Show r ifZOVA PPWWWItirrk I :-- 1 Sunday Morning ir 1 1 114–al 11"r 4 rill IF"! f4 11- 6-11 la pr-- or IF MOO ai-- di 5att çni Tritium C r Movie Stars irdeds Must Watch Step' By Ted Gill - A e'W7&tr-n- :: :' : 1 - 1: After ' f: : - ''' ' 4 3' ' - 1 : : Ca i 4 - 7i q - - i- 4 ki sing-promi- ' se - -- 'F :'" 1 4 :T ' - - - - 4 ' '4't :' ' 4 ' : ::77'7" i - 7' - 0 - i - —17- ? - 's' ::- 4 t::: - - ' - '1 ' 7- ' :':'::: ' ''''''''14--'- - ' "' - " 0'we- : N: ' i - 4 here and make him as big a star as you are" Then fingering- allong black panatela quizzically he added: "And I'll name him after a ' I ::: r- g" - ':'' ''- - '':: ' ' ' ::- -: Studios Quit cigar:" Ingram then walked over and picked out a handsome member of the crowd named Joseph Krantz and signed him to afilm contract And that's how the actor his Ptudio However Ci 1 f :7 11 ' s- 1 I 1 - a 1 Ilkg the mat- 7 7 com- 1 k ' - 371141 I I 44f 'i ' ' ''''':':-E'-'- ra 3 0 4 11 - r 1 4 "- - ' 1 a ' --i 4 - ' ----- - Alt s'aaa as sa a 1 I i k ' A a is -- 0 ea7aT"' a 's s--"'- i 1 I ' - i ' t !-- 1 i I i ' -- ' i a' -- 0(1' ' se ' aa- - - kNt S -- 70°1' r '"ss- 1 a is 11- - :I WALTER tt-'" 1 I - - --- - - 4 a ' i : 1 ilr' i rI C I a ft tato --1 a to k Lit itokA NiAssry pfTEA c1 Llat k LORRE : 1i I Aelt ''' t: ti t A NI -- 1 "' ere"' - ee -- - - nutc ) ':' 3' 1- I -3 - — '--' ' 4 - f t ( Est tAT iyrtolt t tit u It folio'sonsoLoaE it a 'Tat 'i : V n - i lit 'EZ 1 - N- - ' a' - : ' '''' ri 4 ( i '' 7'7 t " :::iit : ' -- 4s 4" ' ''4"''''''' ' e ':::: 2 e!:- - t:--- :: 41 v- '' Z '1 : - - - ' ::' ::- :: ---- t " 7 - ':' " : ':' '7 r:: ' 1 1 -- HITS 1):14:15 i Y 01-- It she acts like a musical comedy star (and she does) she thinks like a stenographer (and she was) Her dressing room is probably the most orderly in New York the make-uarrayed RA neatly as was her old Wall street desk Ethel in a mink coat dark glasaere and a bandana over her head banged into the dressing room the other night and began to laugh: "You know it took me exactly If) Nears to get down four flights of stairs in this thep ater" Iler first Broadway appear- - I-- k 214 tivfir I - - -!i it -- - '- - F 4 a- - -c- 1 i '7 - A riNitWo - -- 0ifAr a - 141 ---16-- ' 2ND BIG HIT 1 1 It& a Pew WA MEI IRO& Warrft mod inarydoothqr k GLORIA HOLLADRY OA H: ' - VIZVPATINIYILMHAILSE N OwlAn sewend SoAoofl Inhre - R2 ntr"°041145) 6AA"41 wow 111A ore vv )0 j'1?:17AAZIII onw i —' : ---- CIOIldt4" DENNIS MORGAN BRENDA MARSHALL With VIRGINIA LEO GARCY WEIMAR RAY McDONALD ful place in the modern world the children of eight or nine who go from village to village teaching their elders to read and write: the crude tools with which the- - Chinese manufacture what they need for daily life and battle the simple tricks of the guerillas which fool the Japanese the courage 45 f the people of Chungking despite repeated bombings Howe will head an American crew for which John Huston has been loaned from the U S:army as director His actors ll be the men and women he meets They will be new China And oddly enough after serving with theAmerican air forces in China for three months Jimmy Howe will receive his American citizenship—on the soil of his ancestors He was born in Kwangtung province in 1900 though his father had come to the Un'ited States early in life and had marred here But the parents were in China when Jimmy was born They returned to the store the elder Howe ran in Oregon when the boy was four years old of vital importance to Jimmy's Al9m03ericwa'nenbtisotni7 a buTaGyu i ft oii 1 :- - -- i ::2-" - ' '' F - guns" Gus Z 1 ! 4 1 I : 1 I - - I t ' a 1 - I s- - ' t - t 1 ' t i - - I a t I - ' tr saa f ' - "i I - fin- ' 1o aa - - vw chinery" a-a-- - He's out here on from Springfield Ohio and full of Memories as ever "I can stillsmell sawdust" he says "and while I can smell sawdust I can keep the balls in tr--- ' - ' -) te A 7' " ' - 7 v 1E1 - I - - -''' 1 v -- ''-- voittlr - siital::to - I it - t '''''W' P ' t WAN t - aea a Y a t :6 - r-- :e 4 mien : - ' 11 ilIi A 4: III t ' ' ' I - r litt 1 t 1 i '11 410A ''' : -TODA- YMONDAY-TUESDAY I 1 "APOli" 11 c- a-- f tOpens 'r - a '' — iii'" v w4:0 4 i t''''a oaaf' - ' "k - - ) -- I - 1 '' a dor- - - ' fl ' - '2V t t 4 - a t 1 f Oi with - - I Frank NIORGAN It icbara Diteetzd Tbare by $1 — - II clf --- - MEimmimml - A et 0" 4 w0 t - t 1 e -- 77 0t M44k : - - - -- - ' ' - - :it' ' ' paused Tellectivrly gered the lapel of his mustard-hue- d coat then went on: "It all folded when movies got good Art can't compete with ma- ()ifs istthilel - I - n41 - - i - rg" -- - -' t - prl years has had them resoled twice The soles are wood -- - 1 ht trained seals: "I like to come back to Hollywood" he said the other day "because I got my idea for Sun time here back- in 1903 I was with a minstrel show on that trip I ran across one of those nickelodeons—only they cost 10 cents and they were making more money than my minstrel show So I went back east or- ganized dime vaudeville- and in 10 years I was going great r HOLLYWOOD till - -- Plojangles- Bill llobinson has been on his toes for 30 'years but shoe rationing doesn't bother him 0 s - 1 - 1 il ' - 1 very much with us At 72 he's after many years and the nostalgic reminiscing is so thick you could cut 4 the air" it with a juggler's cane They talk about Eva Tan2 P M TO guay the girl and Will Rogers Chic Sale Edite-Nto:: Haoll:ENITE die Leonard Moran and Mack I Frances White billed as a singer DOROTHY LAMOUR but displaying legs that kept le 7 'em from listening the resplendent Jim Corbett Hoofer Fat 1 4i 41'-ti Ilnoney e'"ft "al‘ e'"' Hope Cantor Jolson Burns' La L1- -1 Li9 si ab do 4 and Allen Fields and the rest of i — that group found their places in '' movies and radio when the props A-were kicked from under vaudeC a : i ville' Many another didn't find any place at all But Sun DAN DAILEY wasn't one of these He's still 'ir BOBBYIBIAKE a showman booking acts for ho- - eDONNA REED 30 oneAtOP12Are ''-'-- i tels conventions night clubs and county fairs He suppliea acts to anything from high-wir- e roller skaters to evangelists in Hollywood again a pair of shoes a week But Bill isn't average He's worn the same pair of shoes for nearly '' - 1i $ - pies paperweights Its force of habit now but it's something e)se Juggling signifies show business it's the essence of the old days In that rhythmic cycle crop up such names as Bob Hope W C Fields Burns and Allen Fanny Brice Eddie Cantor Al Jolson and the Marx Brothers Gus knows them all and he knew them when "When' means the less palmy days They called those days Sun time—the harum - scarurn cat - skinning trapeze-swingin- g dime vaudeville that made Gus a fortune and kept many current topliners eating Vaudeville and Sun's circuit of 275 theaters organized in -- With - "BORN TO SING" 11 I si WARREN) 5FCRAALS" kw AAA me "Captain :‘ - "Flying Tigers" To Film Chinese Heroism He will record the struggle of the Chinese to take their right- 10111NTIllp Ttobinson Wears Shoe 30 Year 2"71vA EVENING 33r - ? : - China to film for the Chinese and American governments the progress of the war against Japan He will work with the Chinese army He will be attached to the "American Dragons" the group headed by General Chendnault which was formerly the HOLLYWOOD Fete 20 0- 1Gus Sun is an inveterate 4 jug- gler has been for l'i0 years Anything will do—billiard balls ap akhteaepirrt ooartve z: P ?" Av'ut MI KAY FRANCIS rrtobhtia- tcl oac yav ' f Gus Sun Still a Juggler At 72 Reminisces Getting Into Hot Water A Bickford Proclivity MATINEE 23r -- - ft of - ht V ass asaeaa- a ' m carpet-traipsin- ! ' I 4 aaaaasksaateaa - - ' ' t7''''F'''Cr ' 141 - I 0' l' k Gillis Oncea Steno hlae'iidsLi ' ''":77 (tostat CUMMINGS IN :: itzz Short - ince had been in' this same Alvin theater- The show was "Girl Crazy- and Ginger Rogers occlMiss pied the star dressing-rooMerman in the tradition of the theater was lodged obscurely in the upper precincts of the building Having her greatest success in the same placewhere she started out pleases her Since she took over that dressing room is quite a busy corner She swings in with a big box that contains a man's dressing gown—her birthday present to Lew kessier the a pianist in the pit Ethel swears she never has had a singing lesson: in her life In fact when I brought up the subject she came back with "are you kidding? What would I do with singing lessons!" As far as I know no one claims to have taught her singing either a- LAKE RUN ' it '' 2rm 7o4D WIT! NANA medienne "She catches on quick- ly I never had to tell her anything more than once and every performance she gives is the same as opening night" says' 13 1134s : r) ---- ' 46L 7 - fl t i i 1 -- r: oral" e 11 '' fil PRESTON FOSTER oC aa EA 4:1'Le seaais 4kis t ------- fit fit11 1S: I 4 MilVo 4 - GENE TIERNEY rtiti iisa 41 I I lttdhi yv A it A1-111- E: osAcl: - STEELE NALL ' t : 17' ' 11Vrqtrig 1 C0 TV E "- ': ' ' ir ' ' ' ' ' ''' - ' ' 1 red-head- 0 to N - 12:30 ou i '' 4 tWCi ---- L1 a rFT!J "p i cNOW—FIRST SALT I0 c- ZS " '' -- :le:1:: : :': : :::-:- i '' ': ::- - ‘ : '- : - : t -' - ' i ' t v rum-runner- ly good-natured- Open ::'--' 77 : ciSOUICIFtiti t lid - 71-- ' BOB if 71' A"t"ti Co°1IF ' cox6e r i G - 1 NV i t ' 1 1 I - I)!!eollifirtills3 1 1 4 1 4 I - isISALT LAKE t v r i "w& Ir A CrI Li li LE 1 ''''il PR1 I tn0 0' s 04 - - ' a: 1'4 T MAtilIA:C istI I1N0 : - - '11 m inle usfl' - 111 l e"N-- er krAif nolop 11 ‘ - A li4 4 - - irg - 2 1 Mr ' ' '1' "Did I ever tell you about the By Ernest Foster time I was a he HOLLYWOOD (UP) — RugCharles Bickford ged inquired Then he proceeded to record for the nprobably ooholdsse aepl spin astory that rivaled the best has been sh he nt fiction output of the prohibition called p carpets of gangster era executives two not that Bickford Some time later the complete actually a did things to bring gray hairs to story appeared in a motion pictheir furrowed noggins It is just ' ture magazine and "Bum-ru- n the things that a strong sense of Bickford ner" made his first trip humor and an imagination as the carpet his ma fa ac‘nroIrinszs was I to know that a ohhl dhi edw to sr re writer was sitting the behind- me and believed every of late Bickford hasn't been word of my story ?" he said as cinematically busy as he used Then there was the time he be to He has been doing some was playing with Greta Garbo special work for the government in "Anna Christie" Publicity But he was in a reminiscing stories failed to- indicate he was mood the other day on the set of happily married and newspaper the new Cary Grant picture columnists were trying to link "From Here to Victory" at Garbo with someone romanticR K 0 Radio ally g He revealed his stopped him on started soon after he had - theOne oftothem lunch and asked if he been brought to Hollywood from had lay i New York after he had scoredra "Well" he said "Garbo and I hit as Oklahoma Red in "Outside are—" and she didn't let him Looking Ipriu"boinicitthye steangejumped finish Studio The columnist placed a romanat the chance to broadcast detic interpretation upon his tails of his highly adventurous words although he had intended life but they neglected tb em-to say merely that he and Garbo phasize his sense of humor were having lunch Chatting with his leading lady The publicity boys threatened on the set one day she brought to put a barbed wire entangle- the of his adventures up subject a ment around him atter that i In the case of "Something for the Boys" Ethel's current show Herbert and Dorothy Fields had her in mind with every line they wrote as did Cole Porter Producer Michael Todd never had met the Zimmerman girl from Astoria Long Island but he knew she and the show designed for each otherhhaasd bit:one Directing her for time Hassard Short things to say about her:: "She's a great little trouper I found that out at the costumers Pashe stood tiently for hours being pinned and fitted And I've seen lesser personages blow up" It seems to be agreed that she developed into a really good co- - d 71 i :1 When a show is being built around her the author of the book measures her for size the director tailors the production and the producer supplies the rnostlavish display he can pay 4 JACK0A- KIE 4 SAMMY KAYE— 1 ii:-a- ss i- 1 - -- (-- kiii0 NS CACHISCik Ai SilitiPiCi ROL LCiosi4 f ' A' -- fii: :: Shows Tailored to Fit 1r -- -ii 3 r4' 1 LC9'rimer- - 11-1- i - ! Merms - WAYNE 77 $):'':-Ale'c'IPIDGEO- ! - 'i'øw'H' ''' tal'' a 1 - --- '' ' 4 - '141 I I ' ''4 Li ''" 111' "1r 1 ' a-- - ir : $ al JOHN 0R 1 - 4 i "tool'' 'a CLAIRE lle--a-- a ': :'-r :-- 7 l - ) tlYP 4:i PAYVE HEN IE T ---- I TR EV r- -I - 'a-- ' l' 3r: C '''''''' - § 7 ' fe HIT! CREAT 7 4'' ke--- 47j' DA R K 1 i ' '' i 1141518S' Fi 1 '''IPPI ' - 20 -' Y i ) IN- 144 - ' i ttl I ' :'':'' : for 4v-' U4101Ps--4-- "' - -- 1 L' 71 A 1 ? Yt - A m PI! I :37 a 1i ' i 'T- 1 a as :4 i I ' 4 '"" I I 1 ' - : - ct a-- 4 )---- -- ti 44 —) - J 'i 1 - '''' I a0 aaaaa i' ' - S l ' V i 17 L:' I ! I r 4 i ' i '' - ' aa--e i N ' a- i '' 3 i : : " -- I: ' ) -Ix 4 " By Jean Meeg-aNEW YORK Feb 20 11")—If other actors take pride in never raising their voices to make st point Ethel Merman net- lowers hers—on stage or off The same brassy cement-mixe- r quality that she uses to wallop Cole Porter's songs across the footlights is in her private comments —and its far more attractive in the queen of musk:al ' comedy than in you or me i Ethel the certainly queen of musical comedy Rowdy gusty Ethel establishes herself with the audience with her first shrewd bounce onto the stage and nobody forgets her for the rest of the performance—or for the next severall days Way" Gilbert :Miller's "Heart of a City" "The Commandos" to be released as "Attack by Night" with Merle Oberon and Brian Aherne and the Ina Claire vehicle "Yankee Fable" to be done as "Generals Need Bedm" It reminds us of the dry remark of the late Frank Bacon who acted in obscurity for 40 years then found himself suddenly famous in "Lightnin'" "Sure" he said "you're a great actor if you happen to find a good play!" No truer words were e'er spoken aa aass-aa- -- - 1 ' ':- t $ i "" "' - ' ''z i Queen of Muskat Comedy Never Took a Singing Lesson "The American ? 1 ' - V- ga-- ' ?""k- t 0) -- s0 1 4 a : t ' aaa4 - isa s- - - - '1 a ga-- a I a a 1 0 C) A4 '' a - If A - 2--' - - A - --- I 0 asaaaars----'- a I 4A ' ' '''''' ' - 4 in id i ' In t7-- : top-flig- lights pictures And Jimmy is going back to 4 I - - :341: Green"eihe Ethel Barrymore Irving Berlin's "T h i a Is the Army" to be filmed with an army cast and Ginger Rogers I ' I haive IlK0 and Columbia h e "T and Iligher": 'Higher Fallen Sparrow" to star Maureen O'Hara and John Garfield Nancy Hale's "T h e Prodigal Women" Hart and Kaufman's PIONE '' 'AP:"t fi I- r:A :4:2if ''''' i ' ':'--':- ! ss - 121212r12'12! i ' stlek-- -: 'i ::::i:: i '::'':': '''1' 74' '24 :'4t44 ':: :::':ter''''' ':1:k:'1:::'1kt:&4' ''J Q?::4:2Zk ? itt:: '': T i'-:-:- New York musical "Something for the Boys" It's even gone back to O Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" for screen material We should have added at Warners "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Cary Grant Priscilla Lane and the New York cast Lillian lima n's "Watch on the Rhine" with Bette Davis and Paul Luias "The Corn Is n IaI ' : the Wsind" Rose Franken's "Claudia" and t h e "Candle promised to Menjou's satisfaction but Menjou took such a liking to Nardelli that he made him his stand-iSinger Dennis Morgan once PR" - eii$-7:- :::::I' ' :::: o'rr144- - !s' :''' ' ' ' 1 :"s ::': ?14- (Continued From Preceding Page) other picture Another strange case was that of George Nardelli He was brought out as a "threat" to Adolphe Menjou when the latter was disputing his salary with ter not only was eventually - ' ' ::'' ' ' "- f- ' If c it : ' - ' ' ''''''':' '4 :es--'-5'4:- ':::: : t: t Cut Expenses known as Ricardo Cortez came to the screen Ironically Valentino took ill and died without making an- --:': t' 1 Plunging ' ' ' 'e ' '''''' '' '' :'" ''''''5' ''' " ' ' t :'''' ': ' '2 ::"I tt i '' ' 'V''i--"''-'' i-: - : ' ?!'s :' 4 - tt 4 i iv - "z 164 linen mission to China is the fact that he speaks Cantonese He learned it from his father This dialect is not so prevalent in the country as Mandarin but will be of inestimable help Of great assistance too will be Howe's early years of knocking about this country asa prize fighter He learned to take it then to live in rough surroundings His career as a photographer in Hollywood has not changed him After leaving the fight game young James decided he wanted to study the camera It fascinated him So he got a job in 1917 as general errand boy and janitor for the cameramen of the old Jesse Lasky studios There he loaded cans of film on trucks polished lenses and did A lucky other menial work break made him famous One of the cameramen asked him to shoot craps during a lull one day Jimmy said he was broke He pulled out a lone nickel to prove it The other man persisted and within an hour Jimmy had rolled the 5- cent piece Into $85 Shortly filter Cecil B De Mille asked for an additional assistant cameraman There was no one around but Jimmy His job was to hold the numbered identification marker in front of the camera before each take The man who holds this incidentally is the original face on the cutting room floor He is seen in the rushes but never by the public Amused De Mille The next day the rouPid Chinese face of Jimmy Howe was the first thing De Mille saw And to make the shot even more amusing the boy was attired in a violent silk shirt of the type then in vogue among prizefighters and he was smoking a black cigar De Mille long roa-- red Keep that kid on all my pictures!" the director ordered "He's wonderful!" Jimmy grew up In Oregon He is an American—or will be as soon RS legally possible He loves baseball and steaks and beautiful cars He also likes the gadgets which run American life easily and efficiently In China he will be satisfied with a bowl of rice a day For his love for his father's country iis strong He is humble before what he may be able to do to help the Chinese win the war in Arc 4 121 — - ''' - : i4 A ' t- ik I ' ' ':- ' 'i- c ' 0124 ''''A t ' 11 1 - :: ' 1 ' 1 'Jr 3iig 4 ' i - : tI 5 ::: t I ' i ''' '' - - ::: 4 - ' ' " Ni '' IWN Mime az) By Kate Holliday HOLLYWOOD Feb 20 ()— James Wong Howe is going back to his birthplace to help the land of his fathers win the war Jimmy Howe is the only Chinese cameraman in Hollywood He is also one of the industry's finest technicians You saw his work in "King's Row" "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "The Hard Way" to name a few His influence has been felt in his branch of motion picture making for years The famous "low key lighting" of "Citizen Kane" for example came about largely because Cameraman Greg To land had once worked with Howe on "Transatlantic" Howe was the first to use anything but glaring ' '':1''l " s 11 "114-- a”11 111 3 i — IM- Garbo Also Mary Miles Minter and Lila Lee both were used against Mary Pickford Many other notable cases could be cited But screen temperament It seems is not confined to adult players alone Years ago when they were both mere youngsters Jane Withers was used as a threat against Shirley Temple So you'd better watch your step too Baby Sandy! 1 s '1 f : 1 '4 - - ' k - 64 771 7111511 Land of Its Birth Reclaims Sole Chinese Lensman 4 - t- : " ' portraitist :-- At the peak of his film stardom Valentino refused to make a certain picture without more money During an argument between the actor and his director Rex Ingram in front of a hotel cigar counter during a party Ingram exploded: "Why you ingrate! I an pick a man right out of this crowd Iwo aLa si s v : 4 Young took time off to pose informally for Hurrell expert 1 ' : ' " 71 f4 ::'' — - ' Remember" lovely Loretta ? - '': ''''''' '"' completing her role in that merry mix-u- p of spookiness and mystery "A Night to ':-- - 20 Dishwasher Star r ' '2':tkk:-:'-' ? ' !: (JP)—Talent and temperament " i twin 'trademarks of show business have gone hand in hand in '' ' : gi' this film capital for so long—that today it is no wonder studios ' ' ' sometimes feel compelled to use a little gimmick known as a i ' "threat" player—to keep volatile actors and actresses in line ' :'' ': then ' now and 4 Every spirited beto'Allan as a was used out threat breaks feuding generally ''1 Jones who earlier had been cause the stars want more : a similar capacity in out brought money or find some objection to against Nelson Eddy Now Morroles assigned them If a corn- gan has landed the major can't be reached studios mg part in "The Desert Song" a role which Eddy long had a out "threat" sometimes bring - 's wanted heavy-heav- y over a as the 4 player stars head Joan Against' Ginger The complaining actor then is Joan Fontaine once was given told pretty frankly he can either feminine lead with Fred the on a accept the role or go salary Astaire in a picture after Ginger suspension while the "threat" Rogers who had been slated for ' player is forgotten but somethe role displayed an untimely beon to times the latter goes of streak while temperament come a star in his own right ) Jack La Rue and Humphrey Bo- g This practice harks back to 2 as been both used have gart ? the days of Italian-bor- n Alphonthreats to George Raft so Guglielmi former New York Katherine Sergava was used ' hotel dishwasher whom you will as a threat against Marlene Dierecall bettel as Rudolph Valentrich who had been used in a I tino similar capacity against Greta HOLLYWOOD 0 14?-Z4- - 3 1 — e Feb ':' 11611 '416 - di 1641 -- 776 iu it- Ik-- e4 t:if 171 Pro or) February 21 1943 -- - - '" |