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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
Prophet Jones
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22

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trouble
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clothes jeNelry fasuflrc fo Hs
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disaster good fortune or what
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prev
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ZONES saws Of his selections God
cave him tho knowledge and made
all these things possible. Ills
earthly charlots consists of
Packard and Cadillac
"sav Amen" AMEN 'say
Amen again" "A-MEN That's
practically his trademark and the
resnonse Of Ills saints.
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It's a Flight to the Past
Bv Jack O'Brian.

warehouse. 1t doesn't prove much,
but then hardly any OF the plays do,
either
Newcomers Are Flops.
I will not trouble you with much
more than passing mention, just
for the record, of two recent fops.
One of them. Rhapsody" was the
biggest musical production seen
hereabouts since "The Ladder" and
Topped almost as spectacularly
About all that was notable in its
arrival at the Century Theater is
the fact that not even such a hor-
ribly banal mess as Rhapsody" can
affect the indestructibility of Fritz
Kreisler's music, which was used
or abused-in the production. One
of the producers, Mrs. Lorraine
Manville Dresselhuys, also was the
principal hacker. She poured $780,
900 into the production, which is
just another way of saying down
the drain. She is Tommy Man
ville's sister, by the way.
The other flop was not quite so
embarrassing, since it received some
approval for its sincerity, even if
hardly any for the overall result
1t was The Man Who Had All the
Luck" which closed after three per-
formances. The title just about tells
the story.
You may get some sort of an
idea about the artistic stature of
the play by considering that the
highlight of the entire three acts
was scene in which real Marmon
automobile appeared. Wonder where
they got it?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
Bob Walker Fears More Good Boy Roles

starts another wave Of talk about
whether they'll go back together
Neither has anything to say on the
subject. They both date other peo-
Pile, though there's been nothing
serious for either.
Father Is an Editor.
Bob's home town is Salt Lake City
where his father was editor of the
Deseret News. After Bob was sent
to the San Diego prep school, the
dramatic coach discovered his acting
talent, and Bob began to blossom
He won two scholarships to the
Pasadena Community Playhouse
but he accepted his aunt's offer to
send him to the American Academy
of Dramatic Art in New York
There, he met Jennifer. They did
radio shows, tried for Broadway
were married, and tried Hollywood
together. But Bob got no break
Jennifer played in few Westerns
New York couldn't use him in
stage shows so he continued with
radio work. There a talent scout
looking for 'teen-age sailor fo1
"Bataan," found him and brought
him to films.
His latest is The Clock" a ro-
mantle drama with Judy Garland
He's still in uniform in this one
but in his next. he'll get away from
CT for the first time. He's in real
life underweight (he's 6 feet and
weighs l45) and his eyes keep him
out of the service.
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Once a Wait PLAY,
Angel Street Now
Near Record Run
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK.
One of Broadway's longest-run-
ming plays, Angel Street." will
reach its third birthday Tuesday
and will have made the faces of
quite number of Broadway produc-
ers slightly crimson.
Originally Angel Street" was a
waif kicked off all the best theatrical
doorsteps. First produced in Lon
don in 1888, its American rights
were purchased by Gilbert Miller,
who permitted his option to lapse.
No one had faith in the show eX-
cept Shepard Traube He was forced
to rehearse it in the ballroom of
the Fifth Avenue Hotel in Green
witch Village. When it finally was
arranged for Broadway showing,
the Shuberts ordered seats only for
one week. 1t practically sneaked into
town to catch Broadway unawares.
The critics loved it.
On its third birthday Angel
Street" will have played 1853 per-
formances, a record run for melo-
drama. In three weeks it will pass
the record of "Lightnin' and will
be exceeded in playing time by only
four other Broadway shows.
The horror play served to put sew
eral unknowns into the star class
and helped refresh the memories of
some producers who had all but
forgotten Vincent Price, the orig
inal Mr.. Manningham. He Is now
an established Hollywood success,
Judith Evelyn, the original Mrs.
Manningham. played her role for
two and a half years before having
to quit out of sheer exhaustion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03

outlasting Allied sympathy for the nation which
represented its original locale. When it scored
It's first triumph in this country, it was an
account of Finland's deathless struggle with
Russia, the dramatic tale of little country in
e-and-death conflict with gigantic
neighbor.
When Finland and Russia exchanged sides in
the war, Sherwood exchanged the Finnish locale
of the play for that of Greece neat trick which
enabled it to run until few months ago in
London with the Lunts in their old roles and
with as great success as it had enjoyed previ-
ously in this country
OF the original Playwrights' company members,
only two have come reasonably close to maintain
ing their former output They are Maxwell
Anderson, whose war plays have included key
Largo" 1941; Candle in the Wind" 1.-THE Eve of
st. Mark" and Storm Operation" None of them
attained the stature of Anderson's prewar plays
and the fourth was definite, decisive failure,
the first since he became identified with the
Playwright's company.
Rice's Play Failure.
Rice's contribution to the organizations pro-
auctions during the last two seasons was the
rather lamentably weak, "a New Life" which was
retrieved from early doom by its use of the
device OF presenting one scene in the delivery
room of a maternity hospital. 1t attracted a
deal of attention to the production, but not
enough to enable it to survive its fundamental
weakness a piece of worthwhile dramatic
writing
The war period has seen but one other play
from the pen of the other member of the Play
wrights' group That was Behrman's "Jacobow-
sky and the Colonel" wonderfully successful
piece of adaptation that would have looked fine
under the Playwrights' banner but which, I'M
fortunately, he did at the behest of the Theater
Guild.
Now the entire group is busy again, good news
for every one who follows the theater, good news
that might be made better if the reactvated
group would pledge John P. Marquand to the
membership left vacant by the death of Mr.
Howard.
1t is just a thought which might prove
extremely impracticable, no matter how much
Mr.. Marquands work seems to fit into the
Playwrights' scheme of things.
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NEW YORK

BY the Associated Press.
The antic checkerboard facing
Broadway's theater owners and
managers can be demonstrated
little by the expected jumpings
about of current theatrical proper
ties.
The new Olsen and johnson romp,
Laughing Room Only" is scheduled
for the Winter Garden Theater
That means Mike Todd's Mexican
Haygride" will go into the Imperial
Theater.
Song of Norway" currently at
the Imperial, will move to the Ma
jestic. Star Time the Paul Small
vaudeville, will move to the Broad
hurst. Ten Little Indians will
take its amusing homicidal proper
ties and cast to the Plymouth, where
Chicken Every Sunday now is
the tenant.
The Mae West farce Catherine
Was Great" which is a farce in
more ways than one, is expected to
move from the Shubert to the Roy
ale. School for Brides" which, like
the Mae West show, has def1ed the
critics lambasting, will jump from
the Royale to the Forrest, where 1t
fondIy hopes to emulate another
scorner of critical bludgeoning, TO
bacco Road" which played at the
Forrest for eight years.
Angel Street" will move from the
Golden Theater to the Bijou.
Oklahoma" will stay put at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
Coming Attractions

NATIONAL over Twenty
One" with Ruth Gordon,
starting next Monday.
CAPITOL - ansas Citv
Kitty with Joan Davis and
Bob Crosby, starting Thurs
day.
CoLUMBIA-"So Something for
the Boys" with Carmen Mi
randa and Vivien Blaine,
starting Thursday.
EARLE-"The Very Thought
of You" with Dennis Morgan
and Eleanor Parker, starting
Thursday.
KEITH'S-"The Woman in the
Window" with Edward G.
Robinson and Joan Bennett.
LITTLE THE Magnificent
Ambersons" with Joseph Cot
ten and Dolores Costello.
METROPOLITAN Brazil"
with Tito GUITAR and Vir-
GINA Bruce.
PALACE-'Kismet" with Mar
lene Dietrich and Ronald
Colman.
PIX-"Orage," a French pic
ture, starting Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
HOLLYWOOD.

I1O6L "oob.
How do you know I'm a nice
guy?" challenged Bob Walker.
you've seen me in pictures, but
I'm not as nice as those boys I
played in 'Hargrove' and Since You
Went Away Really, I'm psyche
logically difficult"
Il used to be q difficult child, my
parents had bad time with me. I
used to fight with my brothers and
I didn't get along at school. That's
why they sent me to the San Diego
Army and Navy Academy" said
Walker. Then he broke it all up by
smiling.
You know how Bob Walker grins,
all over the face. He looked more
disarming than ever with his horn
trimmed spectacles. which he uses
when hes not in front of the
camera.
Bob went on: I'm a fugitive from
being nice boy on the screen. Part
of the trouble, guess, is this trick
youthful voice.
Il used to think I'd like to play
Shakespeare I have, on the radio.
But not on the stage or screen. Not
with my legs. You know, tights. I
wouldn't be good in them" He
grinned again, but looked a little
haunted. He has been wondering
If he's always going to have to play
cute boys like Hargrove.
Has Personal Troubles.
Bob has trouble with this char
acter in his private life, too.
AS you know, he's married to
Jennifer Jones, but they're separated
and Bob's the victim Of succession
of cooks and housekeepers who want
to mother sim-and Il don't want
to be mothered," he grcwls.
A person just hasn't the makings
of a gossip unless he has specialized
whether therell be a reunion be-
tween Bob and Jennifer, who
achieved fame at the same time
in an amazing dual series Of breaks.
The facts tossed back and forth are
always these;
Bob Is devoted to their two small
and good looking children, Bob and
Michael, and 2. When Jennifer
goes out of town. he always stays
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03

NEW YORK.
Nostalgia, or at least turning back
the calendar, seems to be immensely
popular with the literary fellows who
turn out Broadway shows. The mod
ern scene stacks up as incapable
OF supplying a whole seasons
themes.
OF course, the most famous bit OF
nostalgia good fun around Broad
way is Life With Father" at the
Empire Theater, a rollicking depic-
ton of New York manners in the
1906 What has been agreed on as
a suitable running mate for that
hardy perennial is THE Late George
Apley," which is set in Boston's Bea-
con street in 1912 and gives resi-
dents of that famous thoroughfare
q merry teasing.
"Bloomer Girl" equally as popular
at the box Office right now as Okla
noma," represents the daring doingS
OF the 186Os when boomers were not
considered suitable for polite table
conversation.
catherine Was Great" appar-
emily has surmounted normally-de-
molishing critical opposition to keep
Broadway apprised Of the more tur-
p1tudinous doings of the Russian
empress during the 1760s.
Miss Barrymore, Too.
Ethel Barrymore runs a time
gamut from 1918 to 1888 in the
Theater Guilds "Embezzled Heav-
en-" now closed for few weeks un-
til Miss Barrymore is well enough
10 return to her difficult role.
John Van Druten's preoccupatlon
with modernism as in Voice of the
Turtle" certainly is not the product
OF a cafe society mind for he, too,
took a trip into the past for the
wonderfully warm Il Remember
Mama" which is one of the most
ambitious productions of the year:
Song of Norway" concerns itself
with the life of Edward Grieg and
naturally had to bark back to the
time in which the great Norwegian
musical genius ived-the 1905.
THE Searching Wind" biting
castigation of home-front Fascism,
STARTS its story in 1922 and pro-
crosses to the spring of this year.
Chicken Every Sunday is set in
Tucson, Ariz, in 1916. "Jacobowsky
and the Colonel" isn't exactly set in
rocco and ancient red plush, but it,
TOO. turns back the clock a few
years to the beginnings of this war.
This is not to say that mere con-
Germ with Aud Lang Syne" is a
recipe for Broadway success. Equal
iy as many plays with pristine
themes went galloping to Gains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
Playwrights' Company Plans Season
By Jay Carmody

The Playwrights' Producing Co.. whose tag on
dramatic production few years ago was the
surest guarantee of excellence to be found in the
theater, is about to resume its former place in
the scheme of things Come January, two of its
members, S. N. Behrman and Maxwell Ander-
son, are destined to be ready with plays and
there is being whispered the story that war
busy Robert E. Sherwood will resume his old, i'm
portant function of writing another play.
So far as this commentator is concerned, not
to mention mass of other people whose spokes-
man he has not been appointed that is not mere
ly the best news of the week. but of several sea-
sons.
In the early days of its career, the Playwrights'
company not merely embraced the five most out
standing dramatists, it was also an amazingly
prolific organization. 1t produced not merely
quality, but quantity, Immediately establishing
itself as unique.
Towards Death a Blow.
The first blow to the group was the death of
Sidney Howard, who, with the three mentioned
above and Elmer Rice, formed company to pro-
duce their own works in answer to the estab-
hshed producers with whose methods the group
found itself in rugged disagreement. Mr.. Howard
was not merely one of the outstanding talents in
volved in the Playwrights' company but an enor-
mously energetic influence in its affairs.
1t was one of the vastly dispiriting experiences
Of the company that Towards posthumously
produced play, Madame, Will You Wak?" was
one of the organizations first failures, result
that many attributed to flaws of casting more
than to defects in the drama itself.
The next important factor in diminishing the
effectiveness of the company was Mr.. Sher-
woods decision to identify himself with the war
effort in 1941. veteran of the last war and
deeply conscious of the forces driving this
try into the second world conflict. Sherwood
could not reconcile himself to continuing as a
playwright. He became identified with the Of
flee of War Information, remained with it until
several months before the recent election, when
he resigned to assist the Roosevelt campaign.
That assignment accomplished, he is now being
reported responsive to the suggestion that he
return to his former role as the Nations out
standing playwright.
Sherwood's last play, There Shall Be No
Night has enjoyed the unique distinction of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
Betty Contemp lates Turtle Role Gingerly
NEW YORK

NEW YORK.
Betty Field emerged from a work
OUT with John Van Druten, author
Of THE Voice of the Turtle" and
stood for moment blinking in the
vivid November sunlight flooding
the street. She looked tired, some
what haraSsed. But her smile was
brave and as she stood there she
looked less like an actress of many
legitimate and film roles than a very
attractive debutante.
How is it going, Betty?"
"All right, I guess-1 hope she
said. Let's get some tea some
wnere"
AS you probably know, a great
adventure lies ahead of Betty Field.
A few days beyond the middle of
this month she is to step into a role
which Margaret Sullivan, no less,
mas made her own over a consider
able period of time in the enduring
Van Druten smash hit. That is a
tall order and Betty knew it better
than anyone when the part was Of
tered her, in Los Angeles, quite a
while ago. This was when Miss
Sullivan announced her decision to
leave the play in accordance with
an understanding early reached
wnen the long endurance of the
piece on Broadway was established
as an indubitable prospect.
1t Required Brooding.
did you snap at the part?" she
was asked when at length she was
at table pouring herself spot of
revlvifying tea.
81 did not" she replied. II am
not so self-confident a creature as
all that. One does not snap at
something which great actress has
already made a success"
No. she mulled over the offer
nearly four months before she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
Todav's Schedules

CAPITOL-"Three Is a Fam
ily," 2. 4:45, 7:25 and 10:45
pm. Stage shows, lis, 4, GAO
and 800 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Irish Eyes Are
Smiling" 1875, 3:35, $40, TAO
and $40 pm.
EARLE - The Doughgirls,"
lao, 4:2O, 7:o5 and GAS pm.
Stage shows, los. 345, $3.50
and 9:10 pm.
KEITH'S-"Tall in the Saddle"
las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45
pm.
LITTLE-"The Gold Rush." /,
2:45, 4:25, 6:10, 8 and $50
pm.
METROPOLITAN - French
mans Creek" LOS, 3:15, $40,
7::30 and 9:35 pm.
PALACE Mrs. Parkington,"
1875. AIS, 6:55 and 9:35 pm.
PIX-"White Zombie," 2:10,
4:50, 7:30 and 1910 pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts.
Continuous from l pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03

Miss Sullavan's rendering of the part
as closely as you CAM"
She smiled and shrugged.
1T would be a pretty poor imita-
ton, I am afraid" she said modest
ly. mo, for better or for worse, 1
shall be Betty Field, not Margaret
SULLIVAN.
Wife of Elmer Rice, the play
wright, the devoted mother of baby
boy and girl, she finds a parental
precedent for her appearance in the
Van Druten play inasmuch as Mar
garet Sullivan is the mother of
three children, and Elliott Nugent.
who plays the male lead. is the
father of two. Some one had told
her that Mr. Nugent intended to fol-
low Miss Sullivan out of the comedy
and it had alarmed her no end until
she was treasured about his plans.
May Be Through in Films.
Those children of hers and her
husband and her home in Stamford
Conn, were one of the motivating
reasons for her decision to return
to Broadway, and they also account
for her failure to renew her six-year
contract with Paramount as a lead
ing film actress.
From now on en- independent"
she said, land I am frightened about
1t. Maybe movie producers won't
want me any more. AS to Para
mount, it needed me in Hollywood
each year from April to October. and
this caused a lot of family complica-
tons OF my part and, also, on the
part OF the film company, necessities
OF my family life must have been
IN fact, were-annoying. So"-she
smiled lugubriously-"I do hope
every one will like me we'll enough on
Broadway to keep me there some
time"
Relessed by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
Marian Whistles
At Her Work, Which
Is Just Whistling
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Marian Darlington is convinced
that it pays to whistle while you
work.
Whenever the movies have wanted
any whistling done in the last 10
years, she's the gal they've called in.
She's done everything from a mock
ing bird on Berkeley Square to a
flock of raucous crows on the
Mojave Desert.
Il started whistling almost as
soon as I could talk" says Marian,
but it wasn't until began doing it
in pictures that I've made whistling
pay off.
My voice has been on the sound
tracks of hundreds of movies, but
I've been photographed for the
screen only once, and then it was
such a quick flash not even my
friends recognized me-"
Marian has but. one worry-her
front teeth. If anything ever hap
pens to them, her career of whistling
for a living will be sunk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
Where to GO-Where, Indeed?

st. James and Voice Of the Turtle"
will dig in at the Morosco with what
looks like the nearest thing to the
atrical permanency since Life With
Father" took up hardy perennialism
at the Empire Theater.
Since something like IS produc-
tons are In the works for this sea-
son, the traffic in the Times Square
district will be unprecedented. Fewer
than 80 theaters are available for
all types of shows, and since about
Is of those currently playing will
hold out for most of the coming
season, the percentage of Illustration
among producers should be terrific.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
That 'Virginian' Line
Left to Audiences .
BY the Associated Press.


HOLLYWOOD.
When you say that. pardner-
smile
Fans who stomped and whistled at
that classic line in the 1914 and
1882 versions of The Virginian"
may not see it in the 1945 remake.
The soul-stirring rejoinder was
delivered by William Farnum and
Gary Cooper in the previous films
of the Owen Wister novel, but Para
mount officials are undecided wheth-
er to allow Joe McCrea to utter it
this time. At first they discarded it,
but alert horse opera addicts pro-
tested.
So they're shooting it both ways
and preview audiences will deter
mine whether or not the deathless
phrase will live on celluloid.
Or so Paramount says, without
even q grin,