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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: MONDAY, JULY 27, 1942 ews Stage and Screen The Whole Family Thanks You THE great picture born You will fondly remember brave, young Mrs. forever! Love'in wartime mighty theme this does it full justice! Hollywood By Hugh Dixon- The Monday Wash HOLLYWOOD, July 26 One of Orson Welles' aides brought back news from South America that the Boy Wonder spent several hours in the hoosegow down there for tossing highball glasses out his hotel window. Mack Grey actually proved the other day that he is George Raft's shadow. The same evening that George and Betty Grable kissed and made up, so did Mack and Jean O'Donnell. The biggest song hit of the year, "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle," was knocked "out by Joseps Lilley and Frank Loesser in ex Lfc mm Proudly Pmtnt The Screen 'i Great Contribution 9 Our Tnne f0 iHiir 1 AT THIS fS THIATItl i Here is of this war! Miniver is a picture 'fi IS is.

1 i th IJWIIIllllMililuiJ Dm mm a niauai, -aV BO I fcfcl STARTS THURSDAY William PO VEIL Hedy LAMARR "CROSSROADS" I NOW 40c to 12:30 whirh Four Cohans, from left to right, ,1. ne agney, James Cagncy, Rosemary Dp and Walter Huston, take a collective, how scone from Warner Brothers' hid for the 1942 A. i lrmy Award, "Yankee Doodle Dandy." A movie biography of George M. Cohan, it also features Joan Jeslie, and will be screened here today for the delegates to Warner Brothers regional sales convention although no local release is planned until around Iabor Day. i lJ ii Lj i actly 25 minutes.

Director George. Marshall needed a doggerel lor Fred McMurray to sing in "The Forest Rangers" and needed it in a hurry. He asked Lilley and Loesser to see what they could do and half an hour later they delivered JJJ. Nancy Kelly is the leading candidate for the Mary Anderson role in Hunt Stromberg's screen version of "Guest In the House." Latest slogan of the Publicity-for Victory Council: "A Salvage Heap Will Build A Jeep." When the Paramount press department reported that two of its contract writers, M. F.

K. Fisher and I. A. L. Diamond, were an item, Sid Skolsky cracked: "An item my eye.

they're practically an alphabet." The Max Baers have an October date with the stork. Hy Gardner reports that a mid-western defense factory is pulling a dramatic trick to wake up workers who take days off without just cause. Instead of docking them, the plant pays off the men in German marks! According to word from Camp Barkeley, Texas, one of the most popular soldiers down there is Private Lew Ayres. The 400-mlnded in Hollywood are al ready laying out their lines for the privilege of entertaining the Kings of Greece and Yugoslavia when they arrive here shortly for a month's visit. Let's All Do Jt Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger have written a honey of a tune for the treasury department in "I'm Saving A Dime Out of Every Dollar." The Pat Rooney marriage to his former daughter-in-law, Janet Reade, was first itemed here months ago.

Maurice Evans is 1-A and will go into the army as a buck private before the summer is up. Don't miss the new Warner short, "Divide and Conquer." Gordon Hollingshead, the producer, and Lew Seiler, who directed it, have turned out a telling documentary on the Fifth Column menace, showing exactly how it levelled France. Jean Pierre Aumont, who was so-o-o in love with Joan Crawford, is consoling himself with Hedy Lamarr, which ain't bad consoling, brother. Thel ma Darrell, Mrs. Joe Pasternak's mother, and Bruno of Hollywood, the photographer, are going steady.

Lana Tur ner's quiet elopement came right in the middle of her latest pic- The Drama Desk PITTSBURGH AjSSWl 22nd ST. BRIDGE 2nd AVE. 8 DAYS BEGINNING "Th Most Colorful, The Most Boautiful, Thm Most Exciting Show of Thorn All!" WALTER WINCH ELL PRODUCED BY JOHN RINGLING NORTH Staged bv JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON Penned by NORMAN BEL GEDDES LID AYS "BALLETof the ELEPHANTS" Directed by GEORGE BALANCHINE MUSIC bv IGOR STRAVINSKY 'FIESTA DEL TORRES New lOO-G I AERIAL BALLET Alfred COURT'S Great Wild Animal Acts Trrif i cN FU du io ALL-OUT PATRIOTIC RAND FINALE SOD Rtnswned Circus Stars 100 Clowns-Hundreds Purebred Morses Mammoth Kettyled MENAGERIE of 10Q9 Rare Animals World's Largest Tent, 100 Air Conditioned TWICE and 8:15 P.M. Doors Open 1 7- POPULAR PRICES TICKETS NOW AT GIMBELS ALSO AT SHOW CKOUNDS Tffl WE ART 8F LOV BEDROOM DIPLOMAT-1 BIBTH OF ff LARRY NOW 3ftr Kw. to 6 nlil Gun-Moll's BulUt Scartrd Story! "LADY GANGSTER" I Carrillo-Anriy livin "KfiCAPE FROM HONG KON' CHARLIE AND HIS FAMOUS ORCH.

TOMORROW MITE at KENNYWOOD Advance Salt Closes Tonight 85c Per Person (Incl. Tax) Adm. Tomorrow: SI. 10 (Incl. Tax) TONIGHT, Wed.

thru Sat. Dance to BERNIE CUMMINS I 'X- -L'l'l- MfchM W'i0 3tllS a V. (3T1IGQX3 i tore "Marriage Is A Private Affair:" After weeiujf Irving Berlin's show, "This Is the Army." Harry Warner said: "Irving is one Berlin American can he proud of." Ann La-Barba, sister of Fidel LaBar-ba, the screen writer and former boxing champion, and Eddie Ward, a composer-conductor at Twentieth Century-Fox. are honeymooning. The Army's Morale Division has asked the War Department to approve a tour of camps in Alaska and Hawaii for Bob Hope and Edgar Bergen.

They will be flown there in bombers. Freves O'Brien Fred Finklehoffe, who will produce it, wants Edmond O'Brien for the lead in "The Mazda Minds" on Broadway next season. The play was written by O'Brien's brother, Bill O'Brien, who is now a soldier. When Joan Davis took a two-week vacation from the Rudy Vallee show, the agency cooked up a publicity stunt whereby personal ads were inserted in 33 of the country's leading dailies reading: "If Joan Davis is in (blank) town, please come back to the Sealtest program. All is forgiven." It was so effective that in several cases, detective agencies in different cities actually wired in for a description of the comedienne.

It's a boy for the William Russells. Father is the Paramount studio dramatic coach. 4 Charles Paddock, once the world's fastest human but more recently the publisher of newspapers in Pasadena and Long Beach, is now a major in the Marine Corps. The Norma Shearer Robert Taylor "Her Cardboard Lover" was the. first picture ever to play the Capitol Theater in New York that didn't rate a single star, not even as much as half a star, in the "Daily New S'help me, there's a new tease dancer at one of the downtown burlesque emporiums who calls herself Melody Strippe.

Hack at York Grill The comedy team of Murray and Murray has returned to the York Grill cabaret on the Northside by popular demand. They have just come back to Pittsburgh after several engagements night clubs. in Boston of OHE! aHL understudied Marta Abba in Piran- dello Right lou Are If You Think You Are" last week in a Cleveland summer theater production, also playing a small role in the show. "Cuckoos On the Hearth," which had a modest run on Broadway this season, opens tomorrow night at Jenners-town's Mountain Playhouse. It's a farce, as you can probably gather from the title.

That Val Irvin at the Y'acht Club is a very funny geezer, and Marie (Butch) Austin is a very socko singer, and the Whelans (what does Betty have that Betty Grable doesn't wish she had? Plenty) are still as good as they come in the adagio sweepstakes. "This Above All" closes at the Harri3 tomorrow night. "Flight Lieutenant," with Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Keyes and Glenn Ford, getting under way there Wednesday. Trixie, the girl juggler who has played here several times, will replace Serge Flash in the 1943 "Icecapades" At Kennywood only Bernie and Walter Cummins are left of the band Bernie first brought to town at the Chatterbox almost four years ago. The Rialto Here Ten Years Ago The famed gangster picture, "Scarface," opened at the Penn on the same morning that the three Volpe brothers were wiped out by machine gun fire in the Rome Coffee Shop on Wylie avenue, and Mike Cullen, the Penn manager, was reported to have claimed that he arranged the gangland massacre as a publicity stunt for the movie.

Herman Middleman was busy organizing a dance band for some night club engagements. Tommy Malie, the Pittsburgh scng-writer who was responsible for such hits as "Jealous" and "I'm Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses" and also the former (and first) radio part ner of Little Jack Little, died in u. 'A 3' I- AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRES ATlantec 9200- A I CONDITIONED STAfiLET ON SOB HOt RADIO SKINNAY HIS OUCH. AND RADIO RIVUI CALGARY BROS DON CUMM1NG THE AMBHOSFS OK SCBStNNOW H't ImtvM tiot "MAISIE GETS HER MAM" ANN SOTHERN BED SKELTON STAGE: SAMMT AT HiS OICK 5CRUX. "KID GLOVE K1LLIA" AIM CONCITIONEP HSID ovr wtrt ROSAIINO MiO RUSSELL MacMURRAY "TRKE LETTER, DRRlinC f.fro.

"OUR RUSSIAN FRONT" FIFTH AVE POWHTOWK RITZ HELD OVAJt 3rd WEEK. ID HIANOI SKELTON POWELL TOMMY DORSET AND HIS ORCHESTRA IM SHIP AHOY" CAST LIBERTY SHERIDAN SQ. A1K CONDITIONED Barbara Ptanwrrk Jol M'-' THE CHEAT MAPI'S LADV Kitf; "Oar Banian Frant Canofa-Alan JonM 'TKIK TO THE ARMY and "Mr. Bug 6w tt Tawn' RECENT ENXICHT. a RKa Harworlh-Yktor Sfatur "MY UAL SAL" AIB -CONDITIONED Anne Cobiir UiEXPECTEO UHCLE" Aua Shcrii1an-Brald Riao CAMERAPHGNE "KINGS KOYV" Atnia Sniith-Mo(1 Noian -ttl Atayit tha Sty' Jn GaMn-Iria "MtKINTIDE" TIIK ASHRfS MSTBSS HAT'S CKKLN' AlB-rONDITIONKD rlfi Klniit OAKLAni i Joan Crawford W''iTn Dxia'i SCHENLtT.aa.

iiiu i. apn I Rlj Kila Havorth-Viftor STRAND "Ml C.AL SAL FRKiliME 'CADETS ON CARADK John PayDf-Manirrn 0 Hara HEW OAKLAND Atwood al rarMr thi Shores Tnali Ffsnk iiratFOn The Vaniihtni Virainian i Kita Hiivaorth-Vjctor Mature CENTRE Ml UAI. SAL" K. Stirlins-Ann Ruilifrfnrd I THIS TIMF Ffl irpc- Cor Centre A Craie SQ. HIE.

I. Barbara WarfcM-o'l VeCm MANOR, dKtAI M'H LADT HAUI.KS I.AI OHTIIN -The Tattle: of Tahiti" Boh Carrcll SQ. "MY FAVORITE BLONDE Mk-IjV Mnrcsn-I'airl Hnreid juAR OF fARIb" DO RiHONT B'KLI Cr jwfnrd-MTrn PodeI. SOUTH HILLS i aT miiioiEf in nipif'i smn Ann Slertdan-Bona1d Reagan HOLLYWOOD. KO THK HISTEBS "WHAT'S COOKI.N' Jrn l.iirino-M)0'TII)L' James Cra-Lniile VALLEY OF THE SUN" BOULEVARD NOMEWOOD PsTi Olfria DfHiilnd "IN THIS OI LrT-K" tc 'Menace of the Rliini Sa' WIIK1NSBURO JOAN CRAWFORD ROWLAND wELYFt R.

Lane "SABOTKI Bar Milland Paul'tte Goddrd "THE LADY HAS PLAHS" STATE JEANF.TTE M-DfNALD NKI.StN F.UDY 'I MARRIED All ARCEL" and "Ltte tit Teeh'' "ECAL t.OH VER AVtfUCR SPENCER TRACY HF.DY LAMARR JOHN GARFIELD "TORTILLA FLAT" MT. OLIVER I All CONDITIONED iette PeftaTiiland IS THIS OI UrF. and "Torprilo Boat" ABBOTT AND C0STFXLO "RIO RITA" FBANCFJ? LASCFfiBD "MisftlfiKippI C.mbler, MELROSE raORTH SIDE ETRA SPENCER TRACT HKDY LAMARR JOHN GARFIELD "TORTILLA FLAT" ETNA iCENYCN LAWRENCE VI ILL BIX I EL 111 :i.i..i::if ij -M iriip'nwr i I 0 Li irJPIO Ik HEEDER for tbe Price By Harold V. Cohen Chicago. Babe Falvo (now Diane Ward of London) was singing at the Patio.

Firs t-run pictures included Charles Farrell and Janet Gay-nor in "The First Frank F.uck's "Bring 'Em Back Conrad Nagel in "The Man Called Rack" and Maurice Chevalier in "Le. Petit Cafe," the French version of his American hit, "The Playboy of Paris." Paul McGrath was playing Handsome, the sailor, and his wife, Lulu Mae Hubbard, had the role of Mrs. Davidson in Alice Brady's summer theater production of "Rain." Harry Marv was appointed manager of the Palace theater in JNew York, lie had previously been supervisor of Warner Rrothers first-run houses in Pittsburgh. Don Bestor's band was at West View P'ark for a one-nighter. Billy McCoy, the Urban Roofs' host, tore out what little hair he had remaining when 12 kids walked in on a busy night and brought along their own ginger ale.

Ted Viehman was directing the Nyack, X. tryout of Street Fiddler," a new play by Erik Barnouw, for Arthur J. Beckhard, the producer of "An other Language." Margie l'el son checked in at the Villa Royale fr a run as mistress of cere monies. Dick Powell arrived in Hollywood ihe's made his home there ever since) and rented May Robson's Beverly Hills bungalow. The dance marathon at Motor Square Garden had reached the mark and was still go ing strong.

Addenda Chicago didn't like the J. J. Shubert musical, "Cocktails at Five," any better than Detroit the show ended its tour there Saturday night. Charlotte Lansing, Jack Good, Ruth Bond and Hal Conklin headed the cast. Edmund Gwenn, who appeared with Jack Benny in "Charley's Aunt" at Twentieth Century-Fox will also be with him in "The Meanest Man in the World." Dwight Deere Wiman expects to sign Flora Rob-son any minute now for "The Damask Cheek," a new play by John Van Druten and Lloyd Mor-rie.

The Broadway company cf "Claudia" opens in San Francisco next Monday and a trowpe headed by Phyllis Thaxter, Beverly Bayne, Lila Lee and Robert Shayne has taken over in New York. Lester Cowan, who produces pictures for Columbia, has purchased Elizabeth Fraser's contract from Warner Brothers and will feature her in "The Commandos Come at Dawn" with Taul Muni. 2 BIG FLOOR SHOWS NIT ELY AT REDD'S CAFE 'IWVl BE.NTl ROSS rnoit: Novelty t'omedv Art PALMER IANCE TO RMIV I'AIIS ORCH. IT'S DIFFERENT! IT'S FV.V AT QiJIEOlEsl. COOP Firt Show 10 P.

M. No Cover or Minimum 190(1 E. Ohio St. Carn 2-3 to the Door. HOTEL MILLER'S You'll enjoy dance music played by wownY RAiimi playing At ryiERRY GO ROUNQ 18 Wanhlngrtfln Blvd.

EM. 8972 th The COLONIAL Ohio River Boulevard, Avalon OFFICIAL "MISS AMERICA" PAGEANT Selection of "MISS PITTSBURGH" Tues. and Wed July 28-29 Local Scrappings A Thomas Job, the Tech v.a professor who struck pay Brodaway late this sea-? with, his "Uncle has screen writing contract Edward Small, that doesn't i lie won't be back on the faculty when school reopens September. His deal with iH is only a short-termer to r. a couple of scripts and r--: on August 25.

Adrene Bernie Cummins' pretty 5 r. at the Yacht Club the other p. her recent divorce George Barnes, the NBC ace heard out of Chicago. The mushball teams of the Middleman and Al bar.ds will meet in the bat- fuc century at the Schenley Thutsday afternoon. i' Lucas, whose orchestra 1 at the Stanley just re- checks in at Kennywood Monday for a week's engage- Thp Baron Elliotts cele- their sixth wedding anniver- f-rv August 3.

Littl Jackie Heller writes i he had three blow-outs irivjng to Hollywood and now vmlers how he's going to get h.u s. hn his movie chore lor I'r iiccr Lester Cutler is fin- George Jaffe has turned from a vacation in At-li uic City and will shortly be-. 'i hou'se-clean the Casino for it, reopening in about five Mrs. Hilly Leach is town for a visit while her who sang with Ray-t nd Srott's outfit until it dis-i oded recently, remains in New biriv to consider offers from ifif-ra! other orchestras. the length of the picture, prevents a big turnover, mm! keep "Mrs.

Miniver" from house record at the Penn. ilann Faulk, of Everett P-a -land's sav section, was last rom nt the William Penn Hotel v- I.ang Thompson. D. Fischer, a local girl, uzzle Corner Answers Questions on Tage 2 i. SENSE 5.

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appointed by the English to compose odes and verses in honor of grand occasions. Lee, Mass. '-xander Hamilton. xandria. CEASES XOELER ADE'UCT TOCSIN ''KI (iAME BEGINNING T0NITE Returned by Popular Demand MURRAY MURRAY Just Back From Boston C'rt and ut'c a Barrel of Fun YORK GRILL-CABARET 714 E.

Diamond N. Pa. tm 3rd Smash Week! TYRONE POWER JOAN FONTAINE 'THIS ABOVE ALU ANDY DEVINE LEO CAKR1LLO In. 'TOP SERGEANT' Dai Nanry KtllRltlir Carbon "FLY BY UltHT'' JOHN CRAWFORD MELVYN DOUGLAS "THEY ALL KISSED THE BRIDE" i gMJijajFrrmiTira Bitti Diii-01iiia it Hatillin "THIS IS OUR LIFE" H. fius "10RPEOO BOAT'' 153 WALT DISNEY'S t.n I neiuuiaiu uia-un lai -VALLEY OF 1HE SUN' HI.

lor I Mot Edit Nti! 17e Til 30 P. M. asf numiKr nwnutin. Jia Cabin-t3 Lbtin "M00NT1DE" tmhS EVENINGS Flu ll'XEDO JUNCTION 'BLONDIE'S BLESSED EVENT" Tj, 6 nf flat -Sutnhrart of the Fleet All TkrAiiirh 4ka literhf ALL DAY ria Shat Mv Bit Mouth "BROADWAY" LEON VKLKZ "MEXICAN SI'ITKIRE'S BAHV" GENE TIERNEY-HENRY FONDA "RINGS IN HER FINGERS" Travelog-Technicolor Feature tie DEAD END KIDS-PALL KELLY "TOUGH AS THEY COME" Olivia DeHaviland-Henry Fond3 "THE MALE ANIMAL" Noah Beerv Woodworth "DUDES ARE PRETTY PEOPLE" Eat Side Kids "Let's Get Tough" -I'ENCER HEDY TRACY LAMARR (URUKLD "TORTILLA FLATS" cartoon Ens MaHVfr ANN SHERIDAN 'llLrn r.iOl RONALD REAOAN -rvL, VlllMj also "TOL'GM AS THEY COME" fTTTtTTinjrrr George Raft Janet Blair Pat O'Brien 'Broadway' If I I a 1 I all Geo. O'Hara "Ten Gentlemen From West Point Disney's Donald Duck Cartoon-News BRIAN DONLEVY-PAT O'BRIEN "TWO YANKS IN TRINIDAD' Ol'iKrr Rixrers-D.

Jr. "HAVING WONDERFUL TIME" LLOYD NOLAN-CAROLE LANDIS "IT HAPPENED IN FLATBUSH" MILTON HERLE-HREND JOYCE "WHISPERING GHOSTS LESLIE LAURENCE RAYMOND HOWARD OLIVIER MASSEY "THE INVADERS" Our Garni CartiMin Muslral ram KAY KYSER-LUPE VELEZ "PLAYMATES" Don Barrv "Remember Pearl Harhor' i Lnfc i "''M ill i7f. 1 mm mm mm t. EaJtu 6 LJ12 Mrr CVI to 3 XTtl 4ftQ Where to Go When to Go i 1 Hi? 1 xe 1 JSXv See a Movie Today 1 rtN 3 Take Your Change in OR SUE IT ILL PITTSIUftSM i IK EATER I0X OFFICES ART CINEMA Danielle Darrleux "The Art of Love," and Reginald Gardiner In Bedroom Complete shows at 10:40. 1:40.

4:20. I and 9:40. BAKBV "Lady Gangster," ith Faye Emerson and BLshop, and "Escape From Hong-Kong," with Leo Carrillo and Anriv Devine. Complete shows at 31, 12:22, 2:44, 5:06. 7:29 and 9:40.

H4KRIS Tyrone fower and Joan Fontaine In "This Abive A 11" at 11:15, 1:25. 3:35. 5:45. 7:55 and 10:05. PKN Greer Carson, Walter Pidgenn and Teresa Wright in "Mrs.

Miniver" at 11:13. 1:56, 7:16 and 9:59. HITZ Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton and Tommy Dorsev's band in "Ship Ahoy" at 10:28, 12:45, 3:02. 5:19, 7:36 and 9:53. SENATOR Richard Carlson and Nancy Kelly In "Fly By Night" and "Top Sergeant," with Andy Devine and Elyse Knox.

Complete abowa at 11:10, 1:45, 4:20, 7 and :35. XA LEV Ann Sothern and Red Bkelton In "Maisie Get Her Man" and Skinnay Ennis' band. Picture at 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 and 10:25. Stage at 12:50, 3:40, 6.30 and 9.30. WARNER Fred McMurray and Roaiind Russell in "Take A Letter.

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