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The OSEGOII STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon. Sunday Morsiag. May 4 1341 pace nvs (Colorful Variety of . Films Now at Salem Sarong Gone FromLamour Wears Dress of Leaves ' in New Comedy With . . ? . . .. Hope aid Crosby , With m tender "So long, sarong," that made onlookers gulp hard and turn away to brush away a tear, Dorothy Lamour gently laid her famous sarong on the flames of a campflre kindled on the "Road to Zanzibar" set Dorothy, who stars in the new .paramount , comedy with music now showing at the Hsinore the ater, with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, doesn't : wear the famous . flowered garment in the picture, thereby departing from a custom she has followed in eight of her! . films. It was in her first picture. "Jungle Princess," that, she first donned; the sarong, and thereafter wore it effectively off and on. 'But in "Road to Zanzibar," Dorothy foregoes the costume that has draped her figure for so long. Instead, she wears a chic, 'new I mmmKmnK. mmmi nmnu iiiiimiullio,,jji.iwj iimwpm.ijiBi'Ji'WJ.iiiJPW mw"mmim j.jiimiiii u iiiii inwl huwwi.i wi n. 1 1 miiwi i I . --'".s .Vtw-j-,,,.,-.: i y ' - ' . ( 1' : " - . f - ' , - . :. ' . '-".. . i '. '"V " v . ". v , - ...... . , ...... v , . . - . - , Z i . . " ' . - - X ' ".!'' ', r-T: I J !':. , V v- x . . ' - : V. . ' : - .. ' f - ' x - . t t .. . . ' -v,r: ' r .--, : ; . ' ";-- , . , : ' :S ' ... . -,. i. , .v- mum mil in i i I, ' vi ii .v . ........... . - T - - Dunne, Grant Romantic Duo Reunited in Dramatic "Penny Serenade" at Grand This Week Excitingly reunited in George Stevens' "Penny Serenade," Irene Dunne and Cary Grant return to the -Grand theatre today in what has been acclaimed by Hollywood as the greatest romantic drama of the year. Vivid, absorbing story of an errant newspaperman and his wife, Columbia's "Penny Ser enade" Is based upon Martha Cheavens' magazine novel, adapt ed to the screen by Morrie Rys kindr and enacted by a stellar cast which includes Beulah Bon- di and Edgar Buchanan. In "Penny Serenade, Grant appears as a young newspaper man i who meets and is immedi- tely attracted to a music store sties girl, portrayed by Miss Dunne, who as definitely falls in love 'jwith the reporter. They : are ir IN - , GAT ROMANCERS an Irene Dnnne and Cary Grant, araln eo-stainre4 in "Penny Serenade." now n the Grand theatre screen. Bealali Bondi, Edgar Baehaaaa and Ana Deraa are included la the east. tK I in Jungle creation r- made of fern xjklixg. TWINKLING stars here are Bob Hope. Dorothy Lamoar and Bing Crosby, wh r trsrellnr Fanned, one New Year's eve, half leaves. That is why Dorothy chose to destroy the sarong in the flames, as she began work on "Road to Zanzibar." Some thought the sa rong should "have gone to some museum to be preserved for pos terity but other morepractical minds argued, "What's in a sarong, if Dorothy's not in it?" The others saw the point ; . V Wendy Barrie and Kent Taylor are starred in the companion fea ture, "Repent at Leisure." A tech nicolor cartoon and the newsreel complete the .program. once araln In "Road to Zanzibar." now at the Elsinore. theatre. Companion feature Is "Repent at 11- sure" with Kent Taylor and Wendy Barrie. i 1 i . I i rv iriant uj nun Is Real Task I Special Modeling Needed for Character in n "Thief of Bagdad" I f Raft Dietrich Slaps The story of the Djinni and the Bottle is one of the best. known tales in the Arabian Nights Enter tainment, and when Alexander Korda decided to include it in his new all-Technicolor production, "The Thief of Bagdad," now play ing at the: State theatre, he was faced with a nice technical prob- 3-W- lem. i I . In the picture, "The Thief of Bagdad," played by Sabu, finds a bottle on the seashore and in the bottle is imprisoned the Djinni, a tiny figure four inches talL Rex Ingram, as the Djinni, begs! the boy to release him and when he is freed he expands into a colossal figure over 200 feet tall completely dwarfing the city of Bagdad. For the sequence which follows this, Sabu is seen standing- minute figure in the palm of the Djinni's hand, which studio tech moans produced by modeling1 a hand of clay. From the wrist to the tips of the fingers this meas ured some 40 feet and required seven tons of clay. ' . i i When modeling was completed. 36 sectional moulds were made and first woman I ever I these were assembled over a col- the last one. It al-1 lection of extremely complex ma chinery which caused the hand to open and close in a natural man ner. When the whole hand was complete it was sprayed with over a hundred coats of rubber cement which took the place of skin and allowed the hand to clench while HOIXYWOOD, May Film Actress Marlene Dietrich severely sprained her left ankle today when Actor George Baft slapped her harder than he in tended and knocked her down a flight of stairs in a movie scene at Warner Brothers studio. Tearful and red-faced from two j resounding blows, Miss Dietrich was aided to her dressing room, i where a physician treated her swollen and discolored ankle. ' "Believe me that is the hardest ! blow I've ever received," said the actress. "But I like it People go to movies I to see action and if that's what they want that's what well give them." Raft was even more upset than Miss Dietrich. "It was terrible," he exclaimed, That's the struck and most made me sick.' SILLY SALLIES Kaaren Verne practiced three weeks going through the motions of playing a silent violin for her role in "Un derground,'" the music for which was recorded separately and later! masking the joints in the molds. dubbed in at j the studio s sound laboratory . . .' She used the same violin on which Priscilla Lane learned to fiddle away in front of the camera like a virtuoso, with out making the faintest squeak of sound . . . Whenever a player in the movies appears to go . down stairs and disappear from sight. he usually descends In a hole dug beneath the sound stage. Today - ConC Show 1P.M. FUN AND FROLIC IN BRIGHTEST LAFRICA! im aw- mm Companion Feature ' TODAY Cont Show 1 pjn.! 15 nil f Spjaa fa 0fV Companioa Feature T Ltulford's mmm v;iuiAr.vnoYD "SST Guns "Scare" Fair Toughie ! HOLLYWOOD, May Barbara Pepper is a j screen toughiCM-so mean, in fact, that her own moth er won't go to see her pictures. But it's all make-believe and the peppery blonde actually is mild - mannered and easy - going even though she has committed more murders, broken up more homes and served more prison sen tences all In the movies, of course than any other actress. : The slender honey-haired girl. referred to by her companions as "Two Gun", Pepper, admits she is "scared to death" of firearms al tnougn she. nas killed 48 men. P ""y'MWUy nil. Jim II .1. mi. i. . i i.m i.i J. U'HU W H i I imnui i.ii.n. r ...... . , , . . v ... ; ' r -. ' . . i 4 V y . f "'"S. " - . ' , '., -i t ... f ... , - - Xc;;;s . 5-oi.-4 4 f ' , . ?:.?.,,. --. ,- f ;.- v:.. . . t :-. ., j , l : - , ; : .' : . - j 'p.yr t .- ;i'ir'," I ... ,v s ! ' ! ' ...: , -. .JT ... I : , . . : .. v - -x - .---r - v v- e an hour before he must leave for Tokyo on a new assignment. Three months later, the girl Joins her husband. Grant's casual atti tude l towards responsibilities 1 in vites a barrier between the two. The earthquake, the loss of the baby they had been expecting land the knowledge that they can never have a child of their own, create xurther problems. Returned to America, and set tled down as the proud editor of a small country newspaper. Grant attempts to make his wife happy. But he succeeds only when they adopt a baby girl; from that mo ment on, their marriage assumes a newer and richer meaning. And then with the death of the child several years later, the newspa perman reverts to his earlier ir responsibility. The marriage! verges on divorce. Miss Dunne and Grant contrib ute histrionic moments of beauty I and lasting effect so that the film ends In a sequence of laughter; and tears. HOLLYWOOD By HARRISON CARROLL j King Features Syndicate Writer HOLLYWOOD To M-G-M'ers it was nothing less than a sensa tion when Greta Garbo arrived on the lot in a sleek new car. This makes on j the third car that the Swedish actress has owned since she came to Hol lywood years ago. And she bought the other two second-hand. Her new ma chine is of an expensive make a design to give the in love with his little boy. f She bought the youngster loads of toys just before she left for the east i'i A ii i in ill i Greta Garoo ANDY DEVTNE, with Anne Nagel and Ekhard Aries, stars la the ac tion-adventure drama "Matiny In the Arctic," beginning as the ca- j ltol theatre. Second hit Is BUI "Hopalong" Boyd fas "Border Tlgl- Untes."- .... -: CaU FRIENDLY RIVALS fo? nine years have been JamesvCaaney and Fat O'Brien, who from tune to time have been ce-stirred. The unasual fact Is that all this time they have kept -up a tinuous same of casino. Jlmmlo Is now 317 points ahead of Fat. broken up 18 homes and served 22 terms In prison on the screen. And she takes great pride in the impressive "criminal career." Still, her mother hopes she will give up such parts and turn to more gentle roles. ORPHANED ODDITES: T h e word "Klieg" light, once the by word of the movies, ' seldom Is heard around modern sound sets anymore. . It's been replaced by "inkies," or incandescent lamps like you use in your home, only larger. . . All movie scripts ac cepted by studios must first be approved by a censor board, which later has to pass on each finished film. ... ir Davis la I Boyd In "Border Vigl- ELSINORX Today Bins' Crosby. Bob' Hope, Dor othy Lamour in ."Road to xanzuaar." Kent Taylor. Wendy Barrio la "He- Dent at LeUure.' Wednesday James Stewart. Psuletta Goddard. In "Potto' Gold. Arthur ennedy. Joan Perry la "Strango AUDI. i Saturday inidnlt Betto -Tbo Great Lie." I! GRAND I Today Cary Grant, Irene Dunne in "Penny Serenade." Saturday Alice Fare. Jack Oafcie. Jonn payno in 3 ne ureat Amencaa Broadcast. CAPITOL Today Richard Arlen. Andy Derino, Ann Masel in "Mutiny in tn Arc tic Bill Untes." Tueaday Joel McCrea. Bob Barns, James Cney, Pat Orien in "Hero Cornea the Mm." , rriday only Staff show Major Bower amateurs. Saturday Richard Arlen. Jean Par ker m -Power ilTe. Roy Rogers 4M rtM tf-4iwn STATS . i Today Conrad Yektt. Juno Deprea, Sabu in Thief of Bardad penny Singleton. Arthur Lake ia "Bkmdi PUva CuDid." . Thursday Jean Arthur. William Holden in "Arizona.' Ann Sothern. Maureen O'Sullfvan, Lew Arret in "Maisi was A Lsdy." Saturday midnlto Jack Benny, Pred Allen in "Lore Thy .Neighbor." LIBERTY ' ? I !, Today Edward .Jtobinson, Ana Sothern In "Brother -Orchid.' AH naUre cast in "Orphans o( the North." - A. Wedneaday - Georgo .Start. Jane Wy man in "Inrisible Stripes." Wayne Morris. PrisciUa Lane in "Brother Rat and a Baby." Irtday Gen Autry la "Old Santa : Pe. George Rait. Ana Sheridan in "They Drive by Night." HOLLYWOOD - Today Myrna Loy, Melvyn Doug las In "Third ringer. Left Hand." Dorothy Lamour in "Moon Over Burma. Thtmday John Ban and Lynn Bart in "Kit Carson." Leon Errol and Belen Parrtsh In "Where Did You Get That Girt." CHTTTER CHATTER Don Ter ry, who wears No. 12 broeans. has been j cast for a me In "Tight ohoes." . . . Because ukuleles now arc considered regular orchestral instruments. Cliff Edwards has had to Join the Musicians union in order to continue performing with the ukulele h has played for tne past 22 years. i and is of star privacy. Unless you open the rear door, you cant see who is in the back seat La Garbo employs the same Negro chaufffeur as of yore. For her appearance .at the stu dio the star also dressed per tra dition. She wore a slack suit and a floppy hat suusr zuxuKT under new movie ban against exaggerated body display, which includes form- fitting sweaters, still photograph ers aren't allowed to take a pic ture of an acress Immediately after she's drawn a full breath . . . He's got to click it on the exhalation down-beat."; Rave been helping to lavesU cate a awarder at yictrvtlo where Prise Ilia's adnairer, John Barry, b the ewner of a news paper. j Acoordiag U Baddy West snore, the gtris were thrflled to death aver their detective roles. ; Baddy expects to be called fta tho draft ta July, so any snarrlage plans with Besrwiary sUB are held la abeyance. He says that Barry aaay fce ita- abovt tho sane time. It's not only Phil Harris whom Alice Faye likes. She has fallen Bet, Poker Stvell Bund HOLLYWOOD: Aoril 26 Bar- ion MacLane, who plays tongh guy roles on the screen, is con fronted with a peculiar financial problem. He has become trustee for a cat named Roosevelt. Workers in a studio found the stray cat They contributed dimes and nickels to buy it food. Soon the fund grew to $2. Somebody put the two bucks on a horse, in the cafs name, and the cat fund became $10. MacLane, acting as treasurer. shot the works in a poker game and Roosevelt 'won again.. The cat now Is worth $63. . EDWARD $. ROBINSON gets some competition from Ralph Bellamy yK (left) over girl friend Ann Sothern la "Brother Orchid." starting yjf liyiiilr V ' .today at iho liberty theatre on a daal bill with "Orphans of tho ff- rt-ai(eU lAfSX - ' ' Continuous Performance - t to 11:30 P. M. r '"""V f I frtstaahstsr I O 1 fit , S Colored Crtoa : N.-.-rVJ'' ' t-i' Mutiny Film Laid in Nortli Capitol Feature Stars - Andy Devine and Richard Arlen A bleak and lonely corner ot the world, tho frozen north. Is the setting for the latest of Univer- sal's Richard Arlen-Andy Devine adventure pictures. "Mutiny in the Arctic," which opened Friday at the Capitol theatre. Dick and Andy are shown as American' adventurers who set out to find a field of pitchblende raw radium in the Arctic Too late they learn that the first and second officers of the ship they have chartered are after the same thing and not scrupulous about how they get it r v Anne Nagel furnishes romantic Interest." Other, supporting roles are ably filled by Don Terry, Addison Richards, Oscar CShea, Harry Cording and John Rogers. :: Jack Rawlins directed skillfully, never letting up on the fast pace with which the picture starts, j Screen play was by Maurice Tombragel and Victor McLeod, from the original story by Paul Huston.' Bill "Hop-a-long Cassldy" Boyd is the star of "Border Vigi lantes," the companion feature. The serial, "Sky Raiders," a car toon and the newsreel complete the program. . The army Is getting Eddie Norris, former husband of Ann aaonth. Bell be allowed to do w snore picture, "Angels with Brokea Wings," and then hell become a back private for Ca rle Sam. The can came so sud denly that Eddie probably. wont be able to sell Us boose. his car and his plane before he has to report to camp. In this event. Us paL Dennis Morgan." will be given a power of attor ney to dispose of everything, i Like James Stewart, Eddie wiB apply for a transfer from the Infantry to the air service He has years. been a pilot for six Although Ann Sothern had a laugh at Roger Pry or over his mistaken belief that the burglars had taken his cuff links, the rob bery still is a serious thing with her. She's had bolts put on the doors and windows. Somebody has to get up every morning at 6 o'clock and let the maid fax. This doesn't match the precau tlons .taken by another feminine star, however. Until her recent marriage,' she slept upstairs in room that could be reached only by an automatic ladder. When she went up to bed, the ladder folded up after her. You'd hardly know Eddie Ar nold. He has lost 35 pounds from an attack of blood poisoning brought on by a barked shin. The star's health is okay now, how ever. In fact, he is going to have to watch his diet in order not to gain back the pounds too fast while he is making "Nothing bu the Truth." Odd, j how many tunes Jack Oakie has beea east as a sailor His first big break was la the role of Salty la "The Fleet's In." starring Clara Bow. Then, la 19X2. came "Bit tho Deck' and, In 1933. "SaOer Be Good.' Now he b In "Navy Blaes" at Warners. . - I Incidentally, ae worei the same sailor's nalforaa In the first three el these pictares. The hat is the only part of the eatflt that fits alas Once Eugene Dentist, note Lead Actor Acting is. a far cry from den tistry, but Edgar Buchanan, DDS, never wanted to be a dentist any way. Buchanan Is featured with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant in George Stevens' "Penny Serenade" ' new Columbia romantic drama at the Grand theatre. . Buchanon, son of a dentist. matriculated at the University of Oregon and the Northwest Col lege of Dental Surgery. Buchanon went back to Eugene, Ore. For eight years, he headed a dental clinic, but continued act ing as a "hobby" In little theatres. Then, two years ago, he decided on winter vacation in Pasadena, I miles from the movie capital. He frequented the Pasadena "Com munity theatre and the following year opened a dental office in nearby Altadena. His patients mostly were play ers from the community theatre. He soon was acting with them. A year ago, when Producer-direc tor Wesley Buggies first began casting for Columbia's "Arizona, Buchanan was spotted at the Com munity playhouse. Pole's Work Hurt by Type HOLLYWOOD, April 26 It Is nice to have a reputation as a good actor, but If you don't work Martin Kosleck, a Pole by birth, was doing pretty well until ho played Goebbels in "Confessions of a Nazi Spy." He put much into that role, was commended for his work. ; "But I am idle for ten months after that," Cosleck complains. "I am identified with that role and no one can see me in any other until another nazi picture comes along." 1 Kosleck is playing a nazi offi cer in "Underground." He is toe good an actor not to give it his all, but he hopes it doesnt type him again. BALMY BCMSTEADS are at It again, as Blondle goes romantic and drives Dsgwood frantic la "Blondle Flays Cupid." starring renny Singleton aad Arthur Lake.; The film plays today through Wednes day at the State theatre with "Thief of Bagdad" starring Conrad Veldt, Jane Depres and SabaV ; i-r n --- ULQJUHJIIEATn Contlaaoas Daily from 1.00 r. M. Siarh Tc3ay 2 nils at trV"Nrrl : -l JT rail we Mm fW rw?4 if Tote the feeed rissled tropoor ad Mm arias qlH ta ctoraty Ico Uaodosi ftseoo o toetcaSd! ; PlTJS Cartoon Noreltr Show Ttm Talet of Baidaa S:4S S:M - Uoadi Plays tapld tm . 4:15 Q r -v la . r '-ALEXANDER I KORDA -J enseals . y.j xfv" BMsaBBaaaBWaaafflaas I j Ob mm? 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