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19 THE DETROIT FREE PRESS FRIDAY, APRIL It. 1940 Patrons Noise Gathers Story Material Betty Burbridge, who has turned out more Gene Autry scripts than any Republic Studio writer. Somebody's Yr- Stromal pent her recent vacation "soutn of the border," picking up local color and authentic customs to use in future scripts. MOTION PICTI KK ATTRACTIONS (. Four Blenders Appear at the Commodore Club Motion picture work in support of Gene Autry as well as lending the singing voices in Walt Disney's "Pinnocchio" form the musical background of the Four Blenders, now at the Commodore Club.

Co-featured In the show are dancers Alma and Roland, whose routines include a toe strut. The Pol-Mar Dancers score with military and soft-shoe numbers and Roland Muse, of Alma and Roland is master of ceremonies. Hark Thomas and his Admirals provide musio with Llbby Lang-ford supplying the vocal numbers. Real African Prince Added to Film's Cast HOLLYWOOD, April 25 Authenticity of drumming and tomtom music for Universale new action picture of the African veldt, "South to Karanga," has been assured with the addition of Prince Modupe, African potentate and scholar, to the cast The prince, born In Nigeria, West Africa, and educated at Oxford University in England, is said to be a leading authority on African culture and music. iHooiiifflfiiffMi'iiiamm 1 QUth Mf WW WW' kh ii i i ii VOBEROIl ii RAFT (, GEORGE hi BREIIT 'Dixie to Harlem Comes to Colonial "Dixie to Harlem," swing extravaganza, opens for a five-day engagement at the Colonial The ater Sunday.

In the company of 40 septa stars, the headliners are Pops and Louie," a team hailed as 'the dancing stars ot the nation. The company has a line-up of eight acts which include ths Original Harlem Lindy Hoppers; a sextette of dancers; Tony and Rosita, ballroom dancers; Del Berta Lee; Johnny "Skat" Taylor; Billy Davis, the singing master of cere monies; Alice and Bert Whitman. harmony singers, and Priscilla Royster. In addition there will be a large chorus and Matthew Packers' orchestra. Joins Husband in Film Irene Hervey joins the cast headed by her husband, Allan Jones, in "The Boys from Syracuse." It marks the first time the couple appear together in a film.

Other principals in the all-star, cast now include Martha Raye, Joe Penner, Rosemary Lane, Charles Butterworth, Alan Mowbray, Eric Blore and Samuel S. Hinds. MOTION PICTI RK ATTRACTIONS TODAY IAU ADAM BARRY FITZGERALD VICTOR McLAGLEN Little guy and big guy with the small one put on the spot. McLaglen manages to pin a murder he- committed on petty thief, Fitzgerald, in "Full Confession," which opens Friday at the Palms-State with "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" (FITZGERALD Ui r.iciiuGii MOTION FICTl'RB ATTBACTIONS ONLY DETROIT THEATRE WITH "PUSH RACK SEATS" on the Spot 1 VVyler Directs Bette Davis William Wyler has been given a Warner Bros, contract to direct Bette Davis in "The Letter," her next starring vehicle after "AU This, and Heaven Too." Wyler was Miss Davis' director in "Jezebel," which won her the Academy Award lor 1937.

John Litel Is collecting marks from his fan mall. post- When Does the Film Feature Start? MICHIGAN "Honw Atom the Bav" 11. 2:30, 8. "'Till We Jteet Agju" 13:80. 4.

7:30. 11. POX "Dark Command." 11. 2:30. "Doctor Takea A Wile" 12:4.8, 7:46.

UNITED ARTISTS "PlnnccWo." 11. 1:44. 4 "llilhouaire Playboy." 13:36. :81. Dust" 11:30.

2 44, 8 B2, 0: 'Johnny ApoUo" 1:1, 7:17, 10 PALMS STATU -l. Full ConfMnlon" 2 41, 27: "Matic BuiletaV 12:.13. 8:5. 7:1. 10:42.

BROADWAY CAPITOL "SwiM Family RobliHHin" 11:11. 2:34. 67. 11:20: "RoaU to Sintapore'' 12:44. 4:07.

7:30. 10:6:1. FISHER "Road to Slnraporr" 12:35, 7:35. 11:11: "Swim i'amily Robin-aou" 2:28. 6:02.

9:38. 'RIVIERA "SwiM Family Boblnaon" 12:30, 3:41. 10:03: "Road to Sinta-pore" 2:01. 8:12, 8:23, 11:34. CINDERELLA "Road to 12:36.

4:01, 7:27. 10:63: "Striae i'amilj Kobinaon" 2:31, 9:23. MADISON 'Row Mari" 11. 8:04, "Wirue ol Kavj" 12:68. 4:30, HOIXTWOOD "Grapii of Wrath" 1, 11: "Swi Family RohinMin" 8.22.

RKO UPTOWN "Road to Smirapor-" 1:30. 6:12. "Grapfe ol Wratb." 3:05. 6:47. 10.28.

CINEMA "Tpyya 12:10. 2:10, :10. 6:10. 8:10. "Fres.

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THI IAY AT GRAND CnCVS Pt Not hi had such a role! Start TOOAYI TYRONE DOROTHY A POWER LAMOUR 1 Cinema Shows Yiddish Drama Maurice Schwartz Is Star of Tevya' By Len G. Shaw-Maurice Schwartz, by no means unknown to Detroit followers of Yiddish drama through nis occasional pilgrimages from New York, his special stronghold, is tne central figure in "Tevya," the pic that opened at the Cinema Theater Thursday. Based on Sho- Alelchem's "Tevya the Dairyman;" it is a atory of the Ukraine. Serious drama in the main, it has lighter overtones, in the projection which Schwartz displays the same skill observable in his portrayal of the kindly, deeply religious Jewish father, bowed down the defection of his daughter Chave, who marries out of the religion in which she has been reared. The efforts of the father and mother to dissuade Chave are unavailing, but there comes repentance, return, and a reunion to provide a happy conclusion, and to soften the harrowing experience for Tevya of being driven from the acres he loves so dearly.

To watch the impersonation of aged father given by Schwartz a liberal education in the finer points of acting. "Tevya" could correctly be termed a one- character picture, but it is largely Schwartz, which is well. With him smile, a frown, a lifted eyebrow, movement of a hand is far more meaningful, even to those familiar with the language, than Yiddish dialog, with English lines dubbed in. His support is excellent, with Miriam Riselle as the daughter and Rebecca Weintraub as the solicitous mother. An interesting fact about the picture is that the seemingly accurate Ukrainian settings were found or built on Long Island, almost in the shadow of Manhattan's skyscrapers.

This of itself was no minor triumph. Raton Narrows Activity Gregory Ratoff, who formerly 1 a writer-actor-director con tract with Twentieth Ccntury- Fox, will confine his efforts entire to directing in the future under the terms of a new agreement. STAGE ATTRACTIONS (3m LAST 3 TIMES EVES. 5tJ2 20 MAT. SAT.

55i to Jl 65 C0RNoV SKINNER "EDNA HIS WIFE" JfJtfSJ "EMPRESS EUGENIE" ONE SUNDAY, APRIL 28 KSl1 CLARE BOOTHE'S Mystery Comedy MARGIN FOR ERROR Dimtmi by OTTO L. PREMINCER wifh a Splendid N. Y.Cait "My Favorite Show" JlLl Cm. W.l.-Sit. Mltl.

551-J1 85 in Stntationai Act Act 'Klu' Country LOLITA. DtUH'l rE fl AMISEME.NTS aa. joint Jessie Horn Oereli Ti iivuC LEWIS SIU iW MYRALOTT i runtir 1 amoi Jocebf 4y 77- -I'M Is Film Puzzle 'Makes It Difficult to Fix Sound Volume By James S. Pooler Do you wonder why sometimes hero snouis, i jove you, wim the full cry of a yodeler calling its young ana snouier ume wms ners that pet phrase of the moviea io low the sound barely gets to the first row of seats before It dies? Don inuiK me one oespeaKs ardor and the other is a mug not jure of hit. romantic inclinations.

It is just the sound engineers trying to outguess you. Tea, gentle readers, you are to blame for heroes who protest their love as if they were calling hogs while others sound as if they were ashamed of it The movies' sound engineers still haven't been able to gauge how much noise audiences will It was one of the big problems at their recent convention Atlantic City. They're Hot and Cold Audiences are funny. Sometimes bur enthusiasm for a picture has carried us to the same one twice. The first time it was an appreciative audience, full of sound.

The second time the same picture found a cold audience which refined a chuckle for the best gags. Sometimes the process has been reversed. An audience Bat in rapt silence that still was appreciative while the same picture stirred another crowd to restlessness. Great moments in pictures often feed on silences and low conversation. Faint whispers at the end nf some movies are mighty shouts.

(That is, if the audience is in the right mood, receptive. If not, they ere just so much mumbling. Operator Can Help 1 All this makes it mighty difficult for the experts to govern the sound when filming. Of course, it can be controlled to a degree from a projection room, but it is pretty difficult for the guy up in the booth, with other things on his mind, to play the sound track like a pipe organ, adjusting it to the audience's noise mood. So the burden still remains on the experts in the film, factories.

If they make the sound low enough to sound genuine in some scenes, a capricious audience may drown it out. On the other hand, let them make it loud enough to compensate for a noisy audience snd the audience may quiet at the wrong time and you suddenly have the impression that all the actors are hard of hearing. That is bad. Decibels Are Tricky To meet the average audience, Screen lovers are made to whisper at a volume of at least eight decibels. Still some of the engineers aid that they have heard audiences make as much as 14 decibels of noise.

(A decibel, roughly, Is the amount of sound that can barely be heard.) Sound has been on the screen for more than 10 years, but the boys still don't know how to control it because there seems to be no way of gauging audiences. So some heroes will continue to shout their loves while in other cases you'll have to go back to lip-reading to hear him tell her, "I love you." Boy, Oh Boy! Remember Larry McLaughlin, the Detroit boy who felt pretty blue about missing that Wallace Beery celebration on account he wag the No. 1 Beery fan in the country and had been foully felled by scarlet (note to printer: A one scarlet, please) fever Well, he not only got a nice letter and autographed picture from his movie idol but is going to be the envy of every kid in Detroit April 29 when the twenty-mule team and borax wagon roll into Detroit on their way to the World Fair. The huge wagons, used by Beery in his new picture, "20 Mule Team," will travel through the streets here with Larry aboard in the parade. Mayfair Holds M.C.

Gill Raye, master of ceremonies the Club Mayfair, is held over for the second week with a complete new floor show. The new sets are Starr and Donn. comedy singers and dancers; the Pelletiers, balancing team, and Val Dez and Peggy, dancers. Phil Olsen and his orchestra play for dancing. AMUSEMENTS binders BlillHtln ttamilMn lelltleei fate tll eutia eat mil tunt 'THE GLENN MOORES' villi Thtlr Swnt Ityli el Shyth DOS MILLER at thm Hammond Oran EMIL MUCKS Hul faillltin ni nln far Itm H'IIm.

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MahMiMAMaMHeMaakMaaSaSSki "ORLOHAS ALWAYS fmm 'm (Jill fe'ifw JCH-. SALLY EILERS I "Tht odd ore a thoutand to one againttyoul" "ut ii 1 am that one sap you 7 iH Boyer Leaves Real Fete to Succumb in the Reels HOLLYWOOD, April 25 There was only one sad note at Bette Davis' birthday celebration on the set of "All This, and Heaven Too" at Warner Bros the untijjjely "demise" of her co-star, Charles Boyer, After joining in the festivities attendant on Miss Davis' birthday, Boyer had to play his death scene in the picture. Merle Oberon Tasmania. was born in 'Colonel' Returns MANNY PRAGER Known as "The Colonel," Prag-er and his Cavaliers are playing a return engagement at the New Casino Ballroom at Walled Lake, opening a three-night stay on Friday. 8TA(K ATTRACTIONS AMI SEMENTS atADID CARLf TON "Happy" WHICH ana Hit Orcsufn Tuae to YfWJ 1:30 o.

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