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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1939 A r. ews of the Stage and Screen Latest Idea Parley Is Held For STANLEY Richard CarNon, Lana Turner and Roscoe Karns in Dancing Co-Ed." FULTOX Ida Lupino and Basil Rathlone in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." PEXX Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in "Babes in Arms." Film emiy How Press Agent and His Aides Map Attack Is Disclosed. J-r -12 By Frederick C. Othman United Frefs Hollywood Correspondent. HOLIAYOOD, Oct.

20. We were in the conference room at Paramount today where the publicists were deciding how to make' America conscious of a motion picture entitled "Buck Benny Kides This film will feature a radio star named Jack Benny, a polar bear called Carmichael. and a dusky comic named Rochester. Boss Press Agent De JLapp and a I nit 1 i--ibArtJ. LIBERTY aT WQ.p 25c to IP i dozen helpers were mapping their attack upon the public.

Mr. De Lapp: "We don't want to overlook this Mr. Rochester. And i VM0 we might even go to Reno for the nremiere to cash in on the dude i i ranch stuff." Mr. Churchill: "We cant find us a Carmichael.

Polar bears are hard to tame." Mr. Ashbaush: "I know a trained brown bear named 'Big Ifc jinn tt 4 Couldn't we peroxide him?" Mr. Bosquet: "They whitened two tigers for the last Anna Mae Wong lit uu 1' I i 1 1 i -Y if- I mi 1 i nicture." Mr. Churchill: "It's dangerous to TED WEEflS AND HIS ORCHESTfA i 1-: i "Are any of the paint a bear." Mr. Holloway: pirls set vet?" A CO-ED vt- ra Tjinn- "Not vet.

but ho fniir of 'em. And the Fri On S' Ahknft Hancers. Thev ought to be swell for roto leg art." Miss Messer: "They'll be wearing i fin summer clothes. We've already got FAST AND FURIOUS" "PRIDE OF THE BLUGeAS in SEXATOli- WARNER Ann Sothern and Franchot Tone in "Fast and Furious. Jonrad Veitlt and Valerie Hobson in "U-Boat ALV1X iVlice I'aye and Don Ameclie "Hollywood Cavalcade." fgT Stsn-ey and fvi Livingstone Ir-rrrrrrR ft Mir' Rav Pearl Returns To Green's Mondav The New Films HARLEM CASINO DANCELAND 1714 renter Ave.

fte. Court (us ireeiilee. Manager SUNSET ROYALE ENTERTAINERS 1 5-Swing Aces-1 5 AiTsmm 8 Whirlwind Acts 8 1 av 8:30 a tieup with a manufacturer." Mr. De Lapp (in an aside): "Where's Johnny Engsted?" Mr. Brooks: "He's out looking for a stained glass window." Mr.

De Lapp: "Oh." Miss Coghlan: "The fan magazines should go for some Easter art." Mr. De Lapp: "Let's get Benny in a jackrabbit roundup." Mr. King: "Maybe we can have a picture of a jackrabbit pulling Benny out of a hat." Mr. Do Lapp: "Well if we can't get a live carmichael. we'll have to have a stuffed bear for the stills." Mr.

Brooks: "There isn't a stuffed bear in Hollywood. We've looked." Miss Coghlan: "I understand Benny is afraid of horses." Mr. Brooks: "Anyhow he has agreed to sit on a horse, if we can find one that can rear safely." Mr. De Lapp: "What about Benny's Maxwell auto?" Mr. Huston: "Maybe we can find a guy named Maxwell who will sue Benny for defaming the family name." Mr.

Mills: "Let's get Benny to write a magazine story on how to tame a polar bear." Mr. Holloway: "What we need is a good layout of Pratt Falls." Mr. Del Valie: "Can't we get a by-line story by the bear on how he became a star?" After an absence of two years, during which time they have played most of the ace spots in Babes in Arms" Comes to the Venn; Stanley Gets "Dancing Co-Ed." By Harold W. Cohen MAKE YOU ftSELF AT HOME SIXTH ST. AT THE and they're always welcome.

Maestro Weems grows bigger, figuratively and not physically, and better with each passing year, following the trends and keeping up smartly with what's what and who's who in the band business. A personable fellow himself, he also directs a personable and talented crew and everything they do is out of the upper drawer. Perry Como still remains Mr. Weems' ace-in-the-hole with a voice that soothes and satisfies, and the other specialists, too, are in the groove down through the stunning Marvel Maxwell, the orchestra's new feminine vocalist; Elmo Tanner, the whistler; Red Ingle, the comedy clarinetist: Rex arms. Miss Oarland is his girl friend and she's supposed to have Playhouse Set For Getaway Lot of Newcomers Cast In Opening Show.

The Pittsburgh Playhouse opens its sixth season next Tuesday with "I Want a Policeman," by Rufus King and Milton Lazarus. The cast of the mystery-comedy has been selected largely from among the people who appeared at the recent talent hunt conducted by Director Frederick Burleigh. Although the company includes many people who have not previously appeared with the Playhouse acting company, all of the players are experienced performers, many of them having had several seasons of stock engagements. Tallye Dunston. cousin of Tullu-lah Bankhead.

heads the cast. Listed among the otner newcomers to the Playhouse are Jacques Les the Mid-West and East, Ray Pearl and his orchestra return to Bill Green's Casino, on Route 51, Monday night for an indefinite a ment. Buddy Madison is the featured vocalist with the band. the lead but Miss Preisser, who plays a one-time baby star of the cinema, replaces her temporarily when she agrees to angel the pro If musicals are dead, "Babes In Arms" should bring them back to life. It is one of 1939's brightest entertainments, a gay, rollicking, tuneful frolic in which Mr.

Micksy Rooney nominates himself for president, vice president, secretary and treasurer of the Screen' Actors Guild. The kid's magnificent. He's also pretty wonderful. It's definitely Mickey's show. Of course.

TODAY 'mAMMURESoF SHEPJOCKIIOUM BASIL RATHBONE NIGEL BRUCE -IDA LUPINO ALAN MARSHAL duction. And that's about all there is to Kelly, the guitarist, and little Mary the roots, but it doesn't begin to tell of the delightful string of entertaining events that springs from these roots. Just take the departmental word for it, "Babes In Judy Garland is present, too. and Pearl replaces Kay Pearl. Lang Thompson, whose farewell dancing session at Green's will start this afternoon at 5:30 follow Lee, the brilliant young canary who once served a stretch in the very helpful, and so are Betty Jaynes.

Douglas McPhail. June movies. It's a good show, standard ing the Pitt-Duquesne football Arms" is the show of the season, and long live marvelous Mickey! Preisser (keep an eye- on this young lady). Charles Winninger, Weems. and nobody will go away from this package of entertainment game at the Stadium.

I Tj ikA 4 "f- dissatisfied. Guy Kibbee and ever so many other The outside acts Mr. Weems has talented people, still "Babes In tnutf 13 St 2V.il I I7he PIPES lie, Philip Horn, David Brewer, "Dancing Co-Ed" I I i Ml! Arms" belong to the pride and brought along with him also rate John Baker, Edward Hunt, Bar Dancing Every Nite! joy of the Rooneys. even more so several nods Fritz and Jean Hu NKLtiON MVrr.KS OKCHKSTRA bara Cratty. Jane Van Duser, Bob Friden and John Larkin.

Tom than any of the Hardy pictures bert, for their drunk dance which improves with age; Paul Winchell, Ml OVJ.K HAK.K III I I hi have in the past. mot. playwright-fugitive from the Mr. Ashb-iugh: Let send raim Buck out to get us a bear. He oughtn't to charge too much." Mr.

Del Valle: "A picture showing Benny being thrown off a mechanical horse should be funny." Mr. Mills: "If we can't got a hear, we ought to have a bear rug. snvvvay." Miss Coghlan: "We must start a nation-wide search for the oldest Maxwell." Mr. Holloway: "Then we can pet Benny to speed in it down Hollywood boulevard and have him arrested." Mr. Chatfield: "I've got an idea for a giveaway, aluminum coins that sav 'one Mr.

King: "I believe we should get a double for Benny to be bucked off a horse for the Para I Not only that, but Mickev seems for a neat and amusing little pattern of the Edgar Bergen-Charlie Playhouse boards since "Hold Your Hats" two seasons ago, returns for to he trying less here than he usually does as Andy Hardy and the amazing 18-year-old is twice as ef McCarthy trick, and the Hudson an important role in the comedy. SLVER GKILL MANUEL COXTBEDIS' CMfSTBH -i CflNCMITft Utf Wi ml at Wonders, two attractive young TURN 8CK THE (MRS WITH fective. Obviously there's nothing Ben Sufrin, seen last season in the Moliere farces, has a role as has ladies who are whirling dervishes and certainly aptly billed. STANLEY. Miss Lana Turner, the wahoomph girl; Mr.

S. Sylvan Simon, the director, and college should get together oftener. They met up first in the bright "These Glamour Girls" not so very long ago and now the same campus, the same cutie and same commander have turned to "Dancing Co-Ed" and with the same results. "Dancing Co-Ed" is pleasant nonsense generously gagged to meet collegiate reflexes, sprayed nicely with excellent comics and with an added fillip, of even more that the spectacular half-pint can't do. He sings and dances and plays Fred Nicholas, who appeared in "Meet My Sister." a dramatic scene like no other juvenile in the business; he imitates Clark Gable, Lionel Barry-more, President Roosevelt and (in Heads This Way In Levy Farce MICKEY JUDY Rockin' the Tovn' Next for Casino mount newsreel.

They ought to go IJP.OONEY GmUUU blackface) Eddie Leonard, and he puts on a one-man show- that even France's Sacha Guitrv would be for that." BABES IN ARMS" Mr. Bosmiet: "If there any IS hard pressed to duplicate. Extra! M-G-M Passin? Parad Mary Joyce, long a Pittsburgh favorite, comes to the Casino tomorrow at midnight for a week's body in the cast about to get a ihpv oufrht to have him do i.E3 Don't, however, get the idea from importance to the jitterbugs, in the presence of Artie Shaw and his band. Mr. Shaw has but one line of dialogue, or is it two, for which all this that "Babes In Arms" is Fitipatrick Travcltalk "TARTS FR1DAV it in Reno, "while the picture is in production." Kl I 1 -I vT.ll i just a display window for a Rooney -1 Mr.

Simon can take a bow, but Mr. De Lapp: "Unless we can James Cagney Priscilla Lana II KI Kt -''1 1 il I Ik i i tour de force. He merely controls the majority vote and sparks the talk him out of it, altogether. 1 1 1 1 The Roaring Twenties" he speaks eloquently through his sizzling clarinet and makes those scenes of mob violence on the "TV fir 'k i It entertainment. Elsewhere about The hoys went on from there, ffi 11" d- s-a far into the night.

They hold tnese dance floor seem almost authentic the premises, you will discover a first-libretto, a score that's better than first-rate and a general at Hurry! Hurry! Ends Tonite! idea meetings the start of every picture and a stenographer takes The narrative tells how Miss Turner, a professional dancer, is engagement in i n' the Town," which also features Bob Carney, musical comedy and night club favorite, and his two daughters, Jean and Roberta. In addition to Miss Joyce, the other dis-robers in the show are Patri barBtH unini S14.SU If'' I' i .1 QCC Breath-Taking 0CL Fight to Finish mosphere of let's-have-fun-and- spotted at Midwestern University down each word they say. Then the hair besins to fly. Woe is the lots-of-it. The net result is a pic so she can win the dancing co-ed I QPF Winnef Flash UE-C.

to Victory. ture that sends you out of the actor who balks at co-operation. contest Monarch Pictures is spon OK A. NT 2orl Bit Wk! Son Amrrhe-AUce Faye "HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE" 2nd liffiirit Wrk "I -BOAT 29" Tnnrad lot alrip H'son soring to find a partner for one "IN AMI. theater determined to write a letter to the editor of the Metro-Goldwyn-Maver "Times" demand Last Red-Hot Thrill-Packed Session! of their big stars.

Mr. Richard La ICZMJlJLl EL Sanson is a scnooi editor with a Where to Go When to Go ing more like it. Joyce. nose for phonies and he is sure the O'iSKII''' i'niNP0l movie stunt isn't on the level. Miss Among the many surprises of this engaging children's hour, add 'THE WIZARD OF OZ" Turner, however, quickly disarms "Hamlet." to- MXO.v Maurice Evans in the fact that Mr.

Busby Berkeley JikIv CirlaiKi. I.ahr. Jj-k directed it. Remembering Mr. Berkeley from the days of his War cia Joyce (no relation) and Evelyn Brooks.

John Barry, one of the few Irish comics left in burlesque, helps Carney in "Rockin the Town's" fun-making and the remaining principals are Bobby Burns and Jack LaMont I tl I Tyrone Power-Mvrn Lv I "THE RAINS CAME" ner Brothers bondage, when he was i i I jo nil in1-1 i day at 1 and 7:30. ftHK.M.tY The New York Children's Theater presents the Lilacs." This morning at 8:30. Al.VI.N Alice Faye and Don Ameche in "Hollvwood Cavalcade." Starts at 11:22. 1:32. 5:52.

and 10:12. ART CINEMA 'The First World War." and "The Ware Complete shows at 11:30, 12:40, 3:06, 5:34, 8:02 and 10:42. "THE HOl'SK OF fc.R" Plus "SoniT" Like It Hot" him by enrolling as the young man's journalistic assistant and proving to his satisfaction that Midwestern at least is spotless. Incidentally, Miss Turner's wahoomph has never before been "in such great evidence and by this time, she must be America's No. 1 college sweetheart, in addition to being one of Metro-Goldwyn-May-er's most up-and-coming proper THE HEAT IS REALLY ON TONIGHT! DEAD END KIDS "THE KAIN Entertains Nurse "ANGELS WH THEIR FACES' Plue 'Tnlprrover fortor" A1HIS COCPON Will Admit" shooting hundreds of chorus girls in the dizziest collection of angles any nightmare ever conceived, it is somewrhat staggering to learn that he has been responsible for the brisk pace, the strict economy of movement and the business-like production numbers of "Babes In Arms." One thing is certain any I'BULLOOG ORUMMOND'S BRIDE our Kntlre Party at 25c Per Person! t' i .1 M'ER BARRY "Man Who Pared," w1h Charles iPiV Plus "TVnTate Trails" Cary Grant.

Jean Ar'hur "ONLr ANGELS HAVE WINGS'' ri'i-- 'Bfimance of the Grapewin and Jane Bryan, and Roehelie 1KACY Kl 'STANLEY an I I hi I i i Hudson 1n "Smuggled Carpo. Complete ties. Her work here is consistantly Terushka Hajmassey, who was Illona Massey's nurse when she was a baby and who has been in her family for three generations, has been brought to Hollywood by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer singing star. nhcws at 11. 1:10.

3:20, 5:20. 7:20 and 9:30. CASINO Zorita In her own show, and attractive, and Miss Turner's support is of the best, Mr. Carlson I vi. Ill I Ml way, just as Mr.

Berkeley went out with the old era in musicals, he has definitely come back with the renews his claim on approaching movie shorts. Stags at 12:30. 3:45. 7 Hit rem BILL GREEK'S uffi Thompson and 9:35. I HMIU AI.K rtKAI) Fl LTON "Adventures of Sherlock new.

AM. NEXT MONDAY TONITE WKKK ILLthRAHON STH ANNIVERSARY "Babes In Arms" had a pretty- Holmes." with Basil Rathbone. and "Stop. Look and Love." with William Frawiev. Complete shows at 11:10, 1:43.

Penny SinU uni (ir 1 ill's good parent on Broadway a few THE MIRADOR formerly Club Mirador, HO. 9332 DANCE SAT. SUN. NITE Krom 10 I. M.

to 5 A. M. 4:16. 6:49 and 9:22. seasons ago in the Rodgers Hart Spend Haliow'een at the MOSQUE Jean P.irker "PVKi Ni ft.NN Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland show of the same name, but it has Mm.

in "Babes in Arms." an, 1:4, 3:54, :02. 8:10 and 10:1. BRING YOVR OWN! NO CORKAGE been improved upon here, charged I'tIVe" mas8im: it.w 3:30 P. 8:30 M. with additional vigor, populated by- SENATOR "U-Boat 2V with Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson.

Starts at 11 4:40. 6:32, 8:24 and stardom; Leon Errol is a priceless clown as the dancing co-ed's father; Roscoe Karns lives up to the cinema's exaggerated idea of a cinema press-agent; Miss Ann Rutherford helps herself to a nice hunk of honors as Miss Turner's tutor, and there is a grand bit by-Chester Clute, as the ham actor Mr. Carlson hires to impersonate his busy father. In short, "Dancing Co-Ed" i3 a lively lightweight. On the Stage Ted Weems and his streamlined III, III I I "LADY OF THE Aotry "IN In-ne 1 1 I 1 i I iL" Come Early! FUN STARTS "KERNEL" AL MERCl'R'S NUT HOUSE Benefit Pittsburgh Police and Firemen's Permanent Band Fund HAS NO OTHER MEANS OF SUPPORT 25e.

sue, Sl.lio. JI.25, si. 50. 50c, si. oo si '5 1 50 mi l.lHA.(.i: WHITE TICKETS KR KESEK LI) 3 1 10:16.

more talented j'oungsters and measured to a slicker book and set of tunes. Now, as before, the kids of the neighborhood, all children STANLEY Lana Turner and Artie Shaw's hand in "DancmE Co-Ld and red MILXVALE I'HONE MI. 131 ilCKETS NOW AT MEEEUR'S, 604 W'JU ST. mm, Weems Orchestra. Picture at 10:30.

of unemployed vaudeville has- II LN lU.MWl"" i EDWARD EVERETT 1IORTON. Long-time star of the screen and one of its leading character comedians, Mr. Hort-on comes to the Nixon in person the week after next in Benn V. Ievy's old farce, "Springtime for Henry-" Leslie Banks did it originally on Broadway but Pittsburgh never saw the production. 12:50.

3:20. 5:50. 8:20 and 10:45. Stage 3 BI.OCKS FROM ATTO fcHOW beens, get together to show their at 12, 2:30, 5. 7:30 and parents there's a new spirit in show CLUB PETITE RITZS tVAKNEK Ann Sothern and Franchot Tone In "Fast and Furious" and "Pride tif the Blue Grass." with Gantry the Diru i nn ri I fit! business and the story revolves about the revue Mr.

Rooney Totliy Rff ton of Joy EarlT Bird Shows Dancing From P. M. RITZ HOTEL AIR-CONDITIONED -I? CRDWIi! Sally Filers "Tim launches with the village babes in orchestra are back with us again, Hreat. Complete shows at 11, 1:36, 4:12, 6:48 and.