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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23
NEW TEAMS IN CITY
| SOFTBALL LEAGUE

Two new teams, the Wonderland
Grill and Doth Century club were
admitted to membership Of the
City-Wide Softball league for the
coming season at a meeting Of Off
eials and managers last night. A
protest committee, consisting of
President John Thompson, Walt
Mains and Johnny Ward was also
named.
The league appointed the fol-
lowing umpires: Vic Ercon, George
Grocco, Charley Gerace, Urban,
Philibert, John Caulfield, Ed Kenny,
zoe Runividge, Chris Gruzgenski
and Bobby Ray. The umpires are
asked to communicate with Presi-
dent John Thompson before April
n.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23

Louis Would Fight Two Baers;
Briggs FavOrs Shorter Season

left field Job with the Reds.
Tuss McLaughry has another g.
foot 210-pound son, Bob, at An
dover Academy. Young Bob ex-
GELS in the javelin, hammer and
discus and plays football {.
but will not follow in brother
Johns footsteps and be coached by
his dad at Brown, it Is whispered.
The Dartmouth hills have
caught Bob's eye, they say.
Harry Koehnemann, who won
the sidehorse championship as the
Illinois gymnast squad annexed
the N. C. A. A. title, suffered from
infantile paralysis as a youngSter.
ST. LOUIS BROWNS
LOOK DIFFERENT
So spring is here. .. Well,
they're still skiing the length Of
Cannon Mountain, out Of Fran
coma, N. H., and on Pico Peak, out
Of Rutland, VT.
Archie Williams, olympic 400
meter champion, Is earning pilots
license in the California division Of
Civil Aeronautics.
The st. Louis Browns ar etrying,
anyway. Only three In the reg
ular lineup were there a year ago
George McQuinn, Don Heffner and
Harlond Cliff. The Athletics
inheld- Siebert, Benny Mccoy, Bill
Lillard and Rubeling-is the young
est and most inexperienced in the
majors. It averages less than
"a.
Bud Ward is thinking of becom-
ing business man golfer after de-
Tending the national amateur
championship this summer. The
Spokane smacker Is one Of two
simon-pures who match the better
professionals. The other Is Will
fred Wehrle Of Racine.
Speaking Of winning streaks,
Swarthmore's girl lacrosse team
hasn't been beaten in nine years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23
B. G. TO OPEN GRID
YEAR WITH CENTRE

Newton, Mass, April % - (U.P)
Boston College will tune up for
Tulane by starting its 1910 football
schedule here September 81 against
Center College of Danville, KY.
In a series that ended in 1884,
Boston College defeated Centre four
times by one touchdown. The Eagles
travel to New Orleans the follow
ing week for the Tulane clash. An
nouncement of the Center game was
made last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23
NAUTICAL ACTOR

Robert Stack is building what he
calls mystery" boat that will look
like an ordinary launch, but which
he hopes will travel with the speed
Of the wind. The young actor
sportsman Is constructing the craft
from plans drawn up by himself
during time of from the filming Of
'"The Mortal Storm"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23

Ann Rutherford has o new hobby,
or rather q new offshoot to her old
hobby Of collecting ancient maga-
zines. She is now collecting old fan
magazines and has one specimen
dating back to 1911.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23
LAST NIGHTS FIGHTS
b yUnited Press

Providence, r. I. - Cup - Abe
Denner, 127 ga, drew with Mike
Belloise, 1913, New York (10); Larry
Bolvin, 1241s, Providence, decision
ed Matt Perfetti, 126, Amsterdam.
N. Y. (S>: Spider Armstrong
100 ga, Toronton, outpointed
George Saiamone, 1921, Bottom (0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23
Just a Few Lines

Hartford sparker statesmen have picked
Thursday lobster for Connecticut sports writer's at
which Muvey will honored and babored
baseball selections year ago. Thanks TO those
Washington Park
Friday night
gun rifle which scored highest
competition ninth best in the nation
writing How to Pitch the first of which
recently knocked out Of the box IN
innings sebrng Florida Coach Bill Tracy OF Lavenworh
exhibition with MIL Plain
something decide what his opening lineup
following Most folks bit surprised that
scheduled Hamilton Park rather than the
municipal big deal in the works for the
the Eastern League and those championship out
baseball the largest scale that Waterbury since
and 1925 handled by kitty" Bransfeld.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23

I said about Bimelech and take Q
flyer on a great, new find Of mine.
Don't you do 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23

High SINGLE. Brennan, 1853.
High three-McKenna, 375
High game-White's, 900.
High team-Lynch'S, 1927.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23

MerryKnightH
Outside Chance
To Win Big Race

Editors Note: Following is the
eighth in q series Of IL dispatches
high-lighting the top contenders
for the Kentucky Derby.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23

J. Sweeney the Naugauck, Waterbury and New
britain golfer is throwing party this p M for his
the golf situation In
slice particular will be discussed between
the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23

Of Walter Red johnson IN Scranton
took him but two rounds to
times before stomach hook kept
Tommy Tucker shooting for
nghthavy Billy Conn dond Tarzan Roy scra-
that's the Tucker held to draw
the ITS pound list issued by the MIA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23
ThiSSpOrting
World
Pert Paraaraphs Of Sport
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

Pert Paragraphs Of Sport
Al Drescher restaurantew does great deal Oh
which makes him
a victim Of made-mer (sea-
ess) was while place business watching drunk biting
sandwiched between two slices
a rye bread wggng though the herring had been
taken
Evening star., 1940-07-06
Boston Is Visited
In Trans.Lux Film

The historic hub of New England
is the destination of the weeks
travelogue at the Trans-Lux. The
featured short subject on the new
bill, Boston Common and Proper, y
visits Beacon Hill, the old State
House, the aristocratic homes on
Beacon street, Faneuil Hall, the old
North Church, Boston Harbor and
Bunker Hill Monument, with, side
trips to Lexington and Concord and
Harvard University.
Interest of the newsreel cameras
Is again turned principally to do
mestic events this week. There are
views of the Senate hearings of Mr..
Knox and Mr.. Simpson. of industry
mobilizing for defense, of work be-
ing speeded on new Navy defense
plans, Of the Army exhibiting its
mechanized forces, of mass produc-
tion Of new Army planes, of Senator
McNary speaking on his vice presi-
Dental nomination, of United States
Reserve pilots in training. There's
a brighter side, too, to life in the
newsreels. Lew Lehr visits a dog
show, Jack Dempsey kayoes a wrest-
Ter.
Court Favorites," another Of the
short subjects at the Trans-Lux,
is a pictorial history of tennis, in
cluding lesson by Vincent Rich
ards and some fast and slow mo-
ton shots of the Bill Tilden tech
nique. Also there are new "Strang-
er Than Fiction" reel and car
toon, "Puss Gets the Boot" H. M.
Evening star., 1940-07-06

over to the police. They traced ii
to a clerk working in Kansas City
bank. He had been-and was-a
lunatic. He is safely locked up
now. But can you imagine the feel
ings of the people in the bank!"
X X
Tea with Judy Garland and
she is a mass of aches from neck
to toes! I've been doing La Conga
with Mickey Rooney for three days
now" she groans. And 1 can't
move" For their picture, Strike
Up the Band'D. Judy has just had
an 18th birthday anniversary, land
I've been working like mad ever
since. Twice this week I've worked
til midnight. suppose they think
you get suddenly stronger when
you're 49," Sounds as though Judy
is grumbling, but she's not. She's
just tired.
After a little food Judy perks up
isn't 1t wonderful-no more les
sons" 'She graduated last week
at a local high school in company
with $50 girls) mo, they didn't
notice me particularly; it was just
plain" said Judy.
Il suppose now you'll be getting
married?" I tease her. Judy is said
to be violently in love with Robert
Stack 1t would take too long to
give you her reply, but the answer
is no"
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been getting a divorce. we'd have
admitted it. What would have been
the use of a denial? People would
have found out anyway"
But Lana Turner and Alice Faye
denied just that very thing, and
now look" this reporter reminds
her.
Yes, I know some people would
deny that they were getting a
divorce-but not us. Oh, we'll"
concludes Claudette, I've given up
worrying about it. Every one will
see in time that the item was
wrong"
dream" says Claudette. Il can't
believe it has happened-that
France (Claudette was born in
Paris as Lily Chauchion) is no
longer a free country. would have
liked them to fight on and on. The
last mother and I heard of our
relatives there they were 100 miles
south of Paris. We've sent cables
and letters to them-but no replies. :"
(All of Claudette's spare time is
devoted to refugee and Red Cross
work for the Allies)
About picture work >. II make
three a year." Claudette tells me
Cat a price ranging from $150,o00
to $125 900 per picture). This years
quota-"Boom Town." with Gable,
Tracy and Hedy Lamar; the cur
rent arise, My Love" (co-starring
Ray Milland)-to be followed by
"Skylark," movie version of Ger
trude Lawrence's successful play.
after that I get vacation-I
hope" concludes Claudette.
About health-and in particular
about Miss Colbert's sinus-"My
sinus trouble was cured years ago."
affirms Claudette cher husband is
one of the best nose and throat spe-
cialists here. That's how Claudette
met him. But the last time you
mentioned it in your column-about
three years ago." continues Clau-
dette, something awful happened.
A man from Kansas City wrote to
me, suggesting a long distance cure
based on mind over matter. Then
came a threat and a request for
$1,000.
my husband turned the letter
Evening star., 1940-07-06

performances as able as the script
permits them, and Miss Morrison is
a gal who can make a parka quite
as useful as Dorothy Lamour q sa-
rong. Minor characters, drawn
nicely to standard, are interpreted
by such capable people as j. M.
Kerrigan, William Frawley, Eily
Malyon and j. Farrell Macdonald.
Even so, the landscape has a pro-
found tendency to steal the show.
X X X X
1t is slick bit of entertainment
that Harry Anger has put together
for a stage show, which he calls
Rhythm and Romance" It's head
liner is the seemingly immortal
Nick Lucas, whose voice and guitar
have not changed bit through the
years. Co-equal in the billing are
Buster West and Lucille Page, whose
comedy dancing is original and di-
verting, and lot better than some
of the other comedy West offers.
The Murtah sisters, vocal harmon
lists, swing everything from nursery
rhymes to opera, dash off a sweet
number to prove they can, and
touch their bit up with some pan
tomiming that could be funnier.
Lacking a single acrobatic num-
Der this week, the Roxyettes COM
pensate for it with that closing,
handsomely staged apple Bios
som" number, during which tho
theater is sprayed with the scent
OF apple blossoms. It even smells
good.
Evening star., 1940-07-06
The Mortal Storm
At the Columbia

How a totalitarian state gets that
way, with little of the brutalizing
process overlooked, has been worked
into one of the more potent of re-
cent screen dramas in "The Mortal
Storm" which yesterday returned to
the Columbia. An honest, unaccent-
ed adaptation of Phyllis Bottome's
novel of the same title. the picture
Is a thing of such impact as to make
questionable the cinema's wisdom in
dropping such themes for the time
being. 1t will look far for anything
of equal dramatic force, or so IL
Eliminating as to the evil inherent
in efficiency gone mad.
A singularly fine cast has been as
sembled from Metro Goldwyn-
Mayors glittering roster for this ex-
cellent film. Its name stars, James
Stewart and Margaret SULLIVAN, are
splendid in forceful roles, but act
ing honors may be more justly
awarded to Frank Morgan, far re-
moved from comedy, and Nine. Ma
ria Ouspenskaya. ]. G.
Evening star., 1940-07-06

may uoAC Qulctly at Will, COHIlQenC
in the knowledge that "Safari" will
trek along a we'll trodden path, ar
irving exactly at the point expected
at any given moment.
In other words, the native beaters
In the Paramount script depart
ment have been unable to flush
any game resembling fresh drama
in the jungle outskirts of this plot.
You have the multi-millionaire
yachtsman, who is tall, dark and
obnoxious; his fiancee, who is blond
and lovely; the young white hunter,
who Is noble and handsome, and
sundry assorted persons who pop in
and out, ostensibly for the purpose
OF supplying touches of humor.
Where it will end, knows every one.
There is no point In going into
the complications and ramifications
Of this yarn again here. Paramount
at least had the excuse for repeat
ing 1t that Madeleine Carroll is one
to be regarded with complete salts
faction, in or out of the jungle. She
remains cool, well-groomed and at
tractive, from the moment she tells
Tullio Carminati (the millionaire) +,
Evening star., 1940-07-06

IT think I'll like your darkest
Africa" until she proves how much
she likes it by weeping on Doug
Fairbanks shoulder. The studio
possibly had the further excuse, also,
that any number of people will be
heartily amused by Lynne Over
mans portrait of a Scotch Trader
Horn.
It must be admittec for "Safari"
that it is picture which will fray
not one of your nerves, and it will
take you up an African river to a
jungle that seems to be a haven of
peace. Still there are not enough
animals or scenery to make it a top
notch travelogue, and then the
actors always are getting in front
of the scenery, anyhow.
+ X 4 X
This is the week of the feud on the
Capitol stage between Sam Jack
kaufman, conductor and pin-ball ex-
pert, and Art Brown, known to Gene
Ford as the Thief of Badgags. ;"
Neither of them won yesterday after
noon, so the feud probably will go on
Evening star., 1940-07-06
New Noon
Wears An
Old Face
MacDonald.Eddy
Team Gives Its
Music Grace

"The New Moon" looking old and
sadly out of condition, but with
Jeannette Macdonald and Nelson
Eddy to sing above the creaking of
its story, entered a second week at
Loew's Palace yesterday.
Its stars are vocally right at home
in the tender melodies which Sig
mund Romberg wrote just before
the turn of the depression. More
over, never were they more happily
recorded on the sound track. The
fact remains, however, that the
story wears silly, f1abby face well
beyond any hope of being masked
by two players with 50 little acting
skill as Miss Macdonald and Eddy.
There are evidences that M-G-M
knew the fundamental weakness Of
"The New Moon" In addition to do
mating to 1t the grace notes of its
principals, it hired an otherwise ex-
pensive cast, and embarked upon
one of the most elaborate produc-
ton jobs ever seen by mortal eyes,
before they closed in sleep. The
huge investment in Spanish moss,
capacious frocks for the ladies and
capes for the gentlemen will prove
worth while only if the magic of
the starring team once more hyp-
notices the public. 1t has not missed
yet, fine testimonial to the in
corrigible romanticism of MacDon-
aldEddy fans.
Musically. The New Moon" re-
tains the famous and favorite Rom
berg melodies. They include Lover
Come Back to Me" Wanting You"
"One Kiss" and the various others.
They are sung in the best tradition
it must be tradition by now-of
the principals. Too, they are
staged with such sweep as to ex-
haust the resistance of all but the
stoutest hearts to their romantic
implications.
Ahhhhh! j C
Evening star., 1940-07-06

Oliver Hardy saw an exceptionally
high and long fight of cement stairs
leading to some ones hilltop home
1t gave him an inspiration. Next
day he and Stan Laurel returned
with camera crew and filmed
scene after scene of themselves try
ing to drag piano up the steps. 1t
turned out to be one of their fun
niest two-reelers The Piano
Movers The set cost them abso-
lutely nothing Nobody was home"
One day while Mcleod and a
Christie company were driving to
location somewhere along Hollywood
boulevard, snow began falling in
one of those California climatic
phenomena. Mcleod Immediately
began rewriting the script and by
the time the location was reached
they were ready to film several
scenes involving their unexpected
free prop-SnoW.
And just to show how far those
pioneer corner cutters would ac-
tually go to save a nickel or two,
here is McLeod's favorite story:
Filming a picture on the cuff
writing the story scene by scene on
the set-one of Christie's companies
reached the point where no logical
ending could be conceived. In fact
they couldn't even think of ending
it at all. Rather than waste time
by sitting around doing nothing
they photographed themselves pack
ing up their equipment, getting into
studio cars and going home. That
was the finish of the picture-one
of the biggest laughs in any Christie
comedy"
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until there isn't q Kaufman or a
Brown left in the hills, unless one of
Arts gags Stays every one within
range.
This also Is the week that Olive
and George Bradna come back to
town with Buster Shaver and some
new dance routines which are GER
tain to make them the most popular
entertainers their size Also there
are Weldon Barr, in some eccentric
dances and tap impersonations of
tap-dancing experts Coined in this
one by the Rhythm Rockets, who are
experts, too: Lyn.l Allison, who
sings sweetly, and Ed Ford and
Whitley, Whitley being a rather amaz-
ing terrier.
Evening star., 1940-07-06


making who is busy today directing
Louisa M. Alcott's classic, Little
Men" Between camera setups, Nc
Leod grew reminiscent. They may
pinch nickels today, opined Mcleod,
but he survived period when
movies were made for peanuts, but
tons and old cigar coupons.
Way back in the 20s. when both
the film industry and Mcleod were
much younger, he was an assistant
director for AL Christie, the comedy
king. He recalls there never was a
penny or any other coin minted
that Christie couldn't squeeze until
it yelped for mercy. Nevertheless,
all the Christie films were well pro-
duced and looked like big money
once they reached the silver screens.
Christie lived on Sunset boule-
ward only a few blocks from his
studio" Mcleod recalls. When We
wanted furniture for set we sent a
truck up to his house and got what
ever we needed. I guess we used
everything except his drapes and
the bathtub. If Mrs. Christie hap
pened to be giving dinner party in
the evening we had orders to return
the dining room set an hour before
mealtime."
The natural bowl which now is
famed Hollywood Bowl was just a
lot of barley covered ground in those
days and the setting for many a
Western film.
"It was Gods gift to penny-con-
scious producers" Mcleod contin-
ued. "By frequently changing CAM
era setups we had 18 different shifts
of scenery within an hour. Mile
after mile of chases-Indians chas-
ing cowboys and cowboys chasing
Indians-were filmed in that COM
paratively small mountain inclosure.
And to further lop off expenses
extras would chase themselves
portraying Indians in the morning
and cowboys in the afternoon"
A Christie comedy director once
needed a looking grand
fathers clock for an important
scene, but there was no such article
in the studio prop room, nor was
there enough money in the budget
to provide for the rental of one.
A prop man, Mcleod remembers,
solved the problem by borrowing"
a grandfather clock from the home
of a girl friend-lifting it through a
convenient window and returning it
safely several hours later before her
parents noticed its absence from
place of honor in the living room.
"In those days we discovered sets
instead of building them," Mcleod
said. Driving around one day,
Evening star., 1940-07-06

a thing of wisdom, in the main, fol
1t brings out values in the Alaskan
scene handsomely faked) which
precedent camera work has missed
They are highly exciting values too
The one respect in which techni-
color lets down the story is that
which occurs in the climatic bliZ-
card. 1t is a tremendous blizzard
cruel and terrible, but even in tech
nicolor a blizzard comes off black
and white save for the clothes and
compilations of the actors trapped in
1t.
1t was to the advantage of the pic
ture, too, that Director George
Archainbaud's players, man, woman
and boy, chose to act the charade
with a spirit indicating they never
had heard of the plot before. They
accomplished it, too, in spite of the
fact that It's every element Is
familiar even down to the heroic
dash for the diphtheria serum. (To
be sure the serum is called sui
phanilamide this time, but that will
fool no one)
As in the original novel, the char
acters in the screen version of "Un-
tanned" a title which probably refers
to the countryside, are noble people.
They include brilliant young sur
geon who has grown neurotic on
boredom and brandy CMr. Millan0 g,
a genial, whole-souled guide CTami-
roff) and the latter's lovely young
wife Miss Morrison), who came to
the bitter north country because
she was bitter about the south
country.
The guide and the young surgeon
work up a great friendship. one of
those deep, manly kinds, before the
latter Is injured and nursed back to
health by the trapper's beautiful
young wife. From there on the
story is as simple as its photography
is colorful. Every one is trying to
dodge the inevitable with the ex-
ception of the audience, which
knows all along that a way will be
found to solve the dilemma. 1t
even knows the" way, although
Scriptist Friedrich Hazlitt Brennan
did try trick which may have
fooled him.
Few comedy sequences have crept
into the movement of "Untamed," !"
those derived chiefly from the gos-
sip of the townswomen envious of
the young wife's beauty They are
not very funny, nor are those based
upon the boastful assurance of an
elderly blind man that he's fount
of all wisdom, including advice to
the lovelorn.
Best part of "Untamed" is its bliz-
zard, as mean looking thing as
the movies have thought up since
Sam Goldwyn's hurricane. Its sheer
fury Is a dramatic thing, even
though it never raises a doubt as
to the eventual rescue of the low
ers, nor leaves one as to how it will
dispose of the triangle.
The principals of "Untamed" give
Evening star., 1940-07-06

nuSDanQ ana l
were having fun
at Sun Valley
when my mother
telephoned and
told us we were
getting a di-
vorce, according
to a writ er.
Why did she
pick on us? We
are so obvious
ly happy. We
mind our own
b u S i n ess and
don't interfere
with any one
else IF we had
Evening star., 1940-07-06

of the majestic
landscape, an
other part of
waiting for the
moment when
the tale may
take an unex-
pected turn. 1t
never does, but
the expectation
creates one kind
Of suspense II
not the tradi-
tional kind.
P a r a mounts
decision to make
"Untamed" in
Evening star., 1940-07-06

Earl Carroll estimates that he
has spent more than $1,000, 900 on
girl shows which he has produced
during the last 80 years.
Evening star., 1940-07-06

Joan Davis aspired to be concert
violinist when she was a child. She
studied the violin for two years. At
the end of that time Joan played a
very poor Pop Goes the Weazel."
Evening star., 1940-07-06
Economy Was a Byword
In Another Day, Too
Director Norman Z. Melee Recalls
Some of His Early Experiences
In Keeping Budgets Down
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.


Budget cutters the principal actors behind
minded fellow who
visible the paying important right
than Clark Gable or Ginger
All of Norman
Evening star., 1940-07-06
'Safari' Follows a Trail
That Is Well Trodden
Madeleine Carroll Visits Quiet
African Jungle at the Capitol;
Kaufman.Brown Feud Is On
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

m nss are qieter in that part Of Africa visited Loews Capitol
TINS week by Madeleine Carroll Fairbanks
the cast OF saa Things quiet
AND Will several of drop for the makers the picture
seem to have felt that telling this anything
uaions would
Evening star., 1940-07-06
Claudette Colbert Speaks
OF War and Pictures
She Worries Over Relatives in France;
Also Says Those Divorce Rumors
Are Too Silly Even to DENY
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.


lunch with claudette Colbert in the Paramount Cafe he
making Arise My Love- for this take with
nourshmen wide variety happiness
married life her grief missing relatives
heah problems mention
actual OF her
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