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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 9, 1938 National Board of Reviews Lists the Notable Screen Performances of 1938 Actor Henderson Dies HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 28 (A -Albert Christian Hend 22 Players Receive Praise Ed Sullivan (nic-eflnDmen1 Qi for Fine Characterizations Theaters Plan Holiday Shows Attractions Added to Regular Bills in Minority on Roll; personal beauty. W. C. Fields has been called many things but never beautiful.

I'll grant you that there is a certain measure of beauty to the scarlet pimpernel which Fields wears in lieu of a nose, but he is no Hedy Lamarr. Hugh Herbert never has been mistaken for Mister America. Edward Everett Horton is a far cry from Adonis, and the charitable understatement is due to the Christmas spirit in the air. a a Joe Penner hai a quality of peasant atrength, but hia larga proboacia haogi two atrikea on him before tha eonteat even atarta. Joe E.

Brown ii reminiscent of tha Holland Tunnel, with the reservation that the Holland Tunnel baa a tiled roof and lighta which make it quit hand-torn. Perc Wettmore engaged hundreds of artisans to work on Jack Benny before hit last picture, but even in reel 1, it was no effort to know which was Jack Benny and which was Joan Bennett. Charlie Butterworth was a homely baby who refuted the old adage by growing up homely. Fat or lean, Jack Oakia is no American beauty. You may think I have drifted away from answering Cantor's' letter, but in reality, all this is part and parcel of the answer to him.

Each of these funny-faced funny men I've listed is lacking signally in beauty, but each one of them is handsomer than Cantor, which will give you a vague idea. (Courrkht. 1938) HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 28 Dear Ed. In your column of the twenty-first instant, you printed something which cut me to the quick.

'True you wrote, The aesthetic-visaged Earl Carroll has no Eddie Cantor or Charlotte Greenwood, but he has a line of girls that are prettier than Cantor; and these pretty girls will exhibit more epidermis than Miss Greenwood What do you mean, Ed, that these girls are prettier than Cantor Have you seen me lately? Don't you know that at this very moment on roadway your Broadway people of both sexes are following me? And even though I try not to listen, I can't help but overhear their remarks about me 'Isn't he a 'What gorgeous 'What kissible It's columnists like you that try to give actors like me an inferiority complex. If you will, say that I have no talent: Say I'm a bad husband; print that I neglect my children But to make light of my physical charms, who was offered $200 for one kiss by Sophie Tucker, not more than 20 years ago You've got your nerve. Please stick to writing of pictures and people, Ed, but lay off sex, you're a greenhorn on that topic. Am sending you under separate cover six of my latest photographs You'll love the one with the rose where I'm sprawled out on a tiger-skin rug. Beautifully Yours, Eddie Cantor.

a Tht picturtt art at hand and it thould ttattd hastily that Cantor thould ntvtr pott en a tiger-thin rug. In tha Artt plact, Contort myet art bigger than tht tiger's glazed orbt to you get tht imprettion that tht tigtr wat run out of bound on tht 10 yard lint by a nephew of Franhenttein. In tht second plact, tht tigtr't tail it curled upwards, to it appeart that Cantor it wtaring an orangt and black toupt. a a His statements that people are following him about the streets of New York, marvelling audibly at his beauty, are lies, unless apprentice pickets are getting in some practice licks by picketing Cantor. There is no comedian, in fact, who is a traffic stopper when it comes to MOTION PIt'Tl'KE ATTRACTIONS Starts TODAY! I f.

A cuaaits A jrw Actresses' Names Are Foreign Stars By James S. Pooler As the old year rolls along like a nearly empty reel of movie film, we still have retrospective reports coming in. There are the views of the National Board of Reviews to be considered, but we do not intend to report at any length on their selections of the best movies, since this would be confusing to the fans here who balloted in the Free Press poll. They will compare their selections to the Film Daily poll, which does not come until early In the new year. Players Are Considered So.

Instead, we will turn to the National Board's views on the exceptional performances by players In the last year. There is no know-ine which of these performances are rated the highest, since names are listed alphabetically. But recalling these players and the movies may bring back a few polgant memories for you. So here are the ''screen performances worthy of special praise." Lew Avers in "Holiday" and "Young: Dr. Kildare." Tierre Blancher, Harry Bauer, When Does the Film Feature Start? MICHIGAN "Sa It In Freni-h." 11:18 m.

I ft 1'H p.m.: "Dawn Patrol," 3:49. and 10:21 p.m. jrriT "Thinki for Ererythinr." 12 m. 4-60. 8.

p. Ufa, 1:33, 7:08, UNITED 11:46 a. m. 6.33 p. ARTISTS 2M, 4:46, :16, tt.ili p.

m. ADAMS "A Man to Kemembcr." 11 1. ro, 1:64. 7:42, p. "Brrakinr ths In," 3:28.

6:82, (16 p. m. PALMS-STATK "Heart of th North." 11 1:64, 4:48. 7:42. p.

"Arreit ntilldot Drummund." 12:40. 3:40. $.34. 8:28 p. m.

PROAIIWAT-CAPITOL "0ricn of Moon." II a. 2.36. 6:12. P.4S p. m.

"Siablematts." 4:16. 7:63, p. m. FISHER 'Jut Around the Cornw." 3:31, 6.32. 33 p.

"SUbla-uates." 1 :40, 4:41. 7.42. 10:43 p. m. RIVIERA," "Just Around the Cornrr," 12:32, 3 37, 6:34, 0:31 p.

"Stable-Dates," 1:60, 4:66. 7:62. 10:60 p. ra. CINOERELI.A Around lh Cor-cr," 3:64, 6:67, 10 p.

"Stsble-tastes, 2:04. 6:07. 8:10. 11:13 p. m.

HOLLYWOOD "SlaN'matpa." 7:07. 1016 ra. "Juit Arouod the Corner." p.m. RKO TTTOWN "StahlematPi." 1:43. 4 30.

10:18 p. "Juet Around the Corner." 3:16. 6:12, :08 p. m. CINEMA "Childhood of Mnilm Gorky," 12:44.

3:11, 6:28. 7:45. 10.02 p. ra. STAGE ATTRACTIONS alrr E.ti.

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SAM H. HARRIS praisn Of miCE and filEfl r(l CI AH I tUCl CUT tOBHTSON 6DAYS.TMON.Jan.2ss CERTRU0E t. -nh and PAUL MoGRATH fT'. RACHEL CROTHERS.Jf? IVCS. MATS.

MOTION riCTl'RE ATTRACTIONS LAST 5 DAYS I A CHILDHOOD of MAXIM GORKY riKIFMA 58 E. COLUMBIA ft WII1aIYlM Cintlniui trta Kna to in in tin a Win Mention Louis Jouvet and Ralmu In "Un Carnet de Bal." James Cagney In "Angels With Dirty Faces," Joseph Callela In "Algiers." Chico in "The Adventures of Chico." Robert Donat in "The Citadel." Will Fyffe in "To the Victor." Tierre Fresnay, Jean Cabin, Dlta Parlo and Eric Von Stroheim In "Grand Illusion." John Garfield In "Four Daugh-tcrs." Wendy Hiller In Charles Laughton and Elsa Lancaster in "The Beach Comber." Morley Draws Praise Robert Morley in ''Marie Antoinette." Ralph Richardson in "The Citadel" and "South Riding." Margaret Sullavan in "Three Comrades." Spencer Tracy in "Boys Town." Two things may have struck you Rbout these selections the number of men and the scarcity of women on the list, and the num ber of foreign players. Incidentally, the board rated "Grand Illusion" the best film of the year "from any country," the board placed first, "Grand Illusion." And, somehow, looking over the list of notable performances, we recall a few "bits" we would like add to the list. Davenport Cited as Judge There was Harry Davenport's grand work as the judge in "You Can't Take It With You" and the acting of all the players in that scene from the same movie when the letter from the missing daughter was read. We feel that panicky Dopey's report of what he saw in the bedroom belongs, somehow.

John Carradlne's work as the movie cabbie in "Alexander's Ragtime Band." James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan in the scene with the straw sticking out of the wounds the baynoted dummies in "Shopworn Angel," Brian Donlcvy political boss In "In Old Chicago." Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone their "man to man" talks. Irene Dunne's tipsy scene in The Joy of Living." Anne Shirley in the recent Girls' School." Tony Martin Says He'll Stay Married Tony Martin, singing star, ar rived from Chicago Wednesday night and grinned. "I knew you'd ask me that," he said, "and the answer is definitely 'No'." The retort followed a question about rumors that he and Alice Faye are planning to separate after 14 months of marriage. Mar is scheduled to appear at the Fox Theater starting Friday, and Miss Faye was due to accompany him to Detroit, but purely in a wifely capacity. She was not with him, however.

"Alice was detained in Hollywood," he explained, "to finish a scene in her latest picture, but sha'll be here Saturday night to spend New Year's Eve with me. Alice and I are very much in love and we intend to stay that way." Martin, who has just finished picture, will return to Hollywood after his appearance here. MOTION I'K'TIKE ATTRACTIONS Reginald Owen Assigned Leading Part in New Film Reginald Owen, who recently completed the role of Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol," has been assigned one of the leading roles with Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell in "Fast and Loose," mystery comedy by Marco Page, novelist. Others cast In the picture include Anthony Allan, who played Paulette Goddard's love interest in "Dramatic Tom Neal and Tom Collins, newly signed M-G-M player; Jo Ann Sayers, who only a few months ago was a University of Washington co-ed; Joan Marsh, Sidney Blackmer and SSmuel Hinds. MOTION riCTl'RK ATTRACTIONS SKETCHED AT 'J HE CASS THEATER BY RUSSELL H.

LEGGE Dance Director Bobby Connolly is rehearsing 50 six-foot men as Winkies and 104 midgets as Munchkins for dance numbers in "The Wizard of Oz." MOTION HCTURE ATTRACTIONS ESm "THE DAWN PATROL" "SAY IT IN FRENCH" Dayl 1L, A BIGGER IWlSvu (A! DARED iinninm mma.imi-iiwaw" 1 i l' mmr I IE1 i ii Tornow. noted sis Rhoioa- vMaa-LLcai can actor under the name of Albert Henderson, died at his home today. He was 71 years old. PlCTf RE ATTRAf-Tinvg Pnis-FvacT aSXWaTTlS aaJ( lSll i mac itiiiiii am 11 iiiiitu itiim jlCTI fjfc flirt Wtf. a' lfouci MIMICNT JOY SHOW 10' Hf.lt (EAR'S EVE mL tX'ti -K -i! 5" -T A KUW-UtSIIIQ 41 WDOOPFF SHfl HEW UM'S VL'" Starts TODAY! THAN ANYON PR0MI9EJ I I 1 dontdelayi ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED TO THE If usi 1Y MSI I fliv 9 llmiHjMbrt A IHI IIT1 I 1 1 an hi 1 ItJ ivttnau.

WQRKHT jot smw tw tun mi 1 i -ffn SOU, ummrfmu All the downtown movie houses and many of the neighborhood theaters have special midnight shows on New Year's Eve "with attractions added to the regular bill. Song reels and pipe organs will be called into use in many of the houses to let the patrons herald the New Year vocally. At the Michigan, where Jack Benny's "Artists and Models Abroad" and Kay Francis "Comet Over Broadway" will be the screen attractions, Don Miller will lead community singing at the organ. At the Fox, Tony Martin, the Hollywood star who made a hit here earlier in the year, and Lola Lane, of the Lane family of movie stars, will head the special midnight show. "Kentucky" will be the screen offering.

The United Artists will have a midnight showing of the Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy the Adams will add song reels for community singing to its regular bill, and the Palms-State will dress up Us bill in addition to its two feature pictures. Carrying out the community sing Idea, the Fisher will have Bob Clark at the organ; Marguerite Werner will play at the Broadway-Capitol, and Marjorie Nivens at the Riviera. Friml Completes Another Operetta HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 28 Just returned from his tenth world-encirculing trip, Rudolph Friml, composer of "The Firefly," "Vagabond King," "Rose Marie" and scores of other modern classics, yesterday announced the completion of his newest libretto, "Sing Song Girl." Friml. gone from Broadway and Hollywood for more than two years, traveled around the world and a half again, and spent more than six months in China, where he did most of his research and virtually all his writing on the new operetta.

Although plans have been started for the early presentation of "Sing Song Girl," on the New York stage shortly after Jan. 1, two major companies are seeking the new Friml property as an ambitious vehicle for the screen. MOTION PICTURE ATTRACTIONS --iiiiiuiuiiiniiiiimiimiiiH Jr in DON! DELAY I ATTENDANCE IS UMiTFD TO THE Capacity cf ThEA'tR 10 Pet. of Current Films Featuring Child Actors HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 28 Young sters are in peak demand in Hollywood, according to reports from the studios, which estimates that one-tenth of the motion pictures now showing and about to be re leased have children in leading and featured supporting roles.

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