Kingsport Times from Kingsport, Tennessee • 11

Radio-Roundup Danny Kaye Rates Six-Figure Chech As Second Chaplin By Iiay Peacock Wide World Features Writer Xew Who is this fellow Danny Kaye that he should rate a six-figure movie contract? Six unemotional Broadwayites gave me six answers which add up to the same thing Danny Kaye is the finished product -a come- dian who is genuinely funny He is they said well grounded in fundamentals Has excellent material and overdo it Has a good personality Has expressive hands reminiscent -of Chaplin Is an originator not imitator five answers The sixth from a gi-l: "He's cute" He Can Do Everything Add flexibility for good measure As the central figure in race a musical comedy em- bellished with Cole Porter songs Darny is the guy everybody picks on who find a listener the Dracula who terrorizes the males Tall and slender with goodi shoulders and attractive face despite a longish nose Danny looks! like nobody but himself His blond hair thick unto bushy is wild and Memphis at each and subdued by turns And his throats when each maintained thatla girls lov'e tor a stnctly no-good Army's Hollywood Featured Today On Hour' The own "Hollywood" where the young men of the movies radio and the stage pool talents to make better soldiers for Uncle Sam will be spotlighted in the War Department's official Army Hour broadcast this afternoon at 3:30 Some of the most famous theatrical personalities now in uniform work at the Signal Corps Photographic Center Astoria Long Island Entertainment is not their object A clear exposition of machine gun operations communication lines airplane motor maintenance every phase of the great technical lesson that must be learned to save American lives in winninjrthe battle for freedom is the end product that comes out of the cameras at the Long Island studios Stephen Vincent Benet brilliant American poet whose previous radio creations have been limited to one-time broadcasts is writing a complete new NBC series entitled which will be based on a series of six letters-written to Hitler by typical Americans mto over NBC-WKPT beginning today The letters which form the basic Dancer's Billing Worries Star Of 'Blithe Spirit' By Bob Muael Inlted Press Correspondent New Clifton Webb is well established as a fihe actor in fact his ghost-ridden author in "Blithe did much to win Noel "improbable the Critics Circle Drama award So perhaps there is little point in raking up the old question of why he quit dancing when he was one of the two or three best in musical comedy But the subject came up naturally during a discusion at the stage door of the Moroscb Theater and Webb said that it was all'due to a review in a trade paper which referred to him a double handful of years ago as a Then how come he had danced in half a dozen first rate musicals afterwards? Impersonated Ghandl "I never forgot the he laughed "I suppose I was really just that at the time still it impressed me so that I decided I would either dance and act or act alone No more just dancing And what led to straight dramatic i The name of the show in which WebT) was mistaken for a boffer was "Jack and In the long string of successes thereafter Webb played in sketches besides singing and dancing and in at least one show the celebrated Thousands he impersonated such diverse real life characters 4s Mahatma Gandhi and Douglas Bonnie Baker doing aU right by herself Bonnie Baker Finds New Road To Fame its preview should be held within her gates the Crosby-Martln "Birth the makes a return en- 'guy who was never really honest even with himself Though uncon-of vincing as a gangster Robert Tay-gagement in Kingsport today and Mondav at the Fo Theatre 1Ior 8tllt looks enough to kick Monday at 'thFoxTeatre1 8tilt looks ood enough to klck si DAD by the National Father's Day Committee -as outstanding House Jameson of Aldrich receives award June 21 10000 To One And She Missed! Dinah Shore dark-haired song-star of Edje Cantor's Time to Smile broadcasts has added a new course of weekly studies trying to learn more Army Navy and Marine uniforms and their insignia And the next time Dinajp Shore offers to kiss a soldier she'll know what doing That definitely was the case when Cantor and Dinah enter- lucky fellow by his uniform The kissed character was a the only Armyjnan in the audience! Bedlam broke bedlam that tseaiam DroKc loose necuam tnat quieted until Dinah liter- stroll along the harpsicord! keyboard of a Lost Is Found -More than nine thousands dollars week rce Bpeech the workings of de- At 1: mocracy in At this point Conger told Kaltenborn Swiss au daac break Into roars of ap Proval a demonstration that I nightly stops the show r-vH! break awky from type I started using mote voice and varying jny hands are never still He Went Boom ird hlL Md fortunate accident happened at fortunate accident happened at LUca while Danny was a member of a starchy dance act Which had crossed several oceans material gained the boys at- Camp Elliott tun1 round and get ulncmnMrln Base near San Dirgo 1 ever given birth in Basin street' wth it as the script has him doing ja urer a housewife and mother After her performance Eddie in- IT Luscious Lana Turner is the eala soldler and a foreign-born citi-isisted that Dinah select one of the ufual goes completely Raymond Massey famed forboys in the front row and "give Hflln hs some ot the best ll STS shPPinS aid sense enough to find February doing all right She had sense enough to know she was Fairbanks Jr witty fantasy on 'the return of an ectoplasmic first the easy grace of a dancer inherent in every step He wears his clothes' casually and wrell as befits a frequent adornment of the "ten best lists For some rea- me return oi an euuijidsum "ife to upset the -quiet English listening when done in the Bing without causing a ripple He trip- Crosby and Mary Marlin fashion red and sat on the stage feeling against the background of Jack pain and disgrace The audience orchestra laughed and a career was born' The movie has an interesting In the last three years Danny has story too But incidental to' graduated from $40 to sometimes melancholy music and the Comparison' of Danny with' andIbeUeT BrianDonley Comparison Danny vi tha ettea anievy Chaplin is heard often He denies Carol-Lee who is grown up be even consciously imitated any- ancing one but if he has a hero it is the and Rochester mph make li8teningP' when AhTiHS CgVn in tue script and turns in a Frade A performance The movie shows Sunday and Monday at the Unexpected Uncle playing Tuesday omy at the Scott has hither Ldn on hehedf of Anne infg the poiat of view James Craisr as a sort'of people who seldom gave nd arbitrat or in an! public expression to their feelings1 fdw nH et who in their struggle against unbelieveable number and variety1: i the -elements are strongly deter- of disputes pi 'mined to choke Hit er on wheat The Scott offers a double order and had her of westerns Friday and Saturday aa1 -m cotton way out of the stage doorwhich for week-endT movie-goers Rayancl sobeans (was beset by a mob of righteously Ln i-w' honsKhoM of her remarried hus household of her remarried husband Webb has( the kind of role he fancies The dialogue is among Coward's best but the burden of keeping a single theme fresh for three acts falls largely pn Webb's old master of pantomime "I saw the other Danny told me "I never laughed once I was too! fascinated watching apnius You have to have a leaning" for com- Corrigan in "Underground Bus-1 Merle latest starring and Don Barryin 1 Outlaw-hood drugstore romle in Brook-1 i loves "Underground Rus- By Bay Peacock Wide World Features Writer New York This is sort of an open letter to you -folks who have been wondering how Bonnie Baker has been getting along since she and Orrin Tucker called it quits in the remedy The jseeming proof extension of an April and May engagement at the night -club from two to four weeks during which the dinner business was doubled hrnken atfpndanrA rornrd i New theatprs several ew England theaters i That being that Bonnie was on! her own again I liked it bet- ter I knew the thing to do was to With Charles Laughton Grouchoi Ivory Kitten Marx and Gloria Warren in sup-! port the Rudy Vallee program will Music comes from oddly assorted roll up its sleeves and pitch jnisources according to Andre Kos-tonight at 7 to provide As an example he cites third Victory Parade in the weekly Fugue which series being presented in based the notes of the Office of Facts and Figures struck by the composers cat in a lyn and I think ev want to be anything but a come- It 'is a matter of record that Guthrie McClintic Gabriel Pascal! and others have Wanted to cast him-in serious parts and that Ed- ward Johnson head of the Metro-' pohtan Opera pointed to Danny and said "There is the perfect Back To The Footlights Before Bonnie joined" orchestra and gained an amazing fame fronr singing just one little and an old song at that she was a solo in theaters and bjs clubs there again In a field she likes Being famous hurting her a bit The song of course was sung in a shy effortless1 baby-doll way that made her every- kid sister Trouble was the! song wore out I There have- been many rumors' about her parting with Tucker but Bonnie says this: had done all I could with the band and Orrin and I both de-cided that the right thing to do! was for me to leave I wanted a career of my own We still are very friendly heartly fibbed that he was a) we in love? No You professional who- knew all the shouldnt believe everything you shoulders Fibbed About Ability While on the subject of dancing a subject incidentally that he would rather Webb introduced to the Broadway stage This was considered a torrid turn at the time The films hired him to dance paid him $1500 a week for a year and never gave him a chance before the cameras Yet his early training was for straight drama and singing in which he did a stunt with a Boston opera company A young woman named Bonnie Glass got him his first dancing job She picked him as a partner in a ballroom act after he light- Victor Records Jungle Book' Deep In the heart of a huge a 7 packing case a 17-year-old boy black eyes flashing from dusky countenance spoke simply: "My name is Outside the big hoi in nrphpstm hrnk -fntn shafts Lovers include Alan -Marshall of hv'Tom Dick and George Reeveg relative newcomer Hans none 0 t--ii Yaray import from the pre-war HlS' right name IS David Daniel I tt Tpwrp rlnHp Alan-M'r immigrant Follh patronizes other tailors Clint Conger just return from ro his United Press post in Europe) ha rfcord cached by CBS Are told Kaltenborn that in A Meir program since Eaut VK rerntly brought mort movie fame was recording Kip- dQ Conger rtillion and a dollars thas Just reached Switzerland In! The musical baground aJ Pfithe movie the noted commentator th VimnriracfinfT cir Own country the privilege of undtr Yhe d'reuir7 a returned to' rightful heirs Lionel Barrymore beloved charac iter actor again will serve as "The Voice of the tl fta iftoT e1 i Th I Stewart big fii lbuster scene in the frwitne isin some press They are witnessing here they can never see in urban be explained in re rial One is Max Liebman thejMerle Oberon-other Sylvia Fine In private she is Mrs Kaye and shetool thinks that Danny is a very funny "Mountain Moonliqht' fellow 1 of Miklos tv- Rozsa who prepared the sqpre originally for the -United Artists film version of Jungle in which Sabu is currently released appearing "The Jungle now by Victor as Album M-905 is the1 dramatic narrative of the life of Mowgli (the Little Frog) who was up by the wolves of the Dy ine waives ci I I is the title the National Barter The t0 Tem0Ve it was to conceal Day Committee has be- junble was reclaimed for a while Jw hair So useful In fiim-Stowed on House Jameson who by his mother only to return to and te shoulder-length hair-do plays the role of Sam Aldrich the wild to kill the tiger Shere freqUentiy has brought the saluta- dad on "The A1 Khan enemy of all the jungle in from strangers heldrich to Tpmnv- was conceal tion from strangers hetdrich Family Dav Committeo has he Summer Musicals In Berks hi res Qyj pQr New The first major war casualty of the summer out- door music season is the Bershire Festival annually held at Tangle- wood near Lenox Massand at- tended by music-lovers from all I gayg In a Day celebration to- Alexander Korda found the boy day the CommitteewilLpresent the ordinary following veteran radio actor with an appro- spellbound the United Artists staff priate award i a naking atmosphere pictures in a) tiV Austin gmajj town near Mysore India) style to prove that I colld do some thing besides sing in an ingenua voice She' retains Resistance If the baby-voiced reper toire but only for change of pace People still insist that she sing but she does it in a new swing version The little girl with the brown eyes black hair and determined jaw was born in Orange Tex but Houston always has been her home She had only a local fame before she went with orchestra and nothing much happened untu they were at the Palmer House in Chicago in 1939 Then "Oh was dusted off They made a recording and it sold 600000 copies A modern passenger locomotive of the steam type costs from $80 000 to $100000 SCOTT THEATRE Gate City Va and Lana TURNER Robert TAYLOR in biligllfl Also" NEWS and COMEDY i'0 jT fm Directed by Victor SCertcrger A Fara-rrount Pctur SOEIElf over the country The story of the helpless galbe maintained The star recites gabug firgt fijm gucesgc3rne in all but the trials of life with the Reports from other sectors of the caught between the guy who the story in dramatic fashion while England where he made "The inimitable Henry sometimes creep musical front indicate that the left her behind and the guy who the music swirls and swells some- Elephant discov-1 into his off-mike hours Net-so usual outdoor performances will be stays behind her "A Girl a Guy times in the background some- ered jjjm jn xhe Thief of Bag- long ago Mr and Mrs Jameson continued almost everywhere in- and a is to play Friday and times as part of the iwere looking for a new maid a eluding such cities as New York Saturday at the Fox Title charac-j An unusual feature of the album Jungle album is)reliable girl to help in their Con-Philadelphia and Washington close ters in order are Lucille Ball Ed-s the presentation of the text first recording experience necticut farm After some diffi-to the eastern seaboard 'mond and George Murphy the recording on the inside Iront'jje was fascinated by the tech- culty just the right girl agreed to The Bershire problem is differ-1 Harold Lloyd former screen Come-cover together with pictures raai nicians the 35-piece symphony 1 take the job ent It is a question of war-time makes his first stab at pro-the raavie version directed by orcbestra (which he attempted to 1 il: a4ha AlsvamlMi Unrria rT1 Alexander Korda This new Kea mvuwU A few days before her scheduled ml SUNDAY and MONDAY i Te membered for her splendid peri real life House isn a father at orraance aa Mother York in the inspiring motion picture "Sargeant starring Gary Cooper and in which Hobert Porterfield was prominently featured Miss great performance caused much comment in the motion picture world of Hollywood the theatrical world of New York aijd in that that every mother has for her son The play is being directed by 'Daniel Blum West Coast play-! wright and producer Lydia' of but has never quite reached what she is striving for comes to the Scott Theatre Wednesday for a I As an utante of the nineties Miss Oberon is play-1 a somewhat different role for 1 is that shej was produced by Alex-J -J The Weaver Brothers and Elviry keep up the family tradition de spite a fantastic plot in "Mountain! at the Fox Wednesday and Thursday The mad 'd53aaa circle revolves around a 'ky one early Weavers a loan to the Continental Congress by one of the early Weavers a debt which would put the moun- descendants up in the ranks of the nouveau riche of they' can collect And as usual some hillbilly styled music Andy Devine and Richard Arlen ho- th in rather Pushers have the leads in Tuesday at the Fox Cowboy favorite Roy Rogers has the spotlight in "Bad Man From the week-end western at the Fox "Johnny is the story of CONSULT: Dr Optomrtric Hfesi JNvOUf? FRIENDLY A rt vrrr YniJfi FRIENDLY i of If? i a I Eye Eventually he had to eon- fess that all he knew was a waltz But it turned out all right that 'Outward Bound' Next Theatre Play second production be DCOrifj vv I KtW three vears' 13 the dFamatlc hlt of three Jears ago Uutwara pound Dy outton Vane The play will open in Abingdon June 25 with Margaret Wycherly starred in the role of Mrs Midget Miss Wycherly will long be re- GATE CITY THEATRE' JJateity Va SUNDAY and MONDAY June 21-22 AS CO-PILOTSTHEYREI CO-RIOTS u-v' 4 ABBOTT COSTELLO yih MARTHA CAROL I RAYE BRUCE WILLIAM GARGAN DICKFORAN trons preponderantly come by au-1 tomobile and even if they came by train railroad facilities are being limited except for essential use The Boston Symphony Orches- tra which gives the Tanglewood concerts under the direction of Dr direcj jn a reading of "The White 'arrival though the Jamesons re- Cjiffs ot his favorite ceived a letter music) and the microphone His) just found she wrote jntcrpretation of tet is your boy Henry I nearperfect English with just think I could work in a home with errougb accent to carry an authen- a boy like that He gets into too yc natjVe atmosphere to the story i much Matinee 1 to 4:30 Night 8:30 MUSICAL ENTERTAIRMtHT SINCE THE BIRTH OF THE During the recording session Sabu was concealed within the uge case w'bon 11 became evident that no other way the nroner balance between nar- the proper balance between nar- voice and background music Seal a cousin to Peter and the in treatment The recording was made in A lctors York studios while Sabu was In the eit on a tour selling War Stamps He jyore vivid orange-red turban and1 xSBSt' 25 323 To prfrnit poor vision from robbing you of prrclmm rtrrrsrv have your ejrit rxamlnod today by Dr Leonard Supman a rcIrntiHc examination mrthoda used Femeniber you may use a convenient credit plan to pay for your glasses as you wear them No extra charge for credit SUPMAN Specialist CREDIT JEWELERS" Buy Coal i ini St Louis BluuMyMolinclioly8rty Tlgor Rag TIH thi Sun Shines Ns Ills -Th Waiter and the Porter end the Upstairs Mild 'Cuddle Up a Little Closer lovsy Mint By the Light sf thi Silvery Moon and othsnl Rochester carrol naish Serge Knussevitzky threfore ns asked the festival corporation to cancel the ninscheduled concerts The corporation has agreed ex plaining in a statement: "It is of course impossible for us to asume the budget of $85000 in addition to our own The' featured album on June list of recordings is justifiably a preformance of the principal-lumbers from "A Midsummer by the Cleveland Orchestra under Artur Roflzinski It fills a long-felt want presenting in one group the selections which hitherto have been available onlv in scattered singles The recording is excellent and the playing superb in isive direction of the scherzo Four 12-inch records Another reeded recording put out by Columbia is the Mozart Concerto for Piano and Orchesrta in B-flat plaved bv Robert Casadesus with the New "York-Philharmonic Symphony under John Barbirolli This last of the Mozart concertos is not so much as played with soul-satisfying understanding hv soloist and orchestra Other recordings on the June list Worth examining: Symphony No 2 by Dimitri Symphony Orchestra Five 12-inrh records A Barb album of two 12-inch records by Leopold Stokowski and the All-American Orchestra It ron" tains Suesser and the always -beloved "Air On the both transcribed by Stokowski who is at here Three operatic arias by Lily Dors from and the "Shadow Song from tiip tast is sf intillating coloratura in her best style Three 10-incb records YOUR Government urges you to purchase the coal you will need next winter NOW You will be helping not hoarding You will be taking pressure off the coalmining and transportation facilities in late summer and fall when both will be badly needed for war purposes Should you want a loan to pay for your coal requirements this bank will welcome your application NATIONAL THE FIRST Su Member I Also BANK SEWS and.