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Show -PAGE THREE :1 Harrison Sees Hash lii Movies PARADE PIIOVO TUT AH V SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1942 ; ENTERTAIN JiENT W2: - . ' . By Paul . Harrison NEA Service Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, Jan.. 31 Just as it's a.: good . idea to , keep audiences audi-ences 'guessing about the outcome out-come of a acreeri story, so may it - be smart- showmanship . to begin fooling them as soon .as they get settled in their . seats. . , At any rate, Hollywood's doing it. The last time you were attracted to a treatre by some . wellknown and memory-reviving title, chances are you found the movie not only unlike the original book or play but greatly changed from the previous screen version. . Vetro's recent "Chocolate soldier," sol-dier," for instance, actually contained con-tained the story of "The Guardsman," Guards-man," - and -the melange really should have been called "Her Chocolate Guardsman." On the other hand, an awful lot of screen "originals" are new only in their titles. Season after season, the Warner lot has remade the same gangster plots, 20th-Fox has filmed essentially the same ' musicals, . and Universal has dished up the same horror yarns. Once a year for the duration Qf my memory, Paramount has , been reviving "The Charm School" under un-der various guises and usually with the word "college' in the titles. MONEY MAKERS Studfos may blush a bit when Caught hanging iew tags on old merchandise, but they have a convincing defense for the remaking remak-ing at least pnee each decade of favorite yarns bearing many new twists but familiar titles. Scarcely anybody resents the changes, and millions of fans must enjoy them, because most such pictures make a lot of money. Fact is changes are necessary to the success of remakes. re-makes. Some of these observations have come from Producer - Director Ralph Murphy, who's interested because he's just starting a program pro-gram from remarks. He first made a survey of the kinds of pictures which were most popular during World War 1, and from this he decided to do "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," "The Virginian," arrfl "Merton of the Movies." Each has been filmed twice before. The Wiggs yarn veered . away from the book in the old stage j adaptation and has been further altered ever since. The book had Mr. Wiggs dead of alcoholism, but in subsequent versions he. has been coming . home just in time to pay off the mortgage. The ' man who's sparking Miss Hazy will be Hugh Herbert. Answering An-swering a, matrimonial ad, he loses his glasses and spends the next few reels trying to get a( good look at the lady. Recovering the glasses just before' the wedding, he looks and lams. "The "Virginian" is one of the very few favorites which won't need much revision. Murphy says. The dialog will be polished, though, and this production- will be a costly one in Technicolor. MODERN MERTON Written in silent days, "Merton "Mer-ton of the Movies" naturally Is in for some extensive modernization, modern-ization, but fans will be surprised to find" it's a musical. A young singing star is visiting her home for the world premiere of her new picture. Merton Gill, who was her leading man in high school plays, is given a part in the festivities, fes-tivities, and press agents accom- Starts i Today? Not just One, but TWO Great Return Hitsl I v I f J 2nd Grand Spencer - TRACY and w E TTalke TTfinao Wommaiin'' (S IS 18 A. UTAH'S DISTINCTIVE XOOATED May wc again call to your attention some of the unusual features of our beautiful theatre: l.uxurlou 1-ogr Kwiis Ibirk-nlrady pirlurr :i climraional eunl K(rDi t.legnt iounitr with Miark'kur A rpfined atmoHphrre that drmamU pvrfrrt onlrr Ailx for Ihr Hard if Ifparinx 1'rrteet Air C'omlitioninK U COMING TIE GIAKO AND mDwc mi r - -i - t ; . 1 v: , - j . - 2 - v ' - V ; -:( . i :i:-'W Bing Crosby. Mary Martin and , . WX t J ' ' V 1 " f' 3 h! '?IJ Brian Donlevy are cooking up a - ' A I L I S--4 . VH"-!! special treat. -They, with little' . . " Mf L !' ''f 1 J , k f-. Carolyn Lee. are playing in "Birth . " Cj -fT 1 hi' 1 1 . - .' vvV'-V'; ti.J? pf the Blues," now at the Uinta f -V t . . ' k - ' V X -.'! Sparkling Story At Paramount it,tiervescent with youth and variety, "Babes on Broadway," destined to be a top hit this year, is now showing at the Paramount theatre. Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, Gar-land, both at their best, are singing sing-ing and swinging such glorious tunes as "How about You." "Anything "Any-thing Can Happen in New York," "Una Trirn " nnri 'TThin Tin. Cheerio, Carry On." The basic story is simple; "The Balls of Fire," a three-man dancing and pinging act are looking for their "chance" on Broadway; their leader achieves nuccess for all by staging a show which is seen by a Broadway producer. pro-ducer. A patriotic appeal is added ty clever plot arrangement through which British Tommies are inspired to "carry on" by a song. Rooney doing an imitation of Carmen Miranda is only one of the laugh riots. Mickey Rooney as Tommy Williams and Judy Garland as Penny Morris play with an able supporting cast made up of Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler, Ray McDonald and other favorites. The usual fanfare of fine short subjects included with the program pro-gram are "West Point on The Hudson," "Odd Occupations" and Air Express Paramount World News. panying the star see him as a natural nat-ural for some true-young-lovc and heart-throb stories, so they arrange ar-range to take him back to Hollywood. Holly-wood. IHWIKS 01KN l:H) I'. M. 1 C ''" hx V I1u Tux " Till i.nn "Vf Aft rr ".:H) RAT ROBERT r,miAND PRESTON Feature! , ' Hedy LAMARR COMMUNITY THEATRE IN OBKM IMIONK ?8-J-l MONDAY AND Tl'KlAV CLC8I0D5 BIT EYCITIOOT LOVES! '"""i m mr r . mm m?m 'MARCH'SCOTT ; i f Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney choose If v Broadway as a' direct thorougnfare into I f it your heart. Their bubbling hit, "Babes On I A ? A M Broadway," opens today at the Paramount Irl 'I -J?r theatre. One of the many refreshing scenes taken from "Down featured attraction at the Provo theatre today. MOVIE MOMENTO FOR THE WEEK Watch this column each week for a calendar account of local theatre listings Academy "Beau Geste,'' starring Gary Cooper, with Ray Mil-land, Mil-land, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy and Susan Hay-ward. Hay-ward. Second feature, ' I Take This Woman," with Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr. This is the attractive attrac-tive program playing today and through Tuesday. Starting Wednesday, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' in technocilor, with Tom Kelly, Jackie Moran and May Robson. Second feature: fea-ture: "I Love You Again," starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Strand Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. "Wolf Man." with Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy Bel-lamy and Lon Chaney. Alsoi "The Body Disappears," starring Jeffrey Lynn, Jane Wyman and Edward Everett Horton. - Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, "Swamp Woman," with Ann Corio and Jack LaRue. And, "Great Commandment,' Com-mandment,' with John Beal. SMASH SHOW VALUE! I lOOK OI'r.N Mm TOIA 1 tt-ni. IS NOW! Timn night! let ll llll l,rar tb 'n Hit' mt "lon Mnirn Way- lilt; HIM "Mnrlu Klena." nuns by AMERICA'S NO. 1 COWBOY SINGER . . . SECOND HIT! T THI YEA1S P AY-OF OF f UM r.-n ? and ixcrrtMiNTi , j II 3 wkfc vktm ton tOOClt HUDSON GENE AUTRYl SMILEY XT"! BURNETTE -.f 1 HAROLD A II U B E R Vr . . mm , nam in mum i i iiimiiiii ii ii .i l i i.m rniM iih i him mi imt Ml Paramount Sunday through Wednesday, Wednes-day, "Babes on Broadway," with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, "One Foot in Heaven," with Fredric March and Marsha Scott. Extra added attraction, "Miss Polly,'' Pol-ly,'' with Zasu Pitts and Slim Summerville. Uinta Sunday through Wednesday, Wednes-day, "Birth of the Blues." with Bing Crosby, Mary Martin and Brian Donlevy. Also, "Night Train,' with Margaret Lockwood. Thur.'fday, Friday and Saturday, Sat-urday, "I Met Him in Paris" starring Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas. Second Sec-ond attraction, "For Beauty's Beau-ty's Sake" with Ned SparkB. Provo This week-end. "Down Mexico Way," with Gene TWO SMASH HITS! ltt Hit! XTMIT TT 2nd Big .iQ) 15 SMAH1I MONO HITS! 1 ' I V'- "HT- I'Ol'IS BM KH," "MEMPHIS I , li ""ita reiS1 " H r.." "U1KTII OK THK J J 'Vi i f"'hP MA "TUJKB KA(i," "WAIT f i Tt J VI -iri TIM, T II K KIN , V- T- fi IT f K T X (SIIINKX NKM.1K." t t' V 1 "THK WAITKB ANH bff , Wl V, J x I THK 1-OKTKK ANt I f-fi AnSsTL. r I THK l THTAIK8 ipV , l Ll MAIIV "MV MKLAX- trVrV ' Sl 1 7Al f5 J 7 CMOI.V BABY." i -Pk.cl.dby VICTOR SCHERTZ1NCER . A Por.m.unt Picture I ADVENTURE ROUTE TO ROMANCE! WITH EVERY CLICK OF THE RAILS SPELLING . . . CHILLS . . . SPILLS . . . THRILLS ... . rT MargartttackwMi - "C -j Uexlco Way," JS- 'Down Mexico Way' Plays At Provo Music, action and love interest are interwoven into the delightful delight-ful plot for "Down Mexico Way," playing this week-end at the Provo theatre. South of the border is created cre-ated to the ever popular tunes, "Down Mexico Way," "Maria-Elena" "Maria-Elena" and "South of the Border." Popular Gene Autry, singing his way into the heart of loveable Fay McKenzie and into interesting inter-esting situations with Smiley Burnette creates an action-filled story, acceptable to people of all ages. Victor Jory and Rochelle Hudson Hud-son are featured in the accomp-aning accomp-aning picture, "The Stork Pays Off." You can seat five persons at a table in 120 different combinations combina-tions Autry, and "The Stork Pays Off," with Maxie Rosen-bloom. Rosen-bloom. Beginning Friday. February Febru-ary 6, "Public Enemies," with Phil Terry, Also, "Fighting Bill Fargo," with Johnny Mack Brown. DOORS OPEN 1 P. M. ' A vr-r'&Tt Thrill Hitl in cntTiiai xsiv mttmW 1 111111 Two Big Hits Start Today At Academy Starting today at the new Academy are two more of the really great hit features of recent re-cent years. First is the thrilling adventure of the love of three brothers for each other and their willingness to sacrifice everything for each other, "Beau Geste," starring Garry 1 Cooper, with Ray Milland. Robert Preston, Pres-ton, Brian Donlevy and Susan Hayward. The second big feature is 'T Take This Woman", the 'moving story of a strong man's devotion to a beautiful woman. The stars are Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamar, the screen's man of action and woman of fire. This splendid double feature can be seen at . the Academy economy prices. NOW PLAYING! 2 HOURS OF UNHOLY FEAR IN THE BIGGEST DOUBLE HORROR SHOW YOU'LL EVER SEE . . . ill CLAUDE RAINS WARREN WILLIAM RALPH BELLAMY PATRIC KNOWLES BELA LUGOSI CVCITM IIREIS and LON CHANEY ALSO SHE KISSES HIM AND 3 'Jmym wttrn ,frM tm tctfwiMi illPWIIIli IHNHlMiwm Two in ntut llllllll lt HItt f - M J . y iLYIilli Wf A chiller-diller scene taken from "the Wolf Man," one of the current hits playing now at the Strand. . Musical Hit Tops Uinta Bill Today Top screen and radio favorites highlight the movie program at the Uinta theatre today through Tuesday. Bing Crosby, Mary Martin. Mar-tin. Brian Donlevy and adorable little Carolyn Lee make up the delectable dish of "Birth of the Blues." , Hit tunes of today and yesterday yes-terday and days to come make "Birth of the Blues" one of the leading screen accomplishments of the year. "Night Train," starring Margaret Mar-garet Lockwood and Rex Harrison Harri-son is the exciting co-feature. STARTS TODAY! Yoothl Romancsl " J Mutic I Be there . . . SjL Q I . . I J I . when the laughs go , , rt U ) V whizzing by I A big M jJV ' $CrTl blessed mutUal 'SjV S comedy even" ijWY -ftp rrS&Jif: -1 L ,' , EXTRA SHORT ntTSi In ' TcchnlcolCT 'WKKT " lOI'T OX ' THE 'HrnTOJf" -8? i Strand Presents Thrill Program "The Wolf Man," destined to be one of the most blood-curdling horror characters of all time makes his appearance at the Strand Theatre today, In a thrilling feature of the same name. Lon Chaney and Evelyn Ankers are the stars in this latest hair-raising hair-raising picture. Chiller-diller fans will be given an additional treat in the exciting excit-ing co-feature, "The Body Disappears," Dis-appears," starring Jeffery Lynn and Jane Wyman. n DOORS OPEN AT 1P.M. I 25c1TU Blxl : (IncL Tm) |