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Show 4 Deanna Cast n New Dramatic Role n' I By Bobbin Coons HOLLYWOOD Eight years ago a scared little girl laced her first movie camera. The scene required her to spear a fork into a dish" of chopped chlckfed livers, take a bite and register gustatory delight 7 - Only Td never tasted them before," says Deanna Durbin to- Ji day, and I hated the taste, and I couldnt pretend to like them.-6- o she failedat her first acting test, and they substituted chopped meat for the livers. But in eight years she has learned a few things, and today, for the first time, she Is playing a character who is not Deanna Durbin a highly emotional role, in fact, in Somer-ee- t Maugham's Christmas Holiday." PROMISES BIG SHOW Harry Howard here to supervise - personally The Gay Nighties," sees bright fnture for show " 'business. 'Gay Nighties' Here Tomorrow The Gay Nighties," Harry Howards new revue which has its opening tomorrow at the Theater promises-t- o hark ' , back to anything but another show by the the name of the - The-G- ay Nineties," if the alb night rehearsal can be taken as a criterion. Harry Howard, the man who originated the idea of taking the meatoutof the best New York shows, is. in Salt Lake to supervise personally the opening of the show a new show from back drop to footlights. Rustling back and forth directing the hanging or the scenery (his designer, Franklin Hughes, was to have been- here for the job, but overshot Salt Lake by plane) Harry looked little worse for his work as director of a company of 48, and was the perfect host to the press. -- T believe that-thi- s show is the finest thing that I have ever done, and that is the reason that I am in Salt Lake," he said Asked how the war had affects ed the Mr. HowWe had ard beamed:.' shows in Australia, India and South Africa, and even though wfi had to call them back when the war started, we. have succeeded, I believe, in giviifg entertainment to workers. After the war I look to a greater revival of the stage showbusiness than ever before. PeoUp-tow-n - all-nig- show-busines- war-wear- y The transformation from a little girl who couldnt act at all who'll to a radiant with a tackle a gamut-runne- r degree of confidence was a gradual process. Joseph Pasternak, her producer until recently, and Henry Koster, her director in the earlier films, used to exercise infinite patience, persuading their prodigy to forget the camera and let Deanna come through, just Deanna. They were Uncle Joe and Uncle Bobby" to her, and the long string of pictures in which Deanna played Deanna to their success. I was lucky," she says, to have Adolphe Menjon and Charles Winninger in those first pictures. They helped me n lot," g - It was 1938 when she was mak-inThree Smart Girl Gr ow Up, before she made a wonderful discovery I wasnt nervous in front of the camera any more. I suppose by that time I had done everything- - happy scenes, sad ones, angry ones that a girl my age could be expected to do difficult naturally; to do them again. Since then, I cant understand why anybody should have camera on the first day of a picture, when I still tremble and shake. tea-Ufi- fright--ex-cep- t e I still havent any tricks. 1 have to feel each scene if I'm supposed to be unhappy, I have to think of something in my own life that has made me unhappy. I cant turn it on and off like real pie are - starved - for the flesh and blood stars, and are filling the theaters from coast to coast. I expect to do bigger and better things in the future for theatergoers In the inland cities of the country. in the Among the new revue are: Leonard cautiers, The Bricklayers, Dave Barry,, Follies comedian of Ziegfeld fame, Chaz Chase, Vic Hyde, Russell and Armstrong and the Naval Cadets. The chorus Includes 24 dancers and show girls in the company. Waram Enters Percy 'Life Films Ballet Theater Delights S. : L. I Although facing a tough trip to Sacramento today, Ballet Theatre moved toward its next stop with a good trouper's satisfaction of knowing a large 'and appreciative Salt Lake audience fyad seep ita besL Members of the incomparable Russian ballet company knew before last nights performance for that . the Salt Lake Civic Music Association at Kingsbury Hall that lack of Pullman accommodations .would put them in chairs out pf this city, but it didnt stop' them from putting thei- r- full strength Into the production. For excellence in the strict ballet they presented the Swan Lake ef Tschaikowsky. For thrills of the Spanish and Gypsy dances they offered the Capric-ci- o Espagnol of and for the ultimate in grandeur and brilliance, the ITincess Aurora from Tschai-kowskSleeping Beauty." Exceptional In the "Swan Lake was the precision and unity of the ensemble work and the performances of Ballerina Nora Kaye and Paul Petrof. To many, however, the 'climax of the eveningv was reached in the fnusic and eswhen it reached the pecially Gypsy Scene and Song and Asturian Fandango," featurmg the ensemble, Alicia Alonso and Jerome Robbins. Nana Gollner replaced the faTURNS DRAMTIC Deanna mous Alicia Markova, who was to leave the troupe someDurbin finds persistence wins. forced time ago because of falling health, as "Princess Aurora." In fact, such ballerinas as Goliner, s Kave, Alonso, Lucia Chase, Hightower and others, and MAHLO Skelton, Lucille Bell and especially the superb ensemble Gene- Kell.'? in Da Barry Wan A performances, allowed the audiLadyco hit, The Cty That Stopence to forget that Markova ped Hitler. BOUNTIFUL , Lassie Come Home wasnt there. a faucet I have to feel It even when my backs to the camera or Im feeding dialogue As to whether the fans will accept a Durbin who Isnt just she isnt sure. - But Deanna, i have-to-do something differ-- ' ent otherwise Id just be ptand-instill, and I wouldnt like g L D. S. Girl By Norma Jean Wright (Deeerrt News Hollywood ' Correspondent) HOLLYWOOD Eileen Tyler Is a pretty girl who has received considerable notice due to her work as a Clubmobile Girl with the American Red Cross on the battle fronts of North Africa, Sicily and Italy. She was born in Douglas, Arlz, and spent most of her school life in Lot Before Pearl Harbor, Angeles. Eileen was in radio and picture . . THE DESERET NEWS gait Lake City, when she was but 8 years old. So shes been in (be entertainment business for quite a while; shes now 23. Her last profes sionaj stint before the war was as a banjo soloist with the Runu. baros, a guitar and banjQ group composed of herself, two sisters and a brother. They were heard over KNX. KFl and KHJ. But about her work now as a -- Clubmobile Girl. She is an as- sistant program director, and Eileena job is with thg boys up ynssyoimsni - who chore-graphe- d tt y -- ice Clubs and the hazard countered. But shes been hop ping about the world for nearly two years and only once has she been Injured. That was when an automobile overturned In North Africa and she came out with a fractured arm. However, no matter what Eileens efforts Im sure they seem small to her compared with the efforts of the American boys whose troubles drove. she shares and tries to smile The little town was a railroad away. atop, and when the campaign was on we'd always meet the hospital Me to I trains and take candy and orange f ft Me TO I Juice to the wounded men. Some, Helm times wed take comfort articles from the International Red Cross TOPS IN STAGE and SCREEN rrs to German and Italian prisoners ENTERTAINMENT ENJOT BOTH of war coming back from the NOW ON THE STAGE Several front. timeg thered be ANCI 4 BOMB "Sepia Melody a troop train going to the front Malms" and a prisoner-of-wa- r train comTERRY 4 WALEE1 "Smart Sail Room Snnben" ing back, standing right alongJOHN PLATT "Magician ExtraoaO-oarf- " side each other on parallel tracks. 1 wondered beforehand how BILL BERRY "Mr. five by Ylve ef Td feel when 1 found myself Jlvo" to face face GEORGE "Mar-to- n the with GARDEN HIT 4 actually oi the Xylophone enemy, but when 1 saw them ON SCREEN- I Just felt aorry for them. Most Romance of them 'Were ao young, jnst targiny m the Mluls-elppDrama a mighty an the men and kids, looking and wemen who lived and loved on wearing ragged uniforma of the nverl e material. BARBARAIn her travels, Eileen meets many 'interesting people. In Morocco the pet of the Service Club STANWYCK she says, wag Hosme,, a cute HeS just a JOEL native. shoeshine boy, and hes always smiling and laughing. I manLlcCREA age to keep him pretty clean, too, I wash his hands and face and WALTER ears and he really doesnt seem to mind it at all. Eileen is now In Italy and writes: Im . . . waiting to get m my new assignment. I dont know what It will be. There la a tei rific job to be done over here, so I might be doing most anything. For the moment they have us living on the eighth floor of a building and, of course, the eleCO-HI- T vator doesnt work the majority of the time. It seems that I am fvg.CET T&hl always on the top floors of build, ings where the elevators dont work. We have waterand electricity, but no heat These written words dont even scratch the surface of Eileens activity with the Red Croaa Serv g a ll QREiirun - Dolin, 1 low-grad- Ro-sel- the work for the company. and Miss Gollner led the "Princess Aurora, particularly through The Rose Adagio, but other favorites with the audience were Miss Hightower and Afldfe Eglevsky m The Bluebird, Margaret Banks, Barbara Fallis and John Knza in Pas de Trois, and Nicolas Orloff. Stanley Her-berand Fernando Alonso as the "Three Ivans, with choreg-raphfor the latter being taken from Bronislava Nijinska. The orchestra proved most adequate accompaniment and the entire show went smoothly under the direction of Mois Zlatin C. rica I- - worked at what was railed an American Red Croaa Service Club in a little tows in the middle of the desert. It was just one small room wlth ping-pontables, a radio, a piano and card tables, it was ao crowded we couldn't usually move. But it was a club, it did have American atmosphere and an American girl for the men to talk to so 'they came in half-starre- d Rimsky-Korsako- Anton Page EZ 'Ip with Roddy McDowall co hit, Walt Pisncy s Victory Air Through Power GEM Joan Crawford and Fred in Above Suspicion cohit "Hamranv Kid4 wtih William Gasftfti? Bobby Headrick, and Frank Craven. ARCADE Robert Taylor stars In also 'Bataan, Strictly In The Groove with Mary fiealy and Richard Davis TOWER Three great bands featured in Hit Parade of 1943 with John Carroll and Susan Havward second hit, "Chrvstal Ball with Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard. LYRIC Five stage acta also Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea and Walter Brennan in Banjo on My Rnee; and Nasty Nuisance CENTRE Mickev and Judy Rooney Garland in Girl Crazy," with Tommy Dorsey, his orchestra, Rags Ragland, Gil Stratton, Guy K Kibbee, Robert E Strickland, June Allyson and Nancy Walker UTAH with Don Happy Land,4 Ameche, Frances Dee and Ann Rutherford: 2nd feature stars Billie Burke and Elyse Knox in So s Your Uncled HOLLADAY Michele Morgan in 4,Two Tickets To London, and Denmt OKeela in Broadway limited. STUDIO Bette Davis and Mariam Hopkins in Old Acquaintance with Gig Young, . John Loder and Dolores Moran. CAPITOL Charles Laughton in The Man From Down Under companion hit, Young Ideaa, starring Susan Peters, Herbert Marshal and Mary Astor. UPTOWN The North Star4 with Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews and many others also latest news and a Disney color cartoon. STAR "You Cant Take It With You, with Jnan Arthur, Lionel Barrvmore and James Stewart, also Tahiti with Simooe Simon and Honey Dcnni OKeefe. 3, 1944 January Cheers Boys In Front Lines Rimsky-Korsa-ko- What Qoing (9n Utah-r-Tuesd- SHE SEES A LOT OF THE WORLD girl from Los Angeles, chats with a EUeen T lylcr, L..D. 8. boy In Morocco. work In Hollywood. near the fighting fronts. The mm knew her when the mu- term Clubmobile Implies movable sical Tyler family, led by father-teachclub . . but not all her service J. Rue Tyler, helped me work Is performed in a clubmowith ward show in the old Los bile. Its apt to be anywhere. Angeles L. D. S. Stake. Eileens In a broadcast from London to first professional appearance wras America, when Eileen was interto play a flute solo on Don Wil- viewed, she said: sons radio program over KFL When I first went to Af er BANJO ON MY KNEE B. H. Biggest Hit HOLLYWOOD Tha companys official audit report shows that 0 B.- - DeMtiles 1 a s t picture, Reap the Wild Wind, has turned out to be the greatest box office success in the history of Paramount, surpassing the record of even De Milles own The Ten Commandments." The producers next will be The Story of Dr. Wassell, starring Gary Cooper. With Father' Stars 'Go Hollywood' . HOLLYWOOD During the nearly four years that it has been playing on the nations boards "Life With Father has the theater public In - kept stitches and its producers In velvet. At the same time the Lindsay-Crouscomedy has kept the movies supplied with a constant stream of additions to its acting rosters. The latest of the recruits to join the growing ranks of Life with Father players In Hollywood is Percy Waram. The veteran stage actor, who spent two years and two months on the road portraying Father Clarence Day, was coaxed to the film city bv Paramount to take over one of the principal roles In Minisof Fear. try ' Three of the best known of the Life With. Father moth-- ers have also , answered the -- H oH ywoodcs I, Dorothy Gish ret" Our cast in 1 Young and Gay at' Paramount. The studio, searching for the right person to portray Mrs. Otis Skinner in Its screen version of Emily Kimbroughs and Cornelia Otis Skinners hilarious book, hit upon the "Life quickly Sister actress, With Father Lillian Gish, who was mother in the Chicago run of the play, likewise looked to Universal to be just what the doctor ordered for a leading role with Richard Bix In Top Man Dorothy Stickney took a recess from playing mother In the a New York company to do minor, but. Important characterisation as Miss Bird, an asylum inmate, In The Uninvited. She took the part as a personal favor to an old friend, Paramount writer Charles Brackett, who Is the producer of the picture. For these Life With Father performers life has g6ne on, " course notable and profitable inthe celluloid'world of Hollywood. "GAUTIER'S BRICKLAYERS DAVE CHAZ BARRY CHASE LEONARD OF COMEDY STAR ZEGFELD FOLLIES Charles Kraft Dancing Star of EARLY TO BED IHTERNATIONAL COMEDIAN HAVAUfADETS HYDE VIC SWING ONE-MA- N Pl.feNS4 lean Arthur, Lionel Sorry mote, Stewart in TOG CANT TAKE IT WITH TOO Ilmeuo Simon, Dennis O'Keefe hi : .. - "TAHITI HONEY lame MSI Roddy McDawtU, Donald Crisp is "LASSIE COME HOME" Wall DUnoyi Victory Through Air Power (In Technicolor) - aajBft BAND H0LIRDRV3 LAST SAY OPENS P. M Michele Morgan Alan Curtiss "Two Ticket toj-ondo- . n" Ind Comedy Hit! 'BROADWAY LIMITED with DENNIS O'KEEFE - |