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DAILY NEWS. LOS ANGELES, CAUF. r-, TWENTY-IHXL i-f-1 1 1 A Ya FRIDAY. AUGUST 12, Itis Stage Farce Freer in Movie Form 'The Texans Ride the Range Again Hes Always Been in the Theater Master James West is known aa Pud" to his public in the plsy "On Borrowed Time" at the Biltmore but when he is sway from It all, be is just Jimmy. However, for 'a professional man" with a stage career to look forward to, he feels James is much more ap- propriate, and Master James will have you know that lie has years of experience behind him.

He is now eight years old, but he says ever since he was a he had been interested in the stage. In Redwood CSty, 1 his home, James had his own theater consisting of a sand box in his mothers guest tags along with a few light sockets pilfered from the house. --Herq he produced and actmLW own plays dialog and being made up as he went along with a few Ideas thrown in front the audience, the neighborhood kids. On pinning Master West' down to actual facta he will cautiously admit that this is his first' pro-' fessional role on the stage and his experience is limited to' but a few weeks since the play had Its West Coast premiere, and he Is quits thrilled over his good fortune of with such a noted actor-aa Victor Moore, the -star of On Borrowed Time," and incidentally James- himself is considered by the critics of San' Francisco and Los Angeles as a great little actor for his naturalness and unaffected play- ing of the character, Pud." Additional Drama News c5 Following Page ADOLPH BOLM is shown rehearsing Ecclestoa Moran and Sergei Temeff la. a Bavhrfan sword fight which wlU be a feature of the Bohn ballet in Max Reinhardts production of Goethes "Faust," opening Tuesday evening, August 2 at Pilgrimage theater.

Getting Plenty for Your Money Showgoers will get their moneys Worth in the entertainment scheduled for the main i performance tonight at the Or- Hollywood Army Highest Paid in World The only standing army in the world that marches under first one flag and then another as long as they get their 211 a day (the worlds highest soldiering wage) is located In Hollywood. Hie commander of this unique By SARA BOYNOFF Taking the hint from boxoffice -surveys which showed the Industry that what the public wanted was action, Paramount studios made a picture called -The Texans, which is so full of action that there is no time for story. It proceeds not by continuity, but by a series -of upheavals. With Randolph Scott and Joan Bennett In the starring roles, The Texans? opened yesterday at the Paramount "theater, and It can truthfully be said that there la never a dull moment. Whenever a storm or fire or fighting dies down 1 enough for the actors to take up the thread of the story.

It becomes obvious that. the. best thin that could happen would be another Background for The Texans Is the recftnitruction" era follow the Civil war under the guise of northern, paternalism. many ruthless individuals used their positions to fleece the' ranch owners of land, and cattle bv outrageous taxes. Chief badman is Robert Barrat, who is so bad that he even gets the northern troops to help him trap the Prestons (Joan Bennett and May Robson).

Lieutenant Nichola (Harvey Stephens) eventual explanation the Prestons is- that he never approved of the whole thing. In order to salvage their cat- tie. the Prestons, under the guidance 'of Kirk Jordan (Randolph Scott) decide to drive their herd to Kansas and there sell the to the Northerners. From Texas to Kansas is a long trek, and the 1500 mile Journey afforded writers Bertram Millhauser. Paul and William Wlster Haines ample opportunity to write in action" sequences whenever the stray showed signs of slowing down.

There are a snow storm, dust storm. Indian attacks, brush -fire and skirmishes -with, the ankee troops. For photography ing these bang bang events, credit should be given Theodor Sparkuhl. The personal element' of. conflict In 'romance is injected la the Introduction of Alan Baa-ford (Robert Cummings) who is so Intense a Southerner that, after escaping from the Shelby slaughter In Mexico, he decides to Join up with the Ku Klux Klan.

MIm Bennett, afo a staunch Southerner, by this time sees the error of her ways and announces that the issue is no longer north vs. south, but America. May Robson turns in her usual performance of. the tough but tender old lady white Barrat --la a moat case hardened -Neither Miss Bennett nor Scott is required to act Others in the cast are Walter -Brennan, Francis Ford and Raymond Hatton. James Hogan directed.

The only difference between The Texans" and a bona fide Western is1 that it 'is a serial climber. On the stage Fanchon and Marco present Rodeo Revels" in keeping with the theme of the picture. Maestro Rube Wolf leads the band while Kenny Gardner stays for a sixth week, singing an all request program. Other footlight entertainers are Earl and Frances, Jackson and Blackwell, Felix Valle and the Fanchonettes. Holiday Frank Tuttle, who just completed directing Bing CroAtiy and Frsnciska Gssl in Paris Honeymoon, has gone for a two weeks vacation at a dude ranch in Colorado.

0WL1SH0WIT0NIGHT By HARRY MINES Freed from the unavoidable -limitations of the proacenium arch, the fun contained In Sam and Bella Spewacka savagely satiric farce on Bollywood, Boy Meets Girl, been enlarged upon now that it haa -stepped before the roving eye of the camera. Where In the play, the ac-tlop was kept within the gaudy office of the pompous producer," C. Elliot Friday, the story In serf'll form, roves anf. unfettered all over the studio lot? Vumh pouatowB and Hollywood theaters yesterday offered 'tber world premiere showing of the TfUm "which Lloyd Bacon lias', directed and to whose cause'. Marie J.

WUsou and Messrs. dmmep Cagney, Pat Dick Foran and Ralph Bellamy have given their oervlees." planned Idiocy of it all. Warners, in the movie version prepared by. the have? pulled none of the punches. Hollywood and the quaint method.

of cinema making, come in for unmerciful ribbing. The humor cornea across to the audience in mighty gusts. Noisy, loud and' determinedly slapstick, the picture has brisk pace and should prove bright and merry especially to those who are acquainted with life, routine and personalities on a studio lot Borne of the subtler points will be lost upon those who are vague as to the inside workings of pictures. Cagney and OBrien are the harum-scarum writers, Benson and Law, who raise -no end-of. havoc for good old Royal pro-.

ductlons and find themselves in and out of major and minor crises involving waitress Susie, her accidental baby, Happy," who becomes a Mg star, Mustering Larry Toms, hero of many westerns, the elegant Mr. Friday, and even the mysterious B. ever- all at Royal. The role, of earnestly dumb but good hearted and will-' ing, finally was given to Miss Wilson after arousing aa much conjecture as over Scarlett O'Hara whq. would play it.

In her. first important acting opportunity, Wilson pitches in and does a musingly good-job of vacuoug. Susie although ahe more for laughs and is less believable than Susie's ori-' giiiator, Joyce Arling, who even at her most wide eyed didnt seem to be acting at all. Bellamy does a fine bit of fooling aa Friday, the producer, constantly hectored by trumpet blowers, Indians, Benson and Law, and indignant calls from B. K.

As thick headed Larry, matinee idol of the wide open spaces, Dick Foran is also excel-. lent. Frank McHugh is his agent and Bruce Lester make much out of serious minded Rodney Bevans, an extra England who meets Susie one hectic morning in Fridays office. Others, wending their way In and out, are Penny Singleton, Dennie Moore, Harry Seymour, Bert Hanlon, James Stephenson, and last, but far from least, Master Paul Clark aa Happy. When Were You Born? a cluttered and monotonous murder mystery wrapped around the subject of astrology, calls for Anns May Wong, Margaret Lindsay, Anthony Averill and James Stephenson, among to labor with reams of dialog.

The only personable person Is Jeffry Lynn In a brief appearance ns a newspaper reporter. Love and Curses," latest Merrie Melodic" cartoon from the Leon Schlesinger studios, is shown as a short subject. Done In sophisticated style, this cartoon caricatures a Gay Nineties" playlet. To the Beach Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Astaire and Randy Scott left for Newport Beach where they plan to fish for marlin. buzzsgw -voice, who -wreck-a film army. by staring into every camera. lens on the field. We have to watch closely for this sort of seen stealing and grab the guy out of the army lineup at once." In Hollywood, Jack- said, some fellows react a little differently perhaps to drills than they would in an honest to gosh army.

They're actors out here, who want to get ahead! In' a real army, moat guys figure sooner or later theyll just be shot" Russia Bids Wally Ford received an offer to appear at the Moscow Art theater-with lessons In Russian thrown in free. srmy-is Jack -time United States marine, who now has a collection of flags from every corner or the world under which his private army marches, fights, drills and encamps, hut never gets out of the confines of the cinema capital. Jack recently fought the World war over; again for battle and encampment scenes in Irving Berlin's Alexanders Ragtime the 20th Century-Fpx cavalcade of Berlin melodies now at Loew's State and the Chinese theaters. Oddly enough Pennick, square Jawed, lanky, six foot -three, Reclines to carry any rank other than sergeant the rank he held in the. marine corps in spite of the fact he haa commanded aa many aa 2000 soldiers upon occasion, While drilling his men for encampment scenes, Pennick had some of the worlds most expensive soldiers under his command.

Among these in his army for the film scenes in Alexanders Ragtime Band" were Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, Jack Haley, Chick Chandler, John Carradine, Douglas Fowley, Eddie Collins and Stanley Andrews. In ordinary times, Pennick maintains a working army nucleus of 200 men who can in turn drill other men in the manual of arms of any country in the world and have them ready In a day's time to face the camera. Facing the camera, Pennick explained, is as dreadful to many as actual firing Those who cannot overcome their camera shyness, of course, are dropped from the army rolls lm-diately. There are ham actors, too," Jack pointed out in his rough. 19,562 PEOPLE 'CHEERED JAMES CAGNEY BACK TO THE SCREEN IN THIS 1 HOWLING COMEDY I DOUBLE BILL with loth feitires iitstaidiif merit! A- Stage Attractions Spoken Drama pheumtheater.

i Among, the features' will be fhe regular. Friday Amateur night, with, thenonprps competing for top honors and cash prizes, and also, the Dane- ing Topics jamboree. The current stage bin has The Black and Tan Revue pi 1938" featuring Lea Hite and his band. Peg Leg Bates, Hattie Noel, the Brown Sisters and Chocolate. The.

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