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Evening star., 1942-02-06

own original popular magazine
story for Wanger's picture. follows
closely the revolt in the desert story
formula.
His hero is a young Canadian
Cabot with rather high ideals
about dealing with native tribesmen.
He Is getting along with them very
well-with the assistance of a witty,
brandy-bibbing London west-ender
played by Reginald Gardiner-until
a group of savages begins acting as
if some one had told it that showing
good manners to the British was a
fatal policy.
There is suspicion on the young
agents part that the savages, who
suddenly are as we'll armed as they
are rude, are inspired by some Nazi
ours operating in the neighborhood.
Headquarters, with the obtuseness
of headquarters everywhere, regards
the thing as beyond the conciliatory
policy of the young district agent,
concludes it is a matter for the
military, takes it out of his hands
and literally blows the lid of the
whole affair.
The incident is pretty much what
it always has been in the story.
There Is the brave attempt to keep
up the dignity of life in the officer
cast in the lonely outpost; the sud-
den appearance of the mysterious,
lovely princess who seems to be the
biggest business woman in Africa;
the dinner at which only the demo-
cratic Canadian dares show her
civility without fear of losing cast;
the bravado of the British agent in
exposing himself to the marksman-
ship of a villainous native; the
Towering of romance and then, by
way of up-to- o-dateness, the injection
of the Nazi element which leads to
the climax.
The climax, of course, would be
passage in which the young Cana
dian and a friendly White Hunter.
operating alone and In advance of
the colonial troops, uncover the
NaZi arms cache and wipe out the
dirty plot.
\
Wanger's picture, directed in a
straight line and with as much
speed as is deemed worthy of British
dignity by Henry Hathaway, is
blessed with some excellent acting
by male members OF its cast. Cabot
gives one of his best performances
as the quiet, easy-going, forceful
young Canadian; George Saunders
an even better one as the Caste
bound British Army officer; Regi-
nald Gardiner an excellently comic
portrait Of & lonely subordinate on
Ger; Harry Carey as wise, kindly
hunter; and Joseph Calleia as q
humorously miscast Italian officer
who would much rather cook for the
English sahibs than fight against
them.
The camera, too, gives a fine per-
formance.
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three cornered scrap involving
right-minded representatives OF the
empire, basely immoral NaAs ana
native tribes whose social and po-
iitical attitudes are painfully op-
portunist. The conflict develops us
Tense moments, with pauses here
and there for romantic interludes'
but they are neither tense enough
nor frequent enough to make sun
down" a major excitement.
" X
Abvssinia. the locale of SUN
down" makes not merely a flne
scenic background but serves also
as an excellent frame for MISS
Tierney. cast ss one OF those mys.
terious princesses who are supposed
to be harder on white men than
even the African sun. The picture
Is trying constantly to convey that
fiea. vet while Miss Tierney looks
the part she acts with the aloofness
OF a woman who had heard some
terrifying tales of the dangerous
ness of lonely men. Or. II not MISS
Iierney, the Hays Office.
Barre Lyndon, who adapted his
Evening star., 1942-02-06

pictures in the papers-and then de-
cided they weren't strong enough to
make the sacrifice. What Hollywood
needs more than anything right now
Is a czar to put a quick finish to
wartime publicity mongers.
y \
The scene could just as well have
been played in a telephone booth.
1t was that kind of scene. But
Boris Morros, who is making Tales
of Manhattan" insisted that Ginger
Rogers do her telephoning in a
bathtub, surrounded by mirrors
and gadgets and bottles and bub-
bles. And revealing as much epi-
dermis as is permitted in the neigh
borhood nickelodeons.
Producer Morros. a Russian with
g. reason for everything, explained
his use Of big, expensive set when
a small one would have done just
as well: ~ o,,...
More bucks Office"
. He meant box Office, but bucks
count most and maybe he was for
getting his coiorful accent Just foF
the moment to make q point.
Most stories about how much
movie sets cost are exaggerated
beyond belief. But, after some dis
cussion with set builder Ramiero
Dannenbaum, he confessed that So
600 was likely and reasonable fig
ure for Ginger's bathroom. He said
q telephone booth "set" could have
been set up for 5000 But produc-
ton value always makes the movie
seem better. And is more bucks
office.
Three of the biggest movie
nighteries. Ciros, Trouville and
Rhumboogie, have closed, and own
ers of others admit their patients
have a high fever on account OF
the lack of cash customers.
Movie folks aren't going out much
nights since the war started, ex-
cept to be wardens and wrap band
ages and run canteens and such.
(Released BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance. mc)
Evening star., 1942-02-06
Eli.Eli' Is Listed
For Spring Here

Fresh from four weeks in Balti-
more, the Jewish music talkie, Eli
Eli" will be presented for the first
time in Washington on Sunday at
the Jewish Community Center.
The picture depicts Jewish family
life in America, portraying the sacri-
fees made by parents to give their
children a sound education and the
problems that arise when parents
are no longer able to provide for
themselves. The cast includes such
notable Yiddish artists as Esther
Field, known as the "Yiddishe
Mamma; Irving Jacobsen, famed
comedian; May Shanefield; La
zarre Freed, star of "Yushe Kalb";;
the Jewish idol, Mum Serebrof, and
many others.
Evening star., 1942-02-06
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of ShowinS

Stage.
National-San Carlo Opera Com
pany in La Traviata," $40 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Johnny Eager" Robert
Taylor becomes an underworld
tough: 10:45 am, 1:30, Ais, 7:05
and $50 pm. Stage shows: 12:45,
$3.50. Sis and 9:05 pm.
Columbia-"The Bugle Sounds" I"
Mr.. Beery still prefers horses to
tanks: II am, los, 3:15, 5:25, 1885
and 9:45 pm.
Earle-"Out Of the Night" with
H. Bogart as a hero: II am, lao,
4:30, 7:15 and 10 pm. Stage shows:
/, 3:45, $50 and 800 pm.
Keith's-"Ball of Fire" Barbara
Stanwyck knocks the dignity out Of
Gary Cooper: 11:15 am, lao, 3:25,
$50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Little-''The King" with that in
comparable Frenchman, Raimu:
IL am, 12:40, 2:20, 4:10, 6, 7:50 and
$40 pm.
Metropolitan-"Sergt. York." with
Gary Cooper in the great adventure:
11:15 am, 1:50, 4:25, 6:55 and 9:35
pm.
Palace-"Sundown," Gene Tierney
lodging bullets in widest Africa:
11:55 am, 2:20, 4:45, ITO and 9:35
pm.
Pix-"Girl From Leningrad," and
her battle for Russia: 2:20. 4:10,
6:05, 8 and 9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts; con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1942-02-06

houses yeSVCIQhy. lI 10 uhcly W .
that seeing Donald's dudgeon turn
into communicable enthusiasm -
especially on income taxes-all but
knocks you out of your seat. All the
other conversions Of which you ever
heard become relatively insignificant.
In lending his, and everybody
else's. pet duck to the United States
Treasury Department, Walt Disney
steps all the way from fantasy to
reality without loss of that quality
which his pictures have more than
any other-charm. ''The New Spirit"
has that in abundance, but it also
has other things, dramatic force,
comedy, grimness, and an important
message. In endowing it with those
elements Disney has reconciled the
irreconcilable and produced what
seems to be the best of the Govern
ment's numerous fine documentary
films.
The documentary of which Donald
Duck is the strangest of all possible
heroes in this impossible world
actually makes you want to sit
down, f1ll out your income tax blank,
revise your budget, and feel like a
singularly free man by the time the
calendar reaches March IS.
Never has the life of the tax
payers dollar been more dramatical-
ly illustrated. 1t is shown, in
spectacular technicolor, building fac
tories, bombers, submarines, ma
chine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and
above all, the civilian and fighting
Evening star., 1942-02-06

merely serve to illuminate the fact
that Shutdown" is a retelling of
that tale about the sun never set
Evening star., 1942-02-06
Swedish Comedy

A comedy in Swedish with Eng
lish sub-titles, ''Klart till Drabb-
ming" (Ready for Action will be
shown in the Foreign Language
Cinema series in Pierce Hall tomor-
row night at o'clock. Thor Modem
and AXE Soderblom, Sweden's
foremost comedians, play the lead
ing roles. Swedish short subjects
also will be shown,
Evening star., 1942-02-06
By HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD.

Movie Mdwen metropolis writes with this complaint:
all the from four weeks behind first
other large cities Recently visited
hadn't
uniformly cites?"
all communities variety of booking
Evening star., 1942-02-06

hing en- n e
British Empire.
The front pages.
Whic h t III
other W iSe, at
least temporar-
Ay, are more
dramatic.
The story has
been b r o u 6 h t
down to date by
tying it in with
the war. In
stead of the cid
set of vicissi-
tudes besetting
English colonial
nolicu IL is q
Evening star., 1942-02-06

forces on which freedom bases its
hope.
Donald never looked more heroic,
nor worthy Of special medal. j. c.
Evening star., 1942-02-06
Donald Duck Joins Up
Becomes Hero, and Inspiring One,
In Income Tax Feature

Donald Duck beloved symbol Of righteous indignation and
practitioners Of freedom will life
latest nn "Ie New Spirit"
msngy espousng quick and unquesionng payment
houses yesterday appears
Evening star., 1942-02-06
'Sundown' Puts Melodrama
On Screen at Palace
But It's a Mild Sort of Retelling
Of That Tale About Vicissitudes
Besetting British Colonial Policy
BY JAY CARMODY.

Walter Wanger producer who believes in stories more than ne
admirable qualities
make altogether admirable
which
dawdg meodama starring Gene Terney
catch the flames
Evening star., 1942-02-06

Barre Lyndon, who adapted his
Evening star., 1942-02-06

SHUTDOWN" Walter Wanger production
starring Gene Tierney and Bruce Cabot,
directed by Henry Hathaway, a screenplay
by Barre Lyndon. based upon an original
by the same author. Released through
United Artists. At Loew's Palace
The Cast.
Evening star., 1942-02-06
Hollywood, Like D. c., Gets
Its Movies Much Later
Delay Is Matter of Many Things,
Which MIR. Heffernan Explains;
Crosby Declines Limelight

NoThe explanation Dhich Heterndn makes in
applies equally
question many DeH
HotypoodJ
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Packard Motors in PTS

What's in a PIT boat? Why,
a Packard marine motor.
And what's in a Packard
motor? All the skill, all the
secrets, all the knowledge that
Gar Wood and his brothers and
Orlin johnson put there, because
they wouldn't let British gov
eminent motor beat them.
When the supreme commander
in the Pacific had to take his
life in his hands in a race from
Bataan TO Australia, there was
the boat to trust,
That race was won years be-
fore in the races in Detroit
River. Ten thousand miles away,
1t was the greatest race that
Gar Wood ever won. For can
anybody doubt that Gar Woods
unseen hand was at the wheel
of MacArthur's boat?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

more power in her mahogany
hull than the amount developed
by railroad locomotive.
AC Sparkplug made special
plugs-there were hundreds of
problems like that. In testing
rooms, in steel mills, in drafting
rooms, in boatwells. And from
every problem that Gar Wood
solved, Am eri IN engineers
learned something.
A lot of effort and lot of
money spent in period of just
upward of Is years-all for the
sake of keeping that Harms
worth Trophy.
Or was that all?
Came the war, and the end of
HarmSworth races.
Mosquito boats, torpedo boats,
fast, light power boats for the
navy-the now famous PT-boatS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
No Makeup

GINGER ROGERS plays most
of her scenes in The Major and
the Minor" without any facial
makeup and her face shiny.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

speeding up these motors to a
point at which they were in a
class by themselves. and couldn't
be replaced. Those, and two
duplicates. -
Miss America VIII was
stronger hull. 1t held the mo-
tors. Then came supercharging,
with superchargers built by the
Switzer Company in Indianapolis
The first ones, at least. The
900-horse motors began giving
around $500 or 1,600-horse, in
stead of their rated 900.
You've seen those boats
driven by Gar Wood with Orlin
johnson in the boat beside him,
or by George Wood. another Of
Cars racing brothers.
You remember how the Rolls
Royces grew faster and faster.
and Wood finally took all four of
his motors and put them into the
same boat, a miracle of engineer
ing that the experts said was
impossible.
The British never quite caught
up with the Miss Americas and
their tough, souped-up engines.
It cost Wood-this is an esti-
mate, but probably a fairly close
one-a good quarter of a million
dollars to speed up those
engines.
1t meant drawing on the best
engineering skill that Packard
could offer, to get the last ounce
of power. 1t meant special con-
Meeting rods and oil systems. A
Pittsburgh steel plant made spe-
cial patches of nickel steel for
the propeller shafts which had
10 be small and yet tough
enough to carry the load-re-
member, Miss America X had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
inside zDs1on Ga, MJodR aM at Wselm m14yAl, Escape
Developed
Motors Used
n Epic Dash
By JACK PICKERING

WHEN Gen. Douglas Mac
w Arthur gave the whole Japa-
nese navy the slip. and raced
away from Bataan in a high
speed motorboat on his way 10
Australia. il was a story that
had its early chapters enacted
inside Detroit.
For riding beside Macarthur
mot in the flesh, but neverthe-
less there in spirit-sat brisk,
white-haired Gar Wood.
: Think back only a few years
10 the Harmsworth races, which
thousands Of you saw on Lake
ST Clair and in the St. Clair
River.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Invaders Jars
Your Smugness
Continued From First Stage Page

Continued From First Stage Page
vorite Blonde" at the Michigan.
This is one of Hopes best, and
he even succeeds in making La
Madeleine Carroll in MY Fa-
Carroll, the Frigidaire beauty,
defroSt.
So you literally pay your
money and take your choice of
either ominous realism or gay
escapist farce on the current
screen.
If you want a third choice.
of course, you still have Kings
Row." giving you a third week
chance to get your cut of hor-
ror, no matter how you slice it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
They Let Her Act

Usually they make girl
stand still for a couple of years
and use her only for bathing
suit pictures. But for some I'M
known reason they have let me
be seen on the screen as well.
"Say," she went on. 81 never
thought about It. like this be-
fore, but they have even al
lowed me to sing and dance on
the screen. There's n legend
about Hollywood, you know,
which says that they always
make a dramatic actress out of
n girl who has been trained as a
singer or a dancer. And look
at me. I go musical In every
picture"
Janet's private life is also
unique. She is seldom seen with
a date at one of the night clubs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Spent $4,000. 900

You can't figure exactly how
much money went into them, but
5000. 900 is one generally ac-
tebted estimate. Maybe II was
more.
Those secret motors were
under the engine-hatches of the
boats piloted by Scott-Paine,
Kaye Don and Betty Carstairs
talthough in fairness it might
Be: added that Miss Carstairs
osed other types of motors, too,
and spent a great deal Of her
cmn money in developing her
hoats).
.sBut Wood got no help from
an government. In fact, there
R2s no factory in America capa-
Ne of building the kind Of ma
rine motors he needed. He
epnldn't have bought such a
motor If he'd offered 100000
FOR it. We didn't have one.
a.: az Liberties Too Small
- However, as the Liberties
faround $50 or 500 horsepower
proVed too small for the tremen-
6ols job of matching the power
sf those specially built Rolls
Rbyces, Wood turned to a differ
ent Packard motor.
1t was built in the first place
as an aircraft motor, a big
brother 10 the Liberty. turning
Nd around 900 horsepower, but il
was considered too heavy for
airplanes. So they called 1t a
marine motor and let it go at
that. (Not many people could
have used them. any way. and
not much attention was paid TO
Il, naturally
That was the motor that Gar
Wood used for years. First he
bought two of them, and put
them in Miss America VII. They
were too powerful. The boat
broke in half when Phil Wood
took IL to Europe, and pitched
Phil into Lido BAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Gar Wood Pioneers

Gar Wood began dominating
ne powerboat racing world in
1920. America had no marine
engines powerful enough, so ne
used Liberty motors-the motors
that Packard developed for air
planes.
II was the beginning OF one OF
the most amazing-and one oil
che most famous-exploits IN
facing history. BY all reasonable
logic. Gar Wood should have
been handily beaten in the
Harmsworth races, because his
opponent was not rival racing
man. His opponent was the Brit
ish government.
:, III back that statement up,
And IL you'll think back to some
Of the stories of yesteryear,
You'll realize that it's so. The
racing boats which England kept
sending TO America to challenge
Weed were powered by Rolls
8oyce motors that not only were
built under British government
Supervision but were owned by
the government and were re-
Rarded (as well as actually
kuarded) as a government secret.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Janet Blair
Unique
Film Career
BY NEIL RAU
Special To THE DETROIT TIMES
YJAT Ny1rynnn Mo- O


JANET BLAIR enjoys the dis
- tinction of being the only
Hollywood glamour girl ever to
receive a proposal of marriage
in Opelousas, La. In fact, one
member of the late Hal Kemp's
orchestra says that Janet was
proposed to in every town in
America with a population OF
more than 10000.
But that was in the old days,
when Janet's last name was
Lafferty and she was doing one
night stands with the Kemp
band. Now she has blossomed
into one of the most promis-
ing and unique young actresses
on the screen.
"COme to think of It," Janet
told me recently, "my career in
Hollywood has been very differ
ent from that of the average
player.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

STAGE ATTRACTIONS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Motors Fished Out

Also the motors, but they were
hshed out again and recondi-
toned. This was necessary. The
Woods had to keep them, be-
cause they were improving and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
She's a Beauty

"Oh, / 60 around with several
nice boys" she explains. But
L wouldn't care to date every
night and I simply explain 1t
that way when I don't want to
20 out"
But there's nothing assuming
about Janet and she really acts
a little like a tomboy. She is
five feet four in height, weighs
no pounds, has chestnut hair
and mischievous brown eyes.
The consensus among Hollywood
males is that she's a beauty,
though Janet isn't the type who
would try to get along only on
a pretty face.
The truth is she doesn't have
to, as that swain in Opelousas
will attest when he sees her
pictured in one of those new
Summer beach suits.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Four Octave Club

THE MAY meeting of Four
Octave Club will be held in the
Women's City Club Wednesday
at 1920 a. m.
Evening star., 1942-05-03

part, as I did, in greatly reducing
the appropriation for his agency
in the Senate last Thursday, also
may be understood" This refer
ence was to the $500 900 cut ap-
piled by the Senate in debating
the independent ofiices bill.
Called Hair Splitting Definition.
Senator Byrd said that he had
not INDUCED in personal criticism
Of Mr.. Mellett and that he was
not concerned by the hair-splitting
definition drawn by Mr.. Mellett be-
tween information publicity and
propaganda What I am concerned
about is reduction of the outrageous
spending for publicity, by that or
any other name-information, if
you please, or propaganda, per-
formed by an astonishing number
of Government agencies, of which
Mr.. Mellett's organization is merely
one.
Recalling Mr.. Mellett's testimony
before the Byrd Committee as to
material sent to weekly and country
newspapers for publication, and as
to radio broadcaStS, the Senator
asked if this was publicity, infor-
nation or propaganda"
Mr.. Mellett employs a chief and
an assistant chief of Press In
telligence Division" he continued
He employs an editor and an as
Sistant editor. 1t is, Of course, a
fact that there is not one single
agency of the Government which
admits that it indulges in publicity.
In fact, law of the United States
prohibits the employment OF pub
licity agents, but the same thing is
accomplished in other ways and un-
der other names.
Goes to Dictionary.
According to the dictionary and
the common acceptance of the
word" Senator Byrd concluded,
publicity relates to information
available to the public as distin-
guished from private information
If all the huge cost of his building
and multitudinous employees is for
the collection and transmission of
private information to a selected
few, then his extravagances are
worse than any charges that have
yet been made against his agency"
Getting back to the center itself,
Mr. Mellett explained:
Its purpose is simple. 1t is to
provide place centrally located in
Washington where the public-par-
ticularly businessmen-andt the Fed
eral departments themselves may
obtain quick, responsible informa-
tion on all governmental activities. -
The staff of the O. G. r. is about
500 persons after some recent ex-
pansion. No further additions are
| contemplated. Mr.. Mellett said, but
1t has been augmented by repreSen-
tatives from more than 80 agencies
who are experts in their own field
and experienced in the sort of in
formation service it is planned to
provide.
Draws On-Other Stats.
Anticipating that queries for the
most part will come from business
men seeking advice on plant con-
version and related war matters, the
center, it was said, has drawn
heavily on the staff of the public
information service Of the War Pro-
duction Board. whose own activities
will be correspondingly curtailed.
The inquiry service OF the Com
merce Department also has been
Evening star., 1942-05-03

absorbed. and other inclusions are
the Defense Homes Registery, oper-
ated in the temporary structure in
front of the District Building by
the National Housing Agency and
the Washington Board of Trade, and
the information booth which the D.
C. Council of Defense and Works
Projects Administration has been
conducting at Pennsylvania Avenue
and E street NV.
Recruiting headquarters for Ma
rine Corps and Coast Guard also are
located in the center.
Has Cicular Counter.
The In formation dispensary is
huge hall, with a circular counter
running its length at which those
seeking information will apply
Flanking the counter are glass
inclosed Offices where information
will be obtainable when the ques-
tions cannot be answered at the
counter. Extensive wire facilities
are available for inquiries that
are telephoned in.
The information hall is In the
center of the building which is
otherwise given over to Offices.
The building was to cost $780,
900, but Director Mellett said that
$530,000 had included everything
including the contractors fee. 1t
is intended only as a wartime pro-
position.
The service will be available
daily from $50 am. until as late
at night as the inquiries justify,
according to Mr.. Mellett. The CEN
ter will be open for public inspec-
ton from to 8 pm. tonight.
Government publication nov
sold by the superintendent of docu-
ments, will be sold there.