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THE KILGORE DAILY NEWS KILGORE TEXAS THURSDAY MAY 27 7IIURSI 'JAMBOREE' IS COMBINED COMMUNITY SINGING DANCING AND PLAYINq 'To PAGE SIX THEIR PERFORMANCES MARK NEW HIGH IN MUSICAL COMEDY COMING TO STRAND ELLA LOGAN TOOIBut NOODLE OUT SOU PUT IT IN TUN Film Colonists Take To Spreading The As Top of the Graze UHER gatT kibitzers gazed si Washinj Oth Ella Logan is about the size as Harry Lauder but be looking Quite as Scotch as Harry she- is perhaps the i Scotch star in American mov Certainly she is thfe only Scot bridge str A night life is being revolutionized and Holly-" wood citadel of the cinema stars and instigator of new artistic ideas is responsible A visit to the Trocadero the Casanova the Clover 'Club the Palomar the Famous Door the Cotton Club or any other of the numeous stay-up-late gathering places in the film colony will reveal what ever played in Dutch talkl speaking in good Rotterdam Du would" pro with a Glasgow accent And me East 1 is indubitably the only Caledon lines imai who can noodle Iginats en Miss Logan is the young cojThe San singer who made Music brawny Round and an Ameri epidemic -when she sang it on and -s wea I things and they finally decided to have a good time for themselves So they're states Brock the elements' of the Virginia Reel ancHhc oldtime barrr dance modernizes them There is one exception The is spontaneous course just a touch like adding spice to an already tasty dish of jungle wildness the for the savage natives of the Cortgo or the African veldt also do' a sort of of their the producer America's night life being revolutionized and a motion picture is effecting the chaiige teel into The hr Mary and 3d in st crowds to the ship plat When th raised its people st day wati radio Now she makes tunes flipflaps in musi of the Ella Logan is the girl who the noodle out of soup and pu into song To appreciate what change in status means to noodle jt is necessary to kr what the noodle means to the singer Noodling is a kind of Af American yodling It takes pi when the swing singer becomes When other sile eye Similia productio Univei the pondents be is of filr tr Harold A modern han of tl big nique fo For a revel of sidered Godfrey earlier I poini Add wri telling Gei former whe songs hr Logan i a tr i the rest of America will be doing shortly see Hollywood doing the a case of the hot licks and hotter -s win -it's th latest "era invade the night clubs the Those who cannot drop into Hollywood personally can see the done in a motion picture Universars musical of the The cast includes Doris Nolan George Murphy Hugh Herbert Gregory Ratoff Gertrude Niesen Ella Logan Henry Ar-metta Mischa Auer The Three Sailors Ral Mayer and scores of other personalities of stage screen and radio Now what is the And why has iL taken Hollywood by storm? Let Lou Brock the author of the oroginal story of of the Town" and later associate producer explain is a collection of the newest ideas in community singing dancing and play all advanced one step and conducted by a master of ceremonies a gay party in which everyone lets down his or her hair enters into the spirit of the evening and has a grand time because the audience entertains says Brock Brock definitely believes and cites the way citizens have taken up the new craze as evidence that the will be exceedingly popular with America's amusement seekers Hollywood heard through its gossip system about the in of the Town" apd before anyone knew what was haopening the film town's celebrities were the in the colony's night clubs In of the approxi-mately 400 persons supposedly the cream Yif Manhattan's society gather in a night club called the Here according to the film story Doris Nolan as the daffy heiress who wants to uplift night club entertainment puts on her classical floor shows Miss Nolan considers herself rihe "Joan of Arc of night clubs Sad-eycd Mischa Auer here becomes Hamlet with surprising results that promise a new high for the comedian's attainments Here Henry Armetta becomes la Maitero Pompeo Bacciagullupi leader of the symphonic orchestra in the and like Auer discovers that night club audiences don't want to be elevated they want to have fun Then as a contrast in tempo comes the Gcitrudf Niesen the foimcr Follies singing star sounds the keynote of the with this swingy salvo of song: with long-haired old symphonies Give us licks and hot George Murphy leader of the swing band strikes a few bars torrid and the night cluL patrons spring to life This is what they want The Negro chorus starts a syncopated swing vJcrirudc Niesen sings: to town spread the jam with me Start to swing it's a Jamboree! Oh everybody's gotta spread the i jam 1 It's A Jamboree! It's a Jamboree! 'Dut dut dut DAII de dili dc dah! Dut dut dut DAH dc dh dc And the colored choir chime: in with this stimng swing: we go steppin' vide 'n' high Blue trumpets blow while were hidin' Chimes in the Freeh Ambassador: a Swings the Colored Choir: Zu Zaz Zu the ja-ja-de-dc-- jam Lad-dya vay-doo-bo-bo-doo-vay-doo-vee la-da-lctt-doot to swing it's Jamboree! Have your fling it's a Jamboree! Get that mu: ie to wear you dov The dances that accompany this spreading' in of the Tow call for hundreds of guests in the to join in the tall doings including the waiters entertainers musicians and of course the patrons They stamp and sing moving in a great whirlpool effect going fatter and fatter while their laughter and gaiety rises That it what happens in the "Jamboree sequence in Universal's ol the and that Is precisely what is happening In Hollywood's night dubs The patrons are tailing the entertainment away from the paid and arc "spreading the jam" having the best time of their lives What of the will thow on the screen told in story fashion has happened to relaxation to i fa finding at tin bar simply groin tired ei eatertamed by routine HENRY ARMETTA UNUSUALLY GOOD AS FUN CREATOR carried away with her song she leaves the written music improvises vocal embroider dulcet whoops sweet yelps other wild incantations that more zing into it Only a gifted souls can noodle in a sa factory manner Ella learned the trick of it Scotland from squeaky old Am ican victrola records of what calls "low down hot mus This was long before the curr swing craze Ella was a tyke of eleven but even then the stage doing impersonation: movie stars When she heard her first record she decided to be an Am ican jazz singer as fast as could pick the burrs out of speech Ella bought every rec she could afford She imita their singing style and Southi accent preparing to storm Li don where she made her del as a Mississippi levee swing noi ler Since then she has peddled 1 vocal noodles all over Euro Australia South Africa Eg Canada Mexico and now Hoi wood in English French Germ Flemish Dutch and Gaelic has found that all nations swing She says can the rhythm and throw your sic away -o- tu: DORIS JUMPS 25 FEET TO NET AS PART OF ACTIN While the music was play Save My in versal's musical of Town" Doris Nolan was percl at the top of a 25 foot ladder 1 band tempo became faster i tried such a jump before ready to make the leap into net waiting below for her Into the air she sprang lani in the net and then was tossed the net holders into a zoom barrel-roll to be caught in arms of a performer who waiting to receive her "That was a nice jump made the director Ra Murphy told her when the sec was finished I was afh you1 would miss the net after made the jump" idea occurred to Doris answered "but by that tu I was in the air looking down the net and it looked smal than a dime that was spent before to make the jump agaii he asked her Doris replied do it if say it has to be Then the director grinned the first shot was Doris sank into a chair will sigh of relief The Save My Chil sequence features besides Do Nolan George Murphy Hugh bert Gregory Ratoff Henry metta the Three Sailors and Logan who sings the song of same title Gertrude Niese Came to Picture From Stage Fam Gertrude Niesen who coni butes her popular torch singi to "Top of the Tovyi Wednesday at the Strand Theat made her radio lit 1033 er numerous successes in vauri villc and night clubs Shq starred in the natablc broadc series Big throug out its two year presentation ov the Columbia doast-to-cOast work The unusual succfs sof her rai singing brought her many sta offers During 1935-36 she achlc cd a stellar career over the air a in featured singing and speak) roles in the Ziezfcld Follies sino Varieties" and several oth musical comedy hits An outstanding stage acctu plishment was her appearam subsequently In the leading rol of number of musical productio staged by Laurence Schwab known Broadway producer at tr famous outdoor Municipal The ter in St liouis Bo The pur played by Miss NiCsen rang from light comedy roles to di imUe muolil lnlerereGHoiu surhi vehicle! as ing film to of movie stage It movie other script songs The and the Cal other ing hits like girl lias Short Sketches Of Movie Cast DORIS NOLAN Doris Noian portraying the millionairess who devises daffy ideas for the Moonbeam Room a night Club halfway to the stars in Universal's of the made an- outstanding hit fn the Broadway stage play of January She shares the romantic lead1 with George Murphy Doris was born in New Rochelle GEORGE MURPHY George Murphy featured in of the opposite Doris Nolan has been a dancing stage star in New York London and Paris His stage appearances include Thee I Good On screen in Love You Always" and the Born New Haven Conn HUGH HERBERT ugh Herbert popular corned i- an featured in "Top of the has been in almost a hundred screen offerings Among them are Rainy Begins at Night's Footlight Pa-radc" t'Lct's Hugh Ilcibert has written number of stage days Born Binghampton GREGORY RATOFF Gregory Ratoff dialect comedi an featured in of the has also scored in Baby to Two Your He played onthe Broadway stage in produced and staged "The Kibitzer" GERTRUDE NIFSEN I Gertrude Niesen exotic radio and Zicgfcld Follies star sings four hit songs during her screen debut in Universal's "Top of the Besides the Ziogfcld shows Miss Niesen has played stage parts that ranged from light comedy to dramatic musical interpretations in such offerings as and Vagabond Born Brooklyn ELLA LOGAN Ella Logan internationally fam- ous star of radio and of theaters and smart night clubs in European capitals brings her talents as a comedienne and singer to of the first appearance on the screen was in She makes music run up the scales and do high dives in of the HENRY AKMETTA Henry Armcua laugh getter portrays an explosive orchestra leader named Maestro Pompeo Bacciagalluppi in "Top of the Henry's score of screen hit roles includes Sing in a Crowd" Brute" Kids and a RAY MAYER Ray Mayer prominent as the piano player of George Murphy's orchestra in of the contributes rippling comedy to the picture and displays Ins unusual talent as a musician His other screen roles were in Who Arc About to Die" Mu-ried a Doctor" "Follow the Fleet-' Born in Lexington Neb Misdia Auer featured comedian in of the Town" is remembered for his madcap man" clowning in "My Man Godfrey" lie was equally amusing in "Three Smart and "Gay Caballero" Mischa proves lie is the Man of the Hour in the Moonbeam Room setting of of the 150 Persons Compose Choir For Gay and Sparkling Hit Two noted groups of choral singers the Vocalians apd the Crinoline Choir totaling 150 selected voices provide special song effects in of the Town" They present chants spirituals and hot rhythm offerings done'in the latest swing time fashion Among the featured singers in the picture are Gertrude Niesen nationally popular on' the radio and hojed for her 'appealing fen-dl'loA of tor'b iOi'g Another radio Jongstraks 111a Logiq whose ability as a comedienne Doris Nolan Has Always Had Leads As Stage Actress Blonde beautiful and twenty-one Doris Nolan who readied Hollywood by way of her stage success in of January plays the rcminme romantic lead opposite George Murphy in Universal's "Top of the Dori who was born in New Rochelle traces her ancestry back to the famous Captain Nolan who led the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava in the Crimean War Evidently she inherited tiic gift of leadership since' she has never played anything but Goading roles from the time she joined a dramatic club at the New RoclHo High School until she hit BrocMway and later Hollywood Doris is feel 4 and 1-2 inches tall but still loves to sit on her father's lap She calls her mother by her first name Mary She has a sister Gladys three years older than herself io accompanied Doris to the Coast as private secretary RetwreiU scenes whole other her tune whittling little wooden figures with a sharp jack-knife She likes to make boats toys cal -icaluic heads Her favorite recreations are archery hor: chuck riding roller skating tennis swimming and reading She started her stage career plaving serious dramatic pails with rrovmcctuwn players and the Clinton Hollow Stock Company al 1 OUghkreprex When Uiuxcral excciitiXes do covered the deep dimples in her i berks and Iwaid her improrise goofy dialogue in a spirit of fun they decided I ir wa a born omedicnnc adds ipaillc to her method of songs her own charming way of tricking the modern syncopation Musical accompaniment for the Singing groups of the Town" is provided by the Califor Ilia Collegians a swing band surrounded by an orchestra totaling 115 musicians The entire uoic for the production was written by Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson The featured players Include Doris Nolan George Mur- hv Mischa Auer Henry Armrt-I Hugh Hritrrt Gregory Pat-elf tire Ihree isiLi's end Fegg Ryan Modern Trends Of Styles Get Their Rhythmic Swings Modem rtyhs take their tempo frem the latest mmiP'd trend in movies hch has gicn eowns a i'itbTc swing The graceful hues ol a Mictn singer's or durcci 'o twine 'I- readily adapted lor the paitv rtic-s worn by the popular (lel'u' iruo Some od example are I own oi this page moiM worn by Gertrude Nicrn in Unvr i ii mu wal ol the Tow At 1 he rxtrer ten" the rrea-I a Mi worn by Miss Niesen in the srquriHe wlan she leid more than 350 pi yes in swing smpiiig In- gown is made (oturlv (1 Hides cut gold re-qoiiis i-w i Id irl 1 me prup-Uiui add Mul sweep and swing to the vai Muie Nolo the lover Thr ei no pa lure shows a hostess gown made of deep rich black velvft with enormous slit sleeve" hn -liver brocade The clii-e lutiug ikevcx underneath the ie sped lugl'i-waisted belt and Ini told neiMine are also nlvrr la in de The central figure i I lu vo iuilhcr detail id the cl I nil Tim ton picture 'a (lair fun I even ilk lnedi i ov the cn'oi eg I'cpr lindnc 1 age ipeun liaped In are iii with glMteiing him cr 1 1 i i linn if ver- nmii'ii) i ere oi'im ate qf girdle Bka 1 all Imi jr talk over the hlui I I I epe I tl I '1 he i 1 1 1 1 1 isi is in mV nl hejvv blai i i1 I he ptnn dress if tcppi'i a iioi hnleio i'h he in al 1 II h'l III rumii A eivinw hi a Irl hlfehlened Hv rubble cue md ihanii'iid1 blep It Ip vcisll hull" They winle and aiTHHEf'l the Ivn fur Ilf the Tow ii" which feature Doris Nolan (Ji'oige Murphy Hugh Jler-herl Gregory Halotl ynrl a host of other skns of sci'ccn stage and radio Adam: nn I lies the words for the 'tune that Jimmy McHugh comporex When the songs are completed Henderson makes I lie vocal ai i migemrnli to meet (he need I if the ai lulls I mgei Hcii-dteu a guduaUd lrem llu-vari in 1923 and Adimren wen his sheepskin In 1950 Murphy Enthusiast Of Football During Yale School Period George Murpny the dancing star who plays the romantic lead opposite Doris Nolan in of the inherited his lithe active frame and "sense of rhythm from Ins father Michael Murphy was athletic director at Yale and at the University of Pennsylvania Gcoige born in New Haven Conn July 4 1904 was an ardent enthusiast in football baseball basketball and track activities when he attended Yale His first stage experience was in the London company of During his Londan stay Murphy danced before the late King Georvc lie returned to New York where lie was featured in several stage offerings Thee I Sing" "Hold and Heywood Rroun's favorite show the Works" On the Hollywood stage he played in for 15 weeks The first movie in which George was featured was Then followed Love You Always" and the Dance" Ilis latest picture of the gives his the oppoitunity to display his talents as a comedian as well as a dancer of the first rank In his specialty tap dancing Murphy shows he is still a rhythmic athlete when he rises more than six feet in the air during his dancing leaps For exercise he prefers tennis golf swimming and boxing Mayer Plays Piano To Delight Crowds Ray Mayer screen wider and movie actnr noted for his brilliant piano playing is featured in "Top uf teh Ray portray? naturally enough ihe piano player in the orchestra which George Murphy leads in the film offering' Ray Mayor was born in Iktxing-ton Nebraska He later traveled over Texas in vaudeville and night clubs Then lullowed a period in Mexico City where at one time ho played the piano for a solid week without sleep because the management of the resort could nut or would no! gel a relief pian-ist When 'Mayer toppled over from liduriion frmdi slpppecl him back to Los Angeles thinking he tvas ttout to ckth in his chips $50000 INSURANCE FOR HER BACK IS TAKEN OUT BY SCREEN SINGING STAR What Is a back worth? Medical ex'anunei'S insurance agents and half a dozen legal minds got together recently to determine whether one back is worth $50000 They finally decided it was The back belongs to Gertrude Niesen exotic singing star of Univei sal's new musical "Top of the Town" In the event of injury to her-back for any reason Miss Niesen will receive a total of $1000 per week not to exceed 50 consecutive weeks According to the IJoyd policy Mr-s Niesen's back upon examination been proved to he un-usually beautiful and id' high value to the assured and a definite necessity in her film work before the Provision of the back policy include: 1 Only that portion of the assured's body commonly known as Hie back and defined as that portion of the body between the base of the skull and the lower end of the spine shall be insured 2 $50000 'shall be paid upon pi oof of any disfigurement of the assured's back by reason of marring mauling by riowds or affectionate friends infections sunburn aitificial light scratches burns or any lausc beyond the ontrol of the assured Miss Niesen is hacked up by plenty of a smaller (j Fine Musicomedy Sets Designed By Ft Worth Native Jehu Ikn I rider biin uv Ft V'mih 'IV' dciigned the sets for "Tim of Hie Town" lie ai Incv-rd recognition railin' I'm the unusual main title lie dc: igiied for Man Godfrey" In of the one of the most impressive is the Moonbeam Room winch covers more than an acre ol space to accommodate the hundreds of players who the jam" in the musical iliniax of the picture llaikrider with the lale Klorenz Zirgfeld for seven years during which lie created settings and gowns for such stage hits as 'Rim "Show Boat" and heopte I ei Hie In- vised sets ler Great and llnuy Armetta by any other name would be as funny This time he rnvuges a Masiery nn-peo Baccigalluppi and manages to run up a tancy new mc'c-stilches with Ills huniomu antics He portrays the leader i 1 a symphony orchestra winch lie says has the accent on both halve of the syinp and phony Armetta's hand of (waters" is one of dozens ol Inuqii pi (Woking a)'- cans Lm crsnl's ol the Annella is united to bring Ins gang he calls them harmaiuai 1o ho night club which Dorr: im: manages in the Moonbeam loom ting in of the nry brings them Pandemonium follows Henry gained the staid beginning of a musical education Palermo Italv where hr was hum on July 4 1838 With III 1 imth- dav he was bound (o i mio to iho United States next hs no music them He vwis a valol at (he'-New Club where lie mel no HlhJicoik ho gave him In Staee role Then Aiipei ohloirl a number of pal Is William Kn nuin movie When lie was pol app'-ar-mg ill pi i Hires p'my wa pioper-v 1 1 1 a 1 1 and make-up jiml Ml New Yoi I movie hrlm in-" leaching If dlvw'cd he li i placed 22a inu' i- among them Sine Agiip "Tv a Crowd" Mamme'ent i 'ha noli and Kid and a 1 in en" He larelv gel a week' rest hr-cmre other studios are always boiioumg bun lmm Uimeisd HENDERSON AND ANDERSON CHUCK ARTS SCIENCES TO WRITE SONGS FOR MOVIES Just a few year: ago Har-VHid University C'harle Henderson and Harold Adamson were busy learning the why and where-for of the art and knees In their spare time they wrote and produced lamed musical shows llasly Pijdduig Itr iewx" Ted and AUm-1 ton iri Hollyv ood all tun ad up with a lung term contract to Um- IL.