Valley Times from North Hollywood, California • 19

rm Thursday, Dscsmbsr 1, 1941 VALLEY TIMES J2 Val leTm SCREEN -MUSIC -DRAMA Ivim Heinie Conklin Serves Slapstick In Bit Parts By IIABOI.D IIFI I'KKNAN The Bell Syndicate Slapstick comedy, as it was known to the public in the early days of Chaplin, Sennett and Arbuckle, may never again return to the screen in such full bloom, but there are today in Hollywood a select few veterans who still make their way by supplying custard antics on call. Such a fellow is 68-year-old Heinie Conklin who, unidentified by the audience, proh-' Cesar Romero, Fox Part After 13 Years Together By BOB THOMAS Th Associated Press Cfsar Romero and 20th-Fox have come to a friendly parting after 13 years of association, Actually it has been 15 years," the actor recalls, because I was under contract to 20th Century for two years before it merged with Fox." There was no trouble between the studio and me," he aald. "I Just wanted to get out 1 Paralyzed Vet Wins Top Role In 'The Men' One of Hollywoods best acting roles of the year has been won by a paralyzed war veteran from Birmingham Veterans Hospital. He has never acted before In his life. Los Angeles born Arthur Jurado, 2(1, was chosen by Director Fred Zinnemand and Producer Stanley Kramer from among 32 paraplegic veterans, who also get smaller roles In the film, to play a leading dramatic part as Marlon Brandos Mexlcan-Amerlcan companion "The Men," whirh also stars Teresa Wright.

As a lieutenant In the Air Corps, Jurado was a co-pilot on a B-24 bomber, flying missions In the Italian campaign, He got through the war without a scratch but the plane, carrying him back to America, crashed in the oeean, giving Jurado the injury which now confines him to a wheelchair for life as a paraplegic. The story of "The Men," In which Jurado is palyitig, is the dramatic story of the postwar problems of paraplegic of the rut. I had been doing some pretty bad pictures. I dont think I'll sign with another studio. 1 want to try free-lancing.

I doubt If I'll make more money this way, hut I'll have the rhance to choose the roles I'll play. Romero ts now playing a meanle in his first outside film, "The Iron Cage." He next plans a color musical which will he filmed In England and Scotland next year. Betsy, Happiest Girl Betsy Drake is the happiest girl In town, now that Cary Grant is back. "Fee been homesick for him or is It 'hlmsiek'7" she remarked on the "Here Lies Love" set, The town's public relations minds are mad at Humphrey Bogart for his outspoken remarks Robert Young is glowing over the audience rating on his new air show, "Father Knows Best. Nancy Guild and David Wayne Gigi Perreau, Natalie Wood In Film Team Gigl Perreau and Natalie Wood, two of Hollywood' most sought-after Junior misses, have been signed by R.K.O.

Radio for important roles with Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray In "Come Share My Love," a romantic comedy being 'produced by Harriet Parsons and directed by George Marshall, Gigi, 8 years old, and Natalie, 11, will play MacMurray mischievous daughters who Introduce Miss Dunne, as their newly-acquired sophisticated stepmother, to life In the rugged West. It Is their first appearance as a screen team. Both girls have been In pictures since early infancy. Gigi Perreau, borrowed by R.K.O. from Samuel Goldw'yn Productions where she Is under contract, receutly completed roles In "Roseanna McCoy," Death in a Dolls House and Samuel Goldwyn's "My Foolish Heart.

Natalie Wood has finished portrayals In "No Sad Song for Me" and "Father Was a Fullback, "Come Share My Love" will go before the cameras Mondhy. Mason, Bennett Star In Picture At Paramount James Mason and Joan Bennett co-star in "The Reckless Moment," melodrama-thriller which opens today at the Paramount Hollywood and Downtown theaters wlieie It will share the screens with "Alias the Champ," a murder-mystery which Introduces the colorful wrestling figure "Gorgeous Geoi go" to screen Directed by Max Opuls, "The Reckless Moment" has a localp which Includes many scenes In nnd around the city of Los Angeles, Including the familiar ynrht harbor at Balboa. Geraldine Brooks, as the wayward young woman who sets off a chain of blackmail and scandal, and Shepperd Strucwick aie Included in the suppmting eat. The companion film bonsls a bevy of familiar mat faces including Gorgeous' Manager Snmmv Menachers "The Super Swedish Angel" and many other "grunt nnd gronn" spcrinlists. were an Inlerestjng duo at the On the Town" preview.

Talk of the town Is the poor biz done hy Shirley Temple's two new pictures. Belief Is that her dlvorca is hurting her box-office. Retsy Blair is working in M-G-M'a "Mvstery Street," but hubby Gene Kelly doesn't think she'll sign for a term contract. Gene Autry flew his plane to Chicago to present awards to 4-II clubbers. Gar Moore will return to Italy after he finishes "The Vicious Years.

He did two films there for Roberto Rossellini, but never got his Hollywood career In high gear. Mickey Rooney and I.ew Ayres may have left the studio, but they're still working for M-G-M on radio transcriptions. Marry Rome Day Farley Granger discounts reports of an early marriage for him. "I will marry some day and have maybe two kids," he remarked on the "Edge of Doom et. Strange how few female performances this year and how many mala ones.

Last year was the reverse. Taul Ilenreld has left for Europe to star with Merle Oheron in "The Charmed Clrele." The film will be shot In a "haunted resile near Cannes for French Producer Andre Sarrut. Producer Dave C.arher has a 15-year franchise to make films In Kingston, Jamaica. He snyi conditions are Idenl for filming ihctr and plans to Import Hollywood tnlent and workers. Burt Lancaster Is plotting a stand nt London's Palladium next spring, to astound Britons with hls Del-Wray Lens Faces Test In Valley Theater The new Del-Wray lens, created a Is of ably totals more solid laughs In film theaters than any actor In the business, Conklin Is known as a gimmick artist.

He'll do anything almost, that Is to Inspire a laugh. Heinie seldom gets more than a day's work on a single picture, but his time, nevertheless, Is booked henvily all over movie-town. Last year, for Instance, he paid taxes on 298 days of work, ills questionable artistry draws a three-figure daily remuneration, too, so while he may be listed in the "bit" category, many a so-called "featured player would like to trade places with him at the bank. Known as the man with a thousand gimmicks, directors fondly refer to Conklin as "a hit with a bit." Hejl let himself get conked with a breakaway table, slugged with a balsam brick or maybe Just pushed In the face with a plain old pie reacting to each, of course, in a manner that sets the most eallousrd fan to howling. Frustrated Waiter We find Heinie In the mld-d of one of his best tricks in "Fugitive from Terror" at Universal-International, where he Is an old and favored standby.

Portraying a frustrated waiter, he gets shoved through a hotel corridor packed with conventioneers. Greatest menare In the lobby, however, is Ida Lupino lending a wenving line of Conga dancers. Heinie, carrying a tray of 12 Martinis high over his head, staggers grotesquely among the moving obstacles without losing a drop. This Is a lnugh bit that will run a full minute on the scteen. It took l'-I technicians half a day to stage it.

In a tecent film, Heinie offeied what he called a "body gimmick. He got himself slapped with slab of haron and took a 'big; In its tliiid week at the Kl comic fall. In another mo ie. iCapitan Theater, "A La Carte" Is there was a shot of him eating njlenving thenteignois with the dis-large piece of a'-pnragu, which itinc! impression of being a "eontl-hent limp Just as he was about inental Intimnte revue, to bite Into It. You think Hint's It eonres hy its Kumpenn flavor an easy one? Listen to lleln.e mutually, since dirertion, choreo- "Making that secene was onejgraphy and staging of "A La of my toughest," he declared.

"I Vatic" are hy Hr ns-t and Maria had to get the help of the prop1. Mat ray, Internationally known for man. We wmked hours trying jlheir productions In Vienna, Urn-to whip It. Fmnlly it rnmo nut 'don and Par in. okay when we tlnended It with! Kdward lleymnn turned out the invisible suing and the prop man hit lyric for revue, which ro-vanked from off Mage." IstnisGale I'ohhtns and Hill Shirley.

walrus-mustachioed Chester) is one of the few remaining members of the old Sennett Keystone liibe. Most of them, including Ford Sterling, Ben Turpin and Charlie Murray, have since passed along. Heinie played often with all three and for two years was featured with Turpin. Paid $5 a Day "We used to sit up nights doping out new slapstick methods. A fellow who could devise a way to make a pie land in a funnier manner was in line for a raise.

Most of us hendliners got $5 a day, and we were always eager for bonuses. "I remember the best trick Ben and I ever did was with a cream puff and a tennis racket. I would grab one of the pastries from a convenient bowl and pitch it at Ben. He would protect himself with a tennis racket. Audiences howled at the creamy pattern left on his face." Like so many others of the old movie school, Conklin cannot understand why slapstick Is no longer served to movie fans, "1 think the day may soon come," he predieled, "when Hollywood will find an entirely new crop of buffoons thriving.

What made audiences roar 25 years ago will make them roar today. "Charlie Chaplin earned a fortune out of the so-called low comedy. So did Mnck Spnnett. Fans today wnnt to laugh in the same old way, at the same obvious tricks. It won't be long before two-reel slapstiekeis will he a lmut' on every movie program." Harold Ayres Bur.

Symphony Guest Sunday Harold Ayies, violinist, and Sven Relief, violist, will be guest artists with the Burbnnk Symphony Orchestra Sunday at 8 p.m. TAI CHRISTIAN AND MAI RF.KV OHARA A sheik raptures our Technicolor Queen Paul Christian's Rise Aided By Missing Boat Paul Christian thought he was unlucky when he missed the much-publicized boatload of Kuropcan personalities brought to Hollywood in 1988 by a Culver City studio. He, too, had a contract with that studio and was to sail, but Hitler invaded Austria nnd the young stage actor was1 F10-000- PUl" eperat denied a permit to leave, although and developed by loral electrical genius Sampson Welnshenk, will shortly receive a trial demonstration in a Valley theater, under the guidance of the Fox West Coast Theateis. The lens when fitted over regular television set, which placpd in the projection booth of a theater, gives full screen size television and cuts current theater TV cost by In excess 700 per cent. Experiments recently tried in the East entailed an outlay of $.18,000.

The Sampson Del-Wray lens will be Installed ing expenses, Welnshenk also is creator of the Telrinhot which enables a hotel to have more than 1000 TV seieen operating from one regular television set. 5 Jr Academy Of Music Observes Second Birthday On Radio But, nfter waiting 11 sears, he didn't become discouraged nt math-ing time another few months Then the "Bagdad" role eame along and Christian finally wa. launched -even though It was beneath the (lowing turban and robes of an Arab. Raul has only the trace of an accent. He spoke English well In 1918 and has studied It ntinu-ousiy since, always with his eyes on Hollywood.

After the war he pet fin mod before American GIs In "Time of Your Life," 'Trlvate Lives" and other plays and spoke English all the time while living in the American sector of Vienna. Oilistinn recently re-entered the United State fmm Mexico with a quota number and eventually will sock citizenship. ili wife ciime Dick Makes Love To June In Film June Allvson and Dick Powell, who have been married In private life for more thnn four years, portray the romantic lead in "The Reformer and the Redhead." Co-dirertms Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, In preparing to put the two stars through a rehearsal for a romantic scene, mL "This Is supposed to be a very tender love scene, let's reheare It fatefully." Whereupon Miss Ally-son esme hark quickly with: After four year of marriage who need rehearsing for a love scene?" he is of Swiss nationality. Cluisti.in now is not sorry lie missed that boat 1 1 ip, which received so much attention nt the lime. Of all the ambitious and talented people in that group, only one is still active In Hollywood films Hedy LnMnrr.

The otheis, Including Miliza Korjus, Ilona Massey and Fernand Gravel, are only dimly remembered hy most fans, Christian think that he, too, might conceivably have gotten the same had breaks that hit most of these plovers if he hnd arrived In Hollywood in 1918 as a stripling, with little experience or dramatic hnckgtound. Starring Role Instead, Christian has a starring role nnd play leading man In hts first American film. With 11 enrs of playing Important roles in Austrian and Swiss On the occasion of Its second anmversaty and In tribute to the contribution by the California Acndemy of Music to the cultural growth il the Valley, Radio Sta lion KW1K in Bui hank now fen Hire a weekly program presenting two of the school's artist. Heard every Friday night In 1-lllln Ner- Conklin no lelntion to the Seek Andrea King For New Film Role Hollywood with him and It was hi Ir hope to bring Peter, Iheg-4-ycar-old son, to Hollywood fmm X.mirh. However, only temporary Betsy Blair Back In 'Dear Virtue' Cast Brl-v Rlnlr hn returned to the cast of "Dear Virtue." new Hinge comedy whirh Is currently In Its second week at the Stage Theater, following a brief Hines.

Mis Blair shate stellar honors in the Madeline Blackmore play with Richard Stapley. Capncdty house have been the older at the Stage inre the Kugr-me 1-contnvlirh production opened. Micheline Presle In Great Demand Since he hit In "Devil In the Flesh." now In It seventh week nt the t'dnn, Mitchelme Iioo Ins been in gtent demand with Freni and American producer 1nder ronttaet to 2'Mh Cmtury-Fox, the Gallic star's next plctute will be "Itivizra Stnrv," which will lie ptodured on the Ften-n Riviera next summer. rin. Valley soprano for whom critic predict a notable future nnd Max B.ideimnn, pianist, ieda-gogue, and member of a the faculty IIAROLI) AIRES in the new John Burroughs Auditorium, 1920 Clark Burbank.

Ay re, received his training as a violinist with several of the world's foiemost teacher. I -eon Sametinl, st the Chlrago Musical College where also received hi graduate and post-gradiiale de-(free. lie made his debut with the Hall In Film Work 15 Yrs. Porter ll.tll releltlntes 15 year of film wink this lie currently Is s-en as the revenge seeking fni her in "Inti uder in the Dint." His fnl seieen role wa Unit of tlie killer In "The Thin Man Andrea King, who this week completed her starting role In Shoplifter" for I'niversal-Inier- national, I being sought by Im- dueer William Katzell for Ihe lead- Ing role In hi forlheomlng Inde. Chicago J'wpholt Onhe ra rHin(1ht T(e Nx under the baton of I rederlrk tfl rtlrerted Stmk.

He then toured the country by Jnhn a a solm-t with many of the major svmphnnie. In 1941 he moved to California with hls wife and daughter to live in the Snn Fernando Valley. lie ha performed a concert- master for Iz'opold Stokowski, In the Hollywood Bowl, and Beverly Hill Musle Festival Orchestra under Waxman, also fnt fllm and stage piodu-tion. the f0Ul(t Swiss actor ha hern given mined at thl time, theChrls- chance to prove himself a big way nnd has returned Europe to Ulrn (in wait the veidirt of American audi- inc. HtnucM to Motive nnd hy lni- Premiere Tickets vetsnl-Interniillonal, he runke hl American dehut a Manreeri 0'llnra leading man In the JUie lOITtOrrOW released "Bagdad" IS II Dark, hand-ome at.d ft feet 3 rOT llQSTy flGOli Inehe tall.

Christ. an potttavs an I Arab In the rnmnM.c sprrtahle I 'aid prenurie ti. kn for "The plrtute filmed In Technicolor. lUas'y Horn will go on ale for Christ, an though Te had missed the general public Imimnmv at all i i 1 hr1lfr knmin tn thn kid the boat a second tune after ar- Warner Bros. Theateis and at the', least a "risen Kid" rtvmg tn Hollywood October.

(lMlk uiin, Ki'1 1918. "Sword In the la-sett." the of the North Hollywood school. Gil Roland Top Star Down In Tucson, Arizona "Hi'piiloog Cassidy (Bill Boyd may he the No. 1 cowboy idol In most cine of America hut In Turnon he play second fiddle, The runent favorite with all of the youngster theie I Gilbert rutieriily working In i HBOC ns fisOSSCi Special Surprise 3000 good reasons why you should bo on of iho Vslloy Pacific Drive-In Theatres on Thursday or Friday nights. MARK WILSON JOHN IUND "MY FRIEND IRMA" HI0V IAMAII 01001 SANDHI "STRANGE WOMAN" SOM roxiTr.

twi nm "Shi Win a Tills. Ribbsi Jnha Wsvae "TOKTO JOE" EVERY TUESDAY PHILCO TELEVISION SIT Mltli Built-In l-rirnnlr Afll I I nil Theatre lipo urnirmnMl- V. ZESE im I -I II St 4UIII I nlrture for which hewn, 1 punted on a Hal Walll' 'The Futle." appeared Klemperer. Steinberg, and wa suddenly positioned iMn-lzu l.lnn plaid hsikground In i a1' "I 'he Cisco Kid" plctuic The Burbank Symphony Or- Then to.t hrrmnli i H' hem nf fudging hy the demoniia-rhetra 1 sponsored hy the Bur- Ing the foil, mine XUreh Chnl'- rr':" Symphony Ablation and tian Incurred an eve inhition and' will he pletiur loral inn ai Tucson, have the park and Beereaton Itepart- wn, reolaeeil h- tinen aIi- 'taciil With complete glamor tiap-lntnde him the most popular wet.ment. All eonrert are open to piping Warner Bro.

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