Show Costello Abbott-Costello Eye EyeN New N ev Record Bud Abbott bbott and Lou Costello Castello the J most fabulous money making g comedy team ever to step before a motion pic plc- picture picture 1 I ture camera have made up their minds I Ito I Ito to establish a film mark that will stand I I forever In Jn Hollywoods Hollywood's record book I I They're going to stay at their cinema cinema- cinematic tic comedy until their aggregate box- box office gross has reached 1 the one hundred million dollar level I The popular comedians arc are now starr- starr i In their comedy Universal Universal- Internationals International's Comin Round R o 0 un u n d the I 1 Mountain opening tonight and Friday tat shoot shoot- shooting at the Egyptian Theatre A wild shoot shoot- ling ing hillbilly feud IB is the background for I the tho new laugh film which marks the screen debut of ot Dorothy Shay The Park Avenue 1 The figure might sound out or ot line line- line 1 say Bud Dud and Lou but It really During the past ten half years I weve we've brought In at the box- box boxI office We believe well we'll hit our goal within the next five years w I Two of or their previous films Buck Privates Pr Prates ates and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein have already passed the mark In figures and many of their earlier comedies arc are play- play playIng playIng playIng Ing theatres throughout the country for tor forthe the sixth and seventh times People Just like Uke to laugh the boys boys- believe Weve never tried to teach them I psychology geography or civics Our pictures are strictly for tor the folks talks who like to settle down In a a. movie house and let their hair down Let others tickle their think pieces I with sophistication were we're selling laughs aimed at the belt buckle KING lONG OF THE TIlE COWBOYS BELIEVES IN SEEING HIS illS TOWN SMALL FANS FAN The time old evangelists who hit the sawdust trail had nothing on the mo mo- mo- mo day dern-day cowboy stars when It comes to traveling Just ask Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys whose latest Republic pro pro- production production production Heart of the plays at the Egyptian Theatre Saturday only Since joining Republic Studios almost olmos fourteen years ago Roy Ro has covered covert every nook and cranny of ot this vas vast country of ot ours and ours and not Just the big towns In fact tact Roy has been more con con- concerned concerned concerned with meeting the public In the smaller communities which are usually y passed by-passed by many Hollywood person person- personalities personalities personalities when they go out on personal persona appearance tours Take as an example Roys Roy's Itinerary for a tour on which he embarked Im Im- Immediately Immediately im- im immediately mediately on the conclusion of Heart Hear of ot the He covered 29 cities title and towns in 31 days days and and that's really going some To prove Roys Roy's contention that he likes to hit the smaller towns town just take a n look at some of ot his stop stops Fargo North Dakota Rochester Min Minnesota and Troy Ohio These were were personally per per- personally personally selected by Roy because he h wanted to meet the good folks of these thes S American towns vv COMEDY lEDY MULE MULU FRANCIS IS VOTED IO FAVORITE r. E Current Universal Inter darling of ot national Studio Is a lop eared mule named Francis an actor worth his weight in gold now starring with Donald OConnor O'Connor and Piper Laurie in Francis Franci s Goes to the Races showing Sunday and Monday at Rt the Egyptian Theatre So well do the studio bosses think of ot Francis that they Insured the little I hybrid for when he began mak mak- making makIng making ing his latest film because he had to work with horses throughout the entire comedy and It Is said that horses dont don't like mules Arthur Lubin who directed the talka talka- talkative talkative talkative tive in his first venture before the tho cameras Francis and who also directed the sequel film would rather direct Francis than human actors Ho UHe never argues about anything and ana never makes a Q show of ot temperament says Lubin He UHe Just stands scene off-scene while we rehearse the human players and when were we're ready for tor Francis we call him in and he goes to work And he seems to love It Irving Glassberg veteran cameraman who worked on both the Francis comedies come come- comedies dies Is also high in his praise of the mulo comedy star and says We put marks on the stage floor and point to them Francis Just walks up to his marks and stops and we shoot the scene Its It's that simple I I Jimmy Phillips studio stock supervisor sor SOl who discovered Francis on a small ranch some 30 miles from Hollywood tested him along with 50 other mules from all sections of the country and selected him because of ot his excellent disposition and alert response to com com- mands No uNo wonder we pamper the little I mule Phillips points out In my 25 years of ot experience with horses and mules I have never seen one that be be- behaved be- be behaved behaved haved better and had a sweeter tion Id I'd trust him with small children You can He lie down underneath him and j he wont won't harm you People generally believe that mules are dumb and horses are smart That's I I In reverse Phillips concludes |