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VTVACIOUS CLAUDETTE COLBERT,
nutie part In "Remember the Day." New showing- at the Grand theatre. It Is a portrait of ft woman's
heart, which beyond all compare Is Miss Colbert's best. Co-starred with Claudette Colbert are John
Fayne. John Shepperd. Ann Todd and Douftias Croft. Second feature
Island" with Donald Wood and Sally Ellen.
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STUDYING UP ON LOVE Bride outsmarts "love expert" who Is a
Married Bachelor." A million of wives followed his romantic advice.
and a million husbands wanted to wring his neck. "Married Bach
elor," starring Robert Younr and Ruth Ilussey, now showing at the
State theatre is co-featured with "Chocolate Soldier" with Nelson
Eddy and Rise Stevens.
New Musical
Comedy Now
At State
Music lovers, regardless of
their tastes, have a treat in store
for them at the State theatre,
where "The Chocolate Soldier,"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's new mu
sical comedy, starring Nelson
Eddy and Kise btevens, opens
today.
A brilliant production, musi
cally and dramatically. It serves
as an excellent vehicle with
Which to introduce Miss Stev
ens, Hollywood's newest sing
ing star, who comes to the
screen from the Metropolitan
opera.
M-G-M has drawn from the
popular Oscar Straus numbers,
from opera and from classics, em
bellished with new and modern
arrangements, to round out a
musical repertoire for Eddy and
Miss Stevens that is all-embracing.
The story revolves about a
married " couple who are the
musical comedy toasts of Vi
enna. The success they enjoy
on the stage is, unfortunately,
not repeated In their marital
life for Miss Stevens, cast as
Maria, is a flirtatious wench,
and Eddy, as Karl, is a husband
consumed by Jealousy. It Is not
until Karl hits upon the re-
: source of masquerading as his
own rival that he Is able to test
his wife faithfulness, ft test
' which Is obviously fraught with
hilarious complications.
A well rounded cast is seen in
support of the stars, with promi
nent roles played by Nigel Bruce,
Florence Bates, remembered for
her mother-in-law portrayal in
"Love Crazy," Dorothy Gilmore,
Nydia j Westman, Max Barwyn
and Charles Judels.
Roy Del Ruth did an expert
job of direction, and the picture
was ! given elaborate staging
and production by Producer
Victor Seville.
Too Small to Fight :
BALTIMORE, Md. -- Too
- small tar the army, too small for
the navy and barely big enough
for civilian defense. That was one
volunteer's plaint as he reported
. ' for duty at civilian defense head
quarters. Less than five feet tall,
. he was rejected by both the army
and navy.
Ready, Anyway ;
CONWAY, SC, UPr- S. L. Bur
roughs home made coffin is get
ting a new coat of gray paint
Burroughs, who made the box 15
years ago, keeps personal belong
lonx known for successful comedy
Call Board
ELSINORE
Today Abbott and Costello in "Keep
m Flying." Jonn Boies in Jttoaa 10
Happiness."
Wednesday Walt Disney's "Dumbo."
Ann Shirley ana Kay ttoiger in
"Four Jacks and a Jill."
GRAND
Today Claudette Colbert and John
Payne in Remember the Day. uon
ald Woods and Sally Eilers in "I
Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island."
STATE
Today Nelson Eddy and Rise Stevens
in "Chocolate Soldier. Kodcii
Young and Ruth Hussey in "Mar
ried Bachelor."
Wednesday William Powell and Myr-
na Loy In "Shadow ot the 'ihin
Man." Frances Langford and Johnny
Downs in "All American Co-ed."
CAPITOL
Today Joan Blondell and John Wayne
in Lady for a Night. Bill uoya in
"Riders ox the Timoerline.
Wednesday Elizabeth Bergner and
Randolph Scott in "Pans caning.
Tim Holt in "Come on Danger."
HOLLYWOOD
Today Gene Autry and Smiley Bur-
nette in "Down Mexico way. Bin rue
Barnes. Gilbert Roland and Billy
Gilbert in "Angels With Broken
Wings."
Thursday Tim Holt in "Robbers of
the Range. Kay Miaaieton ana
Jane Wyatt in "Hurricane Smith.
LIBERTY
Today Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
in -penny serenaae. James stew
art and Margaret Sullavan in "Next
Time We Love."
Wednesday Mildred Coles and Edward
Hugh Herbert and June" Kelly In
"Meet the Chump."
Friday Three Mesqulteera In "Rocky
Mountain Ranger. wcnara Arien
and Andy Devtne in "Devil's Pipe
line.
CAST GRANT ce-stars with ,. Irene Dunne in "Penny Serenade
opening Sunday at the liberty theatre. Companion feature. "Next
"Time We Leve" to headlined by James Stewart and Margaret
"Sullavan. . . -
roles, now undertakes ft dra
Is "I Was ft Prisoner on Devil's
Colbert Stars
In Neic Film
Shares Acting'Honort
With John Payne,' Ann
Todd, John Shepperd
Preserving all the charm and
artistic integrity of the stage pro
duction, 20th Century-Fox has
taken the Broadway hit "Remem
ber the Day," and translated it
into the stirring, dramatic film
which is showing today at the
Grand theatre.
The picture is a personal tri
umph for lovely Claudette Col
bert, who proves once again that
she is tops as a dramatic actress.
Spanning some of the most ex
citing years of our times, the story
shows Claudette as the inspiration
of two men; one destined to be
called to the service to defend his
ideals the other to become a
presidential nominee. To divulge
the fascinating details of "Remem
ber the Day" would be to spoil its
entertainment value.
John Payne has the romantic
lead, and he comes through with
a sincere and moving perform
ance in the role of the young
lieutenant, Dan Hopkins.
A carefully chosen supporting
cast contributes a flawless per
formance. Included in the cast are
John Shepperd, Ann Todd, Doug
las Croft, Jane Seymour, Anne Re
vere and Frieda Inescort.
Director Henry King cap
tured the spirit of this great
story from the screen play by
Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis and
Allan Scott, which was based
on the original play by Philo
Higley and Phillip Dunning. The
film was produced under the
aegis of William Perlberg
New Pocket Money
In Sight for Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile (P)- Chile
ans, who have had precious little
"hard money" to jingle in their
pockets these last few weeks,
have been promised new coins.
An acute shortage of small
change, due to the fact that the
nickel in present coins came to
be worth more than their face
value, will soon be alleviated, the
mint has announced.
New five-, two- and one-peso
and 50-, 20- and 10-centave
pieces will be of copper, tin and
zinc, with copper, of which Chile
has plenty.
No 5-centave coins will be is
sued. They are not needed. There
is nothing to be bought for five
centavos. The Chilean peso, at
black bourse rates, is worth only
three US cents. And the small
est box of matches costs 10 cen
Abbott, Costello Stars
Of 'Keep em Flying'
Romantical Comedy
Uproarious comedy, fast-moving
romance, lilting tunes and thrill
ing aviation scenes combine .to
make the new laugh film, "Keep
'em Flying," which is now play
ing at the Hsinore theatre, one
of the prize screen packages of
the season. Starring Bud Abbott
and Lou Costello, and featuring
madcap Martha Raye, lovely Carol
Bruce, William Gargan and Dick
Foran, the picture surpasses any
thing ' in the guffaw category to
come from Hollywood in many
moons.
'Although each successive Ab
bott and Costello screen vehicle
has set new boxofflce marks,
"Keep 'em Flying," which b
backgrounded against Uncle
Sam's drive for world air su
premacy, appears destined to
establish stm higher attendance
figures. In addition to the array
f stellar personalities, it boasts
of a banner supporting east in
cluding Charles Lang and Wil
liam Davidson.
Abbott and Costello portray air
school "grease monkeys," while
Misses Raye and Bruce are seen
as USO clubhouse hostesses.
" Carrying greater story values
and a far more elaborate mount
ing than any of the earlier Ab
bott and Costello films, "Keep
'em Flying" is highlighted by
sensational aerial sequences that'
will have audiences holding onto
their seats. Exceptionally excit
ing is Abbott and CosteUo's wild
ride in ft runaway plane. There
is mile-a-minute chase in
which a motorized torpedo takes
Costello on ft Jaunt ever the
country-side. Dick Foran's res
cue of Gargan, 3000 feet above
the flying field, is another high
spot.
Miss Bruce, the Brooklyn thrush
who became the toast of Broadway
through her work in the footlight
production of "Louisiana Pur
chase," and who is making her
second camera start in this offer
ing, definitely establishes her
claim to a spot in the cinematic
heavens. Gargan, Foran and Lang
contribute heavily to the dramatic
side of the entertainment, while
Davidson joins Abbott and Cos
tello and Miss Raye as an added
mirth generator.
John Boles in "Road to Happi
ness is the companion feature on
the Elsinore's program.
Romantic Film at
Liberty Theatre
'Next Time We Love" is a
deeply emotional story of a young
couple whose careers keep them
apart during most of their married
life; first because they devote too
much time to their Individual
work; later . because they are oc
cupied in different corners of the
globe.
When the picture opens Sunday
at the Liberty, Christopher Tyler
(James Stewart) is earning only
$30 a week at the time he mar
ries Cicely (Margaret Sullavan).
His friend, Tommy Abbott (Ray
Milland) is greatly enamored of
Cicely, but is too decent to tell
her, since he likes Chris tremen
dously. To help the Tyler bank
account, Tommy assists Cicely in
obtaining a role in a musical
comedy.
Her success brings her a much
larger salary than Chris earns, but
he is spurred on by her achieve
ment and finally wins promotion
as foreign correspondent with his
newspaper. When Chris hears that
Cicely is to have a baby, he leaves
his post over seas and returns Xa
his wife in New York. He does
this so abruptly, without waiting
for the man who is to take over
his assignment, that he is dis
charged. . I
Some time afterwards she
learns that her husband is des
perately ill in Rome. Cicely hur
nes to him and there seems "to
be a barrier between them. From
her manner Chris fathoms that she
believes she is In love with Tom
my. Chris, feeling that he has only
short while to live, says she
ought to marry Tommy.
This brings back her old affec
tion for Chris and she says, "Next
time we love, well have time lor
each other."
First a Fire,
Then 3 Rs
SYRACUSE, NY. UPV- Twelve
Jordan high school boys late for
classes had a good if unusual-
excuse.
They stopped, while on their
way to school in a bus, to carry
furniture and furnishings out of
the blazing rural home of Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Stronc
The house was destroyed put
the students saved everything but
the living room stove. .
Slacks Okebed
ENGLEWOOD, NJ. Let
the girls wear, slacks if they want
to, the board of education decid
ed in a meeting after school folk
started fussing In favor of skirts.
One .man thought slacks a fad,
and another maintained slacks
were suitable for wartime. But
another man ventured that if the
girls got a back view in the mir
ror, they would settle the ques
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO take to
em Flying" which is now playing at the FJsinore. The entire picture
was filmed with the cooperation of the army air corps. Companion
feature on the Elslnore weekend bin is John Boles in Koad to
Happiness."
GENE AUTRY as Gene,' Smiley Burnet te as Frog, Harold Huber
Pancho, in "Down Mexico Way,"
starting today at the Hollywood
maddest, merriest romantic escapade fat months. "Angels With
Broken Wings" with Binnle Barnes,
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HOLLYWOOD
By HARRISON CARROLL
Kins Features Syndicate Writer
HOLLYWOOD Quiet! Camera!
Action!
Caught short by world events,
M-G-M this week is reshaping the
million dollar
musical, "IU
rake Manila,"
may be called
something else
entirely by the
time you see It
in the theaters.
I got out onto
the set to watch
Eleanor Powell
and a group of
bathing beauties
do the number,
Eleanor Powell
"I'll Take Tal-
lula."
Substituting the word "Tallula
for "Manila" in this case was an
easy switch. Unfortunately,
M-G-M has to retake three weeks
of plot dialogue. One of the rea
sons was a running gag of Bert
Lahr's. Every so often, he kept
exclaiming. "Aw. Ill take Ma
nila."
With all the changes, you'd
think the actors would have
gone flat but, to the contrary,
this set is like a three-ring cir
cus. Members of Tommy Dor
sey's band are clowning con
stantly and, of course, there Is
no' stopping Red Skelton.
"Every time Bert Lahr reads i
lme right," says Red, "we give
him a stunt check."
If he happens to be out of i
scene, Red keeps right on clown
ing in the background. After one
rehearsal, he yells to Dance Di
rector Bobby Connolly:
"Hey, how was the off-stage
noise?"
Eleanor Powell explains these
wild antics to me.
"Yon probably think we are
crazy en this set," she says, "but
especlalty people like Bed and
me can't Just turn it on and
turn it off. We have te work
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the air in their latest hit, "Keep
a new western action thriller
theatre. Second feature is the
Gilbert Roland and Billy Gilbert.
ourselves op to a pitch. That's
why I'm always singing, dancing
or
something between scenes
and that's why Red takes all
those comedy falls, whether he
is before the camera or not. It's
the same way -with the fellows
in Doner's band. We all have
to get hot"
Eleanor hands me a little gold
box.
"Look inside " she says. "That's
where I get all my energy.
The box is full of white pills
and green and red capsules. They
are vitamin concentrates. The
green capsules contain nine times
as many vitamins as the white
pills and the red capsules contain
15 times as many.
"X take one of these red cap
sules," she says, "and I don't have
to eat for hours. In my work, you
live on nervous energy!"
Eleanor can't keep her weight
up with the vitamins, though.
Since she started the picture, she
has lost 12 pounds.
Oklahoma Girl
Banishes Handicap
TULSA, Okla. (JP- Joan Whis
nant was born without arms but
has overcome her handicap by
using her feet for hands.
Now at 18 she plays a guitar.
does embroidery work, drives
car, writes, swims and rides
horseback.
Such tasks as dressing, putting
up her hair,, feeding herself and
washing dishes she considers
commonplace and not worth men
tioning.
She is studying through a WPA
correspondence course sponsored
by the University of Oklahoma
and is enrolled In music, history
and English.
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with Joan Blondell and John Wayne in the leading roles, now
playing at the Capitol theatre on a dual program with Bill "Hop
along" Boyd In "Eiders of the Timberline" as the companion hit.
New Cene Autry
Western Has Gay
Mexican Setting
Blazing;; guns, fast getaway ac
tion, comedy galore, hit tunes, and
public cowboy number one, Gene
Autry, is the neat cinematic pack
age which, under the title ' of
"Down Mexico Way," opens to
day at the Hollywood theatre. Pro
duced by: Republic, this is no "or
dinary" Western, but a lavishly
produced; saga geared for topnotch
entertainment
As the . title might suggest,
"Down Mexico Way" has an In
stance fif true Pan-American
cooperation as its theme. Gene
and his boisterously funny pal.
Frog Mlllhouse always played
by Smiley Burnette in the en
tire Autry series have gone
south of the border into Mexico
in search of Gibson and Gerard, -
two phoney motion picture pro
ducers. I
Fay McKenzie, whose dancing
feet and' golden voice won her a
Republic contract after scoring
heavily in the stage musical, "Meet
the People," plays Maria Elena,
the feminine lead. Harold Huber
steps out of his usual characterize
tions as a "heavy," to do the com
edy role of Pancho Grande, a
reformed and genial ex-bandit.
Toplining and supporting cast are
Sidney Blackmer, Duncan Renal
do, Arthur Loft and Ruth Robin
son.
Tall Story dub;
Anglers' Chapter
TOPEKA, Kas-HVGov. Payne
Ratner and D. J. Fair, highway
director) were fishing on the Neo
sho.
"That's where I caught my 75-
pound catfish last summer," said
the governor, pointing to a bend
in the river.
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out to be an antique lantern pro
bably dropped by Coronado, the
Conquisitador.
"The remarkable part about It
was that the lantern was burning
as brightly as on the day it was.
dropped."
"Come, come, D. J," said the
governor thoughtfully. "I'll cut 7:
pounds off my catfish if you'll
blow out the lantern."
Air Warden Solves
Parking Problem
NEW YORK (B)- The magis
trate may have been kidding
when he suggested a bicycle to
Leo A. Levy, as he imposed an
overtime parking fine on him.
But Levy, a senior post warden
in Astoria, Queens, took it ser
iously. He borrowed a girl's bicycle.
the only one he could find among
his friends, and pedalled to his
air raid meeting. Parking was so
simple, with no restrictions on
time, that he intends to comman
deer bicycles" for each of his war
dens. I
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