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Show 3 By VIRGINIA VALE (Rt,eased by Western Newspaper Union.) C WING that the first fea-O' fea-O' tare -length film made I by the March of Time is important im-portant is like saying that the history of our country is im-p,rtant. im-p,rtant. "The Ramparts We ; Watch" is living history; the I nonprofessionals who appear ! ir the story that is played out 1 aj-alnst the background of the stir- ri ,g events of 191418 are Just people like all of us. thinking and talking as we do now. ' Since the film was released In a limited number of cities a new end- I In? has been given it, one so dra- I matic that the picture is made dou- I blr effective. Despite protests or , the German embassy, sections of the I Nazi propaganda 01m, "Feuere- taufe," ("Baptism of Fire") have been incorporated at the end of the picture. : The Nazi film, designed to soften countries such as Norway, Holland, Belgium and France which Germany Germa-ny was about to conquer, was seen by the March of Time as a warning of what free countries were up against today. But UFA. German state film trust, imposed Impossiblfl demands for censorship. Then 11) was learned that the British government govern-ment had confiscated English language lan-guage copies of the film at Bermuda. Full title to the film was transferred by the British government to the March of Time. In this German film, a Stuka bomber dives on a railroad station and you seem to be In it. Warsaw War-saw is razed, the German war machine ma-chine moves relentlessly. Your daily newspaper's headlines come alive for you. Jeanette Nolan was the victim of one of the worst things that can hap-run hap-run tn radio ac- jf 1 tress, the otter day. Of course, the worst thing is missing a broadcast. broad-cast. The next worst is an attack of hiccoughs. It happened to Jeanette just before be-fore she was to broadcast on the Court of Missing Jeanette Nolan S0h J" water. She held her breath. People beat her on the back. And still she hiccoughed. Finally Director John Loveton had an inspiration. "Just heard that John didn't show op for rehearsals at 'Meet Mr. Meek,' " he remarked casually. By John he meant John Mclntyre, Jeanctte'g husband. She was so frightened that she forgot her hiccoughs. The American Federation of Labor La-bor had decided tentatively to pro- Hur a mntinn picture based on the life of the great labor leader, lead-er, Samuel Gom-pers, Gom-pers, who for many years headed head-ed the A. F. of L. Paul Muni is slated slat-ed for the leading role. It is said that Mr. Muni 000 for his work. Pau, Mun, j The picture will j in all probability be made in New j York city. I Most of the big stars of Hollywood Holly-wood are married or past 35, but ' among those who will qualify for j 1 the draft are John Howard, Orson Welles, Brocierick Crawford, James 1 Stewart, Lew Ayres, John Carroll, I William Holden, Bob Preston, Eddie ! Albert, JeJTrey Lynn and Dennis O'Keefe. Wayne Morris still doesn't ' know whether he's married or di- I vorced. I Thursday night will soon become : more important than ever so far as radio Is concerned. You can bear Fred Waring, "Good News," the Al-drich Al-drich Family, Bing Crosby, Rudy i Vallce, and after October 10 West-j West-j inghouse's Musical Americana will j Join the ranks. , Huw would you like to stand by j and see somebody fireprooflng the I clothes that you were going to wear a little later? That's what happened : to Ray Milland, William Holden and Phil Brown, of Paramount's "I ; Wanted Wwgs." recently. The pic-j pic-j ture is being aimed at the govern. ! ment flying field at San Antonio. I rov'n. a flying cadet, crashes in a i basic training plane, and the other ; two rush in and pull him from the j naming wreckage. I obits a?u tisns C U, Rrcord 'fverS. company oj rod... 'B,g S,,l,r- and -Myn 0J .""K-. I i 6,.r,K formed to recr tribute thrm u uhooh and cultural jroups throum At na,u,n. At fir,, l2 r? U,U be d'""'ed free lolmrt idea , make Jt f hmou, play, ,,,,,, to eXoV, or Krup huvin a phonograph, and u ir bvcond Chorus " H ' |