Evening star., 1943-01-08

patriot, using
eXpediency to Andrew R. Kelley.
help his troubled country and
Michele returns to her original
affection.
There are many scenes depicting
the effect of the Nazi occupation of
Paris, with the inclusion of many
military and Gestapo chara ters at
cross purposes, handled we'll for sus-
pense. If Reunion in France" has
weakness it is in plot structure,
and swiftly changing shift in
affections that fails utterly to carry
conviction.
Good run of the mine perform
ances are registered by Joan Craw-
ford. Phillip Dorm and John Wayne
Excellent support comes from Regi-
nald Owen, Albert Basserman, John
Carradine and J. Edward Bromberg
Direction by Jules Dassin lacks
smoothness IN pace, dwells too long
IN many spots on character develop
p1ent and minor incident.
Good Stage Show.
= Will Osborne, who predates Rudy
Vallee as crooner, brings his new
Hollywood band in sweet swing
Maestro Osborne gives in Moon
light Becomes You" with other top
ical vocals handled by Marianne.
Jack Gilford's limitations of movie
celebrities range from Laurel and
Hardy to Charlie ButterWorth. with
mis- best diversion a satire on the
cliches of the mystery films. Flor
ence Hin Lowe is the most agile
bender ever seen on F. street with
some of her feats truly astounding.
The Rhythm Rockets twinkle in a
eeisha number and clinch their hit
with Praise the Lord" etc, on toy
pianos. Sam Jack Kaufman's Or
chestra goes classical this week and
Lynn Allison's vocal sustains the
mood of better music.
The newsreel this week features
stlrrlng rescue of mariners who spent
81 days IN an open boat, the siege
Of Stalingrad and Vice President
Wallace's views on postwar prob
lens.
Anderson Play Acquired
Maxwell Anderson's play, Eve of
st. Mark, has been bought by goth
Century-Fox for S300,00O Screen
rights of the S. N Behrman ex-
travaganza, The Pirate" in which
the Lunts are appearing, are held
st 100000. Metro o-Goldwyn- Mayer
and Paramount are interested with
the highest bid to date, 100000
%*
TwO-Star Senator.
Senator A. B. Happy Chandler
OF Kentucky may soon have two
daughters in the movies. His To-
year Mimi is regarded as find by
Paramount and the fruits of a bril-
liant stroke of talen hunting. Since
the studio has discovered she can
sing better than her dad she's been
cast in a musical, -Four Angels"
the other heavenly cherubs being
Dorothy Lamour, Betty Hutton and
Diana Lynn.
SO pleased is Paramount over it's
Chandler fortune that Minis 81
year-old married sister, and a real
beauty, has received a test invita-
ton. She is the wife of Captain
John Gregg, U. S. A.
The japanese two-man submarine.
now touring the country under
United States Treasury auspices
will reach Washington in May
Steve Cochran, former manager of
the National Theater, has left for
Fl Paso, Tex, to pick up the under
sea craft and manage the tour.
which provides for one city and
town each day. until the entire
United States is covered.
Harry Anger Honored.
The Harlequin Dramatic Society
honor key will be bestowed tonight
on Harry Anger, managing director
of the Warner Bros. Earle Theater,
when the society meets at Knights
of Columbus Hall at 10th and K
streets NV.
This will mark the first time that
this key has ever been bestowed by
the Drama Society of Catholic Uni
versity on an individual off the
campus. The award is usually given
to the person judged by the student
members of the society as having
contributed most to the progress
and development of the university's
speech and drama work.
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Mrs. Roosevelt to Speak.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
address the Connecticut Avenue
Junior Workers at Warmers Uptown
Theater tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock. according to Miss Blanche
Weaver, who is in charge Of the
children's organization.
The $50 children. from 6 to IA
years old, and their parents and
friends will hear Mrs. Roosevelt
speak to them on The Activities of
the Children of England Under
Wartime Conditions" information
which she has gathered during her
recent visit to England.
The Connecticut Avenue Junior
Workers are group of children IN
that section of the city who were
organized to aid the war effort by
collecting scrap metal, rubber. news
papers and tin. At the direction of
John j. Payette. zone manager for
Warner Bros, the Uptown Theater
was placed at their disposal for
meetings every Saturday morning.
The manager of the Uptown, Walter
Cersley. has assisted the group to
get new children for the organiza-
ton.
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Another Russian Play.
Another Russian play is in the
offipg It's called "Counterattack"
&pd will come to the National The
ar stage week of January IS.
:. het and Philip Stevenson have
akapted it from the Russian script
of Ilya Vershinin and Mikail Ruder-
man.
They call it good red melodrama,