Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-03-03
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The Magic Lanterns: Tallulah
Bankhead, whose cinema career
was wrecked a decade ago with
cheesy stories, didn't make that
blunder again. She comes back in
'Lifeboat," fashioned by John Stein
beck and directed by the mighty
Hitchcock. It's highly seaworthy
vehicle. Its story deals with the adj
ventures of nine in a boat through
the courtesy of Nazi sub. A Nazi
gets aboard the boat, and from then
on, in Steinbeck's devastating dia-
logue, you get swell look at rat.
Tallulah gives her role plenty Of
vigor, and there are good jobs by
VIM. Bendix, Gwen Anderson and
Henry Hull Sherlock Holmes
and the Spider Woman" puts Basil
Rathbone to work at his silky gum
shoeing. He prowls around to dis
cover that all those suicides aren't
what they're cracked up to be
"Of Thee l Sing" is to be filmed,
probably hopeful of getting a free
ride on the Presidential campaign.
NCHlCLuuCI IL. bOD DulHl WIFI
ders if we ever heard about the late
Jim Thornton, the vaudeville star,
when he was teamed with Gentle
man Jim Corbett. Mr.. Thornton
was an elbow-bender, and whenever
he went on a spree, the act was
cancelled. 1t happened at the Pal
ace Theatre.
Corbett went looking for his part
ner and located him in saloon
with terrible looking bum. Cor
bett bawled him out and refused to
give him money for one more drink.
To which Thornton, in regal tones,
said to the bum: "Mr. Russell,
this is Mr.. Corbett. Throw a louise
on him!"
Mail This to Someone: We saw it
in Coronet. 1t should be handed to
people who cash in their War Bonds.
A man scheduled for induction the
next day decided, before going to
sleep, to cash in his Bond the next
a. m.
That night he dreamt he was in
fox-hole fighting Japs. One Jap
charged at him with a bayonet.
Sighting his own rifle, our hero was
about to save himself by pulling the
trigger, when his sergeant tapped
him on the shoulder and said, "Sor-
ry, but the man who paid for your
rifle wants it back"
The Morning Mail: Dear Wal
ter" writes Maurice Rocco, 1T
must be an oldie, but it still gets
the biggest laugh wherever gamblers
gather. About the wife who (going
through her groom's pockets) found
slip of paper on which was memo'd
Ruth She asked him: What's this
mean?'
" Oh he oh'd, that's horse I
played today Then the phone rang.
She picked up the receiver.
Darling said the Mrs, your
horse wants to talk to you.
Behind the Scenes: Grena Ben
nett, a New York opera critic,
spends spare hours at the movies.
In one film revival she saw an actor
listed as alexander Broun." Grena
wracked her memory to place a
familiar mannerism of the unknown
player. Then a closeup showed the
trouper had oddly SCARED thumbs.
1t was Richard Bennett, in a
meager role, who disguised himself
in two critics names, Woollcott and
Broun. Miss Bennett, you see, was
Richard Benefits first wife. She
remembered a boyhood accident
that nearly cost him his hands.
The morning after movie director
Edmund Goulding first visited Hol-
lywood (many years ago), he was
awakened by his hosts valet, who
stood by the bed offering him a
small golden bowl filled with a
clear liquid. Only half awake,
Goulding stared at the bowl. Was
it finger bowl? Surely not at this
hour. Was it something to drink?
He finally decided to ask the valet.
"What the devil is this, anyhow"
"The temperature of your BATH"
intoned the lackey. Twill you
kindly let me know if it is satisfac-
tory, sir?'
Big City Vignette: Two l2-year-
old boys were enthused about the
newsreel-chewing their taffy and
otherwise being kids-at a movie
theater last week Then on
came Greer Garson's short-appeal-
ing for Infantile Paralysis contribu-
tons The house lights went
up, and the ladies with the coin boxes
passed them Probably thinking
children had no money, a boX-passer
skipped the two boys One got
up and chased her several rows back
before he could catch her. Here
lady, he kept calling, lady, here!"
Limping on his braced leg to
give his little bit-so that some other
youngster-not SO fortunate as he
could go to movie and giggle and
MUNICH candy and also give.
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