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Brazil Capital Is Scene
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Picturization
"IVhile a dozen studio technic
ians stood nearby, their nerves
keyed to a high pitch only equal
led by those of Director Irving
Cummingj and Cameraman Leon
Shamroy, Don Ameche spent an
entire morning doing for the big
technicolor camera the sort of
itiing which anywhere else in the
fc-orld would have made him a
randidate for a psychopathic ward.
T h e 20th . Century-Fox actor,
who is co-starred with Alice Faye
and Carmen Miranda in the stu
dio's latest production, "That
Night in Rio," nbwat the Grand
set xaixing aniniaieuiy wim nia
own American voice to nobdy in
particular. That was for half the
morning. And for the other half,
he stood on the other side of the
et talking in what local Brazil
, iaiis have hailed as a perfect Port
uguese accent.
Now and again, on each half
of the set, he would reach out and
gesture to the thin air. or shake
hands with what might have been
"Yehudi," since no one was there.
Don was merely practicing for
his dual role as Larry Martin, the
American cafe singer, and Baron
Duarte, the Brazilian financier
and man-about-town. After all, he
had to fool Alice Faye and"Cai
men Miranda, and it takes a lot
to put one over on those girls. '
After the difficult scene where
in "Ameche will be seen snaking
hands ' and ' talking to himself, he
sat down wearily and cracked to
Director Cummings:
Nobody can convince me now
that I'm an easy' guy to work
vith."
Nobody, perhaps, but his co
stars, the beautiful Alice Faye and
the vivacious Carmen Miranda,
plus a featured cast which includes
S. Z. Sakall, J. Carrol Naish, Curt
Bois and Leonid Minskey, in the
Technicolor "That Night in Rio."
Fire Protection
Laws Discussed
New statutes relating to fire
protection of non-federal forest
lands were discussed Friday in a
(letter received by the Marion
county court from Seth Thompson,
&fafA fir marshal
The fire marshal called atten
tion to new laws dividing certain
lands into zones, one including
forest lands intermingled with
grazing and agricultural lands, or
both, and the other, zone two, in
cluding rural lands not included
In zone one.
The county court may make fire
protection provision for zone two
lands by completing contracts and
providing payment through the
taxing power. Initiative is to be
taken: by the court, with the com
pulsory assistance of the state
board of forestry -and the fire
marshal. County courts are less
concerned with protection of zone
one lands.
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DARE-DEVDL ACTION aloft and afloat with 4h nayy'a flying "HeU
Cats' In "Flight Command" with Robert Taylor, Rath Hussey, and
nr.iu. dm.u.. niavinr tmiT thranrh Wedneftdav at the State the
atre with "Gallant Sons" starring
Jackie cooper.
LARAIN'E DAY and Joel McCrea
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some international gangsters In Walter wangera "foreign. corres
pondent." which starts today at the Hollywood theatre. Second fea
ture is "Dr. Kildare Goes Home."
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FATHER FLANAGAN (Spencer
Rooney) "Yoo risked everything to save someone else,": in tnis aro
matic scene from "Men of Boys Town." This sequel to "Boys Town"
ma tie scene
is now showing at the Elsinore
The Call Board
Today Spener Tracy. Micky Hoony
TtAvm Town." Edmund
Lowe. Una Merkel in "Double Date-
Thursday Clark Gable. Vivien Leigh
in ; lione tv nn me
Today Alice Taye. Don Ameche. Car
men Miranda m nai r.isn in
Wednesday Sidney Toler In D1
Men Ten. esar Koracre in
n. Vaquero." ?
SaturdayJohn Loder Nancy Kelly In
"Scotland Yard'
CAPITOL !
Today Jamea Cagney. OlivU deHavil
land In -Strawberry Blonde." Georfe
Brent, Ann Sheridan in "Honeymoon
tor Three." , ,
Wednesday Brian Aheme. Kay Fran
in "The Man Who Loat Himself."
cis in "The Man Who Lost Himself."
the Bio Grande.'
Saturday Joan Bkmdett. Dick Powell
in "Model Wife." Jack Holt. Mar-
-jorie Reynolds in "The Great
Swindle.' i ;
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have fun a they prepare to outwit
Tracy) tells Whitey Marsh (Mickey
theatre.
STATE
Today Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey,
Walter Pidgeon in "Flight Com
mand." Gail Patrick. Ian Hunter,
Jackie Cooper In "Gallant Sons."
Thursday Claudette Colbert. Ray Mil
land in "Arise My Love." Bill Boyd.
Russell Hayden in "Doomed Cara
van." . .
Saturday midnight-iG a r y Cooper,
Paulette Goddard in "Northwest
Mounted Police."
LIBERTY
Today James Cagney. Pat O'Brien In
"The righting 69th." Dennis Mor
gan. Gloria Dickson in "No Place to
Go."
Wednesday John Payne. Jane Wy
man in "Kid Nightingale." Wayne
Morris, Rosemary Lane in "Return
ot Dr. X."
Friday Bob Livingston in "Range
Busters." Joel McCrea, Brenda Mar
shall in "Espionage Agent.'
HOLLYWOOD
Today Joel McCrea. Laraine Day in
Toreign Correspondent." Lew Ayres.
Lionel Barry more in "Dr. Kildare
Goes Home."
Thursday W. C. Fields in "The Bank
Dick." Roy Rogers. George Hayes in
"Colorado.".
Aimy Asks Aid 1
In Recruiting I f
The United States regular army
this week enlisted Oregon civic
and patriotic organization lead-'
ers in an 'all out' campaign de
signed . to . recruit 153 'men for
oversea service ; assignments l and
414 men for .assignments in the
ninth corps area.
Major General Charles H, Mar
tin, retired, was named chairman
Wr 'Salem :THU :'W&M
ThrilisM&Kei
Iji Air Dramaik
' State, IMatlc With
j Navy Cooperation ;
Practically every thrill within
the experience of American naval
aviators is crammed into a dra
matic story of the air in "Flight
Command,", new drama of naval
aviation I and Uncle Sam's "Hell
Cats," starring Robert Taylor with
Ruth Hussey and Walter Pidgeon,
which comes today to the State
theatre. - - ' " -
" Following months of authentic
technical' research, the new pic
ture, filmed with the cooperation
of the United States navy, brings'
to the screen such aerial adven
tures as Taylor escaping by para
chute from a doomed plane at
sea, the crash of a plane in at
tempting to land with a fog de
vice, Taylor tangling his plane in
an ' aerial sleeve target and ma
neuering , it from its perilous
plight, battle practice at sea, dive
bombing and other thrills.
. Amid the thrills of aviation
"Flight Command" tell of a ro
mantic story of love, loyalty and
the code of the navy, with poig
nant heart-interest moments, com
edy and conflict; Frank Borzage,
who filmed "The Mortal Storm,"
directed. Commander Harvey Hai
slip and " John Sutherland were the
authors. . -'
Authentic replicas of naval avi
ator headquarters, quarters of fly
ing officers and other details fur
nish backgrounds for the action.
Players include Paul Kelly, Shep
perd Strudwick, Nat Pendleton,
Red Skelton, Dick Purcell, Wil
liam Tann'en,T William Stelling,
Stanley Smith and others. Hun
dreds appear in training station
and battleshipj"episode"s,' a ri d in
major air scenes, the sky is literal
ly darkened by the roaring planes
in flight. .'" . -
$150,000,000
Spent, Films;
Less Than l39
... Total production investment of
American film 'companies for 1940
approximated, $150,000,000, ac
cording to the .1941 Film Daily
Year Book of Motion Pictures, just
published.
This represents a drop of about
$15,000,000 from the aggregate in
1939 and in 1938, and is largely
acocunted for by studio economies
rather than by serious curtailment
of company programs or general
ly lower budgets.
While in 1940 there was no
single production to hit the $3,-
800,000 cost of "Gone With the
Wind" the high water mark es
tablished in 1939 the year
brought not a few costly pictures
Tops from the expenditure
standpoint for Columbia was "Ari
zona" which cost more than $2,
000,000. The studio had a second
costly picture in Frank Lloyd's
"Howards of Virginia," budgeted
at over a million.
Metro has two productions in
the more-than-$2,000,000 bracket,
"Boom Town" and "The Ziegfield
Girl," the latter shortly to be re
leased. Paramount's "I Wanted Wings"
is rated as-a million -dollar pro
duction, while the same company's
"Northwest Mounted Police" cost
close to a million.
RKO Radio's two most expen
sive pictures were "Abe Lincoln
in Illinois," which cost $1,200,000,
and "My Favorite Wife," which
had an $800,000 budget,
Warner's sepent approximately
$1,600,000 on "The Sea Hawk,"
and $1,200,000 on "All This, and
Heaven Too."
Twentieth Century-Fox shot the
works, financially, on "Brigham
Young," which cost nearly $2,000,
000. The same studio's "Western
Union" represented an expendi
ture of approximately $1,700,000.
Universal had two pictures that
cost the studio close to $1,000,000
each. They were "Spring Parade"
anr"Seven Sinners."
Republic, now spending freely
for production, invested almost a
million in "Dark Command" and
$500,000 in "Melody Ranch," tout
ed as its first all-star western.
May Robson Sees
Friends Return
From Europe
HOLLYWOOD, April 19 May
Robson can't help feeling a bit tri
umphant over the women she
knew years ago who thronged to
Europe for homes and titles and
now have ned back to America.
"As an actress of ereat beautr.'
she says, "I had my chances too.
But I've never been away."
In a picture, Miss Robson plays
an expatriate who rediscovers her
native lana alter 31 years abroad.
It reminds her, she says, of the
experience : of some of her own
acquaintances.
: "They are all coming back now
she says. ; jL:
of 'the recruiting .drive; while
Capton Weldon IL Kirk, district
adjutant, . will -act - a secretary,
Campaign managers will call for
active cooperation from all vet
erans' organizations in the state
according to Staff. Sgt Willis S.
Estep. Salerm
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FIGHTING IRISH ef the army are
starred together in "The Fighting 9th," a thrilling story ef we
famous New York World war regiment, starting today at the Lib
erty theatre. Second feature is Dennis Morgan and Gloria Dickson
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JAMES CAGNEY. Is fairly, surrounded by OllvU deHavilland and
RiU Hay worth in this view of the gay nineties film, rrhe Straw
berry Blonde." The show and its companion feature, "Honeymoon
for Three," are now billed at the Capitol theatre.
SOUTH AMERICAN Carmen Miranda Is wooed by Don Ameche as
Alice Faye looks on in their latest 20th Century-Fox film. That
Night in Rio," a gay tale of a gay capital, held over at the Grand
theatre.
Film Jobs Are
Few for Babies
HOLLYWOOD, AprU 19 Ev
ery week, 108 proud new fathers
an average of 18 per working day
telephone central casting to reg
ister their children for film work.
Central is the clearing house for
extras and specialized acting
groups. Babies come under the lat
ter heading. Bern ice Saunders,
who heads this department, gets
calls also from mothers who are
expecting next week, or next
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Puttin on the Act"
James Cagney and Pat O'Brien,
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month. She tells them to call back
when the child is born.
The movies pay $75 a day for
the services of babies less than
six months old. That equals the
average hospital fee.' .
But not many new babies are
used in the movies. Miss Saunders
estimates the yearly avetage Is
one a week. She says that if di
rectors can have their characters
talk about a baby without show
ing it, or if they can use a dolL
they'll do it every time.
Babies' sometimes create more
problems than big stars. They
have to be chauff eured to the stu
dio, a nurse must be in attend
ance, the mother must be present.
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(Appearing on the Elsinore theatre screen as Father Flanagan ;
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Father EdwardjFlangan was the most idifjicult role I have
ever "played. Yft"h6 characterization .has. brought me so many
rewards. By rewards i I mean the thousands of letter that carne
to me irom people .wno enjoyeu
screen, and the personal pleasure.
of knowing that I had done my
best" to justify, my 'selection for
the-ipart- Actually, i oo no reei
that' I 'had any 'reward coming.
I believe that any actor could have
given an understanding - portrayal,
of Father. Flanagan after spend
ing a" few days with him as I did.
He is that kind of a man, simple,
courageous and inspiring.
Playing a living man is both a
help .and a hazard. It helps to be
able to study the man you are to
represent, on the screen. At the
same time the task of giving
true picture of a great humani
tarian' like Father Flanagan is a
tremendous responsibility. .
Again stepping Into the rcje of
Gay Nineties
Film Returns
Cagney Stars With Two
Beauties In "The -'
Strawberry Blonde"
"The Strawberry Blonde, now
showing at the Capitol theatre, is
just the gala fun fest to chase the
blues away. The jolliest show this
side of the haughty nineties, the
new Warner Bros, comedy has the
warmth and color that made those
gay nineties so gay.
. There's James Cagney, the guy
who put the roar in the "Roaring
Twenties," as the bad boy of the
nineties. There's Olivia deHavil-
lahd deserting her. epic screen ro
mances" with Eriol Flyn to plajr the
kind of girl mother probably was.
There's the screen's new and lus
cious siren, Rita Hayworth, play
ing the naughty, but oh, so lovr
able,' ' Strawberry Blonde.' Bluff
gruff Alain Hale plays a likeable
old bar-fly, whose avocation is
street-cleaning. Jack Carson is the
city slicker who runs off with the
Strawberry Blonde, and George
Tobias whose roster of fJm roles with - LeW Ayres; Lionel Barry
reads like an assembly call of the j more Laraine Day, now show
League of NaUons, plays a philo- j st HoUywood theatre,
sophical Greek barber. : Metro-Goldwvn-Mavi.r ha pro
CiAnninff Atif rt 4 Via 'fi-MicrK cniv
roles that he has been playing re
cently, Cagney is seen in "The
Strawberry Blonde" as a gay blade
of the turn of the century days,
in a comedy that gives the bird
to the gilded age. He's that way
about Rita Hayworth, the Straw
berry Blonde, but his ."pal" Jack
Carson, elopes with her,' leaving
Cagney. to console himself with
sweet," devoted Olivia deHayilland.
In the end, Cagney gets a chance
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to get back at Carson and to win
the Strawberry Blonde, but true
love triumphs and he chooses to
stick with Olivia
The music by Heinz Roemheld,
composed of themes, reminiscent
of those father used to sing, adds
to the charm and authenticity of
the story.
Tall Girl Said
Designer Aid
HOLLYWOOD. April 19 Lynn
Bari complains she is too tall for
her own comfort. .
Lynn, who is five-feet-six, near
ly always has to remove her shoes
when she is in a close-up with her
hero. Her height makes the -man
appear short
"I hate standing on drafty stages
in my stocking feet," Lynn said
in disgust. "My feet get cold, and
often I develop a bad case of the
sniffles. I envy girls who are little,
say five-feet-one or two. But what
can I do!"
Travis Banton, who designs
Lynn's film costumes, doesn't
agree. Tall women are a design
er's delight. To prove, it, he' has
made her a hat topped by several
birds. That hat makes Lynn look
taller than ever.
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Father. Flanagan for Men - of
Boys Town", was simpler. . . Per
haps because it . hardly seems
possible ! that, three, years could
have passed since fBoys Town,"
which has ; constantly remained
fresh to. my mind. By this time I
have come to feel that I know
Father Flanagan as well as I do
myself. -. . - " - I
Too, - 'Boys Town" provided, so
many opportunities for different
peopler-f or . myself, . for Mickey
Rooney, for Director Norman Tau
rog, and all who had anything to
do with the picture.
I first . worked with Mickey in
1938. I considered him a fine
young actor- almost as good as he
is today. But at that time he was
just another boy actor and his
talent was not fully appreciated.
"Boys Town, revealed and ma
tured his great ability, "' "
For all of us who have worked
on the pictures . dealing . with
Father. Flanagan's, Home there is
a deep sentiment attached to them.
"Men of Boys Town" has not been
just another film, but a serious
and honest effort to make an.en-
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a message, of humanltarianism in
a world so desperately in need of
the - lessons Father Flanagan
teaches. " . .- ,
. (The companion feature cur
rently 'showing r on the Elsinore
screen is "Double Date", starring
Edmund Lowe and Una MerkcL
A Walt "Disney cartoon in techni
color and' the Jatest newsreel are
also shown.) ' '
Kildare Fibh :
At Hbllyiyood
Comedy, heart interest and the
drama of science minele to rro-
vide entertainment with thril in
"Dr. Kildare' Goes Home," latest
of tri Tnw$ial-TnvetArv sri
duced -the latest in the series 'on
an important scale, and the young
doctor and his veteran preceptor
invade the important field of pre
ventive medicine to disclose many
important truths, grapple with a
new t mystery malady and, "be-
tween thrills, create laughs.
" Ayres plays his role more seri
ously as befits the seriousness of
the situation, Barrymore barks at
internes and gleans laughs, Miss
Day is beautiful and wears be-
. M hr;uMu uu wcaia w
coming fashions for the first
time in a Kildare picture, John
Shelton, newcomer who scored in
We Who Are Young" with Lana
V Turner, turns in a serious and
convincing performance.
Alma Kruger and Barrymore
indulge in comedy scenes, as do
Nat Pendleton and Marie Blake.
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