jlmhway Patrol." Fighting Devil JJogs No. 111.

BEACON 'Squirrel Hill) Rooney in "rrold That Kiss." Also Jack Holt in "Re-f-innatorv." NEW GRANADA Martha Raye and Bob Hope in "C.ive M-! A Sailor." Charles in "West of Santa Fe." ROOSEVELT Uptown i Jo Penner in "Mr. Dnodle Kick's Off." AImi Oeorre O'Lrien in "l'wl- Valbv." WEILAND (Ctntro Craif) Spencer Tracy, Ijr-retta Vminn Castle." r.eo Catillo, Kditii F-'Hcws "City Streets." STATE Withinsburg) Mickey Rooncv. Lew's St'-ne Find" AnJy Hardy." Van H-'flin in "Satuniav's I Sharpsbui I Kdw. G. Robinson In "I Am lh I.

aw." Also June i.mhc ami Lynn Rari in "VTeet the Girls." MAIN Sharpaburg) Jean Arthur. Lionel Can't Take It With You." Also snort silhlects. CHARTIERS limp Crosby mid Frrd in "Stnu Vnu Sinnct t-d slvo sti'-jt CRAFTOM L.atton, Lindsay. Mali Broadwav Mm Wilson rJobby "Bie.tkiii Preen. Chas.

RuKici Tne ire i ifl( 7 till Si THEATER NIXON: "Golden Boy" Clifford Odets" long-run Broadway melodramatic success, with Frances Farmer, Elia Kazan and the Group Theater Acting Company. ToniKht at Matinee tomorrow, p. m. PLAYHOUSE: "And Niobe Wept" The resident theater presents a new melodramatic tragedy by Tom Wilmot as its second production of the current season. Second week.

Tonicht Hi 8:30. STANLEY: "Dramatic School" Romantic drama, with Luise Rainer and Paul-ette Goddard. Gang Busters, Eleanore Whitney and Ben Blue on the stage. Kuaturp benins ai 11 a m-, 1 7:15. "1 4 p.

m. S'ust', p. in. LOEWS PENN: "If I Were King" Romantic melodrama with Ronald Colman as Francois Villon. With Basil Rath-bone, Frances Dee and Henry Wilcoxon.

Ki'tittire bi-Kin at 8. 1:17, 3:31, V- m. ALVIN: "Gangster's Boy" A father-son melodrama, with Robert Warwick as the father and Jackie Cooper as his son. With Lucy Gilman. Reviewed today.

I at 10:45 n. 12:12, 2:39, 1:30. 6:29. 10:23 p. m.

SENATOR: "Submarine Patrol" The romantic melodrama of the "splinter fleet." with Richard Greene and Nancy Kelly, continues its downtown first -run. Keamre breins at 11:02 a. 1:12. 3:22. fi.Xi.

7.42. :f.2 p. m. WARNER: "Spring Madness" Romantic comedy, with Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan, and "Illegal Traffic." melodrama, with J. Carroll Naish and Mary Carlisle.

rraturi-s at 11 a. 1:11. 4 atH, 7:12, V.M p. m. FULTON: "Secrets of a Nurse" Romantic melodrama, with Edmund Lowe and Helenv DANCING i' ALWAYS OPKN 0 to 1 NIGHTLY Pit sbTtrtiH' Nrw San'AV Rmflervoaj NIIA ml K-r The SILVER GRILL EDDIE PEYTON'S BAR-B-Q Rt.

22-30 Crafton WA. 2230 Jimmy feamble urcn. a Hn r.tntr Uimmtrm or Arfmisunn No Orirtfci 0er 25e UiM-n Kvcry All fr i i i 3 1 1 OriB3BXnr2E310L into its second and final week th Friedrich Wolf, him i r- self an exile of Germany, the pir-ture tells the story of a Jewish scientist with a wide reputation for his research and surgery and a patriot proud of his wounds at Verdun. The career of this great man is cut short because of his "non-Aryan" blood, and the film widens its scope to cover the whole scene of usurpation of power bv I the Nazis and their consequent janti-Jewish terror. There are I complete English dialomie titles.

MATINKR TOMORIKIW AT A GROUP THEATRE PHODUCTION SOLDI 11 0 by CLIFFORD ODSTS GROUP THEATRE ACTING COMPANY and FRANCES FARMER Kre-. tr In Si to NIXON NEXT SEATS WEEK NOW Mi, ii i nno. m. io. M.fi.i.

MATS. WKD. ft SAT Mr. al.lO. SI.

OS Jocltit Cooper Bay" Also Tall Snla lauK In IsPhiiy FOSTJKR RICHARD (IRIiKNE NA.MV KKI.I.V "Submarine Pairol" iHlrpu "YOUTH TAKES A FLINT," alsu 8UUDDG DRUM MOND IN AmiCA tMurri ami Hardy "HUM KMKAllS" Bl 1 I IMH. Itltl MllNH IN Ai HU l'wrr Lorptls Iminif, Annabrlla 'SUEZ' I Mill AniPi-hp Arlt-rti Uhcliin "GATEWAY" "fi (VFTT TltT-, rat O'llrli Mantarrt l.lnrtMny HOt OF THE MOON" 04NGEI ON THE AIR" raWl r'r v. iMMBBMaa; 'W I- Olivia Drlluvilianil ruun a Jant! llli-r ALWAYS IN TROUBLE i. -JSWING THAT CHEER B-rl hiirlnn "MR. won 5, DETECTIVE" tavnmnd fa(u "DRUMS" rvy'f'-- '-i ikffhiinizil 4y Ju" i VetimUmfMWatk I Jmii.

mm Mi 5 5 iwiiiii'i--iii)-fiiiiinmwi'd Toy Matinee There will be a toy matinee in the Enright Theater Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. A special program of cartoons and novelties will provide the bulk of the entertainment, and the admission for the children will be an old toy. All of the toys will be turned over to a w-lfare organization which will rebuild and repaint them, arranee to distribute them to underprivileged children before Christmas. BOSTON SYKPiiGN Two Concerts Tom'r. Nits I Dec.

10 Jil 1 at Mosque Sunday Aft. Dec. II at 3 ond. JS1 (mi in it Mcllir'. tt Most Romantic in the Grandest Story of the Year Paramount prstnta COLMAN in Frank Lloyd's WERE KING" Dee Basil Rathbone Extra! Added New Surprise Spries "PASSING PARADE" AL-o PETE SMITH'S Greatest Friend" dko, 25c PENN STATE (AUquippat Juntos Cnfrnpy.

Pat O'Brifn Anet'ls Willi Dirty Faces. AIsl selected short subjects. STATE (Sth Downtown) Oingor Roppts. Dotip. Fairbanks, "Ilavine Tinip." Jlt-nry Fonda, jMadiUeine Carroll HILLTOP (Atlentown) Cliestr-r Morris and Frances Mnr-cr in the Rackets." Ni-ila Goodclle "Air I'arade." CAPITOL (Allentownt r.inff Crosby, PYcrl MacMurray In "Sinff You Hinnci'j." Also a vui'irly of selected ROXIAN (McKee, Rock! Colin Tapley in "Booloo." Also Ftankie JJarto in "Wanted By The Police." i PENN (Ambridg.) Marx Frothers in "Room Service." Also Peter Loire in "Mr.

Jloto Takes a Chance." GARDEN (North sid.) i Betty Crabln nnrl "Hank" ettl in "CatuptiK Confe- I.tlif Be I a Ltmosi in Dracula. i ARCADE i south sidi) Errol Klvnn. Betto Davis. Anita Louise. Dick Foran "The Sisters." Also selected short subjects.

I HIPPODROME IManchtsttr) Joan Fontaine in "Blonde Cheat Atilry "Wan From Music Mountain." i BELLEVUE Ileanna Durbin and Melvyn Dnup-5 las "That Certain Ace." Aisoa variety of selected shorts. i i-'AZELWOOD 1 IJnyd Nolan and Gail Patrick in "King of Alratraz." Also selected 2 short I PARAMOUNT (Brighton Rd.) Li'in1! Kfirrvmnre. Jnn Arthur "You Can't Tako It With You." Al.o jo lotted short subjects. REGENT SQUARE dceuoorf Pi. Pow.Ml.

rrifHlla I-an "Pnw- boy from Brooklyn." Lloyd Nolan in Farm." GRANT iMttivafrt Tli Mnrx Brothors in "Roemi Prvtrp." Th Jons Family in "Sflftv In Nuinhnrp if T0M0RR0W AFT. ,12:30 B-. lonijht. i lvrl Moti JOHNNY DUFFY AT THE ORGAN KAVELIN ORCHESTRA T1VO H.1MIR M1IW Mt.HTI.V r- near Soull lark Ml l.li (lUKl.l, CAFE JIMMY PEYTON'S ORCHKSTR A VOCALIST BILLY COVER I 1 I ALTERNATING WITH BILL GREEN'S RAY HERBECK OPENS TO-NITE FNMU 8 1 I B-e JlllllMtl, III 1 ir FOUR niNNLRS RKRT LAVTON'S REVUE PLAZA '5.