Daily News from Los Angeles, California • 19

ft i DAILY. HEWS, 1)S ANGELES, CAUF, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 16, 1939- NINETEEN Tracy Stars' at UA, Fox Wilshire RAVES RAPS By HARRY MINES Drama Editor' SOME actors have to start from scratch in building' their careers. Such was the case of thetalent utilized in Land of Oz Invaded By Camera. By HARRY. MINES In a foreward to The Wizard of Oz" a message is flashed to all from those whom magic 'made possible tlie movie.

Its content is thus: For nearly. 40 years this story has given faithful service time to the Young in Heart; and Gullivers Travels, currency in production at Max Fleischers studio. As you knort, Gullivers Travels is a fea- ture length cartoon subject to be released by Paramount. Its an adaptation of the Jonathan Swift classic. The principal characters in the picture are Gulliver, the prince, the princess, a couple of kings, a war lord, three spies and a pompous personality who carries the name of Gabby.

Casting these roles proved quite a tedious and difficult affair for the producer. called a conference. The greatest dramatic adventure knotfn to man Is recon- atructed itr Darryl Trzaaucks Stanley and Livingstone, epen-. Ing today at the United Artiste and Fox Wilshire theaters. Lending a touch of light comedy to the new dual bill Is Quick Mil-, lions, adventure of the Jones' Family.1 Spencer Tracy is cast as 'Henry M.

Stanley, one of the world's greatest newspapermen. With Sir Cedric Hardwicke in the role of Livingstone, the film costars Nancy Kelly and Rich-: ard Greene In the romantic roles. Quick Millions featurea Jed Prouty, Spring Bylngton, Ken Florence- Roberts, and 1 the rest of the popular Jones Family. i has been powerless to put its kindly philosophy out of fash-ipn, Jo those of you who have been faithful to it in return and to the Young in Heart we dedi-. cate this picture.

And so the spirit In which to accepts tfie captivating cinema Libre 'Belgique, patriotic anti-German1 Brussels newspaper, were loaned by the British war museum. Niirse Edith Cavell" is important in the eyes of the film industry which will view the preview totnorrow night For it is the first time that England, has come to Hollywood to. make a picture. Both Wilcox and' Miss Neagle, who journeyed from London- for the enterprise expect 'to do another in the cinema capital within the near future. They like it here.

SHEER THEATRE, Griffith Park 8,30 THE M- 2 Through August 27 Dark Monday and Tuesday W.PJL Palatal Mills Prtjsct ROBERT STACK, local boy and sou- of Mrs. J. Langford Stack, a leading figure la Lot Angeles social and musical circles, makes his camera bow at Universal opposite Deanna Durbin In First Kiss. Stack Is the one who bestows the kiss upon Deanna. POPULAR PRICE ran starts TODAY! leiW'IBOOUA cm at 5pi CUXBIfASI AT ivut A i -c I Yet with oil his wiser dry, Os'l old oiler of amgic couldnt Love worked miracles as are kero sproad boforo on tko screen most amazing story over conceived mind of man at tko and of tko rainbow.

Technicolor beauty tkat truly tko rainbow to skame players In' the costl of midget Munckkinsl of Giant Winkiotl of flying Monkias toller tkan oak troosl Lavender korsesl City carved a single gloaming owoll tkat talk, kand out apples twice tko coit of tko picture over made boforo, and worth ovary cent of it We need plajra for. our pic so draw me some, he' informed his staff, Thats all, everybody!" The meeting was the two weeks that followed, more than 15,000 drawings were examined by Fleischer. Dozens of the drawings were animated and given screen tests to see if the personality sought in the1 drawing came over" to the audience. cos- tumea and makeup changes took "Place as suggestions for perfec- 1 caijie in from those who looked at the teats in the jection room. Finally, the types for Gullivers Travels" were chosen and model charts made up' in detail for the guidance of artists during the picture.

These models are so detailed that even profiles of shoes worn by the characters are. drawn. One specification was that Gullivers right pants leg be always unfastened and his right nock be constantly sagging. The crown on the head of the Lilliputian king was ordered to be kept slightly cocked and his feet one-half the width of his lower body. A Miami nightclub entertainer, a human being, by the way, served as the model after which Princess Glory was fashioned.

The wrinkle was in transferring the real life measurements of the singer into terms of Lilliputians. The movie measurements had to be very tiny as In one acene in Gulliver's Trav-cis." Prince David and Princess ulftry dance in the palm of Gul- vlivers hand. JURING the filming of Nurse Edith Cavell, many unusual incidents were constantly happening. Letters came in from al- most every English speaking country offering assistance to the authenticityof the picture. Director Herbert Wilcox and star Anna Nfeagteread them all.

Friends of Edith Cavell revealed hitherto unknown high- lights of the martyred nurse'e life and death. Relatives, Including two surviving sisters, were located. Fernand Visele, who served aa butler to Brand Whitlock, the American war time minister in Brussels, agreed to play the same role In the picture. Herbert Hoover loaned Wilcox two copies Tit the Brussels edition of Le Soir, dated August 5 and 18, 1914. He had saved them since the time he was head of the committee for relief in Belgium and United States food administrator during the World war.

"Also, the original copy of the official order of Miss Csvell's execution and copies of La IONITE immii PwtJly Pulimti i in MAJOR STUDIO TUTtlE nt OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE 6IE601Y LA CATAS KK1TI0IAL P10MCT10I GDIGER ROGERS MVMW UDRoarimtnral mmmmL IJ-HWC-II fcAySANDTT ROSS OKKIf I AUIR chronicle is lmmedlaielyestal lished. Caught la the relentless eluteh of a Kansas Cyclone, Dorothys whirlwind excursion Into a world peopled by witches, fairies. Munchklns and other quaint folk provides swift and exMikrnting adventure. PalntedW the luxurious colors 1 of technicolor" photography, the L. Frank Baum fantasy one of the most treasured of childrens stories, reached the screen of Grauman's Chinese theater last night in a formal premiere show- ing.

Today it is also to be found at Loewfc State. First and foremost a 'technicians triumph, the film version of The Wizard of Oz" offers a constant aeries of surprises in fascinating sights. The frail, weatherbeaten farmhouse Is spun like a top through the air when the cyclone scoops It from Its resting place In the Kansan soil. Then, kerplunk! In a place alive with the radiance of bright reds, Hues, greens and yellows, the house crashes. Dorothy, with her dog Toto, stepping from the wreckage, finds she has been transported from a dull, prosaic landscape into 0.

wilderness of wonders. She is surrounded by merry little men and women kicking up their heels with happiness. They are the Munchklns who have come to hall her as their savior. For Dorothys house has crashed the cruel witch who had been ruling them. Soon Glinda the Good, whose means of travel is a large, pink bubble, comes to welcome the little girl.

Then Dorothy, wearing the magical ruby slippers, starts her long trek to the Emerald City. Here she hopes to enlist the aid of the Wizard in seeing that she gets safely home to her Aunt Em in Kansas. Dorothy encounters three companions on the road, each of whom has dream he hopes te realise. The Scarecrow seeks brain. The Tin Woodman hopes fervently for a heart.

The Cowardly Lion wants courage. (Continued on next page) PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR ikf ji. A-V Ai suck yoo Tko la tko Filmed In puts J937 dreds Army SwarnFI Flowers from Trees Fiboodat greatest fIs Everybody Happy? Lewis Is in Town A battered silk topper la the only thing high hat about the' latest great personality who opens an exclusive one week engagement today at the Orpheum theater. Ted Lewis, who with his orchestra and entertainers provide mirth and melody in the 1940 Happineaa Revue has tipped hie famous hat to stage audiences for many years and is indelibly connected with songs he helped make famous that include When My Baby Smiles at Me, Peanuts and Me and My Shadow. Among the features appearing with Ted' Lewis in his Happiness Revue are the Radio Aces, singing and comedy stars of the airwaves; Sylvia Manon and company, the world's most thrilling adagio' foursome; Shelton Brooke, composer of Some of These Days" and other hits; Charlie (Snowball) Whittier, Ted Lewis shadow; Loretta Lane, dancer de luxe; Maria Austin and many others.

Accompanying the stage show, the screen offers the first showing in Los Angeles of The Flying Irishman with the title role played by Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan. MLiUmm rtrs-tsMursiirws CM CINEMA 4th ll N. Wwt.ro. HI. Rtl PIirORMANCCS, Mi.

till Safi, Nil. Caat fraa I BIG EK i i tvuif 7th and LIMITED EflGAGEMEMT! Mi' RROaftWAV See the Wonder Skaw Now. Corned Early. Bring 'tko Kiddies to tko Matinee DOORS OPEN EARLY IfiCrS STATE It 1 48 AIL CHINESE it 10:39 AialWr tisMti of CaffataiJ JETxfta ffaata I "ttMlM iraof lAtTH" HELD OVER IT POPULAR DEMAMD SENSATIONAL BAUNESE FILM 'SON OF A WITCH' HOIIYWOOO NIAR HIOHiAND 1 i. if.