Show r Walter Winchell Winch r The First Nights Plan M was the first drama to arrive In Lent This deals with a German German German Ger Ger- man invasion t 94 p plot l o t against g j r England The f. f v Huns murder a min minister i is s t e r rand and plant aringer a aringer ringer on the job But the thep p phony h 0 n y falls for a which establishes establishes establishes lishes he certainly certainly certainly is not Hitler and Berlin gets get s sits its little gestapo gestapo gestapo A tapo spanked A Ann n n Burr Bur r Len D Doyle o 0 Y 1 e V WInchell and Douglas Gilmore help things Of Of V We Sing was a topical topical topical topi topi- cal revue by some ambitious youngsters Some of the items rate an A plus and the players are a likable bunch especially Betty Garrett Phil Leeds and John Fleming But the critical ruled that the offering is too frail for the climate climate cli cli- mate The Gilbert Sullivan troupe pitched its farewell production production production pro pro- Pirates of Penzance for the G GS S enthusiasts The ballet curtain raiser was The Prodigal Son on which was pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- simply dandy by the citizens who go for the toe-and- toe torso diversions The Magic Lanterns Roxie Hart taken from that old to shoot-to-kill meller Chicago lets fete Ginger Rogers go brawly bravely r 1 The gal is more misunderstood than murderous in this diversion There is a bout between Miss R. R and Helene Reynolds that would scare Billy Conn Johnny Eager finds Robert Taylor on the shady side of the law as a cabbie with a skull full of fel fel- ony Van Heflin scores as a lush and Lana Turner makes her points cold sober Bahama Passage is a romance in technicolor technicolor technicolor color on a dreary Island Madeleine Madeleine Madeleine Made Made- leine Carroll Stirling Hayden and the Caribbean waters never looked lovelier Born to Sing turns up a gifted hoofer in Ray McDonald but the rest of this musical is barren of fun The wonderful B Ballad a I 11 1 a d for Americans is over de in it losing its zing Mr Bug Goes to Town pictures a reform wave among the insects Hop- Hop pity the heroic grasshopper isan is isan isan an endearing little rascal The music is tuneful no surprise since Hoagy Carmichael had a hand in it it The Lady Is Willing won sugary previews on the coast It has Marlene up to her old Dietrichs In in fn hilarity Lady in Distress an Englisher Englisher Englisher Eng- Eng lisher should be told that aint no lady lady Its its it's a turkey The Story Tellers The are acting themselves in Paris Pans according to Michel F. F in This Week Show a nazzy officer the right number of francs he reports and hell he'll self you Hitler right across the counter Read Mission to Moscow M o 0 S a c cow o w by ex Ambassador I Davies Its It's full of replies to the monkey-faces monkey who go around the barrooms reporting that the German retreat is just exercise getting getting their legs stretched for the big offensive Censorship Censorship Censorship Cen Cen- will be an easier pill to swallow if you will remember as Liberty points out that it is designed to save the lives of American lighting fIghting men In Inthe Inthe Inthe the same mag G G. B. B Shaw sees the troubles that afflicted the world after the last war making a return trip after this war However its it's no secret that Electric Whiskers has made a i career of cynicism Ernest ErnestR R R. Popes Pope's piece in Look offers evidence to tb t show that Catholics are Hitler's No 2 scapegoat A piece in the Sunday Times mag section rolls out the silver lining to report that this is a boom year for chorines However However How How- However ever the piece also contains this gigantic cloud The chorines chorine's chorines chorine's chorines chorine's chor chor- ines ine's average wage is 10 yes ten per week i 1 The Front Pages When the the president took a swipe at Washington's Washington's Washington's Wash Wash- ington's Cliveden set of rumormongers rumor rumormongers rumormongers mongers he should have mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- another mob of trouble trouble- makers The allies allies are as busy as they were in 1917 Lots Lotsof of phonies afraid to attack the administration take it out on Churchill That's hitting the theU U USA S A through the back door and its it's a favorite maneuver with the dailies dallies that still cant can't hide their isolationism |