Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 19

FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM-SUNDAY 1940 PAGE HIKE EEN THE AMUSEMENT WORLD NOTES ON STAGE AND SCR SUNDAY APRIL 71940 Stars of 3 Outstanding Downtown Movies Rebecca Packs a Dramatic Wallop Unsurpassed for Suspense and Mood Critic Thanks Movies for Bringing World to America BY JIMMIE FIDLER EN ROUTE TO HOLLYWOOD April -Dear Staff: Have you ever stopped to think what a heavy travel bill we owe the movies? Why all become globe-trotting and made our trips in 50-cent theater seats Very comfortable seats most of them You could put us down in any one of the world's capitals and recognize the principal landmarks been there before visited Trafalgar Square the Champs Elysees and the Wilhelm-strasse in dozens of screen dramas and hundreds of newsreels skiied in the Swiss Alps lolled at Kaigigi waltzed in Vienna fished the Yukon yachted in the Mediterranean climbed the Eiffel Tower plucked orchids in Malayan jungles and watched game herds migrate across the African Veldt Thanks to newsreels been in most of recent storm centers and met the men who blew up the storm winds toured the Maginot Line and the white-shrouded blood-spattered forests of Finland SEEN history written -with bayonets in Spain China ing States to tax movie location irate studio execs are plotting to limit all filming treks by State borders Walter Pidgeon trains for a short vacation come Tuesday in Lawrence Canada his old home town Add Alan Mowbray to your list of two majors are bidding for his brainchild which inelegantly titled Beef and Rosalie Graybar featured songster at the Sphinx Club is the beauteous reason for Cesar current insomnia this about Paulette Goddard with only three screen leads to her credit high-hatting the hired help at Paramount? PERFECT HANDLE Looks like Edna Waldron and Jimmy Aye that last name for the perfect Hollywood handle?) ex-husband-and-wife who are working together in Warner will have to re-marry in self-protection Since learning their former relationship every member of the troupe has been working overtime to tiring about a reconciliation and now Donald Crisp who is a licensed master and able therefore to perform marriages on the high seas is brow- hish Alfred Hilchcock Director -Who Brough! 'Eerie' From England Contributes Much its red tile trimming seats 900 persons Mr and Mrs White have moved their residence from Dallas and are at home at 3145 Travis Avenue CHANGES ITS MIND Footlite Club has changed its mind about its fourth and final play of the season and will do of the Lonesome instead of the tragedy of Bill Arms the director will select his cast Thursday and begin rehearsals Friday at First Methodist Church Play probably wiU be presented around the middle of May Choir of ChurchWill Sponsor Organ Recital The choir of Arlington Heights Methodist Church wiU sponsor an organ recital to be given at the church at 4 Sunday by Mrs Oliver Jeff us The program will feature a group of organ and piano duets with Mrs Fred Parker at the organ and Mrs Jeffua at the piano ermanert rth Civic ch ther heard 39 national many 0f ncertistic in dues S3 a con-he house heard Charles warthout Spalding i Jasc 5t Loui 5 e) Rach i Marian tein and ce What the old ation? of civic probable vould not for civic I private they are duty be- ie in the city the mem- rth Civic i for next ns impos- ow of the current I Joan Fontaine Comes Into Her Own as a Real Master of Characterization BY KATHERINE HOWARD is one of those movies that makes a critic want to grab a lantern and run through the streets like Gabby crying- its praises from door to door It packs a dramatic wallop that positively jolts you out of your seat For sheer suspense and mood has been unequaled This Writer can truthfully say that she ever has spent two more engrossing hours in a theater TWO MAIN REASONS There are many reasons why is an outstanding movie but chiefly the reasons are Joan Fontaine and Alfred Hitchcock Miss Fontaine happily has been released from the label de and emerges as just about the finest young emotional actress on the screen today would have been a fizzle as a movie if the characterization of the second Mrs De Winter had not been just right You can be aured that it is perfect -Hitchcock is the English director who can build a mood with a camera He have to depend upon the old hackneyed tricks of clutching hands and sliding doors to keep you on the edge of your seat You have seen his work in British-made movies such as 39 Lady and Man Who Knew Too but this is his first American-made movie and' Poland Shucks been everywhere seen just about every JfP5 them lnto taking a fort-thing and done it without one mo- "lghts Wlth on his yacht mentis discomfort (After six weeks fwu to us in a suitcase 1 testify to the im- kA? Sp pinch'hltting for portance of that last point) Contrast our boundless horizons Dan Cupid That ballet number Maureen This Week's Film Calendar Worth Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine Wednesday David Niven Olivia de Havilland Saturday Clarke Gable Joan Crawford Hollywood Walt Disney cartoon Friday to Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Palace Wayne Morris Margaret Lindsay Wednesday a Heather Angel John King Thursday "The Ghost Comes Frank Morgan Ann Rutherford Billie Burke Saturday "Chump at Laurel and Hardy Majestic James Cagney Pat George Brent Tuesday of Robert Montgomery Edward Arold Thursday Ann Southern John Carroll Saturday George Raft William Holden Jane Bryan New Liberty Happens at Sonja 'Henie Ray Milland Wednesday Randolph Scott Frances Dee and Robert Taylor Myr-na Loy Friday Jane Withers and Midnight Limited" Parkway Rides Again" James Stewart Marlene Dietrich Tuesday Take It With Jean Arthur James Stewart Thursday "Hunchback of Notre Charles Laughton Maureen Saturday Pat George Brent Wayne Morris Tivoli of Notre Tuesday Cary Grant Joan Bennett Wednesday Rides Saturday a Little Tough Guys Dead End Kids New Isis of Notre Tuesday Night of Pat Olympe Brad-na Thursday Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Saturday Goes Frank Morgan Virginia Weidler Varsity feature cartoon Tuesday a Jackie Cooper Betty Field Thursday Saturday Kid and the Cesar Romero Marjorie Weaver White Right Kay Kiser and band Wednesday and at Friday and Brings Up with th 25nto YSU' ntovi generation and axtenti viaed whfie dancing a chtld'tvIS solemn to the much abused moguls of Hollywood whose desire for profit makes it all possible Maybe some of their dramas are undramatic maybe a few of their comedies are not to be laughed but gee fellow tourists the backgrounds are really swell if only take time out to appreciate them JIMMIE FIDLER of the of embership I over by working other re- veil-doing hich doe? is to idible and the insti- id usually oters are president executive on whose and i the Dublin Operatic Society Does the ban against visitors to Penny Singleton mean that her condition is more serious than first reported? Jane Withers No 1 fan 15-year-old Jane Reynold of Indianapolis will be an all-Sum-mer house-guest in the Wither manse Add Jackie Cocgan gestures: The swank special built roadster being turned out for him by Bowman and Scwartz local stylists Boss a letter in this mail from a local philologist made a specialty of tracing the derivation of Irish names Just now doing cartwheels because discovered that the name which he claims was originally is from the Gaelic root and that if you're still following us meant rhymer or crooner! THE STAFF Copyright 1940 McNaught Syndicate) COULD IT BE THIS? Dear Freud: Your secretary been reading psychology lately had no trouble assaying your basic urge in the above epistle she snorted after a single glance that vacation time is near getting set for argument If I want to go to Hawaii give me a ticket to the News Reel Theater bid me bon voyage and do nip-ups if not back on the job at 9 ayem next Here boss is quota ot chaff and grain from the Hollywood gossip mill: California will profit by that silly decision of neighbor- Theatre Vt 111145 3033 Hemphill Today 2:30 to 11:00 KAY KATSER In RIGHT I Th lady beautiful shown In th top pictur it Joan Fontaine star of currant show at th Worth Thaatar which has been raeaiv- ing notices few movies get also has Laurence Olivier George Sander and Judith Anderson former stage notable in th cast nsed no introduction to the little fellow whe is paying for being bad by having cars and tail ror to Jiminy Cricket also in tha lower left picture This film is the weekend attraction at the Hollywood At lower right it Sonja Henie blond beauty and skating queen now at tha New Liberty in Happens at ltkb the NIGHT it brings A REAL Further reasons why one goes into ecstacies about are the fine performances of Laurence Olivier as Max De Winter master of Manderley and Judith Anderson of stage fame as the creepy housekeeper Mrs Danvers Shy and affectionate the second mistress of Manderley comes to the great mansion still completely dominated by the presence of its first mistress Rebecca who was drowned in a sailing accident more than a year before The unseen Rebecca was a woman of great beauty and brains She charmed every one who knew her Her clothes and her parties were legends The sinister Mrs Danvers who was her devoted slave has made a religion of keeping alive memory fresh flowers in her suite of rooms her clothes and personal effects just as she left them and the routine of running the huge household as she would have wished The second wife must battle these things as vv ell as the almost overpowering idea that she could never fill Rebecca's place in her husband's heart Miss brilliant acting dominates the movie up to the time of the confession scene when lgs offige TjVmter lifts the veil on the past i an ayeCiand reveals the real Rebecca Oli-Like- vier does this scene superbly but it is one of those scenes called by actors a Only one alteration has been trade in the plot of Daphne du best-selling novel and that is for the better for screen purposes Don't go to thinking you will see some sort of horror or freak movie It is not a Franken-sein but an intensely dramatic piece with all the suspense and emotional appeal you could cram into one movie Currently at the Worth theater the program also has a Popeye cartoon and Paramount news are prin- has much of experi- lose Roy Will NTSTC Instructor to Give Recital Wednesday ifcMYSTERYJ HT A) Pro Arte Quartet Concert Dates Set The Pro Arte String Quartet the oldest chamber music organization has chosen the dates for its ninth season The concerts will be given as formerly in Anna Shelton Hall under the sponsorship of the Club on Fridays five weeks apart The dates are as follows: Nov 1 Dec 6 Jan 10 Feb 14 and March 21 The members of the group are Marius Thor George Orum Clyde Whitlock and Samuel Ziegler Mrs George Conner is manager Sptcial to To Star-T tit grant DENTON April 6 Roy Will instructor in theory and piano at the North Texas State Teachers College since last Fall will make his initial appearance in Texas as a piano soloist in a recital to be given in the college auditorium at 8:15 Wednesday The program will be made up largely of modern music though Johann Sebastian No representative of the classical and Johannes Bal of the romantic school will be offered also All of the moderns to be played by Will except Ernst von Dohnanyi the late German composer are living They are Wallingford Rieggei an American living in New York Serge Prokofieff a White Russian and the Soviet composer Dimitri Schosta-kowitsch Will holds the Mus degree from Drake University Des Moines and the Mus from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester ElSalf fUll LENGTH NATURE IN TECHNICOLOR rtaSSSliG Trinity Choir Tour Is Completed The Trinity University Choir Waxahachie a group of 36 mixed voices under the direction of Alton Clay Pierce head of the music department of the school has completed its fourth annual tour during the course of which it visited Houston Port Arthur Denison Goose Creek McKinney Hearne Wichita Falls Jacksonville Gainesville Terrell and Mont Belvieu Pierce is a graduate of the Louisiana State University was awarded the degree by Chicago Musical College and did graduate study at University of Southern California and University of Michigan The worthy aim of the choir Is two-fold to foster interest in the highest type of church music and to contribute to the experience of its own membership by the study of the best in choral music Sam Collier son of Mr and Mrs Sam Collier Forest Hill is a member of the choir story Lady from Texas is in for considerable recognition in the movies Besides and due for a world premiere in Fort Worth one studio is planning a picture based on Died with Their Boots the book which gives the life of John Wesley Hardin Texas gun-fighter and another studio has announced the intention to bring the life of Henry to the screen Still another in production is from which deals with an angel of a Broadway show Incidentally Sue Clark former society editor of the Breckenridge American who lived here in the oil boom days will have a part in She writes a Hollywood column for some Texas papers BACK IN THE RACKET White was a film salesman back in the days when there were only one reels and Fatty Arbuckle was the big name in movies He deserted show business several years ago to do well for himself in the oil business But he found that there any cure for the bite of the show bug and now he is back in the business with his own theater the White theater at 3033 Hemphill Street It is open only at nights (7 to 11 m) during the week but operates from 2:30 to 11 on Saturday and Sunday The handsome new structure with 10c Till 1 NOW! Music Institute to Begin Five-Day Session Monday The five-day Fort Worth Music Schools North HiMount Monotones Ml HEME MPEMIGDI RAT mTlLANO ROBERT CUMMINGS near-ver have ic music subscribe ley are to ion never respect ent avail- aand and case of luring the opera- Ovate UUSHTKt THE HUNCHBACK OF HOTRE DAM ZKO RADIO FUtun Community singing musical programs and folk dancing and NEW TEXAS MOVIES Boyce House was back in town Saturday to say that he had been invited to assist in the writing of another Texas oil field movie this time dealing with the fire fighters Samuel Goldwyn plans to produce the movie from an original story this Fall House recently returned from Hollywood where he was technical advisor on now be-irg produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and based upon the short HOW Positively Last Times Today! Continuou From 11 to 11 to include Lily Pons rho had to hear be-f embership he finds closed to gle ice and rhythm bands 7:30 Churches Recreational Leaders (open session) Conducting music programs planning festivals and pageants songs and music for camps banquets gatherings THURSDAY 9:30 to 11:30 a Council of Social Agencies Church and Recreation Leaders Colored -Course of study -same as Tuesday 4 Special Music Teachers Public Schools North HiMount Auditorium Community singing and developing choruses 7:30 Recreational Leaders (open session) Recreation Building Making and playing simple instruments for home school church club and camp use such as pipes chimes rhythm instruments FRIDAY 11 to 12 a Texas Christian University Teachers Texas Christian University Course of study same as Monday 7:30 Recreational Leaders (open session) Recreation Building Due Here in Person Soon The secret of another woman darkened 3 their lovel David Selznick presents Daphne du -5 if 3c? i' Mi 'Ski 'VWk v' 2 starring EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION TO TAKE A A L0UREIICE OLIVIER JOHN FONTAINE Judith AndersonC Aubrey SmithGeorge Sanders Institute will be opened Monday under the sponsorship of the Recreation Department and will be conducted by Siebolt Frieswyk music specialist of the National Recreation Association Frieswyk was loaned by the association to conduct open sessions in simple rhythmic work English and American folk dancing community singing conducting music programs planning festivals and pageants songs and music for camps banquets and gatherings music appreciation and rhythm bands Meetings and their subjects are: MONDAY 9:30 to 11:30 a Council of Social Agencies Recreation Building group songs rhythm bands home-made instruments community singing and festivals 11 to 12 a Teachers Texas Christian University Public school music music appreciation 7:30 Orchestras and Bands Bands orchestras symphonies conducting of music programs for festivals instrumental leadership music appreciation TUESDAY 9:30 to 11:30 a Council of Social Agencies Church and Recreation Leaders Colored A church and recreation music music for festivals and assemblies I County Schools Recreation Building Community singing simple rhythm group songs home-made instruments puo lie school music 7:30 Recreation Leaders (open session) Recreation Building rhythmic work English and American folk dancing community singing WEDNESDAY 9:30 to 10:30 a Council of Social Agencies Recreation Building Course of study same as Monday II a Council of Parent-Taech-ers Association Rosemont School Auditorium Music appreciation songs and song leading 4 Primary Teachers Public Vsi v- sjv 4 v- v'y -N V- SB i APR 15 th MAT and NITE Mr Stewart Goes to Townl JAMES STEWART Marlene Dietrich Mischa Auer "DESTRY RIDES AGAIN" Take It With MAJESTIC! 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