Show 4 Magazine Features News Analysts Dram Books and Music I Itne Section D Sunday Morning April 29 19z5- -' 4 First Exposition Plans Beautify Fairgrounds By King Durkee There is a passage of scripture—a prophetic passage of scripture—that declares: "The desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose" Spoken by the ancient prophet Isaiah this bit of truth has been selected by a group of progressive Utah architects as a theme upon which to design the grounds and buildings which would serve Utah during the observance of its Icentennial exposition in 1917 The result of months of work by the Utah 'chapter of the American Institute of Architects the plans call for conversion of the Utah state fairgrounds from their presents'drab condition into a creation of awesOme beauty capable and worthy of lhousing the state's 1947 centennial' exposition The accomplishment of these architects is unique in that all thought all preparation all but the actual charge for the labor of drafting finished plans was given freely by chapter thing of beauty this modernistic theme tower to irrigation A would : t members In all slightly more than $2000 for actual labor was paid by the state for an accomplishment which outsiders declare could not be equalled for under $15000 Now in the hands of the governor of the state plan calls for utilization of present buildings as far as practicable with alterations to make them conform to a pleasing architectural Several additional design are buildings planned as well 1' as acquisition of additional land to the west of the pres- ent fairgrounds boundaries' This would place both banks of the Jordan river within grounds limits and make pos- Bible construction of a large lagoon suitable for boating Designed to depict the accomplishment of the first 1 Mormon pioneers who came to the state in July of 1847 the theme tower—a breath-takin- g monument to irrigation—suggests the conquering of the desert by these hardy Mormon people and the harnessing of it to create a mecca in the midst of a barren country- - ' the-mast- r t ' 1 the conquer ing of the desert by early settlers t - Cost Kept at $2000 l symbolize f :1-- I a443z 4 4 ' at Utah state fairgrounds in Salt Lake City as it would look offer revamping according to design ing architects Enlarged the structure would accom modate 10000 persons making it a huge auditorium The Coliseum Featuring modern design throughout this entrance gate is typical of the futuristic effect of the entire undertaking Such an Imposing structure would do much to assure success of the exposition a credit to Salt Lake 1 I - 4 1 side Propose Tower of Salt The tower consists of a single huge shaft covered with salt and reaching skyward sigilifying the alkaline condition taken out of the soil to make it tillable Surrounded by reflecting pools the salt covering would sparkle alternately- - in the days of the sun and to the colored lights which would be played upon it as night Strictly modern in design the exposition would boast the most advanced patterns of the architecture of tomorrow Drawing upon the sueeess of the elaborate lighting disay at the recent San Fran- ' - we a4e (ContinuPd on Paz" Sim) Actor Reveals Voice - By Heath" Hopper HOLLYWOOD Cal Vincent Price first mught my eye ten he played Prince Albert to Helen Hayes' Victoria He has given some fine screen performances Ile was responsible for of l'The Royal Scandal" But when he lifted holding up the a beautiful baritone voice an "Dragonwyck" Ernst Lubitsch got an idea Price's voice as so good Lubitsch is going to fashion a picture around it Price doesn't care to sing but he finally broke down and confessed that in his salad days he traveled over Europe with the Yale Glee club Hollywood is pretty well known for its divorces newcomers and heartbreaks so it's nice to tell about a comedy team celebrating its 20th year 4—Laurel and Hardy "The Bullfighters" was their 170th picture wonder whether Elliot Roosevelt will like his wife Faye Emerson as a brunette She left off being blonde for the picture she's now working in Her stand-i- n stayed up most of one nighthaving her hair changed to the same color irt It Works Both Ways I'm not surprised Charles Chaplin insisted upon another jury trial hoping that WilMen would predominate After all he was successful twice before And yet if he hadn't been so successful with the women he wouldn't be needing a third trial Since Bob Hope's bringing out another book don't tell me he's giving up acting for writing 0 come Bob- - make up with Paramount and get back on that screen : Fibber McGee has written a song My Molly and dedicated it to his wife I don't' wonder li1611y's a star wherever she goes It doesn't matter What glamor girl's in the room—when Molly starts using her little girl voice everybody stops to listen laugh and applaud It's amazing how few people know that s Molly's voice Diana Lynn got her dates mixed when three boy friends—Robert Walker Lorin Tindale and William Edwards—showed up on the set of "Our Hearts Are Growing Up" almost together No they didn't leave as the "Three Musketeers" Not News to Us Broadwayites carry the word back east that 'Ken Murray's "Blackouts Of 1945" are better than anything on the Gay White Thomas Way Our citizens have thought so for three years goes right back where he belongs- in the big timewith Clark Gable and Greer Garson in "Strange Adventure" Ray Collins plays the district attorney in "Leave Her to 1Heaven' A teen-ag- e boy answered Otto Kruger's ad for a Director Plans to Use gardener These were his terms: "If I'm bossed it'll cost you Frank 50 cents an hour If I'm et alone I'll work for 40" Mary Pickford celeVay's tome is called "How to Be Poor" brated her birthday recently He's No Carbon Copy rhere was talk about John Carradine being a bigamist But that hasn't prevented Otto Preminger from signingliim as a fortune teller in "Fallen Angel:' with Linda Darnell and Alice Faye As a fortune teller he can shake out his long hair and spout Shakespeare to his heart s content I heard somebody say the other nights "Tell me-- do humming birds nest in that Jerome Cowan and William Wellman took their mane?' picture "G I Joe" and previewed it in San Diego They showed it at a kid's matinee at Long Beach next day Santa Barbara that night If audience reaction was any indication it's slated for a success Cuba's' going to give Mexico some stiff combecause Vivian Della Chiesa is guest star this month petition of the opera company there She'll also discuss a picture which Cuban backers declare will have a million dollar production - -- First Step Before Ross Hunter signed at Columbia he was interested the Cleveland Corrective Speech clinic 13ecauSe he taught 'school back there He's still interested and hope S to establish the same kind of clinic here George Dixon says the United States army air force band after playing in Edinburgh Scotland went out and bought bagpipes—every lastmember of it I hope they were outfitted in kilties too: One of the finest scenes in "Desert Victory ' was a Scottie blowing the pipes That was the only weapon he had in his hand But it kept up the courage of the men beside him Ella Raines' pretty be to too an aims actress sister She's studying with Florence Enright George Turner looks o much like the cartoons of Dick Tracy he's being tested for it Joe ReichmarCs baby Joe Jr already has a contract dated 1966 to lead the orchestra at Biltmore bowl Tonyl Romano has been added to "Tars and Spars" Andrew Stone wants Chu-Ch- o n Martinez for his Sensations of 1946" Victoria Schools Sigmund Romberg's canarY has a Hollywood talent scout panting Dan Duryea tells about the judge who sentenced a character to 40 years' hard labor When the judge asked: "Have you anything to say?" lie replied: "All I know is you're pretty free with another man's time" In "ran-America- (Copyright by Chicago Tribune - - 4 - 1 FFIpereftftpetp Pfqe t441 0) 1110"0" It 4 10Vo ‘ Collembth Has Nixie Trouble By Hazel Hartzog a HOLLYWOOD (UP)--I- s nixie a he or a she? If anybody knows the answer Columbia studios would like to meet the guy or gal In case somebody wonders –and who wouldn't ?—just what- a nixie is Columbia explains that it is sort of a seagoing pixie or maybe a - friendly gremlin By this time just about everybody knows about the gremlins so with a little imagination can conjure up a semipicture of this nixie The particular nixie bothering Columbia is the one who makes a business of standing on the shoulders of folks like Rosalind Russell and Lee Bowman in their new picture "Some Call It Love" Like those cousins the gremlins the nixie offers plenty of advice to Miss Russell and Mr Bowman—mostly on the sub ject of love Virginia Van Upp writer-producof the film was the one who first brought the She nixie into this story needed some device whereby Bowman could be persuaded to forget his inhibitions and become a man of action where er Miss Russell is concerned The nixie is the driving force That's where the nixie came in or rather comes in when somebody decides whit a nixie looks like and whether it is he or she Once that problem is decidedartist Bob Wickersham can finish up the business of making a flowing-haire- d lady nixie or possibly a bow-tie- d gentleman' 'Until somebody comes to he's digging into the history of the nixies to see if he can find a clue to the problem One authority says the nixie is of Ind° his rescue European antiquity and describes it as water sprite similar to the kelpies Those were the little fellows of Gaelic origin and horse-lik- e spirit that appeared at fords to warn of drowning Sometimes they drowned unwary travelers by mistake getting themselves into no end of trouble Because of the nixie's turn toward confusion and trouble in "Some Call It Love" it's likely that the nixie's ancestors at least had a' speaking acquaintance with the kelpies But that still doesn't answer the question of whether the nixie is a boy or girl After all explains Wickersham he's got to know whether to let the nixie share Miss Russell's dressing room or Bowman's to say nothing of the matter of wardrobing and speaking voices |