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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15


Blonde" at the Adams.
and was produced by the Peter.
boro Players.
Noyes' dramatic effort. The
Kingdom by the Sea-" based on
the tragic life of Edgar Allan
Poe. was enough TO convince the
lad that he should give up farm
ing and raising livestock, which
was his occupation all during his
school years.
He first played the grandson
In Dear Octopus" then appeared
in Fly Away Home" and did
young Wally in Our Town"
before Serlin PACED him TO play
John.
The latest difficulties to beset
the Ann Arbor Dramatic Festi-
val were overcome fairly easily.
Despite the cancellations OF
Luther Adler and Sylvia Sidney
in Golden Boy" the Lydia
Mendelssohn curtain will rise
Tuesday evening on a production
of the Odets play with young
Eric Linden, the Hollywood star,
in the role Of the violin-playing
pugiliSt.
Linden was happy choice
because he did the role in the
London production and is. OF
course, very much at home IN
the part. Also he happened TO be
available in time 90 fly here for
rehearsal with the rest OF the
cast.
Betty Furness, smother filIn
figure. will do the role Of Lorna.
the girl who tries to set the boy
right. but who falls in love with
him and helps 10 destroy him.
This is the fifth and last pro-
duction of the Festival series
and the season will close with A
gala performance next Saturday
night. Matinees are on Thursday
and Saturday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15

rib = tickling
world of funny
men. the cir
Gus clowns.
Now, Kelly
Is PERFORM
ing the same
antics under
the Big Top
of the IA
nous Cole
B T o I h ers
Combined Cir
Gus, w hic h
will ag in
display its
world of Won
q ers is
afternoon and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Young Playwright

Last week we devoted space
TO one Of the smallest youngsters
in the family of red-headed
Days. One of the older lads,
Richard Noyes who plays John.
is only II years old, but already
has written a play of his own.
1t won the New Hampshire
prize for the best one-act play,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Sees Film as Whole

Las- Saturday. We lunched
with Bette and frst-hand We
bring you, not rumors but facts
seen and heard ourselves.
|, willie WyIer il great di-
RECTOR" she told US. because
The has the power 10 visualize n
picture i'm the whole. He sees the
complete picture even before nc
begins shooting. As nm actress
see only my corner OF II.
Therefore I trust his Judgment
completely"
At that moment the asSistan
director came in 10 INFORM Betta
of change in the next scene.
ooh. I don't think that
right" Bette said. "I'll tell Wilt
my ideas about IT,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Bette Davis
Puts Faith
In Director
BY SARA HAMILTON
Special 10 THE DETROIT IIAiEs

HOLLYWOOD, June II.
1HE most rumored about
actress in Hollywood these
last weeks has been the one
number one star OF the screen
Bette Davis,
When Bette took a two week S
vacation the rumors few thick
and fast.
In print and by word Of mouth
one read and heard amazing
statements:
Bette Davis Is quarreling
with her director William Wyler.
Bette Davis has bowed out OF
the picture and will be replaced
by another actress. Bette Davis
Is having baby"
These were Just few OF the
luscious, juicy rumors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Has Repeat Appeal

Having broken the box office
record for the Cass Theater
with the first weeks attendance,
the comedy chalks up another
record for the biggest second
week attendance of any legiti-
mate attraction here within the
last 10 years.
The third week starts tomor-
row and if things keep going at
the present pace we will have
the comedy with us for quite a
while.
One OF the features OF Life
With Father" is that it has "re-
peat appeal" Most every one
who has seen il wants to come
back again and bring their
friends with them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Cole Circus
Clowns in
New Show

WHEN World War II broke
W out late in 1889, London and
all of England were laughing
a the antics Of Emmett Kelly,
Americas greatest gift TO that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
HOLLYWOOD, Jane Il a.

A MILLION dollars worth OF
- movie entertainment for the
boys who have gone to camp to
train for Uncle Sans defense is
Hoiiywood's plan.
The boys must be entertained
and kept happy in their leisure
hours, so they will see the great
est and most imposing list OF
Hollywood entertainers this
coming year that ever has been
assembled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Use Idle Players

The present plan is TO give
seven programs in the camps in
the West and then book a series
in the East. using players who
are not working in pictures.
When 1 was in Honolulu last
year we were dining with a we'll
known physician, his wife and
pretty daughter. A group of
sailor boys, clean, nice looking
lads, sat near our table. Finally.
one of the lads came over and
speaking to DR.. Benyas said:
MAY 1 please dance with your
daughter
DR.. Benyas gave his consent
and when she came back to the
table. his daughter said:
you know, that Is very
nice boy"
So we invited him and his
friends over TO the table and the
boys told us they hadn't danced
with or talked with a girl for
nearly year.
These boys had come from
good homes, they had been we'll
brought up and really deserve
a little better treatment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Life With Father Ideal
AS Substitute Gift
Comedy Starts Sd Week
After Breaking Records
at Box Office
BY CHARLES GENTRY

N HIN, uU"I "tHOI' NVII'O
Il down to the Cass with me
now" should be the popular re-
frain of the day for surely there
was never any show more appro-
pirate for Fathers Day than
the Oscar Serlin show which is
panicking Detroiters.
II you want to do something
for your male parent, don't give
him that shirt you got for
Christmas which you have never
worn, get him tickets for Life
With Father" and make it a
real celebration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Husky Explanation

MIR. Lloyd impressed me
pretty well with the idea that
l had a job 10 do In Hollywood.
and that showing up at night
clubs every night wasn't part OF
it," Carol explained in her I'M
usually husky and attractive
voice. 1--WE been looking for
ward TO working I'm pictures n
long time and now that have
real chance TO do something,
why toss it all away just having
n good tlme?"
Maybe it isn't fair 10 let Carol
know that when Lloyd isn't
soaring her about the serious
ness of being a movie actress he
goes around telling people that
she has the same sparkle and
verve on the screen that made
Mabel Nornand a star.
IL amuSes both Carol and
Franchot Tone. her beau in the
picture. that although they had
many dates when they were in
New York, they haven't stepped
out once since she's been in
HOLLYWOOD.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15

gave them a chance to see Doro-
thy Lamour, who is the toast Of
many of the boys.
To Camp Roberts went the
first show with Jane Withers,
Laurel and Hardy, Buddy Pep
per and Virginia O'Brien, Ella
Logan and others.
Allan Jones left by plane last
Monday for Fort Bragg and will
sing for the boys in Fayetteville.
". c. Marlene Dietrich, Rudy
Vallee. Bing Crosby are lined up
for later shows.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15

only one night club--Ciro'S.
Matty Fox. the Universal pro-
Queer. took her there one night
and. like Cinderella, she left AZ
the stroke of midnight.
Evening star., 1941-11-26

than a WlSp OF
a mind. That is
deducible from
the fact that she
has been able to
rationalize even
Hollywood. And,
as a result of the
r a t ionalization,
to like it. So
I e W strangers
do, Says Miss
HaSso:
Il came to Hol-
lyWood as an ac-
tress. But when
R-K-O did not
l,o,,o ,,,t ,>or+r
Evening star., 1941-11-26
'A.W.O.L.' Reproved

Absent Without Leave" draftee
story. by I. A. r. Wylie, which will
appear soon in Cosmopolitan Maya
zine as "Over the Hill" has been
purchased by Paramount as We
hicle for william Holden.
Reminiscent Of the recent "Ohio"
scare. in which some soldiers threat
ened to 60 lover the hill in Octo-
ber." or desert at the expiration of
their first years service. Absent
without Leave" will tell Of tenn
permental draftee who goes AW.OL.
and ends up in nearby farm house,
where personable girl shows him
what's wrong with his plans
Holden, who came into the movie
limelight as the portrayer OF the
title role in Golden Boy has two
Paramount films awaiting release
They are "The Remarkable An
drew" film version OF the Dalton
Trumbo novel. co-starring Ellen
Drew, and The Fleets In" nautical
with Dorothy Lamour and
Eddie Bracken as his partners The
young actor is also slated for the
lead in Out of the Frying Pan"
of the Francis Swami
play about Broadway aspirations.
Evening star., 1941-11-26

d w liz.
II you saw Lillian as the proud
Union daughter in The Birth of
Nation" Mary in Little Annie
Rooney and Gloria in Male and
Female you wouldn't suspect time
could be so brutal.
All are in their mid-forties and
as all still yearn to act they must
be properly typed. Hence, they
must play mamas. not simperlng
debs
Even so, the odds against any
old-timer making a successful re-
turn remain at about so 10 l. And
that goes for the best-known, best
loved personalities of those golden
pantomimic days when eight reels
made a feature picture, two reels
short subject and dual bills were
still in the dream-up stage.
Swanson, Gish and Pickford are
names to conjure With-and yet not
one Of the trio has managed to raise
much more than a whisper in this
era of sound.
R-K-O's curt, tWo-line notice that
Gloria's option for two more pic
lures has been dropped is evidence
enough that l941 fans didn't sup
port her comeback enthusiastically
enough to warrant sequel.
Lillian made one talkie, Eyes OF
Youth" in 1881. 1t was bad role,
a BAD picture and complete flop.
Since then she's devoted her talents
to the stage She now is appearing
in Life With Father"
Mary has made four talkies. one
joint effort with her late husband,
Douglas Fairbanks All but the first,
"Coquette," were financial disasters.
Hollywood reporter banner-lines
a hopeful yarn. 1t says all studios
are ridding their production lists
of B" pictures. The word has gone
out, according to the yarn, that each
and every film now facing the cam
eras must be strong enough to stand
alone on any exhibitors program.
That sounds like Utopia-plus, but
let's have a look at the record,
meaning films now in work on studio
sound stages. Here's a group of
new productions and their casts:
You Can't Always Tell" with Joe
Allen, jr.; Cobina Wright, jr.. and
Evening star., 1941-11-26

up all her time, even with records
which she made to check her ac-
cent against that of her teacher,
she also studied philosophy. Just
how much that subject figures in
one of her best anecdotes is con-
jectural, but it is a good anecdote
regardless. 1t concerns the actress,
as represented by Miss Hasso, at
the beginning of her career and her
present phase. OF it she says:
The older one gets, the more one
has an inferiority complex. I re-
member when I was starting, by ac-
cident, to be an actress. 1 was II
years old at the time, without any
intention of going on the stage,
when I received a call from the
Royal Theater in Stockholm.
when l went to see what it all
was about the directors first COM
ment was that seemed fairly large
for 12 Unabashed. I told him that
that was nothing to worry about,
that I could make myself smaller
at will. Apparently it was enough
for him. Whether I made myself
smaller is something that neither of
us ever knew. He was impressed by
my conviction that l could.
so, apparently, was I. At least,
I never have had the same convic-
ton since
Miss Hasso may be disappointed
that Hollywood never found any
jobs for her during her long period
of studying English and philosophy
there. If she is, it is not visible to
the naked eye.
1T is so competitive" she says.
1t is so competitive, indeed, that
it inspired her to return to her first
love, the theater in Golden Wings"
But it did not leave her with any
feeling of umbrage against the
movies.
Perhaps" she says. they will be
able to find something for me later.
Or. if they don't. perhaps I shall go
back to Sweden to be with my son.
1 always have thought that the pur-
pose of living was to live richly, and
if there is no place for me in the
movies or the theater, there is a
place for me in life"
1t is viewpoint so seldom en-
countered.
Bulletin board: The Birth of the
Blues" Earle's next attraction. will
be screened today for an audience of
critics. For an audience OF
every one who has nothing else to
do, King Tarz, the lion of "Tarzan's
Secret Treasure" will do her personal
here today. hours II to
3, in front of the District Building
Evening star., 1941-11-26

you cheer at the prospect of single
billing any Of the group mentioned?
Hollywood may eXterminate the
"B," but it will pop up under some
other name.
n
Conversation In Warner Bros.
green room:
Next time you see Ronnie, give
him my regards says Jane Wyman
to Ann Sheridan. (Ronnie's last
name is Reagan and he's married
to Miss Wyman)
Darling" says Ann in surprise
II don't believe it-not you two
You haven't split up. have yOu?'
practically" returns Miss Wy
man. "Ronnie works all night in
that 'Juke Grill picture of yours and
I work all day in The Night Before
Evening star., 1941-11-26
Miss Hasso, Back in Theater,
Also Likes Hollywood
Has No Grudge Against U. S. Cinema
Even If 1t Found No Job for Her,
After She Had Learned English
By JAY CARMODY.

In the first might
oVeler
photographs
be
1t bute
to the miracles of makeup lighting
Another pleasant the Swedish
Evening star., 1941-11-26

Christmas I hope he's we'll and
happy. Give him my regards,
Willya?"
tReleased by the N A. N A., Inc)
Evening star., 1941-11-26
Streamliner's Off

Brooklyn Orchid" newest of the
Hal Roach streamlined features,
has gone into production at the
Hal Roach Studios. Based on an
original story of the same title by
Earle Smell and Clarence Marks.
Brooklyn Orchid" will feature
Marjorie Woodwork.
Also prominent in the cast are
William Bendix, recruited from the
New York stage, and Joe Sawyer,
Grace Bradley, Skeets Gallagher,
Florine Mckinney and Leonid Kin
skey. Kurt Neumann directs the
production.
Evening star., 1941-11-26
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

| >oi VII L h$dtSI Hltf dCtiO1lS
| and Time of Showing
Stage.
National-"Golden Wings" drama
of life in the r. A. F.: 2::30 and
$3.50 pm.
Wardman Park-"Kiss the Boys
Goodbye the Washington Civic
Theater's production: s:45 pm.
Capitol-"The Chocolate Soldier"
Rise Stevens, Eddy and Strauss
music: II am, las, 4:30, tbs and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: 1855, $40.
6:25 and 9:10 pm.
Earle-"They Died With Their
Boots On" Enrol Flynn as Gen.
Custer: 10 am, 1855, 3:55, 6:55
and $50 pm. Stage shows: 1920,
3:2o, $40 and 800 pm.
keith's-"Suspicion." suspense by
Hitchcock: Ills am, 1:l5, 800,
5:25, 7:30 and 9:35 pm.
Palace-"Shadow of the Thin
Man." more about Mr.. and Mrs,
Nick Charles: 10:45 am, 1855, 3:O5,
5:15, 7:25 and $40 pm.
Metrop0litan-"Night of January
49," from the popular stage play: IL
am, los, 3:15, $40, 1870 and 9:4O
pm.
Columbia-"A Yank in the r.
A. F." Tyrone Power goes to Dun
kerque: 11:15 am, lis, $40, 5:25,
7:30 and 9:35 pm.
"Ruggles Of Red Gap" re-
vival of the hit with Laughton,
ct al: II am. 1880, 2:35, 4:20, sos,
7:55 and 9:45 pm.
Pix-"Rebecca," revival Of the
Hitchcock screen version: 11:10 am,
1:35, 4, $40 and 9:l5 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts;
continuous from 10 an.
Evening star., 1941-11-26

with George Sanders and Lyn Bari;
Born to Sing with Ray MacDon-
aid and Virginia Weidler; out of
the Past" with Ann Ayres and Con-
rad Veidt.
OF 38 pictures now shooting, there
are perhaps dozen more with titles
equally vague and casts Just as un-
prepossesSing.
II you were an exhibitor would
Evening star., 1941-11-26

for me to play, had all that time
on my hands and decided to use it.
The best Use of it. OF course, was in
learning to speak English. I did
not speak a word when I came. I
realized, however. that I should have
to do so. So set about that job"
She did not quite know how to set
about it. But being Swedish. she
rather thought it was one of those
things that would take care of
itself. 1t did, in. of all ways, one
day when Miss Hasso went to the
beauty parlor. The girl who was
assigned to her-or however you say
it-turned out to be q person who
spoke English with an accent that
seemed just right to Miss Hasso.
Inquiry developed that she was
English, that she had once been a
singer, that she was the sort Of
non-professional from whom Miss
Hasso thought English might be
learned
The whole thing came AS a COM
plete surprise to the girl in the
beauty shoppe, but it piqued her.
Accordingly, she undertook the job
It is to her that Miss Hasso owes
the relatively accentless English
which she picked up IN less than a
year. and about which she is unduly
modest.
Evening star., 1941-11-26

Brenda Joyce; "On the Sunny Side"
with Roddy Mcdowell and Jane
Darwell: Sing Your Worries Away"
with George Murphy and Anne
Shirley: The Falcon Takes Over"
Evening star., 1941-11-26

English not being enough to take
Evening star., 1941-11-26

at the National is that she is an
actress who patiently possesses more
Evening star., 1941-11-26
Glamour Girls of Old
Bid for Mother Roles
Lillian Gish to Test for Mrs. Wigs;
Mary Pickford Also Considers
A Comeback Picture
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.

emphasized latest
from moveland.
Lillian Gsh for mother roethe title part in remake
of Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage Patch
Pckod comeback which she Il
family responsibilities
finished maonly sally Father
Evening star., 1941-11-26
Child Gore Forum Slated

A forum on care CT pre-school
children will be held under spon-
sorship OF the Emerg, rcy Commit
tee for Pre-School Edu alton at the
National Education Association
Building, 1901 Sixteenth street NV,
at pm. Friday.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-09
COP Leaders
Back Governor
In nStateDefense
Tim. stan Correspondent.

LANSING, Dec. 9.-Republican
administrative board members de-
cided today to brush politics aside
and cooperate 100 per cent" with
Governor Van Wagner.
Called into special session to
discuss the outf1tting of state
troops for duty at defense plants
and airports, ooard members
adopted a resolution backing the
governor.
Questioning the fitness of troops
for duty. Secretary of State Harry
F. Kelly said il had been rumored
their rifles were old and ammuni.
ton was short.
There II plenty OF ammuni-
tion and the rifles are good"
the governor said. "Whst we are
worried about In clothing" VI
The board ordered purchasing
director Eugene A. Gump to take
any steps necessary TO outfit the
troops. and approved expanding
their number from $500 TO 4.160.
Unused funds from the Legisla-
ture's $4,000 appropriation will
be used until a special legislative
session Is called.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-09
PhoneCompdny
AugmentsGudrd
.AgdinstDdmdge

Emergency measures were in
voked by the. Michigan Bell Tele-
phone Company today to meet war
conditions, ii was announced by
George M. Welch, president.
A general plan was prepared
many months ago in conjunction
with govern n authorities,
Welch said. and became effective
automatically with the declaration
of war by Japan.
Guards have been on duty at
the telephone company for almost
a year as protection against
sabotage.
Welch revealed that 9.765 long
distance calls were placed from
Detroit yesterday, an increase OF
% per cent over the last two
Sundays. Employment has been
increased from 10 to 20 per cent
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-09
People You Know
Marx Patterson, SIS. Reads 100 Papers Da,
BY JAMES SHERIDAN

Every day for IS years Mark
Paterson has read 100 different
newspapers from front to back
page.
He begins reading at about 10
a. m. and quits at 2 a. m. the
following morning.
Paterson at So doesn't wear
glasses and has perfect vision.
He's never had a headache and
believes his extraordinary eyesight
is due to being a juggler in his
youth.
Paterson is the proprietor Of a
company which supplies news
paper clippings to hundreds of in
dividuals and companies. Read
ling is not only his work. but also
his pleasure and he declares
there's nothing 1 like 10 do more
than read a newspaper"
AS a boy Paterson appeared as
a seven-ball' juggler in various
theatricals and was protege of
comedian w. c. Fields.
"Juggling is the best exercise
possible for the eyes," says Pat
erson. "The muscles of the eyes
need exercise just like your arms
or legs"
Before starting his clipping bu-
reau Paterson worked as a stenog-
rapher for the Ford Motor Com
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-09

children of Great Britain.
More than 1000 grave-faced
persons stood in the General
Motors building lobby and un-
derground concourse listening to
President Roosevelt's request
for a declaration of war. At its
conclusion people moved silently
away.
In the Statler Hotel hundreds
listened to the speech, stood at
attention as the Star Spangled
Banner was played and then
burst into tremendous applause.
In every public building, store,
or, office in which there was a
radio, all business was suspended
while the speech was in progress.
THE noon-hour clatter of dishes
Il and the rumbling monotone OF
talk-hungry lunchers drowned out
the radio in a downtown Detroit
cafe yesterday.
Suddenly there came from the
radio, far in the background. the
heart-swelling strains of the Ma
tional Anthem.
The talk and the noise stopped
abruptly and every person in that
restaurant stood at attention.
That was a small thing in itself;
yet at the same time it was an
event of worldwide significance
For those few Detroiters in side
street cafe, by their sincere salute
to the Star-Spangled Banner, were
exhibiting the heart and the de-
termination of America.
This could not have happened
last week. for Americans are loatr
to display their patriotism. Only
at public events such as, concerts
and football games does the Ma
tional Anthem receive its proper
respect. as rule.
The incident in that restaurant
revealed the spirit that will defeat
Japan-a united nation unwaiver'
ing in its loyalty and unfinchine
in its sacrifices.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-09
Tired Kidneys
Often Bring
S!eep!ess Nights

Doctors say your kidneys contain Is miles
Of tiny tubes or filters which help to purify the
blood and keep you healthy. When they get
tired and don't work right In the daytime,
many people have to get up nights. Frequent
sometimes shows there In something wrong
with your kidneys or bladder. Don't neglect
this condition and lose valuable, restful sleep.
When disorder Of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain In your blood. it
may also cause nagging backache, rheumatic
swelling. puffiness under the eyes, headaches
and ditKiness.
Don't vaiti Ask your druggist for Dosn's
Pills. used successfully by millions for over 40
years. They give happy relief and viii help
the IS miles Of kidney tubes flush out poison
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-09


He also was
the founder of
the old Detroit
City Baseball
L e a que a n d
managed on e
of it's teams.
Christopher Z.
Stein, ow a
veteran judge
of Recorders
Court, also was
a manager Of a
[ e a m in I h G
same league.
p a [ e r S o n
en- ds giIcI
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-09
Guard Defense Plants

COLDWATER. Dec. 9.-Extrs
guards were on duty at the Regal
Manufacturing Company plant
here today. The concern holds q
defense program production order
for anti-aircraft gun parts. An.
other concern. the Hillsdale Manu-
featuring plant, engaging several
hundred women in the manufac.
ture Of army uniforms, Is also
under guard.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-09
City'S Defense Points
Guarded by Police

Detroit's police officials today
were ordered by Superintendent
Louis Berg to concentrate their
men where they will be most
useful" during the wartime emerg-
ency, particularly near defense
plants and public utilities.
All police inspectors, he said
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-09

should be able to locate all men
assigned TO them "a hours a day
For several months special police
guards have been stationed at a
few utilities, but this order, said
Berg, will augment those details
and add new ones.
Disclosing there had been nc