Show Stair Way Bach in Movies War IVar ar Cramps Hughes Thomas in Screen Debut 11 By Qty Virginia Vale Tale IF I THE current crop of young Americans doesn't know all about American history history history his his- tory it wont won't be the e fault of the movies Producers are fairly falling over each other in the scramble to stake a claim to a slice of it hardly a day passes that another historical picture isn't an an- Though It hardly seems possible Hollywood Cavalcade is history too the e history of ot the movies released released re re- re- re leased for the industry's fiftieth an an- The heroine played by Alice Faye Is a combination of all those golden curled girls who used to act before the cameras and as a n arule arule rule most of them over-acted over and Don Ameche plays the hero who is isa isa isa a number numer of those historic leading men rolled into one But the hit of the picture so far faras faras nr as a lot of people are concerned is the l lads ds who show us how slapstick comedy used to be played Buster Keaton Chester Conklin Ben Turpin Turpin Turpin Tur- Tur pin Hank Mann Eddie Collins Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Jim Jim- my Finlayson there Finlayson-there there they are re again agnin throwing custard pies with vim and vigor staging a comedy treat for v a 43 T n 4 4 Y 1 a S r rz yr z ALICE FAYE the timers old-timers who used to laugh at nt them and the new generation who never saw them before All hail the Keystone cops I And be it said for Alice Faye Fay that she can take a custard pie in the face and come right up for more Howard Hughes is r returning turning to the picture business since the war has cramped his style where the round world flights are concerned And he wants a new boy and girl team He has hns shown that hes he's a genius when it comes to discovering and developing talent he launched 1 Jean Harlow v in Hells Angels you'll remember and made Paul Muni l a motion picture star overnight in Scarface lies lie's shown too that hat he knows how to make pictures During the thelong thelong thelong long stretch when Hells Angels was considered just a rich mans man's folly Colly people who had served their time at picture-making picture predicted that hed he'd never get back tenth one-tenth of the money moncy that he be was pouring into it Its It's still being shown and still making money John Charles Thomas is going i into the movies Remember the little difference of opinion he had concerning concerning concerning con con- his radio appearances because because be be- cause he wouldn't sing if it he couldn't conclude with Good night Mother Mother Mother Moth Moth- er He will sing in the picture in which he makes his screen debut Kingdom Come whose story deals with American folk music It will be made by Producers Corporation Corpora Corpora- tion of America a new motion motion pic picture pic- pic ture company I Its It's going to seem strange to have Nelson Eddy permanently off that Sunday night radio program a lot lotof lotof lotof of his admirers will never be reconciled reconciled reconciled recon recon- to his departure But he feels that what with cor concerts c recordings and work in the movies he h hasn't time for regular radio diO w work rk Edward G. G Robinson is as all an in favor faIlor favor fa fa- vor Ilor of realism on the radio anc and in his pictures but it was ah almost ost too much for him at one of his broadcasts broadcasts broadcasts broad broad- casts not long ago The script called for the sound effect of a man being bit hit over the head with a chair The fhe sound effects man was to tJ smash the chair against the thc wall t try y it sometime and see if it sounds like the life real thing The chair slipped lipped hit an actor over the head and put him in the Hollywood emergency c cy hospital o 1 ODDS AND ENDS ENDS Alter After having hating it iton iton iton on and und oil off the IP schedule since 1936 Metro has finally put Not To Too Narrow Nar Nor row Not Too Deep Deed into production with it Joan Crawford and Clark Gable Gabil Paramount is offering the te public a anew new romantic team in Moon Over OtC they're Patricia MorTi n and Preston W Vera Vero cra K Vague Va g c of oj lie he Charlie McCarthy program is Played b by Barbara Jo Allen you 0 hear a ai as Beth Deth lo Holly lolly on One Mans Man's land family I Watch Wale for more inure and ld bet beter bet cr er lice we hope c comedies on Oil the screen from Irum your now Paw on motion picture pro liTO ricers I are on the hunt for lor stories tha vill viii help helf the public to forget the urn Inti by Western Newspaper Union |