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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-04

Mary Aston, John Boles, Judy Gar
land, Eleanor Powell, Lena Horne
and many others are seen in this
grand piece of entertainment.
In addition to this super special
there are selected short subjects
March of Time and the latest news
events.
Tonight the Strand brings to a
close the engagement of THE
Gangs All Here" starring Alice
Faye and Carmen Miranda, and
Charlie Chan In the Secret Serv-
ice"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-04
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Daniele Amfltneatrof, Russian
composer-conditor, has been signed
by RKO Radio to compose Q special
music score for days 70 Glory" the
Casey Robinson drama co-starring
Toumanova and Gregory Peck IN
their film debutS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-04

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Song"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-04
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26

Dress rehearsals this week for the Fred Astaire-G Gene Kelly dance number, "The Babbitt and the Bro- mide," in M-G-M's "ziegfeld Fol lies" coincides with Astaire's birth day.
 The dancing star has been win-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
Up And Down Broadway
By JACK GAVER United Press Drama Editor

Life With Father be seeing the last of Howard Lindsay couto and Dorothy Mrs Clar Day comedy working it's through the lastlO reaching
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
COMEDY FEATURE
 LOEW'S POLL BILL
"Up in Mabel's Room"
 Starts Today; "MOnster Maker" CO.Hit

This generation will have the op- portunlty to chuckle and laugh at a farce which tickled the disabilities of the generation before it, when Edward Small's Up in Mabels Room" arrives today at the Loew Poll Theater Allan Dwan directed the film which has Gail Patrick, Marjorie Reynolds, Dennis O'Keefe, Mischa Auer, Charlotte Greenwood, Lee Bowman, Bennie Barnes, John Hubbard and Janet Lambert in important roles.
 The decision to make up In Mabers Room" came as a result of a long search by Producer Small for e suitable escape" vehicle of the kind which present day audi ences are demanding. His choice of this popular French farce has proved to be highly successful one. 'Up in Mabel's Room" deals with the highly funny and embarrassing adventure of young newlywed who told his wife everything that happened to him before their mar riage but neglected to tell her of an inscribed piece of lingerie he gave to an attractive young woman years before.
 Rather than face his increasingly suspicious bride and confess the young man attempts to regain the tell-tale slip by employing all kinds of ruses. These tricks rebound to his disadvantage and to howls Of a happy audience. Dennis O'Keefe is eseen as the harassed bridegroom with Marjorie Reynolds opposite him as the young and jealous wife. Gail Patrick, dark beauty of many hit pictures, plays the seductive Mabel, who owns the slip which causes all the trouble.
 Misch Auer portrays one of his renowned Russian buffers and plays . major and hilarious part in the attempt to repossess the slip. Binnie Barnes, Charlotte Greenwood, Lee Bowman, John Hubbard and Janet Lambert, fill out a cast that is rigged for the maximum of fun.
 The screen play for up in Mabel's Room" was penned by Will son Collison and Otto Harbach who followed the original successful farce closely. The screen play was streamlined to conform with l944 tastes. But aside from this neces- sary change the fun of the original is more than retained. Music was written by Edward Paul with as- sistance by Michael Michelet and c. r. Wheeler.
 The Co-Hit on this happy pro- gram is '"The Monster Maker" with ]. Carroll Naish and Ralph Morgan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
COMEDY ROMANCE
 AT STATE SUNDAY
This Is the Life on Same Bill With The ImpOster,'
 War Adventure Drama

Ending tomorrow evening at Warmers State theater is "The Hitler Gang" with Robert Watson, Victor varconi and Martin Kis- leck in fearing roles also Moon Over Las Vegas" featuring Anne Gwynne, David Bruce and Vera Vague.
 Starring Donald O'Connor, Sus- anna Foster and Peggy Ryan This Is the Life" comes to the screen at Warmers State theater Sunday as a wholly engaging comedy romance strengthened by particularly warn and appealing human story.
 According to reports 1t is the best of a series of pictures by which the brilliant young O'Connor, now in the armed forces, lifted himself to screen stardom. Tn one previous suc- cess, Top Man he also had the Misses Foster and Ryan as his CO., stars.
 The basic plot of the new picture concerns foolishly romantic young girl with bright prospects for a singing career who becomes infat. uated with an older man, in the person of beautiful Patric Knowles, and of the ingenious ends to which her small town boy friend, O'Con- nor, goes to restore her to himself. Situations are developed plaus- ibly and the dialogue is notably bright, giving is said to be of the superb quality which made her a sensation in Phantom of the Opera" recently.
 A highly competent supporting cast includes Dorothy Peterson, Jonathan Hale, Eddie Quillan, Frank Jenks, Ray Eberle and his orchestra and the Bobby Brooks Quartet.
 And for your further enjoyment Manager Julia Smith will present "The Imposter," a war adventure drama, as the second hit of Sun days new show, Jean Cabin, inter- national film favorite, heads the cast being co-starred with Ellen Drew and a score of favoriteS.
 Coming Wednesday newt to the State is Lady in the Dark" techni- color screen version of the famous stage play of the same name, star ring Ginger Rogers( Ray Midland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall with Mis- cha Auer in a top supporting role.
 Lady in the Dark" retains the original Kurt Weill-Ira Gershwin music and is said to surpass in visual beauty its stage sister and to provide for the talented Ginger and Midland another tremendous hit.
 "The Black Parachute with John Carradine and Osa MaSsen in fea- tured roles will be the second hit of Wednesdays new show.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
TED POWELL RITZ
 FEATURE MAY 28
Name Band Sunday Eve- ming Attraction at Bridge
 port Ballroom

Teddy Powell, genial maestro of the airlines. comes to the Ritz Ball. room in Bridgeport Sunday, May 1eth in a surprise date. Blonde songstar Peggy Mann. Skip Nelson and Charles Van Tour-who was formerly with Gene Krupa. are he featured with this topnotch band. Teddy. in the midst of his first top billing. while playing at Rustic Cabins in New York-was literally burned out library of $25 900 value going up in flames. In spite Of this terrible blow Teddy recov- cred and is again "ridin' high.
 There is dancing every Tuesday at the Ritz to the rollicking old time strains of Try Hintz Farmers who intersperse their program with mod ern Fhythms. Every Wednesday is Polka Night Johnny Solek and his orchestra being featured in a program of Polish and American tunes, highlighted by the songs of Leona Red" Rock and Chester San- tora. Saturday is romantic dancing night with lovely Isabelle singing love songs and the Casa Ritz orches- tra playing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26

Every summer the Lindsays have taken a vacation and the roles have been filled by players from one of the touring companies. But now Lindsay is itching to get back into writing and production and when they leave the cast June IT it will be for an extended leave of ab- sence." It is unlikely that Lindsay will be back and if Miss Stickney finds another role that appeals to her she probably will not return either.
 Lindsay. his sidekick, Russel Grouse. and a couple of other fel- lows with dough have brought the Hudson Theater and will operate it next season after some renova- ton. The two men have had play for Boris Karloff in mind for some time and it may well be that this will come out of their typewriters in time for next fall. Karloff is the originator of the menace's role in the also long-lived Arsenic and Old Lace" which the Lindsay Grouse team produced.
 THE Theater Guild announced that its record breaking run of "Othello," with Paul Robeson in the title role, will end here July to give the cast a well-earned two- month rest before starting out early in September on a coast-to-coast tour of the United States and Can- ada. Jose Ferrer and Uta Hagen will remain in the Iago and Des- demona roles for the tour.
 THAT one-man industry known as F. Hugh Herbert rolls right along the upper brackets as though there were no such things as monopoly or income tax laws. The author of the popular comedy of adolescence, Kiss and Tell" which is now over 800 performances old here, is the author of the just published Meet Corliss Archer" put out by Random House. The book consists of bunch of short stories about the girl who is the heroine of the play.
 Herbert wrote stories for maga- zines about Corliss before he did the play. The comedy was produced here in March, i943. and its success was so large that soon there were three companies on tour, the first time in years that four companies have been playing the same pro- ductIon for the same manager These companies are still working too. one of them having just passed Q full year in Chicago, Early this year CorIiss went into radio pro- gram. Of course. Herbert and Cor liss are just getting started-there are still the movies and television
 SPEAKING Of Random House re- minds that the firm has just pub- lished the fabulous musical play oklahoma" and Irwin Shaws last produced play, Sons and Soldiers" which had a brief career here last June. Little, Brown has put out the text of the musical comedy, "One Touch of Venus" by Perelman and Nash.
 
 THE City Center of Drama and Music Is now engaged in what 1t is hoped will be summer season of operetta reyiyals. starting with the l6-year- Hammerstein- -RombeFg- Mandel- -schwab 'The New Moon" Dorothy Kristen, Q fine singer. has the leading role. The fine Romberg melodies are stlll the only reason for seeing this show because 1t has one Of the worst books ever concoeted for an opeTetta,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26

Twinkle Watts. Republics mitey star. is one of screenland's phenom- enai children. She is an expert Ice skater and at the age of eight not only had bowled several 200 scores and ranked with league leading men in the is42-43-44 sea- son averages, but she taught class of more than a hundred women how Co bowl. Wrinkles most recent screen play is Marshal of Mon. teFey." in which she shares top honoFs with Allan Lane and Peggy Stewart,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
STRAND TO OPEN DAILY AT NOON
'Lady and the Monster"
 Headlines Program Start- ing Today

Opening today at the Strand the ater is one of the most amazing stories the screen has ever. toldl The story is that of the Lady and the
 Monster" which stars Vera Hruba Ralston, Richard Arlen and Erich von Stroheirn and audiences will find 1t as gripping as a scream in the nighti It is based on the best selling book "Donovan's Brain" and depicts how a great scientist with limitless powers is drawn into Q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26

their careers in a vaudeville skit in Paterson, New Jersey, when Astaire was five years oldl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26
Promising Pictures Feature Programs Of Local 7heaters

strange, weird, lawless experiment by the lure of a woman's fabulous beauty.
 On the same program is Q merry musical of life on the moe front "Sweethearts of the U. s. A." fea. turing Una Merkel, one of the screens foremost comedians; Don. aid Novis of radio fame, and many other talented performers.
 This program opens at the Strand today--and remember, doors open promptly at 12 noon, with the ex- ception of Sunday, for the entire run of this program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26

ming terpsichorean honors for forty years.
 He and his sister Adele started
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-26

Moppet star Jackie Butch" Jen- kins has new dog bigger than he is. It is a six-year-old St. Bernard, given the boy wonder by a family friend. Named Heidi" the dog reaches to Jackie's shoulder on its hind feet she is almost twice as tall as the boy star of M-G-M's 'Na- tional Velvet
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21

ing here recently, Mrs. Reyneau compared the fas-
cst practices in the South to those of Fascist Italy
and Germany. She borrowed George Bernard
Shaw's famous phrase. pink race" in speaking Of
what she feels the greatest problem confront
ing the United States: that of the white or pink
race"
These great liberals among us are rapidly gain
ing the attention of the American people 1t is be-
coming more and more apparent as they indicate,
that the white man in the United States must as
sumo greater responsibility for solving the prob
lem he created And as Miss Smith recently wrote,
"a book loaf of bread, and the ballot" are not
enough. A new intellectual and moral climate must
be fashioned here in which no race by itself can
survive, but in which all mankind can go forward
in brotherhood.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
WERE YOU THERE?

Thirty-nine pen and ink draw
ings illustrate the beautiful and
we'll known spirituals, Were
You There When They Crucified
My Lord" as interpreted by AL
Ian Rohan Critic. His drawings
are a fitting accompaniment OF
the expression of the lingering
sorrowful verses Of The Son. Each
dependent on the other, they tell
the story Of the crucitixion in
manner which is deeply moving.
A cursory glance at the drawings
reveals only an excellence OF line
and of figure but a careful study
of them in sequence demonstrates
the depth and sureness OF Mr..
Critics work.
In his Apologize" Mr.. Critic
states: The wording Were you
there when they crucified my
Lord implies the eternal aspect
Of the sacrifice OF Christ, the
character Of which enables us
who are born out OF the histori-
cal time Of the Cruciflxion TO be
one with the peoples along the
Via Dolorosa and 10 stand be-
meath the Gross" For this reason
he has drawn the chorus which
appears on each drawing in mod
ern dress while the figure OF
Christ, Mary, st. John and the
Roman soldiers appear in tradi-
tional attire.
There is a sense OF the eternal
sadness of his theme in Mr. Critics
drawings. The faces in them are
all black but his skillful use of
shadings highlights them. The small
drawings facing the pictures are
extremely effective symbols. His
work must be seen to be fully APP
preciated.
Mr.. Critic who Is thirty-four,
lives in Boston where he is en-
ployed by the United States Navy
as an assistant engineering drafts
man. He was an only child and
early showed talent for drawing.
He attended the Children's Art
Center in Boston while in grammar
school and later studied at the
Massachusetts, School Of Art and
the Museum Of Fine Arts in Boston
Most Of his work is with scrip
tural subjects although he has done
sketches of children and adults and
street scenes. The latter were done
while he was working with the
first government art project. Only
recently he turned his attention to
oil painting but already several OF
his works have been exhibited at
the Museum Of Modern Art. He
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
BATTLE HALF WON

According to figures released this week by city
and state officials, drives to register as many as
possible of those eligible have been successful in
Detroit and most of Michigan Credit for this
should go principally to the CIO Political Action
Committee and next to those agencies disseminate
ing liberal information. The PAC has been reviled
by every conservative and almost every Republi-
can in the country if the terms are not synonymous,
for its critics feared just this result. They know
that large vote cast on November Z means a
greater vote for Roosevelt
The battle is only half won The preparedness
phase has been skillfully managed, but the final
vote must equal the registration figures. Regis
tration without voting is meaningless. If having
passed the 1910 registration total in Detroit of
722OOO then over $4,000 eligible voters must go to
the polls November z.
The registration results are heartening, They
indicate not only that the PAC is doing valiant
job but that the people are cooperating, and see
the great necessity of their participation in demo-
cratic election 1t is becoming ever clearer that APP
peals documented with reason and advanced by
liberal humane leadership will not find the people
lacking, but will indeed find the people in the van
guard of progress.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21


ed - an asset 10 humanity
piercing shaft OF light in the
darkness OF world confusion. greed
and bigotry "a challenger Of
evil-an expoSer Of deception-a
"stickler" for principle man
of conviction-a believer in God
a true American,
That was Wendell Willkie as I
knew him. Fearless. fortnight,
factual.
| talked with him last in his
home on Park avenue last June
He had just written the series of
articles on what he felt should be
covered in the Republican plat.
form. Among them was a chal.
lenge ca! ng for complete equal.
ity for Negroes in all phases o.!
American life.
For lmost an hour We talked
of the record. | was convinced
he meant every word he wrote
That informal chat coupled with
the newspaper interviews I hao
had with him and the reading OF
his writings with an understand
ing which comes from personal
contact gave me picture Of Will
kie the man.
/, the Negro. all An 'rica. the
ent d, have lost friend
But by his having ed. the fu-
&c has her. lder, ano
more secure T aspect
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
THE CHRONICLER
Bv CONFUCIUS



ones now on display ut the Art
Instituted really sings the words
around. Her name Is Mrs. Betsy
Graves Reyneau. Seems she said
at . recent gathering. that she tells
Southerners that there really amt
no problem cause, we're all thor
oughly inter married, anyway"
Seems the unsuspecting southern
boys had asked her opinion on
inter marriage with the old famil-
lar would you want your daugh-
Ter .......
And speaking OF recent speakers
here who pack a wallop, we liked
what DR.. Drew said about blood
carrying racial characteristics. II
doesn't at all. you know The good
doctor said. If you eat pork chops.
you don't expect to have a litter
OF little piggies. do your" Some Of
those white supremacists in the
Red Double-CroSs. thought that Ne
gro blood would make white boys
colored. Dr. Drew urges all Of us
to give our blood anyway, cause
plenty Of our BOYS need it.
X X X
The Workshop of the National
Council Of Negro Women headed
by Mary Mcleod Bethune claimed
many Of our up and doing women
folk here this week. Active Mrs.
Rosa Gragg. suave Beulah Whitby.
and alert Gertrude Martin, the last
named Of whom Is the new editor
Of the Councils magazine, all went
over to Washington.
* X X
Are you going to the football
game between Tuskegee and Will
berforce Friday, Oct. 20? The grid
contest is sponsored by the AKA's.
Let's give the little girls break!
* X *
You know, CONTIGUOUS Is no end
surprised some times at some Of our
real smart folks who don't realize
they should be for FDR. The New
Republic has got out . helluva sup
plement on . heeluva~ little man
physically and mentality who
aspires to the presidency. Like !
was reading somewhere the other
day, the problem Of Dewey Is not
that of . little man, but that Of ~
little mind" For the nations sake
and your own. learn the factsl
- y -
CONTIGUOUS has burning ques-
ton: Where is Detroit's leadership?
Now we don't mean the glossy, pol
ished up variety. =. but just some
one or two guys and ladies who
can be relied upon in any crisis re-
CARELESS of self interest to come out
for the liberal point of view and
for the best thing the people want.
Some little guy who'll blast high
ups and popular folks when they're
wrong. Some little guy who isn't
satisfied with. the housing, educa-
ton, and health conditions we folks
keep getting showed down our
throats. Wanted: good five cent
leader! Emphatically not a mealy
mouth or . compromiser! Keep
nPhtinl
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
REPUBLICAN CONFUSION

The secret of Republican strategy seems to be
to throw wild accusation out into the air and TO
hope the public falls for it. Then more or less like
a doctor giving vaccination which doesn't take,
they try again in different spot. Yet whereas
the doctor usually succeeds after several trials the
Republicans have not yet been successful in having
any one of these wild accusations in the dark stick
Mr.. Dewey, many politicians say, is doing
everything in his power to avoid making the same
mistakes made by Wendell Wilkie in the 1910 cam
paign 1t may well be that in attempting to avoid
these pitfalls he will present such an undressing
and indefinite stand to the public that he will poll
far less than the large minority vote given MIR.
Willkie
In this last phase of the campaign, Mr.. Dewey
and his campaign speakers are growing ever wilder
in their attacks. The launched on Sidney Hill
man and the PAC as being Red and alien is case
in point. AS great many person have stated they
are treadng on anti-semtic and ant-forelgn feeling
in this totally unwarranted attack on Mr. Hillman
and the organization he leads. 1t is unfortunate
above all at this particular time when unity should
be the goal of every American that Mr.. Dewey
should seek to divide us and thereby conquer at
the polls November z.
Equally as dangerous in its implications is Mr..
Deweys continued effort to make the public be-
leve that President Roosevelt would delay demobil-
ization when the war is over or that the New Deal
needed war to provide jobs. In the same category
is the whispering campaign on the state of Mr..
Roosevelts health, which has been certified as ex-
cellent by his physician. More in the same line are
the vicious rumors circulated among whites against
Mrs Roosevelt and her fearless stand for all people.
We are sure that the American people will not
allow themselves to be turned aside by these red
herrings that MIR. Dewey has so universally In
jected into the campaign The spectacle of presi-
Dental candidate using such tactics is an alarming
one Nonetheless, if it is any comfort to him, we
think Mr.. Dewey can be assured Of the votes of the
McCormicks, the Hearsts, the Eugene Talmadges,
the Gerald L. K Smiths, the Cotton Ed Smiths, and
all the lesser bigots who thrive racial and class
hate No fair-minded person, Negro or white will
feel at home in such company.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
Say PoUtdxers
viii Unite For
GoUernorDewey

MOBILE, Ala-Alabama Repub-
licans and poll-tax Democrats are
wsging joint campaign in support
OF COP Nominee Thomas E. Dewey.
whom they hail as the savior OF
white supremacy and Jim Crow.
Their coalition was sealed with
the resignation OF Democratic
presidential elector, who an
nounced he was resigning 10 SUD-
port Dewey as the candidate who
would uphold the sacred tradi-
tons Of the South"
Sidney Hillman. ClO Political
Action committee chairman. was
viciously attacked at a recent din
ner OF the Republicans and poll
tax Democrats at lily-white local
hotel.
At the dinner. sponsored by tho
Mobile Dewey Bricker club, John
A Posey, COP senatorial nominee
against New Deal Democratic In.
cumbent Lister Hill. asked the as
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21


We uns sure was proud over
them registration figures. Why, son,
you're not lazy, nogood jerk after
all. you registered! But now you
gotta take il to the polls and vote!
X X X
Didja see that Free-Press edi-
torial on the Presidents health?
Masked with a veneer Of non
partisanship the Ftp is strictly
COP and don't you forget it. Who
else but the Presidents doctor is
competent 10 discuss his health, and
if he says it's good it's good. When
ever the President is under the
weather. it's released. II the dewie
boys have TO attack his health to
get in, they're kind Of sick them
selves!
4 = X
We hear that little patrician look
ing lady who paints pictures 1.-THE