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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13
Promising Pictures Feature Programs Of Local 7heaters
HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD
Franchot Tone, As Tenderfoot Hero Of Western, Shatters Tradition And Never Does Learn To Ride

Hollywood-AS a slight but en- coiraging indication that the nov les are growing up, commend to your attention the character of Franchot Tone in ''TIhe Trail of the vigilantes."
 Until short while ago--about the time touches of high satire made Q hit in "Destry Rides Again" nobody would have dreamed of showing the hero of a western in anything but Q thor oughly heroic light.
 But Tone is a tenderfoot, and he remains a tenderfoot. As an eastern peace officer who goes into the COW country to nab some evildoers, he's 8 terrible horse- man. He has to have a hitch rail or . box or something to mount his nag. Even when the outlaws are pursuing him he must waste precious seconds by climbing to the edge of watering trough, and from there into the saddle.
 With such situation, most di- rectors would have a leading man riding like a centaur with the aid of doubleS--by the beginning of Reel 3. Allan Dwan, though, keeps Tone bouncing around, awkward but game, all through the picture. Once he rides into a saloon and is bucked off into 6 chandelier.
 At the end, triumphant in his mission and having won the girl, Tone exuberantly makes a dash for his horse and you feel sure that this time he's going to suc- ceed in leaping aboard. And he might, too, except that the horse tries to be helpful and kneels sud- denly, with the result that Tone goes hurtling over him and into the dust.
 For the pucking scene, they actu- ally use a double for Tones regular mount, because Joaquin simply won't misbehave. He's high-school trained and gentle enough to be trusted with the priceless necks of most of the equestrian stars of Hollywood. You've seen him scores of times.
 Joauuim is almost constantly in demand at $100 @ day. But this is partly because he's paint, and therefore is especially photo- genie. The best horse in pictures is a sorrel named Nevada; third best is a white gelding, Sutton. All three belong to Jack Boyle, who trained them. and who has a stable of about 100 ordinary mounts which he rents to studios.
 Boyle has refused a $5000 offer for Nevada from wealthy man who wanted him as saddle horse. The trainer doubts he'll ever see another animal which so com pletely seems to sense the de- mantis of picture making.
 When actors are speaking lines, Nevada won't even twitch an ear. During the filming of tough scene in North West Mounted Police,V he stood for five hours in one spot.
 According to the industry's scale, $1OO is the top daily rental Boyle can ask for Nevada and Joaquin, but he's petitioning the Producers Association for new deal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13
MARX BROTHERS
 AT LOEW'S POLL
"Go West" Opens TomOr- row on Same Bill With
 Murder Over New York

AS their answer to the desire of the public for an opportunity to laugh long and loudly in these times, the Marx Brothers offer their merriest fun-fest, GO West" which opens tomorrow at the Loew Poli theater for an engagement of four days.
 The Kings of Comedy spent near ly a year in developing their new story, which unfolds an uproarious farce, taking place in the Colorado gold country of 1870. It gives the Marxes their first period picture" 1" with costumes of an earlier era. The comedy was tested for best laughs through l03 performances of the Marxes and a full cast before theater audiences, before being played before the cameras. This was done to assure perfection in comedy sequences and dialogue.
 Supporting the stars Is Q stellar cast, including John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Walter Woolf King and Robert Barrat. "
 The plot Is an exciting one about the mad antics of the Marx Broth CTS in foiling a group of villains and sirens from stealing a valuable deed to land from the hero and heroine While the plot Is well rounded everything Is played for laughs, witr many of the most hilarious scenes the Marx Brothers have ever had In addition there is plenty of mu. sic, with a piano solo by Chico, 2 harp number by Harpo, songs by Carroll, Miss Lewis and Groucho and a "Can-Can" dance by dozer lovely chorines.
 All in all, "Go West" is the smash comedy hit of the season, and . picture not to be missed by anyone
 On the same program Is another smash hit, Murder Over New York;" a new mystery in the Char. lie Chan series with Sidney Tolel again in the title role of the grea Chinese sleuth. Robert Lowery anG Marjorie Weaver head an outstand ing supporting cast of favorites.
 The following attractions will ent at Loew's Poli with closing per formances this evening "Th, Leather Pushers" with Richard Ar len and Andy Devine, also Barn yard Follies" with Mary Lee anG an all-star cast.
 Watch for these hits coming soor to this popular theater-'Iong Voy. age Home" starring John Wayne tThomas Mitchell and Ian Hunter Flight Command" starring Robert Taylor, Walter Pidgeon and Ruth | Hussey; "Comrade X," co-starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamar ''Maisie Was a Lady" with Ann Sothern and Lew Ayres, and many many more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

same bill. The summer of 1889 the band was starred at Playland, Rye and Meadowbrook, N. J. Tn Septem- Der of the same year they opened at the coveted Palomar in Los An geles.
 Featured vocalist with the Barnet aggregation is lovely Harriet Clark and the Barnet trio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

The Brazilian steamer Prudente de Maroaes, which went ashore near Punta Arenas last year while carTys ing earthquake victims, has juSs been refloated. A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

gagement at that theater starting wednesday with John Garfield, Brenda Marshall and Marjorie Rambeau in starring roles. Jerome Kern furnishes the musical score for the second big hit, One Night in the Tropics starring Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Bub Abbott and Lou Costello, and Robert Cuiin- mingl Among the big hits coming soon to the State are Captain Cau. tior,n Christmas in July" "Sante Fre Trail" and Love Thy Neigh- bor," which stars Fred Allen and Jack Benny.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

Between 1890 and 172O, 1t is esti- mated there were more than 2O0O pirates off the United States coast between Maine and Florida.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13
COMEDY ROMANCE
 NEXT AT STRAND
"MOon Over Burma" With Dorothy Lamour, Opens
 Sunday Afternoon

Ending tomorrow evening at the Warner Bros. Strand theater is "They Knew What They Wanted" l" co-starring Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton; also Lupe velez and Leon Errol in Mexican Spit fire Out West"
 A film which should eclipse all previous records for laughter and drama in 8 tropical setting makes its debut at the Strand Sunday when Moon Over Burma" opens a three day engagement.
 The film presents Dorothy La- mour, Robert Preston and Preston Foster and is described as & crack ling good comedy-romance, bristling with good, solid laughs and spiced with moments of song and drama.
 Strand patrons will see "new" and even lovelier Lamour in this picture. She's cut her hair short and has traded her famous sarong for a short white sun suit. She swaps cracks at every turn-as well as maintaining her high reputation as singer with the rendition of Moon Over Burma" and Mexican Magic"
 Supported by Q couple of really fine players in Doris Nolan and AL bert Basserman, the three leading performers start the merry ball rolling by getting together in e bistro in Rangoon. Preston and Foster operate a teak logging busi- ness along with Basserman who t blind; they've journeyed to Rangoor without telling Basserman in ordel to borrow money to keep the bust.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

Tecumseh, famous Indian chief, was made brigadier-general in the British army during the War of 1872
 On the Nicobar Islands, in the Bay of Bengal, cocoanuts are used as money.
Evening star., 1940-02-23

Prepare for thrill the thrill young dresses
with fresh slant fashion! Their
greyhound their details nothing inspired
the trio skched On the huge
pockets that button Off the
around @ coat dress with detachable stachy pque frame
your race with fresh fattery And
and shirred and frosted with eyeet baste Many many
equally well done Of fine navy rayon sheers!
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Hollywoods Mood for Bigger and Better Pic
Creates Shortage of Top. Name Stars
Better Pictures

name. the name of Clark Gable,
James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, Bing
Crosby, Gary Cooper. Cary Grant or
Joel McCrea. The boys all are busy,
or look 1T what has happened to
supply and demand.
Among the specific cases of readi-
ness, for shooting except for a star
Is the Frank Capra picture, The
Life OF John Doe" Mr.. Capra has
dreamed out all the details of this
successor to 'Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington, but that is not enough.
He must have Gary Cooper and Mr..
Cooper is dressed these days in
cowboy clothes over on the set of
North West Mounted Police" That
is the latest lesson in history which
Cecil B. De Mile is photographing
with the blessings and fortunes of
Paramount. 1t is moving right
along on schedule-another of the
reasons why Mr.. De Mile is so ad-
mired in this somewhat slipshod
town-but 1t will be another six
weeks before Cooper is free. So Mr..
Capra dawdles around the lot at
Warmers getting things in shape
against the day Gary can get away.
Doubtful in Name Only.
One of the great enterprises on
the program of goth Century-Fox
Is the biography of Brigham Young.
The studio which once had a SEEM
ingly incurable weakness for Tyrone
Power as biography's fair-haired boy
too fair-haired, 1t turned out), is
using Power more wisely these days.
In other words, it has recognized
that glamour was not quality of a
Ferdinand de Lesseps, or similarly
statuesque historical figure. But
what to do after that? Rather des-
perately in the specific instance of
Brigham Young" 1t has cast Dean
Jaeger in the title role.
A competent actor is Jaeger, who
was last seen in Washington in
Farm of Three Echoes" at the Ma
Evening star., 1940-03-31

Scene Is
1ngrid Bergman
Stars in One of
Two Hits
Bv Ira Wolferf.
By Ira Wolferf.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
All is forgiven. (This week only)
There are two new hits in town and,
even nicer than that, both feature
movie personalities who behave
themselves.
One Of the new hits Is "Liliom,"
which was first produced nearly 20
years ago. but is now better than
ever. 1ngrid Bergman and Burgess
Meredith act it. The other is pro-
duction by Gilbert Miller OF a play
that is succeeding where Hitler
failed, in making London's blackouts
terrifying. The play is called Ladies
in Retirement" and Florence Rob-
son makes her Broadway debut in it.
Mr.. Meredith is acquiring ten
dency to be cute in the rumple-
haired way, but he's good enough
actor to 90 to work when work is re-
quired. The girls are all right all the
way through. They act with intelli-
gence and ability and with due con-
sideration for those who happen not
to have fallen in love with them on
the screen. Not falling in love with
people on the screen is weakness of
mine. For guys like me, it's always
been embarrassing to see some utter
ly beautiful young thing come upon
stage and stand there or sit there
and do nothing else, feeling con-
fldent that everybody knows who she
Is and what she can do, anyway. And
what's the use of going through all
those motions all over again?
Neither Miss Robson nor Miss
Bergman take anything for granted.
They 60 to work on the audience
from the start. Miss Robson has lit
tie to do. but as the servant girl.
Julie, in "Liliom." Miss Bergman has
a role that sounds the depths of an
actress talent.
She Is still young. Her only pre-
vious appearance In this country was
in a motion picture called Inter
mezzo." Her style Is not yet formed
and is reminiscent of other actresses
who have Influenced her. particular
ly Greta Garbo. But she has
lovely face and body and knows how
to move them and she has, too. The
honest inner fire that makes a role
glow. Very few have it. Welcome
Miss Bergman to the elect
A Soft-Stepping Curdler.
Ladies in Retirement" is one of
those soft-stepping English curdlers
that 60 in leisurely fashion about
the business of lifting the hair on
your scalp. Frequently, these melo-
dramas are so leisurely that you're
out Of the theater before the authors
get to'your scalp. but Edward Percy
and Reginald Denham have not
made that mistake They permit
their actors to raise their voices
airly in the show.
The characters are old old girls,
two of them eccentric and one Of
them a murderess. The only male
IN the PLAY Is the nephew OF the
killer and he is an unadorned heel.
The murder by one old girl of an
other old girl takes place at the end
of the first act and it's nicely ar
ranged.
The victim. the pleasantest char
acter in the play, sits at the piano
tinkling over the tit-willow song
from THE Mikado," the curls Of her
red wig bobbing. A door opens
behind her and Miss Robson, dressed
In black, her green eyes glittering
IN her dour, face, steps out with a
strangers cord. She comes forward
J. (See WOLFERT, Page F-3.)
Evening star., 1940-03-31

ments of this community to absorb
him. With Gallo stubbornness he
has always expressed a preference
for home and motherland, a feeling
that the chance to be a free artist
in France is more satisfactory than
surrendering his priced freedom for
American money.
Hollywood, too, can be stubborn,
and its insistence is reported about
to complete the job of wearing down
Cabin.
The two studios which enjoy the
envy of opulence with regard to
available lustrous male talent are
Metro-G Goldwyn-Mayer and Para
mount. The former, of course, has
not only Gable, Stewart and Tracy,
but Nelson Eddy, Melvyn Douglas
Robert Taylor, Robert Young, the
latter pair sort of second string first
gentlemen of the box ONCE, but a
wealth Of talent any way one looks
at it.
Paramount can count oil on its
fingers Jack Benny, Ray Milland,
Basil Rathbone, Joel McCrea, Allan
Jones, young Holden, Bob Hope and
the grooming Crosby. Momentarily,
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Hollywood Turns to Epics and Spends Its Money

A super-religious picture of a diff
ferent type is the Fox production
brigham Young" Louis Bromfield
is writing the screen play, which
probably will star Brenda Joyce and
Will be her most expensive picture
TO date: Dean Jaeger plays the
title role. western Union"
from Zane Grey's last novel, is an
other OF the Zanuck million-dollar
movies. :. Also Say It with Mu-
sic" by Irving Berlin, starring Alice
Faye. "The Return of Frank
James" the technicolor sequel to
Jesse James," with Henry Fonda
again playing Frank James; Lillian
Russell" with Alice Faye in the
title role. And a remake of the
Douglas Fairbanks, ST., epic-"The
Mark Of Zorro" to star Tyrone
Power.
At the beginning of the European
Evening star., 1940-03-31
oduy's Film Schedules

BEIAscoChare Mccarthy Detective" lust what the title .avs
AIS 4:10 545 740 and 9:35 pm.
House Across the an Aatraz
9:10 PM ~ : ~ N
COMMUNICATIONS With the Wind With vven 1.oh .,d r~
Gable: 2 and 8pm. ~ ~
EARLEad to Singapore gay by Bing Crosby and
Bob Hope: 240 1885, 7l5 and 9:35 PM Stage shows 205
420 635 and 1855 PM '
the fulengt Disney: $780, 3:lo 45o
630 BIO and $50 pm. ~
Divorce Of Lady x Laurence
Ohv1er: Sis and S:25 The Mkado" with DoyH
Carte favorites: 3:25, 6:45 and 955 pm
sidewalks Of London" which Leigh
ana Charles Laughon entertain: $685. $780, 7:5o and 945
PALACE-Grapes of WRATH version Of
the novel; q, 4:25, 7:o5 pm. :
1RANs-LUx-News and shorts; continuous o'clock
Evening star., 1940-03-31

this picture, which deals with pre-
Revolutionary days, will be filmed
at Williamsburg, Va.
Warmers have given up the "B"
department entirely to devote the
sound stages to "A" epics of the
million-dollar class. In and about
to be in production are Frank Cap
ra's ."The Life of John Doe" for
which Warmers and Capra had to
pay Samuel Goldwyn $780, for
the loan of Gary Cooper; "Sea
Hawk" starring that good old Eliza
bethan screen pirate, Enrol Flynn:
THE Life of Beethoven" for Paul
MUM; John Paul JONES'" a $20O0,-
900 biography Of the American naval
hero, starring James Cagney; Cap
tain Horatio Hornblower," with
Laurence Olivier portraying an Eng
lish sea captain of the Napoleonic
era; and-among Qthers-"Quietly
My Captain Waits" q costume epic
Of the Canadian 1600s-for Bette
Davis.
Also Some Musicals.
Metro has quite bunch of fancy
priced movies in the Edison,
the Man." starring Spencer Tracy;
waterloo Bridge" with vivien Leigh
and Robert Taylor; New Moon"-
on which million and q half has
been spent, with Nelson Eddy and
jeanette Macdonald starred; Boom
Town"-this picture has the most
expensive cast in town-ClArk Gable.
whose salary Is somewhere between
5000 and $4,000 q week; Spencer
Tracy. ditto, and Claudette Colbert,
$150,000 per picture. Only Hedy La
MARI Is in the comparatively low
salary bracket.
Among the IA additional Million
dollar pictures at Metro are three
musicals - Broadway Melody of
1941," with Eleanor Powell; "Ziesfeld
Girls" with Margaret SULLIVAN,
Hedy Lamar and Lana Turner, and
(ess GRAHAM. Page T-3.)
Evening star., 1940-03-31

(See WOLFERT, Page F-3D
Evening star., 1940-03-31

war, Columbia Studios dropped pro-
duction on the $4,000 Arizona, :"
but It's back on the shooting sched-
ule again. The entire picture with
Jean Arthur and William Holden in
the leads will be filmed in Arizona.
Fifteen miles from the present-day
Tucson a reproduction of the Tue
son of 1860 has been constructed.
The picture will take three months
to film.
No More Glass B.
'"Tree of Liberty" which Frank
Lloyd will produce and direct for
Columbia, will cost about $4,000, 900.
Cary Grant, the leading man,
charges $l50,000 for his services,
and the large cast includes the
now-expensive Joan Fontaine Cher
price has risen since her fine per-
formance in "Rebecca') and Sir
Cedric Hardwicke. A great deal Of
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Players Whose Popularity With the Film Fans
Is Sure Are Either Too Few or Too Busy

Tall, curly-haired Holden thus
finds himself with a good job and
a splendidly enviable opportunity.
Meanwhile talent scouts are comb
ing the country, preferably for
established stage players with big
regulations. but not to the exclusion
of those of lesser fame if they show
promise.
May Be an Import.
One of the most interesting side
lights on the new talent quest is that
Jean Cabin, the Spencer Tracy of
France" may be brought to this
country. Cabin, of Grand Illusion
and several other important French
films shown in this country, is
known to but comparatively few
American moviegoers. But he is so
favorably known to this group, and
to students of acting in Hollywood,
that his importation would repre-
sent a sensational addition to the
undermanned upper-crust of acting.
It has been one of M. Cabins
chief destinations to Hollywood
that he has been able heretofore to
ignore the most artful blandish.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
By Sheilah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
The word little" is disappearing
from the Hollywood film dictionary.
Unless a picture is going, to cost
81 ,000, 900 or more, the major STU
dios find it hard to be interested.
And all because of the gigantic sue
cess of Gone With the Wind"
which cost David Selznick $4,000 900
and has already crossed the grand
total of $15,000,000. Sheeplike as
ever, Hollywood is currently follow
ing in Selznick's expensive footsteps
with the motto, IF he can pull it off
so can we." That remains to be
seen.
At Twentieth Century-Fox, home
ly little numbers of the "Jones Fam
lily" and Charlie Chan" canber
have been cut down from four pic
lures to one year to make way for
Is near-future epics that will cost
Mr.. Zanuck and his shareholders
81 10000 or more each. Here are
some. of them: Tobacco Road"
from the nonstop Kirkland play,
which tells Of the share-croppers Of
the South. The price paid for the
film rights is about $3.50 900. John
Ford, who gets around $i50,00O per
chore, will direct. Nunnally john
son, who earns 5000 weekly, serves
as writer-producer. The large cast
is not definitely set, but Jeeter prob
ably will be Walter Brennan.
"The Man Who Came to Dinner"
is on the Fox million dollar list also
and carries q purchase price of at
least $250, 900. :. "The Great Com
mandment" did not cost Zanuck as
much to buy. 1t was originally made
by the Rev. James Friedrich and
was bought outright by Zanuck,
who will use the story of Jesus
Christ and his followers as the basis
Of 100000 technicolor pro-
duction. with Tyrone Power and
Albert Decker Ia the cast.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
By Jay Carmody.
HOLLYWOOD,

11OLL WOOO.
One of the most definite notions
which the fastener brings here
with him is that Hollywood lacks for
nothing. Or that lacking something,
say a Tai Mahal. Cathedral of
Notrs Dame as items in a movie,
script. it can be whipped up in
minute. From that feeling comes
occasionally disconcerting awaken
ing. There are some things which
even the movies department of
miracles cannot overcome. First
one we bumped into was dearth of
leading men, shortage which is
leaving several stalwart producers
with lot of time for thumb twid-
ding and for brooding upon fate's
unkindness.
Back of the deficiency in talent is
the circumstance that Hollywood is
In mood today for bigger and bet
ter pictures, an aftermath of the
success of Gone With the Wind"
Grapes of Wrath" etc. Basic in
surance Of the investment in such
an enterprise is a big box Office
Evening star., 1940-03-31

tional, but he is known only to stage
audiences, but slightly to movie
goers. In name only is he a doubt
full performer, but name is very i'm
portant thing on a movie marquee.
incidentally, its importance is
such that the players now most in
demand are likely to find 1910 their
most profitable year Under nor
NAL circumstances users of the
services of the bigger names have
to pay a lot for the services of such
players. Under the current ab-
normal ones lot more is in order.
so the studios or agents which have
man for rent, or a man whose
independence from a studio contract
permits him to make his own deals.
may logically expect greater riches
than ever before.
Most in Demand.
From what one can gather from
the welter of words on the leading
man subject, the actor most in de-
mand is James Stewart. If the
lanky Stewart were a collector of
right hands he could find a good
half-dozen producers willing to give
theirs for his services. Stewart. of
course, is not a collector of right
hands, but he is in a position to
pick up plenty of more negotiable
securities as result of his growth
IN skill and office statue in the
past two years.
One of the jobs for which Stewart
was not available was the lead in
Arizona" A top-notch performer
against Western scenery, viz, "Destry
Rides Again." Stewart was No. /
IN the fancy of Producer Charles
Ruggles. He was busy elsewhere.
So were Cooper and McCrea, an
other highly experienced pair in
the two-gun drama. Ruggles finally
settled for William Holden. a per-
sonable enough young man but one
whose previous experience in Turing
a suitable supply of customers into
picture houses was Paramount's
Golden Boy"