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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1943)
■MOTION picture guide By Bill Lind ley. Motion Picture Editor, The Emerald Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan are shown in a scene from their latest laugh hit, “GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE,” which comes to the McDonald theatre Saturday. Washington Slept Here’ Stars Benny, Sheridan One of the year’s top comedies, “George Washington Slept Here,’’ brings Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan to the McDonald theater Sat urday for four hilarious days of entertainment. The story, adapted from the famous stage play, begins when Ann Sheridan buys an ancient farm house because the real estate agent has told her George Washington once slept there. Her hus band (Jack Benny) is frantic when he sees the old house, which looks as if it is about to collapse at any moment. Just as they are getting the house in order, Ann’s impish nephew arrives, and begins an noying the neighbors with all sorts of childishly fiendish pranks. One of the neighbors, however, turns out to be the lo cal banker, who has amortgage, and the banker refuses to give them an extension because of the nephew. Just as they are about Ao surrender, Ronnie the dog Rmes to the rescue, bringing the film to an hilarious end. The picture was adapted from the Kaufman and Hart stage suc cess of the same name by Ever ett Freemen. Now Playing MCDONALD Thursday and Friday Silver Queen Tish Saturday through Tuesday Geo. Washington Slept Here Undying Monster Starting Wednesday Whistling in Dixie Eyes in the Night Wednesday only WTho Done It ? Thursday through Saturday Highways by Night Shadows on the Sage Sunday through Wednesday Seven Days’ Leave MAYFLOWER Thursday through Monday Who Done It? Monday through Wednesday Theater closed REX Thursday through Saturday Tales of Manhattan ♦Stardust on the Sage inday and Monday Somewhere I’ll Find You World at War Tuesday and Wednesday Vivacious Lady Five Came Back 'Seven Days Leave' Stars Victor Mature Blending a wealth of enter taining elements into a fast paced story, RKO’s "Seven Days' Leave,’’ with Victor Mature and Lucille Ball in starring roles, promises a score of surprises and catchy tunes for patrons of the Heilig theater Sunday. Miss Ball plays an aristocratic young lady engaged to a wealthy New York broker, while Mature is cast as a trumpeter with Les Brown's band. He is drafted and goes through his preliminary training while his girl friend Mapy Cortez sits under the ap ple tree. Given seven days’ leave before going overseas, Ma ture is informed by his attorney, Harold (Guildersleeve) Pearv. that he has fallen heir to $100, 000 which he can collect only if he marries Miss Ball. His hilarious courtship crowded nto seven days forms the bash, ror a story which also includes the “Court of Missing Heirs” and the “Truth or Consequences” ra dio programs. Six new tunes, in cluding “A Touch of Texas,” “Can’t Get Out of This Mood,” and “I Get the Neck of the Chicken” highlight the musical score. Veronica Lake slated to play “Three Martini,” a Javanese girl, in “The Story of Dr. Wassell.” Victor Mature and Lucille Ball head an all-star east in RKO's “SEVEN DAYS’ LEAVE,” which starts Sunday at the Heilig theatre. Heilig Bills 'Highway' Thriller and Western Two actions hits continue the regular policy of the Heilig thea ter Thursday through Saturday. One is a thrilling melodrama, “Highways at Night.” The sec ond feature on the bill is a west ern, "Shadows on the Sage.” It has been the policy of the Heilig to feature two actions on its weekend bill, and to supple ment them with a newsreel, a cartoon, and a serial. This week the last chapter of the Universal serial, “Junior G Men of the Air” will be shown. Tired But Happy (Continued from page four) having tanked thirty nine points in four games, to maintain an average of almost ten points per contest. Hobson will welcome the ap pearance of Hec Edmundson’s Husky five here. Hec, always popular in northern division cage circles, has assembled a fivesome potent enough to be tabbed Wash ington's outstanding quintet in the past five years. If this state ment is correct, the Ducks will be in for a double-header of heavy cage action. ADPis Pledge One Betty Lee Humphreys, fresh man in liberal arts, has been pledged by Alpha Delta Pi, ac cording to releases from the of fice of the dean of women. Between the Lines (Continued from page tiva) This account is outlined with all respect to the swell bunch of girls from over on Hilyard' street. Their part in this affair was none hut political, and just what isn't a little shady when it comes to Oregon politics? Name fifteen. Please pass the Kleenex. tJfalLfwood. When you sit at the desk day after day and press releases from distant, mystic Hollywood move past you as if on a conveyor chair, and' you have to read most of them, there comes a time when you must stop and cuss some tody—somebody in Hollywood. An article in a fan magazine made us angry the other day be cause of its presentation of the story of Hollywood on the war. Featuring a big picture of Car ole Lombard, the lead story gave a long and nauseatingly senti mental account of dear, dear Carole, “Hollywcijod's first war casualty.” inow Miss L. may have been OK, we don't know about that. All we remember is a picture of clear, dear Miss L. standing be fore a bond rally in a strapless evening gown which must have cost plenty and patriotically man gling our national anthem. Thousands of soldiers have died in air crashes (15 in her plane) since the war began, many of them in the United States, but it remained for blatant Hollywood to list one of these victims as a war hero. The same mag ran pictures of Hollywood men who have gone to war. In order to fill out three pages, it was necessary to use pictures of extras whom the av erage moviegoer cannot remem ber from one picture to the next. Hollywood may be doing its part in the war, but it isn't (as some would have us think) doing one hundredth of what our boys on the fighting fronts are doing, and we refuse to be duped into be lieving such trash. “Girl Crazy" is now before the Metro cameras with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland team ing for the eighth time . . . Tom my Dorsey and bis bandsmen and the memorable music of George Gershwin will be other elements featured in this adapta tion of the Broadway musical comedy . . . “Slightly Danger ous" is the final title of Lana Turner's newest starring vehicle. The pic was earlier titled “Noth ing Ventured.” With all Hollywood keyed up for the Academy award dinner which looms on the not-too-dis tant horizon, press agents begin sending out stories by the bale presenting reason after reason why so-and-so should win the Academy Award. We could sit here all night and not finish our arguments, but it seems that MGM has a sure thing in Greer Garson. Her perform ance in “Mrs. Miniver” has al ready been rated by the motion picture critics of the newspapers of America as the best of. the year, and the only possible con THE TftSTE TEST PROVES OUR mum: QUICK LUNCHES HOME MADE CHILI FOUNTAIN SERVICE Tie sure to stop in when you’re down town. Blue Bell Sandwich Shop 956 Oak It Lee Bowman anti V irginia (M y support Marjorie Main, in '‘Tl-SM:,’* which starts tomorrow at the 1'lle Dnnalti Theatre. tender for the award would be Greer Garson for her perform ance in "Random Harvest." As to the award for the best actor of the year, we have a different matter on our hards. Here the field is uncertain, end approximately ten different stars seem to have a good chance, Gary Cooper seems to have a slight edge on the others for' his magnificent performance in "Pride of the Yankees.’’ Cooper took the award last year, you re member, for his performance in "Sergeant York." James Cagney is also under consideration in view of his ex cellent work in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." And then Walter Pidgeon for his work in “Mrs. Miniver" is also a potential Academy Award winner. Personally we won't e ven hazard a guess as to who will be elected best actor of the year, there are just too many good men competing for the title. Double Feature! 'The Silver Queer.," GEORGE BRENT PRISCILLA LANE and "TISH" MARJORIE MAIN ZASU PITTS Now Playing! "Stardust on the Sage" with i GENE AUTRY f also | "Tales of Manhat tan" RITA HAYWORTH CHARLES BOYER Guess Who? BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO in "WHO DONE IT?