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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01

Captain, Daniel Lavallo.
 Royal Neighbors of America - Captain, Mrs. Lynch.
 Mrs. Joyce's team-Captain, Mrs Joyce.
 Edward Gagain will captain St Michael's team and also be in charge of filling short teams. All members of St. Michael's Holy Name society who wish to play in this tournament, will please hand in their names to Edward Gagain, be- fore March 10th. He will assign free players to short teams and will enter a twelve man team to repre- sent St. Michaels Holy Name so- ciety. Arrangements have been made to take care of 500 people.
 The 25 new card tables built es- pecially for tournament playing will be used at this party. These tables were made by the J. E. Smith Lum- Der Company to specifications drawn by the members of St. Mi chaers Holy Name society and are considered to be the finest card ta- bles made, for tournament playing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01
How Women
 in Their 4O's Can Attract Men

HereIs good advice for woman during her change tusually from 38 to 52). who fears she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries about hof flashes. loss of pep, dizzy spells upset nerves and moody spells.
 Just get more fresh air, 8 hrs. sleep and It you need reliable 'WOMAN'S' tonic take Lydis 6 Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. made sspecialls 10, soomen It helps Nature build up physical assistance. thus helps give ing iittery nerves and those disturbing symp- toms that often accompany change of life.
 Pinkham's is WELL WORTH trying.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01

When a burgler entered the home of 1OO-year-old farmer in Milatyce Poland, the centenarian, who had been a well-known wrestly in his youth, felled and bound the intruder
 then turned him over to the police
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01
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For a limited time the Democrat has placed special price of $1 for seven insertions of rent advs. of 3 lines. All you have to do is to Phone 4-2121 and call for an ad taker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01


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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01
BERRY SNAPS PHOTO

Wallace Berry has added two rooms to his Beverly Hills home and installed photographic laboratory, projection machine and screen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES
Dial Doir1gs
By JIM PARKER

inside facts about private their favoes will this During onights Hobby Lobby broadcast conducted by Dave Em Phil Baker Lnny
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01

The Hi Boys who will be in Waterbury this been secured for broadcast WATR Boadcang regularly Bows built foowings outfit in the east Their local fans will be listening on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01
New York Stations . WEAF-66O WOR--7lO WJZ-7eO = WABC-Seo

8:30-WEAF-T. Dorsey Orch; Hoagy Carmichael. Song Writer, and His Mother, Guests.
 WOR-Clinton Orch. WJZ-Hobby Lobby; Dave Elman, Director; Salter Orch; Ben eBrnie, Al Pearce, Gabrie Heater, Lanny Ross and Others. WABC-Paul Whiteman Concert. 9:00-WEAF-Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa. Comedians; Van Steeden Orch. WOR-Gabriel Heater, Comments.
 WJZ-Horse and Buggy Days Music.
 WABC-Theater of the Air: Ken Murray. Master of Ceremonies; Charles Ruggles, Ned Sparks, Comedians; Frances Lang ford, Kenny Baker, Songs; Broekman Orch; Con- stanc eBennett, Actress, in Sketch. 915-WOR-Herbeck Orch. 9:30-WOR-Variety Concert; ,o.oo-w WY Soloists; & p - o,o, WHN-Kay Kyser Orch. WOR-Famous Jury Trials Drama. WJz-Ransom Sherman's Variety.
 WABC-Hildegarde. Songs; Raymond Paige Orch. 10:30-WOR-Stokes Orch; Soloists. WJZ-Mark Sullivan and Jay Franklin, Commen- tators. WABC-It Can Be Done, t With Edgar A. Guest;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01

finished earlier When together there's be good that it will proabl draw from the for the first time
Evening star., 1939-02-19

show is not complete without a
ballet dancer. He has Tamara Tou-
manova this time. I thought she
danced as we'll as Vera Zorina, Mr..
Wiman's greatest discovery, which
means that she is somewhat heavy
on her feet, falling through the
air as if she had been dropped. But
everybody else is simply wild about
her.
The other of the new musicals is
Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds of 1885,
a sepia show that is loud and fast
and furious without being much
good.
New Abbott Play
"Abie's Irish Rose" Again.
"Abbott's Irish Rose" is what
Baltimore called George Abbott's
newest production, Mrs. O'Brien
Entertains,' during its tryout there,
and the name has come up here
with it. It's good name because
Harry Madden's play has many Of
the qualities of "Abies Irish Rose" "
The plot centers around an elderly
Irish cupid who elects himself to
preside over the melting pot of
America and tries to marry all the
Irish immigrants off to immigrants
from other nations. He succeeds
marvelously, and everybody is very
happy at the end, breathing strange
accents into everybody elses face.
(Copyright, 1889, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-02-19

loud sad songs to sing and loud
bright songs.
In the past, not enough attention
has been paid to Miss Merman's
ability as an actress, but STARS III
Your Eyes" makes up for that. Her
role is that of a boy-loving, crafty,
crude glamour girl, and Miss Norman
makes all the points without neg
lecting to make you like her, a feat
that only an extraordinary actress
could accomplish.
Jimmy Durante is very much the
schnozzola in this piece, and he
seems to get better at it all the time,
Animation is his technique. Like
most good clowns, he is a sad,
frayed-lo looking little man, bobbing
and ducking along behind his length
Of nose, and the more he glisters his
eyes and the wider he spreads his
mouth, the sadder and more ap-
pealing he looks.
The rest of the show is big and
slick, no work Of genius, but good
to look at and very sprightly. Rich
ard Carlson is on from Hollywood
to make the male ingenue part q
little less of a vacuum than usual,
and Mildred Natwick, an extraordi-
nary character actress who has spe-
cialized in old lady parts, tackles
the role of the female foil with q
great deal of pert poise. The female
foil is generally a blunt instrument
over which the comedians roll with
great abandon, but Miss Natwick
has sharpened the edges.
It seems, nowadays, that a Wiman
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Heffernun
Continued From First Page.)

O>~> =
sex misbehavior which screen pro-
ducers seem quick to pounce on as
movie material.
The screen version of the play, in
its somewhat modified form, was
given a regulation Hays Office seal
of approval. but, nevertheless, the
New York board banned it from
showing anywhere within its juris-
diction-which represents a stag
gering amount of movie COIN In
doing so the board fell back on a
regulation which says any picture
classified as "obscene, indecent, i'm
moral, inhuman, sacrilegious or
which is of such character that its
exhibition would tend to corrupt
morals or incite to crime" is subject
to condemnation.
Never before since establishment
OF the Breen bureau has an entire
picture been placed under the ban,
though minor eliminations by State
boards are not uncommon.
Warmers have launched a bitter
fight to salvage their property and
get the prohibited picture into cir
culation in the all-important New
York territory But their prospects
of a reversal appear dim, because
the board condemned no one scene
or group of scenes, but based it's
verdict on the general moral tone
Of the entire story.
A pink slip from the New York
board is tantamount to Joe Louis
right-cross to any pictures chance
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Oracle Allen
Likes This
Mystery
Being a Part of
Philo Vance Yarn
Fine, She Says
By the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
Oracle Allen thinks it's just too
ducky that S. S. Van Dine wrote
mystery story about her. She would
It's "The Oracle Allen Murder
Case" and It's full of bodies and
Gracie's nonsense and Philo Vance,
1t is, to the best Of any ones men,
ory, the first time a stars name
ever has become part of movie
title. Oracle added that she thinks
1t is not only ducky, but, for some
strange reason, beautiful" because
I'VE ought to have more murders to
keep that lovely Mr.. Vance from
going on relief"
Unlike previous pictures in which
she has appeared, husband George
Burns is not in this. But Para
mount assures one and all that the
idea, minus a role for George
Porgie, was assigned to Van Dine
eight months ago-long. long before
George and some imported jewlery
got into the news.
Gracie's straight man and hus-
band sits on the sidelines during
the filming of this, Offering sug-
gestions and devising gags and
giving Oracle pointers when he
thinks she needs them.
The story is a straight Van Dine
mystery, with the blame for the
murder of Benny the Buzzard being
thrown from one character to an
Evening star., 1939-02-19

known and very ambitious. I was
tempted to do practically anything
to get famous. Besides, I was told
that if dropped out of the picture
I would have to pay for all the
scenes that had already been taken.
And. anyway, my appearance in
Ecstasy wasn't so terrible. It was
beautiful picture-very artistic
If people looked at it the right way"
AS a matter of truth, I don't
think Ecstasy has handicapped
Miss Lamar. The picture gave her
a great deal of publicity and pro-
voked curiosity about her, so that
when she played for american audi
ences in "Algiers" they were pre-
pared and receptive to something
unusual.
Hedy's life story is almost as ex-
citing and stormy as her Hollywood
career. Her real name is Hedwig Eve
Maria Kiesler. AS a child she called
herself Hedy-Hedwig was too hard
to pronounce-and Hedy she re-
mained. The Lamar in her name
was given her by Metro and Louis
B. Mayer. She was born in Vienna.
Her father, Emil Kiesler, was mod
erately we'll off and Hedy's child
hood was fairly peaceful.
At Is Hedy decided she was ripe
for a movie career. She managed
to get a job as script girl in the
Sascha Studios in Vienna as a prel-
ude to part in an epic titled Storm
in a Glass of Water"
The year 1931-when Hedy was
16-was, with the possible excep-
ton of 1888, the outstanding year
in Hedy's life. At 16 she starred in
Ecstasy" At 16 she starred on the
stage in Sissy" At 16 she mar
rled Gin black gown relieved by
white orchids) Millionaire Mandl,
at at 16 she retired. In the years
that followed, Mandl spent $3.50, 900
trying to suppress "Ecstacy," and
proved himself-according to Miss
Lamarr-the most jealous husband
Of the century.
Came the day when Hedy
escaped" from her mate. She ran
Evening star., 1939-02-19

for success In this country. New
York is listed in the movie makers
books as "l6 per cent State
Which means that, on such q pic
ture as Yes My Darling Daughter
which carries an expectancy gross in
the United States of perhaps a mil
lion dollars, approximately $l60,00O
must be written off as lost.
The New York boards action on
pictures has become so important
to Hollywood studios that prints are
speeded across the continent by air
express Immediately after the pre-
views so the producers will know
exactly where they stand on dele
tions or revisions before placing bulk
orders with the laboratories for
prints with which to service all the
Nations theaters.
Ordinarily broadminded and lib
eral, the New York boards sudden
thrust at the Hays Office system is
quite likely to result in resounding
repercussions out here and bring
about the thorough Tightening up
threatened several months ago but
never quite put into action.
This undoubtedly will manifest
, itself first of all in a different atti-
tude on the part of Hollywood pro-
ducers toward Broadway plays that
catch their eager eye because of
long-run records established on the
big street.
The success of many of these
shows is easily attributed to their
salacious appeal to a trade that is
notably transient, but the confident
Hollywood producer never sees the
situation in that light. More often
than not, the general theme of the
play is such that no amount of jug
Cling by the writing boys can remove
the stigma from its motivating
theme.
Year after year, it has been proved
that the average Broadway hit play
is not necessarily factor in any ma
tional box Office sweepstakes And
yet, year after year producers COM
pete desperately among themselves
to land shows that run more than six
months in New York.
There is evidence on every hand to
refute the theory that Broadway
name is synonymous with movie box
office success. Paramount bought
rights to Sailor Beware" for $780,
900, confident it could twist a
naughty theme into a passable
script. Several scenarios were writ
ten from it, but not one could pass
censorship. Finally the studio hit
on treatment that was screenable,
but it bore not the faintest resem-
blance to the original. And, just be-
fore its release, even the name"
was changed. The transaction rep
resented outright loss.
R-K-O spent $125,OOO for film
rights to Having Wonderful Time"
super-spicy New York comedy hit,
and then tried desperately to launder
1T. The purging process proved only
fairly successful, and on top of that
the studio ran into exorbitant pro-
duction costs, topped by 100000
worth of retakes before it could be
released. The total budget shot up
to more than $1,500,COO, and the pic
ture emerged as an ordinary pro-
gram film and was accepted by the
film-going public only as such.
The plot of Eyes, My Darling
Daughter" is founded on couple of
youngsters who trot of on a vaca-
ton together, unchaperoned. After
certain notifications in the stage
play, which is sizzling hot, the War
ners offered their script to the Breen
office and received clean bill of
health.
(Copyrisht. 1889, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Art and COmmercialism
Tangle Over Gravity
CONTINUED From First Page)

been nuied that still flying
aviation officials Mortified
Withdrew their support making picture According information
from the studio while shown discussed
taken 70 in which plane through
survived pretty
permitted show sailing
doned the project lacking dramatic stamina.
place ColdWyns
Go Flying which will without
1t will be based that befe
lew weeks ago With all ships used in flying the
the air lines will Goldwn build
the picture 1t will be complete in detail
able to get of the ground will nonying
suspicion designed inspire
change attitude would
be of little the public
showing the flying boat
the incident actual belief
pictured the aviation
weather to precede the triumph OF love
Academy Nominations
Growing
Whatever else be
they 90 dcate that the town
hollywood productions included the list George
Shaw voted candidate for the writing
sulng from the dismal American 1898
ing of Howoods horizon the inclusion
dusrys bueblood without significance
believe that Shaw the three films
Thursday evening" but it
blow at provnaism and that in outside
have chance the Oscars Debating regarded
mpossbi but he
attacked the industry
dealt with 1t likely however he
broader
triumph of tolerance in an ntolerant world
Evening star., 1939-02-19

in her up-and-down career. Her
first picture for Metro, II Take This
Woman" has been shelved after an
expenditure of a million dollars;
rumor has it that Hedy lacks abil-
ity, and no one-least of all Hedy-
seems to know what the immediate
future holds for her But you can
be sure that much will be said and
done before Hedy can feel secure on
her throne of fame.
What is she really like?" every
visitor to moNeland wants to know.
For all her exotic passion on the
screen, the real-life Hedy is calm,
quiet and fairly Unconditional. Even
when discussing her amazing trib-
ulations with ex-husband Fritz
Mandl and her lucky and unlucky
film breaks her voice does not rise
beyond conversational pitch. She
dresses we'll for ceremonial occa-
sions. but wears slackS whenever
possible in the daytime. She hasn't
much use for hats-I have never
seen one on her locks-which is all
right, because the dark hair, parted
in the center over that white,
smooth brow, is much too beautiful
to hide.
The only time I have seen her
upset was after she read the COM
ments of certain columnist dur
ing her early days at Metro.
But she hasn't even met me-"
Hedy walled to me-more in sorrow
than anger. II would like to see
her, and then if she thinks 1 am
mean and stuck up, that will be all
right" The reason behind the cold
ness of the columnist was Metros
edict that Miss Lamar must not
be interviewed until she had mas
tered the American language. But"
as Hedy said, that is not my fault,
is it?"
In addition to holding the Holly
wood record for the quickest jump
to fame, Hedy learned the language
in six months-there was only q
slight foreign accent in "Algiers."
When Hedy first came to Holly
wood she had much greater handi-
cap than language difaculties-her
appearance at the age of 16-she
is now 24-in the foreign film
Ecstasy"
will people never forget that
picture?" Hedy once moaned to me.
ut hangs like cloud over my life.
I was young when I made it-un-
Evening star., 1939-02-19

other. Oracle might be described
as the menace, inasmuch as she
impedes the progress of Philo Vance
and, finally, contrives to have him
accused of the killing.
or course, he isn't guilty of liqui-
dating Benny; as usual, the guy
least suspected is.
1T is not series Of vaudeville
gags, either" guarantees Nat Perrin,
who wrote the screenplay. Oracle,
Tor the first time. plays a character
that fits into the plot. She's a
sllly-dilly, but her nonsense never
slows up the telling of the story"
Evening star., 1939-02-19

away to London while Mandl was
on a business trip. There she met
Robert Ritchie, who introduced her
to Louis B. Mayer, who signed her
to contract. Mr.. Ritchie (former
flance of jeanette MacDonald)
lately acted as Hedy's Hollywood
escort. Before him, Reginald Gard
iner was head man in her life for
over a year. Now she is beaued by
handsome Gene Markey, ex-mate
OF Joan Bennett.
There is talk that Hedy will be
the next Mrs. Markey. I doubt it
unless it fits in with her passionate
ambition. She will do nothing to
jeopardize her desire for stable and
permanent fame.
(Copyrisht. 1889. BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Graham
Continued From First Page.) E

learning English at Metros ex-
pense-and that was better than
nothing.
Then one lucky day she met Wal
ter Wanger, who decided to borrow
her for "Algiers" She was lent with
such alacrity that less strong
minded man than Wanger might
have been worried. Even then Hedy
was not entirely satisfied. If you
remember, there are two important
feminine roles in "Algiers." One
called for no acting and glamour
The other for acting and no CLAM
our. Hedy wanted to play the lat
ter. Wanger was agreeable. But
Metro, with belated inspiration, said
''No-Miss Lamar must be CLAM
orous-or we don't lend her" Miss
Lamar was so glamorous that when
the picture was released she was
hailed as the most exciting dis
covery Of the decade.
Now she is again facing a crisis
Evening star., 1939-02-19

Hal Roach announces the signing
OF Virginia Field for an important
role In his production of Captain
Fury"
Evening star., 1939-02-19
SATURDAY
Santa Fe Rides"

Santa Fe Rides"
Lynne Overman in
Sons Of the Legion. /"
Louis Hayward and
Joan Fontaine in
Duke Of West Point" "
Law West OF Tomb
stone" and Flirting
With Fate
Gold Mine in the
Sky" and Arrest
Bulldog Drummond." !"
Joe E. Brown and
Leo Carrillo in
FLIRTING With Fate"
| Judy Garland
in
Listen. Darling"
Blonde" and
"A Man to Remem.
ber."
Smashing the Spy
Ring" and Pardon
Our Nerve"
Victor McLaglen and
Chester Morris in
"Pacific Liner"
I"Shine On. Harvest
Moon" and "Annabel
Takes q Tour"
Louis Hayward and
Joan Fontaine in
l"Duke Of West Point
Rolling Plains"
| Judy Garland in
Listen. Darling"
Border G-Man."
James Gleason in
THE Higgins Family"
Arizona Wildcat"
| and
illegal Tramc."
| George Raft and
Henry Fonda in
Spawn Of the North. "
I Preston Foster
| in
up the River"
| Dick Foran in
Heart OF the
North"
Girl on Probation. "
Buck Jones in
Law Of the Texans"
william Boyd as
HopalonR Cassidy in
I'm Old Mexico"
Gary Cooper in
THE Cowboy and the
Lady"
Sky Giant"
Barbara Stanwyck in
Mad Miss Manton."
Strange Faces"
| and
Last Express"
The Frontiersman."
Ann Gillis in Little
! Orphan Annie"
Little Tough Guys in
Society" and Brother
Of the West"
Rangers Roundup"
and Fighting Thor.
oughbreds.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
FRIDAY
Marines Are Here. +"
Rudolph Valentino II
1.-THE Sheik

Marines Are Here" !"
Rudolph Valentino IL
1.-THE Sheik."
Gary Cooper. Merl'
Oberon. ''The Cowbo,
and the Lady"
Judy Garland and
Freddie Bartholomew
In Listen: Darling
John Garfield in
"They Made Me q
Criminal"
Ray Milland and
| Olympic Bradna in
Say 1t In French. 7"
| Buck Jones
In
Law Of the Texan"
Thanks for the
Memory" and
I"Down on the Farm
Mickey Rooney. Levi
Stone. "Out WeS
| With the Hardys."
| Jane Withers
in
"Arizona Wildcat"
| Paul NUM- in
"The Life OF Emile
| Zola."
Robert Taylor and
| Wallace Beery in
i"Stand Up and Fight.
| Lew Ayres
in
IYOung Dr. kildare
Cipher Bureau"
Bob Burns in THE
Arkansas Traveller" +"
Dick Powell and
Anita Louise In
Going Places"
Gary Cooper. Merl,
iOberon. The Cowbo.
| and the Lady"
/ Boris Karlon
In
Devils Island"
Lew Ayres and
Lionel Barrymore in
young DR.. Kildare
| Robert Donat and
Rosalind Russell in
The Citadel"
Joe E. Brown and
Leo Carrillo in
Flirting With Fate
Gary Cooper in
THE Cowboy and tn,
Lady"
Sky Giant"
Barbara Stanwyck IL
Mad Miss Manton.
"Titans of the Deep
Dick Powell in
"Going Places"
Lew Ayres and
Lionel Barrymore in
Young DR.. Kildare.
| Shadows Over
Shanghai" and
Rio Grande."
The Tough Kid"
| and
"Gaiety Girls"
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Wee
THURSDAY

Marines Are Here"
Rudolph Valentino in
| "The Sheik." I.
Gary Cooper. Merle
lOberon. THE Cowboy
and the Lady"
Boris Karlon
| In
Devils Island"
! John Garfield in
"They Made Me q
/ Criminal"
Jack Benny and Joan
Bennett in Artists
and Models Abroad"
| Kay Francis in
"Comet Over Broad
way"
Bing Crosby and
| Franciska Gaal in
"Paris Honeymoon"
Mickey Rooney. Lewis
Stone. "Out West
With the Hardys."
Jack Benny and Joan
Bennett in Artists
and Models Abroad"
| Paul NUM- in
1.-THE Life of Emile
Zola."
Robert Taylor and
Wallace Beery in
Stand Up and Fight" :"
| Lew a Ayres
young DR.. Kildare"
Cipher Bureau"
Bob Burns in The
Arkansas Traveller. "
/ Robert Taylor and
Wallace Beery in
STAND Up and Fight. "
Gary Cooner. Merle
Oberon. The Cowboy
and the Lady"
Jack Benny and Joan
Bennett in Artists
and Models Abroad"
Arthur Lake and
Penny Singleton in
Blonde"
Robert Donat and
/ RoSalind Russell in
The Citadel"
Bob Hope and Shirley
Ross in Thanks for
the Memory"
Fredric March
in
Nothing Sacred"
Flirting With Fate"
Constance Bennett in
Service De Luxe"
Enrol Flynn
in
Dawn Patrol"
Lew Ayres and
Lionel Barrymore in
Young DR.. Kildare"
| Enrol Flynn
in
The Dawn Patrol"
Home on the Prairie"
and
Drums"