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News an Reviews of Stage and Screen SWEETHEART SERENADE WHISTLING IN THE DARK By LUIS ROSADO Reel Keiuewd 'Bad Mpn of Missouri" Opens at the Strand Theatre "The Parson of Pcmarnint'' and "Puddin' Head" New Double Feature Program at Brooklyn Fabian Fox There is plenty of action and excitement in "Bad Men of Missouri," the new Warner Brothers film at the Manhattan 6 Strand Based on the spectacular criminal careers of the three Younger boys, Bob, Cole and Jim, who staged a rampage of murder and robbery after the close of the Civil War, the picture gets off to a sizzling start and maintains a fast pace throughout. Put' it down as a slam bang movie without a dull moment. The exploits of the Tounger boys, whose 'reputation for wildness and daring was second only to that of greed and vice, the picture has a fln cast, of players including Charlie Ruggles, Ellen Drew, Phillip Terry, Joseph Schlldkraut, Porter Hall and Henry Kolmer. All the color, humor and drafa ol Kyne's novel is retained in this story of the newlyordained parson who tackles the job of bringing godliness and spirituality to the wild and brawling mining community of Panamint in the West of a generationago. Played by Phillip Terry, Parson Pharo is determined open his the more notorious James brothers, really created quite a reign of terror in the midwest, but Warners authors have attempted to tone down.

that angle by presenting the trio for he most part as "Robin Hood" charactrs. However, the fact that the script writers took broad liberties with history does not detract in any way he drama of the story. Denis Morgan, Wayne Morris and Arthur Kennedy enact the roles of Ginger Sogers and Burgess Meredith in "Tom, Dick and Harry," which heads the double feature program at the RKO Albee Theatre. The associate film is "Lady Scarface," with Denis O'Keefe and Judith Anderson in the leading roles. Marsha Hunt, Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson in "Blossoms in the Dust," which heads the double bill at Loew's Metropolitan Theatre.

The associate feature is "San Antonio Rose," with Jane Frazee and Lon Chaney, heading the cast. Ginger Rogers Prefers DELIVERING THE GOODS Success Not Easy For Greer Garson Doing Things Hard Way Califs Aug. 16. Ray Bolger. A name who for many seasons thrilled Broadway theatregoers.

dancing made him a favorite. So it was natural that Hollywood would try to bring him into the make-believe fold. They did. But in traditional Hollywood fashion, Ray yas lost in the shuffle. Determination to prove his power on the screen made Ray accept the second offer to come to Hollywood.

After all, it.wasn't an easy task when he first tried the stage. He wasn't going to give up trying now. trying; to convince the world that he could be an entertainer, he encountered many experiences. Some sad. Some amusing.

He refuses to recall the sad ones. Therefore he chuckles at the amusing ones everytime he recalls them. Paramount among them is the one about the time he got a partner and tried a new act. It was a flashy act. It set them back all of their money for clothes.

They got a booking at the Greenpoint Theatre in Brooklyn. It was a huge success. Then they were booked in a theatre in Philadelphia. The manager took a look at them. It was too close a look.

He remembered Bolger in act that had played none too successfully at a neighborhood theatre a few months before. It happened. Just as Ray was thinking. The manager told them to leave but quick. There they were.

Stranded. Someone else would have considered himself defeated. Not Bolger, though. If Brooklyn liked him, others would. He considers the audiences across the Manhattan Bridge, the severest critics.

It was from there that Ray picked up a greater determination to reach the peak where he finds himself Holly wood tried to play the same trick on him. After an unsuccessful try, he went back to Broadway. This time he added new laurels to his career. Hollywood beckoned again. Sure he would come.

This time it was a different approach. He was given a chance at what he had made his reputation. Comedy and dancing. In "Sunny" he displayed this combination with the success deemed to such an artist. Today he is carrying on his form of entertainment in "Four Jacks and a Queen," at feels that the stage offers a larger scope for dancing.

When he dances on the stage he is before many eyes that follow his intricate steps. While for the screen only one eye follows him. That's the camera eye. A very sensitive eye which forbids him to exercise all the abandonment which he throws into his dancing. But Ray is working towards that goal.

With his keen determination, there's no doubt that he will achieve it. AROUND THE LOTS On the Paramount tank, the great Cecil B. DeMille is shooting a scene for "Reap the Wild Wind." The scene takes place aboard a sailing ship, miles and miles at sea. It's all very realistic. A real ship floating in the tank, rocking gently with real spray being kicked up over the rail.

Then, from somewhere in the adjacent street, comes a sound. It completely destroys the illusion. It's 'the barking of a vagrant dog. "Cut;" says DeMille. "What in tarnation is that?" "Oh," shrugs Ray Milland, "that's probably Bob Hope passing the 'Sweater Girl' to find out if Bob was responsible for the noise, we visited the "Louisiana Purchase" set.

Here we found Bob in a 6tate of bewilderment. He was comparing profiles with Al Capp, who draws the Li'l Abner cartoon. And I'll be darned of the resemblance wasn't close enough for them Ginger Rogers, currently starring The beauty of Greer Garson' vivid tltlan coloring is a aoiin-o nf in RKO Radio's "Tom. Dick and Harry," at the RKO Albee Thea delight and admiration to 'all wit tre, doesnt' like anaything that Isn't ness M. G.

technicolor production 'Blossoms in the Dust" which difficult. the Tounger boys, whom the film has turning criminals because their father is killed and their home burned by a gang of carpet-baggers" seeking to control land for a railroad right of way. Like Frank James, the Tounger boys returned from the war between the States, wher they fought on the side of the Confederacy, to find that their homes and farm lands were passing into the hands of carpet baggers from the North. Insteady of knuckling down under' the petty tyrannies inflicted on the Southern farmers by Tankee opportunists, some of the more darlnd lads of the Southern frontier states banded to is now playing at Loew's Metropoli This is not a noble aim sprung out of hilosophy. It Is something tan Theatre witn 'San Antonio Rose' as the associate feature.

riveted in her character. It Its As Edna Gladney easy, she loses interest in it Ten nis was difficult for her at first or the Texas Children's Home and Aid Society at Fort Worth. Miss church to all rich or poor and not to be subservient to the demands of the leading citizens of ths town who wish to use him for their own advantage. Ruggles, as Mayor Chuckawalla, backs Up the parson in his effort to wipe out sin community. Both, however.

And the task difficult because of the power and guntoting ability of Bud Deming, (Joseph Schlldkraut) owned of the saloon and dance- hal. The parson further antagonizes some of the town's officials when he demands an investigation of their, mine into which water is seeping. The climax Is reached when the opposition to the parson's good work has him brought to trial on atrumped-up charge of murder. After a thrillpacked court session, th parson is found guilty. The picture here reaches Its height In th lynching mob scene from which he parson is saved only after an eloquent and forceful appeal by Mayor Chucha walla.

Garson takes her place among the and she gritted her teeth and slammed at it until he became Hollywood's third ranking woman ten few Hollywood stars to portray a contemporary character. Insnlred nis player. gether and took the law into their by the life of Mrs. Gladney, the When she decided that she rlm combines teh struggles of this woman in the field of child wel own hands by preying on the men who were looting the land. The Toungers made a specialty wanted to be a dramatic actress fare with one of the screen's ten-derest romances, enacted between Miss Garson and Walter Pideeon.

and not just a dancer In film musicals, she went at it the hard way. She accomplished such pictures as of robbing William Merrick, who was instrumental In'. he death of the senior Tounger and the loss as Sam Gladney. Stage Door," "Bachelor Mother" and the notable "Kitty But Miss Garson knews what strue-, gles mean. The red-headed green-eyed Irish actress had no easy pith to success.

Her determina tion to become an actress against all odds has played a major role in her life ever' since she was born in the North of Ireland on September of their-home. When the ioys started to enlarge- tehir activities under the leadership of Jesse James, Jim tried to break away from the life of banditry trey were leading and settle down with his sweetheart, Mary Hathaway. But the boys were wanted for too many robberies and several murders and Cole and Bob refused to ret Jim desert them. The picture ends with the three of them lying wounded by a posse's bullets in a Minnesota prison ward and being dozens of dancing shoes still hang in pairs In her shoe closet She doesnt smoke and she doesn't drink and has no prim notions about either. Just happens she doesnt' like the flavor of tobacco and drink.

If she did, she'd probably do both. She likes station wagons, motor tours alone under real name, Virginia McMath. She has stopped at auto camps, registered as Virginia McMath, has sat 29th. It looked as if the girl was to follow the family academic tra dition when she started out In the educational field by winning school and University Scholarships. These led to her graduation from the Unl verslty of London.

Now Miss Gar James Cagney and Bette Davis in "The Bride Came C. 0. held over for a second week at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre, together with "Bullets for O'Hara," featuring Joan Perry and Roger Pryor. around with other motorists talking and singing campflre songs and buoyed by the news that the people of Missouri are seeking a gubernatorial pardon for their crimes. son.

was sure she was to be a school teacher, but she escaped by con never ye has been recognized. She doesnt' diet, lives a simple regime, eats up work and finds time ducting a research bureau for a large London advertising firm. Then a letter of introduction to the manager of the famous Birm Congratulations! Tomorrow will be th twenty-fifth anniversary as a theatrical producer of John Golden, sponsor of thee urrent hit "Claudia," at th Booth Theatre. It was on Aug. 17, 1916 that Mr.

Golden who, until that time, had been known as a songwriter presented his flrst play, Turn to th Right," by Winchell Smith and John E. Hazzard, at th Gaiety Theatre. It was, a popular success which ran for a year and four weeks In New Tork, followed with long runs in other cities. In the intervening quarter century Mr. Golden has.

produced 68 other plays, counting the current "Claudia. For his 2th, producing year Mr. Golden plans to have two companies of "Claudia" playing in New Tork and one In Chicago, to present Somerset Maugham's and Guy Bolton's play 'starring Cot nella. Otis Skinner and possibly on other play if its revisions ara completed. ingham Repertory Theatre led to bnama in Stae fjoh empty when she idle: She likes her personal clothes simple.

Besides "Tom, Dick and Harry" the RKO is presenting "Lady Scarface" with Judith Anderson in the title role. two successful acting reasons at Birmingham. This in turn led to By NAT DORFMAN a role In a road show company of George Bernard Shaw's Too Good to Be True." Brooklyn Fox Theatre Life in the old West, with plenty of gunplay and two-fisted action, is vividly depicted in "The Parson of Panamint," which tops the double feature program at the Brooklyn Fabian Fox Theatre. "Puddin' Head," costarring Judy Canova and Francis Lederer, is the associate picture. Based on ths novel by Peter B.

Kyne, The Parson of Panamint" provides absorbing and thrilling screen entertainment. With its theme of brotherly love against It was too god to be true for the New Leading Players "Life with Father" Irish girl, for she decided to take her chances with a London audi That there is often as much drama in getting a stage job as there is in the plot of the play itself is best evidenced in the case of John Tompkins, who is importantly cast in Max Gordon's production of "My Sister Eileen," the comedy by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov at the Biltmore Theatre. It was durin gthe hectic period ence and won immediate success in Percy Waram and Margalo Gill- Golden Arrow." London took Miss Garson to their Hearts, but when more will assume the roles of Father and Vinnie Day in Oscar Louis B. Mayer saw her in the Gil Serlin's production of "Life With bert Miller production of Old Mu Father" at the Empire Theatre on sic" he urged her to come to Holly Monday night which, incidental wood, assuring her that Ameri can audiences would be juit as marks the plays' 745th Broadway performance. WAY OUT WEST They were.

Her first American Mr. Waram and Miss Gillmore of casting the play that Producer Gordon idly turned the knob of his office radio. A voice In an ether skit, "Against the Storm," attracted him. "That's just the quality I want for the role of Helen Wade," Gordon said to his secretary. "See If you can learn the actress' name and have her see me." The secretary returned in a few minutes.

"You're going to laugh will be replacing Howard Lindsay role as the charming Mrs. Chips" in Goodbye, Mr. Chips" won her an Academy Award nomination. She and Dorothy Stickney during the latters' absence on their annual summer vacation of one month. to whom she bears a remarkable resemblance.

The producer pricked up his ears at this error, asked to sea th girl who looked like Miss Hepburn, and forthwith signed her to be the understudy. Miss Tompkins is a graduate of atock companies in Mt. Kisco and White Plains. She scored her first Broadway success In "Fly Away Most of her acting time lately, however, has been devoted to such radio skits -as "Just Plain "Stella "Girl Interne" and "Against the the latter of which led to her current appearance In "My Sister Eileen." NsbatNrw next starred with Robert Taylor in to be brothers. With the exception that Al had more That heavy morning fog that's the usual "unusual" weather for Southern California duripg the sum-.

mer, is one of the worst headaches of movie producers who-have outdoor scenes to shoot. But headache or not, it can produce a laugh, on occasion. For two weeks the i Edward Small Company making "The Corsican Brothers" have been putting out daily call sheets which reads: "Henry Wilcoxon, Gloria Holden and members of Douglas Fairbanks, family, to be massacred at Sherwood Forest location, provided morning fog On the set of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" Monty Wooley and Ann Sheridan are doing a scene which re-quires little dialogue from Wooley, but quite a bit from Ann. She makes her entrance into the living room and goes through her lines. Wooley is going to answer and "stutters.

He has forgotten his lines. And after playing the role for so long on Broadway That's too much for him and he feels like tearing off his beard. A promise he made to himself when he first took the role on the stage, should the incident happen. It took quite a bit of talking from the part of Ann and Director William Keighley to coiA-ince him that he was thrown off his cue by a noise from the camera. It was story, but it worked.

HOLLYWOODATA That mustache Robert Taylor is sporting around gives him added savior-f aire Happiest girl in town is Martha O'Driscoll. Paramount is giving her a chance to display her histrionic ability in "Air "The Little Foxes" is heavy stuff acted magnificently by Bette Davis, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson and Patricia Collinge. makes an auspicious debut with the first of the series of "Tillie the Toiler." There is plenty of entertainment in this little picture adapted from the cartoon of the same name. Kay Harris as Tillie is perfect. William Tracy as Mac does an admirable Hal Roach's first streamlined feature is full of laughs.

It bears the title of "Tanks a Million, and tells the story of William Tracy's adventures in the "Life Begins for Andy Hardy" is upv In it you will notice how Mickey Rooney is given a lift towards manhood. Besides the regulars of the cast there Judy Garland, who does a nifty job. Making a strike toward recognition is Pat Dane. She is easy on the eye and a darn good actress. Not to be forgotten is the performance of Ray MacDaniel.

The boy is a natural. Hepburn has checked in at MGM for test of her new picture with Spencer Tracy. Denning and the chimpanzee with whom he works in "Malaya are feuding. The animal gets extra jealous when Upon the return of the Lind Remember?" then again went Into period costume for Jane Austen's says (Miss Stickney being Father's favorite character of Elizabeth when I tell you who she is," she Bennett In Pride and Prejudice." spduce offstage as well as on), Mr. Waram and Miss Gillmore will make preparations to start a tour But it is only in color that th loveliness of Mis Garson can be trly seen.

Now as the under across America as heads of the "rst road company of "Life With standing Mrs, Gladney, th woman who. fell in love with 2,000 babies. Father 'ultimately destined to nlay the West Coast Miss Garson comes to American A second road company, featuring audiences in all the glory of her Irish red hair, brilliant green eyes, Dorothy Gish and Louis Calhern. and flawless lvory-smootn skin. will close its current record-breaking engagement of twelve weeks In Detdolt on Saturday evenine.

Barter Theatre "Ladles in Retirement" by Ed Aug. 23 and also begin a transcon tinental trek 1 October. ward Percy and Reginald Denham said. "It's Joan Tompkins. She was in yesterday and you turned her down for the part." "Can you beat that?" cam from Gordon, shaking his head.

Tell her to see me anyhow." Miss Tompkins, accordingly, walked into the Gordon office later that afternoon. He took a good look at her this time. "Weren't you in one of my shows?" asked the producer. "Yes," replied theh actress, "I worked for you In 'Prid arid Prejudice'." "O- you'r hired," said the abashed Gordon. "Report to George Kaufman at rehearsal tomorrow." And so it la that Joan Tompkins has one of the leading roles In "My Sister Eileen." Pecularly enough, this marks the second tim odd circumstances landed her Broadway joo.

Turned down for a rol "Jane the assistant Ug manager mistook her for Katharine Hepburn, tar. of that particular, piece, and will play at Robert Porterfleld's Barter Theatr in Abington, on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 31 and Lake Whalom Theatre Guy Palmerton will present the Rosemary Lane in Town Rosemary Lane, the Hollywood singing star, has arrived in town for her starring role In Toung Man's Fancy," the George Abbott Musical comedy which will presented on Broadway early this falL Rehearsals began this week. Miss Lane Is taking up residence with her mother at the Esses House. "Toung Man's Fancy will mark her first Broadway appearance, her rise to motion picture prominence being traced back to the days sh and he sister, Prls-cilia, sang with Fred Warlng's orchestra.

In "Toung Man's Fancy which has a prep school for Its background. Miss Lan will, appropriately enough, play th part of a visiting movie atar, 22, as the eleventh production of musical comedy "Irene" at the Lake th 1941 season. Whalom Theatre at FItchburg, Mass, for one week starting Monday. Evelyn Daw will play the title role and Frank Lyon will Dlav Still Going Strong "Hellzapoppln" will played for th time at today's matinee. Madam Lucy.

Principal members 'V. The Olsen and Johnson revue is of the cast will Include Reed Mc now the, longest run production on Clelland, Louisa Kirtland. Sheila Bromely, Richard Mldgley and Broadway, whll the touring company la establishing new box offlc Continued on Next. PageJ others. Charles Ruggles, Ellen Drew and Philip Terry in "The Parson of which heads th double bill at the Brooklyn1 Fabian Fox Theatr, tftQcUt future "Puddin' Hwd," roord on th Pacjno Coast..