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Evening star., 1949-11-25
By Harry Macarthur

There are several schools OF
thought in the matter Of Milton
Berle. Representatives Of one
group will admit that he works
harder than any three other people
and is wise in the ways Of show
business, but they wish he had
taken up some other trade to con-
quer when he was young-deep
sea diving, say. Another group, ap-
parently a large one, feels that
Milton Berle is the funniest man
the race has produced since the
first clown slapped the first
straight man with the first blad-
der.
For these faithful constituents
Warner Bros. has produced and
the Warner Theater now is ex-
hibiting an all-Berle motion pic
ture entitled Always Leave Them
Laughing" There are other people
on hand-Bert Lahr, Ruth Ro-
man and Virginia Mayo among
them-but they get chance to
do little but duck out of the way
as Berle whizzes loudly by like
a berserk buzz bomb loose on the
set.
It has taken four scriptwriters
(Max Shulman, Richard Mealand,
Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose)
to compose the dramatic narra-
tive for Always Leave Them
Laughing" Their epic work is
the story Of a self-centered come
dian with q long memory for the
material Of others. q talent for
|mimicry and boundless energy-"a
parrot with skin." his agent calls
him. He scratches his brash way
up from club dates, smokers and
the borscht circuit to q position
of eminence as the top-ranking
entertainer on television.
The impersonation Of this young
man who is his own best friend
and almost his only one does not
place any great strain on Berle's
talents as q dramatic actor. Any
resemblance to anyone living Is
not entirely coincidental. you may
be sure.
Having Berle play Berle prob
ably is a canny move on the part
of Producer Jerry Wald and Di-
rector Roy Del Ruth. The anti
Berle set wouldn't have him in
any guise and the pro-Berle ele-
ment seems to like him as he Is
on television.
He Is the same in Always
Leave Them Laughing" In fact.
there is enough Berle slapstick
here for three or four Of his video
shows, which probably makes the
Warner picture bargain. He's
always on, from opening to close.
Iplunging headlong from one slap
stick sequence to another. keep
ing up a running fire Of rapid
gags.
He does a famous old vaudeville
act in which q piano belts him
around and finally squirts milk
in his face; he plays the target
for q rowdy banquet audience that
assaults him with seltzer water: he
initiates Carmen Miranda: he runs
through several old boudoir scenes;
he impersonates the victim in the
ball-point pen sketch from Make
Mine Manhattan" he hokes up q
road company operetta. The cata-
logue is almost endless. There's
more than this even.
Always Leave Them Laughing
has enough Berle, in fact, to sat
isfy the appetite Of his third most
ardent admirer. (How he and his
mother feel about it, is some
thing we couldn't guess.) II there
lis a sense Of familiarity about all
this, If you get the slight feeling
that you have seen and heard all
this before, that shouldn't matter
too much. That never yet has
been an obstacle in Berle's path.
Evening star., 1949-11-25
To Stage Comedy

The T. P.s, young adult organ
ization Of the Takoma Park Pres
byterian Church, will present
Marrying OF Father" a one
act comedy, Saturday night at &
in the church hall. This will be
the last play staged in the struc-
ture. which is to be torn down
to make way for the church's new
educational building.
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The CMt&
makes both look q lot hollower
than they are.

V. q.
This skimming effect Of the,
Capitols picture is the more sur
prising In view Of the obvious
effort to make it realistic. Its
scenes are actual shots of Third
avenue, Park avenue and Belle
vue hospital and some Of them
are truly dramatic, especially a
geometric vision of the elevated
in a snowstorm. Unfortunately,
the story by Maxene Van Der
Evening star., 1949-11-25
Meersch is woefully below the
photography in excitement.

MeeTSCu Is WOCAOAlS SCAo" sAAS
photography in excitement.
Miss vDM, whose name is much
to long to repeat on a typewriter
was In q Cinderella mood when
she wrote "The Doctor and the
Girl" For Prince Charming she
sauntered over to Park avenue
where she found DR.. Michael
Corday. In addition to being
fresh back on Park, DR.. Corday
is fresh out of Harvard Medical
School. His rich, famous doctor
father has two ideas to give young
Michael, first that medicine is
above the patients upon whom
it is practiced, and that if the
youngster treats them with the
cold inhumanity they deserve. he
will be a great neurosurgeon IN no
time at all.
Michael swallows this doctrine
like a docile duck and makes
enemies of every one around his
interneship until he meets up with
Miss Leigh's Cinderella. Even
with an assessed lung; she is q
captivating girl and when Mike
is captivated, she slugs him with
a much too kindly lesson on the
evils of snobbery.
Eventually, however. the lee
ture takes, the pair are married,
Mike. Is disowned, they set up on
Third avenue as general prac-
titioner, and life becomes a mat
ter of payless days and sleepless
nights.
One Of the serious troubles
with "The Doctor and the Girl" il
that, try as every one may, there
is never a moment when 1t Is
doubtful Just how the thing will
turn out. AS a matter OF fact
| in passages designed to provide
Just this element of suspense ano
deception, the camera invariably
draws the audience into q con-
spiracy to make q joke OF them
&&&
M-G-M spent q lot Of money
and talent on the picture. far toe
much to have 1t turn out this way
It could not have found . more
likely pair than Ford and Mis-:
Leigh as the principals and !,
came up with one Of Hollywood
most capable men In Charles Co.
burn as the diabolic old PARK
avenue doctor father. Beyond
these, it invested in such normally
competent or simply ornamental
players as Bruce Bennett. Basi
Ruysdael, Arthur Franz and Gloris
De Haven.
They give their all. along with
Park avenue and its splendor anc
Third avenue and its squalor. but
when all Of the picture is said anc
done, 1t is a slick fiction off which
the heart and mind slide with dull
thuds.
! Il Il
Another Of M-G-M's brightest
young assets headlines the Cap.
itol's stage show this week in the
person of Johnny Johnston. John.
ston is q pleasant vocalist whit
gives a varied sample Of his sing.
ing skill. The rest of the program
is a balanced thing with the dane.
ing of Cabot and Dresden, thu
comedy Of Morris and Ryan, anc
the musical slapstick Of the Work
manS
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college, 1885 Upton street NV.
The collection will include works
by Sister M. lauren, c. S. c.;
Pietro Lazzari and Henry Olson.
Evening star., 1949-11-25
It's All
Ber|e
Enough, in Fact,
For Several
Vjdeo Shows

ALWAYS LEAVE THEM LAUGHING" }"
a Warner Bros. photoplay. starring VIZ
Jerry Wald, directed by Roy Del Ruth
screenplay by Melville Shsvelson and Jack
Rose, from q story by Max Shulman and
Richard Mealand. At the Warner.
The rat
Evening star., 1949-11-25
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Is, l949
Park Avenue Weds Third
In Cupito|'s Romance
By Jay Cormody

dead he could do splendid piece on
instrument the movie camera
Not to put any ideas could take the position
that the camera manknd internal machines
For premise he farther than the TACT
with terrifying depth into
Evening star., 1949-11-25

The rose Is the favorite flower
of the Western World; the chrys-
snthemum, of the Orient.
Evening star., 1949-11-25

ApYY 1878 Mass. Ave. NV.
WO. 400
Walt Disney's "ICHABoD AND MR..
TOAD" In Technicolor, at 1:4b,
3:45, 5:45. 7:45, $50.
Evening star., 1949-11-25
College PIons Art Show

The art department Of Dunbar
ton College Of Holy Cross will
open a six-day exhibit Of painting
and sculpture on Sunday at the
Evening star., 1949-02-09

The Russians you will encounter
in Symphony of Life" the new
Artkino color film at the Pix Thea
ter. are counterparts of those met
in this country in floor shows at
Russian night clubs. They are
lusty, emotional, demonstrative.
moody and full of a roaring zest
for life. There isn't a commissar
in the lot and. while there Is a
paper mill vaguely in the back
ground part of the time. nobody's
happiness seems to hinge on the
production figures there. This
alone Is enough to- set symphony
of Life" a notch above most other
Soviet photoplays.
Symphony of Life" also has in
its favor some corking scenic
views of Siberia in spring and
storm and musical score that
makes it a distinct aural pleasure.
The color, while sometimes fuzzy
in focus. is pleasantly lifelike in
its pastel effects. The music,
based on old Siberian folk songs.
is happy, plaintive. sad and always
superbly sung and played.
The plot of symphony of Life"
Evening star., 1949-02-09

file in the library Of any west
coast script writer.
Director Ivan Piriev has made
his film a scenic treat. though,
in both its large vistas and in its
moments Of personal drama. He
has a flair for a rowing camera
that gives the picture movement
even when it pauses for a song,
by sweeping across fascinating
peasant faces. He has made 1t
quite a harmonius songfest. too.
And he hasn's neglected comedy,
of broad. bumptuous sort.
The surprise of Symphony Of
Evening star., 1949-02-09

THE ACCUSED" Paramount Pic
ture produced by Hal wallis, directed by
William Di.terle, screenplay by KEITH
Frings. based on the novel by June Trues-
dell. At the Warner.
Evening star., 1949-02-09
Miss Young at first sight makes

Miss Young at first sight makes
him relatively easy to handle.
The other man, Wendell Corey,
Is a homicide detective, and while
he is also vulnerable to the young
teachers conspicuous charm, he
likes to match wits with every one
involved in a murder case. Miss
Young represents a special chal-
Ilenge to him. He would not mind
getting her as wife, but his first
concern is getting her as mur-
deress if that should prove to be
necessary.
The material evidence which
"The Accused" goes on is not
strikingly different from that of
other movie murder cases. Director
.Dieterle, aware of this. is clever
enough, therefore. to turn his
screenplay into a study Of fear and
to develop the characters OF his
principals.
The best of these are Miss
Young and Corey as the detective.
Etr1 the case of fthe former. the
story has a heroine who is intelli-
gent enough to study and dissect
her own experience as it develops.
The effect of her performance is
not unlike that of a dramatically
illustrated lecture on an uncom-
mon killing by an uncommon
killer.
AS for Corey. he is a pleasant
variation of the ruthless crime
hunter. He is not above using bad
manners upon occasion. but only
when the exceptional situation
calls for them. Like the haunted
Evening star., 1949-02-09
New Russian Film
lon the Pix Screen
Proves ENJOYABLE

SYMPHONY OF LIFE" an, Artkino
f,m. directed by Ivan Piriev, skreenplay
BY Eugene PomeSchikov and Nikolai Rozh-
kov, music by Nikolai Kriukov. . At the
Pix.
Evening star., 1949-02-09

smacks less Of Soviet propaganda
than it does Of Hollywood. II
deals with a young musical artist
whose piano playing future is
wiped out when a falling wall
crushes his hand at Breslau. Sure
that this is the end of a happy
life he goes off to Siberia. finds
himself by playing the music of
his people for them on an ac-
Gordon. He composes his master
piece. Song of Siberia" and wins
the hand of a strawberry blond
played by Artkino's own jeanette
Macdonald. Marina Ladinina.
This all Is accomplished by a
series of circumstances that could
be found in the stock situation
Evening star., 1949-02-09

instructor, kills one of her dashing
pupils in defense of her honor,
sconceals the crime for while and
sends up discovering that justice
works its own way with humans.
E The effect is satisfyingly above
average, for which audiences can
1e almost more grateful to Wen
dell Corey and Robert Cummings
than to Miss Young. Between
them they do not completely con-
real some patent flaws in the gloss
Sf "The Accused" but on the
whole they make it quite accepta-
ble.
J The people of Ketti Frings
acreenplay, based upon June
druesdell's novel. are more pleas
ing than the run of cinema psy-
Shopaths. They bear none OF the
outward marks of psychopaths,
ahe SCARED faces, cauliflower ears,
or added brains of so many OF
Hollywood's mental cases. They
belong in cultures cloister, easy
people teaching and learning how
to live. That they can be caught
up in violences SO alien to their
Backgrounds and environment
adds an exciting dimension to the
Warner picture.
Miss Young is the central figure
in the excitement of The Ac-
cused." She makes it seem quite
plausible that she should be teach
ing psychology to group of Cali
fornia's bright young things. III
is quite plausible that both as
teacher and attractive young
woman, she should respond to the
brash brilliance of young Bill
Perry.
In a way. of course. this turns
out unfortunately, for when she
kills him on an out-of- the-way
beach he has got only what he
deserves and she has got much
more.
The movement of the story.
directed by William Dieterle. is
designed to show that the fear
which caused Miss Young to COM
nit murder is the same force that
impels her to the reprehensible
and unintelligent course Of trying
to conceal her act.
AS concealments go, this one is
brought off more artfully than
most. Miss Young has learned
lot about how the mind works and
her knowledge enables her to build
several clever defenses. The two
men against whom she must use
these are attractive fellows. The
first, played by Cummings, is the
youthful guardian of the half mad
student who was killed. His strong
predisposition to fall in love with
Evening star., 1949-02-09

heroine, he is also given to inter-
walls of self-analysis, including the
hazard of dealing with so tempt
ing suspect as Miss Young.
On the whole, THE Accused" Is
satisfying mixture of the con-
trasting emotions in which people
get involved under the heading of
love.
Incidentally effective perform
ances are given by Sam Jaffe,
Douglas Dick. Suzanne Dalbert
and Sara Allgood. They all come
in handy when it is to the advan-
tage of the picture to glance aside
from the principals.
Evening star., 1949-02-09

Life" of course. is It's restraint
in the matter Of heavy-handed
propaganda. It's only move in
this direction. in fact. seems to
be the depletion Of all the Rus
slams as heroic and happy people.
Any one who can remember Stall
ingrad must admit they are
heroic, no matter what, the latest
villainy cooked UP in the Krem-
Evening star., 1949-02-09

ADJUSTMENTS
Evening star., 1949-02-09

lin. Whether TINS universal, light
hearted jovislty is a true pic.
ture of present Russian life, We
couldn't say. but it at least Is
pleasanter than many views Of
Russia we get.
Evening star., 1949-02-09
Charming People Go Violent
In The Accused at Warner
By Joy Cormody

Paramount college to find the rather
charming involves eXplosivey dramatic
emotions "The Accused" at the Warner Theater
finished with them 1t has achieved quiet
and interesting meodrama which shows the painful
twists fear give to life.
Specifically decorative psychology
Evening star., 1949-02-09
Art Theuter Celebrates

Moscows Art Theater celebrated
its 50th anniversary with a ver-
sion of "Dombey and Son." which
observers said played the Dickens
with the British bourgeoisie.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-09
Complete Plans For
Church Bazaar

Final plans were mapped for the
annual bazaar Nov. 30 when the
Woman's Society of Christian
Service held its monthly meeting
at the Methodist church Friday
afternoon. Members will bring
their donations to the circle meet
ings, Friday, Nov. II, so that
bazaar chairmen may have time
to sort and price articles. Mrs.
Arthur Callahan also asked that
dolls and other toys being pre-
pared for the orphans be turned
it at circle meetings this month.
Mrs. L. d. Scribner was appoint
ed treasurer to finish the term of
Mrs. Oliver Mayhugh, who has
moved away.
Theme of the program for the
afternoon, carried out both in the
devotions and study, was India.
Mrs. Kenneth Walker led the de-
votions, assisted by Mrs. Charles
Shelton, pianist.
Mrs. Leon Foote gave an in
formative talk, describing Pakistan
as the "Pure and Holy Land" She
told of the work being done in the
mission schools and hospitals
there.
Refreshments were served by a
committee from circle /, composed
of Mrs. Albert Leuthold, Mrs. For
rest Gomon and Mrs. j. Z. Galu-
Sha.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-09
Scientists Find Gumdrops
Best Lure for Field Mice

BURLINGTON. VT. - University
of Vermont scientists say more
mice can be caught with gum drops
than with cheese-and they ought
to know.
In their annual battle TO keep
field mice from establishing winter
quarters in the science hall, the
professors obtained a bag Of gum
drops.
The gum drops T used in ordi-
nary traps. When the mice bite
the candy it sticks in their teeth
and the traps snap shut on their
necks.
One professor reported that II
mice we're killed in an hour with
one gum drop.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-09
Horses in Swim Suits
Delight Beach Habifues

LAKE GEORGE, N. Y Horses
in bathing suits looked like a night
mare to beach goers here, but
they weren't ''seeing things" The
horses were real and they were
wearing bathing suits.
1t looked like a veterinarians
nightmare of a hot Sunday at
Coney Island.
What happened was that dude
ranchers in this Adirondack noun
tain resort area came up with a
new stunt to amuse visitors-ma-
rine horse racing.
Volunteers would ride horses 100
yards out into the lake, jump off,
and let the horse swim ashore.
mo-" said tlS local A.S.P.C.A.
officer, DR.. Eldridge Moore.
He appeared at a test heat last
week end and called it off. Cruelty
to animals, he said.
Nonsense" retorted Mrs. Ethel
Johnson Of Warrenburg. who raises
Palominos. Horses like water as
well as people do. They appreciate
a dip on a hot day."
Sure they do" agreed Robert
Ellsworth Of Mountain Meadows
Ranch. 1--WE had horses SWIM
ming for years. It's good for their
health"
DR.. Moore wouldn't bulge.
Maybe" e b wise
cracked later. "it would be all
right if we put bathing suits on
the horses?"
1t doesn't take long for an idea
like that to spread when the sun
beats down from a cloudless noun
tain sky. Pretty soon people we're
saying the doctor had approved the
idea. Anyway
Mrs. johnson appeared at the
lake today with her horses IN
tailor-made swim suits. Gaudy
%colors. too.
A crowd Of several hundred COL
lected. DR.. Moore drove over to
see what was going on.
He saw.
Have your fun" he said, but
if anybody puts a horse In the
water, I'll have to make an arrest.
These horses aren't trained to do
this. They might founder"
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-09
Members Here Attend
M.M.T.A. Installation

Laurel members and guests at
tending the Montana Motor Trans
port auxiliary luncheon at the
Commercial club in Billings Sat
urday, Nov. 5, were Mrs. Russell
Lane, Mrs. f. |. Eastwood, Mrs.
Peter Merschdorff and Mrs. Wal
ter Parker.
Installation ceremonies h =
lighted the program with Mrs.
Maurice Cook, a former Laurel
resident, being installed as pre-
sident. Plans were completed for
a bus tour for the women of the
NJ. NJ. T. A. convention to start
from the Northern hotel at 2 p.
M, Friday, Nov. II, and also for
the convention luncheon at the Ell
mo club Nov. -.
Isabel Parker, installing officer,
presided at the ceremony which
seated Rheasa Cook, president;
Flauna MCGEE, first vice president;
Mae Wingfield, second vice presi-
dent; Ella Houck, recording secre-
tary; Helen Dunlap, corresponding
secretary, and Myrtle Conway,
treasurer. Ridoone Crane, Betty
Huss, Mae Hoff and Virginia
Wagner compose the board of di-
rectors.
Virginia Wagner, retiring presi-
dent, received a gift from the
group. Plans were made to have
Christmas party Dec. = at the
Commercial club.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-09
This Puzzle Made Scents
To Man Assisting Skunk

WAUKEGAN, Ill-Fred Holtz.
skunk rescuer, got no thanks
for his good deed, but, in a way,
maybe he did.
Holtz's problem was how to
get a skunk's head out Of a
glass jug without being penal
lied by the skunk. He pleaded
for volunteers, but had to cancel
that when none appeared.
Holtz and his wife were
aroused from sleep by a thump-
ing racket outside their home in
nearby Wadsworth. They found
a skunk, its head stuck in the
jug, f~rantically attempting to
remove the unwelcome head
gear.
A call to the sheriff's office,
the Humane society and others
brought no response.
Holtz decided on a plan Of &C.
ton. He donned what he called
protective clothing against a
skunk" and found the jug head
ed animal under the edge Of a
water tank. Holding his nose
with one hand, Holtz bent over,
grasped the jug with his other
hand and gave a quick tug. The
jug came loose. Holtz continued
to hold his nose and also his
breath.
The skunk looked at its res
cuer, then scampered away
without a word-or anything.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-09
Empire State"

George Washington, after a tour
of the states harbors, waterways
and fertile countryside, and after
studying its military and CONNER
cial importance. called New York
the Seat Of Empire. A few years
later the appellation, "The Empire
State" came into popular use.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-09
Cashier Carves
Models of Birds
He Seldom Sees

NEW YORK.-With the exception
Of Sunday - his day off - be-
specialized Eugene Ruffalo pushes
change through the cashiers win
dow on the uptown side of the Wash
ington Square station Of the IND
subway system.
But there are many moments in
the days occupation when he
doesn't have to make change. 1t
is then that the cashier becomes
oblivious to the trains roar and
takes sandpaper in hand to apply
the glossy finish to his carved
images of birds in quiet repose or
in flight.
And when he is not using the
sandpaper, he has penknife in hand
and whites away. That little pen
knife has carved more than 100
birds, small and ~large-the robin
red breast. bluebirds. brown thrash
er. bluejays. cardinals.
Books are Guides
Ruffalo works with the Audubon
book and another OF North Ameri-
a birds opened wide.
II suppose it would be really
grand if l could go into the fields
and look at real birds in motion
but l have little time" he explains.
The sound and stress of the SUBJ
way make little inroad on his con-
centration as he carveS in his
change booth. II don't hear the
trains" he says. But Mr.. Ruffalo
doesn't forget his regular job. The
moment a patron steps up to the
window, he quickly puts aside his
carving and with experienced hand
slides the change through.
1.-THE job comes first" he says
firmly; carving is an avocation.
not a vocation"
When the days work is done Eu-
gene hastens home to his five-room
apartment in the downtown section
of Brooklyn, where he lives with
his wife and two children, Caroline.
16, and Eugene, Jr., 3-and quick
ly takes pen knife to wood for an
other species of bird.
After the carving and sandpa-
pering, he paints his creations in
the colors of nature. His showcase
houses more than 100 birds that,
as a neighbor says. look like
they're ready to fly right out of
the window"
Needed Radio Piece
At his home Ruffalo was putting
the finishing touches On his most
ambitious job" - two bluebirds,
perched on twigs, facing each other,
and in the center a carved wooden
nest with several fledglings, beaks
pointed upward.
Caroline gave me that order.
She felt we needed something to
place on top of the radio" he said.
1t was eight years ago that the
father started his hobby. lie built
a doll house for Caroline on her
birthday. ut wasn't much, a front
and back porch. l rugged up cleo
and a dog and bird house."
He told of his failure to purchase
a tiny toy bird and dog to conn.,.
olete the doll house. 1t was then
hat he decided to carve wooden
images. Since then. he said. II
nave enjoyed every moment"
Philosophically, he remarked:
Time is a precious thing; 1 re-
member reading something about
Time wasted is existence; used, is
ife.' I hope I'm making the most
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-09
Pig Weights

There Is an extremely high re-
lationship between weaving weights
of pigs and their later development
I'D until marketing time. Therefore,
the sows and litters should be fed
literally. The creep-feeding OF the
pigs will increase their weights at
weaving age, save some drain OF
the sows, and there will be less
setback when they r weaned.