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4 TIMES If) Thursday, May 8, 1747 Studio izzlers 74z 6Cey2lmei sn 4 'ALL ROME TREMBLED'; Poor Sound Mars Fine Italian Film Four stais means excellent; three and one half, superior; three stars, goodi two ana one half, fair; two stars, mediocre; below two star, poor, it it it BFFORE HIM ALL ROME TRLMBLFI) a Superfilm release of Min-verva-Excelsa. Directed by Carmen Gallone. Screenplay, based on. Giacomo Puccinis opera Tosca. by G.

Sheradi. D. Cataldo and C. Gallone. Music by Giacomo Puccini and Reno Rossellini.

Photographed bv Anchise Brizi. Players include Anna Magnani, Gmo Smimberghi, Fdda Alheitim. Steffen Bode-Wab, Carlo Duse, Tino Scotti, LUsabetta Barbato, Tito Gobbi and Giulio Nero. By HAZEL FLYNN If the Italians will only learn to send something over here other than dupe negatives or at least have the faults of such negatives rectified somehow by good American printing, many of the releases they dispatch this way will be more popular with American audiences! Who these days wants to sit through fuzzy photography and dustorted sound? Surely, noti Walter Lantz Wins Best Film Music Award for Shorts Walter Lantz, it was announced here today, is the winner of the Musical Couriers "Best Film Music for 1946 Citation, in the shorts, field. The Musical Courier awards, which were given for various branches of film music, W'ere voted on by the public in the first contest of its kind the magazine has ever conducted.

Lantz, and Darrell Calker, his musical director, received the aw'ard for a film in their Musical Miniatures series, titled Chopins Musical Moments, for W'hich duo pianists Ted Saidenberg and Ed Rebner furnished the recordings, and Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda the animated cartoons antics. The awards w-ere presented by Richard Drake Saunders, Hollywood repiesentative of the Musical Couriei. I Hollywood Diary French Film, Opens This Evening The American premiere of "Nais, new' French import starring Fernandel and directed by the famous Marcel Paghol, will take place this evening at the Las Palmas theater, 3642 North Las Palmas, Hollywood, instead of last night as was erroneously published yesterday on the amusement page. The affair promises to be a gala one with many screen celebrities and notables attending, with sidewalk crowds, spotlights and all the usual Hollywood The Las Palmas, formerly the home of the Actors Laboratory', has been completely redecorated and refurbished at an estimated cost of $25,000. It now contains comfortable loge type seats and Trans-Lux projection as well as other modern luxury appointments.

The Charles Boyers, Jackie Coopers, Gene Raymonds (Jeanette MacDonald) Belita, Betty Hutton, Edward G. Robinson, Charles Chaplin and Richard Conte are among those expected to attend. River. At least this assignment brings him closer to home, so will be on hand for the birth of the baby' his wife expects at any moment. The unemploy ment situation came to a halt a few' days ago In Gallup, N.

M. when Entei prise studio started, They Passed This Way, there. Some 1300 of th local people were hired to act a extras in the picture. This represents about 15 percent of the tow population. Eagle-Lion studios have done just the same thing in Mexico City, where they started Adventures of Casanova this week.

They hired 4S3 extras, which is said to be the largest amount ever used for one picture in that country. That studio is about ready to admit Mexico is no place to make a picture, it is also said, while they were preparing for the trip south they forgot that they' were going to the country of thiee hour lunch periods (siesta to you), and the take care of it manana attitude. Wi- gl X-Tw. Xs Darryl F. Zanuck has signed Anne Revere for the important role of Mrs.

Green in Gentlemans Agreement, by Laura Z. Hobson. She will join Gregory' Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Celeste Holm who also are in the cast. Mr. Za-nuck has established quite a record by bringing a novel into production so quickly.

He bought the story only' about three months ago, and it will go before the cameras May 26. Univ ersal International studios seem to be having trouble with their indie producers. It is rumored that Producer Mike Todd is leaving the fold for greener pastures. And Mark Helhnger is having real or reel trouble with the Johnson office. It seems they are cutting sequences out of his.

Brute Force, to such an extent, that he has had conferences with director Jules Dassin regarding the re-shooting of some scenes. Enterprise studios are bringing Nancy Mitford from England to be story' consultant on her recently! purchased novel, Pursuit of This will be her first trip to America. Republic studios has signed Albert Dekker to play the heavy in 1 The Fabulous Texan. He willj join John Carroll, William Elliott and Catherine McLeod who also are in the cast. 1 I Biuce Bennett flew in from New Mexico yesterday where he was' on location with The Treasure of Sierra Madre company.

And was1 immediately assigned the role of Ann Sheridans husband in Silver OV 'V? J- A A by ItEBA BONNIE CHURCHILL Q9J Vv A 4a 4 x- A x. 4S, '4 JC een an American of Italian descent, no matter how anxious he may be to see scenes of his homeland or hear its tongue. Study in Suspense By air Italy is now only a few hours away from New York, so why cant we get better quality? We get good prints from England, Sweden, France, Mexico and even Russia. Italy will therefore have to wake up if it wants to compete. Before Him All Rome Trembled is an example of what I mean.

Here is a fine picture, a study in suspense from which Hollywood can learn much. It has educational as well as entertainment value, yet so poor is the sound as well as photography in spots that much of Puccinis inspiring music which forms the background is marred. Magnani Skilled However, this one is worth a viit if only because of the pres- LANKERSHIM 7532 Lankershim Cont. From I P.M. NOW SHOWING -3 Frank Sinatra IS tV Kathryn Grayson 'J'i ence in the cast of Anna Magnani whose performance in Open City wdll surely never be forgotten.

I chose Senora (or is it Senorita?) Magnani among the leading international actresses of last year and this release proves I was right. She is not a one picture star either, but definitely a schooled, skilled emotional actress. She has fire and is good to look at! The story here show's how Italys underground outfought the Germans during the war. It draws a parallel between events of the closing days of Mussolinis regime and certain happenings during the Napoleonic era as dramatized in the opera, La Tosca. Direction Good Anna Magnani pretends to be friendly to the hated foe in order to aid the cause.

Secretly she harbors refugees from fanaticism and English spies. She and her cohorts are found out and axe sought by police just as they are in the midst of an operatic performance. Seldom before on the screen has such a suspenseful sequence been presented as the one where the fascists close in and the escape, engineered by loyal stagehands, is both novel and exciting. Direction by Carmen Gallone on the whole is good. Gallone knows his screen, for he did considerable work at Cine-Citta before the war.

This sample of his work is over long perhaps but the opera is not short, so what could he do? English Titles Capable The supporting cast measuies up well to the work of the star, particularly Edda Albertini. English titles by Armando Maca-luso represent a capable job, particularly those which explain the opera. Young Macaluso was just out of college when the war broke out and he served with the American Air Forces. New Farce Tonight At N. H.

Playhouse The More The Merrier a three act farce comedy will open at the North Hollywood Playhouse, 11043 Magnolia blvd. tonight at 8:30. The play features a cast of Valleyites headed by Joyce Roland and Ed Rees. In addition to appearing in the play Rees also directed, and tonight's performance will maik a first anniversary for him' as the Playhouse director. In the twelve months Rees has been at the Playhouse in addition to directing a new' play each month he has also found t.me to write two comedies and appear as an actor in seven productions.

Other Valleyites prominent in the large cast are Marc Andrews. Bryce Barton, Lee Manning. Hazel Holmes and Carl Hermanson. The More The Merrier will play each Thursday, Friday and Saturday through May 24 at 8:30 p.m. Peter Lawford I Si I STARTS THURSDAY I FERNANDEL IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE' Gale Storm (Valley-ite) is shown here in love scene with Don De-Fore from long-awaited Monogram release which will have gala Hollywood premiere at Graumans Chinese the night of May 16th.

Film opens the following day also at the Uptown, Loyola and Loews State. TV is Jimmy Durante "IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN" PLUS Code of the West Ckr cccccccccu No Nelsion Eddy Ilona Massey in NORTHWEST OUTPOST with Rudolf Friml Songs and Music -Mmm Come spring and everybody starts looking for an excuse to host a party. So when Walter Slezak celebrated his forty-fifth birthday tother day, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly tossed the character actor a surprise party on a Metro soundstage. Highlight of the festivities was the presentation to Walter of a scroll bearing a special birthday poem composed by Judy. Also adapting a party mood were Valleyites Dinah Shore and George Montgomery, who hosted a super barbecue at their Encino rancho.

Piece de resistance was two barbecued turkeys and a whole pig are we drooling! When Jeanne Crain and Anne Baxter journey to Tucson in July for location sequences on Chicken Every Sunday, Arizona officials will stage a royal welcome. So eager is the state to have more movie companies location there, that a poition of Tucson is being redecorated to conform with the storys 1910 setting. Other stars who will be visiting Aiizona in July will be newlyweds Charles Russell and Nancy Guild. Chuck will meet Nancys parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Herbert H. Guild. HEAVENLY LIQUID When RKOs Memory of Love was called indoors because of bad weather (oh, what we said) at Lake Arrowhead, a couple of service men were mighty happy. The vets, who had a 16 mm. camera, spent the entire day making a movie with a cast that included Merle Oberon and Ethel Barrymore.

Richard Hayden, ho plays Vanessa Browns fiance in The Foxes ON THE THI CAItTAKI 5 DAUCHTil) VINE ALLEY TROLLEY MCNCH HIM INOIIIH mm ArfopfeJ From MILE ZOLA "Non MkovIio" MARCEL PAGNOL ftwm. 9ii Due to an error in the advertising on Duel in the Sun, the evening prices at the El Portal theater will be $1.25 instead of $1.50 as was stated in the ad. 4 oV' HilM h.OST By Haze! Flynn- CLANG CLANG CLANG The news that Earl Madman Muntz is entering the movie production (first carried on this Trolley) has been confirmed He and Mike Shore have leased studios on Robertson boulevard and will make 16 millimeter sales films for guess what kind of cai's as well as featuies and shorts Theyll have a releasing organization too. Screen Guild, alias Aaron Jones of Chicagos Jones, Linick and Schaefer Paramount has signed Carole Mathews after scouting her in the Pasadena Playhouse production, A Fortnight at Home. They plan to give her a buildup which should make Columbias w'as solicited for ty.

donation to the Smith College Fund for rebuilding and remodeling. The gilds school at Northampton, is putting the bee on all Ameticans named Smith So the Ladd name Alan obliged with a check. Wait till they see his signature in the dormitory What studio got mad at what Hollywood columnist for printing news of the testing of a Broad- gjfoyTj .1 LIFE MAGAZINE sajrf: KCYIE OF THE stnty, pointed commentary believable liilariooi mokes timely fen ef machine politics. TOi'O- houywoo, TDOWNTOWH ERin Sf ERROL FLYIIH'. t'A Boy and His Dog' Billed in 3 Houses A Boy and His Dog, produced by Valiev ite Goxdon Hollingshead and directed by Leroy Prinz, the Academy Award winning short ELPORIALCONTINUOBSIYERYBAt LuuM el portal rr su.v.r55r T42.JG I ANTiH TSg COWARD G.

R0BIM30M IDA IUPINO JOHN GARFIELD BARRY ml JACX L0HPOHS' tiffs DAVID O. SELZMCKS "DUEL IN THE SUN" in Technicolor with Jeniffer Jones Gregory Peck ADVANCED PRICES hi in 1938, won a trip to the San Francisco Worlds Fair, came to Hollywood instead, was tested by Paramount but sent home to their next opus together Vanessa will probably end up as Dicks grandmother. FLASHBACKS OPEN ST. 7.2942 5:45 ST.4-1141 World Famous ITALIAN Accordions Special Made For Us LA REINA Donna Reed, after being plagued get experience she then did with eviction notices, finally found night club work, toured abroad way actor (his name is just like i that of a famous department store) on account of because it started competitive bidding and bumped i his offer up at least a grand a week. Monogram is sending out the three Fifth avenue busses they brought here from New' Yoik as box offices on wheels to sell tickets for the premiere of It Happened on Fifth Avenue May 16th at the Chinese Good stunt, eh wot? Orson Welles will have three cameras going on Macbeth and swears hell finish in the required 24 days provided he doesnt get mad.

which will be streamlined Shakespeare or something! and Irving Rapper, Eleanor Parker, pnd II. Reagan are fagged out from explaining that The Voice of the Turtle has nothing to do ith a tortoise Its taken from the Bible And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land meaning spring has came Even a pet shop on Cahuenga blvd. became confused and dispatched four turtles to the studio with a request that they be tested for the title rede I'm writing a tome called The voice of the Giraffe Getting off here CLANG CLANG CLANG. 033533' -inn I BI II im A DORE SCHARY PRODUCTION jF Dird by H. C.

POTTER by ALIEN fttVKM eN IAUA EXTRA PLUTO'S HOUSF WARMING DWID O. SELZNICKS "DUEL IN THE SUN" in Technicolor with Jeniffer Jones Gregory Peck ADVANCED PRICES HELD OVER STALLION ROAD New 2nd Hit THE LOCKET ith Laraine Day nht. MUcnum DOWNTOWN at npewT 1 Ml K21-OHN All 1 BEVERLY Hllisl WcjUKUjL Reasonable Price Terms Beginners Accordions Loaned Free Call for Yours Today DE BIASE Accordion School 5623 Lankershim SU-1-2855 OPEN 6:45 ST. 5-2731 VAN JiUYS tollSHHie OOMiMV 3 J93 CTM I 00 DAILY MCKt TWOOO A I mo tak no OMfi 13 NOONCA IT T8 6941 ItkHTH AND mhi intm "tassr hq.2?iiH a house and wangled a years lease on the abode Congratulations to Valleyite John Archer and his wdfe who are expecting a new heir-rival in August. The couple already have one son, Gi-egg, 20 months old Thats not Superman streaking through the cold gray' dawn out Warners way, but Dane Clark training for his prizefighters role in Whiplash.

The chorus youll be hearing in Mourning Becomes Electra will sound terrible if director Dudley Nicholes has his way. Supposedly a group of village diunks, Henry Hull, Clem Bevans, Jimmy Conlm and Gene Clarendon will really let themselves go for the sequence Valleyite Gordon Jenkins tells us that he has bought another beach house which gives him a total of three THE MORE THE MERRIER" 3-ACT COMEDY "GALLANT BESS" and "MICHIGAN KID" Thursdays, Fridays Saturdays Thru May 24th 75c plus tax Curtain 8:30 NORTH HOLLYWOOD PLAYHOUSE n.1 hoLm ooT's u-2-stoj CHARTERS RENTALS 1 A I I OPEN NO- HOLLYWOOD VALLE I 6:45 SU. 2-2272 OF PICFAIB i Ah 9 9 ACT ion H'l? "HUMORESQUE" with Joan Crawford and "STRANGE WOMAN" with Hedy Lamarr I II A I I OPEN VAN NUYS til I 6:30 ST. 5-3919 during the war, vegetated at Columbia, obtained her release, did the Pasadena Playhouse lead and Monogram (Producer Lindsley Parsons) had to get 34 signed releases for Louisiana," the film bibgraphv of Governor Jimmie Davis. Several living persons are depicted including 11 members of the family.

The releases also covered Bing Crosby, Decca Records and two Shreveport newspapers Wonder who cost most Bing or the relatives? HITHER AND YAWN. Linda Darnell leaves the fifteenth via Constellation for Paris (France, that is) Shell stay at the George and return via air also under wing of Whitcomb Travel Arthur Krim, piexy of Eagle- Lion has left for New York after series of confabs with Biynie Foy reproduct Hell meet Arthur Rank with whom he is affiliated in distribution (American Eagle and British Lion get it?) Then hell return west with Rank and Robert Young who controls Pathe Industries. Rogers and her hubby, producer Jack Briggs, plan a vacation at their Rogue River ranch in Oregon. Wonder whats with that river anyway. So many Mars seem to be buying near it Must be roguish WHISTLE STOPS.

H. Bogart and L. Bacall have adopted a Mexican Indian baby. lies just three They wont bring him here for a while but have deposited enough pesos in the banca down there to care for his needs and take care of his future education His name is Jesus Jungpao pronounced Javsoos Hung-pay -oh Nice gesture The BEST ACTRESS ef the YEAR llknani, most impressive women since Gorbo she has, in great abundance, an earthy -TIME rJ Maibaum's Option Lifted Paramount took up the option fr of Producer Richard Maibaum, who recently completed his as- signment on The Big Clocvk, starring Ray Milland and Charles Laughton and directed by' John Farrowx "THE TIME THE PLACE AND THE GIRL" in Technicolor and "SWELL GUY" PE iSEIFIT IDWIimE (Dick) (Andy) FLIGHT TRAINING Private Pilot Commercial Pilot Instrument and Instructors Ratings. Private, Instrument and Instructors Ratings Approved for Veterans PROBERT-DEVINE AVIATION CORPORATION Pacoima, Calif.

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