By Bill Liradley, Motion Picture Editor, The Emerald
Aiibott ami Costello, top laugh duo, are shown in a scene from
C'/drlatest film, “Who Done It,” which comes to the Heilig Sunday.
Who Done It’ Laugh Hit
Due Sunday at Heilig
En d Abbott and Lou Costello,
wi i have kept America laughing
ur.t;j. they are rated tops by Crea
te men throughout the nation,
try a little detective work with
liilr cions results in their latest
Universal picture, "Who Done
It," currently showing at the Hei
ltg theater.
Too pair are a couple of soda
jefta who y*> ira to become radio
script writers for whodunit pro
grams, but lack the opportunity
to display their abilities. Their
big chance comes when a murder
occurs during a radio program
they are attending.
Posing as detectives, they be
g to question the cast, but are
interrupted when the police ar
rive Then they have a hilarious
time trying to evade both the
murderer and the police.
Finally they are forced to sur
render to the police because they
have won $10,000 on a wheel of
fortune program, and must ap
peal.- at the studio to claim the
money. But all their knowledge
oE 'cue crime and their suspicions
nbu t the criminal are ignored by
the police, who continue a fruit
less search until finally they per
mit Abbott and Costello to try
thei - hand at solving the crime.
Tluur methods bring the film to
an hilarious climax.
'The pair treat the whole plot
With comical complications which
lmt i giver their former pictures
n high laugh content. William
Gargan, Patric Knowles, and Wil
liam Bendix add chuckles in sup
porting roles.
Theatre Offers
Prizes for 'Miss
United Nations’
Campus queens will have a
chance to uphold their titles when
a “Miss United Nations" is se
lected for Eugene at the McDon
ald theater tomorrow night. The
title will be bestowed with due
ceremony and honors upon the
girl chosen as most representa
tive of United States beauty.
The contest is open to all girls,
and is similar to many being con
ducted in 16,000 theaters through
out the country in celebration of
United Nations week (January 14
to 201.
Contestants will appear on the
stage of the McDonald theater to •
morrow night (Thursday) at 9
o’clock when the winner will be
selected.
Eugene’s Miss United Nations
will be presented with a walnut
plaque suitably engraved and a
season’s pass to the theater.
All girls interested in the con
test should phone the McDonald
theater for information imme
diately.
Top chumps of 11M2 or any other year are burlesqued in Hal Roach’s
“The Devil With Hitler,” second hit now at the McDonald.
'Black Swan’ Stars T. Power
In Thrilling Pirate Drama
The seas blaze with action in
one of Rafael Sabatini’s greatest
novels, “The Black Swan," now
playing at the McDonald theatre.
Tyrone Power heads the cast as
Captain Jamie Waring, a daring
seaman who is commissioned by
the king of England to round up
one of the most dangerous pirates
’Mrs. Miniver’ Rates Tops
With Nation’s Movie Critics
New York, Jan. 13—“Mrs. Miniver,” MGM’s masterpiece
or ic present war, was voted the top picture of 1942 by Amer
ica's motion picture critics of 592 newspapers. The Jan Struth
er story which starred Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon in
the screen version, received 555 of the 592 votes cast for the
to,; picture of 1942.
T ie other eight outstanding fea
t: cs are: “Kings Row," "Wake
I- id," "Pride of the Yankees,"
“Ti ■' Man Who Came to Dinner,
“O ;' Foot in Heaven," “Suspic
i .Woman of the Year,” and
■ • P:ed Piper.”
I anions Fives
il: also included the so
lection of filmdom's famous fives.
The five best performances by
male stars were given by Gary
Cooper, Walter Pidgeon (for two
films), Monty Woolley and Fred
ric March. Outstanding actresses
of the year were: Greer Carson,
(P’raSi- turn to Pojic
to sail the seas, Captain Leech
(George Sanders).
With piratical cunning learned
from years on the Spanish main,
Leech outfoxes Waring time and
time again, and in the meantime
continues to carry out his regu
lar freebooting. Finally he
achieves his greatest triumph by
capturing Waring and his crew.
Since Waring has also shang
haied beautiful Margaret Denby
(Maureen O'Hara), Leech’s tri
umph is cf twice what it might
have been.
But the many years of piracy
which Waring experienced before
his reformation serve him well,
and he manages to escape. Final
ly he puts Leech’s ship out of ac
tion, but the victory is short
lived, for he comes face to face
with* the master pirate himself.
Their duel is the climax of a
thousand thrilling scenes.
Tyrone Power’s fans should put
this film in their "must” list.
Maureen O’Hara is as beautiful
as ever, and an excellent support
ing cast including Laird Cregar,
Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders,
Anthony Quinn, and George Zuc
co add entertainment to the pic
ture.
eMotUfuMXxH deposUe/i
production notes: Claudette
Colbert will be starred in Para
mount’s “So Proudly We Hail.”
Ed Wynn, Xavier Cugat, and
Gypsy Rose Lee added to United
Artists “Stage Door Canteen.”
George Raft completes “Back
ground to Danger” for Warner’s.
Pat O'Brien signed for “The
Iron Major.” Paramount readies
“Star Spangled Rhythm,” cast in
cluding practically all its stars:
Hope, Crosby, Lamour, MacMur
ray, Tone, Milland, Goddard, Mar
tin, Powell, Hutton, Bracken,
Lake, Ladd, Rochester, Colonna,
and many others.
Rita Hayworth and Humphrey
Bogart for Columbia’s “Our
Friend Curly." Joan Fontaine
and Orson Welles are working on
“Jane Eyre” for 20th Century
Fox.
Well here they are—our ten
best pictures of 1942. We don't
expect you to agree with every
choice we have made, but the rea
sons are there, and you can judge
for yourself whether or not they*
are sufficient. Not necessarily’
listed in order of merit.
Bambi: A simple story becomes
a picture to remember under the
skillful guidance of master crafts
man Walt Disney. His develop
Now Playing
HEILIG
Wednesday only
The Navy Comes Through
Thursday through Saturday
The Great Impersonation
Riding Through Nevada
Sunday through Wednesday
Who Done It?
MAYFLOWER
Thursday through Monday
The Navy Comes Through
Monday through Wednesday
Theater closed
Thursday through Monday
Who Done It?
McDonald
Tuesday through Saturday
The Black Swan
The Devil with Hitler
Sunday through Tuesday
I Married a Witch
Time to Kill
REX
Wednesday only
Buck Benny Rides Again
Boogie Man Will Get You
Thursday through Saturday
The Pied Piper
His Girl Friday
Sunday and Monday
Manila Calling
Joan of Ozarks
Tuesday and Wednesday
Moon Over Burma
Yokel Boy
Eiimnn
Now Playing!
"THE BLACK
SWAN"
with
TYRONE POWER
MAUREEN O’HARA
and
"The Devil With
Hitler"
fc r * a».’^r/SB9
Jack Benny’s Here!
in
"BUCK BENNY
RIDES AGAIN"
Jack Benny and Rochester
also
“THE BOGGY MAN
WILL GET YOU’’
Boris Karloff - Peter Lorre
Maureen O’Hara, starring in
“Black Swan,” now at McDonald
theater. 4
ment of the use of music and
multiplane technicolor is contin
ually amazing.
Flying Tigers: Little Republic
studios makes a sincere war pic
ture which outshines the una
bashed flag-waving of larger stu
dios.
Holiday Inn: Crosby and As
taire combine talents to make
what is by far the best musical
of the year.
The Magnificent Ambersons:
Best dramatic picture of the year,
this story of the fall of a wealthy
family is notable for its effective
direction by Orson Welles.
Moscow Strikes Back: This
Russian film was the most realis
tic picture of the year. Although
some of the scenes were unpleas
ant, its striking realities mac*®
America realize just what the
Russians are going through.
Mrs. Miniver: Nationally rec
ognized as one of the best, if not
the best, picture of the year.
Pride of the Yankees: With
Gary Cooper in the title role, and
Teresa Wright playing opposite
him, this biography of Lou
Gehrig made one of the most
moving films of the year.
Road to Morocco: Top comedy
of the year with laugh trio Cros
by, Hope, Lamour.
This Above All: Although
adapted from a best seller, this
film did not achieve great popu
larity. It is notable, however, as
the first film to deal entirely
with the lives of human beings in
the war.
Talk of the Town: A George
Stevens masterwork, with Je$%
Arthur, Cary Grant, and Ronald
Coleman.
Jon Hall, Maria Montez, and
Sabu (of “Arbaian Nights”) may
do “White Savage” and “Cobra
Woman” in Technicolor. Colum
bia readies “Merry-Go-Round,”
with Jean Arthur and Joel Mc
Crea. Fox is filming “Stars and
Stripes Forever,” the biography
of John Philip Sousa. Columbia
is now making “Destroyer,” with
Edward G. Robinson in the title
role.
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Anchors Away!
"The Navy Comes
Through"
with
PAT O’BRIEN
GEORGE MURPHY
Disney’s Best!
Walt Disney's
Full Length Picture
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