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Evening star., 1946-09-01
Film Titles
Can Affect
Box Office
By Harold Heffernon
HOLLYWOOD.

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One Of the most fascinating
phases Of this business of fllm-mak-
ing is the motion picture title. Titles,
we know from experience, are tre-
mendously important to a features
career at the box office. An ex-
tremely intriguing title has been
known to add quarter of million
or more to a pictures gross. In the
same measure, a bad title can work
irreparable harm.
We thought we knew a lot about
titles but not until an hours dis
cussion with Arch Reeve, veteran
head of the movie industry's Public
Information Committee, did we real
ize just how titles are borp1 how
they're treasured and protected and
to what extremities rival producers
will go to snare a fitting one from
the other.
Every 30 minutes. on the average.
some one in the film business gets
an idea for title. Reeve points out.
But pictures take months to develop
from the idea stage to first public
showing, at which time they may be
copyrighted.
1t is to protect rights to such
titles in the intervening period as
we'll as to avoid harmful similarities
and expensive litigation in settling
conflicting claims that the Johnston
office operates its own title registra-
tion bureau.
Scramble for Words.
This service has registered an
average of $3.50 titles a year for the
40 American and British producing
studios, signatories to the gentle
mems agreement" covering work of
the bureau. 1t accepts as suitable
another 300 cleared through the Of
flee of nonsignatory producers.
Here's the pungent way Reeve puts
lit:
Let an atom bomb explode, let a
gang of prisoners attempt a mass
escape from a penitentiary, let a
king abdicate to wed a commoner,
llet the President use colorful
phrase In a speech, or let the Army
or Navy fight a dramatic battle,
and there Is an immediate scramble
to register timely words and phrases
tied in with the events as titles for
films.
Add to these the thousands of
titles used for books, short stories,
plays and songs" Reeve continued,
"and it is easy to see the need for a
priority system to avoid confusing
the public with similar or duplicate
titles of the films they see and to
preserve valuable property rights. "
i Experience has taught that title
which has aroused widespread pub
lie attention as book or play has
attained popularity as a dramatic
phrase can have a great effect on
success of the motion picture
using 1t.
Card files of the industry's self
imposed machinery maintained in
New York and Hollywood list more
Evening star., 1946-09-01

than $4,000 titles of features and
short subjects. OF these more than
10000 have been used on feature
length pictures released in this
country during the last 30 years.
Changing trends in American
living, as well as outstanding news
events, have been mirrored IN film
titles. Earliest motion pictures, pat
termed closely after popular stage
melodramas of the day, bore such
titles as Dizzy Heights and Daring
Hearts, "Enlighten Thy Daugh-
ter" THE Five Faults of F1o," NO
torious Gallagher or His Great Tri-
umph," please Help Emily" Song
of the Wage Slave" Susan Rocks
Evening star., 1946-09-01
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
The fall thea trical season will get
off to a rowdy start Wednesday
when The Front Page" Ben
Hechts and Charles MacArthur's
valentine to their own Chicago po-
lice reporting days, is revived at the
Royale Theater.
A good many paradoxical notes
have accrued to the brash and bril-
liant comedy since it premiered Au-
gust IA, 1923 at the old Times Square
Theater. 1t was made into a fabu-
lous movie success in 1881, after
running 276 times on Broadway. Pat
O'Brien, who played Hildy Johnson
in the first film, got the role because
he was believed to have played it
originally on Broadway. Lee Tracy,
who later went to film prominence,
actually was the original Hildy.
On the basis that "if at first you
do succeed, try, try again" Holly
wood remade THE Front Page" a
few years later, this time changing
Hildy to q girl, played by Rosalind
Russell. Cary Grant played the
managing editor, done originally by
Osgood Perkins and in the first
movie version by Adolph Menjou.
Won an Award.
Undoubtedly Hecht and MacAr-
thurs largest success, The Front
Page" set Hollywood off on rash
of pictures about newspapermen,
none of which approached its drive,
verve and tone. The playwriting
pair wrote it In 1923 but tossed it
aside as unfit to present. They got
together on it again in 1928. Jed
Harris read it and produced it al
most Immediately. 1t started both
writers off to fabulous screen sue
cess, although each alone and in
concert, has bemoaned the literary
constructions the movies impose on
a writer. Hecht recently explained
his approach TO screen writing: Il
put on my sport jacket and take off
my brain"
One movie Hecht and Macarthur
wrote and produced independently
as gesture to bolster their con-
victions on Hollywood's absence oi
esthetics won an Academy Award
1.-The Scoundrel" Currently they art
represented on Broadway by 6
drama, Swan Song" which they
somehow have managed to keeI
alive and running in the face ol
extremely bad reviews.
The cast of the new and revised
Evening star., 1946-09-01
On Drawing the Line
Hollywood Defenders Want to Know Where
Realism Should Replace Glamour
By Harry Macarthur

Hollywood OF mind and the more serious
another Hollywood
is getting self conscious
publicity department taking sensitive
who continue maintain that some Aims would he beer hev Maid
little attention reality
substance of of these critical that
that under the
ctes control thought that girl who rides
might the dawn
with her face dusty and her gown mussed.
The complaints again have brought forth an answeragan be-
want to know where the line
should be drawn in matters of this kind To quote the pub
nciss
Is for instance cyd Charlse supposed up
sent 1870 role calls Tor
lots of crnolne and not so much epders
earlymonng boudor scene supposed 10
awaken looking like Gravel Ger merely because
Pubic wife looks before she climbs out OF
bed to squeeze the orange juice?
Money Is the Concern.
students at the Yale
subscribers the late Group Theater and Gus
toners of arty films shown might
reply with resoundng questions but the mil
scattered around the globe would most likely d
ssreeand disagree could well sound the
death of all motion pictures: BY their stuoeo ana
from the box office
listen minute fellows We of the reality school
you Hollywood making than in
producing (Which must be put in quotes to indicate the way
look down at it, AS matter OF TACT we 40 not VAIN
business too soft for lndulgng IN
police fire engine chasing But there
place to draw the line you mention No one complains i
ignores flight Of fancy In Marx
brothers picture that wild aipane ride in "A Night IN casa
would have had any 1Oho pilot snarnng at echna
flaws HAD laughing for anything foolish as
that wants make cracks about 6mg
Crosby n a period piece set in the time OF Louis XIV
There's Happy Medium
fair answering with polite II
questions You could put Cyd
Charlse on bathing her heavensent assets
YOU to give And this Three Wise Fools
seriously supposed to better stick to cnones
are Hollywood actresses who look pe
crnolne~
appearance earlymoning scene there
there Contrary the allegation
defense statement John Pubcs
wife Geie the alarm OF
appear have spent the night in beauty par
or to emerge with makeup hair in place
unfair complaints lodged against what
lapses realism motion 1t not long
Wilson, passing through town. felt called
roadside Rings Twice That
pointed out IF have been there you
like that They package OF clean
And there isn't girl
out half dozen suits even she only
dress"
Authentic Snifhes.
which demonstrate the vast oil
Hollywood product and the picture
excellent photopy
heard and not from Moscow Art lneat
movie In th Deooan
British housewife with Ie sn
bahrobe got up to NIX her
to the beauty parlor ana Ie
she did look ike She resen-
Esther Williams as van Johnson eeis
he room And It is highly doubtful the fan follow
realism
place line should be drawn In matters OF
this kind If HOLLYWOOD stop swinging wildly in It's defense
and
Evening star., 1946-09-01
Director Signed

Paramount has extended its con-
tract with John Farrow, director,
for one year. Farrow has directed
eight pictures for Paramount. The
most recent was the Technicolor
production, California" His other
pictures are Easy Come, Easy Co."
Calcutta" Two Years Before the
Mast" You Come Along" "The
Hitler Gang" China" and "Wake
Island" which won the New York
Critics Award for 1912. Farrow
now is preparing Blaze OF Noon" >"
Evening star., 1946-09-01
Coming Attractions

NATIONAL-"The Magnificent
Heel" with Peggy Wood, start
ing September 8.
CAPITOL-"Somewhere In the
Night" with John Kodiak,
starting Thursday.
COLUMBIA -" "Cluny Brown"
with Charles Boyer and Jenpi-
fer Jones, starting Thursday.
EARLE-"Of Human Bondage"
with Paul Henreid.
KEITH'S The Kid From
Brooklyn" with Danny Kaye,
starting tomorrow.
LTTTLE-"Jane Eyre" with
Joan Fontaine, starting Wed.
METROPOLITAN-"Night and
Day" with Gary Grant, start
ing Thursday.
PALACE-"The Outlaw" with
Jane Russell and Jack Beutel.
Evening star., 1946-09-01

(See HEFFERNAN,. Page BID
Evening star., 1946-09-01

WORDS FAIL HIM-And When they do, Norman 2. Mcleod
the able comedy director has ready hand pih skecng
pencil to let the players kno Just ho he expects them to act
Specimens OF his onheset 1Uork the
famed Hollywood stars including the original of the
one reproduced herewith AboOe the Mcleod sketch is the
actual reproduced By Danny Kaye Fay BANTER and
Virginia Mayo from the pictorial Instructions All OF this
part of Mr.. Kayes kid Brooklyn" opening
tomorrow at Keith's.
Evening star., 1946-09-01

for again?" she demands. Il have
house in Encino and I have a
mother, a father. a horse, a dog,
two cats, a trailer and a maid.
Daddy feeds the horses, mother
cooks and the maid dusts. What do
1 need a husband for?"
All I can say is that it's q pleasure
for reporter to talk with Miss
Macdonald. She's colorful. And that
is getting to be rare quality in
Hollywood.
(Released by North American Newspaper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
Electric Brush IS LaSyG Gal;SDreams
By ALICIA HART NEA Stan Wrllnn

An electric halrbrush with 10. tatlng brlstles and a ~thoOsAnd messaging fingers" s a laRy gals postwar dream that's ready to make snort shritt of Q tedious ohore.
 Although sturdy creation of plastic materlals curved to ft a mans as well as a womanS palm, this brush Is winning followers fast rom both sexes. 1t combines two detachable units One Is a brlstle block of lumarlth. The other is Q calcon case that houses the motor The snap-ln brlstle holder ls. q course, removable for easy washing, When attached to lts motorized top and plugged in to an electrical out. let, the brush goes into high-speed gyration that permits every tuft to rotate individually for scalp mas sage.
 Virtues boasted by this brush are that it reduces arm fatigue and does a better job than your own hands can of making q scalp glow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14

Here's just the dress for a busy, daylong program. Comes in 6 wide range of sizes and will be lovely in gentle solid tone frightened with a touch of binding.
 Pattern No. e097 is for sizes 3e, 3S, 40, 42, A, 46, 58, 50 and 52. Size 3s requires Ia yards of 35 or 30- inch: { l-2 yards binding.
 For this pattern, send 25 cents, in COINS, your name, address, size desired, and the PATTERN MUM BER to Sue Burnett, Waterbury Democrat, ll50 Ave. Americas, New York l9, N. Y.
 Send an additional twenty-five cents for the FALL AND WINTER issue of FASHIONS-52 pages of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14

dremAale ssslon ana thAens W " seety.
 me visual muAlen ln &ho N|k eure glowa trosn the lnAplFea lna of Arthur Raelnsseln. one oi iHe greatest masaolAna of eur llne. AH through tne dramatic cllmA& IAe RachmanlnoR second plane ctA- ceFlo h played almost ln ll1 UnA tirety, and h tAls the Muslc ol AA os-piPce symphony orchestra under the baton og walter SchaEt A heard.
 casharne Mcleod and wllllnm Carter are starred ln this new TO- mantle film,
 Carter was released from the American Field Service after be- ing wounded In the African cala@ paign. He had only one screen role to his credit when Bog3age signed him to play the role of the farm boy In this hauntlngly beautiful love story.
 Rablnsteln, great concert pianist recorded al the music for Che pi@ ano sequences, the climax being the Rachmanlnoff Second Con. certo. accompanied by Q oO-plece symphonic orchestra. Philip Dofn is also starred and Marie Ouspens- kaya, Felix Bressart, Elizabeth Pat terSon, vanessa Brown and Lewis Howard head the supporting cast,
 AS an added attraction The Pil- grim Lady" vii be shown, starring Warren Douglas and Adele Mara.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14

tor who points out that we neg lect to instill the real spirit of Christmas in our children when we encourage them to think mainly of what they are going to receive, and to regard giving as almost an after-thought or a neces- sary chore.
 We women probably need to be reminded of that. Because all too often We do take the easy way out when it comes to the gifts our children are to give.
 Instead of taking time to help them plan just the right gift for each person, and to encourage them to save their money for Christi mas spending, we make one of the two mistakes mentioned above.
 Besides that, we have so com- plicated Christmas ourselves that often We must make it seem more like an oreal to our families than like the most happy -hearted sea- son of the year.
 BAD PARENTAL EXAMPLE
 A mother who tries to do too much is likely to talk in such terms as, The stores are so crowded. and everything is so ex- pensive, and,I declare, 1 don't know WHAT to give Uncle Will" which is not exactly in the spirit of Christmas.
 Nor is it ct all unusual to hear @ mother who made too hard . job of Christmas sigh when it is over and say, Well, thank good- ness THAT is over for another year."
 That really isn't the feeling for Christmas we want our children to have, is it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
Umo4UR momemL It Says Here
ny son uOPE
nm mRATs ON

We're an very happy that John k, Lewis decided Co take the pres- sure of and put the heat back on. That decision and Chrlstmas shopping put c lot of peonle back Into the hole.
 But I guess the Christmas spirit seeped ln and took over as head of the United Mine Work CTS, 1 heard that John L.. was 60 full Of the old good fellowship he Invited President Truman over te drink tea and nlbble Lady Fin- gers In a jolly little tete.a-tete.
 Not only that, its rumored In authoritative circles that the newspaper photographer whom Lewis popped received e package neatly tied with red ribbon con- taining seven new flash bulbs that light up and for one dazzling second spell out I'm sorry"
 Of course, this may al be whlmsy, but deep down I'd like to feel that Mir. L. is Yuletide-mlnd. ed and somewhere this very In. stant is trimming his eyebrows with tlnsei.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
McKENNEY
 ON BRIDGE
By WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY America's Card Authority
 xwy.taA. e.~ AsxNA Gaws,ton

While 1t is considered unethical to try to take advantage of infer ences to be drawn from expressions hesitations, and so on, 1t is difacult to avoid and therefore the responS- ibility of maintaining poker face" rests upon all players. When North overcalled Vests heart bid with a spade in today's hand, 1t was quite evident to everyone that East was startled.
 He finally passed, but later in the play declarer proflted by East's reaction to the spade bid.
 South could see losing club and losing spade.
 He won the opening club lead with the king and took two rounds of trtimps. Now he led the small spade. West played the ten-spot, and declarer, feeling quite sure that East held all the other spades and certainly the king, went right up with dummy's ace.
 Just to protect himself he came back to his hand with the ace of hearts and led the nine of spades. West showed out, East won with the jack and returned Q club, dum- my's ace winning. Now the queen and eight of spades were equals, The queen was led, East covered with the king, South ruffed, then ruffed his losing heart in dummy and discarded the losing club on the eight of spades.
 
 A smart player do not bid either too quickly or too slowly. He forms
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
POLL

I've Always Loved You" Frank Borzage's first Technicolor film for Republic Studios, now showing at the Loew's poli Theatre is a sig nificant event, musically, It intro- duces a revolutionary method of presenting fine music through the medium of the screen, incorporat-
 ing some of the finest compositions of several of the immortals into the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14

Hollywood (UP)-James D. Wolfe, desk officer at the police stati, n here, says he wondered why some women hang up when he answer the phone. Then he discovered he had been announcing. without much pause between the words: Holly wood-Wolfel'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
Films Time Schedule

L0EW'S STRAND = "Undercur- rent"; a,is, S,5A, ssso P. M. Rendezvous With Annle": l2,aS, lsal, 7sB7 P. M. LOEw'S POLT = Pilgrim Lady"; l.0O, Aseo, Ss5o P. M.
 I've Always Loved You". 2;2o, S;A0, s,00 P. M. WARMERS sTATE-."The Plains. man.; 2.SS, Ss5S, 9:lS ?, M. "The Jungle Princess: I:l0, 4:S0, S.aS P. M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14

Long Beach, Cal, (UP)-Proving that you're as old as you feel" Mir. and Mrs. Al Schick went out to dinner on Mrs. Schick,s 60th birth day and came home with a pair of nylons for winning fast fox trot dance contest,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
LET'S EAT EM FRESH

Le Sueur, Minn., (UP)-Edward B. Cosgrove, president of the Min uesota Valley Canning Company, says food can be preserved conn., mercially by using radioactive salts. But the cost is prohibitive. For example, can of peas would cost $3,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
Too Cold for Him. But They're Bearing Up

Below, ~caFmlchael," rAllaael. phlA, Ra. seoh cslaweAeAee bath. lng beauty sslcla . tentative eoe ln his swimming pool and decides le.above-asre day b soe csla Ger him But December breoae la vel. eemed hy Jean and Jane slglCk. land, right ReasoAs fes pleasantly ceollng as they bask h uuA As g. Petersburg, FaA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14

wrap the gifts yoWself, an d. perhaps, even sign his name to the enclosure cards2
 Or will you hurriedly hand him some money and tell him mot to forget Aunt Susie, be- cause you know she always sends something's?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
GIRL BAGS RIoaRsT DEER

Portland, Me, CUpD-The biggest deer ever shot in Maine, weighing SSo pounds, was bagged near here by a giri, Margaret wheipley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
Elizabeth Woodward Says
LET HIM START GIVING GIFTS

TAe tune last year voa crFe polAp toitA MaloolNA ,, uAd crOtcNed C scllh CAvstmas present that tAFlcd poN Co the BRt voN uFee volnp acllh Ma colm tAts year roave 0olMO aCltA Mlee AMd uoa and 1ke stia haee lots of questions Co ask aMd amstcer R0W 1ast found eacA other this FaM There are stln losa of Maaa Noa don't kMoar aAMt ANke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
Let Junior
 Pay for His
 Gifts Himself
By RUTH MTLLETT NEA Staff Writer

How are you going to take care of Juniors Christmas shoppingp
 Are you going to shop for him,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14

the sn1artest, most wearable pat terms you'll see u. fashions by well known designers special beauty and home-making sections free printed pattern insied the book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14

the habit of taking about the same time to pass or bid, to provide aganist giving information as East did today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14

 lots of nlags d0Me kWoW aAWt Nike
 Does he usually give his girl Christmas present. for lnstanoep You can't right exactly And the ony M yo know who would know Mikes last year You wouldnt ask her b Does Mikes family bic celebration chrlstmas Day and keep him locked ugh Christmas for instancea VI VI " '
 getting ready Christmas already and you want to n. clude Mike n But what doS Wait much rather start planning right
 LET HIM SET THE PACE
 You'd hate like forty caught without gift for him. Particularly he a out for And through With Just little something If he punks ance In your behalf And did the him him feel awfulp " ~
 The easiest to solve all this 4. start the glftsvne ke IS just one of the boys with gifts Particularly if he's A will take care of most of the boys you know.
 n you like Mike enormously purge biz on nm But hold back Particularly aren't apou you Don't go lavish ovwhem cheap and indebted - " ~ " ~p
 you Just started with Mike your friendship ia s new anu snak skip the gift this day if you're still going together by that time
 But you and Mike pals standing you've wathered least one other Christmas holiday together crashes hrough noov you know him well 70 90 and wear and have and play with And ground nnos out that little something coming him with then get set to give him present too
 but don't light the first masculine looking you see and nmK VIII be just the thing for Mike very special person on your list make whatever him something especially his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14

Both methods are bad for Junior, according to woman educa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14

A smart player do not bid either too quickly or too slowly. He forms
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-09
Is Italians
KiledDuring
Demonstration
my Associated Presx)

ROME, Oct. 9.-Fifteen Italians
were killed and an undisclosed
number wounded while demon
strating here today because of the
loss of their jobs yesterday as
road builders.
They were discharged when
the government announced it had
discontinued it's road subsidy
policy.
Fifteen thousand marched to-
ward the palace occupied by the
vice premier to demand they be
returned to work. Police, using
sub-machine guns, fired into the
marchers.
The parade was halted and the
workers were informed that they
could name a committee to con-
fer with the vice premier. That
was done, and he assured them
they would be back at work to-
morrow morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-09
Circuit Court
Convened For
Murder Trial

Circuit court was convened
this morning at 10 o'clock by
Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., to try
a case of murder in the first de-
gree against James Fullove,
negro.
Fullove is charged with hav-
ing stabbed Jonathan V. Will
liams, negro, on January Is. Will
liams died a month later in the
Key West General hospital.
Morning session of the court
was devoted to choosing a jury
to try Fullove.
Cora Lee Stanley and Ralph
Wilson, negroes, are slated to go
on trial next Monday morning
on a charge of having murdered
City Policeman Jose Valdez.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-09
NO|OtOV Pleads For Cooperation,
Indicating ThatNOther Nationals
Adopt Proposals Made By Russia
CALLS ON SLAV Ma
TIONS TO STICK To-
GETHER AND BLAAIES
U.S.. BRITAIN FOR
TREATY DELAY
(By Associated Prea~l

PARIS, Oct. 9.-FoTeign Com
missar Molotov, on his return
from Russia. where he held .
series of conferences with Stain
and other Russian leaders. today
appealed for cooperation among
the delegates of the II nations
assembled mere.
1t was evident, however. before
Molotov concluded his speech. he
meant cooperation with proposals
as set forth by the Russian dele
gates.
Everything will go along love
ly, he indicated, If the delegates
from the western powers viii see
things the way Russia views
them.
He spoke about the proposed
Italian treaty, and then launched
into denunciation of Great Britain
and the United States, blaming
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