■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
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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?