Evening star., 1942-08-04


chiller i. 1t was only after The
Maltese Falcon" that Bogart, q
none-too-important figure In Holly
wood pictures since 1882, found him.
self In q top spot >. Now, with
Jimmy Cagney out, Warner Brothers
rely on Bogart to carry their heavi-
est financial load No male per-
sonality has made more rapid
strides during past two years.
When Huston completed Job he
went into active service as lieutenant
In United States Army Signal Corps.
.. Walter Huston, Johns father,
continued sentimental father son
tradition by appearing in bit part
in this Aim {. Walter also did bits
in Johns other two pictures =.
Bogart, villain by type standards,
has killed and been killed more
often in movie scenes than any other
screen actor He Is in virtually
every scene Of this story. is on the
side Of law and order for q change
and, what's more, is on his feet and
healthy for the fade-out.
Print of Japanese movie shown in
theater sequence rented from
Harvey Parry, famous stunt man
-. it was silent Aim, however, and
sound was dubbed in by Japanese
technical adviser, who later was
rounded up and sent with thousands
Of other Los Angeles Japs to con-
centration camp He also coached
Greenstreet and Sen Yung, the
Chinese actor, In Jap dialogue
Huge ship set, replica Of Japanese
freighter. Genoa Maru, constructed
in accurate detail on studios back
lot AS in THE Falcon: rotund
Sidney Greenstreet continues his
cultured" type Of heavy No
obvious, snarling villain, Greenstreet
appears as intelligent sociologist and
educator with oily, ingratiating per-
sonality :. Picture employed serv-
ices Of more Chinese players in extra
and featured parts than any since
"The Good Earth" :. Story based
on magazine serial, aloha Means
Goodbye" by Robert Carson.
X X X
"Whistling in Dixie'-Red Il Dood
IT. Shelton fans can cheer his screen
return In another portrayal OF THE
Fox" master detective of the air.
ways, a character he originated In
his first movie, "Whistling in the
Dark" This is packed to hilt
with such sureflre thrill and laugh
ingredients as buried treasure, q
whistling parrot, flooded dungeons,
creaky doors and sudden disappear
ances
Getting down to facts and figures:
Film claims longest fight ever
screened running 18 minutes) be-
tween Skelton and Ann Ruther-
ford and Rags Ragland and hefty
Peter Whitney. Flames and
fists, pistols and pitchforks, reaping
sickles and bags Of grain employed
as instruments OF assault, battery,
mayhem, offense and defense. {.
Fifteen sore knuckles, four teeth
and three bruised jaws were casual
ties summed up at close of sequence
Ragland unwittingly contributed
teeth when he swayed into the
trajectory Of Reds Sunday punch.
Shelton, Ragland, George Ban
croft, Diana Lewis, Ann Ruther-
ford and Lucien Littlefeld spent
eight days working in water which
progressively rose from ankle to chin
depth. After studio hours dur
ing making of picture Skelton made
personal appearances at Al military
camps, travelling 1900 miles to and
from training centers. It was
a "four-sweater" picture according
to Diana Lewis method Of comput-
ing length of time of production.
Diana. wife Of William Powell,
knitted four sweaters between start
and finish. All members of cast
tutored In Dixie accent and idiom
before camera turned.
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Invisible Agent magic
is unbilled star of this comedy
melodrama, which comes from stu
dio (UniversaD which specializes In