The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
On STAGE
and
SCREEN


er Edward Small warned his col
leagues today that movie audiences
know every possible turn OF
story and every trick of the
trade and the sooner they real
lied this fact. the sooner they
would shed their box office tro-
ubles
Small who is president OF Ed
ward Small Productions, Inc, which
releases its pictures through Unit
ed Artists, returned from New
York. He said that the salvation
of the industry would be new ideas
in film stories an dtreatments.
presented on a more pretentious
scale.
Edward c. Robinson, who trades
principally in tough guy" roles,
was honored today with a life
membership in the American Pig
con Racing Union. Robinson likes
pigeons and will accept the award
at a banquet.
Eighteen hundred members OF
the society voted him the mem
bership because he aroused In
terest in pigeons in a movie which
portrayed their early use in car
rying news dispatches.
Buck Jones, one OF the greatest
OF the two-gun- heroes, dug from
the archives of the silent screen
today a strip of film which he in
tends TO use as evidence that he
was the originator OF the express
sion. Hi 70 Silver"
Jones is suing Republic Pictures
for rights to the expression. The
film company claims priority.
Jones started taking account OF
the films he had played in. He
tried the talkies, but was unable
to find one where he used the call.
He commenced digging through the
silent horse operas and found a
film produced in 1927. One Sc
quence, Jones said, shows him call
ing his horse. He plans TO call in
lip reading experts to translate the
call which he believes was Hi 70
Silver.
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Bringing to the screen best-sell.
ing novels, New York musical and
dramatic stage successes and out.
standing stories by famous Ameri-
can authors, RKO Radio Pictures
will precent SO features during the
1904 season, announces its presi-
dent. George ]. Schaefer.
Short subjects to the number
OF 1870 include Walt Disney produc-
tons, RKO Pathe News. March OF
Time and Information Please.
Stars include Ginger Rogers.
Charles Laughton, Carole Lombard,
Charles Boyer, sean Arthur, Ron
aid Colman, Richard Dix, Cary
Grant, Jean Hersholt. Kay Kyser.
Anna Neagle, Maureen O'Hara.
Anne Shirley and Orson Welles.
Featured players include Edmund
Lowe, Kay Francis, Jack Oakie,
Charles Winninger. Lucille Ball,
Wendy Barrie, Joan Carroll, Rich
ard Cromwell. James Ellison, Leon
Enrol, Virginia Vale, Linda Hayes,
Patric Knowles, Elsa Manchester,
Frances Langford, Anita Louise.
Limmy Lydon. Ann Miller, Alan
Mowbray, Donald MacBride, Gene
Raymond. Barbara Read, Kent Tay-
Tor, Lee Tracy, Lupe valez and
Phyllis Brooks.
Among the popular books to be
filmed will be Kitty Foyle" by
Christopher Morley and starring
Ginger Rogers; "Ariane Pretends"
by Claude Anet. vehicle for
Charles Boyer; Theodore Dreisers
Sister Carrie, Valley OF the
Sun, Clarence Burlington Kel.
lands Saturday Evening Post
serial; "Anne's House OF Dreams.
one OF the L. NJ. Montgomery
stories, vehicle for Anne Shirley:
Little Men, the Louisa May Al.
colt classic. to be produced by
Towne and Baker; "Freckles" and
'Laddie", two OF the Gene STRAIT
fton-Porter novels.
Among the plays to be picturized
are They Knew What They Want.
ed, by Sidney Howard, and Two
on an Island" by Elmer Rice.
Musicals are represented by TOO
Many Girls, George Abbotts own
production OF his Broadway sue
cess: Kay Kyser and his band
In You'll Find OUT; NO. No
Nanette' and Sunny. both star
ring Anna Neagle; They Met IN
Argentina, with Maureen O'Hara,
Gene RAYMOND and Alberto villa
heading the cast.