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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20

Mary Carlisle won her first screen role by convincing the east ing director that she was an expert at swimming, riding, dancing, and singing-but couldn't do any of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20
HollyzUood Ne1cs And Gossip

able to bid farewell to her bed just in time to hold open house on Christmas day, a custom she has followed ever since she has been in Hollywood. Billie's home always has been a gathering place for most of our notables at some time during the day.
 Frank Business Man
 Now, here's my idea of a real office - three comfortable chairs, two davenports, and NO desk. It's an innovation of George Cukor, prominent director. Cukor said the only thing he used his office for was conferences; so he had the desk moved out to make more room.
 Stunt for Swimmers
 It's a good thing Johnny Weiss- muller is an excellent swimmer, as I fear that talent will come into very practical use one of these days. Every time he has day off from the studio, Johnny heads for the beach to try some new tricks in his speedboat.
 His latest is to see ho wfast he can maneuver among the billings under the huge pier there. And he will have to miscalculate Just once to get that enforced swim. Brunei to Blond
 What makes personality? That really is a difficult question to an- swer, as everything about us ap- parently contributes to our person ality. And yet one change will al- ter that personality completely. That fact recently was brought forth vividly when Gail Patrick, brunei and demure, donned a blond wig for her screen work. Not only did the wig change her appearance, but it changed her en- tire makeup. She was a different girl-vivacious carefree |. a little bolder.
 The Sunny East
 After days of heavy fog and clouds, the sun finally popped through on Hollywood the other day. All of which caused George White to exclaim: "This sunshine is glorious-it makes me feel like I'm back east"
 New Film of Russia Looks like happy days ahead for Hollywood's Russian colony. There will be work for all of the inhab- itants when Lewis Milestone goes into production on "Red Square" in a few weeks. Taken from the Russian novel, '"The Life and Death of Nicholas Kourboff," the film will depict the Russian revolution in all it's glory and horroD. Milestone, Russian by birth, just has returned from an extend- ed tour of his native country on which he shot thousands of feet of film to be used as authentic back ground.
 He plans to make "Red Square" on the same scale that he made "All Quiet on the Western Front" one of the outstanding pictures in film history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20
1000 PIECES OF WOOD IsErn

4,OOO PIECES OF WOOD USED
 Hoquiam, Wash (UP)-Out of 4,000 pieces of fir, mahogany, wall nut, Alaska cedar and Tennessee red cedar, Everett Smith built a unique card table with an intricate mosaic top. The tiny bits of wood were glued together on edge in such a way as to make a coiorful pattern of five brilliant hues.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20
MASTER OF MEN BILLED AT LYRIC
h'The Day of Reckoning" Companion Feature to
 Begin Sunday

The steel industry. basis of many of America's fortunes and about which centers numerous romances of modern business, is the atmos- phere in which Master of Men," starring Jack Holt, is laid. The pie ture opens Sunday at the Lyric theater.
 Ever since the first iron masters started to consolidate their inter- ests, down through the days of the strusts'' and up to the present day of huge combines, "steeT has fur nished more gripping real-life stor- ies Of strife and struggle, or for tunes made and lost, than any other American industry. So im- portant has the steel business grown in American business and finance that stock market quota tions on steel stocks, and totals of car-ioadings, thrilled orders and tonnage reports have become an index to American prosperity.
 Jack Holt will be seen in the pie fure as a hearth foreman who climbs in the industry until he be- comes not only a master of 1t, but virtual master of Wall street. His pictured rise and fall parallels the life story of on eof the great steel magnates in real life.
 The co-feature is "The Day of Reckoning" starring Richard Dix. As added features, the serial Cor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20
JOE E. BROWN ON
 STRAND PROGRAM
"SOn of a SailOr'' and "COansellOr at Law"
 Begin Tomorrow

A perfect gem in a perfect set ting, best describes "Counsellor At Law" ltarring John Barrymore to be seen on an excellent double fea- ture bill at Warmers Strand Sunday to Thursday.
 With Barrymore is an excellent supporting cast, including Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon, Onslow Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Isabel Jewell and Mayo Methot of the screen, and ten players who orig mated their roles in the sensation al Elmer Rice stage play which was presented for two years on Broad way.
 The story concerns a successful lawyer who came to America as an immigrant. At the height of his career, he is faced with disbarment and the loss of his selfish socia1ite wife, whom he loves dearly. How he manages to solve his problems must remain with the reader who undoubtedly will want to see the splendid performance. The picture has the knack of perfectly characterizing each play CT, no matter how small the part may be, leaving the audience with the feeling that all is known about everyone in the cast. This Is par tially due to the fact that Elmer Rice wrote the screen play for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20

Universal as well as the original stage production and that William Wyler, the director, understood every value.
 The companion feature presents Joe 10. Brown in his newest com- edy, "Son Of A Sailor" Q tale of navy life. Handsome" Callahan, played by Joe E. Brown, wins not only personal triumphs during his brief and eventful leave ashore but saves from alien conspirators the plans of an epocha1 aircraft in- vntion. His shore leave ends in triumph for this humble gob, even though he is convinced that he Is headed for the brig and a bread and water diet.
 Handsome" the boastful, the hopeful. the wistfui, is said to rep resent oen of Joe E. Browns ma jor film achievements. The stars supporting cast for "Son Of A Sailor" is one of the finest he has ever had. In impor- tant roles, are such screen notables as Johnny Mack Brown, Thelma Todd, Jean Muir-the new First National discovery" who has been the cause of great enthusiasm and high expectations in Hollywood; Frank McHugh, Sheila Terry, Ken- meth Thomson, George Blackwood and Myrna Remedy.
 Thursday brings Kay Francis in "The House On 56th Street" and Max Baer in "The Prizefighter and The Lady,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20
UNCANNY THRILLS
 IN GARDEN SHOW
ssThe Invisible Man" Open- ing Tomorrow Rated
 Equal to 'Frankenstein'

sDracula" chilled a nation, rF'rankenstein" thrilled the world. Now "The Invisible Man" is com ing starting tomorrow for two days at the New Garden theater. The most startling. utterly amazing pie ture in years-the picture is caus- ing a sensation wherever 1t is being shown-the master imaginative creation of H. c. Wells great mind, which Universal has filmed to make a picture unparalleled in uncanny thrills-"The Invisible Man"
 The weird screen story of a sci- enlist who meddled in things men must leave alone, the tremendous screen capture of an idea which has intrigued the minds of the world for centuries actually achieves realization in "The Invis- ible Man. It is nothing short of marvellous in its bizarre, supernat- 1lral suspense and excitement. The astounding story of a man whose strength was his weakness, who had lost the power to be normal and who gloried in it and a girl who 1ovd a man she couldn't see. Plan now to see this unusual, most absorbing of all screen dramas. As long as you live you'll never forget "The Invisible Man."
 The companion feature Is Day of Reckoning" based on a start ling story of modern prisons, writ ten by Morris Lavine, former met ropolitan newspaper man with Richard Dix starred. Tho new Metro Goldwyn-M Mayer feature is reported to be a dramatic record of what occurs behind the doops of . mans home after he is sent to prison. How long can a wo- man remain faithful without her mani" Two years was so long to wait-a1one. She wanted to live jewols- she missed loving arms about her. Should such a woman be branded Cheat? Perhaps you'll say yes as you watch a man stand helplessly by, while the wo- man he loves is stolen-by his friend. A great cast in this pow erful Metro G Goldwyn-Mayer enter tainment.
 Supporting Richard Dix is Madge Evans, Conway Tearle, Una Mer- keI, Stuart Erwin, Raymond Hat ton and many others. Also on the bill arc number of featurettes and showing matinees only on Sat- urday and Sunday Is Rin Tin Tin Jr in "The Wolf Dog" Coming at- fractions are: Tuesday and Wednesday, Master of Men" with Jack Holt and "The Dancing Lady" with Joan Crawford and Clark Ga- ble. T. thursday and Friday High Gear" with James Murray, Joan Marsh and Jackie Searl and Mae West in "Im No Anger' and Sat urday George O'Brien in "The Last Trail"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20
JAMES CACNEY IN
 CAPITOL FEATURE
'Lady Killer' Tops Twin Offering Sunday
 Stellar Cast

James Cagney's latest starring picture for Warner Bros, Lady Killer," which comes to the Capitol theater Sunday, is punctuated by both thrills and laughs.
 The theme of Rosalind Shaffer's story, upon which the picture is based, is a hilarious take-off on the Hollywood film colony in which a young ex-crook leaps to stardom on the screen by the unique meth cd of writing his own fan mail and seeing that it gets into the hands of the producers.
 But the new film star finds it none too easy to bury his past life for his former gangster pals turn up on the scene and try to black mail him into joining them in a plot to rob the homes of the film celebrities. They demand he act as their finger man," pointing out to them those movie stars he knows to have lots of money and jewelry in their homes. These se- quences are said to furnish the most exciting scenes ever seen in Cagney picture.
 Mae Clark and Margaret Lindsay are in the supporting cast. The companion feature Is MT Broad- way"
 This unusual picture Is a night tour of the playground spots that dot the Main Stem of Manhattan. Ed Sullivan is the "Mr Broadway" and the columnist personally con- ducts the tour which covers some of the most famous of New York's hot spots. The trail leads from the | h.. I,,h In IA Fa nous Nils T. Granlund and his bevy of cutie-beauties with Abe Lyman and his band are seen in action.
 Lita Grey Chapin is heard as she sings one of her song hits: the one and only original Joe Frisco per- forms in his inimitable way; Hal Leroy dances; and through 1t all is the ubiquitous MT Sullivan on his nightly round of newsgather- ing for his Broadway column.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20
DOUBLE FEATURE
 AT STATE TODAY
Shadows of Sing Sing" "Sitting Pretty" COm=
 prise Attractive Bill

If you're looking for 100 per cent entertainment, and seek some thing new in film musicals, don't miss Paramount's sensational hit "Sitting Pretty" headlining a mar velous double feature program at Warmers State to-day to Wednes- day. This one is chock full of riot ous comedy and packed full with song hits that are now sweeping the country.
 The story is a real one, much more substantial than the usual musical film. And 1t takes you be- hind the scenes of song writing.
 Jack Oakie and Jack Healey en- act the crazy song writers. This marks Haley's first screen role in several years, his only other ap- pearance having been in "Follow Through" He has been big star on Broadway, and he adds immeas- urably to the humor of the story.
 It seems there was 8 couple of guys wanted to write songs for mu- sical films so they thumb" their way from New York to Hollywood and meet Ginger Rogers who runs a roadside sandwich stand.
 They arrive in Hollywood, and all is not so easy. But have the boys crust! Nothing else but. They crash into studios and executives offices, and when things are black est, who should arrive but Ginger and her kid brother, Jerry Tucker. as nasty a little brat as ever ap- peared anywhere.
 Things progress rapidly. The boys get a break and Oakie goes for a screen star named Thelma Todd. In the hilarious comedy to follow, the boyse manage to write a few songs for a musical picture and go after the blondes.
 The film Is loaded with perform ances. Gregory Ratoff Is grand as an actors agent. The Three Pickens Sisters, Arthur Jarrett and Virginia Sale, all famous radio names, do a bit of singing.
 Then there are the songs that were written especially for this picture: Did You Ever See a Dream Walking" Good Morning Glory" "You're Such a Comfort to Me" and Many Moons Ago"
 These are the, ditties that have been catching on all over the coun- try, and in Sitting Pretty" Pro- ducer Charles R. Rogers shows you why they were written.
 The companion feature is "Shad- ows Of Sing Sing" wherein fans will find another brand of enter tainment, exciting and thrilling from opening to closing sequence. The picture has a refreshingly novel treatment of the gangster theme, concerning itself with the murder of a notorious racketeer whose sister is in love with a police chiefs son. Circumstances point to the implicitly of the boy, but sem sational denouement in the final se- quences brings the photoplay to a happy conclusion.
 Bruce Cabot justif1es his quick rise to fame with splendid por- trayal as the hard-headed, courage ous young attorney who is accused of murdering his fiancee's brother. Mary Brian does equally as we'll as the gangster's sister, while Grant Mitchell, Harry Wood, Claire Du- Brey and Irving Bacon perform competently in supporting roles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20
By DAN THOMAS
LEA Service stan Correspondent.

By DAN THOMAS NEA Service Staff Correspondent.
 Hollywood. - Interesting facts about the movies and movie mak- CTS:
 Barbara Stanwyck's early ambi- ton was to be a missionary in China. Richard Barthelmess once was an insurance clerk.
 Ann Dvorak was a dancing teacher before entering pictures and hasn't yet been given a chance to do any footwork on the screen.
 Kay Francis still drives the same Ford coupe that she bought short ly after her arrival here several years ago. Joan Crawford is so fond of music that she keeps a special at- tendant on the set to play a pho- nograph betwene scenes and dur ing rehearsals. Phillips Holmes got his start as an actor by being a leading lady," playing the feminine lead in the Princeton Triangle shows for two years.  Superinstition in Hollywood
 JOEL McCREA always buttons his vest from the bottom up, be- lievin git to be good luck. George Raft still is besieged by autograph hunters who want him to sign Rudolph Valentines name ] because of his resemblance to the late star.
 Paul Muni's first appearance on i the stage was at the age of seven and he played g. withered old man of 80. Constance Cummings prefers corned beef and cabbage to any other food.
 Of the 17 musical 1nstruments he can play, Dick Powell gets the most enjoyment out of the har- monica.
 Played With John Drew Mary Roland was the young est leading lady ever to play oppo- site the late John Drew, dean of stage actors. She was IT.
 Jack LaRue gets 6 lot of fun ou tof cooking for his mother and five sisters.
 Joe E. Brown was . circus tra. peze performer at the age of 10.
 Al JOlson's ''The Singing Foor' grossed moro money than any oth- CT picture ever produced-$12,- 000,000.
 Pat Paterson, blond English actress, collects toy animals as a hobby.
 John Barrymore used to sell testimonials for a patent hair re- storer.
 Law Lost a Good Man
 Ted Healy studied to be a lawyer and then went into vaudeville.
 Two hair dressers recently were employed for two days giving a permanent wave to Beauty, cock CT spaniel being used in Pardon My Pups"
 Ann Harding's real name is Ann Gatley.
 Edgar Kennedy pays his wife $5 every time she lets him eat garlic.
 June Brewster boasts of having had 172 escorts during the last year.
 June Knight, who gained fame for her singing and dancing, couldn't stand on her feet at the age of five and physicians stated that she never would be able to walk. Ma4sages and dancing les- sons turned the trick. Picked Beauty
 Irene Dunne rubs cucumbers on her face as a beauty lotion. The traffic rules at the Fox studio are more stringent than those in Hollywood.
 Sylvia Sidney has the smallest waist measurement of all screen stars-20 h inches.
 Home for Christmas After being seriously i'll for three months, Billie Dove was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20
"DANCINC" LADY AT
 CAMEO TOMORROW
"The Day of Reckoning" Booked in Companion
 Feature

With Joan Crawford and Clark Gable headlined, a smashing pa- rade of sizzling sony hits, an eye thrilling cavalcade of pulchritudi- ness chorus ensembles and sem sational Broadway drama as a story motivation, Dancing Lady" heads the holiday feature program at the Cameo theater Sunday and MondayA
 Teamed once more with Gable, Joan plays her chorus role with all she's got. She wears the kind of and women will try to copy. And when she dances-well, she dances!
 Metro Goldwyn Mayer has topped them all with this musical smash. The picture abounds with spectacles that stagger imagination and throbs with romance that alone would make the picture a grand evenings entertainment.
 Robert z. Leonard did a brilliant job of directing from the famous James Warner Bellah novel pub- lished serially in a national maga- zine. Joan plays the part of the burlesque chlorine who is deter- mined to make good on Broadway at any price. Gable is the hard- boiled dance director who treats lem rough--on and off.
 Sammy Lee and Eddie Prinz proved their skill in the handling of the dancing ensembles. These gorgeous numbers eclipse by far the most ambitious production ananfnnIn nIanod n silver sheet.
 Among the song hits are Lets Go Bavarian." "Heigh Ho," "Ev- erything Have Is Yours," That's the Rhythm of the Day" and Dancing Lady" You'll hear them plenty from now on!
 The co-feature is "The Day of Reckoning" starring Richard Dix.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20

Auto park attendants in Yar- mouth, England, have given up $1.25 a week each so that one need not lose his job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20
HILARITY REICNS
 ON POLI'S SCREEN
"Mr Skitch," With Will Rogers and Zasu Pitts
 Opens To-day

You will get "stitches" from
 'tThe Stitches" in the person of Will Rogers and Zasu Pitts, now at
 Polls in "Mr Skitch," never was there a more hilarious comedy
 joy ride with Will as "Mr Skitch" and poor lamenting Zasu as "the
 missus" and what a pair they
 make, they get into trouble with
 the depresison and the more an-
 guish they have the harder you
 will laugh.
 In a nationwide poll last week,
 compiled by the leading screen
 magazines Will Rogers was voted
 the favorite male star of the screen
 this quaint and lovable character
 stands now with Marie Dressler
 who was chosen the female favor
 ite so that once again the old max i'm holds good, of age and experi- ence being determining factors in
 success. And "America's Ambassa- dor of Mirth" surely carries on. In support of the two featured players others will be noted. truly an all star cast made up of Eugene Palette, Harry Green, Rochelle Hudson, Charles Starrett, and last but not least for one of the most elightful treats of the pictures there will be seen Florence Des- mond, whose limitations of film celebrities are the talk of the film colony, her limitations are said to be the last word and she swings
 easily from Janet Gaynor to Jimmy Durante and has the physical characteristics of each, in "Mr
 Skitch" she plays the role of a movie struck hitch-hiker which al- lows her a great opportunity to do all of her stuff, she even initiates
 Zasu Pitts.
 The supporting program Is made
 up of featurettes that stand up on their own merits, first there Is the
 latest Walt Disney Silly Symphony, | "Bugs In Love-; then James Mel- ton, the golden-voiced singer will be seen in a song reel, which
 caused a sensation last week in
 New York theaters, Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly will be seen in a comedy and you know what this means, the News and other reels
 of selected shorts will make up a
 show that will send you out talk ing and with sore sides from laughter. This program continues until Tuesday night.
 For the mid-week change of program Polis brings back to Wa terbury for the first time in two years George Bancroft in "Blood Money and here is a greater film than Underworld" on the same program will be g thriller "orient
 Express"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20

A first copy of Q railway time table, printed nearly 100 years ago, was sold recently in London for $4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20

don of Ghost City" featuring Buck Jones will be shown along with a Mickey Mcclure comedy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-20
WORDLESS WEDDING
 CERENnNV

San Francisco (UP)-A worthless wedding ceremony was performed here when Judge F. P. Mogan married Miss Mildred K. Quadro, of San Francisco, and Everett Yeager, of San Jose. Both are deaf mutes. Miss Edna Edwards acted as interpreter.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR
VIIALTER JOHNSON, ace pitcher
w of the Washington ball team,
seemed to lack his usual ter

yXIALTER JOHNSON, ace pitcher
w of the Washington ball team,
seemed to lack his usual ter
rife speed yesterday as Philadel-
phia won, rs. Carl Cashion or
Jim Shaw was to pitch today for
the Nationals against New York.
The Gunboat Smith-Sam Lang
ford prizefght has been called off.
Georgetown battled the Univer-
sity of Vermont nine to a 14-in-
ming tie, after defeating Yale and
Holy Cross on a trip. Fienle al
lowed Vermont only six hits in the
IA innings.
The Maryland Aggies and Dick
inson fought to a 6-6 tie in Is
innings. Derrick pitched we'll for
the Farmers.
Gottleib hurled Central Highs
nine to an 80 win over the Tenn
pie School team.
Nops allowed no hits in pitch
ing the Holy Name nine to victory
over the Columbias in the Rose
dale League
Kenilworth was a 80 winner
over the Sherwood nine. Colley.
winning pitcher, yielded only five
hits. Loveless took batting hon.
Crs.
Interstate was a TO victor over
Library, Jensen, victorious hurler.
gave the Library batters just one
hit.
Kate Du Bose won the women's
Chevy Chase tennis title, defeating
Catherine Britton in the final
match IN the women's division.
Among those mentioned in Rod
and Stream news are Harry Pye-
mont, Bob Susan, John w. Hur-
ley, Edward A. Strachan, Charlie
Porter, John Dean, Capt. Billy
Hettinger, Lloyd Brooke, w. w.
Daley, j. j. Moffett, DR.. j. E.
Maulding, E. G. Handy, Elmer
Schroth, William A. Hettinger,
Thomas Brooke, B. F. Graves, j.
A. Rupert, J. w. Martin, DR.. E.
r. Nichols, Mack Sparrough, Will
liam Wynkoop and Austin Savage.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
G. u. LOSER AT TENNIS

Georgetown's tennis team bowed to
the Johns Hopkins racketers. 5-4, yes
terday on the Hilltop courts. The
Baltimoreans won by taking the last
two doubles matches after the Hoyas
had Wdh the first. The singles ended
with three wins for each.
Brooke g. H defeated Crowley. 6-3.
4-6, 6-1; Jacobs tG.) defeated Siverd.
4-6 Ga. 10; Ladensky g. h de-
feated Sendel. g.. 6-3; Hartman q. H. }
defeated Henry, 10-S. S-6; Cagney tG)
defeated Needle, 6-1. 3-6. 6-1 OCon-
nor 60 defeated McGregor. 6-3, %;
and Ladensky, g.. 6-4 Brooke and
Siverd q. H. defeated Jacobs and Cagney.
defeated o'Connor and Decker, &C., 6GS.
6-3
Evening star., 1934-05-02

swing where it ought to be.
On the downward path, Hagen,
Jones, Armour and other fine golfers
swing the hands-especially the left
hand-almost close enough to brush
the trousers.
LAS one gets older Mac Smith says
there is a greater and greater
tendency to lift the clubhead instead
of swinging it back. This error has
to be watched, even by the better
golfers who have been around for
many years. The hands swing the
clubhead and the brain directs the
action of the hands. Naturally there
should be a clear mental picture of
the path to be covered-of the right
path back and the right path into
the ball"
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