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Evening star., 1944-08-12
miss Sothern Dislikes 'Maisie'

self successfully from q series nut
was LAraine Day, begged down for
years as Nurse Mary Lamont In the
"Dr. Gillespie" numbers, Laraine
demanded extrication at any cost
and the studio obliged-by having
her run down by q truck. much to
the horror Of the public which
didn't get over the shocking man.
ner OF disentangling lovely Laraine
for long time.
The late Warner GLAND, who
starred for years in the first sue
cessful series venture, Charlie
Chan," and Sidney Toler. who sue
ceeded him, never could get out
side work while carrying on in that
detective role. When the Chan Sc
ries was discarded by Twentieth
Century-Fox at the start Of the
war Toler couldn't interest directors
IN his all-around talents as a char
acter actor. Recently he found
haven at Monogram, where the
Chans are being revived. Typed
stars can get one solid bit of COM
fort out of the series pictures, how
ever. If their characters are sue
cessful they have almost lifetime
job.
| Most disconcerting thing about
movie making, thinks Clifford Odets,
is the complete lack of privacy on
the set. Odets, one of America s
Who's Who" playwrights, is max
Ing his bow as a screen director by
means of None but the Lonely
Heart" at RKO.
Odets is reserved and soft spoken,
and he can't get used to the fact
that the microphone hangs like q
shopping old maid" over the set. He
prefers to do his directing quietly
Tand If there are any orders to be
given or any shouting to be done
he calls the assistant director aside
and asks him to handle the rough
stuff.
1T was several days before ]
realized the microphone was picking
up everything we were saying" said
Odets. 1T was disconcerting and
mighty uncomfortable. Then it's a
bit nerve-racking, at least to me, to
realize that dozens of eyes are
watching you, those of workmen
Evening star., 1944-08-12

Davis wantonness may please men,
bers OF her own sex, but will leave
the other one feeling wrathful.
Marie Nash gives the stage show
pleasant antedotal flavor for the
picture, looking very lovely and
singing medley of love songs in
the most popular feminine voice in
the Earle's elaborate talent files.
Her support derives from Ballan-
tine, man who makes magicians
funny by hilariously satirizing them;
by little Rita johnson, the talented
tap dancer. and the Roxyettes who
contribute two spirited routines in
their usual precise fashion.
Evening star., 1944-08-12

assumption that the picture can
run on virtually forever without
boring the audience. Even Miss
Davis, one of the most honest ac-
tresses in the profession, cannot
give credibility to the maniacally
vain, empty beauty who turns into
one OF the most dramatic ruins of
contemporary fiction, There is al
ways the aspect of exaggeration
about it. more than even Fanny
Skefhngton demanded, and we think
the fault is more with the Epsteins
than with Miss Davis. Much more
effectively real is the work of
Claude Rains as Mr.. Skeffington,
q character the authors patiently
hold in deep affection, and one
written with admirable restraint.
Considerable liberty has been
taken with the original Mr.. Skef-
flngton" in the Warmers version.
1t still is study of an inordinately
vain, beautiful woman, but the dra-
matte force of it has been consid-
erably lessened in the changes.
In undertaking the role of Fanny
Skefhngton, Miss Davis pays a price
for the mark she has left upon her
vast public. This time, she asks
you to believe that she is one of
the most beautiful women in the
world but not all the art of the
makeup department nor her own
inner fire and passion can enforce
the illusion. She is an over made
up husSy and that the slew of i'm
passioned beaux cannot see through
the cosmetics and under the hair-do
does lot of damage to your pos
Evening star., 1944-08-12
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
ond Time Of Showing

stage.
National-"Kiss and Tell: $50
pm.
Capitol-"Home in Indiana: 10
a m, 12:35, 3:10. $50, 825 and II: 10
pm. Stage shows: 11:55 am, 2:30
$40, 7:45 and 1890 pm
COlumbia-'Bathin Beauty; IL
a m, lilo, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and Gas
pm.
Earle-"Mr. Skefington":: 1890
I'M, 1:z0, Ais, 7, Gas pm. and
1926 am. Stage shows: l2::45, $40
6:25, 9:15 and midnight.
Little - "Scarface";; 1920 am,
1:25, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Keith's-"Step Lively; HAS am,
LAS, 3:45, 5;45. 7:45 and GAS pm.
Palace-"A Wing and a Prayer;
10:45 an, 1885, 3:05, Sis, 7:30 and
$40 pm.
Metropolitan-"They Made Me a
Criminal; l130 am, 1:30, $50
5:35, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Pix-"Under Two Flags: I, 4, T.
$50 pm. and 1880 am.
TransLux News and shorts,
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1944-08-12

ton because he can give her the
rich frame she deems suitable, and
because her brother has stolen
$24 900 from his brokerage firm. She
takes from every one, gives to none,
including her daughter, whom she
resents from birth. Her speech is
petulant and Querulous and con-
! stantlv devoted to the subject of
herself.
1t would seem the perfect role for
the screens most effective female
demon. 1t does not work out that
way, however.
There Is always an element of
racial disdain in Fanny's attitude
toward her long-suffering husband
a thinly veiled contempt for his
Jewish origin. 1t is this element in
Miss Davis portrait of Fanny that
lifts Raines' performance to its peak
OF poignance, the most memorable
moment of which is that when he
undertakes to explain race hatred
to his daughter.
Il don't think I can explain it to
child" he says.
Gould you to grownup, daddy?"
she asks.
The answer to that is a grimace
OF pain that marks one of the
better passages of Mr.. Skefington. "
But one man in the group matches
Miss Davis own ruthlessness. That
Is the gangster who is one of her
last suitors. played by Robert
Shayne. The others are constant
sycophants, patiently accepted by
the husband, amazing to her cousin,
finally the subject of brutally
stated truth by the psychiatrist to
whom she eventually takes the
CHASTITY ruin OF herself.
Walter Abel, George Coulouris.
Jerome Cowan, Richard Waring and
Halliwell Hobbies are among the
males whose reactions to Miss
Evening star., 1944-08-12

sible interest in them. And in
her.
Those who did not read the novel
by 70-year-old Elizabeth" should
know that Mr. Skeff1ngton" is the
secondary character in the book to
which he gave his name. He is the
husband through whose torment of
abused devotion is told how tragic
is the plight of the man ensnared
by a woman whose beauty is ex-
ceeded only by her vanity.
Miss Davis passion for women
who are hells own handmaidens is
lavishly rewarded in the Fanny
Skeffington role. She is a COM
pletely amoral wench save that she
does keep her marriage vows. She
is wretched when she has less than
half a dozen suitors dangling from
her hard. cold heart. She ruthlessly
tracks down and marries Skefing-
Evening star., 1944-08-12

Mr.. sKEFT1NGTON" Warner Broth
ers Picture, starring Bette Davis and
Claude Rains, produced and written BY
Philip G. and julius j. Epstein, directed
by Vincent Sherman, adapted from the
novel by Elizabeth" At the Earle
Evening star., 1944-08-12
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
Sights and sounds:

0lkLltS AIlU hUuIluS.
Ann Sothern has long wanted to
put the "Maisie" series behind her
and has engaged in many heated
studio conference on the subject
but she'll get no place at all II
MGM continues to send out such
joyous combinations as "Maisie
Goes to Reno"
Previewed this week, it kept q
Westwood theater audience rocking
with laughter, which is an omen OF
good box Office and, in turn, means
more and more "Maisie" pictures
It's always a bit tough on series
stars, at that. Even Lionel Barry
more and Lewis Stone have found
lit impossible to branch out since
establishing their characters in the
chapter movies.
When Ann Sothern essays an oc-
casional outside picture, she's very
often billed as "Maisie." When
Lionel Barrymore turns up for a
small part in "Since You Went
Away" audiences instinctively mur-
muir, There's DR.. Gillespie!" As
for Lewis Stone, he had to give ur
outside ventures after his Judge
Hardy character became firmly i'm
printed. Fans couldn't see the
judge in any other role and wrote
in emphatic letters to say so.
Only character to amputate her.
Evening star., 1944-08-12

ceived print Of "Janie" with q
note attached: els this what you
meant by Since You Went Away?'"
(Released By ths North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-08-12
Miss Dunne's Practice
Is to Study Others
HnJ,vwO0n

Irene Dunno, one of the best
speakers on the screen, says the
reason Is that she studies the re.
cordings Of scenes made by famous
actors and actresses. She has sew
eral records Of John Barrymore's
many speaking parts, some by Ellen
Terry, q few by Joseph Jefferson
and the lovely one that Lynn Fon-
tame cid before she went overseas
OF Alice Duer Miller's poem, THE
White Cliffs of Dover"
Evening star., 1944-08-12
Just Not Inventive
HOLLYWOOD,

The most amazing reasons some
times are given for holding up the
writing Of scripts. without Love" "
the next Katherine -Spen-
Ger Tracy vehicle. can't go before
the cameras as yet, because in the
story Tracy is supposed to invent
some newfangled gadget and the
writer's can't seem to hit on any
thing battling enough.
Evening star., 1944-08-12

high up on the catwalks overhead
like animals eyes peering from the
darkness in Z Walt Disney cartoon. y
Odets doesn't intend to give up
his writing, but intimates say he's
got the directing bug and If RKO
makes him an offer, he'll stay on
to make more movies-in spite of
the lack Of privacy.
\ X y
Taking advantage of heavy box
office returns at the moment, sew
eral major studios are dusting of
old pictures, changing their locales
and remaking them on cheap
budgets with new titles.
This Is q dumb but effective
method Of alternating the affection
Of movie fans. Any patron brought
into theater under false pretenses
has a right to howl loudly and the
plan certainly will have reper-
cuSSions.
Warner Bros. have released a
movie titled JAMIE" which follows
much the same plot premise as an
al-star film just released. A War
ner Wag says David 0. Selznick re-
Evening star., 1944-08-12
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Evening star., 1944-08-12
Miss Davis Hits New Peak
AS VenOmOus Earle Heroine
By JAY CARMODY.

,sn % snd Ph & Epstein are couple Of damat
with their adaptation Mr. skengton to the Earle YES
rday with Bette Davis the principal supported
worthy OF such
skefhngon iche and an enrey
Evening star., 1944-08-12
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= Healthfulfy Air Conditioned
BETTY CRADLE In PIN UP GIRL"
with MARTHA RAVE, JOE E. BROWN
lin Technology. At 1, 3:05. 1855,
6:35. $40, TO-. Cartoon Show At
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
Resistance Stirs Japs TO Fury

T. is evident that this determined Filipino resistance
against and their failure make any dent on Flpho
LOYALTY 10 the United that has Infatuated the Japanese
driving atrocities Of the most barbara type
why, when read Of the execution OF the eight amer
yfters in Tokyo not long ago knowing do what the
Jauanesc and doing TO the Filipino and American
The Philippines, thought was mercu 10 those
eight gallant that their suerngs had ended
Death kindness but than when 1t releases
human being studied cuees of the japanese sadst
The Japanese followed antthetica policies IN the
Philippines during days OF occupation They tried at fS
10 WOO the Flpinos by carrying after fashion socaed
no1rv Of attraction the time Bataan where 'oOOo
EYlno troops and 900 Americans vaianty resisting
them merciess and cruel They were woong the FIJI
pno hope that the families Of the soldiers their relatives
friends these fighting BataaH to sur
render.
japanese propaganda that lime conferred on urging
Filipino give themselves the japanese ana
turn their against their American comrades AT the same
time 10 show the Filipino soldier that continued resistance was
thus him into submission the Japanese gave us
in Bataan some specimens of Japanese sadism
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01

Fipno officers and soldiers tortured TO death Five
Fnno intelligence officers caught behind japanese lines were
tied n poss on the public square Rosario Cave their ten
dons left die their pools or blood
Twelve Fpinn officers in Manila were rounded up
evening taken Cemenero Nerte made to dig their
graves buried alive know OF two nonommlssoneo
officers who caught Japanese in of the engage
March, 1912 who sent back to our INES with e
eyes plucked and their tongues cut
While Bataan and Corregdor stood however the Japanese
efraned from bazen acts of vandalism and terrorism against
the civilian population they bombed cities and towns for
apparent military reason.
open city when they Iained bombs on Tor
Two successive days But after the fail Of Bataan and Coegdor
after the surrender forces when the Japanese knew they
were the complete Philippines then they started
an orgy of apne and atrocities that in fendnness
hasn equal anywhere.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
FiIipinos Keep BoIos Sharp

In periodic searches they found two boos con-
ceaed in the the npa hus in barro All the
males living in that barro together including the
years odand made through narrow
gate
On each the gate Japanese soldier Nearby
stood companv of japanese troops ready ofre Of
resistance passed his hands tied behind him. he
by the Japanese soldiers the head with the
handle-made Of iron -of the conhscated boios.
They that the next time another boo was
the sharp blade would be used each and
every them And the aps have made good this threat
many times
But the boos still everywhere in the Philippines and
many Japanese heads left when eXpedonay
forces under Cen Macarthur to land there
(Tor,orrotD: Tomas Confessor and his band OF un-
conoueTdbies.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
80 Japs DOwned
In Raid on Rabaul

ADVANCED ALLIED HQ,
New Guinea. Feb. l up
Allied airmen have knocked out
two airfieldS at Rabaul, tempo
rarily at least. and 36 more
Japanese planes have been de-
Stroyed in new blows 10 neutrallzc
the enemy'S major base in the
southwest Pacific, il was an
nounced today.
Fighter-eScorted heavy bomberS.
dive bomberS and torpedo planes
raided Rabaul Saturday for the
fourth consecutive day and the
27th time in January an Allied
communique said. The Allied
planes shot down "a and possibly
six others Of so Japanese inter-
ceptors and destroyed y on the
ground. Allied losses we're de-
Scribed as minor"
Reports from the south Pacific
disclosed that the heavy attack
left two of Rabaul's airdromeS
unSerViceable. A spokesman for
Adm. lIalSey said seven bomb
craters weer left in tho L.akunai
field runway while Tobera air
drome was blasted heavily.
The new Allied blow brought
the four-day toll Of Japanese
planes DESTROYED or probably de-
Stroyed 10 l6i and the number
Knocked out NJ action in the
southwest Pacific during January
10 SCO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
Civilians Cuffed by Jap Soldiers

For the ordinary Japanese soldiers acesappng seems to
be God given right Shaping faces and cutting civilians on the
streets is common japanese practice in all occupied areas
Hanoi Saigon in French lndo-China and IN
Shanghai Marking Canton other Japanese conquered sec
tons in China
Japanese long to find out that was not
such healthy sport for indulge nn the Philippines
repaaes who returned the Grpshom relate
how the FIipnos retaliated with daggers and bolos.
the high command issued an order
making it a military crime to dagger boo. But the
boIo is essential 10 the Filipino farm implement
as house utens, industrial tool
With Japanese around had another convenient The
Fpinos turned not all of them And when
Japanese carried intensive search they would
always locate some hidden buried somewhere.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
Aid Urged i'm Pacific
To AvenSe Atrocities

can and Filipino prisoners by the
had not been made
public much sooner by the army
a report as grim and hor-
rible rs this makes il imperative
that we get 10 Macarthur
thousand planes or whatever
amount he needs" he said
NEED FOR PLANES
"If so many planes are neceS-
Sary for Italy. then the same
amount should be sent TO Mac
Arthur.
"Nac Arthur must have every
thing he needs 10 avenge Bataan
and Corregidor.
Chavez declared that the people
Of New Mexico are rcScntful tina
the Japanese atrocities have moi
yet been avenged.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
Pontiac Gunner Tells
OF Pacific Bombing

They brought their plane, The
Flying SCoW-' In alone over the
target after he rest of the squad
ron had gone In earlier
I'VE stirred mp quite a Jap
hornets nest" said Sgt sam
pOllaCh top turret gunner
Roaring down from 1900 feet
on a Jap 4,0OO-ton ship in the
lagoon, we came out Of the dive
at 200 feet and gave the Jap
everything we had.
FIRE WAS HOT
"GrOund FIRE from the island
was pretty hot our nose tur-
ret was blown Oft. The top
hatch WAS knocked in and holes
shot through every section Of
the ship. We leVeled of so fast
over the lagoon and climbed 30
steeply was able Ia get In
plenty ~ fire at surface craft
from my top turret."
The pilot T. James Schollen
berger Of Los Angeles. ls - Ihrc'
other members 81 the creV are -
one is = and three are 81.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
How .Daps Buried
y Officers Alive
CContInued from PAGE One)

OF Fipnos prison camps from torture starvation
and resultant diseases he speaks with authority and with hso
lutte knowledge Of the facts
Quezon also reveals for the first time that the
ESCAPE of the three American officers made possible by two
Filipino prisoners
facts important for they throw in bold reei
nothing else how the japanese are terrorne he f
no and how in spite Of such terrorism Filipino loyalty TO
America and Americans shown by Fpno helping Amer
leans escape the risk of their lives remains seadfast and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
Quake DESTROYS
Turkish Town

LONDON. Feb. ! GNS) An
Turkey was rocked today by an
earthquake which destroyed the
town Of Gercde. 20 miles north
west Of Ankara, Reuter- News
Agency reported.
Many persons were reported
killed or injured in Gorcde, which
has a population Of $4,000
Details Of the damage were not
available Immediately because Tho
shocks disrupted communications
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
Draft Rules i'm Effect
End Screening Tests

WASHINGTON. Feb l (UPl-
Draft boards and induction cen
tiers today began observing new
Selective service regulations de-
signed 10 eliminate many of the
ifs and whens troubling poten-
tial drafteeS.
The so-called screening tests
heretofore given by local boards
will be discontinued, and the navy
will join the army IN granting
81 day furloughS 10 men accepted
for induction
Local boards also viii begin
limiting occupational dcfermcntS
for youths between IS and p IN
an attempt 10 slow down the
drafting of fathers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
STRIKE UNAUTHORIZED

Garrison denied that there had
been any stoppage on the day
shift today, hut asserted that 200
men on the midnight shift IN one
department had struck at $40 a.
m because of false rumor circu-
lated in the plant that the Job
was going 10 be shut down today
"The strike was unauthorized,
he said. land the union is going
TO do everything in its power To
find the persons responsible and
discipline them"
Garrison said that tho union IS
asking the removal of two labor
relations men AT tho plant and
that the company IS counterInC
with a demand for his removal AS
president of the local
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01

Latest saga 81 herotSm 10 come
out 81 the Pacific war area IS that
Of the Flying Babes. said
90 be the Pacific youngest B-2i
bomber crew, with which staff
SGT John Mcleod. q, Of Pontiac
serves as tail gunner.
BATTERED and blasted by
everything the Japs can OFFER,
fhe Babes are still unscathed
and ANXIOUS for a fight" the
( United Press reported today
from an advanced base ~ The
!, 7th l.. g. Air Force in the
Central Pacific
They have made rs raids on
enemy installations and shipping
in the Marshall Islands
4 CHARMED CREW
we consider ourselves a
+. charmed crew" Sali SGT Nc
Lfod whose home is 40 BATS
,Ioslyn Pontiac we all wear
So Christopher medals"
A recent run over Emlid an .s.
land on the Jalllt afol. was typl-
cal Of the crews exploits.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
,YankS Hit
NaZi Plant
I'm Austria

!. ALGIERS. Feb. l ms
HEAVY bomberS OF the 18th L. s.
eAir Force yesterday blasted the
-sircraft parts plants at Klagen-
.flrt, in southern Austria, head
.tuarters Of Gen Sir Henry Matt
IianS Wilson announced today.
Z The assault was the second by
.four-mokred L. s. bombers on
the factories producing parts for
the. German Focke-Wulf planes.
/, Heavy bomberS also smashed
1T Aviano and Udine. in northern
Italy, in the campaign 10 knock
out Nazi-held airfelds Hits were
scored on landing areas and Ger
man barracks
Light bombers attacked San
Benedetto. ~
Allied fighters patroled the
Seachhead south OF Rome 10 sup
port additional Allied landings
Yesterday Allied planes flew
more than 800 sOrtieS and downed
is German planes with a loss OF
four Of their own,
Sixteen of the is doWned Nazi
planes were destroyed over the
sirfeldS in northeastern Italy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
U. S. TO Check Fern Needs

WASHINGTON. Feb. ! ms --
The Office of Civilian Require
ments disclosed today that census
bureau enumeratorS will start
visiting 5000 representative farm
ers Feb. 6 10 determine their war
time needs for farm supplies and
m machinery rcpair partS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
VIOLATED ARTICLE so

These sentences. Hull pointed
out, were contrary 10 Article 30
Of the Geneva Prisoners of War
Convention. Swiss representatives
were not permitted TO visit these
men
Callous indifference was shown
by the japanese. on numerous &C
caSionS 10 the mild American re-
quest for information regarding
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
1904 Sit-DoWn
AT Willow Run
Continued from Page one)

Continued from Page One)
a loss of 800 600 man hours in
production
The Highland Park stoppage
Ford officials said was duplicated
when the midnight shift Of | 200
reported for work They also took
time off from work 10 read the
notice
Ben Garrison. president Of Local
100, UAW-CIO. said the notice
was posted by tho union 10 explain
10 the membership what had oc-
Cured in negotiations with man
aCemcnt relative 10 a d Is put Q
which kept tho engine division idle
last Friday and Saturday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
Legion Insists
On Vet Aid Bill
special to INV DETROIT rINrS

WASHINGTON. Feb I Heavy
artillery Of the American Legion,
headed by National Commander
Warren II. Atherton, was trained
on Congress today for the start Of
a drive 10 get action within IS
hours on the Legion'S So-callcd
omnibus bill. which was pigeon
holcd Jan 9
Determined 10 blast the measure
from itS hiding place in tho House
VctcranN committee. "a special
committee led by Commander
Atherton and including John n.
Stella former governor Of Illinois.
viii personally appeal TO Rep.
John T. Rankin OF Mississippi
chairman of the veterans COM
mlticc
order War stamps delivered
90 Your home by Your Detroit
Times carrier,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01
FiIoas Demands Exam

GRAND RAPIDS Mich Ian.
31 UP David F.lgas l7-ycar-
old Grocoy,Ilc youth today de-
manded camu7ti0n IN his ar
raIenmcrt before Justice John G.
Loucko ou murder charge in
connection with tRo death q
Patricia Winters H. also ~
Grc7nwllc Examination was set
for Eab s.