Show Senator Goes Hollywood By Ham Park The war In Europe and the National Defense program are having some In Interesting Interesting in- in effects upon the sort of movies movies ies les you'll be seeing this year You'll be seeing more musicals more westerns more comedies and a lot of pictures that have to do with soldiering and World War II II You'll be seeing too more pictures with a South American American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean locale this year ear than the most in indefatigable indefatigable indefatigable in- in movie fan has hos seen In his whole life Ufe before There will be fewer praise dramas and a IX special special special spec spec- ial dearth of at tho those e pictures featuring what producers call realism The movies are arc going escapist In a big way And the quality of or the films Is expected ex ox- x- x to be Improved Under an agreement agreement agreement a- a between the government and producers pictures after August 1 will be sold on a more competitive basis In order to obtain maximum distribution of his films a producer will have to make not only a good picture but one that is better than I the opposition can provide This is an element clement that has heretofore been lacking because of the booking block-booking evil In my opinion Andy Hardys Hardy's Private Private Private vate Secretary is the best yet of ot the Hardy Family series Mickey Rooney's Rooneys Roon- Roon Rooneys Rooney's Rooneys Rooney's Is held down downto eys ey's tendency to over-act over to a minimum and the picture introduces introduces introduces intro intro- duces a new star Miss Kathryn Gray- Gray son This charming younger player has every everything everything- beauty acting abilIty ability abil abil- It ity and a marvelous singing voice Republic Pictures until recently one of oC the Poverty Row independent producing companies has blossomed out In an extravagant musical called Sis Hopkins and starring Judy Can- Can ova There is little to remind one of the bucolic humor that marked the original stage play but humor like everything everything everything ev ev- ev- ev else changes and wed we'd probably probably probably ably consider the quips and jokes of the early very unfunny any any- way However the antics of the star who is ably assisted by Jerry Colonna and Charles Butterworth leave little littleto to be desired In the field of or rough and ready comedy Bob Crosby and his orchestra are also featured Bob is no great eat shake as an actor but in his crooning one recognizes Bing Crosby influence Maybe its it's an in inherited Inherited inherited In- In family trait like the Hapsburg mug that peculiar mooing to music I t know I And speaking of Bing dont don't pass up The Road to Zanzibar Youve You've probably been on the road to somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where or other with Bing Crosby Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour before and if you enjoyed the trip then you will enjoy this one too Dorothy Is less irritating than usual What a astar astar astar star that would have been in the silent days I haven't commented on The Strawberry Strawberry Strawberry Straw Straw- berry Blonde for the reason that It appeared practically everywhere else I before it was shown in Salt SaU Lake City I and I figured you'd probably seen it it But theres there's one thing about that I picture that Id I'd like to get straight in I Imy my mind Judging by the costumes and manners I took it that the date I of ot the story was sometime In the late I or the early And they sang Let the Rest of the World Go By I may be wrong but I dont don't think that song was published until after the World War It seems to me that somebody In the studios studio's department department department depart depart- ment slipped up I hope to see Citizen Kane one of these days When I was in Hollywood last they were quite perturbed over the Ule action of the Heart interests In re regard regard re- re gard gord to Orson OrBon Welles Welles' production It it supposed to be the life story of Willliam Randolph Hearst and the I newspaper tycoon was alleged to have to have everyone connected connected connected con con- with the film shot at if It it were exhibited It may have been a publicity stunt stunt stunt- like the kidnapping kidnapping kidnapping kid kid- napping of the publisher of at a certain book dealing witt the killing of ot Hitler I |