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THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE. OREGON Page Thirteen test News from the Realm of the Theatre in Eugene and Hollywood Lit HIKES" i KIS inh'u"" ... J y Rk Carole Whoops, Winninger ! Rhumbas-Nothins: Sacred w...r.n . -J UllO JD. 7". w"";u . It Another 1 i i"" Track Lsrt" A ....num 10 t-lStr' . U.,.L,ii!llsh.'' i; . cmDV l aAUit.r. whA transfer ,hlr nnratlnnt (n h W. t't k" rb'.rsr ' ,hei A Indies Is "Racketeers In Exile," which opens today at the Hellig j ii(rIMi .Ma" with Evelyn vcname, ueorge Dancron ana Wynne uiDSon. , i rare-"... : " ,M ... ire cream - J. r.r Mi" '..'Mtill'. (r.m f"rf.'l'"S ' u. K'""r Mu,r " !U-"."- .ho trir to '"' ..;. .... ,.H t r-ff nl- Th ' , m,r rarniial "ith ' i.,l"i ' "online rafts. .'HP. tn mnoi" ..,1 itr !".v Allan .lone , birr i"l M,rI rMirnnaoia . ncnt. Cbiro tf7' the : H.tM i-'- i "T num- of ranrdy nd produclmo ,rj rintemenl 8 in? L",-l. i ineplerhaf" race , Jn bore roun "in. :n 1 rif tietorr is k"'" "t! ii tjpifltl Miriiin man- iliuumuu"" 11 InState Show"i . 'TfM f-f,zM By TAIL H.VItRISON S-rtarr. AmTicmi Bridje league LJt'H.l.'i Win Hi. July ..I.- Iinv is pothin; hurrM in the picture mllM "N. -thing Sarr'i'' whkli they nre h."Tinc otit lit Mr. David Sell- Pnuglity uTl I'harK Winuinsir prlnpA t be mutH thins nrouo'l tin place. eeu in his barr fet. un les it'B 1'irr.Mor William Wellman, wh- lialMiually w nrs 11 firemin'ii helmet ami a douiile-breaMed ara iif gloom. Crnp Lombard i in the pi.'ture, t, nni. (May phe seems tn hare the vhf"p. Nka Quiet Girl When MIm Lombard li at hr ebullient best you o n hear her most confidential remarks three sound Mage away. When the whoops, electricians (all off the catwalks overhead. Just now, MiM Lrmbtrd is sit ting at her dressing table pass ing remarks which are none of your business and having her hair fixed and whooping. In the next scene she is supposed to walk on tho sot soaking wet from a fall In a river. "No, and I don't want to the dirty traitor;" "I heanl Hill's tVnnie Bennett U'ry." hHps MtM. Lombard, "Bill -..it 1. i"-Minie i a very nwell pen-on because she gsv blHMj transfusion 10 a V il whti wuh in an atvidenf. S everboly akR wlietbor the kid ith -al. wd Hill niji. no be frorc to death.- "Let' get fctarted!' yrlls XVolItnan. "I'harlie. what the deil are you do inff wnlking ariind barefoot?'' "Lnokinp for taekK,"' ny Win ninger. "! yuii knw that directing Tn" is like trying t train a dog? Now Mick your feet in that tub!" "X won't stick my feet in that tub," whimpers Winninger. It' an other dastardly IIoIIjwo.mI trick. The water in supposed t be nice and warm. ?o what d they d? They put dry ice in the water to make It look likft it's steaming. So I pul my feet in tb tub and you'll make me keep m there tho rest t-f 1)1-' if . oii jo aticli your head in that ' "Okay." agrees Well man. "But you goitn stick 'em in at the last minute." The director stands ami cnrcfiilb ndjuMs his fireman hel met and begins shmitmg instructions The hairdresser is busy making her to everjono m Ihe srt, h;ur nok dnmp nni sirincy. but at In ihe iniddtc of his discourse be tra'tje. In l.oU wnod a heroine can top5. nvertakrn br ennui or mavba Insstmiiwii.. 111 1 111 isnWlili-v I "Winss Over Honolulu," Colorful U. S. Naval Air Drama, At Heilig rombtnine tb color of UnHp Sam'a naval air forces with thn romanc of the tropich in a highly dramatic story, l"uivor.-al Rrran play. "Wings Over Honolulu," opn at the Utlfe theitre today, with Wendy Barri and Hay Milland in the loftdlnc role.-. Tlio picture was filmed on location with thp tonperatlon of th United Sinter Navy and contains sp'-ctHcular Rvi.itmn acene. The V. S. S. Kanger, giant naat - 1 1 -aircraft carrier, is the local- of a the Ileitis bill S-en in tb support number of the pictures outstanding ' H,B ,nt are lioorge McKay. Marc tequepren. Several of her officer and Lawrence, ,T.-.hn tiaMiudet and Jotsa- enliMed personnel appear in the pro duct inn. Notable among then, is ("apt. 1 P, N. 1 4. Bellinger, commander of the hip. Navy Offirers Work I'apMin Bellinger s debut IWore the cameras occurred m lieu director than Male. Krle 1'. Kenton directed fr-Mn a story by H.irrr Sa-iher. DIETRICH SLATED Marlon Pir-nph and Robert IVaat come 10 tb M' l'-mnlil Theatre Wed- 1 H. C. Totter discovered he needed . I"",', ' ,. K' """"'J1 ArnLor' 1 ,,p 1 11 111. jin ii" Ti s 1 1 rs i i or a Dm two more Na of fii-er-. for a scene being filmed on the flight deck of the Ttanier. He perstiaited t aptain Bel linger and Ueut, t'mnmnnder Valen tine Schaeffer to fdl the pdes. In addition to Mis Barrio and Mil land, the H-dlynood members of the cast of "Wings 0 er lLnhihr in clude Kent Taj lor, William Cargan, I'oll Kowlen, Mary Philips, Pnmuel Hinds, Margaret McWade, (!arn ish stiili", eavts tht glamorous star as an alluring Ku-mhii counters, while lit-nat i pen a a tin terioii mod ern knight errant, hos. bafrd turns to b- p as th pair Ine a feriea of stirring ailventurcs fUping from tb nameless tprrors that threaten thern both. T r nl inn sunfloner seed brought inti Blandick, Joyce (.'ompton mid lomse the I'nited States and planted b S"HOWING CURRENTLY at the Ueaxers. I toiiio 1 lomarico. of 1 Muaha. NeK, grew State ia 'Drift Fence," starring Columbia's "llaeketeers in l'vip."jtn a height of la fret; the parent Larry (Buster) Crabbe, featuring (ieorge Bancroft, K elj u , stock, in Italj . renchea only half this !-.-.a... .!. T.-mmM 1 enable and Wynne ttibson compleics ; height. be ni in--re than fetchingly dishev eled. Tack Hunting Thpre is a piano plnyr on the set. H" lnt m-thing to do with the pii'ture. but lias hern hired to play for the entertainment of the cast. He plavs. Winninger. in his night gown, begins nn elephantine rhumba. "I'd Tike to put that guy fn a pic ture with Bill Vields.' Wellman tells M iss Lombard. Then to Winninger, "Hey. I 'barliu. hnve you seen Bill Kield since he went t-n tlic wagon?" realir.at i-n of the futility of every thing. "Listen, everybody!" he yells. Everybody turns and listens. "Do yrJ know that half the time I'm talking I haven't the slight est idea what the hell I'm talk Tng about?" F.verylmdy giggles and Wellman slumps in chair again. He any to the pianiM: "The wny things are going it looks like you got a job for ihp rest of the year. Play something. I think Winninger wants to dance." IRIAM HOPKINS and Joel McCrea have the lead parts In "Woman Chaaea Man," which opens Tuesday at the McDonald theatre. Freddie Has Salary Troubles All His Own; Joins Select "Protesters" I SCREEN WORLT 1 jl By GEORGE E. JONES j YHEN nil's said and done, dpr old 'satire and wit ... we somehow can't boToffiee uMially comes ' first, in ' believe that our deab littul Shirley this cinema busiues?. rmia ...... r...ft nirr.trmnnp i vnn enn ht "double or nothing.' The Bit 7 brothers decided they ndi" names ire in the t VH Helidiy. ' the gay - T-b iB'j'ie whifh begins today K't tbMtrf. The list is head-J.i-k Pnny, Amprira's most r niin ftinmaker, and includes it "( Cfrje Burns anfj Gncie iH the sensational Martha "H mMtorie rareer is the f"-.r irpeared toeether In "Tbe I If. for instance, you ran justify :m4it of 1M7," and erored the nuick dodo that "Moke Way For -,M tint were cast Tomorrow" did bere, you're two steps "ge Holiday." and a jump ahead of us. Competent Kfvt pliTt the role of part critics hn.e joined in acclaiming this :krupt hotel who yields as one of the outstanding pictures r;r "f culm's whn e-ant to try , of the year and rr::fr tnitin?, Grari Allen is for Academ honors. r' j fTlnwfj irith an in- Th shnw's en ma anil n n n Tb-ikM(triWefrlier with (ew to .,.,. ... untimtiv demise. Soma other frothy little opus was on the same bill and completely overshadowed a mas terpiece. What Is this thing called : Art? VY STAGE VETERAN ' nrn courageous exhibitors, notrtf.- i-M iHt the n,TT from Mnr'p ',!,VDP u Lnneii ot tue ,mc- M Purffll bus had plenty Don,,1rf' brinr ,hr film bark (nr t fr his Marring role in a trrom lowing, hut leys cultural PM'' Republic's nit sea (nt,t',s doubtless give it thp great M'.'i; Thursday. He did D'E E'D' ie Ma. Remarkable was thp film for its slop-with ptt,g -rntle bumor and bard hitter por- nd "Men in trayals of human weakne-e.s. t has ; often been termed as great, a "The Tn f-rmer.'' But it wag a different t.tpe of picture. ''The Informer" was baed on a different emot ion that of hysteria and fear. Through thpse mediums, it gradually built up a treniend'ois cli max of hysterical horror. It was not a gentle picture, mid was, as the bvs say, pretty rough on the nerves. ''Make Way for Tomorrow", on the other hand, takes a more common situation and Is predicat ed on the emotions of pity and sympathy. Whereas "The In former" was dynamic. "Make Way for Tomorrow" Is distinctly senti mental without being sloppy . . . mainly to the work of Victor Moore and Beulah. Bondl, Two rery interesting pictures released aometim this mnh. ""tahly "Th Bond Back'' by Erie Remariue and "Topper"' by Thome mith .... nne a serious study of modern political and social problem, the other a very pretty little dih of By HI BBARP KFAYFY CTLVLK CUT. July (4 Freddie Bartholomew now ran lnolr at any o,ueen in movieland and say, "lli-yah, pal," Freddie is having salary trouble. Metro-' i old w n-Mayer, preparing to film "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry." indirectly revealed this when it an nounced replacement of Bartholomew by I'ougla Scott. Tt was feared Freddie's dispute might get to court and delay production. Fredd ie's been get t ing $ I 'JOA a week, a more pittance in view of bis value thinks bis aunt and guar dian. Mvllicent Bartholomew. In a guardianship action last week Mylli cent Bartholomew wns ,rT ing to double Ijef adopted son's tn ctiic. Maybe it will be settled before pheatrTiI I Programs "Wee ' ie-:r'M it runnm. Martha "f the esje girts used i-,hiem uml rferge Burns ('rr time Grarie opens Willie Wmkie." . . . but erities say she 1ms .... what's Bob't. Taylor gut tbnt Tyrone power han"t? . . . . Answer: Pretiine-s .... some body needs to revitalize cartoons . , . Mrions rontodrr'lh'; f"llnw ''?""r".- ' don t loon now dim tup .narx i.ro-. boom into town this weekend . . . . losing Freddie Bartln-l.-inew, a we view it. won't be en t-oib ... he Mill ranks behind Jane Withers and Bonita Gram ille. I t"tn Wil. 'i. the Rtx - F-. WSJ weren't getting enough money. After agreeing amuiig tlipmplves what they wanted, they marched in to see their boss, Paryl Zanuck. "We kinda thought . . .," began Jimmy, the fun-loving Buz. While Zanuck's reply wasn't enough of n classic to be remembered, especially under the circumstance'-, it Mopped Jimmy. The hnys now are said to be sharing 0 a week. You don't travel in the best circles in Hollywood until you've told the ireasurer that you can't get nlng on lera Valley a menslv thousand buck, dinger TODAPS BILLS McDONALD: "Saratoga" and "Talent fcienut." HEILIG: "Wings Over H-mo- i lulu" and "Backeteera in Exile." I STATE: "College Holiday" and "Prtft Fence." MAYFLOWER: "Last of Mr. j Clieyney" and "When l.oie Is Young." REX: "Waikiki Wedding" and ! "Marked W'uhlhi." McOonald: Wednesday through Fri ; day. "Woman Chase Man" and I "Knight Without Armor"; Saturday, I "A Pay at the Baces" and "Great Gambini." Heilig: Thursday through Saturday. "Niiit Blues" and "('uusmoke Unnge." j Stato: Wednesday, "Bill C nicks , Down ': Thursday through Saturday. "Border Phantom" and "When' Your Birthday." j Mayflower: Tuesday and Wednes day, "Brtnjo on My Knee" and "Be hind the Headlines": Thursday, "Man Who Found Himself"; Friday to Mon day, "Maid of Salem" and "Aa Good As Married." Rex: Friday and Saturday, "HuM- nnd "Outojist.'' Comedy Slated At Mayflower The New I'niverssl's comedy drama. ' "As Good As Married." the story of a marriage for convenience, eome ' to the Miyflower theatre Friday. ' In producing this picture, the New I'niversal assembled a splendid cast, ' including John Boles, 1 ris Nolan, Walter Pidgeon. Tnla Blrell. Ernest Cossart, Katherhie Alexander, Alan Mowbray, and Esther Ralston. As a background for such an ont- ' standing cist, John Harkrider, the . studio's art director, designed set that will attract nationwide attention. j They rival the seta in t'n.versal' super-musical, "Top f the Town," I also designed by Harkrider, Roles plays the part of success ful architect, who is shout t lose the I major part of his large income through taies, marries hi secretary, played by Doris Nolan. In order to reduca those t a Ties, California law making; such allowances. The resulting com plications make for rollicking come dy and tense dramatic situation. "Maid of Salem." with Claudette Colbert and Fred MncMurray com pletes the bill. LJ I I BETTER PtCTURtS PtRfKISOtJNgMs1 STARTS TODAY! 4 DAYS OF FUNI 1 ' rxmk- i V -A it'" J "IflRGINIA BRUCE stars in' ! T "When Love Is Young." gala mutual at the Mayflower theatre. lingers, aware that her dancing pnrt- j tier. Fred Astaire, was dragging down more shekels, sat down. It was a ery profitable sitting, too. i Janet Gaynor went to Honolulu until her studio met her terms. Jack i la t, jo went to Me-.ieo. Pictures I Jack wanted mre f'r being so funny in ( ihemi and radio contribute .t..Virt i weekly io the nkie bank account, i-ne authority estimate, j Fred MaoMurray, rushd from one ( pieiure to another, went home to 1 catch his breath. Hp ennght hi breath , when the studio phoned. His salary1 ent up. it is said, from ?1 to Jl.T.Vi, I Not all salary arguments concluded like a chapter from the Arabian ; Nights. Betie pavis and (ieorge Brent i ei urned to work for the same old stipends, but they're happy now. j MYSTIC TITLE An intriguing title features "Whn Your Birthday?" Da-rid Ii. lrw' comedy starring Joe E. Brown, which come to the Slate theatre Thursday. Marian Marsh, Fred Keating and Minor Watson play the principal roUs in support of Br wn. Racketeer Story Has Bette Davis Noteworthy in several respects is "Marked Woman," starring B'tte Pavia and featuring Humphrey Bo' gart and Edunrdo Cianiielll in addition to a number of other prominent player, which ia at the Rei theatre today. For one thing, it brings back to the screen, after a rafhpr extended holi day, the slim blomlo emotional actress who lost yenr won the eoTeted gold statuette of Academy of Motion Pic ture Arta and Science for tha best performance by any feminine player. Fr another, it has a strong and vivid atnry dealing fearlessly with the plight of a group of night-club host esses who are the unwilling toola of a big-time racketeer and hi ruthlesa gang. JPHINOf IEL.U "Angel's Holiday Jana Withers HARLOW cs CABLE "Saratoga" talent Scout" woods NEW SHOW TODAY PHONE 310' Oun-Smekt and ftsmanc In a Thrilling Drama cl th, Wsittrn Frentitri ii I Iw mi j IBB p Wt": i I Important features 11 i i t mx-m r.) i i - -jsr v wab mm i m w arii i ti urn i . i rjiw mufl -lUiftOtl wwTMT.iofft powm Frie ttf 4W4 r 'e' NOW! TILL THURSDAY! f T mkh BING CROSBY BOB BURNS MARTHA RAYE SHIRLEY ROSS itLi'i-. mm m 5. Headline Dyna mite! HUMPHREY B 0 G A R T EDUARDO CIANELLI BEFORE The Woman's Side of the Navy I The spell ot Honolulu.. .gay island escapades ...A navy wife who rebelled at interrupted romance I It's tense, absorbing drama I 0 1 t i a ' w mwuiui j WENDY BARRIE RAY MILLAND (ttrffef M In "fart Smtrl GJrfi") KENT TAYLOR WILLIAM GARGAN POLLY ROWLES CndH..." TI.JLaVlHWVf G iifh for, AAA AJ&,&KrJ.' i ' MM aaB ' V I Ji W j , h. 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